Balanced Out
12/31/2022 10:53pm
HELLO!! Happy New Year's Eve!! It's time for us all to bid 2022 adieu, & lowkey, it's about damn time. Ya boi AT has been thru so much in the past year that if I even attempted to list out everything, I would miss the ball drop (WOAH WOAH WOAH). Honestly, I'm just happy & blessed to be apart of another year in this life of mine. I'm always ready to move forward, but after this year, moving forward is a blessing for me. There were many people, places, & things that wanted to stop me & my success. However, they were met with nothing but disappointment. A-Swish is always going to do what he needs to do in order to move forward, & trying to stop that makes you a cornball. Like who wants to stop the goals & ambitions of someone that they don't even know? That's the fastest way to end up on the Dickhead Cam. Anyways, I'm movin' & groovin' into 2023 as ME, AT! & I couldn't be happier. Of course, there are trials & tribulations that may affect how things play out, but they can never stop what is truly meant to be. Success isn't some linear thing. Success has peaks & valleys. For example, wrestlers become the champion & then lose the championship. Losing one championship reign doesn't make you a loser, because a real champion will always be a contender. A real champion will get up, learn from their mistakes, fight again, & win.
Speaking of wrestling champions, I just want to give a shoutout to WWE Smackdown from last night! We got to see John Cena & Kevin Owens vs Roman Reign & Sami Zayn. These are all champions in WWE history & seeing them all working together was truly some dope shit. Lately, the lines of kayfabe have been appropriately blurred & I LOVE that. In the last post, I briefly wrote about The Curtain Call @ MSG. Without going too deep into that, I'll say that The Kliq breaking kayfabe was probably one of the most important things to happen in wrestling because it finally allowed wrestlers to be themselves. There would be no John Cena without The Curtain Call. He would be under some character literally named "The Marine" or something. The Curtain Call allowed wrestlers to be bigger than their gimmick & I appreciate that happening. Also, I watched the Holiday Tour show WWE recently had at MSG & wow! I had such a great time. Shoutout to Triple H & the great people over at WWE. I wish you all the best in 2023.
Also, I wanted to briefly talk about my Knicks. In 2022, I've been to so many Knick games that you would've thought my spirit would've been crushed by some of these devastating losses that we have faced this year. However, I will always fly my Knicks flag highly. Why? Because I actually want to see my team win & I have the backbone to see it all thru. Yes, Luka Doncic smoked us like the newest pack of "licensed product" but I refuse to let that crush my spirit. We played a good game, but that was some other shit. HOWEVER, we continue to move! We just beat Houston tonight & will continue to grow & make things happen. I'm excited about our direction & I hope we can become a tighter & more organized team over time. Here's to my Knicks in 2023!!
Before I leave for the end of 2022, I just want to say thank you all. I haven't dropped a lot of music, but what I have dropped, I really enjoyed & hope you have as well. Although it hasn't been a lot, two ATMIXs & a few loosies aren't that bad. I'm happy to have the creative freedom to explore my creativity. To me, that's a major blessing that I'd rather have over money & "fame". Like I said, I've been thru so much over the past year. I've had bad business deals, lost friends, gained friends, went to real estate school, almost got jumped in Vegas, downgraded, upgraded(x 2), & lived my life the greatest! Obviously, this year of 2022 has been crazy, but at least I'm still here & willing to work more to see the things I'd like to see in this life. It's only right that I do that for myself & the people who want to see me succeed. I refuse to let these dweebs & Generational Jabronis stop what I have going for myself. Like literally refuse. Like I'll seriously make you regret the attempt. ANYWHO, I wish everyone reading a VERY Happy 2023. I have more to tell you about the moves I will be making in 2023, but that's for 2023! For now, I just want to say thank you. I'm grateful for 2022 & everything I've experienced & learned.
Let's make 2023 a great one!
Aaron Taffe
P.S. 2023 is going to be a great one. I have a lot in the tank for y'all <3
'Twas The Night After
12/26/2022 4:14pm
Yo, Yo, Yo! Lifestyle jumpin'! The party never ends (in a controlled manner, of course)! I just wanted to write a lil something & show some love to the night after Christmas, the day Santa gets to light his spliff & rock out. Unfortunately, this is a Monday & the money never stops in America. However, the beauty of America is that we can make our work our passion to the point where it doesn't always have to feel like work. That's where loving what you do should kick into gear. That's a lil love sweet spot. Anyways, shoutout to everyone working on this day. If you hate your job, I feel you, but just do the job & get your bread. It is what is is & money is essential. Try to be happy!
