….I’ve just been busy as hell…

I’m doing the same thing I did last year with the HCOP Program at Meharry….I’ll be teaching SIMPLE math this year….hopefully they’ll do a little better than the ones last year who couldn’t change fractions to decimals (college students….*sigh*)

I took the ID pictures yesterday and they didn’t come out well….so I redid them today…and unfortunately they came out BIG as hell….so they all have ID”s with SUPERSIZE heads….old video game fans, think back to the “big head” code on NBA Jams and that’s what you have on 100% of the ID’s I made….I felt so bad about it….these are the ID’s they have to use all summer to eat food and get into buildings and they look like the chariacatures you could get made for you at Six Flags….one girl told me it made her feel like she needed to get plastic surgery on her nose….

Well, I’m going back to watching the Stanley Cup Finals and waiting on this BBQ….I wish it’d get warm like it’s supposed to!

Ahhhhh….I look back at the days before my birthday and laugh now….things came together magnificently….

I want to thank everyone that IMed me and sent me cards and what not (too many to name individually….but you know who you are)….ya’ll made my day for real (especially Dani )….

So Geoff came by, and initially we had NO luck finding a BBQ to crash….so he decided, what the hell, lets put together one of our own….a few phone calls were put in….we stopped by Toney’s to get a grill, went to the grocery store to pick up chicken and other BBQ stuff, and went to the Beer Store and got lots of beer….

I had never BBQ’d before, but I seasoned the chicken nicely (in my humble opinion)…..Amanda brought some beans and some tequila….and we set up shop out in the ampitheater at Meharry….no permit, no permission….it was a rogue affair….

Slowly but surely people started showing up….we had gathered a nice little crowd by the time all was said and done….

I was struggling on the grill for awhile….but between Toney, Jamil, and Kim’s friend Mark things were straight….there was PLENTY to eat….

Then Heather came by with a cake that spoke for itself reading “Happy Killa Cal Day!”…..

I had my little boombox out there with plenty of CD’s from 1996-2000….all in all we had a really fun night….

Today the fun continues….it’s Andrea aka Drea’s 19th 22nd birthday today….I’m so proud of her….she managed to fit a graduation from Xavier University into her first year at Meharry….she’s so brilliant, not to mention pretty!

We are headed back to our favorite spot, Bailey’s Downtown to celebrate along with the second year students who just took a mock Step 1 exam (the first of three licensing tests for Doctors)….

Also a shout out to the dude that put this page together….my internet road dog….my homie The OJ…..who happens to be a whole day younger than me (you knew I was gonna put that in there!)…..

The pics will come soon….probably tomorrow morning….

Thanks again to everyone who helped me have the best birthday ever….

I’m sitting here listening to Kilo’s “Do You Hear What I Hear”….the anthem for Atlanta natives my age….

I’m a 24 year old Black Man today….and I have to take the time to thank God, his son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit within me for being able to make it this far….many, many, many Black Men who were born around the time I was are already in the ground….I’m not only still breathing, I’m living my dream (even as I complain about it’s difficulty)….that’s a blessing!!

I’ve talked to my mom and dad….my two sisters….and my cousin Radiance….

My first official birthday wish came from Tasha….My first call came at 3:04 cst from Tren….Radiance was my first family member to call….while I was sleeping I got AIM messages from Kitty, Chris, and Herb….lots of people wished me pre-emptive birthdays as well….and then I come here and see birthday wishes from The OJ (I’m a day older…HA!) and Sha’Ron….thanks to all of you!

The homie Geoff called and we are on a mission….it’s memorial day and the both of us are more broke than that big TV with no knobs that my dad’s TV is sitting on at our house….

We NEED a barbeque to crash and somebody’s free liquor to guzzle….I have a back-up plan….I think Denny’s still offer’s a free birthday meal to people so if all else fails I’ll go there and then go get some Kiwi-Lime MD 20/20 (I’m kidding about the Mad Dog)….

I’m 24 years old….23 started off rocky and ended up good….Joe told me that 24 was a very good year for him….I hope I have a Sinatra like “Very Good Year” at 24 as well….

The Che-Buddy and my mother are in Houston, TX as I type this….she’s doing a summer program at Rice University (if you read her monthly entry you probably know this already)….

As luck would have it Che has discovered the wonders of an Ethernet connection….and she decided to let me talk with my mom on the internet….

Folks, I’ve been dreading that day….it was already bad enough when my dad left a comment here about the “lack of flavor”….and now I have a conversation on AIM with my mom??!??!!

