The Never Ending Story - G1 Blogging

Zune Says: Bobby Caldwell - Open Your Eyes

So, yesterday I flew in to NY, just for the day, to visit my fam and drop off a package. As we're riding through Mount Vernon, I notice one common factor on almost every block - the same people I left behind were still outside. Nothing much changed, plus or minus a few babies. Yeah, they wasted the money that could have saved our intramural sports programs on new landscaping - but it's still the same hood.

What scares me is the fact that these kids seem to think that slumming is the norm. It looks like they expect this life. I've had old friends ask me if I have any kids yet, and when I say no - they ask me why not. Don't get me wrong, I have a serious respect and sense of admiration to all my friends who have children, because it is not an easy task. As a young person doing what I can to secure my finances, though, I will not conceive a child until I can take care of them by myself. Most of my friends have the support of their parents, but a lot of these hood kids don't. Most of their parents make the same, if not less amount of money that they do - where does that leave the babies? Simple: down the same path their parents just came down.

The fact that more than three young dudes from my town were shot and killed in the same week baffles me. You live in this town, you see the news - yet, you manage to kill another one of your own. Don't you realize that one day the one being shot may be you??

Tangent: Why was there a kid riding a unicycle up the block last night?

Anyway, when will these kids wake up? When will they realize that the children they created will be left in this world without them?

Be back in a bit - flight's about to board...