Happy New Year! Resolutions & Something In The Works...

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Hello my friends and followers.  It's a brand new year and it's time for my first official post on the sleek and refined BHP Blog.  We all set resolutions for ourselves, whether it's to lose weight, stop swearing, hit financial goals, or just become a better person in general.

B.H.P. ENT-TV® Episode #5 "New Year, New Rules"

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The first new episode of the New Year!  This episode is more about letting go of what keeps us behind from reaching our goals, some of us brought in the New Year by ranting about what did to let go of the negative in 2010. And what we will do in 2011 will jump start us in the right direction.  Watch until the end to catch a little bonus clip that sets in motion the adventures we plan to have in the New Year! God Bless! 

New Year...New Project...New Goals...Same B.H.P.

Yes! The new year is finally upon us and there is much to talk about.  First things first, I want to thank everyone that came out to my New Years party last night.  It was so much fun and I can wait to put together all the photos that we took from that night.  Also I understand we got some good video clips shot from my brother. Hopefully that makes it past the cutting room floor and on to a video post.  I was running a photo booth from my iMac so that all the guests at my party can take photos from the party.  It was all in good fun and I will be posting most of them on some of my social networking sites.  Here are some of the ones I thought were pretty cool.

 

Speaking of awesome photos. I wanted to try something new this year as a little hobby. Yes, I need another hobby. Not only have I been working on a mix-tape, and a YouTube Channel, and The B.H.P. Blog / Facebook Fan Page, but I also want to work on my photography as well. So I decided to start my very first Project 365 flickr® photo stream. The way this works is that everyday for 2011 I will be uploading one photo a day. There is no special type of photo or reason of photo just a plain old photo onto my flickr® photo stream. I also have the option of touching up the image too to add effect but they point of the project is to upload one photo a day till the end of 2011. So here goes with today's image. 

If you wish to follow the feed It will be updated through my twitter feed, or you can follow the flickr® photo stream here.  I will still be hard at work on The CellsMen mix-tape and my other projects as well, so as always, this is the central HUB of all my activities. 2011 is looking to be a great year for me, I wish that it will be the same for you all as well.  God Bless and I'll catch you guys on the Flip-side!

My Send Off for 2010 - The End of a Challenging Year...

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I wanted to take a moment to address my thoughts on the year 2010.  I was a very hard year for me.  As most probably don't know, I have gone through a lot of life changes that challenged me in a way that I wouldn't have imagined.  Some great, well love people have left us and friends have been hurt.  I finally can say that I will officially be able to move on from all the negative people in my life.  Some former friends, some more then friends.  I have endured something I never thought I could move past from and the proof has arrived right before my eyes.  I am willing to take more changes and learn more.  Open myself up and work to become a better friend, brother, son, uncle, and god-father in the year to come.  This moment of reflection comes to me as a sign that no matter how hurt you can become, no matter how left out to dry your life has been, or even how bad your situation has become, as a person we can only learn from our mistakes and efforts and move forward with it.  There are a lot of people in my life I had to give up on, that I wish I never did. But I realized something about that, it was never me who gave up on them, it was them, they gave up on me, or us. However the situation looks, I strive to work at making it better, but you can never help someone who wishes not to be helped.  So I leave you all with this message...

"Don't worry about what resolutions you need to make for next year. Celebrate the accomplishments you made in this one. Celebrate the memories you've made and the people in your life. And also celebrate that you have a chance to do it again..."

I've got an amazing and very challenging year ahead of me as I assume you all do.  Let praise and be thankful for another shot at meeting new people and share great memories!  I dedicate this song to 2010!

A New Beginning Is Here, A New Decade is Upon Us... (Decade Tribute)

It's been a long and fun 10 years.  This post has been a long time coming, and now that I have the time and means, I would like to take a moment to put together a small snapshot of what I am most proud of and happy to be apart of in the last 10 years of my life.  I'm gonna keep it simple and true to the point as only I can...

MASS APPEAL

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The first moment was back in 2000, a rag tag bunch of fresh looking guys coming from all different walks of life and cultures came together and took a championship from the hands of haters and showed the Chicago nightlife that you don't have to conform to ways that aren't true to yourself.  I present my House Dance Crew MASS APPEAL - and the 15th of September that we won the "Battle of the Dance Crews" Championship from Industry heads trying to control what we all listen, eat, & drink.  From that point on we set an example that you don't have to be all inside someone's ass to get to the top of the food chain, good talent will always prevail.  The only sad outcome to this was that not only did we not get inducted into the CHICAGO HOUSE MUSIC HALL OF FAME, but nowadays there is nothing that come close to this style of music.

RECONNECTING WITH MY FAMILY, & CULTURE

This is definitely one of the best moments in my last 10 years.  I was fortunate enough to be able to visit Puerto Rico and the family I have that resides there.  It was a great experience being able to reconnect with my cousins, and my elders as well.  I was blessed to have a moment to spend sometime with my grandmother.  I was also blessed to have seen her before she past away about a month later from when I saw her.  I have lots of family on this island and I know this won't be my last time there.  This is only the beginning.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY

This was such a great moment for me as well.  Not only did my favorite team win the world series but I was a part of that history unfolding before my eyes.  I worked with the White Sox Organization and was in awe as I was able to participate with all the events they did with my employer at the time.  This photo was actually taken when they hopped off the double decker buses during the championship rally after they won the world series.  Getting to post up with the ball players and the owner was such a great experience and I will take this memory to heart and share it with my kids' kids' kids hopefully.

TRUE FRIENDS

There really isn't much I can really say about this, except that during the last decade there have been people in my life that have stepped up and played a bigger role in my life and others that have shown their true nature and have been excommunicated for the moist bag of douche that they really are.  My thoughts on this, I'm glad for it, all of it.  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.  It all has played an important role in helping me become the person that I am today.  For the new and close friends in my life, I can only say that the future is what we make it and that I'll always be the foundation of support for my family and friends.  I strive to play an even more of a greater role in all of my friends lives.  I make that commitment because I know that they will play the same role in mine.  

NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE TO ALL

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There are a lot of different messages I could say here.  What I choose is this music video from Chris Brown's "Graffiti" Album.  This song resembles starting over from any mistakes that we have me as a human being and learn to crawl so that we may walk again and learn to fly right on the right path.  And to continue this message, I leave a excerpt that speaks out to me as my anthem of the next decade.  GOD BLESS EVERYONE!

"Long before we know ourselves, our paths are already set in stone.  Some may never figure our their purpose in life, and some will.  We live in a world where it's more okay to follow than to lead.  In this world being a leader is trouble for the system we are all accustomed too.  Being a leader in this day and age is being a threat.  Not many people stood up against the system we all call life, but toward the end of our first ten year into the millennium we heard a voice.  A voice who was speaking to us from the underground for some time.  A voice who spoke of vulnerabilities and other human emotions and issues never before heard so vividly and honest.  This is a story of a young man who not only believed in himself, but his dreams too.  This is the story of Saúl Acevedo."

*Be sure to check out my actual blog, as in the coming days I will be adding more posts and also begin to streaming new adventures that me and my friends will embark in!