Thursday, March 5, 2009

No Matter What

I ain't dead, I ain't done
I ain't scared, I ain't run
But still I stand
No matter what pimpin here I am
No matter What
Remember I ain't break, I ain't fold
They hate me more
Yeah I know, Here I go
No matter what shawty, here I go
No matter what shawty
-T.I


I would say that's the story of my year so far... T.I. took those words right out of my mouth, lol.

'09 has been a crazy year for me; hit me like a truck, 18 wheeler! I had completely different pictures of what '09 will look like for me, but guess what... Somebody else had the camera and the pictures were different by eons.

I don't think things have ever gone as contrary to my plans as this year, but i think i get it now, time and a lot thinking seem to have delivered the message God was sending...NEW FOCAL POINT.

It is amazing how we always say "Man proposes but God disposes", but when God actually disposes, we get all bent out of shape. I am getting my own one-on-one lessons on 'Letting go and letting God deal with it', and to think i always said i liked change; the truth is that we like change when it suits our purposes, mostly selfish purposes. Anyhoos, i think i need to round this part of the post up.

What has InCog been up to? Well, i will do a quick run down of what my life has been like since jan 1st 2009.

First Sunday of the year saw me doing a 20 hour drive from my bustling, lively city and state of 5 years to a quiet, small, torpid country-ass skool town in the Midwest. 20 hours of straight driving through the night crossing 8 state lines...what a way to start the year right? My innocent kalista (my car, yes i named her. actually, a friend named her. lol) didn't find it funny at all even though she rose to the occasion and conquered every last 2000 miles of that trip and then some.
So new city and state, lonely, i jumped into the business of getting my ejumakation... i hate skool, lets not talk about it yet, don't want to foul my mood. lol

I became a cook all of a sudden, i guess being in a house alone for hours on end make you do somethings you would prolly never do. Refer to Kitchen trauma for my cooking history. With the help of Awesome friends, i have succeeded in making Stew a couple of times, Jollof Rice (of which, the first attempt was a total fuckery...trashed a whole big ass pot of nonsense i called jollof), baked chicken...next endeavor now is efo and YES I CAN!
i even passed out in the kitchen one day like that after a day of cooking sitting down and shayo-ing. I woke up 3am and found myself laid out across the kitchen counter, lmao! such is my love for the food factory now.
visited 4 new states since i got to this new place, i always left town on weekends so i don't get to feel sad and lonely. that's how i coped, i am fine now. i don't do that anymore, even tho i am writing this from my old city and state. yes, i ran back there...again. 2nd time so far, and i think i will be back in 2 weeks. i love this place, even though i spent fucking 3+ hours in traffic today just for a few minutes of actual business!

I did not want this post to be this long but seeing as i am trying to catch up for 2+ months of activities, i think i am doing a good job. will try to round up shortly sha.

Met the naija people in my new place...i NEEEED to gist you guys about them mehn...seriously, remind me. They r a trip! Some of them r really cool tho, i found out.

erm, what else? oh, of note is the fact that i apparently make faces when i am proper drunk. lmao! Thats what they told me sha, that i make funny faces... also, gist for later. remind me. hehe

Well, i am beginning to feel bad about the length of this thing so i will stop sha.

i aint gone nowhere, i am still here y'all.

STILL I STAND!!!

9 comments:

Rebirth said...

yep no one is always happy when God disposes cuz we always want things to go as planned for us........ at least u didnt burn down the kitchen, or did u>

Afrobabe said...

...I would love to see a pic of you drunk....

hmmm lonely? why, what happened to all the willing girls?

I learnt that God lesson the hard way too...

Rita said...

I agree with you on "the truth is that we like change when it suits our purposes, mostly selfish purposes..."

Welcome back...

SOLOMONSYDELLE said...

Good to see a post. You are averaging about one a month so that is cool. Please, do not wait until next month before gisting us on those Naija folks oh!

Glad to know you are well. God dey.

NIGERIAN CURIOSITY
IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER WHEN I ONLY HAD ONE...

Roc said...

Funny faces when drunk.. lol.
I thought it was just me..

Awesome track.. TI

InCogNaija said...

@Funms: i burnt the chicken once while boiling it cos i was told it will bring its own water, but apparently, only with low heat. i roasted the chicken to charcoal!lmao.
@Afro: i had the privilege of seeing a picture of myself in that state, one word, hilarious! About the willing girls, omo, long long things!
@Rita:thanks babe, good to be back even tho i never really left.
@SSD: i am working on increasing that average. lol! that gist is coming about the crazy ass naija folks in that hole!
@RocNaija: yes o, faces! funny ones.

theicequeen said...

so true on letting go and letting God deal wiv it...but thats easier said than done, cuz we stubbornly want what we want!! lol at ur cookin adventures...biko, no do and pull that passing out stunt when you got stuff cooking o!!!

and hurry up wiv the naija people gist!!

Smaragd said...

efo eh? hmmm

it's hard letting go and letting God, but i know u'll be fine.

was that YOUR funny face I saw on that billboard last week?! was wondering who the Jim Carey-like drunk guy was!lol

Bibi said...

you're right. T.I did take the words out of your mouth. as for the drunken faces thingy....FIRST TIMER. lol