To Develop: Blog 365 Day 42 – Tape
By Jiddoe S'Phatt
Warmest greetings! My name is Jiddoe S’Phatt. Welcome to day 42 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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Most nights I’m writing when I should be sleeping.
Usually I’m in the living room recliner with my Toshiba
notebook on my lap. It’s been dropped and literally jumped on, so it’s more of
a patchwork computer. I have to wiggle the power cord to keep it from shutting
down, both the screen and its underbody are missing screws, and its right side
is held together with Guerilla Tape.
I do have a newer, fancier touchscreen HP, but I prefer to
use this mangled one.
Oh, the left Shift key is gone too. Well, not entirely. I still have it, it’s
just not attached to my computer anymore. Despite its many injuries I refuse to
put this old dog down. For starters, it’s reliable. Secondly, we’ve told some
amazing stories together.
Recently I’ve been flashing back to my childhood past. I’ve
written about wanting to be Superman, being called “Black White Boy”, sitting
in the back of the school bus that picked me up from my considerably urban
neighborhood every morning, and being 1 of 5 Black children in an entire
school.
Parts of that time period could have used some Guerilla Tape
yet I came away undamaged. There were some breaks but I’m not broken. I have a
few screws loose but I’m not crazy. I was dropped and literally jumped on.
Those situations made me feel powerless. Through it all I never broke down.
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