PART TWO (Something I was supposed to post yesterday)

Okay, well now that I got my anger out of the way, it's on to reflection.

Now 2008 has been a rollercoaster ride of a year for me and the people around me. From, breaking up to getting back together to breaking up again to getting back together again (with two different women), to my musical evolution, to me making money again, to my friends making bad decisions (including myself), here are some things I would like to accomplish now that we are in the thick of 2009.

1. I want to stop "rating" music, and actually "listen" to music again. I think that the reason I been at wit's end wit hip-hop and rock lately, is 'cause I been listening to it with a "critic's perspective". I think what I'm gonna do is I'm going to put away the notebooks (the ones I rate music in) and just LISTEN to it. So that way, it will be easier to determine a best of without filtering through the shit later on like with what I did for '08.

2. Evolve artistically. I think with the fact that I am able to do art again (take studio classes, have more free time) as well as head into more topics or concepts as a writer/rapper/poet, I should be able to stand out among these MC's regardless of accolades, material, or popularity.

3. Treat others with more appreciation and graciousness while reconnecting with past friends. Yea, these last few months have been torture when it comes to my social life. But with the friends I do have, thank you for sticking with me. To the ones that I lost touch with, I haven't forgot about you. To my family, you are forever in my heart for your support and love. And to my heart and my soul, that is you. My one and my only, for starting over with me, even when I didn't deserve a second chance, for hanging in there with me when it comes to my problems, for allowing yourself to open your emotions to me, and for accepting who I am and what I have come from, and for every day and every night, knowing that there is no one else that I want to be with more than you.

So off to 2009 I go...and hoping to continue to become a better artist and a better person.