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PHOTOS: Southern University @ New Orleans, Homecoming Parade 2009

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:23:00 +0000

Find more photos like this on bandhead.org

My Friday at SUNO, This was my first time attending this parade since I marched for it back in high school. I walked the whole route following the bands. as usual.
I hope the people in these pictures will see them

SUNO Homecoming parade 2009
Photography by The Book

In Review

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:02:00 +0000

Yeah man, November 4th was my mommas birthday, we were out and about for a while, then we came home and partied with the family. it was also My cousin Casey's birthday. she made 31. Friday She Had her party @ 7140. It was Cool, My Second time being there.

Earlier that day I walked SUNO's homecoming parade route & snapped some pictures of the bands, I'll post them Later. My body is still in pain from That walk, I haven't done it in a long time. I think for parade season I'll be doing that though. Charles asked me to come help him out at Fisher. I think I'll go ahead and do that.

Saturday I didn't do much but lay down, play SvR09 and talk to Qui before Wil came over here. at that time, my dad was fooling around with the stereo system, he actually took it to the limit. It blew out ..LOL! but we fixed that problem. it cant handle more than 4 speakers,.. its a great Machine!!

Wow It feels crazy blogging again. I haven't really done it like this in a Hot minute.

A Few Situations That got to me this past week was The Fort Hood situation. as well as Grambling State's Band busses Crashing. Oh and well, The Saints are now 8-0. Lastly, Ida.. I need to watch the News more often. Things are getting crazy in the gulf.

I wanted to go that book fair in the Quarters to attend the reading. but unfortunately my body wouldn't allow it. LOL. I Talked to Josiah as well as Jaime briefly about taking part in UNO's Pep band, I may do so.

I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow, Washing my clothes and Prepping for evacuation would be a great thing to do.

I'll end this post here, The Pictures should be in my very next Entry.

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Ft. Hood Madness.

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:24:00 +0000

Wow, I Log on today to see this headline on Yahoo, CNN, and so I turned on the news to see the reports as well. All I have to say is that It’s one Messed up situation.

It make you wonder How safe are These Soldiers even on their own Turf.

12 dead, 31 Wounded.. Man..

.. They Killed the gunmen, but now it only leads to nothing.. they have 2 other suspects who are soldiers, I’ll have to read more on this, its sad man..

Today We Celebrate 50.. Yep!

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Today's Moms Birthday and she's 50, which means that she had me when she was 25, LOL, I turn 25 in December Exactly 1 month from now. and Im great. all my kin folks are here, good!

I'll blog later

Morehouse Band Bus Overturns, The Band Community Reacts.

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:15:00 +0000

A number of websites have reported this accident which occurred earlier today.
at about 10.30 I got a message from A Morehouse band member via facebook saying “Hey Book, Our Bus Flipped over.".

Since The News Broke, Discussions have been taking place various Band Communities Such as here on 5Q. as well as through comments via Facebook.

I Personally am glad nobody died.

Audio Blog: Looting a High School After Katrina

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:48:00 +0000

This clip was posted on facebook, giving a full rundown on how this guy and a pack of friends Looted a high school sometime after Katrina.

Advisory: bad language

To Be Honest, its pretty messed up. .. but kind of funny in a Mischievous way..

According to ABC26, Brother Martin and St, Aug are clearing up that Beef.

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:59:00 +0000

Yep, Basically Just a big issue with the administration allowing it to go on that way.
It was stated that Brother Martin Apologized for the skit.

After reading and understanding what they Meant to portray, I could see that clearly.. But As John Raphael said.. It was the image of the “dark knight” in the Helmet which is more is a clear stereotypical reference..

Man, Brother Martin is a great school, I just think the students should have rethought that skit. They don’t need to be punished for it though.

It’s Crazy man..

Brother Martin Pep Rally Pictures spark controversy.

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0000

These Pictures were posted on Brother Martin’s website Last week, but have since been removed. There’s been an Email being forwarding to St.Augustine Alumni who were Disgusted by these Images.

St. Aug says that they have contacted the media about this issue, they are livid about it and says to watch tonight's news on channels 4 & 26

I Personally don’t see it being a Big deal, Just a bad part on the administration for allowing the faces to be covered Black.. and having the Black student being “arrested”.. Stereotypical isn’t it?.

