New way of thinking....new career

Well it has been about three months since I have graduated from college and have started my new job in Kohl's MIT (Management in Training) program and I have already been taught some very important lessons about life already.....which leads me to say that my days in retail are numbered. While the money is good and the potential to earn more is also good me working in retail has shown me one very important thing...money doesn't equal happiness. One of my goals in life has always been to find a career that I would love to do everyday and not just a job in which I do work to earn a paycheck. My time with Kohl's so far has not been terrible but at the same time I have quickly realized that this type of work is just what it is....work. Throughout these past 3 months I have been doing a lot of thinking about what I really wanted to do with my life and what I realized with the help of God is that I want to make an impact on the next generation. A lot of people always talk about how the younger generations need help but I feel that God has put it in my heart to make a career of helping this next generation through something I love....basketball. So with that said I have come to the decision that I want to make the career change to become a basketball coach and a teacher. To be honest I feel that God has been telling me this for years now and to be even more honest I have been ignoring it for the longest because I felt that the money wasn't good enough. I was too focused on money and thought that it would make me happy when in reality doing what I was here for is what is going to really make me happy. Only God knows where he is going to take me with this and all I can do is tag along for the ride because in the end he will lead me to where I need to be.

Change of Heart......

In the past until a couple of days ago I wasn't a Kendrick Lamar fan. I just couldn't stand his voice but I knew he wasn't complete trash like a lot of the new people in hip-hop/rap. Well the past couple of days I listened to his newest work which is "Section .80" and I have had a change of heart and I am now a fan of his. His mindset of not being into the BS that a lot of rappers and society in general are into is what makes me respect him not only as a rapper but as a man too. I like "A.D.H.D." and I really like 'Keisha's Song" from Section .80.....but as a whole the CD is very good and I will look into some of his older stuff. I'm glad I found someone else to listen to that is new other than Big K.R.I.T. hahaha

My dilemma......

I have a dilemma, well maybe not a dilemma but more of a situation I think I am in and will be in for quite some time....see the thing is I have made a promise with God to live by his word and not have sex before marriage...the thing about that is that in this day and age I feel that people view that in a negative light. I feel that girls/women and people in general around my age think that sex is needed in a relationship. My problem is that I almost feel ashamed/afraid to tell someone I would be interested in dating what feels like a "deep dark secret" of me not having sex before marriage. I feel like girls, even ones that don't have sex every other night, might be turned away because of that. This sucks because I am not going to change how I feel or break that promise I made with God. I have even met some "Christians" that are okay with having sex before marriage which makes it even worse because they I would think would be in the same boat as I am but they have seemed to jump ship. I think today's culture has gotten the majority of people to think that without sex you can't express love to your significant other.......so prettty much that's my dilemma/situation

Yesssssss!!!!!!!

Big K.R.I.T. has announced that he is working on another mixtape/free album that he will drop early next year before his album drops.......I can't begin to say how happy I am that this is happening.....lately I haven't really been feeling much that has come out in regards to hip-hop/rap so knowing that some good music will come soon I am wired up........it's going to be called "4eva and a Day" and to be honest I would wait forever and a day for it.....okay that was kinda corny but oh well

Rules for Swag

These rules should help those that have seem to have gotten swag all mixed up and distorted.....enjoy

1. Swag can not be bought
2. Swag comes from within.....not what you saw on TV or heard on the radio
3. Adding the word swag to everything doesn't give you swag
4. Swag should be seen not heard
5. You shouldn't have to tell someone you have swag....they should know it
6. There is many forms of swag
7. Hating on someone for their swag does not give you swag
8. Swag doesn't happen overnight
9. You can't force swag.....it should happen naturally
10. If you only got it cause you think it makes you look cool......that ain't swag
11. You can't be given swag.....it must be learned and earned

.........I think that covers it hahaha but if you think I missed one feel free to comment and I might add it to the list

Ahhhh sookie sookie now!!!!!

So apparently Big K.R.I.T. has recently announced that he will be releasing his first actually album this Sept. 27th called "Live From the Underground"...................Praise God!!!!.......More great music from this man to come and I can't wait.......I will have it the day it comes out for sure no matter what.......now the hard part of waiting for it to drop......I guess I can just continue to jam "Return of 4eva" until it drops.....not like I have gotten tired of it anyways. 

