To Develop: Blog 365 Day 40 – The Way
By Jiddoe S'Phatt
Warmest greetings! My name is Jiddoe S’Phatt. Welcome to day
40 of “To Develop: Blog 365”.
Inspiration to write comes from a number of places. For this
blog I’ve been inspired by hip-hop artist Rick Chyme and producer
David K. Manley of Man@Work Productions. Through a collaborative project
titled #DailyPieces365
these two artists will release a new song every day for 365 consecutive days!
Their impressive dedication has motivated me to write a new blog every day of
2018.
A little piece of me goes into each entry I write. I hope
you enjoy this one!
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I wasn’t like the other children in my neighborhood.
I wore sweater vests over button-up shirts with jeans and
loafers. Those my age around the way wore sports jerseys, t-shirts and
sneakers.
As much as I liked to watch basketball I didn’t particularly
like to play it. I could hit a shot now and then but I wasn’t a good shooter by
any means. If I happened to end up on a team I could get you a few steals and
rebounds, make the right pass, I’d even get a block occasionally. To my peers
around the way this was never good enough. I didn’t care. I preferred to participate
in soccer.
My mother didn’t allow me to listen to dirty comedy or watch
R-rated movies. For others this was okay, and if it wasn’t they’d sneak and do
it. Not me. I played it straight. If I wasn’t watching any number of old school
cartoons – The Flintstones, Jetsons, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Woody Woodpecker, and
Mighty Mouse to name a few, I’d be writing in my notebook or reading Marvel comic
books.
The children from my neighborhood called me goofy, weird, and
a nerd. My favorite insult of theirs was “Black White boy” which insinuated I
was a Black child who behaved like a White child.
I wasn’t like them at all.
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