A Moment in Facebook

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:10:00 +0000

Just a Rundown facebook activity .. or shall i say the facebook activity on my page.. Along with some other stuff..

Random Status Update
Zion Archive Computer: In the beginning, there was man. And for a time, it was good. But humanity's so-called civil societies soon fell victim to vanity and corruption. Then man made the machine in his own likeness. Thus did man become the architect of his own demise.

Playing WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2009

The Names are kind of WAY out there…

I Reuploaded Band Pictures from 2006

I Reacquainted with Old Friends, and Others

Who?

Ericka, My Neighbor we went to Elementary school together..
Erica A., yeah another one
Errol, also from the same hood, knew him since Pre-K, he now lives in Monroe.
Rachel, from TAV class @ the K..
Bush, from the old neighborhood
Ireion, from Jr. High school & neighborhood
Brice, Same as thing.. he was also in band
Byanca, Jr high school & neighborhood
there was also Efrem, Mary, & Pam..My former supervisors.

I also just realized I was friends with Dominique and Reginald as well.. LOL!

Status Update based up on Observation
10/26/09 The Sheep.. they're all awaiting to be "VACCINATED". looks like a scene straight out of X-Men.. .. NWO!!!

I swear I ain’t taking it…

Status Update

I Made a nice Public Service Announcement Regarding Being Disgusted by people adding “Minaj” to their names. like that Rapping girl..

I Uploaded a Video: Sing vs The Prisoner 1993

This was at Starcade 93, The Prisoner was also Nailz from the old WWF

Quisha Tagged Me This to me

Drew On My Graffiti Wall

Random Other Status Updates listed

we dont have no fruit here, ya pastey rice cake!
pull your Tuning slide out *Pop*
Brock Lesnar has H1N1.. oh No
smh.. how could you be Light skinned with Dark Lips? .. Stop smoking and let your lips breathe..lol
Every time Cornel West opens his mouth, it's an EVENT. Someone needs to follow Cornel West around with a mic like Dean Benedetti followed around Charlie Parker so that every breath may be captured for posterity. Does anyone feel me? (taken from Youtube)
We have the power to “CHOOSE” what we will experience because when we are informed we can act on this knowledge.
In the midst of uncertainty and chaos, we can choose to resist and go into denial or we can choose to accept and allow' If we choose the path of least resistance we will heed the warnings and take action to prepare for the possible, now obvious, “storms” coming. We can flow through this transition with ease when we have taken the steps to prepare and then walk in faith knowing.

Popular Story

Tyler Perry Responds to Spike Lee Comment..

Spike’s always startin’ somethin huh..

And lastly.. Man. Walmart and Costco Sell Caskets online.. Wow.. yall gotta look that up!..

LOL.. there was more but I’m tired of writing right now..

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A Bandhead Exclusive | Spirit

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:35:00 +0000

Earlier today (Oct. 28th) while Viewing an Old Clip of My High school band playing "Spirit" I ran across This a Comment which Disturbed me..

and I've seen other comments like this on Many Occasions, basically saying “Knigten Made it up” …But They’re Wrong.. Maybe Cornell Knighten wrote Wrote SU’s arrangement, but he didn’t Compose. the song. Infact in SU’s 1996 Bayou Classic Halftime Show They Tell you the Composers name prior to playing the tune... So why are people still asking this? .. Maybe because they Dont Know who He Is… As i replied on Youtube.. My High School played the song and his name was at the top of the page of the Sheet Music. Other than that, Up until now I honestly haven’t heard the real song..

With That Said..

For those of you who don't know, You HAVE to do your research.. The Song "Spirit" or "Cyber Spirit" according to the Human Jukebox Band announcer, was Composed by Tom Hedden. You may have heard many of hedden's compositions on your favorite Sports Intro Videos.

"Spirit" was part of The same Genre of music, And Is part of a 3 part Composition called “The Hero’s Suite” Therefore anyone Looking for this song Will Fail trying to find it. I’ve managed to come across the 3 part tune, and cutting out the part where Spirit Begins.

The Song is Amazing.

