Upward Bound=Potential Parent Hood

Hello Folks!
Currently I am in Werblin with my wonderful, smart, intellectual Upward Bound students LOL. (Def juss made it seem like they are angels huh?) lol

Nah but they are a great bunch of kids though. Different backgrounds and different surroundings than the usual individual. The students and I, however, have very similar backgrounds that attract me to them and make me wanna be there for them...

BUT

I shall list some low points about the occupation:
Not only am I a "Resident Mentor" but I am:
a Caterer
a police officer
a parole officer
a teacher
a parent
a sibling
a tutor
a student
a friend
a foe
and many other things that I cannot mention because of the lack of time that I have. Sometime I feel as if I have the weight of two worlds on my shoulders and yes i have been "thrown under the bus" several times by students and co-workers in general. This job requires a lot and i repeat A LOT of patience and rationale (if I used the word correctly lol)
O YEAH I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I DNT GET PAID ENUFF FOR THIS!!!!! LOL

Now for some positives:

I have illegally** adopted a younger brother or shall I say "mini me"

lol my lil bruh Warren, just as stubborn and rude as I am lol
I have adopted mad siblings lol and they are all great!

And now that the students are waiting for the bus I must bid my farewell until I find another time to type (Because I never can find time for myself anymore)

Hit me up people, i'll holla
Enrique

Whole "Nutha" Direction

Wassup World?
I have been thinking about this for a long time, where I was going to take the direction of my blog because rather than using it as a personal memoir I would rather use it as a source of some sort. So let me think....

HMMMMM........

Well it makes sense that i honestly discus news reports ad upcoming/incoming news not only because I am a Journalism Major but also since I have already typed several news stories. So from here on out I will be MR. Enrique? LOL D@ RuLaH? Mr. Chambers? hmmmm I go by so many things....but I think I will use my middle name "Chambers" or Mr. Chambers because I have never used it and plus this would be a fresh start for me anyway.
Welcome Everyone to a new me...well...not new...but....YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!
O yeah, speaking of...I do have a twitter.....FOLLOW ME!
twitter.com/therulah
That's where I will be posting my personal, everyday happenings.

For Starters, I was just reading something on Yahoo News discussing the relationship between REM Sleep (Rapid Eye Movement and the point of sleep where dreams mostly occur) and an individuals emotions and how they are tied together. A scientist said something that stood out to me for some apparent reason and I'll put it up here for others 2 read...

"Our daily existence is largely influenced by our ability to understand our societal interactions, to understand someone else's emotional state of mind, to understand the expression on their face," says Ninad Gujar, a senior research scientist at Walker's lab and lead author of the study, which was recently submitted for publication. "These are the most fundamental processes guiding our personal and professional lives."

These findings aren't that intriguing to me because of the fact that i have believed the prior statement without help for sometime now....but do u really want to know what intrigues me? The fact that you can burn 72 Calories doing Laundry!!!!!!

Top 10 Household Chores for Burning Calories*
Chore	Calories
1. Moving furniture	225
2. Scrubbing floors	189
3. Raking leaves	171
4. Gardening	162
5. Mowing the lawn	162
6. Washing the car	153
7. Cleaning windows	153
8. Vacuuming	84
9. Washing dishes	76
10. Doing laundry	72
* Estimates based on a 150-pound person and 30 minutes of activity

So next time you feel like you need to get off your butt and make moves, try cleaning the house a little bit. Might end up burning 500 calories!

Life is like a Box of Chocolate

Currently in bed listening to Teedra Moses while smoking a Black and Mild :-D
**Yup that's How I feel** lol

School is over, I'm officially a THIRD YEAR IN COLLEGE! lol I'm officially getting old :-D. I have been praying for so long for these days to come when I was to become an adult, and now, finally, they are here. And is this what I truly wanted? LOL More responsibility, more issues, more everything. But maybe I should have slowed down a little, def wasn't my choice 2 grow up quick but hey, Life works like that. Officially over my "save the world" thinking. I adopted a new way of thinking..."Save yourself and people who may matter"

Semester was intriguing. Had so many ups and downs that I will remember for the rest of my life and I do not regret any of the actions that I have taken, even when I did the bullshyt. Still going with my motto, "Accept, Adjust, Adapt" and focusing on the future of my well being...

