Lets Just Say

Lets just say...you want to retire early, so what do you do. First get a
good paying job, like working for the state. Buy that paper, The Chief,
plenty of state jobs, test in there. Or, any good paying city job.

After your probation period is over, move back in with family, save on
rent and food. Work CRAZY overtime, and bank all of it. I said ALL of
it. After 6 months, apply for a loan at bank, nothing big. Better yet,
have your money saved in a Crdeit Union. When you receive the loan, it
will be payrolled deducted, so you won't miss it, plus you're still
doing crazy overtime. After loan is paid back, apply for another loan,
this time bigger. Furst laon will be about 1k, so, second can go up to
5k. Pay that back as soon as you can with your overtime to present week
or bi weekly, plus its being payrolled deducted too. When loan is all
paid off, look to invest in a company that just coming out, IPO, intial
Public Offering.

On your principle, keep that in, and every 90 tp 100 days take out what
you earned and put that into a saving account, a different one and NEVER
touch it !!

Do this for about 20, 25 years and take a look at you account. If you
started when you were 20 years old you can retire at age of 62.
--michaelchappell

Birthday 2ZMorrow

Oh God, tomorrow is the big day...5-0 !!! That day will be okay, its the
one after I'm worried about.

I always felt comfortable with the way I am. No matter what I've been
through, I've accepted it as fate, dealt with it and moved on. So why am
I getting so concerned with the way that my family sees me now. Is it
because damned near all my cousins will be there? I think that's what it
is. It never concerned me before, until now.

Or, maybe, its because of what I think I have not yet accomplished. I
take my days one at a time. Any day above ground and not in jail is a
good day to me. But others don't see it as I do, or do they. To be
honest, I never expected to lived this long. I mean the average age for
the Black man to live is to the age of 28. Either dead or in jail, as
they say. So, I'm grateful as all hell for neither of the two.

But this party/get together has me really bugging out. One thing is that
I was so happy that I posted it on Facebook. I then received an ass
chewing from my mother claiming its suppose to be all family. Why can't
I have my friends there, huh, why? For one she said my sister's
apartment isn't all that big. Its not like I was inviting a million
people, maybe 5, 6 people. So that ass chewing threw a wet blanket on my
fire..

Saturday, I'm going though, have to, but left up to me, I wouldn't.
--michaelchappell

I'm On Vacation

...and I'm not going anywhere. I wanted to, but its a bit too chilly for
me to travel anywhere along the east coast right now. But in September,
maybe November, its either Mrytle Beach or Virginia Beach.

VA Beach was awesome when I went 2 years ago with my ex girlfriend. Was
very relaxing and we both had a good time. Only went on the beach one
day, but we stayed in the hotel heated swimming pool every chance we
got. Not too may people were at the indoor pool which was good. I tried
to talk her into..ya know, in the pool, but she is a health and neatness
freak. Too nasty for her.

The room was nice with a the largest hot tub I ever seen. We stayed in
that too. Only went out to eat one night. RThe reason for that...I work
with food,and I know the prices were gonna be crazy. For breakfast, all
you can eat for 7.95, can't beat that. McDonald's, Burger King, Pizza
Hut and tv dinners cause we had a microwave in the room. All together
for 5 days, no more that 700 dollars. That's what I like.

--michaelchappell

Customers

Guy comes the counter. Says he wants Boars Head Black Forrest Ham, which
we don't sell. We do have Honey Maple ham. He says he let him get a half
a pound sliced. So I start to slice, he says hold up. He wants me to
open a new ham, and there is 3/4 of a pound left on the ham I have open.
I tell him I can't open a new one, so he says okay and walks away.

Next thing you know, the store manager says to the deli manager take
care of him. I tell the deli manager what the deal is, and he tells the
guy he is not opening another ham. They get into a shouting match. The
store manager comes by and says open anew one. It makes me no difference
either way.

The deli manager is steaming mad, and I don't blame him. Next time he
comes in, he's gonna want the same thing done like this time.
--michaelchappell

A Big Mistake..Sort of

In my store, they had these furry stuff animals for 99 cents. So, I got
about 4 of them for my girlfriend. Weeks later, while she was at work,
and I was at her house, I looked at them. The tags were still on them.
They were chew toys for dogs. I hoped my girfriend didn't see it.
Probably did though.
--michaelchappell

Why Do We Fly Kites on Easter

A co worker, who is from another country told me he spent his Easter
flying kites. I asked him why, was it a tradition. He told me he doesn't
know why, that's what his family does every Easter. Okaaaaay.

So, why do cultures fly kites on Easter, lets take a look. Have you seen
that movie Chicken Heart, with Lisa Bonet and Robert Deniro? Deniro
plays the devil. Towards the end he is eating boiled eggs. Eggs
represent the soul. While he is eating them, his fingernails grow
longer, that like of the devil. Okay, I degressed, back to Easter.

Okay, Easter, people go Easter Egg hunting, right? So, does the eggs
represent lost souls. And, why and where do rabbits, bunny rabbits come
into play at ? This has me thinking, cause rabbits don't lay eggs ya
know. Do rabbits represent all that pure, and the reason why kids,
search for eggs during the Easter egg hunt?

I remember when I was in elementry school. We practice in the gym for
about 2 weeks for this May Flower Pole thing they were holding in
Central Park. Mostly all the elementry schools in The zSouth Brons was
represented. Now check this out. You know the Old Couple that use to
come on TV? In the opening credits, they show some school kids at a May
Flower get together in Central Park. Look closely, if you know me, you
will see a little me.

I don't know why shit like this just pops into my head.
--michaelchappell

Having, Throwing a Prty Part 2

The second party I threw, was a bithday/holoween party for my then
girlfriend Jennifer. It was held in a friend's house, Tisha, in
Parkchester. Again, I let a whole lot of people know, and a lot of them
females, were also bringing their girlfriends. People asked me should
they dress up, I said it was up to them.

At first, 2 things went wrong with this party. First, a friend of mine,
father owned a liquor store, and he told me that I could get the liquior
realy cheap. I gave him 300 dollars and told him to get whatever. Econd,
the neighbors on Tisha's floor didn't wantthis party to happen, when we
started moving the music eqipment in that afternoon. After paying 75
dolars to all the aprtments on that floor, everything was ok...so I
thought.

The liquoir never showed up on time, even at all. My friend gave me some
bullshit excuse, so that ment another 300 to 500 dollars out of my
pocket. Again, mostly females showed up, and they were mainly dressed in
night time sleepwear, which drove me fuckin' bonkers. There were some
really cute females there. Not too many guts showed up, I mean they came
in and then they left. I guess the females scared them off cause they
did get pretty drunk. So many people showed up in her 2 bedroom
apartment, that a lot of people were in the hallway. Being that the
neighbors were paid off, I went to each aartment and told them not to
worry, I would clean up any mess in the stairway and in the hall, they
all said no problem.

It again was suppose to be ONE night, which turned into 2 nights. I
ended it on Sunday morning cause I was tired. In the daytime, the music
was kept really low, but onec night rolled around again, it got cranked
up.

All in all it was a really nice party, I had a good time. People wanted
me to throw another one, but I wasn't up to it.
--michaelchappell