Jon's Jawn

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Jon is a young man, the keeper of this.
Jawn is a philly term ... meaning anything.

I'm not from philly but you get where I'm goin

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J: I think this layout is too stale. I might have to upgrade ya

Stephanie: Just found your page and wanted to say hey!

Takeoffurcool: I luv the term "Sausage Fest" I will use it in the future. I also like your writing style, I'll come back and visit.

C.Mitchell: Keep writing. Write til someone pays you to do it.God Bless

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Wendy: Just tell you dad that it's not cool to exercise anymore, maybe he'll believe you, but probably not.

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Sare: I love the color change!!!

Shelby: Hey, thanks for your words of inspiration, perhaps wisdom, too. :) It's great to know that people care enough to post when they don't even know the person. Thanks a bunchess!! :)

Coco: Interesting reads, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Am sure I'll be back...but you are kinda too secretive!..lol..But, maybe that's good?..Take care..

Wednesday, May 7th 2008

12:40 AM

staring at the edge of the world

Feelin: middle fingers sliding down my chest
Mood Music: Uptown Anthem - Naughty by Nature
To Do: Finish this report
Thinking about: What it would be like to be

This quarter I'm taking a writing course called Creative Nonfiction. It's taught by the toughest black, and arguably the toughest writing, professor at my University. Our final project is a memoir. My classmates and I have been struggling to get our histories down on paper. I finally came to terms with my topic. It's about SAMS and the experience I had at Carnegie Mellon the summer before my senior year.

The program set my sights so high about what I wanted from college. Much has changed in the five years since (Sare, if you still read this, can you believe it's been five years?!) and it makes me a little disappointed to walk the stage for graduation in a few weeks without the things I wanted most.

to be black, without being uppity -> I have my whole life to do this
to be a sigma
to be a boyfriend -> could've been, had many chances
to be challenged
to be successful
to be rewarded with a great job -> my fault, no trying hard enough