I've Created a Monster

Hey everyone!

Its been a while since I blogged, and I apologize for that. But you have to understand that I have been busy! A good busy too. Did you miss me? There's a great way to ensure that you don't miss me though, you can follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/macnitti

I want to share a story with you all.

Well you all know that my daughter is very spoiled. She gets what she wants, for the most part and it is HARD and almost impossible for me to say “No” and mean it. On her bedroom door she has a sign that says, “This room belongs to the PRINCESS.” Inside her room are so many indications & references to her being a Princess. There was even a time when she refused to answer to any name except Princess.
Rightfully so, she is a Princess.

Now, my mom usually picks up the Princess in the morning to take her to the bus stop, and then she waits for the bus to come so the Princess isn’t waiting outside. A few weeks ago, my mom’s van was down for a few days, so that means, I had to take the Princess to the bus stop. The 1st day we walked and of course she didn’t like that; even though we are only 10 houses away from the bus stop. So the next day she tells me she’s ready to go to the stop and I see she has the car stared and warming up. OK, fine, we DRIVE to the bus stop and sit there for 3 min when I see the bus fly past us! Now of course the bus driver didn’t see anyone standing out there and that’s why he drove past, but I was NOT about to take her to school. Her school is not on my route to work, so the chase was on!

I asked the baby where the next stop was and she told me so I took a few side streets to bet the bus to the next stop. Because the roads were slippery and Rochester doesn't seem to believe in laying salt on the side streets, I couldn’t drive the bat mobile like I wanted to. (You all know I’m batman, right?) So, needless to say, the bus beat us to the next stop. But my baby is smart, so she told me the next two stops and I was able to get to the next one before the bus did. By the time I got to s stop, the bus driver saw no one standing there, so guess what he did. That’s right, he keep going. The wheels on the bus went round and round!


Off to the next stop. Now we are playing catch up cause the bus went around us; so I am right on his bumper. I’m flashing my high beams, blowing the horn. All that and he isn't even responding. We get close to the next stop and see that there are about 3 people standing on the corner. This means the bus has to stop. Yes! So as the bus stops, I pull up, stop, and the baby gets out. I see the people boarding the bus and my daughter is walking slowly toward the bus. I yell, “Run!” Do you know she turned, looked at me and said, “I don’t run.”

What could I say? What did I say? What did I do? I will tell you. I said nothing. I let her back in the car, sped up in front of the bus, stopped it in the middle of the road, and stopped the bus so that the Princess could get out of the car and board the bus.

*sigh*
I’ve created a monster.

You all make sure you show some love and support for Haiti and make sure you love your kids!

Peace.

Meditate On Your Blessings

Peace. I hope you all have been good. A lot of exciting things are happening with Pyramid Entertainment and Mac Nitti. Thanks to you I have made the #2 spot on the Hip Hop charts in Rochester, NY on reverbnation.com (I'm plugging the site here so if you haven't signed up as a fan, grabbed a widget to place on your myspace/facebook pages, or joined the street team, you can do so here: http://www.reverbnation.com/macnitti)

Also, we got the Pyramid Entertainment Magazine coming out this month, so if you haven't signed up to be on the mailing list, you can do that here: http://www.pyramidentertain.com/MailingList.html (just put "Magazine" in the comments)

P.E. Radio, as most of you know, is on fire! We broadcast every Mon and Thurs from 6:30pm-8:30pm EST. Here's the link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/p-e-radio

OK, now that I got all of the business info out the way, I want get serious with for a minute. A week ago I lost a very, very, very important and close friend of mine. I knew this friend was sick, but the death came sudden and unexpected. It hurt me to lose this part of my life. But the thing about it is even though it is hard to let my friend and mentor go, I am cool because I know that I took full advantage of the time we had together.

We met when I was 14. So for many years we have had time to build, grow, bond and love each other.

I remember telling someone that if I lost this friend I’d more than likely lose it because I need to have that certain relationship in my life at all times. But now that the time had some to say goodbye, I realize that I still have that relationship because I took advantage of the times we had together. Now I reflect on the times we shared, the knowledge I gained and the smiles and tears we had together to replace the physical existence.

