Whats It Gonna Be

What's up everybody, back in action for the new year. This Express is especially for anyone who is struggling with knowing what they wanna be. I'm not going to give you the answer but i'm going to show you my side.

A while back I was playing a game called Loaded questions. The question was:

“ What do you try to avoid talking about with other people?”

Well it was my turn so I didn’t get to answer but Im answering now.
I can’t stand talking about school in relation to my future. Along the way you will learn why.

All the careers I’ve ever wanted to be in my lifetime have either been highly unlikely to obtain, or just flat out far-fetched. For instance..

A Detective – I’ve mentioned this before a while back, but this was the first thing I wanted to be as a kid. Like Sherlock Holmes, I’d be using my logic and deductive skills to solve the puzzle known as the crime scene. When I was younger I used to do puzzles with the pieces upside-down and just put together the shapes… I figure if I can do that I could crack any codes during the investigation.

I'd need a Watson, but I'm sure I'd have applicants

Unfortunately with the advancement of technology, the job isn’t so appealing. There are no epic fisticuffs with the villain and I, because now that lives can be ended with a click of a gun. There is no more true investigation which would allow me to find out that the butler wasn’t murdered by the maid but actually he was drunk and asphyxiated himself trying to make love to her. Homicide was actually accidental suicide.

My dream was ruined.

Basketball Player - Just like most guys, I wanted to make a career out of something I enjoyed doing athletically: Basketball. It wasn’t that out of the blue, I had been playing my whole coordinated life and my vertical abilities made up for my height. Unfortunately I soon learned the world that is high school basketball was unkind. I spent the second half of high school merely practicing with the team but never playing. But I still had hopes of being the greatest.

FIBA would have been great. But I'll always have bball where ever I go.

As graduation came round and college applications were due, I didn’t think much of them because I had bigger plans. It was at a time when it was plausible that I could go to Europe and duke it out and hopefully transition to the states once more. I say plausible, I never said easy. With a few friends telling me I was wrong, and my mom insisting going to college would be the better thing, Europe was a fallen thought and so was professional basketball.

An Entertainer - Well known fact from any close friend of mine: I hate school. I have all intentions of using the word hate too. So although I succumbed to the powers of educational institutions I knew I had to get out. So my next goal was to be some sort of entertainer. I’ve done it all, Singing, Dancing, Acting, and sniffed the modeling air… let me just say that last one was not for me. It was my hope that maybe one day I would make it big and leave school and no longer count on it as my main source of future life.
I have some good memories: Most notably performing with my dude Wynt B at a talent show.

My Dawg. Just as many or more talents than me. A guy I can use as proof of success, and proof that not all talent and stardom goes straight to the head. A great friend on top of it all.
As stylish and skilled as we were we messed up the words to the song. But of course we were still all the rage with the fans, especially the ladies. Actually that was more him not me. But along the way I developed the LT patented stiff arm to the girls so I could focus on my goals.

Ok so I'm on the Right. Crazy girls on the left. Never hit anyone, but seriously.. It's more of a self defense measure than anything.

Well as you probably know, I’m still just a regular dude. However along the way I picked up many talents: I learned to dance, and act, and kinda sing. I also got rid of the shyness that plagued me a kid. I’ve performed at talent shows and in plays and I’ve seen what I can do.
I can make people laugh and put them in awe.
When I realized becoming a superstar athlete or entertainer was just as likely as winning the lotto I realized I couldn’t rely on become one of those professions… But I still wanted to…. I still feel the need to not settle for anything less. You see from face value most of my desired careers seem lined with fame and fortune and the spotlight on me, but there was more too it.

Along the road the of life I always enjoyed helping people who deserved it. I had a lot of experience helping friends and girls that I liked who unfortunately didn’t like me but I knew If I couldn't be there for them one way I had to be there in others .

Why did I like helping?:

Well, maybe because I always could have used help though I never would ask....

Or maybe because the answers to problems came so easy to me...

Or maybe because I secretly loved the attention and was selfish.

Regardless of my motives I knew what money could do, and mixed in with some childish notion that I would be more appealing as a star I began to realize that I needed to get that money with something I enjoyed doing to help people.
I love basketball, and I love entertaining but the hidden motive wasn’t stardom it was the money, not the money for me but the money to help people. I want my image to reflect on as many people as possible so when I die. I will have lived a life worth while. But I haven’t got there yet …

Somewhere in this post is the reason why I hate being asked “ How is school?” and “ What do you plan on doing after you graduate?” cuz to be honest I don’t kno, especially if I have to relate my answer to my collegiate career.
I try to be realistic, I really do. Actually I don’t try at all, because being realistic is just an excuse to settle for something less. I’m not realistic at all honestly Cuz there have been times when I think I can just be a superhero… of course those thoughts end when I realize that I CAN feel pain, and no matter how many times and ways I snap my fingers… fire won’t appear.
There are so many stars and athletes that use their money selfishly, I wouldn’t be one of them. I can’t help everyone right now, But I can help my friends if they need it. I'm not a star of any sort but that will never stop me from playing basketball, or entertaining my surroundings.

