Posted on January 18, 2008 by MadPoetic
My Dad gave me my first swig of alcohol when I was 7. It was from a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon…it was nasty but I was intrigued. Crown Royal was his drink of choice and as far as beers his brands included: Mickey’s Big Mouth, Schlitz, Old Style and Miller High Life. He would [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2008 by MadPoetic
It was a brisk Tennessee night and the end of finals and I was treating myself to a victory drink with some of the homies. Just kicking back reflecting on the end of the semester and thinking about that one “conquest” you been trying to get at since the beginning of the year and wondering [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2007 by MadPoetic
Me chillin with my boy “Third”.
Puttin’ in work on the 1’s & 2’s @ Altar Call 2007
Altar Call 2007
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Posted on November 13, 2007 by MadPoetic
Official homecoming uniform…
Getting the gear ready…check 1,2
This year ya boy will be packing up the ride & the misses and headin’ down I-65 to Nashville. I will be on the 1’s & 2’s at the “Altar Call 2007″ party for the grown & sexy alumni. The game is Saturday against Lane College which should be [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2007 by MadPoetic
Everything in life has a certain balance, a natural path or course if you will. Something’s just can’t be tampered with or hurried along…it could lead to destruction or late nights pacing. Such is true with relationships…you have to allow it to breathe and mature like a fine bottle of Old English 800 or Coqui [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2007 by MadPoetic
Fisk Univ. Reunion Class of ‘92
Originally uploaded by soulfulnoyzeThis a my class pic from the Fisk University Reunion Weekend from this past summer. I’m the suave brotha at the far right, top row.
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Posted on August 20, 2007 by MadPoetic
New Livingston Hall Crosthwaite Hall
Days went by and everything was business as usual. That fateful night somehow faded away in the back of my mind and was replaced with all the studying I had to catch up on. I had an approaching exam in Humanistic Thought so I decided to head over to the Basic [...]
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Posted on July 26, 2007 by MadPoetic
I spent the first months of my first year of college getting my “crew” together. Back then I was only known as “Steve from Chicago” the cat that had an addiction to MD 20/20 (Orange Jubilee was the truth!) and blasted House music from his room on the weekends. Eventually my crew consisted of a [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2007 by MadPoetic
The anticipation was killin’ me. I was pacing back and forth and running around the apartment trying to quietly pack Missy’s belongings without causing suspicion. I managed to put some pots and pans and some towels in a bag and stashed them in the hall closet for easy access. I gathered some sheets and blankets [...]
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Posted on June 27, 2007 by MadPoetic
When I was single lad and an avid club hoper and on the prowl I never made it a practice to lie to any young ladies I came across. Usually it didn’t matter….once things went sour here they come with “you lead me on” or my favorite “you said you love me”…to that I would [...]
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