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| Guess who's back back back, back again-gain-gain??? Wow so its been a loong minute yeah! Aint spoken to you since March 6th alie? Well where do I start? Ok before I start though, its only right that I apologise properly for the hiatus, I'll try and not make it happen again... I will try!
'So where have I been? What have I been up 2?', do I hear you ask? Well I been here, been on my grind, tryna make these movements... I met a girl lol! Oh what am I saying? You already knew that, didn't ya? Ok well there's this girl I'm seeing, well not exactly seeing... There's this girl I like, matter of fact, I love her... Truly, madly, deeply and all sorts lol & she loves me back... But we're NOT dating or nothing... I know, I know, I don't understand either lol! Esther & I were conversating the other day and she goes 2 me 'aww why do you call her 'homegirl' and not 'wifey' or 'gf' or any of those colloqualisms?'
Its suthin bout 'being sure before committing...', well sufin like that. The idea behind it goes suthin like so... She isn't sayin 'no' BUT she's not saying 'yes' yet until she's sure it's the 'REAL DEAL' (like Holyfield lol), well suthin along those lines & I'm thinkin how do you know suthin's the 'real deal' unless you try it cos nuthin is ever the real deal, you work together and make it the real deal BUT at the same time I see what she's saying cos we act like we're together and we are kinda seeing eacth other, although NOT official (she says she's my unofficial gf lol), so in that sense, you can sorta tell or know if you can see yourself with this person or NOT but whateva happened to working hard together 2 make anything work! What's that thing they say? 'Anything worth having is worth working hard for'? Yeah that's the one... I dunno, what do you think? Anyway you know what yeah, all that one naa story oh because we (and I do mean me) have a plan lol. My bredrin, Ms. Tight Jeans goes 2 me, she says 'You need 2 fly up there mate, let her know what's good!' & I was like 'You know this bredrin' Lol! You know, sorta like when Lucas flew 2 L.A (or NY? I forget) 2 ask Peyton 2 marry him in 'one Tree Hill'??? Yeah sufin like that BUT not the marraige proposal bit though. Hol tite Nans... She didn't make the one tree hill analogy though, that was all me lol but yeah... Nans is a flippin legend cos we're thinkin the same things! Too right! Too right!!! Oh this 'Peyton' is in Canada by the way... Try and keep up yeah lol!!!
Anyway yeah I didn't even come on here to talk bout that you know lol, funny that! Ain't that jus the way? Me goin off on a tangent lol! So you know it's gonna be one of them long ones SO switch off now if you're so inclined, I don't mind you not reading this really...
I'm confused, I am! I'm definitely not an expert on relationships and certainly NOT long distance ones but I've always been of the disposition, however naïve, that when you (emphasis 'I') meet someone that you wanna be with and you love and they love you back, especially when you're thinking that they could be 'the one', everything else (mostly) falls into place & hence the proverbial saying that 'Love Conquers All' but love doesn't conquer all, not really and I should know this cos if there's anything I learnt from my relationship with Ms. Alo (soon to be Mrs. 'Somebody else's Last Name), its exactly that! Yes love is very important BUT there are so many other 'important' things that enter into the equation... So with this here '5 hour time difference' relationship, I'm working my socks off tryna keep it brand new... generally tryna NOT make it as distant as it kinda really is basically... I think if you're gonna wanna do this whole long-distance thing, conversation & communication is quite vital (as with any relationship really) BUT I might be wrong so you tell me?
Like I said, I'm no expert so I ask my friends who seem to have this whole long-distance thing on lock... I ask them 'So how do you do it? Cos this s**t is burstin my chops!' Real talk Yo! They laugh & they say 'well young man (young man you know lol! About!), it's definitely hard work' like they're some old and wise Lion imparting knowledge down to their young cub (you know yourselves and all I can say is AS IF! Lol)... & then I ask em 'so how often do you talk?'... They laugh again (& I'm thinking 'wtf' is with all this laughing? Lol)! One of em smugly say 'well we can't NOT talk everyday, that's jus how we are.' & while I wanna smack that smug smile off their faces, I totally get it cos that's what I think too... Like why wouldn't you talk everyday? Long-distance or NOT, if you're with someone, wouldn't you wanna talk with em on the regs??? I would and even if it's not like a long convo, atleast a 1-2 minute type thing each day or sufin... That's jus how I see it anyway...
But yeah... So I'm working my socks off... Nah we both are! WE are working hard @ keeping the 'friendship' tight, talkin everyday and that and BOIIII! Both our phone bills are coming in at some ridiculous numbers and like these are early days yeah... So we're tryna find that balance right? You know... Emails, MsN... You know, just whatever works init! Even tried 2 make her get a berry but that didn't pan out lol! But anyway yeah the picture starts 2 change & its gone from we both calling back & forth on the regs 2 the day 2 day one-way calling and YES she's callin me too but jus not as frequently and I'm thinking well she's watching her phone bill init? Yeah! These times there yeah, I'm still doing the 'calling-on-the-regs' thing cos you know its kinda like part of my day now (lol)... & then the calls from her get even less frequent and the souf east london side of me is like 'Hold On! Hold On! What's goin on though?' and the hecklers in my brain aren't even helpin, they're like 'Raaah! She's gone off you boi!! Lol! She jus don't wanna talk 2 ya that much init!' & I'm thinkin 'Naah it's jus her phone bill, it's jus her phone bill...' (you can almost taste the paranoia at this point lol)... So I ask her init... & it's exactly that, she can't afford it these days!
& 2 be honest, I don't mind handling things in the calling department... As long as I know that she does wanna talk 2 me (pathetic Ayo! Jus pathetic!) & its not just me impinging my s**t on her, you get me? I get concerned (key word - paranoid lol) otherwise... Allow me mehn, I'm jus as insecure as the next man... Remember Mr. Thicke when he said 'tell me you depend on me, I need 2 hear it!'. How insecure is that? It's a man thing truss me lol! Don't let him tell you different!
So we're there talkin, talkin and she says to me, she says 'I do wanna talk 2 you and even if its not everyday, I think that's ok...' & the alarm bells start ringing again (lol) & I'm thinkin 'OMG what does this mean? Should I fall back? Should I this? Should I that?', you know one of them 'what does it all mean?' places? Well... that's where I was init lol! Don't Laugh! Its not a joking ting! Ok it is kinda, when I put it like that lol! Anyway I think I know what it is... I try too hard... I so wanna make it work and make it all perfect and ting & when you try too hard and something happens that's NOT in this perfect script you've got in your head, then it's such a shock to you, you get me? I mean ordinarily if you don't talk 2 your significant other in a day, it's NOT the end of the world and like my homegirl Steph said earlier 'its not like "OMG I'm gonna die!!!" or nufin like that lol'...
BUT because I've vested so much into the notion of this perfect relationship and I'm so caught up in sticking to this perfect script where we're so cool & we talk everyday & its all birds and bees that if she doesn't hola @ me in a day, I'm thinkin 'aww don't she miss me? Ain't she thinkin of me? What's going on though?' (You already know bout the paranoia lol, dont act suprised now!) OR if she tells me she's been out raving ('I swear she was out the week B4!' **sigh**) & she's had a rum & coke, the red flags in my head begin 2 pop up as if to say 'well that's not in the script though' (lol) and I'm thinkin 'Nah! Nah! Nah! This 'perfect' girl doesn't drink! Wtf? & the clubbin? What's that bout?' OR if we argue and don't make up right after, I just don't get it, I'm thinking 'I've said my peace, you say your peace & let's be good! According to the script'... Yeah I know! Quite sad and quite irrational, very irrational and very sad infact! Wow you know what though? Until I just wrote this, I didn't realise that, that was what was going on in my head, that I'm f**kin CRAZY, that somehow I had this preconcieved notion of this 'flawless' relationship & subconsciously put this 'idea' above everything else & to the detriment of the 'real-life' relationship (cos it doesn't matter what goes on in your head, the real life suffers if you try too f**kin hard), that without knowing it, I was tryna impinge my will on this relationship at all costs instead of just letting things take their natural courses & that's suicide by tiny increments...
Note to Self - Writing IS my therapy! (Who knew heh?)
SO what I'm gonna do is STOP trying too hard... jus chill the f**k out... and like Meredith said in Grey's Anatomy the other day, 'Make a plan, set a goal, work towards it... but every now and then, look around; Drink it in 'cause this is it. It might all be gone tomorrow.' I guess what that says to me is 'jus enjoy the ride and stop thinkin too much of the destination!' Stop tryna plan this s**t and jus live it! If it happens, it happens init and as long as yours is not a mere abritrary process then if you work hard at it, it'll work out but you'd have savoured the journey too...
So Until The Next Time...
I'll Still BE Tryna Figure This S**T Out!!!
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| Ok it was about time I get on this thing... if you're on facebook, then by GOD haven't you been tagged in one of these 25 random thingiebob notes??? Big UPS to Bunmi (flippin Royalty, this one!), Demola (holdin it down in Notts, don't think I don't see ya lol!), Ms. B (My partner in CRYME! Be afraid of us oh lol), Esther (although there's major beef & you know why lol! I luv ya really hun!), Omatunde (aka Omy Omz lol), Oyinda (Ms.2fly2belivinginsheffield & thats all I'm sayin lol!), Mr. Mode (SO SMAD3!) & Ms. Sainvilier (the originator, the innovator, the all-around BEST that ever did it lol... she was on this thing when it was only '16 random thing' lol!!!) for taggin me in all y'all notes xxx
ANd the rules are (although who needs rules anyway lol)...
Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.
To do this, go to “notes” under tabs (+) on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.
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I seriously dunno where the flip to start with this you know... Should I say I'm lost for words? Never the answer lol... you jus know I'm gonna start this right? & the words are jus gonna go on overload!!!
1. I've fallen head over heels 4 a lawyer and typically you'd think I'd be lovin it cos incase you didnt know, I AM ALL UP FOR A GOOD DEBATE... But I reckon in the future, it could lead 2 bare unnecessary arguments (I call em heated discussions but what do I know heh) cos I'm excessively compulsive (OCPD in mild doses), this means I generally obsess about 'the order of things', perfection & 'the right way' (for example a ringin phone has to be answered, that's the order of things! OK it'll take a whole blog for me 2 explain lol) & I don't do half of nothing so stoppin a discussion (argument) half way thru typically really does my head in (where's the order in that though? I haven't fully said my piece star & neither have you so don't tell me 2 leave it lmao)... so I've learnt a new skill, it's called 'the art of lettin s**t go' lol & hopefully if I'm dilligent at it in the lil things, then we'll be good in the big things... hopefully!! BUT best believe if I feel strongly bouf a thing, I doubt I will let it go... But having said that, love makes you do the silliest things, doesnt it lol?
(WHat did I say about the overload lol?)
2. Talkin about 'excessively compulsive', I reckon Ms. B & I will get along sooooo well in such a way that people will detest lol! Ofcourse, that's jus my opinion but I could be wrong lol! By the way, Ms. B is sort of like my creative inspiration... so when it come time to write my first book & the publicists are gettin on my back to complete it (we know how lazy I am at writing), I'll move in wiv Ms. B 2 tap into that creative zen lol... My wife or Her Husband (or both) is gonna have to deal lmao!!!
3. I personally think its so unfair how women have substitutes for sex and guys don't (well none that I know of so if you know suthin, do tell lol)... I cannot count with my fingers the amount of times I've heard a girlfriend go "I'd choose 'that' over sex anytime!" or erm... "I'd give up sex for 'that' in a heartbeat!" or the very classic "'That' is sooo much better than sex, its unreal!" (lol), with 'that' being the classic chocolates or anything from 'chips & curry sauce' to 'Gossip Girl' (the t.v show? I still can't wrap my head around that one) to 'a good night's sleep'... Men typically jus need 2 buss & there's no subbin that? Or is there???
4. What is LOVE without TRUST? But I pray you... What are these things without COMMITMENT?? Matter of fact, what is anything without Commitment??? I'll let y'all ponder that for a minute...
5. You see me? I make plans... I don't wait & see
6. "Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man & Hercules DON'T Scare me... The FBI, Anti-American Committee, J. Edgar Hoover, President Nixon, President Johnson, Martha Mitchell & Her Husband or her man or her woman, Ethel Kennedy, All the Kennedies, Bank of America, Chase Manhattan, Rockefeller... None of these people scare me! What scares me is that one day my son will ask me, what did you do, Daddy when the shit was going down?"
That quote from Blu & Exile's 'No Greater Love' gets me everytime I hear it... I can go as far as to say it sends chills down my spine! And it is so true... cos at the end of the day, nothing else matters more than what your children think of you... my greatest fear used to be not being able to provide for my family BUT I realise that's never a possibility! Cos I will murk-a-man for my family, Damn Straight!!!
7. You know that part in the bible where it says 'if your right eye causes you to sin, cut it off & throw it away (it actually says gouge it out init? That's some graphic stuff!) & if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off & throw it away...'? Sometimes I feel as though I should cut my d*** off & throw em away! True stories yo lol!!!
8. I've got internet radio on my blackberry... big up 2 the Mayor of N.Y for the hook-up but yeah I'm constantly on some Urban Gospel Station (cos I need 2 keep my garment of praise continually... if you don't get it then you jus aint gettin it!) & Comedy 104, so there's me laughin uncontrollably on the bus... on road... wherever... & there's bare heads turnin around with bemusement wondering if I'm ok lol! FYI I think Dennis Miller is soooo flippin' funny yo!!! Google him, nah seriously!!!
9. http://www.myspace.com/sonialalairabor. http://www.myspace.com/falzthebadguy. http://www.myspace.com/remotmusic. http://www.myspace.com/sarinaleahlove. http://www.ilike.com/artist/Tosyn+Bucknor+the+CONtradiction/songs. Get 2 know... Get 2 Know... and for that extra emphasis, DO get 2 know!!! I say this only cos they will blow up & you gotta be able 2 say that you were a part of it!!!
10. I'm loving the new T.V season... Brand New Desperate Housewives... Brand New Smallville... Brand New One Tree Hill... New SKINS (that 'cookie' dude is too much, DIlys I know you must agree & my cuz think's Effy is a right sket lol!) & ofcourse Prison Break's final season plus Re-runs of Friends, Gilmore Girls, Wonder Years & Scrubs (priceless lol)... we love television!!!
11. In the ever so eloquent words of Ms. Tight Jeans, Finance (Banking &) is all that I know... and I sometimes fear that my one-track mind might be the death of me (Lord please lead me in the way that I should go, in Jesus Name, Amen.)
12. I'm feelin M.I... he's what G.O.O.D Hip-Hop is all about! The thing I always say wiv 9ja music is... I don't care if you wanna speak in yoruba or pidgeon or even if you wanna beg like you're jamaican and do that patwa thing, I really dont care cos as long as it's G.O.O.D Music, I can dig it!!! One lil criteria for G.O.O.D Music however is it's universality (anywhere it goes, it should warrant a 'thats dope!' IMO) & M.I has that, that's why I'm feelin the dude! Now where's my complementary 'talk about it' c.d lol???
13. They say I expect too much from people... I say I should get as good as I give or atleast try & gimme as good as I give you cos even if you tried & failed, we'd be straight! How I see it is this... if you say you're gonna do suthin, I expect you 2 do it. Why? Well cos you said you will... it's the order of things, isn't it? If you say 'Call me when there's problems!'... I'll ring you when s**t aint sweet... with the knowledge that when roles are/have been reversed, I'll/I've definitely come good... SO I'm completely baffled when you act funny or jus shrivel up & hide away but more significantly I know that your word don't count 4 s**t & What Are We Without Our Word??? Nothing!!! So if you're sayin sufin & I'm not listenin, you probably know why! And this applies to everything...
14. It is so weird how I cannot think up 25 random things to write on here! I thought this'd be such a breeze but alas I'm stuck on Number 14 and wasting it by tellin you this lol... NEXT!!!
15. Bookmark this website... http://www.wepluggoodmusic.blogspot.com. That's all I'm sayin about that, the lil info on there will be able to shed light on what we're tryna do with that... Jus say real tuned!!! We're gonna flip this 9ja music (while I'm here I reckon we should lose that label cos it's simply either G.O.O.D music or bad music?) thing right on its head and that's true stories!!!
16. Now, I don't wanna go off on a rant here BUT... I think Family Guy is sooo NOT funny! I mean who here finds that show at all funny? Nah actually strike that... Who here finds it even in the least bit amusing??... In fact that Peter Griffin character ANNOYS me & the suggestion that that stewie baby is somewhat bi-sexual is quite disturbing, he's a baby 4 cryin out loud!!! I honestly CANNOT for the life of me wrap my head around the concept of this show being anything but stupid (and NOT in a funny kinda way)!!! Ofcourse that's just my opinion, I could be wrong lol!
17. I cannot remember anything or anyone from my primary school... I try but I jus come up wiv really vague faces, no names or nothing else for that matter... I remember my old Estate though (201 Road, Festac Town, Lagos) & everybody... Bode (my very 1st homie, dunno where he is now though! We met again @ Uni & it was a blast catchin up wiv that dude!), Lolu, Osaze & Norense (& their gorgeous Older sister Aize), Temi Pepe & a host of the people dem! It was the livest neighbourhood ever! I remember the football tournies in the park behind my block (Block A, Flat 6)... I remember the basketball court on 23 Road (right outside d plantanshun boiz' & Razzy's block lol)... My uncle & his crew used to think they were God's gift 2 mankind (I reckon he still does lol)... I remember Norense and them used 2 make fun of me & call me 'Gobo' from Fraggle Rock... Lil did they know that 'Gobo' represents A LEADER!!! Did you know that the whole show had quite deep & complex underpinnings & connotations? I bet you didnt know that lol!
18. My Ex-Girlfriend is gettin married... Yes, Tinuke lol! sometime in September, her bestfriend said... Introduction's done and everything! Apparently she's in London doin some shoppin 4 the wedding.
19. I'm suffering another bout of writer's block so I'm jus gonna freestyle some s**t & hope that it reads ok lol... No wait, maybe I'll go sleep for a few hours and come back to this... Dunno whether I should continue here... or go straight to 20 when I come back lol? We'll see...
Ok let's call this 19B. yeah... I bet you're prolly thinkin 'why can't he jus tell us 25 quick & easy random things about himself without gettin all long?'... well BITE me if you're thinkin that yeah, jus BITE me Lol!!! You done know I've been exxttrraaa from long time lmao!!! Plus I honestly can't think of any random stuff that y'all don't already know (without soundin all boring and what not lol!)
