Ahh...the 90's. Such an interesting time in history. Growing up during this age was unique in its own way. I became interested in old Kung Fu movies. Rap was killing the airwaves with the G Funk era with Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Easy E on the West Side and Eric B & Rakim, A Tribe Called Quest, and Naughty by Nature on the East Side (just to name a few). By the way...There is a difference in Hip Hop and Rap! Hip Hop is a culture and rap is a mechanism within that culture used as a tool of creativity and expression. There was Rap before there was Hip Hop. Just like there was gasoline before the car was invented! But I digress...The 90's also saw an emergence of popular video games. One of those games definitely influenced this fat kid for sure. Till this day I do believe video games can influence youth. Especially, youth with severe emotional problems or a lack of parenting. Now, I was not suffering from either of those things because, I can honestly say that I was raised in a somewhat positive environment. I didn't know how to fight. I was the fat kid that made people laugh and had a great time at doing it. Sometimes, I had to "throw some bows". I can remember getting into 2 fights were I thought I was a character from the video game that I loved so dearly. I learned the fighting moves of this character by spending at least $30 dollars every Saturday at the Food Lion grocery store where this game used to be located. I would walk about 1.5 miles to play this game for hours. I remember the guy who taught me how to play this game. His name was Sal and I considered him to be my sinsei for teaching me how to play this game. Sal could beat the game with every different character. Sal asked me "who do you want to be" and I showed him and from then on, I became the master at this game as well as embarrassingly picking up this character's moves. Some of the kids from the neighborhood knew that was my favorite game and anytime I had a fight they would clown me and say that I was fighting like this particular video game. Try and guess who was and still is my favorite character....
RYU the lead character of Street Fighter
The Year 1991
Cease Fire Ends Persian Gulf War
My NY Giants beat Bills in Superbowl
Miles Davis Dies
Quincy Jones Album "Back on the Block" is Song of the Year
Air Jordan Vs. Magic Johnson
FAT KID History: Cinnabon was founded in Seattle, WA
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
To Compete or face Defeat (The Characters)
Growing up in Fox Hill was interesting to me. I understand how the youth of today are faced with pressures from their peers. I can remember my boys in the neighborhood. In retrospect, I continue to laugh at these characters because in some form or fashion these friends of mines had some sort of influence on me as I did to them. Being a fat kid in Fox Hill had had to compete with skinny kids all the time. It didn't matter whether it was in sports, sex, economic, or social status. I don't mean to brag, but I was the fastest fat kid this side of the Mississippi River (East Coast). I had to! In order for me to get picked when we played sandlot basketball or football, I had to compete with these guys. Let me introduce my friends from the Hood:
Tone -Tone had to have been the fasted kid in the neighborhood. He was black as hell and he used to brag about how many girls he dated as well as the size of his manhood, not to mention he made fun of everyone else.
Ree Ree - Ree was one of my good friends from back in the day. We was in Boy Scouts together. When we went to camping trips, we used to make fun of the scout leaders and their retarded sons. Our Boy Scout trips didn't have marshmello or hot dogs by the way, it consisted of Hamburgers, steaks, scrambled eggs, etc. We had Fat Troop leaders....What can I say.
Tave-Tave had a high pitched voice, so we joked him and called him "Fruit Boy". He also had porno's. This gave him the nick name "Flick Boy". His sister was the finest girl in the neighborhood with a bad attitude.
Elt Dog- Elt was the oldest of the group. He was one of the best High School basketball players in the community. Even "Bubba Chuck" aka Allen Iverson gave him props for being one of the best in the area to compete against him. Elt blew both knees out and only played sandlot ball. I must say I got a lot of wisdom from him.
Tex-Till this day, Tex is my best friend. He was another fat kid to compete against however, he was a smooth fat kid. He always had a sharp wit. He didn't stay out Fox Hill but he lived across the ditch in some Single family Homes with his parents.
Dalt -Dalt was a cool dude. He was a fat kid too. Tone used to make fun of Dalt by saying that he made out with his mom. Dalt's mom was nice, she never called me by my correct name. Chicks digged Dalt because they said he had a big booty.
