Woohoo

My random tale has just reached a momentous feet, "over hear on lehi and lansdowne we den broke off our twinny twin twinn" yup my 20th blog here on blog spot and I am proud of me. And all of it according to the rules of this blog, now my last one was amongst it's usual random self and I am gonna start at least doing mini outlines in the future to cut some of the rambling down but I had an idea I did it, no cursing(I may have linked to some cursing, repacked some cursing into some new lingo but I myself did not curse, on that blog may have been thinking it but it didn't make it through to the post). So if you know me from some of my other blogs and you find me over here and you think well that is Primaldata's picture but this doesn't look like what Primaldata would write(freakin squiggly lines my name is one word, my name my persona been like that since 96 I digress) it's me. Yes this is more PG then you might be used to, but this is a challenge to myself can I still do this without cursing. If you catch me on multiply I will still curse, if I ever use myspace again I will curse, if I decide that windows live or yahoo profiles is something I want to get myself into they will be cuss zones left and write.

But sometimes it is nice to have a regimen, to do something that makes you work a little bit harder so that you can get better, sharper, handle things in a manner that is possibly not expected. Now with my penchant with forgetting how to spell words or even the word I am thinking of at the time cursing helps me get my point across a lot quicker then going about it the nice way. But I wanna get back into being able to slice you stem to stern and yet be perfectly acceptable in front of my parents I have gotten away from that. And I with my anal moody behind love options. I hate wasting time and with my current attitude sometimes I gotta let you pass because I wanna just quickly slice you in two with either a katana or broad sword comment. And depending on the setting they may not do, but if I can get the scalpel comments back into the rotation man, I can cuss you out and walk away smiling with you sitting there with that look. That did he just cuss me look.

Burning a little midnight oil here no real reason just wanted to get it done. It's a little sloppy and I need to personalize this blog more, I've been kinda lazy on that too it doesn't really match my personality at all.

So if you have found me and are wondering what is going on simple, I am restricting myself to language that could be heard on the disney channel or at least mostly the disney channel I wanna try to do a blog in the future discussing graphic acts yet not cursing at all. It should be fun, of course I want to outline in to keep myself in line(which honestly I hate staying in the lines, I sucked at it in kindergarten. I can't draw or cut a straight line even when I tear something it's a little crooked) If this is your first time meeting me Google primaldata if it comes up as one word it is PROBABLY me, I say probably there are a few non me usages of primaldata but this is me I have been using Primaldata as a digital alias for over 10 years now(wow 10 years) and would be willing to fight someone over the usage of my Nom de plume. It's significance was just a passing fancy it is the amalgam of two characters I was watching on TV at the time I first stepped out into this digital world. But it is me, most things that I sign up for on the web or on the internet I use Primaldata it's who I am. I mean yes my real name is Tommy(this is cyberspace pimp you don't need my whole government unless you need my whole government ya feel me) and if you ask you can find out my real name I'm not hiding. But as I said it is the name I chose when AOL asked what I wanted my screen name to be.(yes Primaldata goes all the way back to those "You got mail" Cd's that's how long I have used it) So if you are on this train I hope you are enjoying the ride if not thanks for stopping by sorry you don't like the decor, please be careful on your way out.

Managing you reality

Seeing a recent story in the news I realize something. As much as we all think living our dreams and making it is great seeing what happens to some of the folks who make it, I guess the nicest way I can put it is money doesn't breed happiness it breeds stress.  Huh Prime what the hell are you talking about. Okay I'm sure by now you have heard about Katt Williams arrest(hmm the CNN story has even more news about it so I'm gonna follow up on that in a later paragraph), and prior to his arrest Katt had been having some problems for which he checked himself into therapy. Now Katt is a comedian(oh you though I was gonna link you to death on his name nah, I might link you to a video later but this ain just about katt williams so bear with me), for most of us you would say man a comedian their life must be a chuckle a minute they must never have a single problem. To which I say, wait what have you never heard of richard prior (yes that is the google search page if you don't know who rich is take a day and get fully acquainted cause you seriously missed out)? As brilliant as Richard Pryor was, as many people list him as an inspiration(see also Red Foxx especially when it comes to handling your own money), Richard's addiction to cocaine almost ended his life (the famous 1980 free basing incident).