20. There aren't many things that get me like that Victoria Secret Garden body splash scent on a Woman... the 'Strawberries & Champagne' & 'Sweet Temptation' fragrances are especially sooo undeniably irresistible... I mean I could go on about the many things that jus drive me crazy in the opposite sex but I suppose they'd jus be your garden variety of female idiosyncrasies you know... but the smell of a woman wearin a vickie secret garden body splash jus kiiills me
21. If you didn't know me, one word you might use 2 describe me is 'anti-social' & I wouldn't hold it against ya if you did... although that would be an uninformed description on your part! I will say this though... Yes I do enjoy my own company and in some cases, I even prefer it to certain other people's company! Call it what you will BUT it is just what it is! Don't take it personal too, I jus dig my own space...
22. When I think of my life on that grand stage... in the large scheme of things, the ONLY area of my life that I can & will allow to be underwhelming is... the football team that I support... YES I bleed Black & White... and what lol? NEWCASTLE UNITED 4 LYFE... and if the underachievement persists, we'll have 2 sort out a consortium (one that actually knows their business) 2 buy out the club & finally bring it some silverware... you heard it here first!!!
23. My lil angel of a cousin is 16 in August. Her name's Ose (Oh-Say) & I love her 2 bits! Everytime I've been back home in the last 4 years, she's come 2 spend some time wiv her big cuz (we went everywhere 2gether lol) & everytime we chat on facebook, she's always askin me when I'm comin back home & I'm always sayin 'I dunno (darling) but soon though ok.'... Lord lead me in the way that I should go... I was jus on her fb homepage & I'm seein these wastemandem tryna chirps my lil cousin you know!!! Are you dozy bossman? & with such lame lines aswell?? Actually scratch that last part... Are You dozy fam? She's 15 & it'll definitely be ARMZ HOUSE star! Naaaah Real talk though!!!
24. I'm grossly fascinated by the '10000 hours' rule as stipulated by Malcolm Gladwell. It goes thus that 1. Talent is most likely (than not) NOT innate i.e it's largely not something you're born with & that 2. If you dedicated around 10000 hours to any discipline (or anything for that matter), you're likely to become an expert (or a guru or extremely talented) at that thing! So if you spent 20 hours a week dilligently seeking to master a thing/discpline/profession, in about 10 years, you'd become truly expert at that thing that you sought out to master... Based off of that, there's the 3 year rule which typically says that if you throw yourself at a job or a profession, you'll work 60 hours a week at it (12 hours a day, 5 days a week), thats 3000 hours a year (ofcourse discounting for vacations) and in just over 3 years, you'd have clocked 10000 hours and thus become truly expert at that job/profession... BRING IT ON is what I say!!!
25. Could we all please take the next minute or two (I mean it Please) 2 say a lil prayer 4 Jade Goody and her family... All things are possible to them who believe so be confident with what you pray for, thank you!
The Bonus Ones...
1. I've got my young cousin who's a 16 year old South-East London Tetosterone filled young Male and who's definitely not into this sorta music, singin along to Con.tra.diction's 'First' (he claims the songs r pissin him off but he's sat there singin from the top of his lungs lol, I personally think he jus can't help himself lol!)... YUP you're next (Yes its by force oh lol!!!)... Lemme hear you now 'Stayin... stayin... stayin with the one... stayin with the one who loved me first...'
2. I remember my first proper kiss (I say proper cos technically, my first kiss was when I was 11 but yeah we're not talkin in technicalities here, are we? + anything before this, I really dont count cos this was the very one lol!!!) like it was only yesterday (and yes I know I've shared it wiv y'all before but indulge me ok lol)... it was on my 17th birthday & I remember everything... she had on the sexiest floral blue dress eva (think Doneao's 'devil in a blue dress' lol) & she had a body 2 die 4 but the confidence about her is what got me + the kiss was... well lets jus say its been ages & I still remember it lol! What's that thing they say? 'Its all in the kiss!'
3. I have come to the realisation that sleep is extremely OVERRATED!!! You see all them times last year that I was actively seekin (& gettin) 8 hours of sleep (cos apparently I needed that much sleep 2 wake up early & function effectively throughout the day kmt!)... well consider those just TIME WELL WASTED!!! Cos the reality of it is this... there isn't nearly enuff time during the day 4 me 2 handle my BiZ-I-NESS without having to lose 8 hours of it 2 sleep! When my bank a/c starts reading 8 major figures, then we can go back 2 8 hours of sleep... MAYBE & that's real talk yo!!! My body is due a reality check & a re-conditioning!!!
Until the next time...
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| Hey Y'all...
Whats really good? It's been another minute, I apologise lol! I'm gonna try this year and not leave y'all for weeks on end... I can only try you know, what with me being the lazy writer that I am... SOOOOOOOOO... Did I hear you ask 'what's new?'... Naaah? I swear I heard you say that lol... well...
Where do I start? From the beginning I suppose lol... But how do you decide where or what or when the beginning was? Was it back in Autumn 2005? or in February 2007? or Last Year Christmas? or 03/01/09 or was it 05/01/09... I reckon it was somewhere in the Late Winter '05/Spring of '06... and I reckon you're screamin at your screen like WHAT THE FLIP IS THIS BROTHER TALKIN ABOUT? ALl will be revealed lmao... ok here's a clue but that's all you're getting... Monday, February 26th 2007 ...I'm sorry I cant help you figure this one out, well not just yet anyway... O.K moving swiftly along (I'm actually thinkin of cuttin this part off now, we'll see how it feels at the end xxx)
I've just begun speech therapy for my stammer... I think I had my 2nd real session last week and erm... I suppose its going ok, its goin ok mehn! I've got this assignment from my therapist that I'm not really doing well at & not in the least bit too... Lemme share (lol)! I stammer (DuH!!!) and I have certain things (let's call em mannerisms) that I use to manage my speech... like sayin Erm(s) & Uhm(s) before I say a word so that I can warm up to the word and NOT get stuck on that word so for example I'll go 'So I'm meant to be uhmmm going to sleep' instead of simply saying 'So I'm meant to be going to sleep'... I use the 'uhmmm' as a gap filler cos I'm gonna get stuck on the word 'going', make any sense?' Naaah? Oh I thought it would lmao, maybe I'm jus crap @ explaining stuff! I dunno I'm gonna get stuck on 'going' but jus saying I go to say the word 'going' and nothing comes out (strange but true lol), I use 'uhmmm' to both fill up that gap (silence) and warm myself up into actually getting that word 'going' out... Is it all confusing? I've got it down to a science lol! And the other thing and this is more noticeable if you speak to me, is when I get stuck on a word, I back track and begin the whole sentence again on the hopes that when I get to that word for a 2nd time (or 3rd or 4th lol), I wont hit a block and the word'll ease on through... Well my assignment is to try and NOT use these management techniques as it were lol... My therapist called em 'crutches' that help me walk and that I should try and drop em when I'm walkin with people I'm comfortable with (i.e dont go back and dont say 'uhm' and 'you know' and a few other gap fillers I use whenever i'm talkin to my friends and people I'm comfortable talking to)... The first day wasn't badd but it's been sooooo hard trying to do this since... I'll prolly go 5 minutes of a conversation where I manage to lose the crutches but damn its hard like... I'd get stuck on a word and all I wanna do is jus go back to the word before or the beginning of the sentence and take it from there or jus stall on it with a few 'uhmmms' but I try and stick to it for a few more seconds until I break and pick up one of my clutches... well I suppose it's a working progress init? So when next you have me on the phone or in conversation... remember to chip in with your 'you went back there, try not to OR ok dont go back on me or you've said uhmms a trillion times there, stop!'. Thanks xxx
Valentine's day is upon us y'all!!! Next weekend to be exact lol... I'm working anyway so come through and get your jewellery needs for that special someone lol! Some lady got a 9carat Gold 2oz Curb Bracelet for £579.00 for her boyfriend the other day... so fellas if your girl pulls the credit crunch card on ya, dont have it! Never have It! and Ladies... my darling ladies... y'all know the P!!! If he liked it, then he should have atleast put SOMETHING on it lol... dinner? jewellery (fellas hit me up for your jewellery gift consultancy lol)? anything... he better do something lol! Talkin about dinner... If you've got no clue of where 2 go then I'm about to hook you up nice...
How would you like to take her or him (whoever wears the pants really, NAAAH you know I'm only messing!) to a little well know London Bistro in the heart of Central London where the decor is gloriously 'OTT' with such an inventive interior that'll immediately enhance your mood called The Little Bay. As you might already know Bistros are traditionally known for being economical and in the current climate, I reckon you wouldn't mind the low-prices but the quality of food is certainly worth more what you pay which begs the question... Why & How do they do it? BUT thats NOT why I'm recommending this Lovely london restaurant to you... For the whole of February, the owner Peter Ilic is offering us the discretion to pay ONLY what we think our food was worth, instead of being offered a bill at the end of our meal (drinks however are still at the set price but tap water is freely available is you're that cheap lol). This is what he says...
