Here's a playlist for you!

Amidst the talk about the white, the self proclaimed "Snowman" is also a motivational speaker, giving you some real talk and words of a true hustler.

1) "Hustlaz Ambition"

"Might not just be the best just know I plan to be I refuse to let suckers win but that's just the man in me look it could be the G in me these n***** ain't seein me unless they see me in traffic in somethin topless and drasticsI say I grind like there's 10 of me I swear to God there's just one of me look I know I ain't there yet Just know that I'm gonna be I could'nt wait to see the day I could change where my momma stay... I put the B.S. BEHIND ME... THERES TOO MUCH MONEY IN FRONT OF ME... "

2)"I Keep Tellin' Myself"

"Look him dead in his eyes told him n**** let's get it And the homie in the mirror said, 'n**** I'm wit it' You want it done right, you gotta do it yourself That's what I keep tellin' myself(I keep tellin' myself)I'ma keep it real til my very last breath That's what I keep tellin' myself(I keep tellin' myself)That's why I stay on my grind cause it's all about the wealthThat's what I keep tellin' myself(I keep tellin' myself)"

3) "Black Dreams"
"Say you want this money n**** so what da hell is stoppin ya.

Nothing in ya way, so what the hell is blockin ya Can't be worried bout dem haters homie got to shake them off of ya"

4) "Let's Get It / Sky's The Limit"
"The world is yours and everything in itit's out there get on your grind and get it "ay"Hands in the air, "sky's the limit n****" hands in the air"

5)"Thug motivation"
"If you can stack a grand you can stack Ten dawg By any means necessary, just win dawg You still staying with your momma what you kidding me You apart of a billion dollar industry Just think about it, you better do the math Quit playing with it pimpin, you better do the math Young n**** get content with a pair of Jordan’s Me I’m trying to stack my bread up like Jordan"

6)"The inspiration"
"They say your pass is your present and your present is your cash So I look forward to the future"

7) "Circulate"
"Sitting here staring at this empty safe Like what the f*** im gonna do with all this empty space Got me looking at my bills, like this aint my place You know i never stop the partyBut that aint my place And im never giving up, that aint my place If it was my case, Then i plee the 5th But the way im feeling now, might drink me a fifth"

8)"Soul Survivor"
"(Let's Get It) No nuts, no glory (no glory)My biography, you damn right, the true story (Yeah) Set the city on fire, and I didn't even try (try)Run these streets all day, I can sleep when I die "

9) "You know what it is"
"I sleep when I'm gone, yeah I'm tryna get to it It's like a Nike campagne the way ya' boy just do it Aye!, the paper keeps coming yeah, it flows like fluid Get a 50 pack and we run right through it"

10) "Say I"
"My nephew getting grown and starting to talk Now my mom's got sick and she can't walk No high school diploma But I know mathAin't write one song and she still want half Dead beat dad is what the media say Best father in the world is what my son will sayb Won't stop til you roll, that's what his mom's going to say But hey That's the type of game you play The media talk so bad about me The streets doing so bad without me Can't band the snowman This is thug motivation is just part of the program The first day of class and all you gotta do is stack cash to pass"

Article courtesy of - mycomeup.com

Lyrical but business minded ...

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real. Tupac

A coward dies a thousand deaths....a soldier dies once. Tupac

You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the f*** on. Tupac

You don’t get what you deserve - you get what you negotiate. Jim Jones

For some reason, there's always a crowd full of clowns that love to pull you back. Misery loves company. Jim Jones

Work really hard and apply yourself in a way that when the job is done, you can look in the mirror and say, ‘I’ve exhausted all possibilities. I’ve done everything to make this right’. After that, let it go: It’s out of your control. Jay Z

Don’t make decisions based on the fear. Jay Z

I never allowed my fear to limit me. 50 cent

You can will yourself into a good space. 50 cent

Like from '97 when I started writing, it was full-time. Like every day I was writing music because I had no choice. If I was gonna stop hustling, then how was I gonna provide or continue the lifestyle that I created for my son's mom, my son and myself? 50 Cent

