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I'm Back! 2009 Has Been One Of The Worse Years Of My Life. I'm Glad That It's Almost Over. Today Is My 29th Birthday. I'm Glad To Be Back On NT and Have All But About 50 Of My Shoes Back! Hopefully With Some Help From My Homies, I Can Get The Rest Of Them This Weekend. I Got A New Place In Cleveland's Mt. Pleasant Area On The East Side. It's A Blessing. Thank You JESUS!

R.I.P Aunt Mickey.

R.I.P Davene McIntosh...aka Aunt Mickey. You did so much for me and my family in some of the darkest hours of my life when no one else with the exception of my East 143rd family really seemed to care. I was fortunate to get to tell you that, but I wi...sh that I could again. The suffering is over now and thats truly victory. Rest In Peace.

Yo.

Insane heat has caused monsoon like rainstorms which have brought down a lot of trees in our area. shit is crazy.

August....

I hope to start updating on a regular basis next month....I also hope to return to the forums soon.

Damn.

I haven't been able to update because my internet is down and probably wont be up until next week. I'm on a library computer now, but that shit just isn't the same. I'll be back.




Oh.


The Muthafuckin' LAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WORLD CHAMPS.

WHAT ELSE CAN BE SAID.

KB24...Finals MVP.

Reminisce Session: 1995 Air Jordan 10 "Chicago".

These take me back to 8th grade when MJ came back to the Bulls for the last 17 games of the 1994-95 season. Their first game was an Overtime road loss to Indiana on March 19, 1995. I had the shadows by then but as soon as I saw these I wanted them. This was the first time that I can remember a Jordan being released that didn't come out everywhere. They came out with the powders around that time, but I wanted these. I remember some of my classmates getting the powders and coloring the blue strips red. I knew if I was lucky enough to get the powders my dad would've looked at me crazy if I did that. I remember him getting me the 94 1's around this time since they were on sale for 55 bucks at Champs and being mad at me for not tying them up all the way. I still have those 1's. I had to get another pair of shadows around 2003 because my OG pair was TOO done.

Like most shoes, I reminisce about these because I've always wanted them. I felt that these would've been better in the first countdown pack then those sorry ass shadows. Think how much more that countdown pack would be sought after if they put the Playoff 13's and these Chicago 10's. I have the Playoff 13's, but I would've gotten that pack if they did that.

Flashback: Spring 2006.

At CD/Game Exchange Maple we used to watch this shit constantly.

IT'S THE JUGGERNAUT BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Our Way To The 'Ship!!!!

I get so much joy out of the Lakers winning because there are so many people here in Cleveland on Cavs crack like I've said in previous posts. The Lakers are going to their 15th NBA Finals Appearance in my lifetime (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009). They beat Denver ass on their own court. Barring injury, I think they could take the Cavs or the Magic.


Anyway, Before that I went to Beachwood Place and I took Z some huge sunflowers. It apparently brightened up her day though she did trip a bit about how much I paid for them. eh. what's new. It was nice to be at Beachwood again though it is HYPEBEAST HEAVEN....

I Got......

Black Chucks.

And An Akomplice Tee. I love their tees, I have a few that I got last year.


I spent more money than I planned, but these are the first things I've been able to buy myself in months. I got the Akomplice Tee from Next, the main supplier of Clothes for the Cleveland Hypebeast. When I went in there everything just stopped like a scene from a sitcom. I was because I wore this......



Whatever. I always say, when Jordan was playing, you niggaz that are old enough act like you didn't have Chicago Bulls hats, jerseys, and starter jackets, and the Bulls are one of the Cavs biggest Rivals along with the Pistons and to a lesser extent, the Wizards.

I've gotten some PM's and emails asking where I've been in regards to not posting on Niketalk, ISS, NSB, Sneakerfreaker, and even FSF. I appreciate the concern, but the shoe person in me is asleep. It isn't by choice, but I can't be on the boards when 90% of my clothes and all of my shoes are in storage. All I have with me are my pairs LeBron 6's that I've bought since I lived here, some Goadomes, some black timberlands, some semi beat Air Max 03's and the chucks pictured above are all I have here. I know i'm not the only one suffering due to this recession, but for me to go from a 4 bedroom house in Shaker heights to living in a 1 bedroom place in a 4 suiter house in the hood has been a mentally draining experience. I finally got promoted to management at GameStop so things are starting to look up. It's funny, 'cause the people around here don't know me, and I can tell that they think I can't dress......they just have no idea. The bill for the storage is killing me though. It's like 200 a month. I could fake it like some and just post pics of shoes that are saved on my comp, but that just makes me mad when I think about it. I just hope next month this can be over with and I can move out of here. Thank god for month to month.