However, ya boi? I'm about to watch a wrestling show @ MSG. Triple H & The WWE lined up Gunther, Ricochet, & more in a ladder match for the Intercontinental championship. Yo, I have to be there. Shoutout to Triple H. I'm a wrestling fan so I know what MSG means to wrestling. I've always been with The Kliq on that one frfr. I could talk about this way more but I have to get ready to leave.
Thanks for reading my thoughts & prayers! I hope you are living your best. I know I'm doing my thing. Are you doing your thing? Yeah! <3
Chillin',
AT
P.S. Learn & Love is still on streaming platforms, but it will be off soon & exclusive to AaronPlease when the American car warms up after the Holiday. I'll explain more later <3
Merry Christmas 🎄2022 🎁
12/25/2022 11:57pm
Merry Christmas mí gente! Felíz Navidad my people! I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I hope everyone was able to spend this holiday with people they love. I hope everyone got the presents that they wanted. Santa did his best & I would say it was pretty successful. Shoutout to Jesus because it is HIS birthday. He's probably listening to the "Birthday Song" by 2 Chainz & Kanye West. OR! He could be celebrating Christmas listening to this wonderful Christmas record by Chris Brown, titled "It's Giving Christmas". Honestly, this song is spectacular. People chastise CB for a lot of bullshit, but his life is his life & it is what it is. However, this song is truly a spectacle! It sounds like snow falling on a wonderful Christmas morning. Truly, it sounds like the perfect Christmas! This really has a classic Christmas record feel & I will not forget about it for years to come. Idk if radio pushed this record fr, but I'm pushing this record fr because WOW! What an amazing song. This is a great record & I hope people will understand the wave next year & many years forthcoming.
Anyways, my Christmas was cool. I gave out a few cards to some family members. It was generally just a cool day. Idk, shoutout to Jesus. I bet his birthday would've been at Chuck E. Cheese, but with the old Chuck; not this new creepy rat. The one with the ill games & pizza. Shoutout to Jesus fr. I hope the DJs are shouting him out in the clubs tonight. They should. It's his birthday, ya know? Yeah, you know! I'm about to get up outta here & handle this 💩 situation from eating earlier. I hope you are living the greatest & had a very Merry Christmas.
& a Happy Holiday!
<A-T3
P.S.: "Learn & Love" is currently off of all streaming platforms & is an AaronPlease exclusive ☺️.
I'll explain more later.
<3
'Twas The Night Before...
12/24/2022 11:58pm
'Twas the night before Christmas & Santa is loading up his sleigh. This year has been a pretty crazy year, so the list of houses that Santa will be pulling up to might be shorter. Apparently, Santa was majorly effected by the recession, so he had to layoff over 100 elves. Many of the elves left peacefully to explore new life away from the North Pole, but there were a few that wanted to cause a ruckus. A group of elves banded together to takeover the North Pole. They developed a pretty decent plan, but they seemed to forget that Santa sees everything. Little did these elves know that bad elves have a special punishment from Santa's Factory, LLC. Once Santa caught wind of their plans, he decided to play it smart. He decided to layoff the elves who were chillin' & included a hefty severance package. Then, he fired the radical elves without any prior compensation, knowing that they were going to get angrier & come back with a vengeance. Since these were essentially "criminal" elves, naturally, there was a snitch amongst them, Reggie The Elf. Just to be sure, Santa sniffed out the snitch & offered him some McDonald's in order to rat on his fellow bad elves. After his hamburger, fries, & coke, Reggie name-drops about 50 elves who were conspiring against Santa and the 2022 Christmas. Allegedly, their plan was to give all of the reindeer food poisoning & to do it on Christmas Eve. So, Santa, obviously pissed, decides to set a trap. On the night of the planned attack, earlier tonight, Santa puts out his 3rd string of reindeer, the renegade reindeers. Once the bad elves showed up to attack, Santa hit 'em up with something bonkers. I'd tell you about what he did, but I'm not a snitch. Let's just say that Santa couldn't have these elves ruining Christmas, so they didn't. I don't know what happened to those elves, but I just got word that Santa is preparing for take off. Rudolph's son, Randolph, is back on the sleigh after last year's performance, alongside Rudolph, who still has a few more left in him. Mrs. Claus, worried as ever, just gave Santa his sleigh ride snacks, which was a tuna sandwich & chocolate-covered almonds. Santa passed that off to Rudolph & stopped at Wendy's on his way to the first house. Santa loves his wife, but her cooking just isn't it fr. Anyways, I wish Santa the best on his journey to deliver gifts to the people who deserve them.
Aside from Christmas about to happen, there has been a good vibe all around. Meg Thee Stallion finally got her justice, which is truly great. I just told you Santa has a solution for bad elves! I'm happy that the court saw things her way. I'm never ecstatic about a black man going to jail, but shooting a woman in the foot?? Yeah, lock that dweeb up. Honestly, why is a Canadian shooting unlicensed guns on American soil?? Aren't Canadians supposed to be nice?? Well, I guess not. The Canadian Cornball Collective has been running rampant all of 2022. I can see the steam running low on that train though. Shoutout to all the cool Canadians. Anyways, this was a moment for America to protect a black woman & America came thru. You can't always say that in every situation, so I'm happy this creates some sort of precedence for that. We need to keep the ball rolling fr. Also, not to take away from that, but we also need to take care of people, most importantly black men, who've been thru the penitentiary system for marijuana-related crimes. Imma need to see a little bit more than record-expunging for these people. I need to see programs to get these people properly integrated back into society. I know the taxes from marijuana will provide the funds for these programs. It's all about whether or not America will do the right thing, which really does happen sometimes. Hopefully, we can see this happen.
Welp, I'm about to get up outta here & write some of these cards up to give out tomorrow. Honestly, I didn't go crazy this year with presents. I just never really thought about it. I've been so in the grind this year, but I got cards to write up & a lil sumn for these cards, so I'm chillin'. I'll never forget one Christmas when my cousin didn't really have it like that, but he gave my sister & I $20 bucks each, which was a lot for me @ the time. It was always so cool to me because even though he didn't have it like that, he still gave it to us. I never forgot that kindness & try to embody that on Christmas. I hope you are giving people you love gifts on Christmas as well. It's the baller thing to do!! Giving is a blessing just like receiving, so be kind & give!!!
Merry Christmas Eve,
Aaron Claus
Free Love
12/3/2022 11:37pm
UH-HUH-UH! Now presenting the greatest IN THE WOOOOORLD: AT!
Hey, what's up everybody 👋? How is everyone reading doing? It's finally December! The year has deadass flown by. Where has the time gone?? So much has happened in the last year & wow! What a life to live being AT. I don't reveal too much of everything that I go thru, but trust me, there are definitely ups & downs. I'm just blessed to be here & be who I am. Some people may not like me, but honestly, they can kiss my ass on some Vince McMahon shit. I'm happy to be able to stand on my own two feet & make the best of any situation thrown at me. Obviously, no one's life is perfect but I'm doing my best to live a pretty cool life. I would say I'm doing a decent job, but I can do better. I'm in a mode where I want to work & make things happen. Growth is important. Without growth, the plot gets stale. The plot of AT will never get stale. I'm too ambitious to not do anything with my life. Everyday, I take a step closer to my ultimate goals in life. I truly hope everyone else is doing the same. This life shit is not easy, so I get wanting to give up. You need to find the greatness within yourself to keep going though. It takes a bit to find, but it's there. You just need to reach & find it. Some people never find it because they would rather be a nerd than level up & grow. That will never be my problem. I want to see more out of life, even now! I've done so much already & still haven't hit some goals that I have for myself. I'll just have to keep going, overcome any dumb shit, & stay healthy doing it. I can definitely do that. I'm trying to get back into drinking a lot of water again. Drinking a gallon a day should do the trick. I have been eating a lot of bullshit since Thanksgiving ngl, but I'll get back into my groove. I can feel myself evolving into more of the person I would like to be. This character development over the past year has been great. I'm just thinking about it now. I'm just grateful to be who I am & to grow naturally. You know, it's funny. Today & another time earlier this week, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Something of the external world affected my internal being & I had real anger about it. I took that anger & placed it in the right area towards my goals. I'm way past playing about my goals. Again, I'm just doing my best to live a cool life. At 24, I would say I'm making it happen & will make it happen more.
HE'S THE GREATEST IN THE WOOOOOOOOOOORLD,
AT, Aaron Taffe, A-Swish