The only thing on a mind of a shark, is eat. Lil Wayne

If you blame something else for your pain then you're an asshole. Lil Wayne

I’m a grinder, I go hard. Sometimes I go so hard, I forget about myself. I might get in the zone and just spazz the f*** out and just go in and wake up a year later and I don’t even know because I just been grinding hard. I’m going to make sure my peoples straight. I got tunnel vision; got my eyes on the prize. I’m not coming up for air until I’m where I’m supposed to be. Young Jeezy

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying. LL cool J

Keep it moving. Dizzee Rascal

Live life to the full and don’t give up on your dreams. Dizzee Rascal

You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do To Be Able To Do What You Wanna Do. Rick Ross

After you get up and go to work for twelve years without a paycheck or one hooptie, of course you get frustrated. But me being the hustler I was, I just sucked it up and took those bumps and bruises. And here I am today. I turned a mixtape into millions. Rick Ross

When you are running, there is a little voice in your head that tells you that you should quit. It says you’re too tired, your legs hurt, your lungs hurt. If you can learn how to defeat that little voice in your head, then you can learn how to not quit when things get hard in your life. Will Smith

I’ve never really viewed myself as particularly talented, where I excel is ridiculous,sickening work ethic. While the other guy is sleeping, I’m working. While the other guy is eating, I’m working. Will Smith

The first step before anyone else in the world believes it is that YOU have to believe it. Will Smith

I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be outworked. You may be more talented than me. You might be smarter than me. And you may be better looking than me. But if we get on a treadmill together, you are going to get off first or I'm going to die. It's really that simple. I'm not going to be outworked. Will Smith

When I started in movies, I said, 'I want to be the biggest movie star in the world.' The biggest movie stars make the biggest movies, so [my producing partner James Lassiter and I] looked at the top 10 movies of all time. At that point, they were all special-effects movies. So Independence Day, no-brainer. Men in Black, no-brainer. I, Robot, no-brainer. Will Smith

Sometimes you feel tired,feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up.But you gotta search within you, you gotta find that inner strength and just pull that s**t out of you and get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse. Eminem

You can do anything you set your mind to. Eminem

Conquer your shyness. Kanye West

To use is necessary. If you can't get used, then you're useless. Kanye West

Don't wait till you die to go to heaven. Rza

I’m going to learn from other men’s experience. And this is why we’ve got Bibles and Korans, and Bhagavad Gitas, and books like that. Because we’re getting other people’s experiences. So we’re getting access to this mind, so that our bodies can benefit from it. Rza

-Article courtesy of http://www.mycomeup.com/ - This website is HUGE!

Poetic Thoughts

It's easy to sit there and think you got it the worse.
The whole world is against you and you've been cursed.
Because, you had a bad day or even week or two.
Who's to say that someone else hasn't had it even worse than you.

Your parents tried all they could but still they poor.
That they tried all they could to keep you from walking out that door.
But you vowed to be nothing like them, you wanted more.
You'd either sell that work or get a team of whores.

People swear that once they get rich things will be all better.
No matter how much money you have you can't change the weather.
Like anything else it's just a means to an ends.
You can only drive one at a time, the Lex coupe, Beamer or the Benz.

Still you convince yourself that the reward is worth all the risk.
When you look down to see a wad of money in your fist.
Before handing it over to the angry man with the night stick.
As he ushers you into a cell where a cot and toilet can barely fit.

Another end of the world movie?!?!

In recent memory I question why are there so many movies about the end of the world?

Don't believe me ... think about it ... Armageddon, Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow, I am Legend and most recently 2012.

I think it's in order to instill fear in society and create greater dependencies on the system. Whoa, I know, some of you may think I'm reaching a little bit but think about it. Whenever you or someone has seen one of these movies leaves the theatre you can't help but wonder or think, "What if that really did happen?", "What if the world ended in 2012?". (SEE, now they have you thinking from a fearful perspective).

BUT, what I really think it's about especially in times like these, movies of this type are meant to ignite or spark the economy. If you are faced with you own mortality, most people are encouraged, motivated or eager to live what remaining life you have to the fullest. Buying that thing you always wanted, taking that trip you've been putting off, investing in something you always dream about.

So maybe these movies are a good thing, for the economy and overall morale. Maybe all movies should be about the potential destruction, demise, or obliteration of the Earth.