This summer should be a revitalizing one. I have a summer job on lock working with high school kids with the same background as mine and I would love to make sure they make it to college as I did. Also, taking some classes trying to get out of college already! lol, sounds like I have everything under control right? Yeah, the funny thing is that's how it always sounds at first. I have everything under control but then the bullshyt happens, **or as my nig would saying it, "I caught the Jack" lol**

But either way for some odd reason I have come to terms with my semester. I don't know why though. I kind of didn't want to come to terms with my semester, but surprisingly, my brain is making me feel like I'm good, and I also feel like I'm genuinely OKAY...so I'll run with this feeling for as long as possible...

Don't get me wrong, the human race is still annoying to me lol, but the most I can do at the present time is make myself as....as...okay **take 2 lol
The Best thing for me to do right now is to make sure i'M fine, and as of rite now i'm aight...

On another note, I gotta give the happy birthday shout out to Whitney! I've known you for 11 years going on 12 and I don't regret any of our moments :-D Luv u sis.
I guess the next time I type I will be home? AM I ready for that yet? I'm not too sure...but I guess we will see huh? Until then my bloggers, this is Ricardo aka Enrique' signin' off..
D@ RuLaH

I gotta Find Peace of Mind

I dunno, like, I've come to this realization before but today kinda put the icing on the cake about people...

People are mad funny, but you know what, I can't even say funny because it really isn't comical. Honestly, I know God gives people only as much as they can handle but come on God, I know my faith isn't that strong so I know that under the circumstances I'm in I can understand why I can't take the pressure. I need church or sumthin' forreal. I know individuals are not supposed 2 go into the church when they need help and leave when they are fine but the churches doors are always open.


I've been through entirely too much for me to still be living in this type of environment.

Entirely 2 much runnin' through the dome, can't even type everything out, so i'mma leave it alone...

to my fellow Bloggers, Accept, Adjust, Adapt

will be bak soon, hopefully the fire would have subsided--
Enrique'

You Can't knock the Hustle

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME BAK FRIENDS!!!!!

I KNOW I KNO I KNO I'VE BEEN GONE FOR ENTIRELY TOO LONG AND I SEND OUT MY APOLOGIES BUT BAK TO BUSINESS!
Now I know the semester is almost over but I have had a lot to learn of these several months and I guess that I will list them here lol.

1. NEVER EVER EVER EVER ASSUME LOL, forget about the saying lol, when you assume you fuck up, HORRIBLY. LOL
2. Giving "Chances" are for people who are innocent not ignorant and are willing to not fuk up n e more.
3. Don't let ANYONE tell you that who you are IS WRONG, or IS A PROBLEM!

Went through the bull dis semester but it's ok. I'm glad that I have some of the greatest people on dis Earth as friends lol. I realized that "I'mma special kinda nigga wit mine lol" and I posses qualities that people wish they had and/or hate on.

The blood fam is straight, bro moved out (showin some luv and hope yer doing well) Lil sis bout to go to prom (u deserve the best sis) and my two Older siblings are doing OK as well.

This semester I learned that college does have every type of individual that you could run into. And I realized that no matter how much of a people person you are not everyone is personable (if i said that right) lol, honestly, hold on lemme check a dictionary lmao....
(ELEVATOR MUSIC)
lol..."Dictionary.com: having an agreeable or pleasing personality; affable; amiable; sociable."

So I used it correctly, but yeah right now I'm blastin' Jay Z's "The Dynasty" wondering why I never played the whole album. Kinda tired, Have to wake up at 9:00AM and have to eat soon. WOn't mind the bro N da sis (Moses N Whit) to come through but other than that, tonight is not a "Social Night" lol

Before I go I would like to make a promise to my fellow bloggers that I'm sorry for the delay and I will be bak more often!

