A Collection...Just the Beginning

Another Brotha My Type

Ya'll will never see another brotha my type. So when I'm gone, I hope you remember me right. T.I. has never spoken truer words. I'm a different kinda guy. I've finally come to terms with that. I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't like saying nigga, I hate when people use the term in public on a regular basis, I can't rap, I'm not an amazing dancer, I don't play football, basketball, or any other of the "black" sports. I don't like to curse(even though it may seem like it), I don't like fried chicken, and I don't sag my pants to my knees. I don't need forty other guys to follow me around everywhere, I don't always dress urban, and I don't only listen to rap music. I don't try to sleep with every girl I meet. I'm not a emotionless sex machine. I don't treat girls like crap. I'm a gentleman, I like having someone by my side, and I hurt just like any other human being. I hate to see or hear about guys mistreating girls, I think that guys have a bad reputation right now, but I am going to prove people wrong.I like to swim, I've been discriminated against, and I will never stop swimming. I get along with all races, I don't care what color you are, if you are my friend then you have gained my trust and loyalty.I like to learn, I like to understand, and I like to read. I don't like closed-minded people, I'm pretty liberal, and religion is still a mystery to me. One of my best swimming friends died in a car accident, my mom has stage 3 ovarian cancer, but yet I still move on.I'm well-liked in the swimming community, my mom inspires me, and my parents are still together. I like to love, but I don't love often. I don't like those who are not truthful, once you lose my trust it will never fully be regained. This is me. This is how I am. I'm one of a kind. Not a stereotype you see on BET or MTV. I'm not another "nigga". I refuse to be classified in that way. If you refer to me in that way, then you lose part of my respect even though I may not show it. Don't mistake my sensitivity or understanding for weakness. Its actually one of my strengths and is why I am well-respected. You have just had a look inside my thought process.I just hope you remember me right.


**This post was from Facebook from a couple weeks back. This will be my opening post.**

Welcome to the Big Leagues?

So, I finally decided to separate Facebook from my thoughts. These are my thoughts and purely my thoughts. You can agree or you can disagree. You can feel offended or you can nod your head slowly and think, "I understand now". Let me know what you think of what I write regardless of what your standpoint is. I am just expressing myself and wishing to learn how others feel.

-JT