I still don't think so, but that's me ... what do you think?

Must see movie.

I finally watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button this weekend.

For the longest time I've slept on this movie, thinking it was just another one of those "must see movies" that all the critics and hollywood media recommend you see, like Titanic, that in the end aren't that good.

I watch a lot of movies and for me to say these words takes a lot, this movie is a MUST SEE.

Not because of the acting or the individual characters, but because of the story and the concept. This movie highlights features of life and the world we live in, that many of us surely take for granted like TIME, RELATIONSHIPS and DECISIONS.

I will say no more, watch the movie and form your own opinion.

He's being too nice, something's up.

I was talking to a lady friend of mine and she let me in on a little secret about you ladies.

She told me that in a relationship many woman are constantly under the impression they are being cheated on and that's just based off of their own insecurities. She went on to explain that when guys do nice things like buy flowers, surprise them with a gift or take them some place nice, this exacerbates this feeling as they think he is trying to make up for "doing wrong".

If he's being too nice, chances are he's cheating. Really????

I was like "WOW!", but then I thought about it, I wasn't really shocked by what she said, I just thought it was kind of dumb and kind of funny at the same time. If you take a this situation at face value, this suggests one of two things:

1. "Men, go out there and cheat." - Why? Because in her eyes you already are. So why not have some of the pleasure to counter the cold shoulder and sexless bed that awaits you at home. Don't feel guilty, because you're just doing what she expects of you.


2. "No more Mr. Nice Guy." - You always hear the cliche "nice guys finish last", but it really seems like it's true (in this situation at least). If you are a genuinely nice guy and you do and say nice things, because that's just how you feel, she likely thinks you're a male sex worker outside of your relationship, so ease up on the niceties.

Conversely, you can be patient with your lady and teach her and help her to learn to trust you. This does not mean you calling, texting, bbm-ing, sending smoke signals or Morse coding, giving her the play by play of your life and every move you make when you're not with her. But, instead, being open and honest in your relationship. Some of her insecurities you can help her to overcome, others she will have to work on herself, just be there to support her.

Seeeee..., That Guy has a sensitive side.

Relaaaxxxx...

It's crazy how we can get all worked up, nervous with butterflies in our stomachs over job interviews, first dates, presentations, meeting the parents or a break-up; when no sooner does it happen, it's over.

After days, weeks, or even months of agonizing, the 5, 10, or 15 minutes it takes for the initial discomfort to wear off, you feel fine and relaxed. Leaving you wondering, "what was I getting so worked up about in the first place".

We've all experienced this, but yet whenever faced with an uncomfortable or unfamiliar situation the same feelings and emotions occur. People are generally afraid of being put on the spot or being the centre of attention in front of people they don't know or are unfamiliar with.

My suggestion to you is when you start to feel nervous, anxious or uncomfortable about a situation that has not yet happened:

1. take a deep breath
2. run through in your mind the reasons why you feel this way
3. be confident in who you are
4. use the opportunity to assert yourself
5. showcase who you are
6. smile!

By breathing, you're telling your body to relax. Going through the reasons why you feel nervous, or uncomfortable may make you realize how silly you're being. If you are confident in who you are, this will reduce or eliminate the fear of not been respected. As you assert yourself, people will be encouraged to respect you and this will also help to boost your own confidence. Showcasing who you are, will give your audience the feeling of being at "your show", where you're the star. Finally, smiling is the most disarming thing you can do, aggression, tension, resistance can all often be calmed with a smile or a laugh.

And finally ... just relax, what's the worst that could happen?

Gossip Guy?

I think the modern man, gossips more than the woman.

Actually no wait, what we men do is not gossiping, it's more shit talking, bragging, boasting and trading war stories.

Woman gossip, questioning what someone at work was wearing, how her date stayed in the corner all night at the party, why would she cut her hair like that, the colour of her nails, the curvature of her eyebrows and on and on and on.

While the men I know are not quite that bad, yet, they do tend to have similar conversations: poking fun at their muscle bound friend who buys XS shirts, questioning the manhood of their friend who lets their girlfriend walk all over them, making fun of the mohawk hair style that one follower friend just had to get, questioning if any friend that has recently started going to the gym is on steroids or discussing peoples relationships starting with "If I were him, I'd...".