"People paying £10 will get the same service as they would if they paid £100... Some will pay more than I would charge, some will pay less. IT ALL DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON PEOPLE'S APPRECIATION OF THE FOOD."I had to stress his last sentence however cos you know how black people get! Its true! I'm gonna relay this information to you now & you're all gonna go up there and try and take all the flippin liberties that you can stomach! It's true!!! Ladies Please if your man takes you to the Little Bay and tries to be cheap, kick his foot from under the table or if you please, dont be subtle and say what I would 'Negro PLease this aint Mcdonalds!'!! The funny thing as well is the menus {that boast real upmarket, michellin starred stuff like leek and potato soup wiv caviar (I see that face, dont be razz please lol), Grilled fillet steak (delish truss! jus dont forget to say you want it well done lol), Braised pork chop (Sheri might like this), and for those that eat simple - 100% Aberdeen Angus beef burger (4 variations)} dont have prices so you dont have any guides lol... have fun!!! And oh before I forget, here's the details. Little Bay Farringdon is located at 171 Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell, EC1R 3AL. ENjoyment lol!!! News just in... Sex and The City 2 = SO ON!!! Ms. Bucknor I promise it'll be better lmao (and if not make sure you got wiv a fit bloke and sit at the very back of the cinema so y'all can get up 2 some good frolicking lol)!!! And apparently... Ripped jeans are BACK!!! Oh someone jus KILL me now!!! Ok people (ladies and even more so gentlemen!!!) we're in 2009 already! Ripped jeans were cool when I was 10! YES 1994 and back in the 80's too!!! And remember when it tried to come back about 6 years ago? It wasn't cool then... & iT's still NOt COol now(except maybe you're stuck in 1994... in that case we need to help you out cos the problem is well beyond ripped jeans lol)... the only way I'm givin you a bly for rockin ripped is if you're an actual punk rocker (which you're NOT) or a scruffy/broody actress/film student/artsy type who really cannot be bothered... only way! And when you wear em with those 'SO NOW' checked shirts that I absolutely love, you are ruining the look ok so STOP... ditch the ripped for some some dark skinnies instead... truss me please!!! And fellas... OMG fellas... how do you think ripped jeans look good on you? NO they're not edgy... they dont give you that ruff 'I so cant be bovvered' look... they dont (you can't fake that look lol)! They only say 'look I'm trying too hard to be cool!'... that's all they say!!! So if you dont fall into the scruffy artsy type persona (even this is hugely debatable for fellas)... DON'T!!! Where girls can somewhat get away with such travesty (in my eyes), its nothing but TACKY on a guy... tacky fellas, jus tacky kmt!!! And before I Kick rocks... Actually I've actually remembered what I wanted to blog about in the first place (I went into the bathroom now thinkin 'wow that was a somewhat easy blog to write' and then something I wrote in my mental note the other day surfaced lol... so I guess I'm here 4 a bit more (hope y'all dont mind lol) SO 2009 & I'm goin cold-turkey on a number of things for a number of different reasons... at the core there are two things I'm trying to go cold-turkey on & for two reasons but these two things (as they would) branch out into a number of other things (Are you askin why I'm being secretive today? I dont think my evasiveness is any more than the usual though, you lemme know ok!)... Some of y'all will know right off the bat one of the things I'm sheddin off for the minute and the reason? Well let's call it 'the evolution of Ayodele Adepoju' lol. You jus realise that certain things in life aren't as important... they aren't really necessary... & on the large scale of things, they're NOT my priority at this moment in my life (& neither should they be at any point to be honest) and you could say I'm goin too deep & that in a balanced life, these things have their places & you probably would be right BUT when you desire that change of levels like I do, it makes sense to let certain things go, you get me right? At this point, we want to do things & be places that 'add value' and I suppose that wholly depends on what adds value to your life, doesnt it? G.O.O.D music, G.O.O.D conversations, G.O.O.D food, G.O.O.D people... Now these things are some of the small things that add value to my life but on the other hand... something like club-hoppin for example (and no offence to anyone or anything cos it could be said that I am the quintessential party-rider lol) or suthin like 'social drinkin' adds no value whatsoever, does it? (yes again dependin on what 'value' is to you cos if you go 2 that rave 2 get you a number or two & a lil suthin suthin afterwards then I suppose on some level, that is what you value init? and hence you've got reason 2 club-hop right?)... but anyway lookin at the bigger picture, nah lookin at my bigger picture, the things that add value to me are My GOD (& my relationship with HIM), My Career Happiness & The Pursuit of it (I came up with that las nite & I'm keepin it lol), My Family, The One I Love, My Second Family, My Music... you know those kinda things! Having said that though... sometimes you jus wanna have a good time, don't ya? & there's nothing else to it, no frills, no context as such, no pretenses you know, unpretentious... you jus wanna JUMP IN THE MIDDLE AND SKANK!!! Lol! Dont mind me, I'm suffering withdrawal symptoms, you need to see me @ work...we've got a bassline mixtape on rotation at the moment... & you can catch me skankin out (borderline shockin out like American Gular lol) in between customers lol!!! Its all about tribal mehn... make sure you got your skank down to a tee lol!!! The other thing I said I'm goin cold turkey on is the absolute hardest... & Without taking the seriousness and the extreme discipline out of the couple comparisons that I choose 2 call upon but I dunno how cigarette & alcohol addicts go cold-turkey? It must be (one of) the hardest things anyone will ever have to do... cos lemme tell you... its almost like any & everything is willing you on 2 take that glass of premium dry martini stirred and NOT shaken (James Bond is a weakling cos Martini should never be shaken but alas I digress)... its almost like everywhere you turn, everywhere you go, there's someone right there takin a drag of your favorite Davidoff Non-Filtered (you know what it is jus by the smell of the smoke...) and offering you one too! I totally respect those who've succeeded in curbing these habits/addictions by goin cold-turkey and I truly empathise with whoever has tried & failed to go cold-turkey on anything at all... its jus a different level of difficulty, aint it? We need the grace of God and thats real talk! Lemme tell you exactly how I feel though... you know that movie '40 Days and 40 Nights' starring Josh Hartnett where he vows to stay celibate for 40days and nights with such comical results lol... do you remember that scene near the end where he's goin 2 work and he's hallucinating that every woman he sees is naked? It was quite hilarious though... & he's so freaked out that he runs to the church to seek solace from his Priest friend & he sees that one kissing a nun lol!!! Well I feel like Josh Hartnett in that scene lol ('what on earth is he on about?' do I hear you ask lol? Well call me & I'll tell you what I'm abstaining from & why COS the 'why' is soo much so as important as the 'what' lol) Ok NOw seriously... before I kick rocks... This one's for Straightgullie... cos in the immortal words of Bryan Adams "everything I do..." lol... & for my homeboi Demola Salami... cos its about damn time! & for Ms. Bucknor... I hope you enjoy it!!! So until the next time... Please check out my girl Sonia 'La-La' , add yourselves & then come tell me whatchu think... Let's plug that G.O.O.D Music xxx | | |
| Happy New Year!!!
So the year 08 came and its gone... and we're 13 hours into the new year (well 13hours when I begun writing this), two thousand and mine y'all!!! So its only right we send 2008 off right, shall we? My immediate instinct would be to moan and whine bout how 2008 was one long kiss my arse year and how i'm happy 2 see the back of it... New Year, Newness and all but with some thought (and to be honest not much thought was given) and in hindsight, 2008 was NOT the hell-hole that I wanna think it was, yes it was hard for me BUT... James 1:1-3 tells me to '... count it all joy when you fall into diverse trials/tempatation; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, wanting nothing. '... So notwithstanding the relative difficulties (which dont kill ya, only make ya stronger, dont it?), 2008 was the year of my Be-Coming lol but we'll get to that lol...
So without further adeu... its the 2008 Wrap-Up lol
January...
January came thru and I was actually looking forward to 2008... I was in a 'not-so-stressful' gap job earning some doosh, living rent-free, had some money saved away in the bank, and having jus graduated from kingston wiv a distinction... the potential 4 2008 was endless lol... I laugh now because of the beautiful thing that we call 'foresight'... Suffice to say, that potential never really materialised... I'm not moanin or nufin cos I'm cool mehn, it didnt happen for a reason and only the Lord (whose thoughts towards us are of peace and not of evil, to bring us to an expected end) knows... maybe I wasn't ready, maybe HE's got something different in store for me from what I focused on, maybe I haven't listened enough to what I need to do to enter into my manifestation... but yeah 2009 is my year of manifestation so we good, we good!!!... Anyway where was I? Yeah I had my graduation in this month (pics are on facebook), it was a great feeling 2 graduate wiv a distinction... after all the loong thing in 2007 with my tuition and my visa... it jus shows me still that God's not just there laid back or nonchalant towards me because HE shows me & gives me time and time again his grace and blessings... it must be something that i've gotta give 2 get that next level breakthrough you know... I had my cousin wiv me for my grad ceremony and it was only fitting that she was there... she was a big part of that success in more ways than one but one person I wish was there was my Mum, she sacrifised the most to get me on that bloomin podium... but anyway talkin bout my cousin... you know that one time in a minute when family just go funny on ya, well that time was in January... there was some madness over some utility bill and as it were, I was served wiv the quintessential 'two-weeks notice', hence the 'be-coming', get it?... I met Ms. Sheffield this month (best dance I had all year lol but she's one of my fav people now you know lol)... and I met Ms. Bradie in January too... you know who you are, Hol Tite Mami!!!
