"The Fact Still Stands"

Me and one of my best friends went to see Da Vinci Code yesterday. We saw it at the Moolah Theater (wow!!! nice). Anyways, this movie puts a lot of things into question, Christianity namely. Critics have been raping reviews, bashing the movie by calling it blasphemous and what not. So lemme break down my interpretation. First it's a movie; and I know some Christians who would have a problem with facing the opposition of everything their faith revolves around. That's why we have faith. Some people develop faith and don't want to hear anything that falls short of their belief and understanding. Me, I had no problem with seeing it. Okay, so it goes like this: Jesus favored Mary Magdalene over his other disciples. Some people have a problem with this alone. "Jesus showing favortism?!" Get over it. Obviously if you understood Jesus to have disciples in the midst of his other followers in the first place, doesn't this give a hint to--favortism may be extreme but you get the picture. Next, Jesus and Mary were married and had a child...okay and? Lighten up people! In the movie some argued that as a result of this, the portrait of Jesus has lessened from the Savior of man to just another random good guy. Whoever thinks this probably didn't have that strong of a faith to begin with. Jesus was sent by God; he looked, walked, talked, ate, slept, and had emotions just like us. So what?--because he had a wife and child of his own, he is not capable of representing God as our savior? Some people are taking this movie waaaaay too seriously. It's just an idea. Even if it was true; it wouldn't change anything for me because the fact still stands that Jesus is the Savior of mankind who was sent by God to receive punishment for our sins, die, arise, and ascend to Heaven. Not saying I don't rely on the Bible 100% but look how many sources contributed to it's contents. I'm sure some content got lost, was forgotten, and I'm sure some is hidden for whatever reason. I can only work with what I have. So working with the Bible as I know it, as well as experience, I am brought to my present state of faith. That's funny because it's like: what if tomorrow I get a call from someone claiming to be my mother. She has credible evidence that I was switched at birth. Would this change my interaction, love, and sense of belonging to the family I knew as my own for 23 years? No.

Summary for the day

I hate dumb people.

Rules of Engagement

As a man, one should have a thorough knowledge in the various sectors of life in which "rules of engagement" are the understood and necessary default strategy for maintenance of friendship, pride, money, and respect. Every man has used one of the following rules at least once by the age of 20.

1. Stop cakin' 7s. No public picnics and/or $100 dinners with any chick "under par" (Thanks Gator).
2. Wanna kick off that first physical playtime with your new lady-friend? Don't massage (too repetitive) but gently rub her stomach with your finger tips while laying back on the sofa. Do this for 2 minutes straight then all the sudden stop. If she says, "why'd you stop?" then she's down. Continue to rub her lil' tummy. After two minutes, work your way to the nearest floor, above or below, whatever your preference. It's all yours. lol
3. If an ex calls and you have absolutely no intent on having a casual conversation with this person. Hmmmmm. Answer politely--"Hello? Who is this?...Who??? Oh hey." She won't call back.
4. You run into a mutual female friend of you and one of your homies, but you're not positive on the extent of their "friendship". She asks for his number. What do you do? Give her the wrong number for your homie's as well as your own number. In the mean time, check with your boy to see if it's cool to give her the real number. When she calls you back, act accordingly.
5. It's do or die and you're in the threshold of getting ass from a lady you feel you've been pursuing too long. You're real close, but regular ole' foreplay doesn't seem to cut it on her part. You're thinking about kissing her, but you don't want to have your homies tease you nor have an vast sense of whackness overcome your self-conscious portrait of yourself. What do you do? Do what you gotta do playa. lol. Chances are your homies have done it too.
6. One of your boys is pursuing one of your exs. Is this breaking "the code"? If she was a girlfriend or someone you really cared for, then yes. There's a flag on the field. If we just dated, or messed around or something, go for it. Free game.
7. A girl asks you how many partners you have had, but you feel she may think your number is too high. What do you do? Tell the truth dummy! She'll probably lie though.
8. A woman you've been dating/"seeing" (lol) is always offering monetary or material gifts. Do you accept or no? Never accept gifts from women who you have no intent on being in a serious relationship with. This frees you from the reciprocal obligation as well as ends any possibility of fault, deceit, or foul play on your part when the ish hits the fan. If you are feeling Mz. Lady emotionally, only accept if you can do something in return. If you just take take take, you'll eventually become needy of such things, which means ultimately any woman who ever deviates from that practice isn't worthy of emotion. That's just not right; it's downright negrish.
9. Am I missing anything?

On a mission

After going to a few graduations in Columbia this weekend, I got to see upclose, the reactions of built up aniticipation from four, five, six, and even ten (yeah Gator!!) years of college coursework. The reactions varied from clowning while walking across the stage, getting pissy drunk directly following commencement, hugging crying parents, etc. It made me wonder how I'll be exactly one year from now. Alls I gotta say is, "This year is mine". I'm proud of Jarnell. I always knew me and my boys would make it. And while me, TaRael, and KB joke about never graduating, we know we will; and will all be successful men thereafter. However, outside of schooling we have our own personal lives that need just as much enrichment as our brains. I know I have mine. So this year I'm definitely going to concentrate on personal growth; because just as in school when you get senioritis, you settle for less than what you have mental potential for. In life, if you're on the path to irreversible maturity, it's easy to lose sight of the point of the ascent and dwell in a state of carelessness and selfishness.