I’m About To Fight
By Anthony Douglas Gere
You know this month, is and was a very important month for me. I say that
because I am not sure when I will release this theory, but feel a deep need to
signify the timeframe in when I wrote it, to make several points throughout this
theory clear and able for you to absorb. February, the shortest month of the
calendar year, is the month I am referring to in this theory, and being born in
this particular month, I will take it upon myself to think out loud, my thoughts of
the many things in a month I am apart of, unlike the other eleven I silently
contribute to. You know in this month, CJ reached a very important period in his
life I was told, in transforming into a more consistent sleep machine, eating
solid, well not solid, but strained food and now trying to sit-up, roll over and
smile at me like never before. But within this time frame of what is yet to come,
a lot has happened that made me realize why I am so fortunate to write about
it. Its black history month, and with the amount of now media exposure
available to all of us, it is now plastered on every television station, like a three
million dollar thirty second ad playing during the Super Bowl. Its everywhere
and I am sure with President Elect Obama now in office, it should be, or when
thinking about it, should it be emphasized so much? I wonder, am I now more
aware that it is now being seen more than normal, or have I been bombarded
with so much advertisement that I don’t and cant know the difference. Even in
the marketing world like never before, a very vital part of advertisement has
even changed. What many don’t realize is that color, or color schemes and
shades, makeup a huge part of marketing and presentation. So in these
forever changing times we are all witnessing, how we now see them, is like or
unlike, never before. So this morning while just relaxing and listening to the
sounds of rain hit the pavement like an impromptu jazz musician, I am flipping
through channels on the television, looking for something to watch before my
Lakers come on the television to entertain me for a few hours. But in watching
the TV Guide Channel, I seen something that caught my eye, and made me turn
to this channel / station. The title read, "King" and I had no clue what it was
about, but this particular channel, is one of my favorite stations, The History
Channel, and if nothing else, I knew I might learn something on someone that
by some force created or bestowed upon him, had the name and or title, King,
and that alone, is Regal or Royalty. Well come to find out, it was a semi-
biography on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and for some reason, I couldn’t change
the channel. It started with his background, where he came from and his
heritage based on the times and circumstances. But I have read many books
on Dr. King, loved the movie "Boycott", where Michael Wright ripped the part up
with amazement, and explained how, Martin became Martin, via this story line
and in the director eyes. A very moving movie this is, so I was not really all into
this program in front of me right now like I should have been, because I am
laying in bed being lazy, and felt I had read enough to get a gist on what he
stood for. Boy, was I wrong, and after reading this to t he end if you do, what
you will honestly read, will startle you, make you wonder and then realize, not
much has changed, just the players involved.
Now for some reason, CJ is laying next to me, not crying, fully awake, fed,
changed and mumbling something of importance to his invisible friend, not
needing my attention, and this television was beyond showing what was
making me watch it in HD, this seemed like Reality TV on steroids. For some
reason, it wasn’t what was being shown, it was what I needed to see and be
shown to me, that made me realize, it was February, Black History Month. Now
remember, in this month, we have Valentines Day, Presidents Day, many high
profile celebrities birthday and more. This is also that weird month in Mother
Nature’s calendar, that for some strange reason, it may get hot for a few days,
rain like never before and is usually, just kinda different than the rest of the
months that each year, have the same number of days that you can count on
more than once every four years.
By Anthony Douglas Gere
You know this month, is and was a very important month for me. I say that
because I am not sure when I will release this theory, but feel a deep need to
signify the timeframe in when I wrote it, to make several points throughout this
theory clear and able for you to absorb. February, the shortest month of the
calendar year, is the month I am referring to in this theory, and being born in
this particular month, I will take it upon myself to think out loud, my thoughts of
the many things in a month I am apart of, unlike the other eleven I silently
contribute to. You know in this month, CJ reached a very important period in his
life I was told, in transforming into a more consistent sleep machine, eating
solid, well not solid, but strained food and now trying to sit-up, roll over and
smile at me like never before. But within this time frame of what is yet to come,
a lot has happened that made me realize why I am so fortunate to write about
it. Its black history month, and with the amount of now media exposure
available to all of us, it is now plastered on every television station, like a three
million dollar thirty second ad playing during the Super Bowl. Its everywhere
and I am sure with President Elect Obama now in office, it should be, or when
thinking about it, should it be emphasized so much? I wonder, am I now more
aware that it is now being seen more than normal, or have I been bombarded
with so much advertisement that I don’t and cant know the difference. Even in
the marketing world like never before, a very vital part of advertisement has
even changed. What many don’t realize is that color, or color schemes and
shades, makeup a huge part of marketing and presentation. So in these
forever changing times we are all witnessing, how we now see them, is like or
unlike, never before. So this morning while just relaxing and listening to the
sounds of rain hit the pavement like an impromptu jazz musician, I am flipping
through channels on the television, looking for something to watch before my
Lakers come on the television to entertain me for a few hours. But in watching
the TV Guide Channel, I seen something that caught my eye, and made me turn
to this channel / station. The title read, "King" and I had no clue what it was
about, but this particular channel, is one of my favorite stations, The History
Channel, and if nothing else, I knew I might learn something on someone that
by some force created or bestowed upon him, had the name and or title, King,
and that alone, is Regal or Royalty. Well come to find out, it was a semi-
biography on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and for some reason, I couldn’t change
the channel. It started with his background, where he came from and his
heritage based on the times and circumstances. But I have read many books
on Dr. King, loved the movie "Boycott", where Michael Wright ripped the part up
with amazement, and explained how, Martin became Martin, via this story line
and in the director eyes. A very moving movie this is, so I was not really all into
this program in front of me right now like I should have been, because I am
laying in bed being lazy, and felt I had read enough to get a gist on what he
stood for. Boy, was I wrong, and after reading this to t he end if you do, what
you will honestly read, will startle you, make you wonder and then realize, not
much has changed, just the players involved.
Now for some reason, CJ is laying next to me, not crying, fully awake, fed,
changed and mumbling something of importance to his invisible friend, not
needing my attention, and this television was beyond showing what was
making me watch it in HD, this seemed like Reality TV on steroids. For some
reason, it wasn’t what was being shown, it was what I needed to see and be
shown to me, that made me realize, it was February, Black History Month. Now
remember, in this month, we have Valentines Day, Presidents Day, many high
profile celebrities birthday and more. This is also that weird month in Mother
Nature’s calendar, that for some strange reason, it may get hot for a few days,
rain like never before and is usually, just kinda different than the rest of the
months that each year, have the same number of days that you can count on
more than once every four years.
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