I started to write about my life so far in 2003 but then scrapped the half-hearted two paragraphs because I knew deep down, thats not what i wanted to address. I've been surfing the boards lately and I've found that the new generation on the internet resembles their real-life counterparts. I'm constantly telling my friends and family that our generation sucks, for lack of a better term. It seems that children, teenagers, and young adults have no respect for anyone anymore and it's really sad to see the pathetic situations kids get themselves involved in. What's worse is that a majority of the parents and guardians know about this, yet do nothing to yield improvement.

I am only one man but I've tried so hard to make a difference in the community starting with myself. My aunt always tells me, "Everyone looks up to you. You better make sure you stay on track." I would respond routinely "yes'mam," but as I think about it, she's right. This spring was my second year as a boy's 14 & under soccer coach for the boys & girls club. When I started, i didn't think the kids would listen to me because i had watched them play since they were about 5 or 6 and I always joked around with them, but they responded well. I talked with them, gave them advice, on and off the field, and we bonded. During the coaching class I took to prepare for the season, the instructor asked me who was the most influential person in my life growing up out side of family and I told him, my soccer coach because he taught me well.

When I'm not working, I'm usually outside playing a pick-up basketball game with the neighborhood kids. Sure, their about 10 years younger than me, but i'd rather have them in my backyard making me sweat than have them on the streets doing God knows what.

This commentary was meant to address the owners of MugenSex becaus I really don't approve of some of the things that they display on their site, but I'm "retired" from mugen, so I'm going to leave well enough alone. They have freedom to post whatever they want on their webspace, just like everyone else. But, I will say this, if you guys happen to read this, you should screen some of the content that you put forth because it is really offensive.

I've been away for a while due to a quiet storm brewing in my life. Sometimes I sit back and wonder, why I'm going through hardships but then I realize I'm in school, I've got a job, a place to live, food to eat, an up and coming t-shirt business, Sting & Skye, a family that cares and a beautiful daughter in Skye, so I'm not doing so bad after all.

I encourage you to take an active role in the community and challenge yourself to something new everyday. I'm trying to stay committed to the Good Deed program, which challenges you to perform a good deed for someone every day. Just something to think about. I'll close with this:



"You're never truly happy unless you're helping someone else..."

Hollywood Bugsy