Strength In An Adversary 03042009a

Today I took Kazuki up on a friendly wager. As a means to motivate each other to lose weight and workout more, we are in competition to see who can lose the most weight by the end of the month. Currently I am 257.8, I will keep you guys posted on where I stand week by week.

Take responsibility 03012009

Some years back I caught an episode of Family Matters. I can't remember the plot of the particular episode, but Eddie used Steve for something that didn't go as planned and blamed Steve for the end result. Laura called Eddie out on his transgression in the living room. In a beautiful dramatic fashion she accused him of 'shirkin and blamin'. Eddie's next action prompted Laura to say 'shirk' and the next was met with her 'blame'.

This scene played in my mind as I was having a conversation with a friend of mine. The subject was about his early weekend activities that left him bewildered. In the end he found that people in his area have a complex that requires them to sport partners like they are the hottest LV bag or Dolce bag. In his particular case, a dude wanted to play the victim when the blame was definitely on him. He was in fact, shirking the responsibility and blaming it on someone else.

In this lifestyle we find it so easy to do this. When something is broken, it is much easier to escape accusations by designating a scapegoat. This action has been repeated time and time again in history on a macro level, but one would think when it came to relations between brothers the same would not hold true. Lets stop the shirkin & blamin and be real about it, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY NIGGA!!