Oh Yeah... Bullshit! by A. Dacosta Brathway

January 2nd, Friday... So, what's it going to be? Lose weight? Stop smoking? What? It's 2015 and I am sure the resolutions are flying! But why? You know you are not going to follow through... If you're fat on January 1, you will be fat on April 1 (April Fools Day!).


Don't get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with making new year's resolutions. The problem is sticking with them! Hey, get in shape. Prolong your life! Do it year round. Why wait for January 1 to be your starting point every year? (I know, you love the Ground Hog's day effect!) Why say you are going to start going to church when you know you are a practicing atheist? Don't say you are going to stop smoking when you know you love weed! (Oops, my bad. You meant cigarettes!)


Have I ever made any new year's resolutions? Hell yeah! Never followed through on any of them! I once said that I would stop cursing... Sshhiitt! I used to think that I had some sort of control over my life! Sshhiitt! Oh yeah, there was that time when I said I would stop drinking alcohol... (Sshhiitt, I just knocked over my Jack!) Hold on, my computer is acting weird... Oh sshhiitt, I think it's gonna blow...

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February 27th, Wednesday... I 'm sitting here reflecting on my life when this thought popped in my brain... When I was a kid, I used to lie, bigtime! If I did something wrong and got caught, I would lie to my mother because of the punishment she would bestow upon me. It amazed me how adamant my mother was about kicking my ass when she found out that I had lied about something...
As I got older, I realized that it was time to put childish things away. I stopped lying! As I matured, I came to terms with telling the truth, no matter what the cost. I learned to look whomever I was speaking to in the eyes and reveal whatever, with honesty because I became confident and strong when I told the truth. Funny... I thought my evolution was complete when I became an adult. My experience, now, is that when I tell the truth, people don't believe me! It's as if the truth is too far fetched to believe these days. Ain't that a bitch? Looking people in the eyes, verbal agreements, handshakes... That shit means nothing these days.Why give your word on your good name? Where I live, no one even uses the name their mommas gave them. (Everybody has a "nickname!") I used to rely on the news to tell the truth. Can I do that now with all of the show biz BS that goes along with it? Reality shows? What the fuck is that? What reality? Where is the truth when I am looking at a woman and she has altered her face and body with either makeup or plastic surgery or both... Or, she may not be a woman at all! I ended a relationship with a woman because of her devoted conviction to Christianity. What's wrong with that? Psychologically she was (is) dating Christ! Truth be told...
Hey, I'm done! I no longer wish to participate with this charade! No, suicide is not an option. I'll just sit on the porch and watch the (so called) "big dogs" play. The vision reminds me of my childhood, when I used to watch the L'il Rascals. Now there was some reality TV I enjoyed! No lie...

A Warped POV by A. Dacosta Brathway

May 16th, Sunday/ I'm sitting here watching the last Survivor show and I gotta say it... I dig Survivor! Personally, I think it's fixed but I dig it! I say I think it's fixed because how in the hell is Russell still in the game? Don't get me wrong... He's great for TV! I just don't understand how the players cannot see that he is the snake? He's worse than any beast on that island... And, yet he's still in the game. This shit is too funny! I don't think he will win the money but how in the hell can he call the shots and be there for the last show? Stupid!

Wait a minute... The first tribal council is up... Hold on... Wait for it...Doh! Russell survives another tribal council!

I gotta go! "This gon' be good!"