I got caught in an awkward situation earlier before the game. I ordered pizza from Papa Johns and the old lady next door asked me if I saw some keys and the cluckhead bitch from across the hall asked me if she could have some of my pizza. I could clearly see that I wasn't with it, but I said fuck it. She said she'd pay me a dollar for the slice, then her bitch ass didn't even have it. I HATE WHERE I LIVE.




Don't worry. I'll be back posting everyday very soon.

Memorial Day Weekend.....Weak.

Memorial Day Weekend sucked.

Monday we were open for no good reason until 9pm. I'm glad Dad remembered to bring me a plate. Weak.

Sunday I had brunch with Mom.

Then after that I went with Z to the Cavs watch party at Quicken Loans. It was Game 3 of Cavs Vs. Magic. The Cavs lost. Z was pissy.




Saturday....helping my mother move....it was supposed to be other folks helping, but it ended up just me being myself, my dad, and my sister.

Dad.

Mom. I was impressed. She had a NBA & Looney Tunes allstar tshirt from the 90's which featured Ewing, Reggie Miller, Kemp, Barkley, and Larry Johnson along with Bugs, Daffy, Yosemite Sam, Porky, and Elmer.

Jen.


Mom looking at her favorite picture of me when I was a baby.

ShortyC94 circa 1980.

I gave up my whole saturday. 8am to 6pm.



Mom had on 95 Zens and Dad had on Uptempo Premiers.....They love Nike almost as much as me. LOL.

Some old shit she had of mine in storage.

My favorite tee in High School. I used to wear this like 3 times a month in 1998. I can't get an arm in this now. LOL>. Also, that rainbow shit isn't too becoming. I never thought about that back then.

The Sweatshirt I designed for my DECA class during Senior Year 1999.


ICEBERG JEANS!!!!!!!! I used to love Iceberg....I had a lot of it too....along with Moschino, Coogi, Gucci, Armani, and some Versace. I don't know where any of that shit is now though. I paid 180 for these jeans from the Bart Simpson collection from 1999. I had the sweater and hat too. You couldn't tell me shit. We used to crack heads with those clothes, some fresh timberlands or J's. Aaahh. Back in the day. LOL.

Meh. Atleast The Lakers One......

Shit has been up and down lately. I've been lazy, hence the lack of posts lately. Certain people are reminding me how full of shit they are....you tell them about shit and put them on to shit and when you ask them to do something in return, all you get is a bunch of shit you aren't trying to hear....and certain people are giving me the inkling that it's a priveledge to be friends with them or something. Fuck Them And Fuck You If You Feel The Same. But Like The Title Says, At least the Lakers won and are up 1-0 over the hoe ass Nuggets.

Another thing that has been getting on my nerves is people holding shit against me that I can't control. It's cool though. FUCK 'EM.

Here Are Some Pics from mothers day when myself, my parents and sister all met up to have a meal. A very light skinned experience to say the least. Lol.





Hopefully shit continues to even out.

Everyone's Addicted.....That Cavs Crack....Smh.

The Title says it all....Everyone is so high on the Cavs that it's sickening. Z , all of my friends, relatives, co-workers, customers, old people, everyone. Shits crazy. This reminds me of when the Indians were good in the 90's and everyone had the jerseys and hats, niggaz had the kit where you could have the indians script and/or the chief wahoo logo in your grass....everyone was on it, but now that the indians are the worst team in baseball, you can't find that anymore. People also get it twisted that I'm agasinst them, and that simply isn't the case. I love how LeBron is a throwback player from the 70-90's and not really like most of the other players today, but people are running around saying the Cavs are a great team and they haven't won shit yet. I'm happy that the Cavs are finally a possible powerhouse team after 39 years of mediocrity with some "good" years sprinkled in there. I've been a Laker fan since the 80's, so how would I look jumping on the bandwagon now that they're good. I own LeBron jerseys and I have atleast 3 colorways of every LeBron sig that Nike has put out since he was a rookie in 2003-04. I have every LeBron commercial that Nike has made on my Zune. I even have an Austin Carr mitchell and ness jersey from 1975-76, but I'll never like them like the Lakers...It just won't happen.

