I can’t believe that it’s been ten years since you’ve been gone. Has it really been that long? I can still recall when Tim broke the news to me. I remember driving down to the funeral, seeing your family, and reconnecting with your friends. And of course, I remember being in a daze for that whole week. It was surreal then and it’s surreal now. I mean, I even had a dream about you last night (and it’s not the first time). It’s kraziness for real.
Whatup everyone? I wanted to take a second out to remember someone that was very close to me. Honestly, I don’t know if I’ll do another one of these posts again. It’s been ten years and it always messes with my head to do these. Who knows though? All I know is, I still miss you and I’m glad that we got to share our time together. You changed my life in ways you probably don’t even know. You moved me, challenged me, and inspired me. You taught me a lot about life and I’m forever grateful to you about it. It’s hard to find the right words cuz there’s so much but at the end of the day, I’m thankful that it happened.
I still miss you…son.
“Cause sometimes you just feel tired, feel weak
And when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up
But you got to search within you, and try to find that inner strength
And just pull that shit out of you
And get that motivation to not give up, and not be a quitter
No matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face, and collapse”
– Eminem on “Till I Collapse“
Where do you go? What do you do? What’s it all for? I find myself asking these questions a lot, and especially this past month. I guess you could say I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching. It seems like I’ve hit a rut in life and things just aren’t going the way I expected. Instead of eventfulness, I’m in stalemate-ness (because that’s a word). I’m used to things really poppin’ off, but these past couple of months have been the opposite. I mean don’t get me wrong, there have been highlights; but without the consistency, everything just feels empty. And when it’s like this, I start asking myself: what’s my purpose?
Whatupppp everyone? What’s goin’ on? It’s ya boy Ajaxxx back at it with the September 2013 Opinions Column. For those that’re new to the site, this is the numero uno spot where you can dig deep within my internal brain tissues (can you get any more nasty) and find out what’s going on with yours truly. Actually the best place for that would be the music, but hey. For those that’re returning to the site, welcome back! And with that outta the way, let’s talk about August…and my attempt to find my purpose.