And Barack Obama burst unto our scenes with his January 3rd Iowa Democratic Caucus Victory speech... You know the speech? Ofcourse you do... C'mon! Here's a quote from it... I am actually doin my Barack impersonation and reciting that quote right this minute lol...
'You know, they said this day would never come. They said our sights were set too high. They said this country was too divided, too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose. But on this January night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do. You have done what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days. You have done what America can do in this new year, 2008. Our Time for Change Has Come' (Omg this is turnin out 2 be one of them looong blogs, we're only in January y'all lol)
February...
In February, all that rent-free biz-i-ness was out the window and boi!!! Paying rent is not the one, I'll tell you from now... especially when you're not even earning the major cheese but JEEZ mehn, we're still here init... so its not a fing lol!!! Nothing really happened in February, did it? I met Ms. Nana at a house party this month and like Biggie said 'She made the cats drool...but we was jus cool... the girl was kinda close 2 me, a lil closer than an average girl supposed to be, but far from my lover, my girl was jealous of her...'
Amy Winehouse swept it at the grammies... she's still lost the plot though (I cannot for the life of me understand how that all went down-hill... suthin bout suffering for your arts? oh bulls**t!) & the Spice Girls came good on that tour, didnt they? Oh yeah this was when that young girl in Dewsbury went missing... apparently her Mum planned the whole thing so she could get her hands on the finder's fee!!! People are so flippin twisted yo!!! Northern Rock went BUST & you paid for it's survival... and some of y'all still dont know why! What happened to the New England Patriots at the Super Bowl? Depressing stuff y'all!
I miss rent-free accomodation mehn but I dont think I'd wanna go back to living wiv family (except the nuclear one though) cos whats a world without privacy these days heh (ofcourse your Mum being the only exception to that one) lol? Jus thought I'll add that lil detail in there...
March...
In March you knew about the Credit Crunch... Dont sit there and act all cool sayin to yourself, 'Nah I knew well b4 March!'... Yeah right! If you're reading my blog on my fb and your name isn't on this list then you definitely didnt know about the big C.C until March, oh give over! Dont Lie lol... ME, Nii, Rishi, Zena, Sheri (maybe), Biyi (Mr N.Y we blame you for everything lol)... And this is how you knew in March... every news feed in the whole of March was about the Credit Crunch and it all culminated in the news that top US investment bank Bear Sterns went bust and was sold to JP Morgan for $2 a share (later revised to $10 a share)... And while we were goin 'damn this credit crunch!', Leona Lewis was goin 'credit crunch? what credit crunch?'... She made her first millie and in March and cupped herself a US No 1 lol!!! Heather Mills also couldnt comprehend what that phrase meant, how could she really? The woman was also on a maaadddd one after the divorce settlement that got her £24million of Sir Paul McCartney's wealth (that she didnt help create) and this woman was still complaining! Apparently 2008 became the year where £35000 a year excluding school fees and nanny fees couldn't fly a four year old in first class... yeah apparently! Sorry but Ms. Mills was the epitome of delusional and did I forget GOLD-DIGGER!!!
Anythingelse happen in March??? Oh yes, I had my grad party in March.. it was tooo live (pics are on fb ofcourse)... one of the livest smade parties of 2008 imo but yeah guess who showed up? Yup... American Girl... all the cool points were out the window and she got me all twisted in the game boi!!! and you definitely know who you are...
April...
April brought me definitely one of the best weeks of the year and because we gotta give props where they are due... that very enjoyable week was all courtesy one 'American girl' and b4 y'all start gettin ideas and rather preconcieved notions, it was a brilliant 7days cos I was happy, one of the happiest I was in the year and it could've been caused by other things (although I very much doubt that) but it definitely culminated whenever she was there... but like every good thing, it had to come to an end... cos her boyfriend came thru and crushed the building lol!!! OK I know what you're thinkin and I'm thinkin whether to let you continue thinkin it lol???
Didnt Naomi Campbell throw a fit at that new terminal 5 @ Heathrow? She spat on boy-dem aswell right? Now thats big bad woman behavior right there lol... and she got banned from BA? Now thats deep...
And YEs also in April... my Boi Jigga finally got married 2 my fiancee Beyonce lol and Whatever you Manchester fans wanna think about your premier league triumph in May, April is where it all went down... Chelsea physically handed United the trophy as they dropped points against Wigan when they let Emile Heskey score that late beauty of an equalizer... PISSED!!!
May...
I went to Manchester in May and I would tell ya what happened but what happens in manchester stays in manchester, you know this lol!!! Actually even if it didnt, I wouldnt tell ya either lol... but seriously though what happens in manchester stays in manchester sorryyy! But lets jus say it was a rather very interesting trip... Ms. Bradie is a very very very special girl... I will say that much!!! She's out of my life now for a while and erm I miss her... but me & her, we'll always be kool... always! What happened? Erm you know how people are sometimes thrust into your life in a certain capacity for a season? Well Ms. Bradie was one of those people... a real angel this one, one of the ones that made 2008 a good year when it was. Damn I Miss Her
While we're still takin bout Manchester, it would be only fair to mention the very little detail of the red side of the town winning both the Premier League and the Champions League... while I'm not taking anything away from Manchester United although I can try, May's champions league final will forever be remembered for John Terry's awful penalty miss, a miss that cost Chelsea the Champions League trophy... Here's a question for all you Chelsea fans... why is John Terry kickin a spot-kick before Salomon Kalou? One's a Striker and the other a defender?
Sex & The City The Movie... Enuff said lol
Also in May, my boy Biyi came thru from the big N.Y for his 25th birthday... and we partied like flippin rockstars courtesy of the few good people @ Urban Club Nights, Junior and the whole Smade crew... big things poppin (pics are also on facebook lol)... I met Ms. Chingford aswell... Awww she's such a nice girl, that one!
June...
I was in a pretty bad way in June... I was hittin a brick wall with every one job application i made... everyone... and thats not even an exxageration! I couldnt muscle it for nufin, I was literally losing every iota of hope and purpose... and the one place I go for some strength, Church... wasn't doin nothing for me! I used to always count on church 2 be the one place I could go at the end/beginning of the week to sort of re-align myself with God's purpose 4 me... it was the one place I could go & get my rest after 6days of being beat down by life... it was the one place I could go 2 get my strength back up for the 6 'life' days ahead of me... but week after week, sunday after sunday, I'd get kicked in the face by these refusal letters & I'd feel nothing after spending two odd hours in a scantily filled room tryna listen but not actually listenin to what this man was saying bout faith or preserverance or whatever else was on queue that week, even more so, I'd feel deflated afterwards, and I'd have 2 go work the next day... I'm sorry to be so candid but thats how I felt! There had to be a change... and it came by the way of one of my best friends, Mojisola Olawoyin... she's one of the people that rarely ever gets mentioned on my blog... but if I was an investment bank, she'd be my operations department... She's like my big sister and I love her to bits! She invited me to her church... which is now my church... and it was what I needed at the time... to get that faith, that belief back... I was rejuvenated to say the very least... and in retrospect, although those refusal letters kept kickin my head in all year round, I was and am in a much better place to get back up and go right back at it... plus I'm actually listenin and hearing and registering what the Pastor is sayin, tryna make it work in my life, and plus I'm so surrounded with success stories, its unreal lol & like my pastor used to say 'you surround yourselves wiv successful people long enough, something has to rub off on you, even if you don't want it to lol'...
Remember this... 'You'll never be ready... you're simple... Go Look up ready in the dictionary... you'll never be ready!!! Memba I told you!'... Who could forget the nightmare that was Alexandra de Gale for the summer's Big Brother... Big brother 2009 was so flippin hilarious and that's sayin the very least! Dont front like you weren't sat there watchin Rex & his plastic girlfriend fight and make-up, only to fight again and make-up again lol!!!
Jay-Z was in town and he shut down the glastonbury festival and owned Noel Gallagher of the Oasis, I mean completely owned the sucker lol... and R.Kelly was 2008's very own O.J Simpson... but considering what happened to O.J last month, R.Kelly may very well not like this very likely comparison... but it fits like a bloomin glove lol!
And JUS like that we've ran thru half of 2008, wow!!!
Before we take that final lap to the finish line and run through July to December, as is customary with our year-end wrap-up, this is the bit we dole out a few awards for outstanding contributions in the big 2008...
