Tacos and Basketball

I feel stuffed after I bought a Cheesy Gordita Crunch box and a Nacho Supreme from Taco Bell to finish of my lunch...just too stuffed to eat anymore.  I have been in love with the taste of the Cheesy Gordita Crunch taco since the first time I bought one....actually I bought 3 of them on the first day of my Spring Break in Daytona Florida in conjunction of my trip to Orlando. Florida in 2003.  I ate good and swam good unlike most of my classmates couldn't swim or couldn't take the salty water found at Daytona Beach.
In the 2003 season the star of the making in the NBA was from a rust belt town of Akron as his high school basketball games were televised by ESPN.  He refers himself as the king, but basketball nuts for fans as I am know the phenom was LeBron James.  LeBron James the phenom of 2003 and the Miami Heat sets his eyes on new phenom of 2012 from Taiwan and graduated from Harvard and 2 time cut Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks tonight.
Knicks are trying to prove their team is worthy to reach the Eastern Conference.  The Miami Heat are rewriting history from last season's failure to win NBA title verses my Dallas Mavericks as winning the NBA title will be just a formality.  Tonight will be a show regardless which teams wins or loses.
Speaking of Orland, the All-Star game will be held there on Sunday.  The game should be fun, hope the Western Conference wins as usual. 

Photo from my trip to Orlando, Florida Universal Studios in 2003.

Universal Studios

 Photos of the Day

Walking through 8th street west bridge in late morning clouds.

Sorta coach 4016 ready to unload wheelchair.

Beautiful flowers trying to grow near my driveway.  Weather this year is disturbing.

Ash Wednesday

Poem base on break-up I’ve been suffering from since 2010.

Ashes

Living through the ashes from a burned down home was how I felt when a woman you love breaks your heart, in my case I felt this feeling when she burned the house of hope and dreams I had to spend even more time with her.

The ashes were under my feet as firefighters in my mind try to stop the fire from spreading around the roof as the third floor of my brain was sinking to no return as one fire fighter came to me and told me there are extensive damages and the house can be repaired with a little TLC

How can TLC repairs the ashes of sadness that was left under my feet as some flew and burned my hands as the smoke or what was it was enough to make me feel like my life was ending like 3 pieces of bacon I wanted to eat for breakfast which burned the skillet then the stove and then the house…That’s how I burned down the house in my mind.

What did I do to have the ashes under me when she hid away from me not telling me there was a big brother camera in her family who wanted to keep us apart?

The ashes of my mind was repaired as any house would with a shovel and amnesia as the burned ashes remains deep inside the ground of my heart to the point tears would spread like a frozen hydrant that freezes in the winter as I cried about the brake-up almost every night..I wanted to burn my house to ashes but this time someone else was going to do it with a bullet from a 8mm or a knife.

I was near the end as I was pit pocketed in real life as a bigger man made me feel small trying to steal my 5 dollar bill in downtown. I’ll give you a fist full bills with my fist rolled up…bad move, I forgot in the sadness of my ex girlfriend that my mother was behind me trying to get me to leave before the rest of his big time crew would shoot us both in the back

I was down and out as I burned down the house in my mind but my pocket was naked as my heart was melting like the Earth’s core.

The core is hot and my house is rebuilt once again and I won’t let anymore brake-ups and ashes burn down my mind and house of confidence to move on and live happily once again. 

Photo of the Day 

Photo is Sorta coach 2104.  I left with this coach after a date with my ex-girlfriend from Milford Shopping Center in Summer 2010.   The ride took me 2 hours and 3 buses to get home.

Sorta coach 2104 on Ash Wednesday today.

Struggles with Sorta coach 2130 revisited

I watched My Strange addiction involving Nathaniel from Arkansas who is in love with Chase.  Chase isn’t a woman or a man but a car.  I felt sorry for Nathaniel who opened up to his father about his love relationship with his car for 5 years.  Nathaniel was becoming emotionally attached to his car to the point he would kiss Chase, caressing the hood and when driving to lookout in the city when he becomes sexually aroused he masturbates to his car on the driver’s seat.

His roommate Kim did a good job stressing to Nathaniel that she understands the relationship he has for Chase, but the world would look at him as a weird lonely person.  Nathaniel did go to therapy as his father and Kim suggested but his feelings of love to his car only grew stronger after having to feel the pressure of letting go was too much for him.

I can relate to how Nathaniel feels about his car.  I remember that feeling too when I saw Sorta coach bus 2130 looking so shiny and repainted in Metro’s new painting wrap in 2008.  I didn’t have the nerve to kiss the bus, but just riding the bus worked for me until I sat on the bus.  The engine to me whined like a woman who is screaming while having sexual intercourse as the roar of the engine felt like a woman vibrating having her hand feeling up on my penis as the urges to masturbate was taking over.

The feelings only worsened when a few minutes earlier I stumbled on an episode of “iCarly,” as I was beginning to be sexually arouse to the young start to be Miranda Cosgrove because she had dark hair, her cheekbones and reminded me of an old childhood friend who had the same smile as she did. 