What follows is what happens when you let mothers talk on AIM (bold comments are things typed by my mom):

KillaCal13 (4:55:22 PM): I’m the fattest man in America
KillaCal13 (4:55:31 PM): They have PLENTY of Taco Cabanas
Che (4:55:41 PM): Patricia agrees
Che (4:55:43 PM): sadly
KillaCal13 (4:55:51 PM): but make SURE you get some Jack in the Box and some What-a-burger before you leave!!
Che (4:56:10 PM): she says exercise…and drink water after liquor
KillaCal13 (4:56:42 PM): I drink water before, during, and after….
KillaCal13 (4:56:51 PM): being poor is making me lose weight too though
Che (4:56:57 PM): well….
Che (4:57:14 PM): i almost got locked out
KillaCal13 (4:59:05 PM): you gotta be careful….keep your key on you at all times…
KillaCal13 (4:59:14 PM): *knock on wood* I haven’t been locked out yet
Che (4:59:26 PM): yeah yeah
KillaCal13 (4:59:30 PM): once when I was doing laundry I ALMOST left my keys but I caught the door
Che (5:04:31 PM): hey buddy what’s up your mom
KillaCal13 (5:04:51 PM): LOL….mom should NEVER use AIM again
KillaCal13 (5:05:18 PM): I am making the same face I made when I found out that Grandma K had a cell phone
Che (5:05:30 PM): talk in english
KillaCal13 (5:05:43 PM): LOL = Laugh out loud
KillaCal13 (5:06:03 PM): AIM = AOL instant messenger
Che (5:06:21 PM): I resent that statement
KillaCal13 (5:06:53 PM): talking with your mom on the internet just ain’t right
Che (5:07:07 PM): LOL
Che (5:07:11 PM): this is Che now
KillaCal13 (5:07:44 PM): Che….in one of the forums I take part in they are talking about Avon products right?
KillaCal13 (5:07:52 PM): this is what I said:
Che (5:07:57 PM): uh oh
KillaCal13 (5:08:11 PM): Originally posted by Killacal
My mom used to cover me in Skin So Soft until you could smell me a mile away and I could slide on concrete for 40 feet like it was a slip and slide….
Che (5:08:40 PM): You are cracking mom UP!!!!!!!!!
KillaCal13 (5:08:46 PM): remember how greasy Skin So Soft was???
Che (5:08:49 PM): While she’s talking to NINA!!!!!
Che (5:08:53 PM): yes!!!!!!
Che (5:09:09 PM): was that really a bug repellent though??
KillaCal13 (5:09:32 PM): I don’t care if it repelled Reticulated Pythons and Pit Bulls…it was greasy and the smell was terrible
KillaCal13 (5:09:51 PM): If I have kids I’m gonna coat them in SSS

I won’t ever be the same after that conversation…..

Tomorrow is my birthday….and I’m STILL not excited….I guess I’ll put these pictures up from last night’s BBQ at Ken’s house (where I got beat in spades DESPITE one of my opponents renigging TWICE!!!…they got a Ten hand and bid 8 also!!!!!), Bailey’s on Wednesday, and Dave and Kim’s birthday gathering….

Back in my BlackPlanet chat days I saw something so interesting on a homepage I had to incorporate it into my stable of clever/offensive/funny things to say….

It had a picture of this kid with Down Syndrome running toward a finish line and below it a caption read, “Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even if you win you’re still retarded”. Okay, I know it was wrong on MANY levels, but it was also true.

Arguing on the internet has to be one of the most futile things to do, but like so many futile exercises it’s also fun. Not fun in a Metroid Prime/GTA: Vice City way, but fun in an adrenaline pumping way.

People say they don’t catch feelings when they argue on the net, but that’s never true. You wouldn’t respond if you weren’t bothered in some way shape or form. You KNOW you aren’t going to change any opinions, but you go full throttle anyway. Sometimes it seems like Al Gore invented the internet just for arguing (along with porn and communism of course)….

Anyway, NO I haven’t added the pics from the gathering at Bailey’s yet….YES I’m being lazy, as I’m entitled to….I have added links to two more of my favorite ladies….Dani (yep she’s back!) and Carmen….I have ALOT of links over there now…

Ths morning at around 11 AM I turned in my Microanatomy Subject Board Examination Answer Book and Answer Sheet….for all intents and purposes my Freshman tour of duty is over (depending on how Physiology turns out)….I’ve survived….intact?….errrrr ummmm…I guess so….I’m not the same person I was going in though….more on that another day though….

