OK...I'm back with some new rantings from a disillusioned brotha...
As we get nearer and nearer to Christmas I step back and offer these rhetorical questions...feel free to answer them if you want. And if you don't know what rhetorical means....please feel free to exit off my page right about...ummm, now.
1. At what point did we stop getting our happiness from being around family and friends during the season and focus on what we got, what we HAVE to get someone, and who got you what?
2. Do you feel that you are truly demonstrating your love of your little one by having a "last man standing, no-holds barred" street fight in aisle 23 of Wal-Mart for the XBox360?
3. Why do we go out and get a debt inducing gifts for a loved one to make up for our neglecting them the rest of the year? Is that supposed to make all the times you could have picked up the phone and called just to say "hi" but didn't ok?
" Ummm, yeah I know I haven't come by and seen you all year mom/aunt/sister/so-called best friend/insert neglected relative here but ummm...here's a nice gift set from Macys....we cool right? Also, I won't be around much in the next few months cuz I have to work 90 hours a week to pay off these credit card bills..."
4. As we all go thru these holidays, do you really stop to think about those around you that may not have as much as you? Not moneywise, but just friends and family...and if so, how many have you invited to share your Xmas joy with you?
5. Ever notice how the saying "It's the thought that counts" never crosses your mind when you get a low-priced gift? Why is that...were you expecting a fukkin Benz or a vacation to Cancun? Did you forget that the person giving it to you probably works the same kind of dead end job you do and couldn't afford much better? Do they deserve to be relegated to the stack of gifts you keep in the back of the closet and that fake azz "Oh...I love the ...socks.." smile?
6. For those in relationships over 8 months, why does what they get you this ONE DAYUM day matter more than everything else they did, said and got you the rest of the year?
" Yeah girl...he crazy, he beat my butt last week, stole my car last month, aint got no job, and gave me an STD....but did you see that Baby Phat coat he got me with the matching purse?"
Great...now you have a new outfit to wear to the clinic...or to domestic court...
7. And brothers....I'mma throw yall in here as well, why is it that at Xmas you expect gifts from the same kids you been denying all year long? I mean damn, you aint made it to none of lil mans games, you missed your daughters baptism, and then you showed up late for they birthday party...and you mad cuz they aint get you nothing?
Reality check follows: Just cuz you bought them one pair of shoes and an outfit (shorts and a t-shirt) does not mean you have earned "Dad of the year" status....be happy they lil azzes aint plotting your slow death...
8. How many of yall got all your favorite Xmas movies on tape or DVD, but haven't taken the time out of your so-called busy life to watch them with your kids and pass on the joy and appreciation of the classics...or for that matter, read the actual books to your kids?
Lil tip for you: The kids you spend time with today are less likely to be the adults they lock up later in life...so go ahead and pull out "A Fat Albert Christmas" or "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (I don't discriminate..), it might save the state money later on...
9. Have you sat and explained the real reason for the season to your kids? Or to yourself???
I mean I like all the lights and decorations and parties as much as the next person, but haven't we kinda forgot about the non-commercial aspects of the season? I know it's kinda hard when thanks to the stores when I get my 4th of July fireworks there's Xmas stuff being put up in the next aisle. Pretty soon I swear congress is gonna rename the 4th season from "Winter" to "Christmas".
"When you graduating Billy?"
"In the Christmas semester..."
Nope....shyt don't even sound right.....
10. Ever wanna just punch the ever-loving lights outta that one person who just HAS to rub it in about the MARVELOUS gift they got, when they know you didn't get anything close to it? Can we lobby Congress to pass a "mercy killing" law for the 10 days past Christmas for these special kind of sonofabytches?
"Hey Carol..what did you get for Christmas?"
"Hey Betty, I got these new shoes...and a leather coat"
"I see, very nice.....did I tell you Marcus got me the Hope diamond, a full length chinchilla fur, and two midgets to put it on me in the morning?"
Now see.....that's justifiable homicide....or maybe thats just me....
Aight....I'm done for now....back soon cuz I know someone is gonna go ahead and do something ugly in the name of the season like ....give me a %&$^* fruitcake or something....and I'mma snap the *&$W% out. I swear some folks just make me wanna take prozac covered valium with a Hennessy chaser.
So until then.....these are the rantings of a disallusioned broke brother on the edge.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS....or whatever the #%#& you want to say...