So why am I sharing this? We all lose loved ones. We all experience death. So what’s the big deal? I will tell you. This friend of mine has a family, but they don’t communicate. Not at all. They live in separate parts of the country and the last time they were together was at the funeral of their mother and that was just to pay respects to their mom; not to be with and comfort each other. So, yeah, this friend of mine died alone. Sure I was there and I am sure it meant a lot, but if the brothers and sisters were there, imagine how much better that would have been. To put aside differences and petty arguments and just be at the side of your dying sibling would have been beautiful. They missed that opportunity; and they will never get a second chance at that one. Sad.

Now the other day I was out taking care of some business and I ran into an old co-worker. He had a stroke, is confined to a wheelchair, needs a computer to communicate, and now lives alone. Guess what? He has no family either. None. The only child. Parents died when he was young. No friends. When he dies, guess how he’s probably going to die? Alone.

I am sharing all of this to get you to take just a few minutes and meditate on your blessings. I would like to bet that everyone reading this blog has family and friends. But I would also bet that almost no one reading this blog has actually taken the time to reflect on these people and realized how blessed you are to have "flowers" in your "garden". Yeah, some of those flowers are dandelions. But even dandelions can be beautiful.

I don’t want to sound preachy, but sometimes it takes tragedy in someone’s life for us to realize how blessed we are. I would challenge you to do three things:

1. Take some time to reflect on the simple things in life that you normally take for granted. Life, health, & strength. A job, a home, fresh water. Shoes, health insurance. But ESPECIALLY family and friends.

2. Fix broken relationships that were broken over simple things. We all get pig-headed and feel that we are too big to apologize (especially me). I know it's said all the time “You never know when…” Well, guess what? I am saying it again. You don’t want to go through the rest of your life knowing someone passed away and you didn’t say the simple words, “I’m sorry.”

3. Spend one extra hour a week teaching and showing love.

Thank you all!
Thanks for listening, thanks for your support and thanks for trying. But most importantly, thanks for loving.

Don’t forget Katie Tropp’s CD is coming soon.

Peace.

Mac

B-I-N-G-O

Anyone ever play Bingo? My brother is trying to get me to go. Tonight is a rare night for me. I have nothing to do. I could play my PS2 for a little bit, read a good book, and go to bed at a decent time tonight. But then again, the last time I went to Bingo with my brother, I had a great time. Actually I have gone 3 times in my life, all with him, and I had a ball each time.

To be honest, I always thought Bingo was for old people. You know walkers, canes, and wheelchairs lined up against the walls. Home Health Aid standing behind the elderly like porters, waiting for them to say they have to use the bathroom or that they soiled their pants. Old man raising his shaking hand all slow to yell "BINGO" as loud as he can but it ends up sounding like a whisper. You know what I am talking about. But its not like that at all! I mean yeah, there are some old folks in there, but its nice. People of all ages are in there trying to win money.. And the competition is fierce. HA! It'll be very noisy in there while folks are coming in, but once the games begin....oh man, when the games begin! You hardly hear a peep.

And when they get to the last game...It's on! If they turned off the lights you'd swear you were in there by yourself. No body says a word! At all!

I know I should be in there trying to DAB (all the Bingo goers out there know what I am talking about), but I can't help but to check out the scene behind the scene. Is there a such thing as a Professional Bingoer? If not, there should be. I see people in there with Bingo machines, some have 2-4 boards playing them at the same time. I have a hard enough time keeping up with the one board I get. Maybe if I pay attention it won't be so hard. LOL.
But what I'm going to do, if I go, is take some pictures and hopefully blog about it this weekend so you will know how it went. Who knows, I may win some money!

Wish me luck!

Family

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What's good in the world?! (That's a serious question)

There's a lot going on in the world. Nothing new, right? But I think sometimes we get so caught up with stuff and trying to keep up with everything going on, that we sometimes lose focus of some of the important things in life. I doubt it's done intentionally, but it does happen.

We just finished the Olympics, the Presidential candidacy is heating up, technology is changing all the time, school is starting, so much, right? It's life. But how often do we take the time to actually appreciate life? I don't wanna get all mushy on you, but I do wan to make sure I point your interest toward something we all know but is easy to forget.

It's important to spend time with your family and tell them you love them. Enjoy life and the changes that we are going through. Get involved in the events of the world, travel, learn the new technology, and play. But make sure you take the time to talk with your children. Spend time with your elders, reflect on your journey through life and most importantly, teach someone something new and good!

That's all I wanted to say today. LOL
Hope you don't mind, but it was just something I had to get off my chest.

Peace.