Here's Spirit

I Need a Dental Appointment badly

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:54:00 +0000

yeah man, My front teeth are going bad.. sux but true, I gotta get something done I also need 2 molars removed. Sad world.

My 2 fronts are scratched/chipped. I might have to get Veneers. i hope i can if that’s the case. for my tops this is crazy man..

Lol. Wow “I Knew I was Right” again..lol

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:18:00 +0000

Looking back at one of my old Entries which were recently replied to… I put out Too much info. I left majority of it there, but I changed the way it links. I should make that whole area out of an image and Repost it. LOL!.. yeah man, It’s crazy.

But hey, Thats the world we live in.

Got things to do

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:28:00 +0000

Today was an Okay Day. I went to get my Hair cut at Stop Jockin’ In Preparation for this Funeral. I talked with Jimmy (the Barber) about how Our Community (The St. Bernard Neighborhood) has changed over time and what to expect and Hopefully get to see in the future. Things are Changing and I think its for a better.

I was supposed to attend the McD35 Homecoming, But I decided to come home instead. From there I downloaded games on the Wii, and then chilled with the fam.

My Mom & Dad left to head to Sears, My Sisters and I went to Kings Buffet to eat.. yeah Good food, I’m good & full. We just discussed the situations dealing with the Death of her Brother N Law and the funeral as well.

Life is Hard. but things happen, Sometimes its as if its like “Final Destination” when its your time to go.. it’s unavoidable.

I’ll be attending that funeral.

Here are some Pictures of My Day.

I Went to Walmart and saw this shirt, I’m not sure if this was purposely done because the Southern U. Official colors are Columbia Blue & Gold.

There were other Paraphernalia but and yeah we know They were any shade of blue.. but at the same time This Shirt .. Its just totally Incorrect.. it says “Royal Blue” and its written in Navy..LOL

No Doubt the School official logo colors are in Blue and Gold.. but its not their school colors.

Stop Jockin’ My Barber ..

One of my Dishes at Kings Buffet

My Sister getting Ice Cream

ME with my hair cut

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Easter Sunday with My Frat Bruhz

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:39:00 +0000

I Call This one “Walkin’ On The Boom”

Shame man

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:17:00 +0000

Aight, they’re gonna see if they can take him to the dr in the morning. I dont know whats going on right now, he’s been gone since like 8.. shame man shame..

The Dog, The Dog.. Bit him

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:13:00 +0000

The dog bit My nephew near the eye. the cut isn’t big, I was holding the dog when it happened, the dog snapped at him when he slapped the dog… Partially My fault because I shouldn’t have picked the dog up.

My nephew likes to mess with the dogs… we would always stop him from taunting or hitting them all the time.. but this time I grabbed the dog instead of my Nephew because the dog started to growl a lot. As I held the dog, My nephew came to taunt the dog, the dog snapped at him..

He I called his mom, she called my mom, my bro-n-law came to get him. I explained to this what happen, the bro n law is trippin’ due to the stress he’s dealing with. and now this .. I wiped the blood… I tried to put some ice on in but he kept moving his face (in a playful manner) . He really didn’t cry other than directly after the initial bite. but other than that he was still trying to mess with the dog so I put the dog in my brothers room and continued to allow him to watch Youtube videos as i was doing prior to this happening.

Yeah I feel bad about it… but man..

Jaime just made it to home from Houston

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:29:00 +0000

I guess you can say that this is like a business trip for him because he’s gotta get some things straight with his car. then he’ll be back on the road to Houston.

This Morning was Fairly Shocking.

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:38:00 +0000

My Brother in-law got a call today letting him know that His Brother died in Bad Crash… One that we all honestly heard of but overlooked. and it just so happens. It was His Brother, Shocking…… Here’s the Article

Beneath that article were a few bad comments. the cousin & Mother of one of the female victims of this crash replied to one of the bad comments. basically telling folks to stop jumping to conclusions, assuming the worst possible case scenario..