So what’s on the horizon right now? I love bears… Can’t really be one though. My friend recently told me I’m a writer now, and I should go into journalism… Maybe.. but what’s on my ever spinning mind right now? Well in all honesty all of my watching NBC’s Chuck has made me want to be a spy. But my detective fiasco tells me that what I see on TV isn’t what being CIA is really like.
It's probably not as fun as having a computer in your head that teaches you skills and kick butt girl that protects you.

TV shows really skew my expectations

I guess I struggle with differentiating fantasy and reality

But I have this quality of delusion that allows me to believe, whether it’s true or not, that I can create any outcome I want to create.

"Absolutely"

So maybe my fantasy careers will be a reality soon enough.

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-ThaTKy
-T.K.O

Tha New Year and Plans

I took a little break in December but pulled off a video to keep the streak of months alive... but now it's the new year so I'm getting started again. The holidays were fun, seeing a lot of my friends, goofin around.. you know all the good stuff... Good stuff and all the weird stuff. Let me explain because It would be foolish of me not to share the events of these past few weeks and what is to come for Tha Express.

Mountain:
Another Mountain was conquered, totaling my mountain conquest at 3. This time it was Black Mountain, which is not black, at a ridiculous hour after staying up the night before. After a very steep climb at times, the six of us made it to the top. But not before one of us threw up! Secretly the highlight of the trip up to me.
But like all secrets I have, they usually are too good to keep inside.

We all forgot to Pee

When we made it to the top, I noticed an electrical tower of some sort, and began to fear radiation effects, I also feared going back down certain steep parts of the mountain. A few pictures were taken and I told everyone thanks for the invite, I may not make it down. As I was explaining the difficulties of descending a steep slope I jokingly made a bet that no one could run down the mountain without eating it.
My friends Nick, did not think I was joking.... and jetted ahead... to the dismay of comedy and fortunately for his life- he did not eat it. But he did manage to break up the group of 6 into 2 when he took a different way down the mountain.
This led to my friend Alexa leading us off course, to a Car that was under an overpass. We traveled down rain gutters, saw a lot of graffiti, and made it to the car where we speculated on how it got there and took some pictures. Like Paul, Alexa was revered by us for it was the greatest off course navigation I've ever been apart of.

I thought it was haunted

Next Mountain to Climb: Whitney

The New Year
The cliche thing to do is make a resolution, the even more cliche thing to do is make a resolution and break it. I will be doing neither. But I will be making some statements that have nothing to do with the coming of the new year. As the day turned into night and the night turned into a new year, I took note of a lot of events and events to come.

- In what was really funny to me one of my good friends got punched in the face by another good friend. I when I found out, I soon became the ticking time bomb that could release this information to the relevant world. I never really understood why my friend was so worried about this information getting out, but I did enjoy being the villain for once... or twice.

- I spent countless hours trying to teach people how to dance, I learned no matter what I say some people refuse to jerk.

What's to Come ?
-A day into the new year and I had already been a part of another video production. A collaboration with 9 people (7 filmed), that you will see probably with in the next month. It's no embarrassment to me when I say that I would join a pop group in an instant. If you have been paying attention to my statuses you know what it is about. If not, then good for you for not being addicted to facebook.

Don't shake your head

- Most recently I was a Pirate, in a public park. with another pirate. What at first what was awkward, soon turned into the sickest event of the new year. Pictures will be released this year. Along with a series of photo shoots to come.


- Last night detective The Salo, Glen, and I discovered that all those colors you see from girls are bra colors. Personal information revealed.

- And finally, depending on events, I may release a behind the scenes interview with legendary basketball star Professor Chaos Buttas.


Well that's about it for now, once school starts going I will be writing more because my friends will be dispersed for the most part. Once summer starts going I will be producing more videos. Soon we will be approaching a year of Tha Express. Which means soon I will accumulate more writing than I have ever done in high school and Elementary together.

January 10th, premieres Season 3 of Chuck. A show about a spy and nerd. That I highly recommend.
Until Next Time

T.K.O. - Call Me Tha Waiter

" Record The Moment"
-ThaTKy