I filled this out on my facebook page and thought it was interesting...I may add some more interesting facts in the future....So here it goes...Let me know what you think.
25. I was born with grey hair and in junior high everyone called me "Black Moses" because I had a black and white afro.
24. I always get weed jokes about my last name but what's really funny is that I was born at 4:20 am.....oddly enough my younger brother Steve was born at 4:20 pm
23. I absoluely have been in love with horror since I was a kid...I read "The Dark Half" and "It" by Stephen King in the 5th grade.
22. I've always had an odd fetish for Goth chicks and perky suburban women....they are totally hot!
21. I love folk music more than hip-hop.
20. I actually have a total of 12 brothers and sisters....2 from my mom with whom I was raised and 10 from my father....and I've met or have contacted all of them.
19. I'm a total film geek and my dream is to create a sitcom and eventually write a movie.
18. My first rap group was called "Unusual" which included Jon Reynolds and Jeremy Roussell...in the 9th grade.
17. At one point I had all my closest friends logged in my phone under their mother's names.....totally hilarious!
16. I tried being Athiest for a while....but literally couldn't...I understand why one would be but there's just too many things have happened in my life that would lead me to believe otherwise.
15. 1997 was the darkest year ever....for some reasons I can't get into but in a nutshell I got shot at (Barely missed a hail of bullets intended for a neighbor standing next to me), one of my favorite cousins died, I used to steal food to eat, etc, etc.
14. I have an issue with forvgiveness...I forgive..but NEVER forget...thus making it hard to truly forgive.
13. I feel enemies are an absolute necessity. I think they bring a sense of balance in life and one cannot exist without the other. I'm at peace when I know who I atleast have one person who I mutually dislike....Show me the most peaceful person you know and I'll show you who they can't stand.
12. Although we don't speak much and have had countless arguements over the years, I have and will ALWAYS love and be apart of The Firm (Eric, Jon, Vash and Spencer) and will do anything for them.....even if they may not feel the same.
11. The difficult birth of my son and the events following changed how I view everything in life....EVERYTHING!
10. Fun fact about my family: I'm 4 generations removed from Kenya.
9. Not so fun fact about my family: I'm 2nd cousins with Tyler Perry
8. I have the imagination of a child so I'm always thinking of something totally ridiculous, Goofy and childish at the most serious times. (business meetings, Funerals, Weddings, etc.)
7. I have an inner conscience that speaks to me when making important moral decisions...The "voice" always refers to me as "Young Brotha"...and that "voice" is the voice of James Earl Jones.
6. I truly believe I'm apart of the best circle of friends known to man....You know who you are..from the house parties...The lake on Easter...No one beats us...I don't know a better group of people....they gave me some of the best times of my life.
5. I asked my wife Brandi for her medical history within the first 3 weeks of dating just to check if she had a trait of sickle cell because I have a trait and if she had it I would have immediately stopped dating her.
4. My first experience with racism was with blacks (Light skinned/Dark skinned) improved my openness toward other races (hey if your own people hate you...what's the point?, Right) but I had a slight resentment for light skinned blacks until I met my friend C.J. in 1998.
3. Before 25 I had not made any life plans afterwards because until then I honestly thought I wouldn't live to see it....True but sad story.
2. One of my biggest pet peeves is when personal friends who I've known for years refer to me as "Cutta".
1. I LOVE New Orleans with all my heart and soul....I live it...I eat and sleep it!...but I'll never move back.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
2008
2008...
2008 was a rough year for me. My child was born 3 months premature at 1 pound 9 ounces and spent about 6 to 7 months in the hospital. It was a very trying time for my wife and I as we went through an emotional roller coaster of pain, joy, regret, and anger. Oddly (or not so oddly) I learned a great deal from this experience. I put so much trust into so many people and used them as a crutch and watched most of them distance themselves from me in my time of despair. I can count the few people who called me almost everyday weather I wanted them to or not just to check up on me and see if I was ok. This angered me at first because I thought "Where's the love?" "What happend to the huge crew I ran with and how it was "(fill in the blank) for life?" Then I thought about what a friend of mine said about anger....Take time to think about why you're angry and you'll realize that some anger makes no sense and there is no reason to be angry. So I did this and came to the realization that some of my friends didn't know how to deal with this situation. I mean, this wasn't some random "girl issue" that I had...I was dealing with the life and possible death of my son. What can they say to cope. Most if not all have never been around a situation like that before...I know I haven't. As a matter of fact months after the fact I got calls from some of my old friends who expressed their confusion on the matter which made me feel better about the situation.
I guess what pissed me off were the small percentage of people who were in a great position to help but turned a blind eye toward my family. Some of my Chicago friends who live in the same city knew what was going on yet never called or offered support....My wife and I were hurt by that....Plus this friend with whom I had been a little on the outs with said a rather unflattering comment towards my son during one of his most trying times and that was the last straw between me and him. I was so heated I never really spoke to him afterwards and avoided him when I went back to New Orleans for fear of what I would do to him....what an asshole!
All and all I think 2008 was a great experience. I have more faith than ever now and I feel like I have more of a purpose than any other time in my life. My wife depends on me...my child depends on me...I need them...I need my friends to be there for me...All these things I have realised in 2008. I'm a little more "grown" now and it feels so good. I'm blessed to be married to such a wonderful woman and I think we created a special child. If anything He's a fighter...this year was all about him come to think about it....ALL Chris Johnathan. My little sequel...my own Benajmin Button...lol
More posts on the way...I just had to get my thoughts on 2008 out....Thanks for reading.
2008 was a rough year for me. My child was born 3 months premature at 1 pound 9 ounces and spent about 6 to 7 months in the hospital. It was a very trying time for my wife and I as we went through an emotional roller coaster of pain, joy, regret, and anger. Oddly (or not so oddly) I learned a great deal from this experience. I put so much trust into so many people and used them as a crutch and watched most of them distance themselves from me in my time of despair. I can count the few people who called me almost everyday weather I wanted them to or not just to check up on me and see if I was ok. This angered me at first because I thought "Where's the love?" "What happend to the huge crew I ran with and how it was "(fill in the blank) for life?" Then I thought about what a friend of mine said about anger....Take time to think about why you're angry and you'll realize that some anger makes no sense and there is no reason to be angry. So I did this and came to the realization that some of my friends didn't know how to deal with this situation. I mean, this wasn't some random "girl issue" that I had...I was dealing with the life and possible death of my son. What can they say to cope. Most if not all have never been around a situation like that before...I know I haven't. As a matter of fact months after the fact I got calls from some of my old friends who expressed their confusion on the matter which made me feel better about the situation.
I guess what pissed me off were the small percentage of people who were in a great position to help but turned a blind eye toward my family. Some of my Chicago friends who live in the same city knew what was going on yet never called or offered support....My wife and I were hurt by that....Plus this friend with whom I had been a little on the outs with said a rather unflattering comment towards my son during one of his most trying times and that was the last straw between me and him. I was so heated I never really spoke to him afterwards and avoided him when I went back to New Orleans for fear of what I would do to him....what an asshole!
All and all I think 2008 was a great experience. I have more faith than ever now and I feel like I have more of a purpose than any other time in my life. My wife depends on me...my child depends on me...I need them...I need my friends to be there for me...All these things I have realised in 2008. I'm a little more "grown" now and it feels so good. I'm blessed to be married to such a wonderful woman and I think we created a special child. If anything He's a fighter...this year was all about him come to think about it....ALL Chris Johnathan. My little sequel...my own Benajmin Button...lol
More posts on the way...I just had to get my thoughts on 2008 out....Thanks for reading.
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