Kelvin's Corner

...30 and lovin' it!!

Yes today I will be officially kissing my 20's goodbye and welcoming my 30's!!!

Feeling great...

Looking great...

Doing great....

Hell, I don't think 30 is ready for Kelzz!!!

...Got me to thinking

The post I did yesterday told a little about the wedding I went to on Saturday and as I read some of the comments last night, it got me to thinking that I might be missing out on something in my own life...something that only makes perfect sense....something that I have avoided every since I got burned the last time I gave it a shot....yep, you guessed it...a significant other....

*Waiting for the shocked looks to go away and the ooohhsss and ahhhs to subside...LOL*

Yes you heard me right, I think that at this point in my life I am ready to actually try it again. I mean don't get me wrong, I date and go out and that's all fine and good, but I went to sleep thinking about this last night and I feel like its time that I open myself up again and see what's out there for me. There have been opportunities in the past and I have tended to stray away from them for the simple fact that I didn't want to get all messed up like I did once before. I know it may not have been the right thing to some people, shutting down any and all things that came my way, but I would rather save myself the head and heartache of dealing with some bullshit. I would never let myself get too attached to anyone female. I always liked having them around and being able to see who I wanted when I wanted, but now that shit is getting old too. I have a ton of female friends and they are all cool as hell, but I think that I want someone special...someone that I can call my own and maybe actually try to build something with. I think I am pretty decent guy and not too bad looking so hopefully this new excursion won't present too much of a task.....so here it is, I said it, its official.

Kelzz is on the market for something REAL and someone REAL...

*Hoping I don't regret this tomorrow..lol*

Now on to other news....well shit there isn't any other news really....execpt tomorrow is the start of a new decade for me...I will leave my 20's and embark upon my 30's so I am pretty excited about that. A buddy of mine, who shares the exact same birthday, and a few of us are supposed to be going to Bella tomorrow night for some drinks to celebrate so that should be a good precursor to the weekend and all the festivities that I am sure are gonna happen.

Well lemme stop rambling and get to work since they are paying me..lol

You all have a good one.

Kelzz.Out

...What a weekend

Damn,

I never told you guys how the weekend went, huh? Well lets just say Celebrations, BBQ, and the Recovery Day...lol

Well Thank the Lord my face went down before Saturday afternoon and I was back to normal....you know...tight fade,  clean shave, killer razor line, the whole shebang....so I was all ready to get suited and booted for the evenings festivities....

My buddy Robbie got hitched this weekend to his long time girlfriend and it was a beautiful wedding. Although I found out at the last minute that I was going to be one of the groomsmen and had to go get fitted for a tuxedo and whatnot last minute, it all was worth it.

The ceremony itself was nice and the bride was breathtaking as she came down the aisle. All the bridesmaids and groomsmen looked good too. I am not sure, but I think that there were like 10 each of us so it was a HUGE wedding party. And of course I forgot to bring my camera so I didn't get any pics, but will hopefully have some to share in maybe like a week....once they bride gets them back...

Now the good stuff.....

MAN... WE PAR-TAYED!!!!

After we ate dinner and the toasts were made, the older people in attendance started to thin out and the DJ began to do his thing..lol So you know Kelzz LOVES a party and acted accordingly. I swear I had to have danced with every woman in the place at some point and I was a little buzzed off Merlot so it was EXTRA cool. When Robbie tossed the garter up in the air off the balcony guess who caught it......

Yep, your boy, and you know what, instead of me putting it on the bridesmaid that caught the bouquet, my drunk ass walked around the party sporting that bad boy like a headband!! LMBAO!! Man we had a ball that night and we all got so many compliments on how good we all looked a nigga thought he was  a superstar!! Lights, Camera, Action in this bitch!! LOL So in essence I wonder just how true that old saying is that the guy that catches the garter is supposedly next in line for matrimony??? Hmmmmm very interesting.......Going to a wedding does makes one think heavily about 30 fast approaching and the thoughts of settling down with a nice young lady of my own, but we shall see....LOL

All in all it was cool. We partied well into the A.M. cause after they had to put our Black asses out the spot we where the reception was we hit up this NBA party on 42nd and King Drive...Lord, Lord, Lord...lemme just say this...brothers get alot of play in a suit...be it a tuxedo, linen suit, hell even a police uniform...the compliments continued and so did the flirtation..*smile*. So on Sunday we had a little Q'ing going on at the crib and of course a few more drinks..*smile*. It was cool cause this time I had everyone out in the backyard and out of the house so there wasn't alot of cleanup when everyone left.

Like I said, hopefully I will have some pics to show you guys a little later so you can see what all went down that night.

2 Days away from officially being 3-0!!!

KONNICHIWAH BITCHES!!!

..Just a few things

..that you should not do when its like 104 degrees outside in Chicago....

1. First of all you should try not to MOVE...Period. When its that hot outside you basically need to find some place that has some AC blowing and just sit your ass down. You know its bad when Com Ed has decided to give folks a break on their delinquent accounts and not do cut offs cause they realize people are using more electricity.