If I get off of comedians and say go to actors Heath ledger comes to mind, or River Phoenix , John Belushi (comedic actor yes but actor none the less) I loved every last one of these guys work. Each of them in their own special way brought characters to life that made you sit and watch and you appreciated it because they brought something special to you, and you never could forget it. If I wanna go to the living Winona Ryder

her issues with shop lifting for a while. It got me to thinking(I was gonna do more and I still might but now that I have to do the html long form I am gonna be a little lazy) I mean these people have the lives that most of us wish we had. They are entertainers, famous stars, they have the money, the cars, the fame, the clothes(some that they just walk the hell out with sorry winona I still love you), the houses what most of us would say man if I had that my life would be set.  And yet most of the people on this list went through issues that most of us struggle with day to day.

To clear up Katt's issue from the first paragraph if by what I am reading Cnn is saying it appears Katt found himself a 5 star hater. It appears Katt(whether because dude figures they about to make some dough together on a project currently filming, Katt's new Dvd Pimpadelic is out in stores by the way I need to pick it up myself) was staying there with permission but argued with an assistant, and the assistant decided to make a phone call to the police and have him arrested. That at least explains why he was smiling in his mug shot, you may have gotten him for the evening but you just lost your job(or got a brand new one that requires knee pads, some may find that little aside in poor taste but if a guy had done it I would say the same thing because pulling a stunt like that your either on the street or suckin something to keep ya job). Now yes we all run into folks who think they are the boss when the boss ain there, I don't care what job your are in or where you are there is always somebody trying to throw their weight around to make themself feel good. Just don't involve the cops in it because if it is found to be a fraudulent charge you'll be the one wearing bracelets next. But even so Katt has been said to be exhausted as of late(which was the cause of him checkin in for therapy) so for all that money he has he has a lot more responsibility and it appears a lot more stress(though I 'm sure he prefers that money and stress to being a regular 9-5 person like the rest of us watching him on TV, DVD, or the silver screen).

That has me thinking, as we come up with these dreams, and (hopefully) make moves towards them have we truly planned out what the first step after we have reach our initial mountain top is going to be? I mean honestly a lot of what I see when I see some of these stars and their issues is the fact that besides doing what they love they're kinda just like me and you. Okay I'm here now what, I got all this money like I have always dreamed of having let me live every last second like tomorrow it will be gone. Which if you think about it is kind of foolish. I mean if all of us only get 15 minutes of fame, why blow the spoils of that 15 minutes during it. Why not set ourselves up to while maybe not living like kings not having to ever get a more mundane job again shall we say. Think about all those one hit wonders, one album wonders out there you see them basking in the B40B's(look it up eminems second album Steve berman just in case you're lazy) living it up only to be back in the hood trying to find a way to get back in the lime light(no I refuse to stoop so low as to bring up a certain stage rushing incident). They had all this money flashed in front of their eyes and never thought hmmm maybe I should put this away somewhere so that when I'm no longer hot they aren't coming to repo my entire life.

And you've heard about it, you've seen some of the people it happened to 2 years ago there were living the life rims spinning, diamons shining, showing you they grill and now all the sudden they're trying to hide their posessions because either it wasn't fully paid off yet or else they on their way to the pawn shop so they can eat tonight. Which should never happen, money in hand is money in hand and it doesn't have to make you lose your mind. If you have a dream to become famous(rapper, singer, actor, athlete, Tv personality, comedian, DJ, Chef whatever) also make a plan for your life past the flashing lights. Because when those lights get turned off at the end of the day, and you are locked behind that door that is who is gonna have to be there for you if it all goes wrong. If people no longer find you entertaining(for a minute, folks disappear all the time only to resurface later john travolta anyone), if your jumper is broke, your knee blows out, your character isn't popular, they don't like your last song. The person who you really are is who is gonna have to figure out how to keep going from day to day. Hell even people who are hot for years can have money problems, so instead of spending it all early(first contract, first album, first season whatever I can kinda forgive if you wanna just blow some of that go ahead) put some of it away so that if your rainy day comes and it turns out to be a hurricane washing away what you thought you had, you aren't completely gone.

Not only that but have a back up plan along with your dream, so that if it stalls for a second you are still moving forward maybe you aren't running or flying but you're walking one step at a time. My dad told me a long time ago that if because everything isn't going perfect that you only focus on the negatives going on around you, you will miss an opportunity to enjoy some good occurrences. I almost called them minor, but they might not be minor, you may have had the time of your life and forgot about how good it felt to just be you. Ever notice that when you get a chance to let your hair down, loosen ya shirt buttons, kick off your shoes and just walk around being you how much better the world feels. When you aren't worried about your or anybody else's expectations it's just you and your surroundings for a minute enjoying just being. I'm not saying get stuck there but take a moment to enjoy the hard work that got you there, and if need be sit back assess where you are and get ready for the next leg of the journey.

Cause if you wake up tomorrow, whew you have another chance at a whole new adventure.

I'm proud of me

While it hasn't been everyday for the last month or so I have really been blogging on this site, I think I have pretty much doubled it's content, and the best part about it no cursing, woohoo. I may have alluded to a few, I may have admitted in parenthesis where I might have wanted to, but isn't that part of the deal if you can admit where you would have done something but don't actually do it is that no progress?

Am I a cussoholic of course, I grew up in new jersey. Think about it the shared state bird of new york and new jersey is the middle finger(no not the pigeon though we do have a lot of them) cussing is like a right of passage when you understand that not only do some folks need to be cussed out but that you need to be the one to do it you understand what it means to have grown up in jerz(say joisey to me and you get cut, I ain playin). So the fact that I am about to hit 20 posts on this here blog and a good 10 of them will have been since september I'm going to accept my YAY ME!

Now yes I am random, I could have sworn I warned you of that ahead of time am I opinionated yup though I have not shown as much of that yet, but again it takes a bit for me to stop dropping the F-bombs to say whats on my mind. Cause sometimes you just gotta call it how you see it, if I think your a stupid , of a dumb , I'm going to say it because somebody needs to. And before you say ooh growing up in jersey is a cop out no it's not, while we may appreciate subtlety in jersey(mainly because if you dig to deep you will find where the sewage, garbage, toxic waster, or bodies are buried) we also understand when our time is being wasted and when we might need to just stop you off and make you cut to the chase. Another thing there is a certain understanding I have towards people who I can tell are trying to steam roll over you if they think you have a kind heart, hey I believe in the golden rule treat others how you wish to be treated so if you come at men acting like you have or want something shoved up your rear I will be glad to oblige you. I am nice not because I am hard wired to be but because I understand I can be a little overbearing and eviscerating when I go after people on certain subjects. I call it how I see it and if I realize you have no point and are just hoping to bully your way through fine we can get this on and poppin, see to me this isn't a popularity contest I have sat back and watched the popular folks. Come to find out they are the puppets not the puppet masters, they have to do and say certain things, wear certain labels, be at certain places, and pretend to like certain things.

I mean I thought you wanted to be popular so you could set the trend not show yourself to be the first person on the bandwagon when I realized that popularity lost it's luster to me. I would rather be myself saying how I feel, and what I think then just be the first puppet at the front of the crowd, why I mean what is the benefit in it? Am I doing something I like maybe maybe not, am I getting some unbelievable amount of power uh uh I'm being driven by the current personally I prefer to be that tree growing in the middle of the stream I may not be stopping anything but you are forced to recognize my presence. I don't have to obstruct the progress but if and I repeat if there is an objection I will raise it.  And if someone feels they need to reach out to get out of the current come towards me and I will be there, just who I have always been can my style be argumentative sure mainly because when folks have the mob behind them they really like to use that extra weight to try and push you aside, but if you can stand your ground and make them actually prove they understand their own point a snow ball turns back from the beginning of an avalanche back to a snow ball.

Because the mob is not always right, the mob is just the easiest. See if you go along with everyone else most likely because they do not wish to admit off top they are fools there is safety in numbers, but the truly exceptional the brilliant never have a problem standing on their own and showing hey here's the truth as well as my data to back it up come and prove me wrong. It ain about the infamous and ethereal that but about what I have discovered and what I would like you to put to the test. Rarely do they wish to be tested, if you test them you will probably find the chinks, cracks, and fissures in their armor. But if you just bow to the weight of the mob behind them well hey I will get off because I had the majority with me and we were all wrong we're sorry but I mean how were we supposed to know. Which is basically the enabler of ignorance not having to think about what your doing and just saying oh well the crowd is with me doesn't make you right, hell it might even make you cruel. And the crowd can often and easily be cruel because as a faceless mass previously there was little to no accountability. I mean when 10 plus people are pounding the hell out of you where do their arms, fists, feet and weapons end and their faces begin you may see the blood lust in their eyes but will you see much else? I doubt it.

Well it's Monday morning I hope all have a great week coming up, as always if you have something you want to add feel free I don't have a problem hearing another persons opinion. Just understand if you are gonna parrot someone else to me I will cut you off mainly because I want to interact with you and if you do not have you own opinion I can go out here in the ether and dig up someone else's speech to cut and past all by myself.

Weapon X where are you when I need you

As mad as I am about the out come of the game I could kind of see it coming. There is a rule in Philadelphia for our team to be good we have to not only have a good defensive line and nice corners we have to have a hard hitting safety that makes you scared to run the ball. Brian Dawkins was that hard hitting safety. You would think you had something going and out of nowhere you see deuce zero slicing in to lay a hit on a running back or a tight end over the middle and separate them from the ball.

To lose Jim Johnson was hard, he was a great defensive coordinator for 10 years you knew just how dominant the defense was going to be, and the defense was dominant because his general on the field understood the type of play that not only he wanted but that we expect as Philadelphia Eagles fans. If you are going to come onto a field with us we expect to you be looking over your shoulder, we expect running backs to be out there with their heads on a swivel wondering when somebody is going to lay a thunderous hit on them. And that thunderous hit was gonna come from one source mostly one of our safeties whether it was the free safety or the strong safety one of them was going to come in there and nail you so hard your teeth chattered and your knees buckled.

Our offense may from time to time have been finesse but our defense we might bend but not only were we not gonna break we were going to pound the living hell out of you. It was nice to see our D hold it's own against the run and save a few huge pass plays our pass defense was pretty good two, we twice had blown coverages it happens in games and versus a good team that will cost you.  We also had a lot of offensive miscues if you lose the turnover battle you usually lose the game. We lost the turnover battle as well, but 20 used to be damn good at forcing fumbles and from time to time he would even get an interception or two, I know I have to move on but basically I really haven't had a chance to express my sense of loss. I am a firm believer that some people should never don a different uniform then the one they initially wore, unless they did not show greatness in their first uniform. Michael Jordan should have always been a chicago bull, Allen iverson and charles barkley should have always been sixers, shane battier a grizzly, shaquille o'neal a laker, emmit smith a cowboy, Tj houshmanzada a bengal, bruce smith a bill, dante culpepper a viking, and Brian Dawkins should always have been an eagle. Hell I thought I saw some undeserving player sporting his #2 jersey on the field.

You earn greatness, if you haven't matched the numbers of the person who used to wear that jersey you shouldn't even touch it. Nobody has worn #92 since Reggie White left Philadelphia and nobody should be donning number #20 either. That man was an icon in our secondary over 10 years of duty patrolling our secondary, a pro bowler for most of them I am glad he is still having success in denver but yeah screw denver we got nothing for our weapon and in a game where any other time you would be scared to come over the middle the cowboys were way to comfortable

Why I like the nice neighborhood liquor store versus the one down the street

There is a liquor store up in Germantown, down the street from the Wolfchase Galleria that I do most of my alcohol shoppin in. It's a good 15 minutes away from my house, why because I neither like the costumer service nor do I like the selection at the one in the neighborhood. Now yes I do live in a mostly black neighborhood and as such the liquor store has all of it's product behind bulletproof glass, I'm used to that. I am even used to them charging $2 or $3 dollars more then a liquor store in a more affluent neighborhood. What I am not used to is 1st the person selling me my alcohol not knowing their liquor, look I know you may be used to folks trying to drown their lives and miserable existences away in cheap alcohol. Maybe once in a blue moon they may throw a party and want the expensive stuff but for the most part it's rot gut all day.That does not excuse you from knowing your product, what if you have someone who just moved into the neighborhood that not only likes to buy the good stuff but on top of that like to buy the ingredients to make mixed drinks. If I want to talk to you or ask if you have any similar replacements what happens, oh you can't help me? On top of that just because the majority of your customers are lower middle class does that mean they deserve shoddy customer service? So yeah quickest way to get me to not shop at your establishment have shoddy customer service.

Now the one I like man, they have a big selection I can walk around the store, and if I talk to one of the sales staff they can give me some decent recommendations on what is a good replacement for something they either don't have or possibly that I have not tried before. Now understand when I go out to buy alcohol I usually on average spend between 60-100 bucks I'm usually either stocking up or restocking and trying to fill in what I need to make various drinks in case I throw a party or something. I like to drink and on top of liking to drink I also fashion myself a hobbyist bartender, so having the ingredients to make damn near anything is pretty high on my list. So if you treat me right anywhere from once to twice a month(I don't go every week like I used to economy is bad and I am trying to save up a little cash for the holidays) you're gonna get a decent sale.

Now some might wanna say well it is a liquor store in whats probably a less then stellar neighborhood doesn't matter I manage surveillance systems for liquor stores in far worse neighborhoods than this and the comparison of customer service between the two isn't even close. Hell you could barely tell what type of neighborhood is outside the walls(except for the bullet proof glass) by the way they treat their customers.  In my mind those folks just understand rich or poor these folks are paying my bills if I treat them right they will continue to come in and patronize my business. Now granted in this neighborhood I think it is a just a matter of the customer base not believing that they deserve better service, I don't care how down and out I may be I ain got to spend my money with you. I just don't now unlike other products yes you can drink alcohol, Ijust doubt you are gonna wanna drink it every day in lieu of not giving me decent service.

Plus Wayne's wine & liquor has lots of sake and plum wine, and for a discerning customer like me the more exotic alcohol you have the harder it is for me to keep my spending below 60 bucks, because I wanna have the good stuff and lots of it. I don't know why but good customer service in my mind because it is so rare needs to be rewarded, I will shop at you establishment just to make sure you keep those type of employees around. Oh well enough mini ranting about lousy CS I hope you had a good weekend and a nice relaxing sunday

Yay it's saturday

Looks like I am not officially working today. I say that because once we get past 12 o'clock on a saturday if I ain working I'm usually not gonna be working for the rest of the day.(by the way don't pay any attention to my seeming to have forgotten to turn my clock back I have. my desktop that I am currently blogging on is set to east coast time, if I was on my laptop it's set to central) This has been a hard week, I mean I've detailed some of my pains but nationally just wow. That rapist in cleveland where they are still trying to make sure they have all the bodies, the shooting at fort hood, then that maniac yesterday in orlando(and why go to your mama's house after you pull some crap like that. They ain gonna stop looking for you just cause your at MOM's pssssh) way too much mourning going on.

As for me personally I actually do have to go see a customer, his computer was down the other day and unfortunately I have not been back in his direction since wednesday so I need to go check on his situation. Past that I plan to lay back and relax too many long nights this week. Damn it I jinxed it now I gotta go work oh well will finish blogging later

What do you say on a day like this

I say day but the majority of the fireworks happened yesterday, I know that MSNBC will have pictures and videos of the horror that was the Ft. Hood shooting they also have a video of something that man it's just so many pieces of disrespect rolled into one. The Dachau Germany photo, I wanna call that tasteless(no I am not gonna look for the link to that, there are words for that disgrace but they are against the rules of this blog), then they are more photos comparing our current president to hitler or at least his administration to the nazi (actually I have a friend who usually keeps up on this let me see if Laffy at political carnival already has it up, hmm nope not this time) germany. Msnbc has video of it but as it has the dachau photos sorry no dice. Besides that piece of poor taste being held up by a member of the "press corp" at the house minorities press conference(rally, secessionist meeting), the "patriotic geniuses" who don't know the difference between the declaration and the constitution seem to have failed civics in one other major area: Care of our flag. I mean you do know the rules don't you?

Every 6th grader should know this rule: Our flag is not allowed to touch terra firma yup our flag is to be handled with care, it's not allowed to touch the ground for it to do so is a disgrace to the flag. And for a flag to have touched the ground there are special rules for disposal here are the flag codes from ushistory.org . And I will commend them they are non partison in showing they're violations they just need to catch up with today and this rule in particular

Section 8b of the Flag Code reads, " The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground..."

And even if it is not an actual flag but the symbol of the flag, say on a rug(by the way if you are wearing US flag shorts that a violation too) and upholstered piece of furniture(that too is a no no), You can't have any symbols superimposed on the flag(you can take a photo in front of it I believe but you cannot be on the flag or have anything printed onto the flag). Now most patriotic americans if they see their flag falling should jump to either catch it or find some way to keep it from hitting the ground. But not the good old GOP flag hit the ground whoops they just picked it up and went about their little spectacle.

Now ladies and gentlemen I am all about a good debate. I have no problem talking to someone about an issue that we may not agree on, but if you are gonna throw around the word patriot first get a dictionary and find out what it means(websters has a website I'm not going to do it all for you) and then ACT LIKE ONE. Our country is in trouble on so many levels and yet a portion of our country is not only in lala land, but they are trying to force the rest of us to join them there while they play their violins like nero in rome. No thanks, I mean seriously things can be fixed if people work together but if all you can offer is an impediment get your cheeks off to the side so the rest of us can fix things. Maybe it's the poker player in me but when I look at a situation I always weigh my options and I go by the worst case scenario, if I do this this is the worst thing that will happen if I'm wrong and if I do that this is the worst thing that will happen if I'm wrong.  And when I say worst I do mean worst, I get anal about it thing waaaay out there.  And which ever options worst is less colossally terrible thats the option I pick. The problem is the right, republican or conservative citizens of this country only seem to drink the heavily spiked kool aid, or else only own rose colored glasses and contacts.

I say this because the positions they take if they are wrong man is it (and usually it works out that way) disastrous, I'd swear daredevil or stevie wonder could see the problem about to smack them in the head a mile before they do. Not only that but what ever happened to fact checking, or doing your research. How are you say 55+ complaining you don't want the government to touch you health care when you are about to get on MEDICARE which is a government health care plan? How can you listen to a bunch of charlatans talking about the EVILS OF GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE when if they are an elected official guess what they are getting government run health care and you are paying for it. I mean I would love to ask how clueless could you be but then all I would have to do is tune into Fox "News". I will not deny being a lefty, so that yes there is some bias to the way I see the world but my bias doesn't ignore facts, figures or logic. If your right and your data checks out your right, I have no problem admitting that now if your wrong can you do the same. I mean my favorite is being in say a business environment where you talk to one of them as they complain about how all liberals want a free hand out, don't want to work(with my liberal bootay sitting right next to them working), refuses to sacrifice or pull themselves up by their boot straps(I'm black so I ain even gonna touch that today, maybe in the future remember the no cussing rule).

You know what let me drop that, stupidity does make me cuss and I ain gonna do that here(now if I raid out to play and cuss up a storm I just do kay okay). Fort Hood wow, I mean the person who was supposed to be there to help the soldiers deal with their traumatic experiences during their deployment lost it right before he was to be deployed. Unfoturnately the man has a name that could be arabic, or middle eastern or of any other decent from that region with no religious tie to it what soever. In this day and age though people are lazy, they aren't really gonna do the research nope see it's those dang muslims. Xenophobia is not what we want to rule the day now or ever, all it leads to is pain and bad decisions, trust me hating someone or something because they are different then you never ends well.

I know this is a little deeper then I usually get with this blog, I do for the most part tend to keep this somewhat light hearted not because I can't discuss serious things, usually I just cuss while doing it