Kobe-vs-Redick

Jeremiah is supposed to be blogging something about this topic but he's taking too long so I'm going take the first shot across the bow!

Last night he was talking about a girl problem that he was having and I said that long story short he is under the impression that he is assertive and dominant with members of the opposite sex moreso than he actually is. He is actually quite passive and a bit appeasing, I've had the same problem before so I'm not throughing stone and I'm not saying...I'm just saying.

The female that he is dealing with is quite dominant or maybe not so much but when you're dealing with a female like that you have to "break" them, not to sound like I'm on some Ike Turner type stuff but once again I'm not saying...I'm saying *cough* Meagan *cough*

This young lady is well versed in "the game" and Jeremiah is not so much of a newbie but she's playing on the advanced level so he could very well just be outclassed and she's kind of running circles around him.

When we were dicussing this last night I made mention of it reminding me of Stan Van Gundy's now infamous decision to (for reasons unknown) let J.J. Redick guard Kobe Bryant which just bring a smile to my face and makes me chuckle just typing it.LOL.

Sidenote* Really Coach Gundy? Really? J.J. Redick on Kobe, I mean what was your though process? The moment you said "J.J. you take Kobe" something should have clicked and been like...hey that don't sound right.

Anyways...

It looked something like this...

Not the look of aggresion and anger on his face, the quote-unquote "Eye of the Tiger" and how J.J. Redick just looks like a helpless wilderbeast or deer or some sh*t? I mean he's trying as hard as he can but his best just isn't enough.

But friends, Romans, Countrymen, I have come here to bury Jeremiah not to diss him. Well all find ourselves on the J.J. Redick end of relationships and sometimes in life. I've dealt with a female or two in my life where I just wasn't not mentally competent enough to succesfully court them.

We all find ourselves unequally yolked. We deal with people who do us wrong, we know they do us wrong, they know they doing us wrong but we may not have the guts to say anything or if we do they make it seem like there's something wrong with us for having the audacity to question their "sovereignty" and that they can do what they want because TECHNICALLY you all arent' in a relationship.

Maybe they right...you know...maybe they right

But I have always felt as though you have a personal responsibility to people and their feelings just as a human being regardless of if that person is your boyfriend,girlfriend, an associate or just some person you met on the street.

Stop hiding behind labels to justify your actions and coping out. If this you a person who is like this my words to you are YOU WRONG AND YOU KNOW YOU WRONG!!!

Mane don't make me mad cause I'm amped already. I'm through with this post.

*Under my breath* That's why I choose homies over h*** anyways.....

Sports Minute

You mighta seen it coming. Maybe you didn't. But according to Yahoo! sports (trusty I know, ha ha!) Shaquile O'Neil has been traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic along with the 46th pick in the draft Thursday and cash. Now I'll be the first to admit I'm not the biggest basketball fan, but I think that this is definately an interesting move that could pay off for Cleveland. I'll be keeping my eye on this....

In the other big sports news story of the night, the LSU Tigers (Louisiana State University for you people living under rocks) defeated the Texas Longhorns 11-4 to win the 2009 College World Series. The breaking point in this game was the 5 run 6th inning by LSU, which put the game in the bag for them. I'll give Texas props. It was definately a good series. But this year's title is heading down to bayou country and in the SEC where it belongs. (Bias I know :P) Geaux Tigers!

Maggie...tell me how my a** taste!?!

Noooo Meagan? Why you have to go there knowing good and dog on well that: Meagan you can't do without me...Meagan you can't do without me...everybody..Maggie...tell me how my a** taste.

I ain't the Pippen to my Jordan. You the Kobe to my Shaq, the Mark Messier to my Wayne Gretzky, the Elisha to my Elijah

I'm the ish and you's a peon, the underage chick in the R.Kelly tape gettin peed on

"It's a Hot Day for a Hootananny!"

What’s happenin everybody! First of all, I would like to say that I am Super-Duper Excited to be a part of The Forum! Big ups to my Forum partners in crime! So, how should I begin?!!
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Arthur Jr. for doing EXACTLY what I thought he would do, poke fun at me whenever possible! So in humor my response is, “YAW YAW YAW YAW YAW YAW, Football!!!” LOL, much love to you too A.J.!

