walk with me...

while talking with one of the la homies (who shall remain nameless to protect the innocent) a few nights ago the question came up...can you name your top life memories...those points in life where it just seemed like for a few seconds, hours, or maybe even the whole day, you were on top of the world...we didn’t get far into the list before the party got broken up, but it did get me to thinking...and while i thought through those times in life i couldn’t help but smile...so i decided to jot a few of them down...and after doing so i decided that i’d like to share them with you in my favorite arena...the blog (yup, imma make it seem like this was all my idea)...in these times where we tend to find ourselves caught up in the minuscule manure life hast to offer, it's nice to pause for a moment and remember those times that really make life worth living...so please...walk with me for a second...before i get started i’d like to thank any of you that helped make any of these memories possible...

• summer 1994...the 1st time in my life i realized that being black and intelligent was not only acceptable but was actually cool in some segments of the population...
• dec 17 1999 college graduation...and feeling like my days of being poor were over forever...
  
• miami memorial day 2003 my first vip experience...bottles popping random lap dances...realizing that this is what all the hard work was for...
  
• the night i found the set at fam during freshmen orientation...turned into a week long collar popping festival...dipping back to the room with pockets full of 4 digit numbers...
  
• one random friday about 7 weeks into my first semester at fam i got a calculus test back that i had set the curve on...it was then that i realized that college wasn't as hard as everybody had told me and that i could prolly pull it off...
  
• feb-mar 1998...the first time i met adult love...which surprisingly was way better than jun 1989 when i met sex...
  
• talking with pops about how i was "dating" twins in 3rd grade...
• the moment you realize you've made a new friend...
  
• standing for my high school “head band”graduation speech...

• 1st runner up mr housing in 95...and seeing everybody boo the winner and walk out cuz they thought i should've won... and i still think i got shafted in the mr magic joint...
  
• getting crowd love after freestyling on stage at the ll cool j homecoming concert in 96 after the 3 cats ahead of me got boo'ed...

• getting crowd love (even from kid capri and a pre fame jay z) after freestyling in a crowded hotel lobby in miami at the “how can i be down” conf in 96
  
• hearing myself on the radio rapping for the first...96...i was a rapping azz dude back then... "ladies and gents cleanse your ears so you can hear me, it's the 3rd episode of the college cool out series..."shout out to kookieman.com
  
• that first slow dance back in 90...that is correct i got some booty before i ever had my first slow dance...
  
• anytime a friend opens up to me for the 1st time... no you're not talking my ear off...
  
• anytime a blog follower tells me what made them laugh...
  
• anytime i've realized that somebody i like, likes me back...84 - pres
  
• the feeling i get anytime i realize i've come up with the perfect gift...
  
• receiving the perfect gift...impulsive buyers are hard to shop for...last one was prolly 06 though...
  
• anytime i go back and read the messages in my old yearbooks...
  
• sitting up and listening to my grandfather tell stories...86 - 03...
  
• being that ish talking spades player back in gibbs hall 95..."go ahead and put your ___ away cuz you can't ___ with this"
  
• buying my first bottle of henn...1999
  
• buying my first bottle of henn in a club...2004..wasn't really henn though...
  
• buying my first bottle of henn in a club and not thinking about it for weeks later...2007
  
• when my pops use to show up and dance in me an my sisters bedroom door in his draws 1984...hilarious
  
• holding a dating clinic for 14 chicks in the lobby of mc/dia valentines day 96... i started that "he's really not that into you" stuff...
  
• the going away party in cincy mar 06... so much love...
  
• the bday extravaganzicificatiotarinorium mar 07 ...again...so much love...
  
• the french fry/frosty dares in 97...you could've just asked me to come over...
  
• hearing a song (especially an older one) and having the lyrics make sense to me for the 1st time due to life experiences...

now my challenge to you...take a minute and reply/comment back with your top 5 or 10...i would say you could just write them down on your own but i'm not really sure i can trust you to do that without me looking over your shoulder...