The biggest track of the year... and when I say 'biggest', I obviously don't mean best by the way so yeah... biggest track of 08' - Lil Wayne's 'A Millie'!!! Except you've been living under a rock for the last 12 months, you cannot deny the colossal that was Lil Wayne in 2008... Even if you didn't like him, you jus had 2 acknowledge that he was there, the fella sold a millie in his first week for Christ sake!!! And on this side of the pond... without a question of a doubt and with no questions asked, the biggest U.K track in 2008 and by a looooong shot I might add was Giggs' 'Talkin The Hardest'... Despite the south london emcee being 'allegedly' black-balled by industry execs @ MTV base and Choice FM, he side-stepped the U.K Mobos and scooped the more coveted (atleast in hip-hop circles) BET Award for best UK artiste and 'Talkin The Hardest' took him there
Biggest R&B track and easily one of the best... well Neyo's 'Miss Independent' comes to mind almost immediately... and I dont see how you can argue against this one... But alas I'll throw this one other track into the mix... 'Lion, Tigers and Bears' by Jazmine Sullivan and I'll go one further and call this Jazmine Sullivan gem THE BEST R&B joint of 2008... I could go on and on about Jazmine Sullivan but I wont cos that's not why we are here lol... but her album FEARLESS will almost, no not almost, certainly be on any top 5 R&B albums list of 2008 and she's what? 21? The sheer brilliance of the woman is undeniable... And while we are the topic of R&B albums... the best R&B record and my choice for the best record of 2008 period came from the legend Raphael Saadiq and it was aptly called 'The Way I See it'... and from the U.K, the best R&B record I heard all year (and this record could spar with the best of 2008's U.S imports) was Eric Lau's 'New territories' and it featured my 08's favorite vocalist Sarina Leah on 4 tracks, you should check it out please
And a special big-ups need to go the man T-Pain... 08' was his year yo!!! My man got everyone on that vocoder nonsense lol, ur swagger is intact Mr. T-Pain but when anyone else jumps in your lane, its jus nonsense... big-ups also go to my girl Rihanna, she handled her biz-i-ness all year... from 'rehab' to 'take a bow' to allegedly dating Chris Brezzie to 'disturbia' to 'Live Your Life' with T.I, hers was the epitome of a G.O.O.D year in R&B
The biggest comeback record... this one's a straight tie in my opinion from two soul household names but the first name slightly shades it. Al Green came back in 2008 with 'Lay It Down' and OMG did he lay the soul down? If you haven't heard the record, you need to go out and buy it... nah seriously you do! Second for this accolade was the first album from these soul ladies for 32 years so I suppose it's more of a come-back than 'Lay It Down' was but it's certainly not better... Having said that, 'Back to Now', the triumphant offering from Nona Hendryx, Patti Labelle, and Sarah Dash (Labelle... remember them?) was a beautiful return to what G.O.O.D music is and should be... It was a complete record at its very least, trust me!
Hip-Hop was big for 2008... it was colossal and I'm not talkin 'The Carter III' either but yeah lets get to it, shall we? This is one of my favorite parts of my year-end blog! I love Hip-Hop so yeah you have to listen to me ramble on for the next 5 or so minutes lol... lets go there... Best Hip-Hop record of 2008 was undeniably Q-Tip's 'The Renassaince'... and ofcourse Atmosphere's 'When Life Gives You Lemons...', Nas's Untitled Album, and Black Milk's 'Tronic' were also the epitome of G.O.O.D Hip-Hop music in 08', and I dont care what you say but J'Live's 'Then What Happened' was a brilliant record and it infact completes my top 5 hip-hop 08' albums... And ofcourse there's always the honourable mentions... The Recession, Murs for President, Theatre of the Mind, Paper Trail, Emeritus, and The Rising Down all come to mind and ofcourse there's 'Sweet Lord', Murs & 9th wonder's sweet collabo and 'Johnson & Jonson' a second offering of the year from my 2nd fav emcee in 2007, Blu & some producer called Mainframe (dont know him lol)
I was into loads of music in 2008... but more specifically, I loved some new G.O.O.D music... Sarina Leah, Sonia 'la-la' Irabor, Falz, MaTT aka Remot, Con.tra.dic.tion, were my favorite all year... and in 2009, I'm gonna shove them so far down your throats, it'd be unreal lol xxx...
Can i jus say something real quicky? FUNKY HOUSE is in the building... get with it already!!!
Ok lets get back to the run-down
July...
July? July?? What happened in July? Surely my life wasn't this boring in 2008... Come to think bout it, I reckon it was... What? Lookin 4 that job was my full-time hustle, wasn't it? So yeah the kid wasn't really into much you know... it was jus a ruthlessly tiring and boring cycle of work, job applications, sleep, work, job applications, sleep, work, job applications, sleep for most months in the year i reckon...
Crude Oil was trading @ $147 a barrel... Goldman Sachs was predicted a peak of $200 (I Laugh hahahaha!)... What an amount a few months can change cos right now, its trading at jus over $40 a barrel... so if you've gone and locked in prices @ $147 a barrel, you'd have lost in the odds of $100 a barrel, and say you went long on a few million barrels, I'll let you do the math... thats why your house-hold energy prices are still painfully high and haven't come down yet btw (jus thought you should know).. PISSED mate!!!
In July Vogue Italia made a historic statement with its all-black issue and I still dunno why some of y'all were hating on em for their effort! ... Lindsay Lohan came out and said she was a lezzer! Note 2 Linsday... we already knew lol!!! Well good on her right lol? And this year's wimbledon saw the best wimbledon final ever imo... Nadal beat Federer in five sets, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7... after 4hours and 48minutes.
August...
The recruitment session for grad jobs was officially open... may not have been exciting news for you lot but my big sis & I were, for the lack of a better word, animated at the prospects that lay before us and that is to say the very least... but like a felon on deathrow who's possibilities of a pardon go from endless to evaporating... the dreams of offers from Merril, Nomura, Barcap, Sachs, HSBC, Suisse and a whole bagload of others simply disintegrated into shitloads of letters that rather annoyingly included the words 'unfortunately', 'regret', 'unsuccessful'... blah blah blah, one or two even included all the 3 words (those were the worst ones) lol... as the letters piled, the faith thinned, the belief waned, hope diminished... but I love my big sis, Mojisola Olawoyin to the bits of me cos without her support, without her kind, encouraging words, without her being my 'back-office' in those last months of the year, I dont think I would have had the strength to stomach all those refusal and come back up for some more... I think i'd have been lost not giving a s**t about anything anymore & jus went downhill... cos God knows, it'd have been the much easier option!
Whoelse was NOT interested in the blooming olympics other than me? Like what was all the hype about? Ok maybe the soccer event which 9ja did relatively well... what am I talkin bout? We reached the finals, didnt we lol? We did great if you ask me... and in the risk of sounding utterly out of sync with thing green, white & green, when's the last time we got to the final of anything??? BUT omg Usian Bolt... what the flip is this man made up of... 100metres in 9.69 seconds and you know he could smash that time aswell, the showboating was just priceless!!! Dude was sayin 'look not even on your best day, can you race against me, and jus so you can be sure about that, i'll start celebrating before I cross the finish line! And WHAT?' And while I'm on the olympics... Michael Phelps = Greatest Olympian??? Like Seriously who cares!!! All his medals are in one sport so it shouldn't really count lol
The new Premier League season kicked off...
September...
It was My birthday... Yaaaayyyy!!! & you know we dined & we partied in rockstar fashion as per usual! Big-Up 2 the smade crew again for yet another maddd one... hol tite everyone who came out! TGI's was the livest lol, thanks guys... we'll do it again in 09 xoxo! My theme song for the month was Baz Lurhman's 'Everyone's Free to Wear Sunscreen', I learnt the irrelevance of worrying and I was gonna make a conscious effort not to worry bout stuff... especially my job search and stuff (I bet you're bored of hearing me talk about jobs and applications and career this and that and I'm sorry but thats really all 2008 was about to be honest!)... and I tried not to worry, I did try... and I'm still trying hard albeit with relatively much more success... there's hope for me yet I suppose lol!!!
Newcastle United could NOT get their s**t together and King Kev walked out again... KMT and I was resigned to another season of under-achievements from the magpies... I cannot for the life of me understand why I support such an underwhelming football side!!! Since Sir Bobby Robson left, we've been s**t! Someone needs 2 sort this out and soon or else...
Lehman Brothers went BUST and were allowed to fold-up... and in other news, some dumb chic (and her knight in shining armour) hacked into both my yahoo email and facebook... managed to get my facebook back but yeah they deprived me of ever being able 2 say 'because i'm futuristic like that' everytime i got asked why my yahoo i.d is 'ayohla3000' lmao!!!
October...
Iceland went bankrupt in October... yes you heard me, bankrupt!!! Madonna & Guy Ritchie split... like we ever saw that one coming? I know I didnt!
Chelsea FC finally lost at home... That four year record was finally smashed (lmao) by Liverpool FC and it was about time too! WHat was it? 86 league games at home and no loss? Well it couldnt last forever, sorry guys lol!!!
Arsenal 4 - 4 Tottenham HotSpurs... ENuff Said!!!
As you could prolly tell, nothin much was happening in October... My theme song for October was Will Young's 'changes'... that'll probably tell you all you need to know... Oh and yes it was Smade's 1st Year anniversary... that was a good party! Ms. Sheffield & I absolutely smacked it on the dancefloor... some pretty intense stuff, I remember now lol! Its all her fault y'all Jokes!!!
November...
BARACK OBAMA!!! BARACK OBAMA!!! BARACK OBAMA!!! November 4th was the night we all stayed up beyond our bedtimes to watch Barack Obama take his place in history as the first Black president... He told & showed us that 'YES we Can' and like Skillz said in his rap-up 'lets show these kids that we can turn YES WE CAN to YES WE DID!'
The month that was drama epitomised!!! So remember the dumb chic and her man (or big brother, whatever you lot say lol) who hacked into my yahoo email in September? Well they were on a maaddd one & I had to shut that stupidness down... You must still remember the gist, it wasn't loong ago so I wont get into it lol!!! The quote of the year comes from this month and it was from my bredrin 'Big Mike' and it was 'Dumb chics do dumb shit, it's only in their nature!' in response to the madness that was goin on...