Now, I think A.J. addressed the whole non-situation “situation” that some individuals, whom shall remain nameless, have expressed concern over perfectly. The “situation” I am referring to is our friendship, which is just that, FRIENDSHIP! As far as I’m concerned, one such individual has NO EARTHLY REASON to say anything about me, seeing how this person has never met me, conversed with me, nor seen me! The goings on between my FRIEND A.J. and I have never led to nor have been suggestive of any inappropriate behavior!

And now to address Jeremy’s, I mean Jeremiah‘s theoretical input. . . . . . Oh Okay

With that said, I would like to express how much I appreciate Lesha for her trust and understanding. I completely respect HER feeling/opinions! So to all the A.J./MagPie haters, y'alls theory can kick rocks! Shout out to my home-skillet A.J. for his defense! You’re the Pippen to my Jordan! LOL! TRILLZ!!!!!

Aye Mae Mae!!!

I believe that now is the time to dive into the subject of the cornerstone of "The Forum" or as Jeremiah refers to it "The Four-Um". Which is the interpersonal relationship between me and Meagan Robinson.

What can I say about Meagan that has not already been said about Afghanistan?

Meagan's okay. I been knowing her since our freshman year @ the state university of Mississippi and even back then she was an overly opinionated WITCH who needed to be broke. Unfortunately I took a lot of lip from her in those days and I have since seen the error of my ways and know she know what time it is.

Now she is my own personal "Sasquatch" who's sole purpose in life is my entertainment. I can call her @ 3:30 in the morning to scream YAW YAW YAW YAW YAW FOOTBALL and she'll actually answer the phone.LOL

I just find it very odd how it even got to this point. There was a time I could not talk to this young lady for 30 mins on end without someone being like yeah peace. Now I talk to her all the time and half the time nobody's even saying nothing.

I am a complete a-hole to her from time to time but there is a special place at the bottom of my shoe for her.... <3 s U Maggie

So how does this translate into my relationship with Alesha? Good question. The forum has had a lot to say about it, normally with the help of a frequent guest contributor who, since she's not a part of the blog, we be refered to simply as Nessa.

Some members of The Forum are throughly convinced that my friendship with Meagan is complete and utter bullstuff and I should probably cut her loose. I'm not clear on if I could do that if I tried and I know that statements like that in addition to statements like "<3 s you Maggie" don't help the case but just because I think Meagan is Super Delicious and used to try to date her does not mean that we can't have a functional friendship.

Is there something wrong we the fact that we really really good friends? That she the one I call when I get off work @ 6:30 in the morning. That we both get a little grumpy when the other doesn't talk to call the other in a while, don't want the other person to get off the phone with each other?


Probably not, Meagan's always awake at that time and Alesha's sleep. When Alesha calls it always supercedes Maggie and more importantly WE AIN'T DID SH*T. Not only that but we haven't been consorting with each other on that level...no much anyway (j/k)

Maybe I talk too fondly of her...I dunno...Jeremy, who used to be Jeremiah but ceased being Jeremiah and became Jeremy at some point, says that I should chill out on the Meagan tip sometime in the near future and yes I just threw you under the bus...but nah I ain't getting rid of Meagan

And as for that other person. My friend is not a b**** or a woman of ill repute and if you go afoul of Meagan you go afoul of me!!!

What does it mean to be Good

What’s The Meaning of Being Good?

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

Jesus after being asked a questioned replied: As a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, robbers attacked him and grabbed everything he had. They beat him up and ran off, leaving him half dead.

A priest happened to be going down the same road. But when he saw the man he walked by on the other side. Later a temple helper came to the same place. But when he saw the man who had been beaten up, he also went on the other side.

A man from Samaria then came traveling along that road. When he saw the man, he felt sorry for him and went over to him. He treated his wounds with olive and wine and bandaged them. The he put them on his own donkey and took him to an inn. The next day he gave the inn keeper two silver coins and said, “Please take care of the man. If you spend more than this on him, I will pay you when I return.”

Then Jesus asked, “Which one of these three people was a real neighbor to the man who was beaten up by the robbers?” the teacher answered, “The one who showed pity.” Jesus said go do the same!”

