Balloonz
02/28/2025 3:04pm
HELLLLOOOOOOOO! Happy February, aka, Black History Month! I understand that I'm pretty late on posting on the Feb 2025 T&P page, but A LOT has already happened this Black History Month. So much is happening these days & honestly, it's hard to keep up with. I'm just happy to see the celebration & progression of the World. With so much hate going on, we forget the value of celebrating one another. Like remember the feeling of getting or giving somebody a balloon? It's a small gesture of showing somebody that you celebrate them, but the balloon is a fleeting gesture. It ends up wherever it ends up, but the gesture is still remembered. Everybody loves balloons. We treat experiences like balloons: Sometimes, we let them go & sometimes, we hold them close. Nobody wants to hold on to too many balloons, but some balloons are nice to have in your crib to play with as they lose air. Some balloons you lose before you want to let go of them, & that always sucks. Balloons are what you make them, & same with experiences. Recently, I've been letting go of past experiences & the eliminating the urge to return back to those experiences. With so many experiences to hold onto in one's life, you can't always go back to what was. There's something special about our growth as humans. We grow towards what we value, whether that be knowledge, celebration, material, etc. However, we cannot grow towards anything if we're holding on to past experiences that don't have any current value to us. Just let the balloon go, you know? There's so many different balloons out there. I hope everyone is collecting & playing with all the balloons they desire, but don't take it too hard if you lose a balloon because that happens sometimes. It wouldn't be a balloon if it couldn't fly away. If you really don't want to lose your balloon, just tie it around your wrist, & you & that balloon will go everywhere together.
Anyways, enough about balloons! How is everyone reading this? I hope everyone is doing well unless you're wishing badly on me; to then I wish your energy back to you. I wanted to post more in February, but I've been so busy & February is the shortest month. There's always something going on in February, whether that be Black History Month, the Super Bowl, Lunar New Year celebrations, etc. In February, there is always something going on in the World. Like I said earlier, Black History Month has had a lot of stuff going on, & much to do with Kendrick Lamar. Not only did he win like 5 Grammys for "Not Like Us", but he also performed @ the Super Bowl, which was Eagles v. Chiefs w/ the Eagles coming out as the champions. That game was crazy because that Chiefs dynasty has been dominant for years & were looking for a 3-peat, only to shit the bed in the biggest game of the year. That happens, but in a game that important, the Chiefs should've locked in a little bit harder. However, I wasn't out there so I could only imagine the level of pressure that both teams must've been facing. Shoutout to the Philadelphia Eagles for coming out on top. It was kinda cool to see a team topple over that Kansas City Chiefs dynasty because they've been OP for way too long tbh.
Another February event that occurs every year is Valentine's Day, which I did not celebrate at all. I'm pretty sure I just bed-rotted, but not in a depressed way. I just wanted to stay inside all day because if I'm gonna treat anyone the right way, I'm treating myself the right way. I think I got some food, watched some wrestling, & did some work on my businesses. I would've probably felt lonely, but I actually like myself & what I'm doing. I wouldn't have wasted my time on Valentine's Day plans with someone that doesn't align with my purpose & path. Like imagine me taking someone to Fogo De Chão who I can't talk to about anything I like. What a waste of time & energy! I'd rather just nurture my life & wait for the perfect fine shyt to explain the 2003-2011 character arc of Randy Orton to, & why he was completely justified in tweaking out on everybody. You can't just get that type of conversation from somebody you chose to date because you were lonely. You need to really tap into yourself & what you like, then you go after who fits best with your life & interests. I have too much going on in my life to just fw whoever in a serious relationship. Again, I'd rather just wait while I develop myself further. It'll be better not only for me, but whoever I end up being with long-term. You genuinely can't love other people unless you love yourself & if you try, you'll probably just end up using whoever for whatever you wanted in the first place.
Also, this February has been filled with Trump executive orders & changes within governmental work. Trump has been working with Elon Musk & the newly founded "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) to downsize the government & eliminate wasteful federal spending. It seems like it's working because every other day, we hear about how the government has been spending our tax dollars on some dumb shit. I can't wait to see what really comes out of these investigations because what has already come out is insane, like the US government allegedly funding the destabilization of Nigeria's economy thru USAID. Idk but if we find out more stuff like that, we're going to have to take a serious look at what we've been allowing our government to do with our tax dollars instead of developing our land & citizens. I try not to get to deep into that stuff though. Diving deep into that stuff can "red-pill" you into conservatism, but I'm happy with the neutral stance I have now on our government. As long as we are solving real issues, like congestion pricing (which has now been eradicated 👍🏽), I'm good with whoever is working in charge. I just don't like leaders who sit back, do nothing, & allow other nations to take advantage of us. That's why everything is so expensive, while morale is so low, right now. Americans generally feel as though the government has been causing injustice amongst the citizens & if not solved efficiently, American citizens will end up revolting on a massive level. I don't want to see that happen, but that outcome is in the hands of the leaders of our government. If they do right by us, we'll do right by them 🇺🇸
Alright, so last month I said that I was going to talk about "Anora" & "Wicked" in future posts. I'm gonna wait until March to do so for a few reasons, mainly being that I want to give those discussions a full & clear mind. Those movies were so good that I want to do them justice by actually contemplating about what they were about, because I'm still processing both movies tbh. Right now, I'm on a different wavelength mentally. In my real life, I have a lot of work to do. I always say how "the work never ends" but now, the work is trying to crush me. Recently, I've been wondering what would happen if I just gave up, moved out of NY, & became a warehouse employee in a Montana. However, I don't want to deal with the regret of giving up because I do love what I do. There's just a lot of hidden caveats that come with doing what I'm doing. For example, I've been doing this for 5 years & I'm still "blackballed" from this farce of an industry. A lot of stuff in the entertainment industry is fake & based on quid pro quo, so when you're doing your own thing & major companies don't have much to hang over your head, they won't work with you because ultimately, they just want control. Over the years of learning about the entertainment industry, I often ask myself why I even started this journey. I don't know why but lately, I've really been questioning why I even do this. I've spent A LOT of money with little-to-no return on investment, other than the opportunity to keep publishing my creations without corporate interference, which is a blessing within itself. However, I'm still faced with this overwhelming feeling of wanting to do something else. It's the uphill battles that I constantly have to deal with that has weakened my drive to continue, but at least I'm getting better at fighting uphill. Idk I guess I'm just ranting to get it off my chest, but it does weigh heavy on me sometimes, just not as much as it used to. I'm still going to continue because if I stopped, someone else would just do what I'm doing, but worse. I choose to continue because I deserve to develop all that I've created. I'm very proud of what I've created. Feelings come & go, but good work lasts for a very long time; & www.aaronplease.com is really good work.
Ok, I really don't have much else to say right now but I seriously got y'all in March 2025. I'm gonna try & boost up the T&Ps for Women's History Month. I love March because that's the beginning of Spring, which means I get to continue wearing The Most Marvelous Hoodie from the Dripperella Vol II catalog for longer. It has been keeping me so warm this winter, & will definitely give the rain a major thumbs down during the spring. Also, I might release a song in March if I'm feeling up to it. I'm still enjoying "ATMIX V" & "buzzer beater" because I love my music & I think it's pretty good. Eventually everyone will tap in, but I'm really not pressed for that to happen. I don't need a bunch of attention while I'm developing myself, my craft, & this website. Honestly, I don't even really want to be famous, but fame is the result of good work, & I've cultivated really good work. More than fame, I want to be compensated for my work so that I can actually live my life, but that's for another post. For now, I just want to say thank you for keeping up with me, Happy Black History Month, & let's get ready for a legendary March 2025!
Best,
#dad 🏙️🤵🏽♂️🌆