Lewis Hamilton became the youngest formula one driver's champion!!! Good on the kid mehn... after coming soooo close in 07' , he deserved it... and OMG how close was he on that final lap to not winning the damn thing???
December...
December... December... December!!! I was dreading December before it came... cos if work and stuff! Retail can be a b***h at Christmas... but I was also looking forward to December cos I was finally goin to meet Ms. Straightgullie from Ottawa... Only those who've been with me from long time might remember her... but yeah December was generally a real G.O.O.D month... I was in a good place for most of the time lol... Ms. Bradie came round for a few days and we had the best time and did she not almost miss her train back to manchester? That'd have been funny lol but I wish i could've said good bye to her properly though... However 17/12/08 - 28/12/08 came out of nowhere to seize 'the best week of the year' gong from that week in April and by a mile too... Whats that they say about saving the best for the last? Well that's what 2008 did... I'm sat here with a smile on my face jus reliving December 2008 in my head...
Warren and james (lol) is in Bromley and it's about 90minutes from westbourne terrace btw. Still tryna come up with another reason why there are so many bureau de changes on your side of town.Starbucks is jus opposite Pret on tottenham court road, why didn't we see that lol? Not like you drink coffee anyway? I couldve damaged something lol??? and you're definitely NOT gonna gimme that mortgage now, what with me allegedly in £725 worth of debt lol. Why go out and eat pasta when you can make it at home? I'll remember that. All Bar One serves decent fish & chips? Who knew lol... and Borders shutting at 7pm? Such a travesty! And apparently London aint the place 2 try and find grey high-heeled pumps... and yes you did look lol! When Robin Thicke said 'she's a good girl with a good girl dance', he meant you... I MISS YOU xxx
Also in December... The house-hold convenience store, woolies closed down, and the Christmas season sales werent enough to save USC, Zavvi, Adams, Officer's Club and Whittard of Chelsea as they too went into adminsitration... and in other news Osagie re-introduced me to Kel (cos we had met before lol)... she's liiive and hopefully we'll go out 4 a proper drink in 09'
WOW... that took soo loong lol... I think we might give the month by month run-down a miss until 2010... maybe keep it like a one year on/off kinda thing, whatchu think? I mean if you dont mind reading me go on & on & on & on... then yes we'll definitely do this dance again for 2009 lol...
Before I leave you... here's the rest of the awards for outstanding contributions in the year 2008 (I do give myself too much jokes)
The best piece of advice I received all year was from American Girl and this is what she said, although not exactly in these words (this is what she meant though)... You (guys) always say how you are different from the rest... how you're not the same as the average guy... how you're basically different and therefore better but something happens and we're hoping and praying that yes... you will act different jus like you said and yes you're not gonna be a jerk or a dickhead... but thats all we end up doing... hoping and praying... cos when it comes down to it, you're not really different even though you say are... I'd much rather you show me you're different and not be all talk about it...
Favorite conversation of the year... I didnt have that many real decent conversations in 08', i dont know why but it was jus what it was... but there were a few good ones. Erm 1st that comes to mind though... and erm this was like way back in April or in May or sufin but erm it was with American girl's elder sister and I remember it still just because we were talkin mostly bout american girl... and although not related, break-up songs aswell... I remember Jagged Edge was on that list somewhere lol!!! Oh oh oh wait, I jus remembered one really enjoyable conversation I had... it was wiv Ms. Nana and it was about theory X and theory Y females and boats that have 'sailed' and that one boat that apparently 'sank' and me being pig-headed about jobs 2 apply 4... I swear that conversation lasted 3 days or suthin right (not in a stretch though lol)!!!
Favorite Person (people) of the year... Typically I'd be very diplomatic bout this one but erm this year, there were clear winners and for very different reasons... I'm jus gonna throw a few names out there, shall I? Ms. Nana... my fav person period; Ms. Bradie... my girl 4 lyfe; Ms. Straightgullie... my favorite girl in the whole wide world (has been for quite a long time now); Mojisola Olawoyin... my big big sis; Osagie Osarenkhoe... my business partner; Ms. Love Movement... when i need you, you're there or is it jus the blackberry lol? Ms. Sheffield... You made me a birthday card, how could I not love ya? U're the best plus you're gorgeous lol!
... and here goes my 08 wrap-up shout out... if I forget you, its not on purpose, my brain is half-dead and I apologise lol!!!
Abiola (my moral compass)... happy new year! Anu.. what's Notts sayin, when you gon host me and all sorts! Ms. Oluyide... where's the love gone? You know U broke my heart lol! Omotayo... we need 2 get back to staying in touch in 2009, this here is not a good look 4 us! Bodunrin... Hol TITE my dear, hope you're enjoyin your Neyo record! Temitope... bring us in on that manager money this year oh! Dilys... whats the plan for 09' mehn? Me, you, some lunch sometime? have your people call mine yeah, lets do this lol! Esther... Cardiff or London? Let's decide now oh! Nii... When's the wedding brov? Nah Seriously!!! Effa... My darling, My Dear, where have you been? Yinkx... You're totally cool mehn! Tosyn Bucknor... I see what you do & I'm challenged to use more of my creative brain, thank you! Junior & Femi Mode... youz two are tooo large! Big Mike... counting down to the baby yeah, congratulations brov! Kel... we'll have that drink this year, you watch (well thats if you're still up 4 it)! Demola Salami... Me? Notts? Make it happen brov!!! Biyi (Mr. N.Y)... lets stack that paper this year & yo you need 2 bring me in on that daper blazer of yours! Oyin Dee... what are we gonna do about you heh? Bianca... where eva you are hun, I hope everything's well with you! Folakemi Falana... where did it all go heh? There's not enuff time in the day, is there? American Girl... luv always so even if we dont talk 2 tuff, we'll still be kool right? right!
And to everyone else... lets go take all that's ours... its our year and all!!! Live Life & Let GOD... be good y'all!!!
Its your boi Ayohla... Welcome to 2009 xxx
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Its Christmas in 2weeks, in exactly two weeks (well when you read this, it'll be 9days! Took me 5days to write this, its especially Ms. Bradie's fault so blame her lol)... the only thing I don't like about this year's Christmas is the fact that I'm working or rather have been working for approximately 10hours a day up until Christmas... retail is sooo long during the holidays lol! It so is mehn CHAAA!!! Anyway mehn, we're not on that Kanye West tip this month... we're all about giving thanks to God for seeing us through 11 odd months and thankin HIM in advance for things to come in 2009... for My Lord shall grant me my hearts' desires and they shall surely come to pass... for my expectations shall NOT be cut short!!! IN JESUS NAME, AMEN!!!! And that goes for you too... lets visualize owning 2009 (two thousand and mine lol) from now and lets do jus that... own it... for as far as our eyes can see, that will HE give unto us, AMEN!!!
2008 was alot of things... it brought alot of things as well and you should lock in to the sequel to this blog... we're gonna be takin it all the way back to January and reflect on how it all went down... in 2008!!!
But before that... its Christmas in two weeks and I want Christmas presents... and this one goes out to all of you that slyly dodged gettin me something for my birthday... I will not name names but y'all know yourselves lol... so without further adeu...
Here goes my Christmas list for 2008 (lmao)
1. The Very Best of Pure Garage - Mixed Live By Matt 'Jam' Lamont. (NOT the one mixed my D.J EZ I beg you!!!)... Asides funky house, of all the specialist music genres there are, I'm well into my U.K.G (and yes I call UKG specialist cos it is exactly that, you wouldn't exactly call old skool UKG secular now, would you?... Come on, they dont make em like they used to! You know this) and not jus the mainstream tunes like 'Booo' or 'Oiiiee' or 'Sorry' or my personal favorite 'Flowers'... Anyway the good thing about this is its under a tener and you only need to bop into either hmv or zavvi and its right there... no blooming excuses yeah xxx
Here's what it looks like
2. Call Me Irresponsible Deluxe Double Disc Edition - Michael Buble... I love Easy Listening... its such a soothing genre of music and Yes Michael Buble is BIGGG!!! and if you love Frank SInatra and the Rat Pack and that Swing Era, you must love Mr. Buble, simple as!!! So yeah if you're gettin me this... please oh please oh please... the deluxe isn't the same thing as the original... for one this deluxe is a double c.d yeah and what's better than listenin to Michael Buble singin 'I'll be home for Christmas' on Christmas morning??? Nothing... ok erm.... maybe listenin to Chris Rea singin 'Driving Home for Christmas' on Christmas morning is actually loads better but who cares!!! We want Michael Buble serenading from the living room this year ok!!!
Buy here for only a fiver and you dont have to leave your room kmt (lol)
And if you're a HMV browser like the kid, then you can find this c.d in their Easy Listenin section and its in their 2 for £10 promotion so you can get me Common's Like Water For Chocolate as well!!!
3. My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Hander... You must know Ms. Handler, well if you are a devout watcher of that E! channel like my sad sister (and her Mum... our Mum I mean lol), then you'll definitely know Chelsea. She's been on Bernie Mac, The View & The Tonight Show... my point is She's a very funny woman!!! This is by far the funniest, if not the most interesting book I've read in like 3 years and the only reason I want this book... is to read it one more time and then to pass it on to you guys... my friends... so you can share in the laughter (some of y'all need to laugh jus that lil bit more lol, sorry but it has to be said lol!!!).... Plus its a N.Y Times Bestseller
For my online shopper friend, click here now lol
And if you wanna surprise me, here's her latest book aptly titled Are You There, Vodka? Its Me Chelsea and its only £9.09... come on you know I love you really!!!