As I stated in my last entry….the 24th Birthday celebration has already started….3 more days until Memorial Day (May 26th) which is officially Killa Cal day….

In the next day or so I’ll post the Killa Cal school year in review, offering the lowlights highlights of this year from my point of view….

For now….*drumroll*….THE FRIDAY FIVE!!!!!!!

1. What brand of toothpaste do you use? Colgate 2-n-1 Mouthwash and Whitening Toothpaste Icy Blast

2. What brand of toilet paper do you prefer? Angel Soft

3. What brand(s) of shoes do you wear? Right now I have on my Timberlands, I also wear Nike Air Huaraches, Jordan Jumpman Trainers, Kenneth Cole Unlisted, Bostonian wingtips, some ULTRA COMFORATBLE Clarks slide ons, and some black Timberland Mules for the summer.

4. What brand of soda do you drink? Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Sierra Mist, 7up, and Vanilla Coke are my favorites

5. What brand of gum do you chew? I don’t chew gum….it’s all about Altoids!

I’m listening to Will Smith’s “Wild Wild West” feat. Dru Hill….first question you should ask yourself is why the hell I downloaded this song….second question is why didn’t I skip it as soon as it came on….

Well I’m drunk now, I can’t say the same for when I downloaded it though….

Anyway….I’m sitting looking at a beautiful copy of Morehouse’s campus newspaper, The Maroon Tiger….this is the best issue I’ve read since the glory days (2001-2002)….I was expecting a Maxim in my mailbox…I’ll take this….

Thanks to the following people for showing up tonight to help me celebrate an early birthday:

Geoff, Andrea, Jamila, Jonathan aka Johnson, Heather, Jeralyn, TaTanisha aka Pregnant Lady, Doris, Julie, Jamil, Seth, Amanda, Demeka, Tasha, Keith, and Toney….I know Crystal and Sha’Ron would have been there too….

I had a ball….pictures will come sooner than later….let me get off of this computer….

Well I just sort of dropped off of the face of the Earth didn’t I? I gave little subtle clues earlier though. I turned out to only have 6 tests instead of 7, otherwise I’d still be laying low.

I’ve had alot going on, and unfortunately I don’t have anything close to a resolution in most of the situations. I paid my phone bill in the nick of time thanks to my mom.

My computer never met reserve price, but I did get an e-mail from an interested buyer. He’s yet to respond to my latest e-missive though.

Right on schedule my right eye has decided to act a plum fool again, so I’ve taken out my contacts and am rocking my nerd goggles glasses again.

I’ve decided that today I will get a haircut. I really need to learn how to cut my own hair. I made an attempt once in high school and ended up bald and running back to my barber in about 4 weeks. This time I’ll be mo’ careful. Bald-head Cal is HELLA worse than Nature-Boy Cal, TRUST me. I think there are maybe 4 pictures floating out there in the ether with me in my bald state.

My birthday is in 6 days (Monday, May 26th, Memorial Day!!!). I don’t know how I feel about it right now. When I was a kid, 24 was OLD. I’m celebrating early this year, tomorrow to be exact. Since most of my Nashville people will be leaving before Monday.

I usually hype my birthday’s endlessly, but I’m just not feeling it this year. Got too much “real life” shit going on. Argh!

Anyway I want to give a shouts out to Sha’Ron. I haven’t forgotten about your pictures darling, I’m gonna put them up soon, I just don’t want to throw them into one of my gallery’s that are already up. Also I want to thank Andrea and Jamila for helping me make it through this weekend and Monday’s physiology subject board. And lastly I want to thank Heather (again) for the “nutritious and delicious” food (see Brown Sugar to understand that “throwaway joke”).

Thanks for all the hugs and support from EVERYONE. It really helped me, and is still helping me, because it’s still “raining”.

Argh….

when it rains it pours, and while things aren’t anywhere near as bad as they were last year, it still sucks!

I have NO money…haven’t for like a month now….my phone is about to be cut off (and because they are paid at the same time, that means the internet too!!!)….my electric bill is late….my cell phone bill is late….

I tried selling this laptop I don’t even use to a Pawn Shop and they offered me $200 dollars!!!!!! I wanted to SPIT on old boy. I don’t even want to say how much I paid for it, but $200 is NOWHERE near worth letting go of it, even if I do need the money. So I put it on Ebay, and no one is bidding on it now….it sucks donkey penis!

I bombed on my last physiology test, so I have to knock the subject board out of the box in order to pass the class….I know one thing, I can’t afford to go retake the course this summer ($3000)….

