My Brothers

My Brothers, originally uploaded by reign4aday. This is what happens when my brothers fight each other. They are from opposing clans and wish to destroy each other.

Tazhy :((

Tazhy :((, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Tazhy has been taken away us temporarily, she stopped by to say hi today. I hope things get better for her soon.

 

Gay Pride Parade

IMG_4588, originally uploaded by drierp. Finally, guaranteed straight girls..

IMG_4777, originally uploaded by drierp. So true

IMG_4564, originally uploaded by drierp.

IMG_4799, originally uploaded by drierp. interesting hobby

Lovers, originally uploaded by dougthacker. These two would have posed all day had I asked them to. I wouldn't have minded, either. From my set Gay Pride San Francisco

All are from New York accept where noted.

What can I say, I like lesbians. It's been said before, but I do. I wish I was there, M!ck3y wanted to go but she had to babysit. This post is for her.

Isn't it funny how I was able to find a lot more pictures of gay pride than I found of the Puerto Rican Day Parade?

WWE Vengeance 6/26

Batista 3, Triple H 0! What more can I say?

Live 8

Representatives from the 8 richest countries in the world — USA, Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia — meet on June 6 to discuss world affairs including extreme poverty in Africa.

They are not asking for your money, just for you to contact your representatives and demand they enact the plan that they will be presented. Click the above badge and find out for yourself. Giving 30,000 kids a day a shot at a normal, happy life is worth it!

 

Legal Theft: Eminent Domain

Seizing property -- timesunion.com

In the simplest terms I can express, Eminent Domain is the right of the government to seize private property for the public good. The Supreme Court ruled that a private property seizure is ok for private property development. Who defines the public good? What really is the public good?

To these questions, I have no answers. From the time that I learned about Eminent Domain, I felt and this was repeated by M!ck3y, "We really don't own anything." I for one can't imagine an elderly person being kicked off of property that (s)he worked all their lives to pay for, possibly raising children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren into their last days, only to be quoted "We the people..." The people did not work for my property.

I understand the essence of Eminent Domain and in a perfect world it would work. But we live in a society where our government has motivations other than the public good. The case that sparked my renewed interest in Eminent Domain was a private property for private property case, not a private for public property. However, I believe in this case the government might have been right. They are building a hotel, office and housing complex in a dying neighborhood. I don't live in that neighborhood and have never been there so I can not comment on it's decline, but if what was said is true, it would mean more jobs and potentially housing, possibly affordable, for the neighborhood.

Surely, this is not the same as in my neigborhood. There are plenty of abandoned houses, lots and a variety of unused space to develop.

I hope that there will be more checks and balances to accompany the ruling to prevent Eminent Domain from becoming legal theft.

Graduation Week

Alex, originally uploaded by reign4aday. "I look like a movie star!"

Lil' Deon, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Looks like someone's getting free advertizing.

Daivon, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Not his Cherokee. We don't know who's Jeep it is. Hmmm! Not his graduation day but he looks mighty spiffy.

IMG_0532, originally uploaded by reign4aday. The Return of Pimpzilla: Seen standing here with his sidekick Jahqueese, aka Gorilla Pimp.

IMG_0533, originally uploaded by reign4aday. The Pimpstar and Pimpzilla

IMG_0539, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Four Generations of we. L to R: Mamite, Dooney, Delrina, Lil' and Big Deon.

IMG_0540, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Darrell and Dooney

IMG_0552, originally uploaded by reign4aday. From R to L: Alex, Delrina, Dooney, Darrell, Chris, and way in the back is Mamite and Mother.

IMG_0558, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Tazhy and M!ck3y.

IMG_0559, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Mother, just before the ceremony began.

IMG_0582, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Delrina apparently loves the camera, or the camera loves her. My lil' sister photographs well.

Ms. Chapman, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Ms. Chapman is cute. Daivon wanted me to meet her, to bad I didn't get the chance.

Denisa & Daivon, originally uploaded by reign4aday.

Taniqua & Daivon, originally uploaded by reign4aday.

Denisha, originally uploaded by reign4aday.