2. Stand on the corner in the sweltering heat drinking liquor straight out the bottle. I saw this old dude around the crib standing out on Sat. afternoon drinking out of a  pint size bottle of J & B Scotch. Now I can only think of two things that could make a person want to do this...it has to be some strange method of falling out on the corner so you can get taken to an air conditioned emergency room, or sheer stupidity....

3. Try some new organic deodorant. People trust me on this one m'kay? Stick to the shit you already KNOW works....Period

Heat + Suspect Deodorant = Bad Combination

4. Limit yourself to taking one shower a day...It is encouraged to take as many showers a day as possible because of all the heat and humidity you are naturally gonna sweat more and there is nothing like a shower to make you feel brand new again..*smile*

5. Ride in a car with no AC. Now this should be obvious but lemme give you some justification aside from what you already know. There is a small thing called "road rage" and the chances of it flaring up or your tolerance for ig'nant ass drivers is significantly decreased when riding in a hot ass car with no AC. You are dreading every red light, stop sign, stop and go traffic....Why? Cause everytime you have to stop that means that the wind coming in thru the window cooling your sweating ass off stops and the frustration just builds...its a snowball effect..(no pun intended)

...these are just a few observations made over the course of the weekend since our temps here were in the 100's?!?!?!

The weekend overall was good though and I have more stories to tell too!!...From my toothache to my buddy's wedding....stay tuned!!

Happy Monday...

*I still can't believe I will be 30 on Thursday...*smh*...LOL!!!*

...You think you know

Lord have mercy....

I can honestly say I know what pain is now......but before I tell you what happened....

I can honestly say that after reading some of the comments from my last post that you I KNOW I am loved by some of you guys..*smile*

You all will have to excuse me for a few days. I had a tooth extracted yesterday morning and now the whole left side of a brotha's face looks like I stepped to Floyd Mayweather the wrong way...straight SWOLLEN!!!

I should be back in by the weekend or the first part of next week...

Kelzz.Out

...Just a quick one...

What's up er'body?

Its Monday morning and I have like a ton of shit to do from last week, since I took last Thursday and Friday off so I am gonna just post this real quick till tomorrow when I can give you all a REAL post..lol So I stole this frome Sunchinne. Let's see what you all think or think you know about moi.

I ____ Kelzz.
Kelzz is ____.
Kelzz thinks a lot about _______.
When I think of _________, I think of Kelzz.
If I were alone in a room with Kelzz, I would _______.
I think Kelzz should _____.
Kelzz needs ______.
I want to ____________ Kelzz.
If I could describe Kelzz in a word: _______.

Note...**Kelzz will officially be the big 3-0 in 10 days!!**

...that Nigga...

Just something that came to me this evening...

Hope you enjoy...lol

**Go by Common plays in the background**

I swear to God, man you my nigga for real,
I come to see you faithfully like clockwork,
Cause, dude, you got skills.

Holdin' me down thru whatever,
Just as real as they come,
Never fakin' Never frontin'
Yo ya' hearin me Son?!!

I got you on that speed-dial,
Like one of them broads,
Execpt this time its me thats callin'
Like I just gave YOU them draws!!

I may sound like I'm trippin'
On some homo-sexual shit,
But ALL these cats out here feel me,
When I say that nigga's the shit.

Down on 79th Street a little bit East,
Way across town, hella far from me,
I pass like 50 spots but none can compare,
To that hole in the wall called Starlight,
He can be found there....

No appointments needed,
Just come slide thru,
"I got you in like 5", the lie rings so true,
I just laugh and say "Yeah, aight",
And proceed to retreat,
All off in that new King on that empty seat....

Who the hell am I talkin' bout you might ask?

...who else but my Barber with ya'll nosey ASS!!! LMBAO!!

...An Idle Mind

...I was sitting here at work this morning with about 68169813913 different thoughts running thru my head with regards to what to bring to you all today and after checking a few of my regular daily reads, I came across Nikki's post and got inspired to piggyback on what she wrote about.

Now as I said in her comments section, last weekend alone there were 12 deaths over the course of the weekend.....that's only 3 days if you count Friday people....12 lives ENDED....that is some scary shit....People want to blame it on the hot weather and all sorts of crazy shit like that, but I think its more to it than that. It is true that for alot of urban kids there isn't alot to do if they aren't in summer camps or preoccupied with some sort of constructive activities. This only upholds the old adage that " An idle mind is the devil's workshop". Leave a few teenagers ( hell even some grown folks) idle for too long and something IS going to happen.

The idea that Nikki threw out there was a great one indeed and would definitely take some carefully laid out planning and funding, but it is doable especially here. There are all sorts of old boarded up buildings and spaces for sale or rent. It may take an entire year to assemble all the plans for something like this to happen, but shit I think its worth a try. Every day when I go home, I see all sorts of young people on the corners and hanging out in the park with absolutely nothing to do...I am sure that the parents of these kids may or may not know what their children are up too when they leave the house. 9 times out of 10 they don't know....

