FACEBOOK: 25 RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME

I wrote this little list about myself on Facebook, I figured I would put up on this blog too. This should give you a little more information about who I am and where I'm coming from.

1. If people knew what was going through my head half the time...they probably wouldn't like me.
2. I really don't care about what people think about me...but if something i do is causing people to have a negative outlook on my family, i'll adjust it.
3. I try to say hi to one random person a day, sometimes people just look like their having a rough day (people say this about me, i'll address that in #4). I'm not tryna be fake by doing that, I don't think it takes much out of me to greet somebody.
4. I'm not mad/depressed/suicidal...s

ometimes people see me on campus and they think there is something wrong with me. To be honest with you I have a HORRIBLE schedule between school and all my activities, if u ever want to hear the rundown ask me. For this reason I am ALWAYS tired, hence the way i look on campus.
5. I really wish i had the time to be on the soccer team. Used to love it when I was younger.
6. Well this really isn't about me but i hear a lot of people who say that they are scared of my dad. He's a really nice dude, he's not an angry black man...just walk up to him one day and give him a hug and tell him i told u to do it...see what he does.
7. I'm prolly the most sarcastic guy you'll ever meet, which translates into non-stop laughs.
8. I am not related to Coach Luis Sanchez.
9. One day im seriously gonna find out who started the whole juicycampus.com thing...LMAO.
10. Sometimes I have the feeling that I will just randomly never get married and then one day go on the Bachelor and marry a random and then get a divorce 3 months later like the rest of the couples end up.
11. I honestly don't know why I ever started rooting for the Dallas Cowboys. I mean i liked Aikman, Smith, and Irvin...but the rest of my fam likes the Giants.
12. Meagan Good is fine.
13. AU Airpark.
14. If I had my way I would find a good paying job and use that to support an independent music label. I really feel like if i put time into it, God could do some amazing things. But i'll settle for law school.
15. I had a day when I almost died three times in the span of about 3 hours. Ask me about it one day.
16. If you never thought that you could find similarities and become really cool with someone that seems to be EXTREMELY different than you, me and ryan little would prolly change your mind.
17. I was the first person from my elementary school in Washington D.C. (Dupont Park Adventist School) to get nominated to the National Geography Bee which is moderated by the dude from Jeopardy.
18. I am extremely shy at times. But at 6'7" you can't be cause if ur in a place and you don't know anybody, its not like you can hide...so u just gotta act cool.
19. I don't feel tall, if that makes any sense, I feel like i'm an average size person until i give some people hugs...and then im reminded of how large i am...lol.
20. I don't like when I notice people getting taken advantage of...i take that personally.
21. When I was younger I used to kinda idolize my older cousins since i was one of the younger ones....but im at the stage of my life now where I depend on my immediate family, and usually look to my close core of friends for any advice or guidance.
22. One of my favorite songs ever is Kiss From a Rose by Seal.
23. I have gone up and down with my music selection. My senior year of high school I cut out all secular music and gotta kinda conservative. I'm a lot more laid back these days with my lifestyle. There are some things that I will to this day never do because of the morals that my parents instilled in me. At the end of the day, when I really need to be uplifted I turn to gospel music. There are no secular songs or artists that can come close to giving me the overall feeling that gospel song does.
24. I really wish I could play the piano.
25. Real talk hurts fake people....that's my life motto.

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Sometimes u gotta vent....

Sorry it has been so long guys....between basketball practice/games, classes/homework and studying for the LSAT/GMAT I've been SWAMPED!!!!! But I found a little spare time to vent a little bit so we'll see where this goes. First of all I want to shout-out all of my fellow Andrews Cardinals. As of last night we surpassed our schools previous best win total (11-last year) by getting our 12th win of the season. We have definitely been through a lot as I explained to you guys a couple posts ago. It is definitely a good feeling to know that our hard work (training camp since September...WOW) is beginning to pay off. We still have some ways to go but we are in pretty good position to make it to the USCAA national tournament. The coaches poll got released today and we're back up to 6th in the nation!!!!!! A couple more wins should solidify that so lets just keep pushing team!

I'll begin this next section of the blog with this: being a nice guy is out of style. Yea yea, I know this sounds cliche and may sound like a played out realization...but its the inconvenient truth in relationships (or the lack thereof). Now usually when someone says this its a revelation that they are not currently having any luck with females and therefore they have to try and figure out whats wrong with them instead of looking in the mirror. This is not the case with me, and I'm not even proclaiming that I'm a nice guy. That would be for you to tell me...but anyways: I have just come to the realization that being squeaky clean is not in these days. I see many of my fellow men straight up dumbfounded when they think about what they have to offer and then at the same time see who females are settling for these days. I think the fault lies on each side and I will deal with both of them as best I can. I'll start with the men: MAN UP. I know that you feel like its not fair or your being bamboozled, hoodwinked, and just outright played for a fool. Honestly, at some point you gotta stop wallowing in the pity of your previous screw ups and be more vigilant. Vigilance, persistence, and a genuine swagger are the 3 keys to me in changing your fortunes. When I say vigilance, I don't want you to get the wrong idea, i don't want u holding females at gunpoint. In order to beat the "enemy" (which would be "bad guys") you have to match or supersede what they are offering. These dudes that you are up against go hard, they don't play games, they see what they want and they go for broke. You have to use your same "nice guy" genuine approach with the same sense of urgency. If you seem uninterested how do you expect her to be? Persistence shows that you are serious about what you have to offer. If you give up on a potential relationship you are sending a message to the female that you don't really even believe in what your "selling." If you don't think your good enough or on a certain level, you will give up easily and girls will read into that and word spreads a lot faster and farther than you think. Females want a man that is confident in himself. They want to be able to confide in you and your confidence can improve the mutual swag that you can have together...women don't want dead weight. Being genuine should be a given. Don't be fake and sell out to the "dark side" because they're getting all the play. In the end you'll end up worse off because women can smell a fake dude a mile away and will lose whatever respect they had for you. My honest opinion is that you have to be yourself- while at the same time having a realistic mix of "both sides." You can't be so squeaky clean that you look like a robot and you can't be so bad that you look like a threat on campus. Be you, be confident in you, and sooner or later you'll find a girl that u didn't have to do anything special to get; it will be just because of who you are.

I just have a little something for the ladies. I don't really mean for this part of the blog to apply to all of you and I am not i repeat NOT talking about any one person in particular. I do feel that some of the blame for this disappointment that has been felt on both ends. The first thing I'll say is that you lose credibility if after you spend hours bashing a guy for how much of a dog he is and then you turn around and try to get with that same person. Then after he does the same thing to you that you have been warned about..in fact warned others about you want to tell the world about your woes. Honestly I'm sick of hearing it, and I'm sure some of your friends are too. You all are beautiful! You deserve better, but if you'd like to settle I have no qualms with that...we just don't want to hear about it when it blows up. But yo that's all I have to say, I'd appreciate some feedback and other points of view it may help future blogs. God bless!