I can respect them coming on defending that because nola.com is full of Anonymous Members making blunt statements not knowing who’s reading.

to be honest, I don’t know his real name. but One thing I’ll Never forget about he was very respectful and even though he was my sisters in law he also referred to the rest of the Family as family as well…

It’s a Shocking Thing to know man…

Raw was okay today

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:21:00 +0000

Aight, Even though I didn’t see it all to a Friendly Distraction. I was able to make the most of tonight's show and say that It’s one of the better shows i’ve seen in the past 6 months.

I Didnt really get to Watch the Captain Lou memorial Video along with much of the the first hour due to Wil coming over here. But I’m good. I Laughed because Kofi started talking in his normal voice. I’m glad they’re finally Billing him from Ghana, Africa as well. There were a number of good things about tonight’s show. Snoop Dogg was cool. he didn't do much but the segments were crazy…

Ahh man..I’ll post in another blog soon. it’s about something serious..

I Think I just Found a Direct Link to my Past

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:15:00 +0000

So I’ve Been watching a Documentary for the past hour about New Orleans Religious Traditions, I don’t know how it started but they basically talked of The Connections Shared throughout different races here in the city.

At first they were showing Things Catholics did.. which eventually went on to How The Catholics may have adapted Traditions Originally of the Native Americans. At this point A man named Peter M. Cousin Sr. came on and he talked That particular thing. He spoke of his grandfather Osai (that may not be the spelling) Being Buried in a grave where Creole & Choctaw natives were buried.

At this point I called my sister because this man Looked like My People!.. he looks like my Grandfather. The thing about that is, from what I know is that my grandfather didn’t grow up in the Cousin household, He lived with the Camp family. and Other than that, I don’t Know much about my dads racial lines because He has “Colored” on his birth certificate AND they dont talk about that Alot. therefore He and my fam grew up assuming they were totally Black.. My Grandma isn’t even Black.. LOL but hey It’s LIFE… All their Lives though They were called “Red Negros” .. I know my grandmother has Irish in her somewhere but Thats that. It doesnt make up the fact that I have that Choctaw in Me..

Long a Go I was told that We have Seminole in our blood, It may be Partly True but now I see where Choctaw Stands, This man Looked Just Like My Uncle Magoo, So I KNOW he’s a Direct link of Ancestry…

I Searched Google and i came Across This Link to a profile page of Peter M Cousin jr. on Northwestern State University’s website ..This speaks of P.M. Cousin Sr. Too. I may have to Print this out! I may have to show that to my Dad. I haven’t met many of the folks on that side of my family…

but wow man. I have to Investigate! ..lol

Here’s something from the site. This was the first Paragraph and it says ALOT!..

Peter M. Cousin, Sr. was born in 1927 in Lacombe where he still lives today. He lists his ancestry as Creole, Cajun, and Choctaw. He says that he is a descendant of Francois Cousin, one of the early European settlers of Lacombe in the 1830s. He speaks some French and Spanish, in addition to English. For many years, he was a builder in New Orleans, but he is now retired from the construction business and works for St. Tammany Parish's Assessor's Office.

This is Amazing To me..
Oh and by the way.. its COUSIN. Like a Relative ..LOL!.. wow man I need to get back to some folks!

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Food for Thought, Literally…

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:54:00 +0000

Here’s a Pic of Wednesdays Dinner.. Yeah it’s one of the few reasons i didn’t blog that day.

I Posted it on Facebook and I got Comments like this..

FeFe: heart attack on a plate lol
Winfred: Give me your address so I can send the Cardiologist to your house with a defibrillator! Are those eggs on the right hand side?

LOL!!! Yeah… Talk about Grits, Spicy (not hot) Sausage, Sunny Side up Eggs and Bacon… That’s TOO MUCH! ..lol! but yeah it was Dinner rather than breakfast..lol

This Brings Me back to the 6th when i had Mashed potatoes, Meat loaf and String Beans….

The Day Before that I had Macaroni & Cheese, Sausage and String Beans..

You might say that’s alot. but it’s better than Nachos and Hot dogs…

I Also had Gumbo on the 8th, 9th… 10th and 11th..LOL yeah it was a HUGE pot, it’s not that many people living in this house…

as for today.. Nothing.. lol All this talk about food… I need to be sleepin’ For real..

