Happy New Year.......... I guess...

So apparently, it's 2010. Where the HELL did this year go? It passed so quickly, with not many happy, memorable moments. In general, it sucked. Christmas and New Years for the first time in my life, felt like any other day. There wasn't that "feeling" of a special day.

Also, 2009, was the year the music died. Music has sucked for a long time, but to lose MJ. WoW! An entire era is over. I can't think of one person creating real music right now. Timeless, non-formulaic music. There are people who are close, but nothing like MJ. I can listen to most of his music and it's not dated. It's just good. I still hear MJ music and a sense of deep sadness comes over me. When he was alive, I liked him, but I wasn't a stan or anything. Now that he is gone, it has really hit me how special he was and what his life was really about. It cuts deep. I don't think black people are realizing that we are losing all of our heroes and icons, we are disappearing from tv and media and actually regressing. Most won't until it reaches a ridiculous level.

Also, what's up with all the slackness. I am sooooooo tired of the jumpoffs, celebrity men who are just begging to catch something, the reality stars who genuinely think they are famous for nothing more than being skanks. Just YAWN! So tired of it. All the publicity stunts and attention seeking crap is just pathetic now. I really hope we can go back to a time, when people actually had to have talent and work hard to be on tv. Great acting, good storylines. Sigh, lying on your back and putting out sex tape, should not suffice.

Yea, for me 2009 was sooooo boo. The only things I can say was positive were elements of personal growth. I learned so much and matured and developed a lot this year and for that I am grateful. Not to sound like an elitist snob or anything, but the deeper I get into my studies (almost done undergrad and headed to grad school), the more I realize how much it is an essential step, not just towards a career, but to forming ones identity and shaping their lives. I really believe some of those European countries have got it right, by making university free. It is essential. You learn things and are put in situations that force you to grow and these scenarios would never present themselves outside of an academic environment. You learn to see with different eyes. If you really engage yourself and take in the experience, it is definitely life changing.

So that's my piece. Check out Skillz 2009 wrap up. He always knows how to call out whoever needs to be and lay it down nice on the track. Here it is: