| Some 2K10 Goals by God's special grace n power |
- Paint entire house
- Set up entire downstairs including garage
- Reduce credit card debt by at least $2k
- Pay off any miscellaneous debt
- Most definitely get into a committed relationship
Most definitely send money to mom for a new car- Take time to develop relationships
- At least, 2 patents
- Aggresively work on developing iPhone App dev skills
- Create a webpage for DJing
- Expand my career breadth
- Visit London
- Join Toastmasters
- Create a will and a Power of Attorney 4 Healthcare
- Take complete control of soda drinking
- Work on taking a CPR class
SO, HELP ME GOD!
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| Some 2K7 Goals by God's special grace n power |
Finally buy some Nyja stocksGet a loaded Thinkpad or Sony VaioJoin MentorPlace n consistently mentorPut at least $2K in stocks apart from investment club contr. & 401kTake complete control of coffee
SO, HELP ME GOD!
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| Some 2K6 Goals by God's grace |
Have a white paper publishedWork on increasing payGet to the next band at workHelp renovate mom's placeGive mom n bro at least $*K each for weddingFinally visit Nyja!!!
Take a real estate class
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| My Videos |
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Go Getta. R. Kelly
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| Music I'm Feeling... |
- 2Face
- Ebenezer Obey
- KWAM 1
- Cassandra Wilson
- Pharell
- Ne-Yo
- T.O.K
- Don Moen
- D4L
- Teddy Pendergrass
- ColdPlay
- DMB
- Notorious B.I.G
- Delirious
- Dem Franchise Boyz
- Frank Sinatra
- Evanescence
- All-American Rejects
- Billie Holiday
- Seal
- Obesere
- KEM
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| Books I'm reading... |
Zero DebtThe Millionaire Next DoorThe Street Lawyer- African Women: Three Generations
- Communication, Sex & Money
- The J2EE Tutorial
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| Cities I Have Visited |
- ATL, GA
- Austin,TX
- Detroit, MI
- Houston, TX
- Charlotte, NC
- Corning, NY
- NYC, NY
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Thursday, February 02, 2006
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Don't mess with the Popo!!!
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As I was reading Nneka's piece on 180 pounds ticket in 2 days, it reminded me of my recent (and actually current or future sef) ordeal with speeding tickets repercussion. I moved down to this area from MD over 3 yrs ago. I lived in MD for 5 yrs and throughout my stay there, I did not get one ticket. I was stopped by popos a couple of times, but none of them ever gave me a ticket. They just somehow always warned me cos they had better things to take care of. Someone was killing someone 2 blocks away.
I got here, North Carolina, and almost every guy I was around had ticket issues. Many of them had gotten too many tickets and their insurance had risen up. Those that had to take driver ed classes in order tohave some of the tickets expunged were taking it. Those that had no choice but to pay the steep insurance were doing so. Many of the guys just had one issue or the other with tickets. Seeing all these, I would boast about how I had never had a ticket bla bla bla. And my room mate then would laugh at me saying we shall see and I would say the same thing back that whatever. I drove the way I drove at MD, forgetting that the cops here had nothing to do but give tickets - no crime.
Anyway, on this golden day (ka ma so mi) of May 2003, I picked someone I was talking to back then (good friend) and on our way to MD, I launched my first ticket at the speed 80 on a 65 near Oxford, NC. I was actually going on 100 but the bastard clocked me at 80. And I begged the guy that see now, my record shows that I haven't gotten a ticket can you let me go this time. He acted as if he actually had some empathy, went to his car and came back with the usual, "Sir, I am sorry but I am going to have to give you a ticket, Here it is." I hate when they say that fucking Sir/Maam crap. hose people will be handcuffing you and they be saying sir sir. WTF? Why say Sir or Maam when you are at the same time making my life miserable? I was so pissed. My friend that I picked up must have apologised to me about 20X. There was no need to. It wasn't her fault. I guess she felt she jinxed me or something cos I had boasted to her about how I had never had a ticket and all that BS.
Anywayz, after the first one, the 2nd came and the 3rd and the 4th. These NC cops were not not playing at all. I stopped speeding after the first one, but they just always got me somehow when I forgot myself for a minute or so, but I got better at learning how to drive slow. I had a break for about a yr or so and finally got another some few months ago which I still have pending. DAMMIT! I thought I had it under control finally. DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!
Omo, the worst part is, recently, I got my insurance renewal contract from GEICO and as I finally opened it after some days, I literally collapsed. I SWEAR, literally. I have always seen those scenes in the movies but it had never happenned to me. As I read my new premium for the next 6 months starting Feb 14th, I was in standing position initially. I went from standing to leaning my bed with one hand and went down on the floor slooooooooowwwwwly. I sat down on the floor flat with the paper in my hand and my hands on my head. It was shocking! My insurance had gone from $673 TO ALMOST $1200 (that is ALMOST 100% increase). BECAUSE OF MY TICKETS FINALLY REFLECTING ON MY INSURANCE POINTS!!!! DAMMMMIT! I swear if you had seen me you would have thought I was either acting a movie or I had heart attack. Some days before that day, I just set up my budget and took a depp dive of analysis of my finances. I was just like WTF? Just when I thought I was getting a good handle on things, I am about to come crashing down with all these extra bills. But it's all good. That will not happen, but I got say, I was dead distraught! WHAT? And I remember that everytime we had discussions on how tickets affected your insurance, I would be like, pls I beg e, it doesn't affect it that much. I thought oh, I haven't seen any major increase in my insurance and I've had all these tickets. Pls! Whatever! I didn't know my bastard insurance company was just waiting for the right time to sting me like a bee. And they sure did. Almost 100% insurance premium increase!
No one needs to tell me to be a slow driver. That's why I have been enjoying my friend's car that I have been driving for the past few days. It cannot go above 60 miles (I know. That's a different story entirely). LOL! My car? That's something else. It will get anyone tickets.
PEOPLE, DON'T SPEED O! THOSE TICKETS WILL KILL YOU LATER. DAMN! IT'S NO JOKE FOR REAL, THOUGH I HAD TO LAUGH AT MY REACTION LATER. :) NO MORE TICKETS FOR ME FOR SURE! But meanwhile, ko ni da fun awon popo yen at all! lol!
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posted by Just Thinking Out Loud!
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lmao.so you were actively speeding/ aware of it and expecting not to get ticketed?lol.
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Haha hahaha!
You are too funny. Ditto Lomo
Eya dont worry, you will be alright, but that is some steep money oh!
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another interesting post i can relate to. just got a speeding ticket myself. Jan 2 on my way to my first day of work at a new job. i spent 35min looking for a specific road i needed to turn at. went up and down and the intersecting road because the sign for the one i was looking for was too small. when it clicked in my mind that it was that road with the hard to read sign, i made a U-turn and was speeding along on my merry way when a cop pulled me over. i swear, i nearly lost it cause i just started driving summer 2005. i'm not pleased at all at all o. i plan on fighting it in court sha. the cop already said he wont show but i dunno. gotta wait and see.
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lmao.so you were actively speeding/ aware of it and expecting not to get ticketed?lol.