Introduction

Hey everybody! My name is Donte' Slocum. I had an epiphany the other day; I do not have a blog! In the world that we live in today everybody has to make their opinion known (or at least believe that everybody should know what they think on a day to day basis). Well, I am almost not that conceited, but feel like I am missing out on this blogging thing so I have decided to give it a try. Before I get into what my blog will be about, I guess this is the part where I talk about myself. I am 21 years old and I attend the University of Georgia. I am from Atlanta, GA. My mom and dad are still married and I am the oldest of three children. I have two younger sisters. Well, glad I got that short intro out of the way. I will make frequent mention about my school, family and other personal quirks (there are a lot of them) when it seems relevant to the subject at hand.

Now, to answer the burning question that the two or three people who are reading want to know; what will Donte' blog about? Well, here are some clues: If you have not noticed already, I am a guy and what is something that most can do all day and not get tried of? It begins with an S. It is something stimulating, it can get exhausting but at the end there is a great payoff if it is done correctly. Yes, that is it....sports! Now before assumptions can be made about how I am a typical man, it took awhile before I started watching sports regularly. I have always played sports but it was not until I was 14 that I started to watch, care and pay attention to sports. My guy gene has taken awhile to emerge (and in many ways I am still waiting) but now my television stays on ESPN. I will watch other shows such as Burn Notice or House but sports is something that interest me. I cannot really get into reality television (except for Making the Band, I use to watch it when the Da Band walked to get Diddy cheesecake), the news is as fun to watching as Mark Wahlberg acting in The Happening (his...breathy...voice...was...annoying) and lets face it: video games are not what they use to be (when society has to turn to a videogame console to get back in shape, we have failed as a society). Sports is the one thing that can bring this world together (ex: Olympics) if only for only a short amount of time. Sports can also cause a grown man to cry multiple times a year, just ask the poor fans of the Los Angeles Clippers or a fan of any team in Cleveland.

Well, it feels good to blog! I should do this more often and I will! These are the basic rules of thumb or, for the religious people in the audience, my Ten Commandments. Because I do not want God to get mad at me I will not use thous or thys and for the adultors I will not say anything about coveting your neighbors wife (cause we have all been there).


My Ten Commandments:
1. I will update this blog every week (or die trying!).
2. I will make reference to Arrested Development whenever possible (best...show...ever).
3. I will try to be rational whenever I talk about the Falcons (huge Falcon fan).
4. I will tell my readers about movies they should see (my passion for sports is only exceeded by my love for movies).
5. I will not make fun of Tiger Woods (the kid has been through a lot).
6. I will not be the angry black guy (this is very important, I want more readers).
7. I will try to bring a unique point of view to the table (or as original as my ghostwriter can make it).
8. I will continue to this blog after it goes out of style (which may happen in the next three minutes).
9. I will make my mother proud (and she is very hard to please, she is expecting half of my salary one day and I AM NOT KIDDING).
10. Finally, I hope that if I can bring a little food for thought to any of my readers I have done my job.

Well, those are my ten commandments and I will live by them. While since I do not have a clever catchphrase yet I will just say have a good week and I will post something next week or die trying!