Unlike Nathaniel who is happy to be in love with his car, I wasn’t happy with that.  Yes I’ve messed up relationship possibilities and hampered my growth but I learned to take on the problem regarding Sorta coach 2130 and Miranda Cosgrove in a constructive way.  I tried to not think about it, didn’t work.  Talking down saying nothing is a big deal, turns out to be a big deal.  Yes I did have some signs of blue balls as 2130 was passing by yesterday, I did block out hearing the engine which help my restrain myself.  The battle of putting my crush on 2130 and Miranda Cosgrove in perspective still continues. I wish Nathaniel luck with his love affair of his car Chase even though by what I saw he might not. 

Flower I found at Kenwood Towne Centre mall before arriving to Macy's in November 2011 before Thanksgiving holiday.  I ended up on Sorta coach 2130 as Route 4 Kenwood heading to Downtown Cincinnati not that long afterward.

Sorta coach 2130 t Fairview Loop last Monday before Valentine's Day.  The ride turned out to be my undoing.

To finally deal with my crisis involving Sorta coach 2130 over the years and Miranda Cosgrove too I turned sadness into art. 

 

 

 

 Link of tonight's My Strange Addiction.

Love of a hot-rod

Where is President's Day snow old man winter?

Poem inspired by lack of snow on President's Day

Old Man Winter… Old Man Winter where are you old man winter?

Old Man Winter… Old Man Winter I want to walk into the freezing temperatures instead I’ll have to settle for cold ice cream in doors.

Old Man Winter… Old Man Winter is the time to snuggle with a significant other in the snow, not holding each other’s company in the sun as the grass dries up in early summer wondering why isn’t the temperatures cold enough to bring white death under my feet.

Old Man Winter… Old Man Winter I expected to wear at least 3 layers of clothing, not two layers of clothing I would wear in the fall as leaves blow into the wind on a sidewalk on a narrowly winding road Mr. Old Man Winter.

Old Man Winter…Old Man Winter Seeing my breath breathing hard trying like a linebacker trying to smash a quarterback in the ground of grassy iced football field instead my head becomes hot like a fried egg in a 40 degree day makes me go into my dresser and wear shorts

Old Man Winter… Old Man Winter I don’t want to get sick after coming down with bronchitis and make myself chicken noodle soup while feeling dizzy having Vick’s vapor rub to sooth my throat but the season of winter is the normal here in Ohio but this is winter and feeling ill is what I expect but I tale feeling chilly while eating hot chili any day of the week as long the snow from Mr. Old Man Winter comes and give me frostbite in my hands.

Old Man Winter… Old Man Winter Yes I love winter because I have so much sexual energy to leap like a squirrel and roar like a polar bear but this warm weather is enough to keep me indoors and dream of snow coming in my sleep and call Mr. Sandman until the snow comes through my front door like Santa Claus. 

Sports highlights from Sunday

I watched my Dallas Mavericks fall to the Jeremy Lin show and the New York Knicks 104-97 yesterday afternoon.  Later on in the afternoon I saw former President Bill Clinton attend the Orlando Magic @ Miami Heat.  LeBron James scored 25 points and 11 rebounds as the Heat handcuffed Dwight Howard defensively in defeating the Magic  90-78.  Oklahoma City Thunder needed all of Kevin Durant's 51 points and Russell Westbrook's 40 points in thrilling overtime victory verses the Denver Nuggets 124-118.

Lin show continues.

Photos I took in the last few days and today. 

Sorta coach 859 at Center of Cincinnati Mall layover last Friday.  Coach replaced 6009 which broke down before arriving at mall.

Sorta coach 962 at Marburg Avenue cut-off last Friday.  Coach was wrapped with Metro's new look in February 2010.

Meeting in Saturday night at Cincinnati Transit Historical Association which was held at Metro's Queensgate garage.

Sorta coach 935 wrapped as Cricket wireless advertising wrap.

Beautiful day at Pfeiffer Park in Montgomery, Ohio.

 

Valentine's Day with Sorta coach 2130

On Valentine’s Day eve on Monday night my mother bought me my favorite box of Pop Tarts frosted Cherry.  A few hours earlier I made her favorite Kool-Aid black cherry and made Macaroni and cheese with veggie burger a dinner too.  The morning of Valentine’s Day sorta coach 2130 ran for the 2^nd consecutive day (ran all day on Monday).  I took a photo and a video (link of video will be at the end of entry.   By the time I took the photo the snow which didn’t amount too much ended up melting as the precipitation turned into rain…chance of being snowed in don’t look too good now.

I survived Valentine’s Day night when my 7 year old and 4 year old nephews drove me crazy while babysitting them.  My living room rug was filled with Valentine’s Day cards and heart-shaped suckers…made me think of becoming an organ donor which I am.   It made me feel good spending time with them teaching them how to behave.  My mother as she usually does told me that I was a good babysitter.  I told her I love children, dealing with children isn’t all that hard.  Yes Valentine’s Day makes me sad because the date marked the 9 year anniversary of breaking up with my first girlfriend while I was working at King’s Island. 