J'licia, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Diva! Check Ms. Chapman walking away.

Elaina, originally uploaded by reign4aday. This is Elaina, she's a "real" dyme piece.

Daivon Goofing Off, originally uploaded by reign4aday.

Quatisha &ndash 2, originally uploaded by reign4aday.

Grads – 1, originally uploaded by reign4aday. L to R: Daniel from 812, Jody, Denisa, Sherise, all from 811.

Daivon & Aamir, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Aamir, Azeena's little brother.

Dooney, originally uploaded by reign4aday. Y'all should know who this is by now! It's my Dooney. She, too, loves the camera.

Janine & Victoria, originally uploaded by reign4aday.

"Chain Gang", originally uploaded by reign4aday. Daivon called this the "Chain Gang," wonder where he got that from. L to R: Odane, Muhamad, Jonathan, Nadiyn, Johnny, Daivon and Donavan.

Me & Lil' Sis

Me & Lil' Sis, originally uploaded by reign4aday. She was pulling away because we were going into the street and I wasn't paying attention.

Dyme Piece?

Dyme Piece?, originally uploaded by reign4aday. More like a 10 piece with large sides.

I don't know who she is. The caption was mad funny. She lives next door to my mother.

Cleaning House

I've been so screwed up with everything that has been going on around me. My environment is a reflection of my internal clutter. When I used to go to church, the Priest/Monseigneur used to talk about cleaning house and letting Jesus in. He was talking about letting go of the things that weighed you down. He was talking about freeing your heart. I don't know about the letting Jesus in part, but I am due for a cleansing. My friend Ti'Lesa has been talking about a spiritual cleansing for a minute now. She wanted me to go to church with her two (2) Sundays ago, the day of the PR Day Parade. I will probably go with her this Sunday. Here's a couple of pictures I found on Flickr of the PR Day Parade, unfortunately I wasn't able to take any myself.

Before the start, originally uploaded by vicente_g. Before the start of the Puerto Rican Day Parade. West 44th Street.

Mr. T does NYC @ the Puerto Rican Day Parade, originally uploaded by Vidalia. How hot is this picture?

For me the best place to start cleaning is my desktop. Here are several quotes I found while going through notes I left for myself:

Expecting someone to be other than they have been is irrational behavior.
Improvise, Modify, Adapt, & Overcome.

My Friend

I believe that you should protect family and friends at all costs, even at the expense of those relationships. My youngest friend is going through a lot and I am not sure how to help her. I happen to believe also that it's your family that should be your 1^st and last line of defense against any and anything that would harm you. What happens when your family is the threat?

She is a very good kid. She goes to school, comes straight home, does homework, her average is floating around 90-95 range (excluding gym, she's asthmatic). What more could you want from your child?

I mean my son is pretty good, he gets good grades, behaves in public. I ride him about what he could be doing better, it's more in the realm of "don't slip," "good job, but you can do better." He can. I don't force feed him, I just make it clear to him that it's time for him to decide and begin carving out the type of man he wants to be.

She doesn't even get that. She's the oldest of three children and is treated as temp nanny. I mean even they get treated better because they care for you kids. They are her half brother and sister. It seems her mother is alienating her in favor of the father that's around. You know the type. The children of the father who's around are better because she is trying to keep a man. They even go out and leave her in the house alone. Her mother has gone as far as trying to sway her mind about going away to college by guilting her into staying "they may still need her"

I don't know what to do. I spent the weekend trying to contact a family member that had given me a call a while back. He wanted to know who I was and what my intentions were. He was very polite and direct. He seemed concerned about her, so he'd be the obvious person I think to help her and help her deal with family issues. She will not speak out against her mother but he can lend an ear and help her make the right choices or choices that are more right for her and protect her against people who aren't looking out for her best interest.

There are much more serious instances which I will not discuss. They were brought to my attention by a third party and I will not air her person business here.

~Poemz n Quotez~: 4 the most important ppl in my life

I found out recently that "Made of Glass" was about me. I was so touched.

On Falling Down

Sometimes you have to fall really hard to get back up.