4. I've fallen sooo outta love with my sony erikkson walkman over the last few months, its unreal... you can blame it on the colossus that is The Blackberry... and all I can say about that is... if you aint got it by now, you jus aint gettin it!!! And all this talk bout the G1??? Never heard such rubbish lol!!! Anyway the only thing I use my walkman 910i 4 now is to listen to the radio!!! And even then, the blooming headphones have gone bust on me... anyway that history is neither here nor there... my blackberry is now my mp3 player aswell but the headset it comes with are so not with it... I need some sound isolation in my life... so for the first prezzie over the £10 mark... its the Blackberry 8300 Sound-Isolating Headset (3.5mm) and it looks like this
So for jus under £20, you should definitely get me one of these, I'll love you for ever lol... No seriously!!! Jus click here or do the whole shopping thing... carphone warehouse (or is it 02) have it in their westfields shopping centre concession.
5. And still keeping with the theme of prezzies over £20... and this one is well over £20 I must say but it aint like I'm takin the piss or nothin but it is Christmas afterall so I can very well ask for anything, cant I lol? That being said... I've got this certain something about Mac Coats... Yes they look amazing on women but the Mac 4 men are something of a fashion connoisseur's must-have (I'd say a 'must-have' is a huge understatement for the Mac in my opinion!) and of all the high street brands, topman simply takes the cake for their Mac coats... check this one out and this one
You're not bored already, are you? Well you kinda have to indulge me, dont ya? Thats why its my blog init... nah its your blog & mine really! Ok the bullocks that comes outta my fingers attimes lmao... But ofcourse its MY BLOG and I will BORE you with my Christmas list... shove it down your blooming throats if I have to... I want my Christmas PREZZIES lol!!! Yes I am a such a diva... & WHAT lol!!!
7. In the much coveted words of Ms. Carrie Bradshaw, 'With all due respect, men I may not know (or in my case women) but shoes... shoes I know!!! And I love shoes... I absolutely love shoes but I'm extremely picky about shoes as well... I will not wear trainers for anything in this world... BUT I love the Vintage Stan Smiths, which arent as much trainers as they are tennis shoes (lol) & I love my 04' S.Carter's (although you will not see me wear em again until they are vintage and not just last season or last 4 seasons lol)... I love sneaks and by sneaks I only mean these kinds (lol)... BUT if you know me, then you know this is really what I'm about... Ask the Missus, H by Hudson, KG Carnivals but dont fret, I aint askin you to go splurge 80 odd pounds on a pair of shoes 4 me... I'd appreciate these New Look Canvas Plimsolls for only £12... P.S I'm a size 10 yeah and dont get me the grey ones, i got em already lol!!!
8. I love PURPLE... but my all-time favorite colour is BLUE as Ms. Bradie so eloquently jus pointed out lol... but anyways yeah, if you know me, you know i'm into my purple fashion (and if you know fashion, you'll know that purple is the new grey that is the new black this winter)... i bring this up because as i went on New Look's website to show you their plimsolls, I saw this v-neck cardigan... its purple, how cool is that... which brings me to this most important question! Why in Heaven's name do I not have a purple buttoned cardi??? I've got every basic colour of buttoned cardies ... although I need 2 get another navy blue one (the washing machine's shrunk my old one and its now a man magnate or rather much more of a man magnate than it was before... rotflmao!!!)... and this is where you come in! CLICK here for an idea of what I want lol... its only £15 @ New Look... and jus £25 in Topman... Ofcourse you're not restricted to these two... spread your wings... fly... surprise me lol... I rock a very strong MEDIUM by the way lol
9. And from two of my life's passions (i.e music and fashion lol), we go 360degrees around to another passion in my life... even more so than the former two... Finance & Investment... I love it, i absolutely love it. I love reading it, reading about it, studying it, analyzing it, reviewing it... everything truss me!!! The one thing that has scared me sometimes is that someone somewhere's gonna say to me 'look son you're a good kid and all, and oh boi we cant fault your enthusiasm... but you're jus not cut out for this.'... but I have started to dispel those fears as soon as they try 2 eat away @ my brain... and with ease 2... cos asides the fact that I've got the bags of talent to match my passion & interest, I've got the GOD factor that shows me that I can do all things (thru Christ who strengthens me) and that everything I lay my hands on shall prosper (thats my hint 2 y'all, holla @ me in the future to manage your investments... and oh yes I will charge ya lol... ok I wont charge ya but that's only if you help build my F&I library with this for £40 or with this for jus £30... its also in your local Borders! Come on you know you want to... and if thats too expensive 4 ya, my International Financial Markets lecturer Kevin wrote a book this year (how cool is that) and its about £18... and you can honestly say you were a part of this thing we're building!!!
And jus because 10 is such a prefect number to end a list on... well five is actually a better number to end lists on, haven't you eva wondered why 'top 5' sounds much better than 'top 10', oh come off it, it so does lol!!!... anyway we're kinda gone past 5 so we gotta make due with 10 lol and plus it jus means more prezzies for me, dont it lol? So...
10. I'm always emphasizing the relevance of looking good and I'm forever appreciating people who've mastered the art of dressing up & ofcourse dressing down... Style & Elegance aren't things you're born with (as us elitists would have you believe) but while that revelation offers you a glimmer of hope, this next fact quickly quenches that glimmer... truth is, if you aint gotten this whole fashion thing by now, then I'm afraid you really just aint gettin it... Anyway smelling good is the new looking good... YES you heard it hear first... OK if you were grossly enlightened by that last line then 'you really jus aint gettin it' lmao... cos smelling good has always been as important as lookin good.. even more so... cos you could bop up into the place with the most basic blazer and white tee on and still manage to grab or should I say hold on to the ladies' attention longer than the dude who's got that £60 Ed Hardy tee with that armani jeans on... Sure this dude is an attention grabber, the gyaldem have been peepin him from when we stepped into the place but you... you hold the attention for longer! Gorgeous lady goes to give you a hug and she's thinkin 'hmmm he smells sooo good, wow! I'm gonna hang around 4 a lil chat' or 'wow he smells so good...' and before she can get outta that trance and leave, you're already kickin conversation... Gorgeous lady goes to give Mr. Ed Hardy a hug and there's nothing... no wows... nothing wishin her 2 stay longer... no sweetness... no amazingness... no luxury... jus nothingness or worse still some really god aweful harsh smelling cologne that its all she can do not to gag (lol)!!! And thats cos you've got on Masculine by D&G (this is one of my scents, get me it and you're a star lol) that shows you've put the effort into thinkin of how you smell (citrus then peppermint and bergamont) or Unforgivable by Sean John which just screams sweetness, champagne (nah it really does), sexy and understated masculinity all in one... and he's got on... well only God knows what he's got on... maybe one of those ancient foul things called Hai-Karate... or Piping Rock... or Old Spice (yeah I said it, Old Spice smells like an old people's home... no offence to old poeple or old people's homes!)... Jus cos his grand-father used em in the 60's... note to him, you smell ghastly!!!)
Another of my scents is the very lovely smelling Crave by C.K and for under 20quid, you can make it mine xxxx
SO there you have it... ten things (and in no particular order) I want 4 Christmas... Take note that I did NOT say 'The Ten Things...' cos you know what's Number 1 on that list.. so anyway if you've already gotten me suthin out and away from this ten, dont panic, its not the end of the world... I'll still love you lol!!! And YES I will be accepting prezzies well after Christmas day jus incase some of y'all wanna make use of this Boxing Day sales... cos ofcourse you can!!! I know I will be... which brings me to you! I have to stress that although this is NOT a give 2 receive exercise... I'm making my Christmas Shopping List at the moment (as different from my Christmas List) so if there's something you want that I can get, send me a message or do the 'me' thing, write a note lol... nah really send me a message!!! It'd be such a travesty if I got you suthin and you couldn't be bothered, wouldn't it? Thats your name struck off the friend of the year list right there lol!!!
Ok I've been sat here for time on day 5 of writing this blog... DAY 5... thinkin of a perfect conclusion to this here blog but nothing's coming to me ladies and gentlemen... plus its been 5days already... surely you can gimme a bly for a somewhat uninspiring last paragraph... truthfully I got nothing lol!!! Usually I'd say something like its Christmas Day in 9days, lets go out and have a good time! Enjoy the turkeys... dont stuff down too many mince pies... easy on the glasses of cava (or something as cliche lol)... and more importantly, don't forget to pick up my prezzies (& wrap em ofcourse lol)... Usually that's what I'd say... but not tonight... tonight I'll say something like... Its Christmas Day in 9days, lets go out and show & tell the ones that we love... that we love em... lets be grateful to God 4 lettin us see another 12months of another year... cos we know (or we can appreciate) that it is by HIS grace that we're here now... so however way you spend your Christmas this year... with the whole family eternally gettin on your bloody nerves... with your kodies messin up your mum's kitchen cos she's away... with your special someone... or alone with Michael Buble serenading 'I'll be Home for Christmas' from your laptop through 2 your cosy lil room... Jus take out time & be thankful... be thankful to the Big Man upstairs... cos without HIM, there is no Christmas... without HIM, there is no us... PERIOD!!!!
Until the next time...
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