Goal accomplished!!....Find a Internship

Well I am no longer singing the King's Blues God has blessed me with a job. What is funny about this is that when I got it and started working I realized that it is really a internship that I can really benefit from in the long run. So therefore I accomplished one of my short-term goals which was getting a  internship for the summer. It's funny how God blessed me with a job and at the same time helped me accomplish a personal goal of mine. So now if you go to my older post of when I listed my goals goal #4 of my short-term goals has been crossed off. This is only beginning and I have a feeling I will be crossing more of these goals off.....oh by the way pics above are from my job....just in case you couldn't tell.

King's Blues........

With me not being able to get a job in these past weeks I can really relate to this song right now. The whole point of this song is to talk about the struggles of not having any money to do the things you want/need to do with your life. Not being able to get money when you need it sucks and all these jobs I have been applying too and calling back are not helping me out. It seems that they are all just giving me the run around with the whole "Give me your name and number and I will get back to you" BS. I have done everything that you are supposed to do when applying for jobs it would be nice if the places would just tell me no so I can move on to the next option. I have applied everywhere and I still haven't even gotten an interview. All I need is a chance and I am sure I will get the job. I have faith that God will eventually get me a job but it's hard to stay positive when I can't see anything happening for me right now. I will just have to be patient.

.............King's Blues 

I can't date a girl....

• that smokes
• that is not funny
• that doesn't stay active
• that doesn't have anything going for her in life
• that is too career focused 
• that doesn't get along with my friends
• that is overly jealous
• that is noticeably taller than me
• that weighs more than me
• that doesn't believe in God
• that doesn't like BBQ
• that is overly self-conscious
• that is immature 
• that is isn't open minded
• that doesn't have all of her teeth
• that doesn't have a pretty smile
• that is annoying 
• that has no friends 

The Greatest Era of Basketball......

Is from 1990-2004. This era was the best of all time for basketball. The level of competition was at it's highest. Guys played with more passion and heart. Players were trying to beat the best, not join them (*cough Miami cough*). You had MJ is his prime with his bulls but you also had other great teams like the 90s Knicks, Rockets, Jazz, Trailblazers etc. There players played hard night in and night out and made the regular season count for something unlike today were most players like to cruise through the regular season and start to play during the playoffs. In this era it was about having skills and mental toughness but in today's game all you hear about is athleticism and "upside". Players from this era dang near hated each other and it showed during the game which made for great rivalries a la Bulls vs. Knicks were at any moment a fight could break out. Now everyone is so buddy buddy that it is sickening. Also the players back in the day were tougher and didn't need to flop every minute to try to draw a foul. In a sense players from back then played with a sense of pride and manhood that wouldn't let them look like a punk and flop all over the court. Heck even the refs back in the day were better too. A hard foul back in the day was just a personal foul now it is a flagrant foul and you might get thrown out of the game. In this era you had the great series of the Bulls vs. Pacers, Jazz vs. Bulls, Portland vs. Lakers, Kings vs. Lakers, Bulls vs. Knicks, Bulls vs. Suns, Pistons vs. Bulls (real physical match-up right there), Rockets vs. Knicks.....and the list goes on. What's even greater about those match-ups was that these just didn't end once the playoffs ended...these carried over to the next season and beyond. Bottom line is that today's game  is slacking compared to this era....the players are not as competitive, refs suck more and David Stern is slowly killing the game even more....(that was more of a personal thing I have my bad). This is why I don't really watch pro basketball that much even more....only a few series in recent memory have actually made me watch them...Heat/Mavs in '06, Both series the Grizzles were in this year.

My First Year...

As an RA for Jackson Hall is over and done with. This past school year as an RA has been something I will never forget the good and the bad. I have learned a lot through this year a lot about myself and about others that I have come in contact with. I met a lot of people and some that I hope will be in my life for many years to come.  Everything that happened this past year I have learned from and I feel like it has made me a better person. The staff I was on went through a lot this year and I don't think that I would have had the same year without them. Even though I might not like everything about ResLife I still like being an RA and dealing with residents even though they might get on my nerves sometimes. With all this said I loved this year and I am thankful God has put me in this position and I won't forget this ever.....but with all that said I am going to enjoy this summer break because I am a little tired from this year hahaha

Recent Events......

