Sunday Reflection: Remember When...

Welcome back Fam. As always, thanks to everyone who stops by and reads The Chronicles. For my new readers I would like you to know that Sunday is my off-day. A day when I stay in the house and don't do shit. This down-time gives me a chance to reflect on things I've learned throughout the week and basically re-charge myself for the week ahead. The pic above by the way is your Hustleman at a much younger age. Handsome little dude I was LOL.

This past Friday and Saturday went fantastic. It was just New York and your Hustleman locking down the block. And as usual, we killed it. I did miss the Nelly video shoot in East Point though. I wanted to get some pics for you all, sorry about that but your hustleman is money over bullshit all the time. New York is still trying to hit his lotto number and I must admit, I'm actually starting to root for him. You want to talk about being passionate about something! $300+ a week is pretty damn dedicated don't you agree?

Also I've been catching up on my rest as much as possible, I really need it. Not only for the health benefits, but for my sanity right now. I'm feeling much better though, thanks for asking. Moving on... I'd like to switch gears this Sunday mainly because I've been in an old school mood this week. You know, bumping old school music and what not. It started to make me think about my younger days and how much society has changed. Morales and values just seem to get worse every generation. And what about the poor quality of education?

*cough* check out Bleugod Edutainment *cough* (just read Friday's post for the details). Anyhow without further delay these are the things that came to me when I relaxed my mind and took a mental trip back in time.

REMEMBER WHEN...
- You actually liked listening to the radio station
- Parents used to actually spank their kids
- Dating a thug was a bad thing
- You had to be in the house before the street light came on
- Having a child in your teenage years was not the norm
- You used to spend all your change on candy just because you could
- You couldn't talk back to your mother without consequences and reprecussions
- You had your first crush and it was hard to even be around them without feeling butterflies
- People fist fought first and pulled out the guns later
- Big Mamma kept the family together
- It was a house rule that you had to stay away from a certain family member who was either on drugs or a drunk
- The first time you had sex and thought afterwards... "Is that it?"
- You were so excited to get your first job and then after a few months you ended up not wanting to go anymore
- Ophrah weighed more and rocked all those fucked up hairstyles
- You didn't have to pay bills
- Parents were actively invovled with their children's school
- A can soda was around 25 cents
- A pay phone only cost around 25 cents
- If you wanted to talk to your friends or even see them you had to do your homework first
- You hated the fact that your mother or father was always right about everything
- You couldn't wait to get your own place. Only to then realize all the sacrifices your parents made for you
- Dancing with the opposite sex involved very little, if any, bumping and grinding. You actually stood up and made eye contact
- Having a weave in your head was looked down upon
- If you had a pager (wow, remember those?) and were black, people thought you were a drug dealer
- If you wanted to reach your friends by phone, they actually had to be at home
- Kids were alot more physically active before nintendo and sega came out
- You always had a friend around you that would make jokes about everyone but couldn't take a joke about themselves (if you didn't then this was you!)
- You had to be a certain age before you could go out on a date by yourself
- You thought you had it all figured out until reality came and slapped you
- That nerdy square boy/girl in your grade school class got fine ass hell when they got older
- It was like everyone had the hot new shoes exepct you
- You had your first kiss and didn't know what the hell to do so you just did what you saw in the movies or on tv
- Everyone knew who the "fast" girl in the neighborhood was. Boys tried to get at her and other girls hated her
- We thought regular fitting jeans on men were cool and now the pants are so big young dudes seem to not be able to keep them up on their waist
- You could actually tell how old a teenage girl was just by looking at her (now they look like women)
- Common sense was much more "common"
- To actually make an R&B album, you had to be able to sing
- You couldn't wait for your parents to take you to McDonald's (Happy Meals! And they had better toys then too!)
- Men actually raised their children
- Cartoons on saturday morning were actually good

Well I can go on and on but I'm curious to know what you remember. So feel free to leave a comment and add on to the list. Much love Family as always. More hustling game and stories coming at you in a day or two.