happy new year

yo

Its been such a very long time since the last time i wrote.  I dont write often simply because nothing profound comes to my mind.  i dont feel like takin time out of my day to write when there is nothing to write about.  Yet today i have found time to write about absolutely nothing, but typical what i have been up to.

So my friends this is what i have been up to since the last time you all heard from me...As of late i dont really like goin out drinkin and gettin twisted and clubbin so much as just sittin around chillin with my girl and just takin in life.  i know thats kinda odd coming from me because this is the same girlfriend that i felt like i had all kinds of issues with before (for all of you that remember my old xanga "BbaBers").  So lately all i do is spend time with my girl and work.   Work is just different toilet same shit.    No longer am i serving and bartending at Red Lobster now im doin that bullshit at Longhorn.   The money is better tho, so i guess that should make me feel good, but it dont.   but anyway thats the life of Brandon Babers these days, just thought i would let all know how things are.  peace now.

Damn media

i know i don't blog as often as i used to, but after what i been hearing all week about black athletes in the light of what happened with Adam "pac-man" Jones during all-star weekend in Vegas, i just felt the need to express my thoughts on the whole situation.  Now For those of you who do not know what happened, After the Allstar game last sunday allegedly Jones and some associates were at a strip club in vegas, began throwing money on stage and when the stripper went to pick it up they took offense and Jones struck one of the strippers.  After intervention by the clubs bouncers and Jones being thrown out of the club he threatened to kill one of the bouncers.   Later that night allegedly an associate of Jones returned to the club and shot the bouncer, now the Bouncer is Paralyzed.  Now if this is truly what happened it is a horrific story and Jones and his associates should be punished to the Max.  However this incident has brung into question many other incidents involving black athletes

The white Media has the public believing that there is a thug mentality that black athletes feel they must not only embrace but perpetuate.  Media types such as Jim Rome and Mike Lupica will have you believe that these athletes should all be Grant Hill once they reach the league.  but you have to take into account these peoples upbringing.  Grant Hill grew up in a wealthy family, had access to the best schools and education.  For the vast majority of African American athletes this is not the case.  Most grow up in the inner-city or poor rural areas, infested with drugs and violence.  For one to expect these people to be model citizens once they reach the league and begin making millions of dollars by the age of 21 is, well, retarded.  For most of their lives they have had no money now someone wants to offer them 4 years $16 million, hell yea he gonna act ignint.  You cannot bash these guys for the decisions they make you gotta think of the circumstances involved.

Now i'm not saying don't pay these guys, i'm saying in order to fix the problem with the black athlete you gotta first fix the black community.   Gotta get rid of the drugs and Violence, and let kids know that there are other ways to make some cash other that ballin or rappin.  okay i'm done i don't wanna get too preachy just wanted to get that off my chest.

No more NIGGAS

Im dropping Nigga from my Vocabulary, thats my brother, my mans, my ace. My Nigga, Fuck that Nigga. its no way to show love or hate.  damn near 24 years i been goin on this earth, trapped by a word that my grandfather would have a heart attack if heard me speak.  usin that word makes all our forefathers weak.  Yea, droppin its gonna be hard but i got to, we just dont understand all the bullshit that they went through.