The brake-up happened due to 4 underlining factors.  #1 her family hated black people. #2 She lived outside the county…I live in urban town of Cincinnati as she lived in small town of Loveland, OH. #3 she stalled not telling me for a long while she was hanging out with her off and on again ex boyfriend in school….and yes he was Black as well.  #4 the factor that made me brake up with her was I can go to her junior prom and she couldn’t go to my senior prom.  

She then on the phone on Valentine’s Day of 2003 was arguing with me trying to make me stay in the relationship by using her cousin and her cousin’s boyfriend on the line begging me to stay.  I was sad that the relationship had to end on a sad note but I felt I had to leave her alone.  The decision to leave relationship was on my mind when I saw her in January on a job call but really didn’t get a chance to communicate with her by phone since October 2002.  I did go to prom with my sister’s friend instead, but the sadness of breaking up with her remained a haunting nightmare.  It took me just 2 years ago to get over the brake-up; any more writing about that point of time will set me back much further even thought I tried to date other women since then.

I have evolved in my artwork and photography since Valentine’s Day of last year you can see by comparing the photos of sorta coach 948 at Fairview Loop.  The first one was at the Fairview Loop on February 22, 2011; I tried to take a landscape shot of the coach but really didn’t know how.  Also I was afraid of the bus driver giving me an attitude, but the driver was on the phone with his girlfriend and didn’t seem to mind that I took the photo.  The usual driver I talk to on a regular basis Mike was on vacation.  The old photo was taken from my old Nokia phone.  The other photo of sorta coach 948 I took that one today at Fairview Loop and the evolution of movement I want in a still and the Samsung phone makes all my photos crispy.  I did ask Mike to drive 948 for me, how goofy the intercom and the radio was I now wished he didn’t as the coach was traded in after he left. Old saying goes, you get what you ask for,,,a milk dud of a bus. 

Snow turns into rain as Sorta coach 2130 is getting wet on Valentine's Day.

Sorta coach 948 on February 22, 2011 at Fairview Loop.

Sorta coach 948 at Fairview Loop today.

2130 V' Day

Sad passing and change of clothing

The weather is downright cold today but nothing compares to the cold of Saturday morning and the sadness at the end of the night when news broke during ESPN’s Gameday College night telecast of Kentucky @ Vanderbilt as host Rece Davis announced the news of Whitney Houston passing away at age 48.  The news was stunning and extremely sad.  “I have nothing” and “heartbreak Hotel” were my favorite songs by Whitney.  When I heard “I have nothing” I developed a crush on school teacher Mrs. Dukes while I was at Quebec Heights CAMAS elementary.  When I was being isolated from students and teachers alike while attending middle school at Jacobs Center and my freshman year at Hughes I always played “Heartbreak Hotel” to make me feel better…Whitney will be missed my many fans who respected her songs and felt powerful hearing her powerful voice.

Putting a new skin on a computer is like wrapping a bus in new paint gift wrapped and ready for the road brand new…but it is not.   Speaking of skin I found 3 potatoes that went rotten so I took a photo of one of them before launching then in the garbage disposal.  Look at the growth from outer space (see below)…gross!! 

Today in the cold I rode on Sorta coach 947 completed paint job looks good and the ride to Center of Cincinnati was very smooth.   The first photo of 947 was when the bus was near Center of Cincinnati Mall waiting to replace route 4 in May 2011.  The second photo was when coach 947 was being wrapped in Metro’s new paint at Hyde Park Plaza in December 2011.   On that day the coach ran well but the coach was replaced due to bed bug sightings.  When Metro buses are confirmed to have bed bug problem the seats of the coach would be replaced.  As I stepped on to coach 947 the seats weren’t replaced but the paint job was finished.  As I said before, you change your clothing or repaint something but the project remains the same.

I went into Target at Center of Cincinnati mall to buy orange juice, but when I went to the dairy section the milk, orange juice eggs and everything was cleared out for remodeling.  I was surprised about all the frozen food no longer ordered in the store until the makeover of the store would be completed in March 25, 2012.  Can’t wait to buy milk and orange juice at Target….for right now I’ll have to go next door to Meijer.  I did get one thing though, a photo of the Twilight series for viewers of my blog who are into that series as the DVD will be available for Valentine’s Day tomorrow… no offense I can’t get into Breaking Dawn or the Twilight series.

I took photo of Sorta coach 2130 at the Fairview Loop as I returned home.  The first photo of coach being at the loop was taken from my old phone.  The second one was done by 45 degree perspective on my new phone. 

Rotten Potato i took photo of just outside my door on Sunday.

Sorta coach 947 in May 2011 near Center of Cincinnati Mall.

Sorta coach 947 at Hyde Park Plaza.

Sorta coach 947 completed near Center of Cincinnati Mall layover

Breaking Dawn ad in Target store at Center of Cincinnati Mall.

Sorta coach 2130 at Fairview Loop in July 2011.

Sorta coach 2130 at Fairview Loop today.