Now that I think about it, I wonder if this is in fact a problem of gossip or passing on information or more so one of JEALOUSY.

Actually no I don't wonder, I know that it is. The world or more so the city we live in, its one of people not being happy for you, what you have? are doing? Instead, questioning why you have what you have? or how you got where you are? how you got with that girl? did you really get with that girl? why you have more money than I? why you dress so fly?

I say be happy with who you are, instead of being jealous of someone else, let what you see in them be motivation if you want to attain or achieve the same success or material gains. As you move through life remember that if you think that you'd rather be someone else, realize that if you were to change places with someone, know that you would no longer have your problems TRUE, but you would then have their problems.

This holiday seasons film recommendation: Trading Places (w/ Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd).
While it's a comedy there is a lot to be learned from the events that transpire in the movie.

Racism still exists ... believe it.

Mother's, a popular night club in Chicago, appears to be reinstating Jim Crow laws as they recently barred entry to six African-American patrons. The six students were part of a senior class trip of 200 students from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and had made plans to visit the establishment. Upon trying to entering the venue, the Black students were denied entry and were told it was because their pants were too baggy.
Not believing the hype, a white student switched pants with one of his classmates and tried the entry process again. Lo and behold, the white student was still allowed in while the Black student was left outside.
The students have filed complaints with the Chicago Human Rights Commission, the Illinois Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The management of Mother's has stated that there is an internal investigation but racism was not the cause. Their concern was reportedly safety issues.
Yeah right.

Article courtesy of hiphopwired.com

What's the difference between a joke and a lie?

Has anyone ever had you believe something that was not true for an extended period of time, then to say once you confront them about it ... "it was a joke".

That's not a joke, that's what you call a LIE.

To me ... a joke is meant to be shared and enjoyed at the time it is made (except for those slow people who get it a few hours later). (ex "What did the hand say to the face? SMACK!")

Conversely ... a lie is stating something opposite to or in direct contradiction to the truth.

I know I've been guilt of saying the most random ridiculous things and to help the audience feel less offensive, break the tension with a "just joking". But that's completely different.

Ex. "I want to have a threesome with you and your sister."
"What?!?!?"
"Just joking"
-funny-

Versus

Ex. "I think I might have given you something, you should go to the doctor right away and get checked out, because I'm on my way now ... I'm so sorry"
"Damn! Ok thanks for the heads up."
(Week or 2 later)
"Did you get checked out? haha ..."
"Yeah I did, whats so funny?"
"Hahaha ... I was only joking."
-not funny-

Heads up to all lying jokers. The next person who tells a joke lie to me ... I'm going to calmly raise my hand from my side, if in that time you don't realize what is happening, I'm sure you soon will.

Words of Advice

Is there anything more trendy right now then ...

• nerd glasses?


• mohawks?


• skinny jeans?


• retro gear?


• wallet chains?


• white girls?


• listening to Drake?


• bandito neck scarves?

... not that there is anything wrong with this, just asking questions. Actually, no there is something wrong with this, you look like if Kanye West, Kid Cudi, the Jonas brothers and Chris Brown had a love child.

When you wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, theres only one person you'll see. YOU!

Today's words of advice are: "Be yourself."

Have you ever ???

• been heartbroken


• (knowingly) broken someones heart


• been cheated on


• cheated on someone


• lied and even when caught continue to lie


• blamed someone else when you were to blame


• kept quiet when speaking up could have helped someone else


• lied about a sexual conquest


• lost you temper because you were rejected (by the opposite sex)


• stalked or overpursued someone you liked (until they lost interest)


• claimed to be something you're not


• tried to fit in at the expense of being yourself


• hidden from someone in a public place


• pretended to be on the phone to avoid talking to someone


• pretended to be on the phone to "look cool"

Highschool, Workplace ... what's the difference?

Is this an office building or a high school?

Next time you're in the office at work, take a look around and observe the interaction between people. Tell me if it doesn't feel strikingly familiar or like something you experienced before. Not sure what I'm talking about ... then look harder.

If you work in an office, have eyes and ears you should have quickly noticed, shortly after being hired, that it is very similar to high school. The parallels are not very easily missed, but if they have been allow me to point them out:

• there are cliques of individuals (cool group, brownnosers, rebels)


• break room, lunch room or cafeteria is divided into these groups


• jealousy among employees is similar to that of students (girls still bicker over the cute guy)


• your cubicle is the grown up equivalent to your locker (put up pictures, toys, souvenirs)


• smokers corner (where the cool kids hang)


• pizza day is still the highlight of any week


• meetings are equivalent to assemblies, where you get away from your desk and scope the members of the opposite sex that you don't see on a regular basis


• morning break is like recess or spare, people huddle and congregate in the cafeteria or hallways until management (principles) pass through, signaling return to your cubicle


• many people rep their work just as they did their school, but only for as long as they are employees there, if they change companies tomorrow, suddenly that's the best company ever


• a new employee is like Christmas for the guys or girls depending (like when a new kid transfers to your school)

These are just a few of the similarities that readily come to mind, I'm sure there are countless more. Likely this list has sparked some thoughts in your minds. Don't think for any reason I am pointing these things out as negatives or drawbacks of the workplace, I am simply making observations.

In fact, this realization should make the transition for students to the workplace that much easier, because it should all be very familiar to them.

Imagine ...

Remember when you were a little kid and your biggest worry or concern was which cars to play with, or which peice you would be when you played Monopoly with your siblings.

You'd play games like cars (with the little Hot Wheels and Majorettes), board games, Nintendo, ride you bike aimlessly around the neighbourhood, go to the corner store for 5cent candies, buy ice cream from the Dickie Dee cart, play basketball until your feet were blisters and had salt deposits behind your ears.

Ahhh .. those were the good old days.

You'd play games like imagine ... while you sit on the green box or layed out on the grass and watched the sun set, watched the clouds inch by or cars drive by with the booming system. You had not a care in the world.

I don't know about you but I didn't imagine working my whole life away ... I did however go through the Consumer's catalogue (remember Consumers Distributing) and pickout all the things I wanted to buy and have. How many of you sat there and said ... I want to work a dead end job, where I'm underpaid and under appreciated and barely get paid enough to cover my bills? I know I did.

It's just interesting to look back and remember when you were a kid and you used to complain about school and homework and you parents would tell you ... "school days are the best days of your life", I used to be like .. "yaaa right mum". Damn hindsight really is 20/20. To be a kid again when you're biggest concern is your math test on Friday, or the upcoming track meet or basketball game, semi-formal, asking the pretty girl out to the movie, first boy-girl party, playing spin the bottle for the first time.

I guess the lesson in all of this is to live and enjoy everyday of this life you live and understand and appreciate the fact that every day and year that you're older is a privilege and a gift. Not everyone you knew when you were a kid has made it to the age that you are or is doing as well as you. Don't worry and occupy yourself with what you don't have and what you want, but rather with who you are and what you already have.

Life is what you make it, don't fake it or take it for granted.

45 Life Lessons

1. Life isn't fair,but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it..

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate,resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others.You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret,you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful,beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood... But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

Video of the Day!!!

He's baaaack... the phonetical rapper is back like her never left and going harder than ever.

I've always been a fan and the music he's putting out right now, will make you one too.

Ps. This is the official theme song for 2009!

Food for thought .... Quotes about Racism

1
"The conquest of the Earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it."
Author Joseph Conrad, in Heart of Darkness

2
"Contrary to today's stereotypes, racists do not always chew tobacco and drive pickup trucks with gun racks. They wear silk shirts, treat women as possessions, and talk about human rights at cocktail parties far from communities of people of color. The men in pickup trucks are just as likely to be warm and caring as the high-minded liberals are to be racists."
Wilma Mankiller, U.S. Cherokee Nation tribal leader and activist for women's rights

3
"I have come to see white privilege as an invisible package of unearned assets that I can count on cashing in each day, but about which I was meant to remain oblivious. White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, code books, visas, clothes, tools, and blank checks."
Peggy McIntosh, associate director of the Wellesley Centers for Women in Wellesley, Mass.