I don’t have enough money to get a haircut so I’m out here looking like “Nature Boy”….

It looks like the three most UNEXCITING teams to watch are most likely to be in the NBA finals (the Pistons, Nets, and Spurs)….

Something has got to give….

Wanna sponsor me? Want to send me money? Want to give me a hug? PLEASE feel free….I could use some encouragement….

I used to watch a lot of TV….

I never did homework….I’d go outside and play a little basketball and come inside and watch some TV….I’d talk on the phone and watch some more TV….sometimes I’d play video games….but then I’d watch more TV….Sometimes I’d go over someone’s house and watch some TV….or maybe invite someone over and watch some TV….

See what I mean? Nowadays I don’t watch as much network programming, but I still watch more TV than I need to….more often than not I’m watching Saved By The Bell, Pardon The Interruption, The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, A Different World, or something on HBO.

With all of the TV I watch, along with my innate ability to remember the most unimportant things in the world (instead of the stuff I need to know like the steps in Limbic System relay), I am like a walking encyclopedia of television trivia.

I find myself internally debating things like the greatest sitcom episodes ever and the best character ever when I should be studying (like right now actually).

Some characters just don’t really get their due though….so in no particular order here are 5 unsung TV characters.

1) Geoffrey the Butler on the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” - I’m sure I’ve mentioned the Nina and Che theory about Fresh Prince episodes before. If Geoffrey makes a funny sarcastic remark in the first five minutes of an episode it’s a classic. This is one of the more infallible theories about TV that I’ve heard. Between his role as Rafael De La Ghetto (where the title of this entry comes from) and his “Shame of a Nation” incident as a runner who cheated in a marathon, Geoffrey proves himself worthy of more props than he gets.

2) Dwayne Wayne on “A Different World” - Now I realize he was the star of the show, but think about how much his character developed. He started out as a hopeless simp, doing anything to curry favor with Denise. But by the end of the sitcom’s run he was THE MAN, having stolen Whitley from a successful politician at the alter. How many young black men were eased into going to college with some help from the character of Dwayne? The world may never know.

3) Mr. Belding on “Saved By The Bell” - Think back to high school (I know this is harder for some of you than it is for others…heh heh). What are your thoughts on your principal? Do you even remember him/her? Did you have the same principal for all 4 years of high school? Did they respond to chaos in the hallway with, “Hey, hey, hey, hey what is going on here”? Did they know your name? Well you are one of the other non-important characters on Saved By The Bell. But to the regulars, Mr. Belding was more than a principal. He was a chum, a pal, a buddy. He held pow-wow’s in the gym to discuss deep emotions, he held his wife’s baby shower at the school, he let Zack and Slater borrow his wife’s car to install a stereo instead of letting Best Buy or Circuit City do it. Mr. Belding was a man for all seasons.

4) Waldo Geraldo Faldo on “Family Matters” - Waldo wasn’t very smart, but what he lacked in brain power he more than made up for in loyalty. Be it Willie (played by a pre-O-Dogg Larenz Tate) or Eddie, Waldo would do ANYTHING for his friends. Waldo was what Cole on “Martin” wished he could be. Only Waldo could have a sister who was named Quesadilla because she was born in Taco Bell (it was either that or Burrito Grande). Waldo was before his time, and won’t be fully understood until 2010.

5) Kenny aka Bud on “The Cosby Show” - It wasn’t so much that he was a precocious kid who did whatever Rudy told him to (including adopting a nickname like Bud). It was the fact that he would come into the Huxtable household spouting the insane things his brother would tell him. Like the time his brother got fired from his job for “borrowing” his company car and taking it out of town, but returning it with a full tank of gas. Or his various generalizations about women. Kenny was also good for a few laughs as he got older and he made attempts at breaking up Rudy and her boyfriend Stanley (R.I.P. Merlin Santana). One has to wonder why Kenny didn’t have many roles outside of that one sitcom with Thelma Hopkins and Merlin Santana after the Cosby Show and Sister, Sister.

Honorable mention: Any of the characters Martin portrayed on his sitcom (Dragon Fly Jones was my personal favorite); Jeffrey Ingles the neighbor, Rudy’s friend Peter, Vanessa’s fast talking friend Kara, any of Theo’s friends, any of Vanessa’s crushes, Dabnus Brickey, and Olivia, all from the Cosby Show; Jazz from Fresh Prince of Bel Air; Dudley from Diff’Rent Strokes.

Ah well, time to get back to studying….I have 7 tests in the next 10 days. Woe is me.