Case and point:

That BBQ I went to on Sunday...there were alot of little kids there and there were these two little boys, had to be no older than 5 or 6 and they were just BAD...I mean BAD in every sense of the word. I mean getting into shit every time I looked over at them. Now the mothers of these boys were busy socializing and shit and the little terrors were just doing shit...terrorizing poor Spirit so bad that I had to go get her out the back yard and bring her up front with me...Now not to wish anything bad on those two, but I just see them being penitentiary bound if someone doesn't step in and straighten them out and I mean SOON!!

Now that I have totally bitten off Nikki's idea, I am gonna start seeing if there is anything I can do here in the city to see about getting some grants or funding to put this plan into action...hell there is so much corruption in our local government that I am sure they can squeeze out a few hundred thousand to make something positive happen in our community....

Sweatboxes, Prophylactics and Drinks

So this past weekend was pretty nice here in the city. I got a chance to do alot of housework that I had been neglecting and I also got a chance to just relax from the long workweek.

**Warning deviation ahead**
I failed to mention to you all that when the teachers union renegotiated their contracts last year around the time of the preemptive strike, that I am SO glad didn't happen BTW, there was a clause in the new contract that would cause the pay schedule to be offset by one week...which in turn caused us to not get paid on our normal payday, instead we went 3 weeks without a paycheck, and just lemme tell you...waiting another 7 days for a  paycheck IS not fun when you got mortgages and shit due!!...LOL

...so like I was saying, the weekend was good, I had time to relax and hang out with my god sister Ebonie. We were talking and just shooting the shit when I noticed her celly just kept on ringing. Each time it rings she looks at the phone in utter disgust and I ask her what's up...she looks at me and tells me this dude that she hung out with like twice keeps blowing her shit up....I also got introduced to a new word yesterday....

Sweatbox

adj

--Used to describe any and all persons that continuously call, text, email, or use any other form of communication to try to reach another person. This would include calling back repeatedly after messages have already been left. Term is usually used to describe what is now known as the new millennium "bug-a-boo", which was made so popular by the R & B group Destiny's Child.

...so I ask her what is up with dude and she begins to tell me she met dude a little while back and they talked on the phone a few times and decided to go see the fireworks at the Taste...ok that went well so they decide to go to dinner. Now lemme tell you one thing you all may not know....Edub is a diva...in every sense of the word...she truly believes in chivalry and the whole nine...basically you need to step your game up if you were a dude trying to holla...so anyway they decide to go to a nice spot downtown for dinner and drinks...making a long story short, when the check came he looks at the bill (which was only like $50 mind you) and got this look on his face like he didn't plan on coming up off that much change..lol So he pays the bill and leaves like a 5 dollar tip...hmmmmm

Customary tipping etiquette is 20% (Based on level of service of course)

.20 X $50.00= $10.00 tip

...so she looks at the tip and goes into HER purse to add another couple of dollars to the tip he left..

*crickets....*

Now you all tell me, how fuggin' embarrassing is THAT SHIT....on a second date? Someone I am trying to get to know better?...has to help out on the tip?...Oh.My.God.....I would be so outdone that at the end of the date, I would have to delete her number out of sheer humiliation!!

Why ask someone out when you know your funds aren't right? Or if you do, just suggest some inexpensive shit, or better yet, some FREE shit. Hell its the summertime in Chicago and there's lots of free shit to do that can save you from situations like that...but that's just me....

...and of course no weekend would be complete without a BBQ or two, so we hit up one that afternoon and during the course of a heated spades game the topic of sex came up. Now its 2005 folks and there are people STILL having unprotected sex with strangers....

**More Crickets.....**

I won't even comment on what was said at the table, just know that its REAL out here and I know it can be difficult and may not feel as good, but wrap it up or you may end up paying the price....

Happy Monday !!

...Introducing Spirit

Ok, Its Sunday and I am sitting here playing with my newest best friend so I figured I should formally introduce her to you all....the newest member of the family.....

This is Spirit, she is a 9 week old pit bull pup that I got a few weeks ago. I named her Spirit because she looks just like her dad, just the female version complete with the greenish-blue eyes and everything...lol

Some of you all met Spirit over the 4th of July weekend and she is definitely a people person. If some of you all remember she has an extreme foot fetish and loves exposed toes..lol. She is a good puppy and loves to play. She is getting so big so fast. I have an appointment scheduled for the next week for her to go get her second set of shots at the local veterinarian. She loves to chew on things too and has an unbelievable fascination with grass...*wondering whether we were destined to be together..LMBAO!*

She is a very smart puppy too, although I have to admit I had my reservations about getting a pit because of all the bad stereotypes about them, she already knows her name and is almost housebroken. She has her own little bed and toys that she loves to lounge with and chew on..

Well I just wanted to introduce you guys to her and I hate to cut it short....BUT... its a GORGEOUS day and we are about to hit the lakefront!!

Peace!!