Piggybacking off the Parable of the Good Samaritan there been something I’ve been thinking on something lately. I asked myself the question what truly makes someone good or good person.

Is it that they say they are good because just like the car commercials and a salesmen says they won’t lie to you probably just like regular people.

Is it that friends say they are good but I don’t think that’s it because if people think they can get something from you or have a particular status in life they will say positive things about you.

Is it the world perceives you as good. I love Angelina Jolie as she is one of the most beautiful women I have seen but at same time she took Brad Pitt from Jennifer Anniston but no one seems to bat an eyelash since it happens a lot in Hollywood. Jolie seems like a kind-hearted person that does a lot of good I’m just saying the lines of whose good can be blurry sometimes.

These are the type of questions we must start to ask ourselves and challenge others to do the same.

On the movie SWAT one of the characters commented sometimes doing the right thing is not doing the right thing. There have been great historical figures that have done something that was seen as wrong at the time even breaking the law. Jesus broke the law but he was truly good. Mahatma Gandhi broke the law, Nelson Mandela broke the law, MLK broke the law, and Malcolm X broke the law in the sake of noble causes. So, the question I ask again what is truly being good.

Is it being honest that can be blurry also because sometimes not telling a friend something that may be hurtful can be just as good in my opinion. I’ve had associates or friends that have in my opinion volunteered information as I like to call it. What I mean is they have told me or others information that have served no purpose other than to bring negativity. I believe sometimes being truly good can mean just being honest when the time calls for it like telling a friend they are going down the wrong path or chastising a statement they made. Sometimes being a good friend is to be willing to let that person go.

What type of people are considered good

Ministers- They normally are given a reprieve from all things wrong, but what’s up with all these priest molesting kids or making church a source to expand there own wealth. The reason me and a lot of people are turned away from the traditional church setting. The preachers of today as another preacher said focus to much on the vertical as in our relationship with god instead of also with the rest of the world.

Church Goers/ Saved People- This may be controversial but a lot of so call Christians work my nerve at times they do all this crap Monday through Saturday and then have the nerve to tell people how to live their lives instead of leading by example. My main gripe with the church today is that people act like if you go to church on Sunday then your automatically good which is preaching the wrong message in my opinion. They instead should be focusing on the decisions that are made in private and in public and how you interact with fellow man.

People who give to charity- Nothing is wrong with giving to charity not saying that but some of the people who do get to much credit. Many famous people do this stuff to get the tax write off or favorable publicity. I’ve always been a fan of what a person doing in favor what they do that you can see because anyone can fake. That’s why couples and friends have falling out for years as you learn how a person really is when u live with them. You start to see the things they do maybe not thinking about their actions and then you see how they truly are.

On the first episode of one of my favorite shows Psych the main character comments that someone couldn’t possibly be the killer as murderers don’t stop to put trash on the ground in the trashcan. This may seem silly or elementary but little things like that can tell the true character of a person.

So I ask what a good person vs. bad person is
Good friend versus Bad friend
Good parent versus Bad parent

So I pose to you one of the many questions I ask myself what does it mean to be good

Welcome to "The Forum"

Long story short this will be discussions and/or debates between 4 buddies Arthur Hosey Jr, my girlfriend Alesha Lindsey, my friend for the last 6 year Jeremiah Short and Meagan Robinson who's Super Delicious!LOL

We normally stay in contact with each other on a daily basis and talk about the different going-ons in our lives. Meagan suggested that between the 4 of us there was always something going on. Of course, she's right.

Between talking about sports, relationships, beefs, and just life in general there is never a dull moment.

So where did the name come from? Well we all kinda sorta follow Jim Rome and at one point on Jim Rome's ESPN show "Jim Rome is Burning" during the whole Brett Favre-Vikings debacle he refused to talk about it. So when it was time for him to talk about it he was like " Word has it that Brett Favre has been working out with a personal trainer in Mississippi" then he'd just say oh okay or he'd start talking about his segement where he brings in different people to talk sports he calls "the forum"

So there you have it

Trust me, it might not make sense now but it'll be very interesting and you're gonna wanna stay tuned