The Black Lounge

Before the last day of my life, I want to:

Be financially secure for the rest of mines and my children’s lives and to be able to financially take care of my mother.

See my grandmother come back to her 100% self. Damn Alzheimer’s…

Relearn Spanish (fluently this time)

Learn to stop doubting myself.

Learn to speak Haitian Creole fluently.

Learn to speak French fluently.

Be able to rediscover my skills in photography.

Take one of those DNA tests to find out my exact ethnic makeup.

Be able to live in London for at least a year.

Be able to live in NYC/Long Island, NY for at least 10 years.

Obtain my Bachelor’s & Master’s Degrees in Civil Engineering and possibly my Juris Doctorate

Become a husband and father (in that order).
Travel the world. (Specifically Paris, The Amazon Rain Forest, Egypt and China)

Live to see my great great grandchildren.

Meet all of my relatives on my father’s side.

See the day when all 4 of my father’s children and their children are in the same room together.

Travel to Haiti.
Become a well known blogger.

See Jill Scott in Concert for the 3rd time.

See Alice Smith in Concert

See Van Hunt in Concert

See No Doubt in Concert

See Alicia Keys in Concert

See Gym Class Heroes in Concert again

Ride in a convertible along The Pacific Coast Highway.

Be able to see The Golden Gate Bridge

Be able to see The Grand Canyon

Swim in The Great Barrier Reef

Learn How to Fish

Become good friends with someone that is the EXACT polar opposite of myself.

Get over my introverted tendencies

Learn how to deal with and overcome the issues I have with my parents.

See Victoria Falls.

Model. (Yea I said it. It’s been in the back of my head for about 2 years now…)

Get reacquainted with my friends from back in Chicago.

Learn how to fix a car.

Learn how to stop being so hard on myself.

Go somewhere (movies, dinner) alone.

Visit my father’s grave.

Make new friends. Friends that I am just as close with as the friends I have now.

Find out how the hell Ma Dukes makes a Tuna Fish Sandwich taste so damn good.

Disappear for 2 days without anyone knowing where the hell I went. (by choice, I of course am not talking about being kidnapped.)

Start going to church somewhat regularly again.

Experience cultures outside of my own.

Experience a VERY SMALL earthquake.

Learn how to surf.

See Dolphins in their natural habitat.

Learn how to play chess

Learn how to play spades

Be able to maintain my sarcastic nature.

Be able to maintain my sense of humor.