Well recently I was elected as an on-campus senator for next year's ASG along with many others from the DeGarmo-Roemer ticket. With the request of Alyssa Garza I would like to tell you guys about my whole experience with the campaign process. First off I would like to say thank God it is over hahaha the past two weeks were crazy and I had a lot of things to do to help with the campaign and I am just glad it is all over. By the end of last week I didn't even care if I won or not I just wanted it to be over so I could get my life back. Now I did like hanging out in the quad everyday meeting new people and just acting a fool and having fun so the whole process wasn't all terrible. Also meeting  new people from my ticket was also another thing that I liked about campaigning. There were some things that happened during the campaign process that were straight up dumb. The childish behavior by people involved with the election process was not cool at all. This was shown by the other ticket (not everyone but some). I am not going to get into all of what happened cause we won and that is the only thing that matters but I will say I love the fact that my ticket was called the "Black Ticket" or "The Darkside"....I ain't going to lie we were the "Black Ticket" and I am proud we could get that nickname along with "Darkside" which is why we started chanting that as they announced the names of the black people that ran on our ticket. I wish that people wouldn't have gotten all bent out of shape about the election. I wish people would have not worried about the other group and just ran their race. I know the other ticket is probably mad about losing and I would be surprised if in the next week or so some ish might be said about my ticket......oh well I ain't trippin they can say whatEVER they want we still dominated the elections so it don't even matter they just hatin......that's about all I have to say about that. I am glad I won and haters gon hate.

Things Stephen doesn't do well at......

Read Minds

Understanding girls

Spanish

Losing

Not procrastinating

Staying up to date with the news

Reading for class

Liking Chartwells

Geography

Understanding stupid people

Understanding mixed signals

Liking Bush

Voting

Understanding Girls

Handling awkward situations

Staying focused

Remembering people's names

Remembering school assignments

Remembering dates

Just remembering things in general

Following the crowd

Understand girls

Understand girls

Understand girls

Understand girls

Understand girls

......more to come later

Life of a Pistons fan.....

Has been rough for the past couple of years. The Pistons went from title contention every year to barely making the playoffs or not even making it. I have no clue what Joe Dumars and the rest of the Pistons management  are doing with their team. They haven't made any trades, drafted any big time players, hire a coach that likes to win or anything positive for that matter. Now the coach and half of the team have beef with each other.....smh what is going on in Detroit....why can't they get their act together and but I good squad out on the court and compete for a title like they did 6 years ago. As a fan I need for me team to do better......a lot better.

To tweet or not to tweet?

So it seems that everyone has or is getting a twitter account these days. I had one a loooong time ago before it insanely popular. I thought it was a waste of time because it just seemed like the status part of Facebook and I already had a Facebook so I thought twitter was dumb and I deleted my account. Now Twitter is bigger than ever and everyone and their mamas has one so this is the million dollar question.......Should I get a twitter??? I really don't feel like it will be anything mind blowing and I will get tired of it in a short period of time and delete it again. Someone give me some legit reasons to get one and I will get it.

My Session....

This is the first part of mine and Chris's session we did for RA training. Ignore the fools in the front (Matt, Stanley and Xavier). Shout out to Joi for filming part of it.

Part 2 of our RA training session. Once again ignore the fools in the front. Shout out to all the people that came to the session and supported me and Chris.

That boi Christian Taylor giving a re-cap of our session. Shout out to Christian from tha Triple D!!!!

This is us chilling before Behind Closed Doors 2 in the morning. While we are sitting there Alaina decides to share what is bothering her at the moment....all I can say is TMI and SMH

As we walked into the room we thought we would be in for one of our sessions we quickly realize that something is missing....I hope you can too

It's...about...to...get....real

I finally have a video camera. You know what this means....my blog is about to go to a whole different level....Are ya'll ready for this???? Cause I am.....more to come later.

Parents getting new floors in the house.....

Has been a pain in my side for the past two days. I don't know why they are getting them taken out while I am still here for the break they could have waited till I left for school. They are doing most of the work in the living room but the thing is that is where I sleep or where I used to sleep. Now i'm sleeping in the study on the floor with a sleeping bag. My back has not been a big fan of this change. Also I have been stuck in the study for the majority of the day because they are doing work outside of the study also. They come early in the morning around 8 so guess who hasn't been getting to sleep in these past couple of days. This has been one big SMH moment.

I'm sorry but ya'll feel for the hype.......

First off I want to say I am a Kanye West fan and I like most of the work he has put out in the past but with that said I have to address some of these fans of his that are going around calling his latest album a work of "art". That is far from the truth. I have listened to the album and I think its a 3 out of 5 at best. The beats are on point for most of the album but he really doesn't come correct with his lyrics as he did in his past albums. Jay-Z out shined him on every song they were on together. The only song that I listened to that was he did good with the lyrics was Dark fantasy and So Appalled (even though Jay-Z got him on that song). I think people getting this album confused with real art is due to the lack of substance in most of the hip hop scene. People hear something that has a little substance and they automactically say its great but in reality its just decent. To be honest this is fourth best CD and is only above 808's and heartbreaks......I'm sorry but most of yall feel for the hype of this album being great but it is average at best and that is because of the beats.