Rainy, Weary, Boring Day

Today was a day of boredom. I had to go to the Historic District of College Park with my electrician to get a Electrical Permitt for my soon to be ready "Victorian Craftsman Style Home". After getting that done I went over to Performance Sports off of Druid Hills to take a look at wireless computers for my bike. I also checked out a black ramp bike. Yes! I am planning to get one so I can freestyle a little bit on my off days for old times sake. Shortly after I had to pick "Lil Me" (Charde') from school. We came home, ate, and took a nap.

Yes, truly a none productive day......

My 2 cents for the day......

The City of College Park officials Raided Northiside Hills LLC

Wow! Have you ever seen "Training Day", starring Denzel Washington? Shoot! Well, I saw the City of College Park in action yesterday. The bad part of this ordeal, they Raided my historic renovated home. Northside Hills LLC is the name of my Real Estate Company.
The day started off bright and sunny. I decided to go down to College Park to check on the progress of the "Prime Lot", as I call it. I met this interesting guy in front of the house. He was asking me if the property was mine. Knowing myself, I told him no. But I know the guy who owns it. I like to fly under the radar. He then said, "This is a nice house. I tried to purchase this house a year ago". Mmhh! Thinking to myself. This guy is suspect. Then he tried asking me several questions about how they financed the house. I was like, “there’s a sign in the yard with that info". This idiot is really trying to get info. Anyways, I send him on his way.
By this time my contractors are pulling up. "Amigo, Amigo!" Armando shouted. "Take me picture". This guy is "Loco", as they call crazy in Spanish. He likes taking pictures. The next thing I know, College Park Inspectors are speeding through the streets. I'm like damn! "Who they after now." Those inspectors don't play. They like shutting down your job site. I know I was okay b/c I had my permits. Then I heard a screeching sound of car tires again. Shit! They on my job site now...menn! "What I do", I shouted. The one inspector "Dee" that am not familiar with started talking about fire hazards I have on the property. Then she started taking pictures. Next thing I know, here comes "Ms. Demona" (Inspector). She is really cool. But, you don't want the better half of this chic. She doesn’t play. She gave my partner Mike, Mike a fine before. Demona is the last chic you don't want to have in your cool aid. She will fine you in a minute.

So, they got my guys for:
1. Illegal extension chord extending from one property to another
2. Tampering of the meter reader
3. Theft of electricity

This stuff may seem harsh. But it is over exaggerated. No one did the following. Please have in mind, this city (College Park) is a poor City with restored “Half a Million” dollar homes that rich people renovated. Why? It’s Historic; Woodward Academy (High priced Private School; Nice area. The “Historic College Park” is the next Mid Town of Atlanta, Minus all the traffic. And not to mention, it is across the freeway (85) from Hartsfield airport. Anyways, by the end of the "Raid", we were totally shut down for the day. Now we got to come back on Monday and pay fines.


My 2 cents for the day.....

My Ipod died on Tuesday

Total devastation on Tuesday while running my four miles. I decided to run on Tuesday from McGinnis Ferry where I live to Peachtree Industrial and back. Which is going up 1 mile from my normal 3 miles. Yeah! I got the Nike "Air Trainers" on, jogging pants, and my favorite tool "4th Gen. Ipod 20 gigger". This should be a breeze. Half way into the run my music stopped playing. Ok! All I have to do is continue running and press the play button (no brainer). It started playing again...cool. I'll knock the remaining of the 2 miles out and I'll be good. My Ipod stopped again. This time I took the time to release it out of the holster and check the status. It did not want to play. Damn! Not my favorite gadget. Then shortly after it displayed a battery with an exclamation point. I am really screwed now. How I'm I going to live now. Much less finish this fast pace run.

I got home took a shower and hit the web. Research my butt off trying to figure out the issue. Attempted to try a few things but now the Ipod would not power on. Now I'm really worried.

I decided to take it to the Apple store. I signed up with the Genius of all Genius. Now I gotta wait for almost two hours at 9:30am in the morning. Within 10 minutes I got called. I explained the problem. Mmh! The Genius Sighed..... "Replaced". I'm like hell yeah. No more scratches on my "POD". Ipods have a 1 year manufacture warranty. Now all I gotta do is load up my playlist, podcast and I'm good to go. One problem though. Shoot! I gotta drive back to Forsyth County listening to the boring radio...damn! And what happen to CD. A techie guy like me don't listen to CD's. They take up to much space, get scratch, and are not portable...hahaha!

The tech life....You can't beat it...

"No More Chicken"

It's been a month since I haven't eaten "Pojo", or chicken. Many of you may ask why, and that's simply because of my philosophy. "Your Philosophy"? People may ask. But it's simply b/c of the artificial insemination of chemicals, or should I say steroids that are being injected into the foods we eat. Have you ever wonder why kids are developing at a rapid race? It's b/c of the things they eat. Do you ever wonder why a third of our population are obese, or dying from cancer? In the past 2-3 years I have lost an uncle and a good friend. And I'm determined not to loose anyone else regardless of family or stranger.

So go figure. So start eating healthy. You might just make it to see your grandkids.