Until Next time, Accept, Adjust, Adapt
Enrique' aka D@ RuLaH

Kinda Sooped!

Currently Listening to: Jamie Foxx and T-Pain's "Blame It"

So I'm going back to Rutgers today! I have been awaiting this day for a while now.
I've been going through it at home but i'm bout to be back at school where most of my troubles will go away.

I FINALLY GOT MY OUTFIT FOR THAT 80'S 90'S PARTY NAH MEAN!!! (sorry but i had to let the lingo out, lol) So i'mma put pics and stuff up right about......now:


THE SHIRT: So I was on Amazon.com one day just looking vigorously for 80's apparel and this amazing shirt came out of no where. Not only is the shirt themed "80's" with words like "Rad" lol but the colors will make me stand out and no one will probably have this shirt, so I think I did good in this portion. Also, I can more than likely rock this shirt on a regular day if I wanted to, in the long run, not wasting my money.



THE KICKS: So I'm guessing my theme is to "stand out" lol. The Adidas ZX600 Independence Day Sneakers match damn there perfectly with the shirt. A lot of people are probably going to rock Run DMC shirts and Kangols but no no no not me! lol Also, these kicks are another article of clothing that, when the time is right, i don't mind rocking again...probably with less colors though :-D.



THE ACCESSORIES: Now ofcourse I had to top it off with the Dookie Chain and the Black Frames. The Big gold Chains were in style back then and so were the glasses. I just hope i'm not doing too much or being too extra but at the same time THE 80'S WERE EXTRA lol and I'm trying to stand out anyway right? I'll be fine...


So yeah in less than an hour I'mma be on the road going back to school. My blog won't be as consistent as I would like it to be once the semester starts but I will honestly try to be on as much as possible. So on that note, I'mma be in my books, wait for all thiss tuff to be delivered and just cool out. Now i'mma bout to go listen to some N.E.R.D. Deuces!
Enrique'

American Idol Needs to STOP!!!

These people need to stop having these individuals embarrass themselves!!!! The process to get to the judges is very intricate and strict and the American Idol executives let some of these people go on T.V. knowing that they're not going to make it and hurt these people's feelings!!!
:-/
That's all I have to say lol...
Now I'm going to continue watching them on T.V.
Enrique'

Babysitting + Snow Storm = Look for Outfit! lol

Song of the Day: "By Your Side"
Jadakiss

One of my favorite rappers, (third to Nas and Biggie), song is symbolic for many reason, especially living in the hood where some of the lyrics are 100% true, but enough about the song.

Me and one of my bestfriends got into an argument today (because we are both stubborn). I hate our arguments though because since we are both stubborn one is usually never ready to hear the other out, this time i tried to fix the problem, but the friend wasn't having that so I guess i'mma keep it moving until we're ready to get the F*ck over it.

Now todays main purpose lol, So what I have been having problems with this entire week is WHAT THE HELL WILL I BE WEARIN TO THIS 80'S VS 90'S PARTY???? I usually don't have this problem and this might be like the third blog i've talked about it but I want to have the perfect combination of clothes. I'mma put some pics up to show what I'm looking for.





SOPISTICATED 80'S: Now this pic (person on the left) is of Mikey Rocks of "The Cool Kids" and this outfit is mad simple but "kool". The only thing is that it might not be "old skool" enough for me.





SUPER-SONIC 80'S: Okay so here I have the "Old-Skool" breakdancing uniform. I was thinking about going this route with like either the black track suit or like a red one and then just add mad different 80's accents to it (I.E. rimless glasses, dookie chain, bright kicks) This might be more cost effective too lol. I'm leaning more towards this at the moment.