Gee - You may remember Gee from my last blog post.
Lil-Lil was black as hell but he loved him some white girls. He loved the San Francisico 49ers. He always had the best 49ers coats in the winter and sometimes spring.
CJ-CJ had a cool pops. They used to drive a big cadillac. We used to joke CJ by saying his parents drove the caddy everywhere, even next door to a neighbors house.
DOODoo - Doo Doo was from Haiti. He was with us for a couple of years. He played ball like Michael Jordan but looked like Doo Doo.
AD-AD was another fat kid. he had a dog that ate human food. I went over to his house one day and there was spaghetti noodles in the dog dish. His dog reminded us of "Santa's little helper" the dog from "The Simpsons".
There was a lot of "your momma" jokes. Jokes about brands of shoes and clothes. As well as athletic ability, ability to pick up girls, and not to mention physical features. Grades in school was of no importance to us.
Talk to your adolescence or teen. Make sure you find out all of their friends. They are being influenced in some shape form or fashion.
The year 1993
Bill Clinton was President
Bulls beat SUNS (who cares!) Charles Barkley is a Fat Kid Sports Hero
Dizzie Gillespie and Arthur Ashe dies
First Class Stamps were 29 cents
A Tribe Called Quest album "Midnight Marauders" hits the scene
Moments in FAT KID History: Crystal Clear Pepsi
Tone -Tone had to have been the fasted kid in the neighborhood. He was black as hell and he used to brag about how many girls he dated as well as the size of his manhood, not to mention he made fun of everyone else.
Ree Ree - Ree was one of my good friends from back in the day. We was in Boy Scouts together. When we went to camping trips, we used to make fun of the scout leaders and their retarded sons. Our Boy Scout trips didn't have marshmello or hot dogs by the way, it consisted of Hamburgers, steaks, scrambled eggs, etc. We had Fat Troop leaders....What can I say.
Tave-Tave had a high pitched voice, so we joked him and called him "Fruit Boy". He also had porno's. This gave him the nick name "Flick Boy". His sister was the finest girl in the neighborhood with a bad attitude.
Elt Dog- Elt was the oldest of the group. He was one of the best High School basketball players in the community. Even "Bubba Chuck" aka Allen Iverson gave him props for being one of the best in the area to compete against him. Elt blew both knees out and only played sandlot ball. I must say I got a lot of wisdom from him.
Tex-Till this day, Tex is my best friend. He was another fat kid to compete against however, he was a smooth fat kid. He always had a sharp wit. He didn't stay out Fox Hill but he lived across the ditch in some Single family Homes with his parents.
Dalt -Dalt was a cool dude. He was a fat kid too. Tone used to make fun of Dalt by saying that he made out with his mom. Dalt's mom was nice, she never called me by my correct name. Chicks digged Dalt because they said he had a big booty.
Gee - You may remember Gee from my last blog post.
Lil-Lil was black as hell but he loved him some white girls. He loved the San Francisico 49ers. He always had the best 49ers coats in the winter and sometimes spring.
CJ-CJ had a cool pops. They used to drive a big cadillac. We used to joke CJ by saying his parents drove the caddy everywhere, even next door to a neighbors house.
DOODoo - Doo Doo was from Haiti. He was with us for a couple of years. He played ball like Michael Jordan but looked like Doo Doo.
AD-AD was another fat kid. he had a dog that ate human food. I went over to his house one day and there was spaghetti noodles in the dog dish. His dog reminded us of "Santa's little helper" the dog from "The Simpsons".
There was a lot of "your momma" jokes. Jokes about brands of shoes and clothes. As well as athletic ability, ability to pick up girls, and not to mention physical features. Grades in school was of no importance to us.
Talk to your adolescence or teen. Make sure you find out all of their friends. They are being influenced in some shape form or fashion.
The year 1993
Bill Clinton was President
Bulls beat SUNS (who cares!) Charles Barkley is a Fat Kid Sports Hero
Dizzie Gillespie and Arthur Ashe dies
First Class Stamps were 29 cents
A Tribe Called Quest album "Midnight Marauders" hits the scene
Moments in FAT KID History: Crystal Clear Pepsi
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