This Morning Me, My Dad, And Deacon Lockett got together for breakfast at Broadway Pub right next to South High School in the Fleet Neighborhood. I love Deacon but he's another on that Cavs high. We Debated why the Cavs are allegdly better than LA.






And...This Character feels like since I'm from Cleveland that I'm a traitor since I like the Lakers. Shit Is Stupid Though She's Very Intelligent....smh.





Anyway, Yesterday THE LAKERS BEAT THE FUCK OUT OF THE ROCKETS!!!!!

yes!!!!!





This was great because of the L that the Lakers took on Sunday. The Lakers ended up winning by 40....78-118.

Before that Danielle and I hung out for the majority of the day and it was nice. We went to the Gyro George on Harvard and then we went to the metroparks and Steelyard Commons where I got an application for Buy Backs...a store which is very similar to Cd/Game Exchange. The application was like 5 pages long though but eh. We also went to Best Buy where she tried to further decide which she was gonna get between the Ipod Classic and the Zune 2. I also got to see her dad...I don't think I've seen him since 2004 or 2005 if memory serves my right.



Her And Her Dad.




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I woke up too early....thank the lord for the Zune.


On NBAtv, they just kept playing LeBron's Press Conference over and over.


Damn...the internet is acting dumb and not letting me put anymore pics up. More to come later.

UGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

I Now have all but 5 of the No Limit Releases......All of the great ones and the wack ones. I wonder what Master P did to have 80% of the No Limit releases out of print. I've got everything.....even shit like Full Blooded, Lil' Italy, and the Ghetto Commission. It's like High School again!

I never liked this version of the tank though.....


Wifey....Momma Mia!!!!



Damn I'm Old. LOL>. And Big Bear Wasn't Even On
No Limit!!!....He Just Had A Pen/Pixel CD cover like
everyone else did in the late 90's....


My Favorite No Limit Release Of All Time.

Hens Love Roosters...Geese Love Ganders......

Reminisce Session: Air Max '92 (BW)

I love these shoes. I had them the first time when they came out in fall 1991 when I was in 5th grade. I wore these til I couldn't wear them anymore. I love the purple and the black, the big "AIR MAX" on the back, the tongue....everything. When they retroed them in 2003, I had to get them, and I was with Footaction at the time and we couldn't give these away. Like most people though, the poor quality of the paint and midsole takes away from the shoe on the 2003 retro, and from what I hear, the retroes from last year did the same thing. I'm surprised at how much these go for on ebay nowadays....especially considering that we had them on sale for about $40 at one point, and other places had them as cheap as $20.

IGotdatdrankIGotdatdrankIGotdatdrank....Just Had A 4th and a sip a eighth......

For the first time ever, I'm not really pumped about it being warm outside. The hood I'm in now is really hot with some not so favorable activity but eh. Hopefully in another month or so, I'll be gone.

Yesterday I caught up with Trice and hung out for a bit.


I Was supposed to get up with Will but he was afraid of being pulled over because it was hot out last night and the swine appeared to be everywhere, but I wasn't hugely shocked that he didn't come. That's Will. At least the Lakers finally put away the Jazz in 5 games yesterday. Yeah!


Kobe And Puffy.
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On Saturday, It was my Mom's Birthday, so I spent some time with her before I had to work.....it was cool to spend time with her. :)


The Rapids weren't running because of track maintenence so we had to ride a shuttle bus. eh.


We Had Lunch.












She Got Me......


After That, I went to work and took some uh. Interesting Pics.

My Dad Stopped By.

Ken.



Wilbon....he kept sayin' I was FBI. LOL.



On Friday, Z and I went to the watch party at Quicken Loans for Game 3 of the Cavs Vs. Pistons series....it was cool for the most part.










I Saw My Nigga Mike. He was a contestant that got a chance to win 500 bucks if he made a bank shot. He didn't make one. I never get picked for shit like that. SMH.






We Went to Applebee's After....


On Thursday, Danielle Came Thru. We talked, and it was cool.

Me Lookin' Dumb.

I also caught up with Zippora, I haven't seen her since 2007, she came through and we blazed one. It was great to see her.

