The Friend Zone

Whether you’re a single person or in a relationship, being friendly or cordial with someone who likes you shouldn’t be a task. However, it can actually be hard to deal with someone on a friendship basis, when they have feelings that go beyond a platonic friendship. It strikes me as funny how people can be [...]

Money and Friends – Part 1

Money is the root to all evil. Money makes the world go round. Cash rules everything around me. But does money have to come between our friendship? I received a phone call three weeks ago. My friend was in need of some cash. I can understand it. We’ve all been there. You don’t budget correctly [...]

Don’t be Cheap when Everything Else is Free

While sitting at my desk the other day, I received a phone call from a friend. They wanted to go out for drinks. Seeing as how my schedule would be busy for the remainder of the week, I thought that today was a good a time as any. On arrival to the spot of choice, [...]

Season of Giving: Donating Dollars

Since Urban Observation debuted I’ve had plenty of friends send me observations of their own. They’ll say, “UT, you wouldn’t believe what someone said to me the other day” or “UT, let me tell you what I saw.”  The following is an e-mail I received from a friend who works for a not-for-profit organization (or is [...]

The Mask

“The things we conceal under the mask will one day cause us to breakdown, for the mask only covers up the person you really are.” – Dan-Sean Mankind This post is dedicated to some very good friends of mine. You know who you are… R.I.P Spark I was once dependant upon this mask I used to [...]

After The Holidays

After the holidays it always seems that there is more work on your desk than when you last left it. To keep up with that work I’m going to take a break from blogging this week. There is so much going on right now in my life that I cannot seem to keep up with [...]

Standing Still:Still Standing

For the past couple of months, I’ve been somewhat at a standstill. Many things were consuming my mind and taking a major toll on me. I was so out of the loop and I didn’t feel like myself. No ambition, no determination, no will and drive to work, eat or do the things I’ve grown [...]

This Is Why I Blog

Forgive me bloggers for I have sinned. It has been 20 days since my last post. When I don’t blog or write for that matter, I find myself feeling disappointed in myself. feeling as though a goal that I have set out to accomplish is not being met. This trickles down and brings self doubt [...]

Love: Is It Hard To Come By?

I believe that love is instilled within our hearts from the second we are conceived into our mother’s womb. Depending on how well our mother’s take care of themselves during the pregnancy will reflect on how we come out into the world. Naturally, as a baby we will be showered with love from family members [...]

All Grown Up

Getting old is inevitable. It’s going to happen, no matter how much you go to the gym, pop all the vitamin pills possible, or use some age defying skin cream to make those wrinkles go away (not me, just saying – Good Black don’t crack, unless you’re on it). I was having a talk with [...]

Love Is In The Air (And It Stinks)

It’s Valentine’s Day, whatever that means. Consider it the best thing to happen to the floral industry since soil and water became best friends. Of course, we cannot forget our friends at Hallmark for saying those special words for us that we can’t come up with on our own. I’m all for relationships, when they [...]

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