Why do we fall down? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.

This is just how I feel about my present state of affairs. In Batman Begins, it was also mentioned that people react in certain ways when they feel they have nothing to lose, but this is only so because they haven't thought things through. I have been walking around with a bat, which I named "Louis." Partly, just me joking around. I would have used it in the right or wrong frame of mind, depending on your perspective.

I saw Jonathan for the first time since the burglary. He apologized for not coming around, adding he didn't know how I'd react. He said he didn't do it, but I couldn't be sure anyway.

No matter how menacing I may seem, I can't be everywhere. My son goes to the store by himself, as do my brothers and then there's school and my little sister. I can' be there to protect them if someone wanted to retaliate for my rampage on the streets. I am trying to give all that street stuff up. I'm not say that you shouldn't stand up for what's yours, just that sometimes there is more to lose.

The streets are still strong in me. I just control it. I'm glad my brothers aren't like I was when I was their ages. I hope that's one of the things my son doesn't inherit from me. There are better ways. Besides I know the streets always takes out it's own trash.

F***

Feeling like a piece of damn meat. Obscene phone calls, screwed up messages, and overall the mad phone calls.

Got asked to be a daddy again, didn't take it well.

Sick Sense of Humor

Just to demonstrate how twisted my sense of humor can get sometimes. He probably stole something.  

Stop Looking At Me!!!

Well are you women looking at me? M!ck3y and Ti'Lesa among others swear women be after me. Like today, M!ck3y swore the waitresses at Around the Clock was checking me out the whole time.

Batman Begins

Batman Begins rocked!

Me and M!ck3y seen it in IMAX today. It was f'n great. I wish you all could've seen her face. She didn't stop smiling. I would have taken a picture but we didn't get there early enough to beat the scramble for the seats. I'd tell more but I don't want to ruin it for anyone. Anyhow, had an f'n great day!  

Hi5 Friends Network

I am inviting anyone who reads my blog to join my Hi5 Friends Network, especially those of you that are in the NYC area.

This Weekend 6/11-12

This weekend my friends M!ck3y and Ti'Lesa made me feel like a king. I can't thank them enough.

Yesterday, I went to the Apple Store in SoHo with M!ck3y. Had to get a new AC adapter for my PowerBook which was taken in the theft on Friday. It was mad cool to see her face light up when we arrived at the Apple Store. M!ck3y can be mature for a 15 year old, but it's so much fun to see her switch go off when she's introduced to something new or when she sees bubbles.

M!ck3y took me to MontyQ's for my favorite dish. We had real "Italian Ices." We each got mango "Icees," with little pieces of mango in it. And then she took me to see the longest yard. F'n great movie! At the concession stand, she bought me the largest drink I had ever seen at the movies. I think it was 64 oz. When the girl handed it to me, I had to steady myself because I lost balance. She was laughing the whole time and dancing in her seat. I was trying to keep an eye on the movie and the other on the hotties in the row behind me. The movie was good so it received the bulk of my attention.

Today, I hooked up with Ti'Lesa, as if you hadn't figured that out by now. We met at Union Square and had lunch at Whole Foods. The Macaroni and Cheese was great, with some mashed potatoes and corn as sides, no meat today. She then took me to Coldstone, where I saw my "Princess" for the first time in more than a year. Leilani seemed so happy to see me. She reached over the counter as if to hug me, but I didn't reach out, it seemed pointless we couldn't reach. She made me "Apple Pie Ala Coldstone" in that special way she used to for me. I ended up having to throw it away, because my tolerance for sweets has all but dissapeared and she put too much sweet in it this time.

She had a red ribbon tying her hair into a ponytail just slightly to the right side of her head. OMG, her eyes are as beautiful as ever. She told me last year she had to change her number three (3) times because somewhere along the line she acquired a stalker. I gave her my number and told her she should call me. Leilani is the first girl since Destiny to make my heart beat fiercely, as though I could conquer anything.

The Longest Yard

This movie was crazy. Mad funny! Best I've seen in a loooooong time.

Can't Hold Me Down

I vow from this point on that nothing will get in my way!!!