E-40 & B-Legit: Come On

I absolutely love this song. This reminds me of Summer 1997 between sophmore and junior year when I got my first job at T.J. Maxx. I was making $6.00 per hour when minimum wage was around $4.25....Back then you couldn't tell me shit. LOL.

Oh, If You Wanna Hear This, Pause The Playlist And Push Play Below.

The Last Week And Then Some.....Featuring Easter, The Last Cavs Home Game Vs. The 76ers...Etc.

Sorry Blogspot, Just Been Busy. Shit's Been Kinda Eh.....

Mercedes put me on to 4megaupload.com. I've gotten so much out ot print obsure rap that I'm sure no one put me remembers. Between that and Datpiff.com, I've only got about 25GB left on the 120GB. :)

Mercedes...
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I just found out that one of my old flames Kelli got married after not being with her dude that long. I'm not hating by any stretch of the imagination, when I see peers get married and I can barely stand to be in a relationship, it makes me wonder about myself and makes me doubtful about married one day.

Kelli...I wish her the best. We had a lotta fun together.


What sucks lately is that I can't stop thinking about my ex. We were together for so long and I really wish at this point I could just forget her, but every now and then I'll wonder how she is, and if she's ok. I just can't bring myself to call. I feel like a straight sucka. Smh.

Danielle...


And Stuff Gets more and more interesting with this one....One Of NT's Favorite...At Least She's Not A Hypebeast.

Old Ass Pic. :)



Anyway, I've posted on NT here and there, but not the daily WDYWT like I'm used to doing. Hopefully soon I can do that. Yesterday, I really didn't do anything but work, I caught parts here and there of the games....I saw LeBron dunk twice before I had to go in, and we had the game on at work, but no one could really focus on the game too much because we were busy. I missed LeBron's half court shot because some bitch kept asking me about DS stylists for her bratty ass kid. Figures. On Friday, I hung out with Krystalynn for the first time since her birthday last month. We went to Olive Garden. She actually got a lil' tangy about the mouth because we were originally gonna go to bravo, but we were both high and we figured Olive Garden would be better for the occasion.....whatever.

On Thursday Z and I met downtown....she was late...like always, we ate on the food court, then came back to my house to chill out (what's new), and that was cool.


Me Trying My Plies Look.


Soldier III and Cement IV DubZero Display At My Old Job.


But after I saw her home, coming back, the rapid I was on died because one of the overhead wires snapped....needless to say, I just took the bus back.
Smh.


On Wednesday, Dad and I went to the last Cavs home game against the 76ers.
LeBron, Z, Mo Williams, and Joe Smith didn't play but it was Fan appreciation night since it was the last home game and stuff got given away like Jerseys, Shoes, Plasma Screens, a Kia Soul, and random other things. We had good seats....a few rows up from where Z and I saw the Lakers in february. We didn't get anything for free other than a Poster, some free nachos, and some free cookies....shit that everyone that came to the game got. I almost caught a free t-shirt, not once but twice....the guy next to me got one, and a woman behind me got one, but when I realized that they weren't Cavs shirts, I really didn't give a fuck. The Cavs lost to the 76ers 101-100. Only the 2nd time this season they've lost at home. People say I'm a Cavs Omen because I'm such a lakers fan.













Before the game, Nita came over for a quick minute. She was one of the ones that called me a Cavs omen.

Nita.


On Tuesday I was downtown with having lunch with my Mom, and after that my Dad showed me his new office. It's so new that it doesn't have any of his clutter, and it's also up pretty high, and he is NOT a height person.

Mom.

Lunch...since I haven't been doing the fast food thing.


Dad.


I Took Most Of His Candy On His Table.


It's Up So High!


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On Easter, Z and I got together to watch the Cavs absolutely MURDER the Celtics! I Hate The Celtics being a Lakers Fan And All....



I UnDS'ed The All Star LeBron 6's.









......then we got into a big fight that was ALL HER FAULT. Shit was awful. Messed up my whole easter. I can't even get into details with that....smh.

I went to see my Mom after....she forgot how to put CD's on her itunes...ah those baby boomers.....

Next's window....I actually want both of those jackets.





Mom.


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Reminisce Session: 1993 Air Trainer Accel Mid.

