I'm so ticked off right now, because of a lot of things going on over the last few weeks. Just last month, I received a phone call from my cousin Dion in Detroit, telling me that he's gay and found a new male lover. Dion has been married for almost three years, and he tells his wife he's gay?! I don't get this. I never anticipated that I'd hear such a message from my own cousin. Worst of all, they're signing the divorce papers as we speak, which would leave Dion free to marry the man he loves. Don't get me wrong: I don't see anything wrong with gay marriage, but why did Dion have to tell me he's about to have one? All those years of him singing classic Motown hits like "My Girl," and then he turns around and does this to me? I still can't believe what he's done. My own cousin, a homosexual. And then, his Pistons eliminated my Bulls in the NBA playoffs. After falling behind 3 games to none, the Bulls fought back to win the next two games, but ultimately fell in six. Guess I'll have to root for the Cleveland Cavaliers now, even though most Cavs fans still remember what MJ did to them back in '89.

Teddy and I are both on MySpace, but he has more friends than I do! Unbelievable! Last time I checked, he has 160-something friends, and I only have 46? What's up with that?! I just can't believe that a town like Charlotte, with only a fraction of Chicago's population, is friendlier than my own hometown. Something is definitely wrong here.

And I'm still mad at Rex Grossman for losing the Super Bowl. Peyton Manning's a fine player, but he basically got the Lombardi Trophy handed to him. Great players don't just earn championship trophies, they have to play to get them. Just look at what the Bulls had to go through to end up with those six NBA championship banners hanging from the United Center. Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley, Kevin Johnson, Dan Majerle, Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Karl Malone and John Stockton made Michael, Scottie and the rest of their teammates work harder to earn the titles than Grossman ever made Manning. Maybe Grossman should watch a video of one of those vintage NBA Finals games and see what he should work on. As I said before, the Bears practically handed the Super Bowl to the Colts because of the lousiest quarterback in NFL history. Wouldn't it be something if the Bears traded for Philly quarterback (and Chicago native) Donovan McNabb?

And there was last night: I expected to see Blake win American Idol, because he and I share a hidden talent: beatboxing. You heard it right, I can beatbox with the rest of them. In fact, I really enjoy beatboxing my hip-hop favorites. especially Grindin' by the Clipse. Not to take anything away from Jordin, who won the contest, but she's just not as entertaining as Blake. Because who else can hold down a beatboxing contest with Doug E. Fresh onstage? Oh well...At least Blake has a new fan in me, and I would love to take on him, even though there's a very slim chance of that ever happening.

One more thing: I'm entering my second year trying to figure out whether I did the right thing in moving back home. I will always love my hometown, but on the other hand, I could've married someone like Rhanda or Jessica by now! Then I would chill on the couch and paint her toes, play some sentimental songs on the piano just for her, and just want to spend every waking moment with her. I want to go back to Baltimore one day; if not this summer, then definitely next year! We'll see about that.