UNMATCHING GALORE: Everyone who knows me knows that I HATE NOT MATCHING MY CLOTHES!!!! (Part of my ODD) I match everything from pajamas and boxers to outfits lol. The 80's were notoriously known for not matching and i'm down with the movement but I don't think this is the right route for me to go. lol


SoOoOooOOoo, at the moment, I don't know. I might just go with the Adidas track suit, but we'll see. On that note, I'm baby-sitting my niece and nephew for a bit. I'll put some pics of them up if I can find them. On that note, if anyone, AND I MEAN ANYONE, has any ideas hit me up. I'm open to suggestions!
Enrique'

CRAZY KIDS!!! i LOVE MY NIECE AND NEPHEW THOUGH! lol

GS POETRY is official!

Whats up,
Todays song of the day: "Lady" By Mista
"Mista" was the group that Bobby Valentino was part of during his adolescent days. The song is mad old-skool (as myself) and is just cool to listen to, chill out and relax....I'll put the song somewhere on my post lol....but as usual, I digress...
I was inspired by the sis Dizzy's recently posted poem (Great job again by the way) and it made me want to go into my archive of poems i have saved up on Ghetto Soul Poetry.com (now known as gspoetry.com) I've belonged to the site for years now and have an archive of poems. Some of them are sad, some of them are full of anger (okay people i wrote them in highschool, wasn't everyone feeling like this lol) But yeah one of my favorite ones is called "Fly Away" and I'mma post it on here for my blog familia lol....Hope you enjoy!
Enrique'
p.s. This Poem got me an "A" in creative writing (throws up the dumbs up) lol

Fly Away
By: Rick Sentine

I used to think I was an Angel
In the sense that I helped the helpless
and bless the blessed-less with actions of
kind deeds with the proper needs
But now I've realized that i'm not
the spiritual guardian I thought i was.
Angels don't get talked down upon
Angels aid those that need to be aided
and the aided usually are grateful
The angels aren't hateful,hated, nor talked down upon
Atleast that's not what I think,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

What if Angels get verbally,mentally, or physically abused
everyday just because they were trying to help?
Aiding the unaided and attending the unattended
Could they just fly away?
At their dismay with feathers of a soft glory
and The wing span of unimaginable width?
Would they do it to get away from what they
believe is their duty?
With so much power behind their title
Can they ignore the great one and the bible?
and just go.............
wherever the wind would blow
their feathers of a soft glory?
Attached to wings with a wing span of unimaginable width?

An Angels Duty is an Angels duty!
But I have no contract bound to my cooperativeness
I am able to stop whenever I want
I could put my nature to adhere on a bolt lock.
Not easily tampered with.
Or I can choose to Fly away
With my tears being my feathers of a soft glory.
And my independance being my wings
with the wing span of unimaginable width?
Would I be able to ignore my duty
and fly away?

Countdown = 2 weeks.....

Before I digress into the blog you know I have to post what I'm listening to. (It's becoming a habit now) But yesterday I found this song on Pandora (An online personal radio that lets you hear music depending on the style you like) Anyways, Jon B came up with a song called "What in the World". The song is def a good one, i'll put the song up with the album cover. (should be on the right)



So winter break is more than half way over, finally, but I've probably enjoyed myself more than any other break so far. The last thing I want to do before I go back to school is hit up a Jazz Cafe in NYC. Other than that I have no plans for the next 2 weeks. I guess I can make a list of things to prepare for and achieve next semester....let's see:
-MAINTAIN THIS STRAIGHT "A" STREAK!!!!
-ummmm, go to the gym lol (and continue to go to the gym)
-Try not to party so much, even though I think I did good this past semester
-Continue to gather good music
-DELETE THE WORD "GAT" FROM MY VOCAB! (yeah this should have been done)
-Try to eat more healthy
-last but not least, try to be more responsible with my actions and own up to them, positive or negative.

I am def looking forward for this upcoming semester. O yeah, I don't even know if I said previously happy new year and all that good stuff lol, so there you go. I'll be back soon
Enrique'