I love these. I also always get a kick out of my typing in the shoe name at google and my personal pic comes up. This is an old pic of them two years ago when I first UNds'ed them. I'm so glad they didn't crack. I found them at a Dallas Shoe Warehouse in 2003 after coming from seeing 2 Fast 2 Furious. They were the only Nikes in the whole place and they even had the original orange and grey Nike Air Box which was awesome. They were only 20 bucks!! I had to get 'em. I think these would do good as a retro especially in this colorway. I remember these being one of the back to school shoes that everyone had in 7th Grade. Either the ones I have on pictured, Black/White/Purple, or White/Grey/Blue.

More pics of me in them courtesy of my Myspace Page....

My Favorite Shirt To Wear With Them...LeMar & Dauley. "Kid"

LOL. Me Holding That Old Ass 20GB Ipod. I thought I was Hot Shit Having One Of Them Until the 30GB Video Came Out. LOL.

Damn Weather....Now I'm Getting Sick Again!!!!

I Can't Think Of Anywhere In The World But Cleveland where It can be below freezing and snowing one day, and being almost 70 degrees the next. My Nasal game is all fucked up. I'm only about a week and a half removed from that awful food poisoning/stomach virus, and now I feel flu like. Shit Is Weak. I'm only used to getting sick once a year if that. I didn't get promoted at work like I was told I was, and the dude who I was gonna buy a car from is A.W.O.L all of a sudden. Things suck right now plain and simple. I just keep telling myself that shit will get better.

On Monday, My Dad, Deacon Lockett, And I Went To Breakfast on Harvard in Slavic Village.



Me.

Dad And Deacon Lockett.

MJ On Their Wall....

Before I Finished Smashin'....


Last Week, Zarinah And I Went Down By The Water After Dinner......









Chalks!!!!!!




KING OF CLEVELAND!!!!


I Did Sell The Broken 80GB Zune For 51 Shipped. Not As Much As I Got For My Broken 80GB Ipod last year, but better than nothing.



This Girl Is What It Is Right Now. The Things I'd Do..................




Oh Yeah, I Got A Twitter Account Like Everyone Else In The World. It's nothing on there yet, but It Will Be Soon.

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Air Yeezy's And Kid Cudi

Normally I'd Say That I Can't Believe This Shoe Has This Much Hype, But Honestly, I Can't Even Blame People. I Think This Is A Nice Shoe....Not Worth 215 Retail, But It Is The Most Hyped Nike Collab In While During A Time When Shoes In My Opinion Are Kinda Stale. There's Nothing That's Been Coming Out That Really Grabs Me. I Hate To Say That Because Now I Sound Like Her.....



Yesterday I Made Her Think I Spent 800 On The Yeezys And The Two Matching Shirts That Came Out With The Bear From The "Graduation" CD Cover. It Didn't Work Though Because She "Knows Me Better Than That". That Made Me LOL. I Like Them Enough To Wear Them But I Honestly Couldn't Get Too Hyped Up About Them Because If Anyone In Cleveland Got Them, I'd Probably Be Next And They'd Honestly Probably Want 300 Or 400 for them. I STILL REMEMBER HOW MUCH THEY MARKED UP THE GRAPES. smh.

Now The Yeezys are between 500-700 Depending On Your Size...Gotta Love Resellers.

And Now I Feel Dumb.....Kid Cudi.



The First Time I'd Ever Seen Or Heard Of Him Was On DJ E-V's Bitch I'm From Cleveland 2.....



Now This Is Like Last Spring When This Mix CD Came Out, And I'm Only Familiar With It Because I Handled Local Consignments For Cleveland DJ's For Years At CD/Game Exchange And This Was One Of The Last New Mix CD's We Got Before The Company And I Parted Ways Back In Late August. So I Start Hearing People Talk About A Rapper Named Kid Cudi Like...Later In The Year And I'm Like "The Same Nigga From Bitch I'm From Cleveland 2???"....I Wasn't Tryin' To Hate, But Other Than Chip Tha Ripper, Fat Al, and Corey Bapes (Who All Make Southern Soundin' Shit and Have Been Out A Lot Longer Than Cudi) Cleveland Rappers Don't Get Much Holla, and None of the other Niggaz I Mentioned Have Blown Up With National Exposure. Then I see the video for "Day N Night", and realize that I've seen this nigga in the flesh before and BAM! It Hit Me That This Nigga Is From Shaker, and I know his two older brothers Dean and Domingo...and that Cudi is short for Mescudi, which is their last name. What A Small Fuckin' World. I'm happy For That Dude.