Done with AVG, installs Microsoft Security Essentials

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:55:00 +0000

Today, I’m calling it quits with AVG,. I’ve been using AVG since 5.0 and it’s done me well on many occasions, I’ve recommended it many times. It has its hits and misses but It’s a good Free Product. The Paid Version of the application is probably much better. But Today, I’m calling It Quits…

Why? Did i Stop using it?… as I said Before.,Hits and Misses on Some of the Adware. Most Recently I Installed IObit Advanced System Care along with Security 360….. and Just like any other all-in-one Security & Maintenance product it does a bit of everything. you know, Registry defragging, Spyware Removal, PC Optimization, Some Firewall Protection, Process Scanners.. The Works!…

The problem is that The Spyware & Virus scanners only run Manually and are Ad Supported, which means There is no “Live Protection” …The good thing is that they do bit more than what AVG does when scanning.. Their Privacy Sweeper is a Knock of of CCleaner but it works perfectly with the 360 Product as a Problem solver. Cool Products but as I said, They want you to Buy the Real-Time Protection.

If I Got Rid of IObit 360 now It wouldn’t Matter because I now have the Microsoft Security Essentials Program which recently came out of Beta and has Real-Time Protection. What sucks is that Because of The MsMpEng.exe It Will Probably Eat up my Virtual Memory. With That Said. after about a 2 hour scan, I Stopped The MsMpEng process from Task manager and I had to Restart the scan because it Turned of The Product (duh) What a Waste of a scan.

I currently have it scanning now. That Processor is used for OneCare Live as well as Windows Defender, I had it disabled prior to installing Microsoft Security Essentials because took up so much memory usage while running. But at the end of the day I have a product specifically built for my PC. (By the way, I’m currently on a Windows XP Desktop).

With That Said. after about a 2 hour scan, I Stopped it’s Processor from Task manager and I had to Restart the program. What a Waste of a scan.. I currently have it scanning now.

Prior to this I had the Trial of Microsoft Live OneCare. this current program although totally separate is supposed to be its successor. I believe that Microsoft will still sell its OneCare. That Product does WONDERS!. even with AVG on my pc, Doing a Free Scan at The Live Site Found some security holes that blew my mind.. therefore Another good reason I just Traded AVG for a Microsoft Product.

I’ll Continue to use Microsoft Security Essentials as long as it does me well. …from what i see, It’s doing what it’s supposed to do.

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This is Why I’m Fat!

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:24:00 +0000

McDonalds Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese Value Meal… It was like $6.50

I attended My Nephew’s Football game in Terrytown today. yep!

I guess I won’t be heading to that Giants game

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:00 +0000

Apparently there are no Tickets left.. Sux! ..

I’ll be heading to my nephew’s game tonight. hope it doesn’t rain on us!.

Terrytown here I come..

Here’s another Random shot from the other day at “The House”..

Look’s like I’ll be attending the next Saints game

bookmansport@gmail.com (The Book) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:03:00 +0000

Yeah man, My Brother will be getting the tickets tomorrow. Most likely these will be nosebleeds. and it’s mainly because They’re playing the New York Giants .. My Brother is a Giants fan.. I’m going to buy a Saints Jersey on purpose!

Last time I attended a Saints game I was in High School and I was part of the Half Time show with the New Orleans Public Schools All Star Marching band. we weren’t allowed to actually watch with everyone else. but we did have a special area designated for us to watch the game on TV. folks like myself stood at the Tunnel Entryway. I remember the Rams game Thoroughly. LOL because during practice they came to walk across the field to head the locker rooms. Marshall Faulk came to give the Carver students free shirts .. the rest of us just “looked on” ..lol because we couldn’t finish practicing til they got through with that..

Yeah I’m a saints fan, but to be honest. I’m not really a Football fan.. Not Really a fan of Ball Sports at all…. yes I’ve attended games, I know the players, I know the plays. I just can’t watch a Full game the true fans.

I attend Black College Football games because that’s more than a Football event. LOL This will be my first time paying for a saint’s game so I know these will be nosebleeds .. The only other time Outside of Performing at the games was a long time ago…lol

.. Like Pre Mike Ditka ..lol

As for me, yeah I’m a Wrestling Fan.. I feel like this though, If i know someone who Does it, I’ll support them. Thats just me.

I’m Out..

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