4
"You say that by baptism I shall be like you: I am black and you are white, I must have my skin taken off then in order to be like you. "
Olivier LeJeune, Canada's first documented slave, a 10-year old-boy, 1632. From 2005 Toronto Star review of Where Race Does Not Matter: The New Spirit of Modernity by Cecil Foster

5
"It's possible nowadays to write about Toronto and (not) have any description at all that's vaguely Toronto. You can describe Toronto and not (write) about white people at all; that's the new Toronto, the kind of thing Dionne Brand does so well. She reinvents Bathurst Street."
Austin Clarke, author, in Toronto Star (Feb. 9, 2008)

6
"Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out."
Pierre Berton, author

7
"We are encouraged to believe that everything is possible in this country and my own adventure represents for me and for others a spark of hope that I want kept alive for the greatest number."
Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, installation speech, 2005

8
If a white man falls off a chair drunk, it's just a drunk. If a Negro does, it's the whole damn
Negro race.
Bill Cosby, comedian

9
"The heart never knows the colour of the skin. "
Chief Dan George

People always wonder when they're in a relationships ... "If she the one for me?", "Could he be my knight in shinning armour?" or "Will they be there for me through thick in thin?".

We at twograsshoppers have developed a foul proof way to figure this out.

Instead of agonizing or worrying about "the signs" that you've met the man or woman of your dreams, stop, take a step back and wonder to yourself, "Would I go on the reality show The Amazing Race with this person? and How would we do?" (If you've never seen the show then rent, borrow or buy the DVDs and see for yourself what I'm talking about.)

If after a moments thought, the answer comes back "YES!", then this is the person you should be with, because they will undoubtedly hold you down and stick with you through difficult and trying times.

Like any aspect of life in relationships there will be sunny days as well as dark stormy days, times when you'll think to yourself "FML" (ef my life). The difference will be that when life's host hands you $100 and says "make this last you for the next week, while completing these challenges", you'll look to your partner and figure out how to make it happen.

My mind wanders ...

Sometimes my mind cant help by wander.

Nas has a lyric ... "I knew I'd get married, to who I knew not", speaking of his relationship and how he knew before he even met Kelis, that she was the woman he would marry. Granted, after anything happens you can sit back and in hindsight comment on what you were thinking and feeling, but no one really knows how true that is.

Question then, ... Is it really possible to "see someone" in your mind before you ever actually see them in person? Further ... Can you know someone exists, if you've never seen them or heard them before?

Whoa whoa whoa ... let me back track, not trying to get all spiritual or introspective, but think about it.

When you see someone and they look so familiar, yes you may have seen them before, but is it not possible that you've never seen them before but in your minds eye or in your dreams.

To me its fascinating to think about what goes on in each individuals mind when they close their eyes to sleep. You all should know what I mean, as I'm sure you've woken up like ... "wtf?!" or curse your alarm because you weren't ready to get up just yet, because you wanted to see how your dream would end, or what might happen next.

The reason why I say all this, is becuase when I have "deja vu", it's often something that first happened in my dream and then manifests itself in real life. Trippy right? I know ... but its true. I've tested this theory over and over and I'm at the point now, that when I have a dream (that I remember), I expect that I will live it out. Maybe in a few days, months or years for that matter.

But I digress ... don't believe it because That Guy said it, give it some thought.

Ps. I'm not crazy .... well at least I don't think I am.

The Countdown

Have you noticed that everything in life seems to be a countdown?

Whether it's the microwave for your food, the days of the week until the weekend, the mileage left in a tank of gas, the number of hours in the day, years until retirement, we as a society seem obsessed with knowing and waiting for the end to come.

I find the whole notion a little depressing; as its not an overly optimistic way of looking at life.

After the countdown is up or hits zero; the question I have is, then what? or what comes next? After you've counted down the week, you hope that there will be another. Why countdown the hours of the day instead of trying to enjoy it the best you can. The constant countdown or reminder of the years left until retirement should be an eye opener to the years left in our life. We all seem so consumed by time and in a rush, next time you find yourself rushing here or "soooo busy", take a moment to wonder why and if its worth it.

Be careful not to wish the day faster, hope the week ends sooner or that the years pass more quickly, because you'll just be wishing your life away.