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Culture, healing, politics and bullshit - Not necessarily in that order

The general, socio-political and very personal rantings and ravings of a hip hop head from the hood hustling for change... Of himself.

You all know me and are aware that I am unable to remain silent. At times to be silent is to lie. For silence can be interpreted as acquiescence.
—Miguel de Unamuno



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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Tagged! Can I get a witness?

Nikki taggd me, so here goes... reluctantly.

Where did you live?

Home. I didn't go to a campus-based university. I attended DeVry University and communted from my apartment after re-settling in Chicago from 1993 to 1996 and again from 1997 to 98. I served inthe US Army from 88 to 93 and registered for classes while still stationed in Asia.

Who was/were your roommate(s)?
I lived alone. At the time I was attending school, my girlfriend at the time was attending Bradley University in Peoria, IL and lived on campus. I didn't see much of her, but we did burn some phone bills.

Do you still talk to them?
Nope.

Ever get in trouble in the dorms?
Not Applicable

Something you remember about when you first lived on campus?
Never lived on campus

Your campus phone number or other number:
um... this is redundant

First party attended?
...


First Bar you got wasted at?
I guess I can relate this to being in the military... Some spot in Atlantic City (did basic training in Newark), can't remember the name. I do remember renting a hotel suite with some girl I didn't even get with...


Favorite Pizza Place?
Mothers... On east side of Ft. Belvoir, VA (right outside of DC)


Favorite place to go out to eat?
Home. Nothing like battering and frying your own chicken and inviting the fellas over for spades and dominies.


Did you go to the library?
Never.


What was your Favorite Floor you'd always be on?
Not Applicable


Club, Athletics, Frat or Sororities, you joined?
Can't really say. To be one is to know one, so ask one. And quiet as kept, I do have frat brothers. I'm over 35, so it no longer matters which one, I am a Moor and not Greek. We do trade resumes, make phone calls to keep each other out of debt/jail/unemployment/keep each other's kids occupied, so the brotherhood is still intact. Somewhat.

Where did you buy your books?
used at the bookstore or borrowed from friends.

Who made the best wings?
Huh? I did.

Ever attend a sporting event?
I live in Chicago... Nuff said.


Ever attend a concert or comedic performance?
Here in the Chi? Going to see Dave Chappelle tonight.

Have you ever spent the night on campus not in your dorm hall?
I spent a few nights in a few houses with a few people... but that was a over decade and a half ago

Favorite night to go out on, and where did you go?
Sunday - Saturday, it didn't matter.


Where did you get coffee?
uh... Once again... Home.

Favorite part of Halloween?
Next Question.

Go see a play or been in one?
Once again, Chicago... Was one of the 30 audience members at the Regal Theater back in the early 90's when Tyler Perry was still struggling to sell tickets. I used to go drunk and heckle from the back.


Did you ever have a job at school?
Worked for what is now AT&T as a installer/repair technician. Got a lot of play from the ladies as I crawled on their floors installing new wiring for phone lines... Made over $60k my first year by doing overtime and working weekends. They pay time and a half over 40 hours and over 60 hours, they paid double time and a half. I milked their ass for every penny and drank most of it away.


What do you hate about your college?
That I didn't go to a campus-based university.

What did you love most about it?
Nothing. I graduated after dropping out and going back, so the experience was prolonged.

Ever leave to go on a road trip, where?
St. Louis, Detroit, NYC, Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans, Colorado Springs, LA and DC/Baltimore

Where would you believe is the best location to live in?
The south

Graduated or still attending?
Graduated, means nothing though.


Will you go back?
No reason to, so no.

How many parking tickets have you gotten there?
Doesn't apply

Finally, ever gotten arrested?
Sure. Black man in Chicago? Uh huh.
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"FOUR THINGS"

Four nicknames I've been given: Squirrel Head, Hans, Will, Hoss

Four movies I would watch over and over: love jones, The Matrix, Cooley High, Shaft

Four jobs that I have had in my life:
1. Real Estate Agent
2. Bank Loan Officer
3. University Admissions Advisor
4. Executive Search Recruiter

Four places I have lived: Japan, Seoul (outside of), DC, Colorado Springs

Four TV shows I like to watch: I don't have 4... sorry, not a lot of TV

Four places I have been on vacation: Hawaii, Jamaica, Phillipines, London

Four things I could NOT live without: the internet, a loaded mp3 player, a book and my right mind

Four of my favorite foods: tuna, cashews, bananas, oats

Four places I would rather be right now: away from here, by myself, pergatory, the south

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