Yes, the rumors are true. It is indeed my birthday today, (yesterday actually) and yes, I am officially one year older today. Its not that I have gotten a little older every day, every hour, or every second, but that today, and only today, I have become one year older. If I look at life this way, then I only have to deal with getting old on one day of the year, rather than every day or every second. So yes, today I turn 25 years old and I cannot help but look back on what I have accomplished and look forward to what lies ahead.
What I haven’t accomplished

I don’t have a job…like a real one

I don’t have any money

I haven’t graduated grad school

I haven’t made it into the Museum of Contemporary Art, or any museum for that matter

I still haven’t found the right girl to marry yet

I still haven’t figured out whether God is calling me to be single, or if I just still have a lot to learn first

I still haven’t skied every major mountain range in the world…yet

I haven’t made my first million…or my first $50,000

What I have accomplished:

I successfully navigated the birth canal of my mother to be birthed into this great world

I survived a near fatal snowmobile accident with my dad when I was a wee tot

I found enough courage to finally kiss Lauren Botts on the mouth in 8th grade for my first kiss…she was never the same

I quit the Tate High “Showband of the South” in legendary fashion during the middle of practice…I miss you guys!!!

I graduated high school

I was called “brotha Corson” by my department head at FAMU…I’m really proud of that one

I started playing guitar two years ago, which was a very good decision. I love playing every day.

I graduated college…and not just any college…FAMU, which is a pretty big deal, not academically, but you know…

I got into grad school and finished my first year

I survived moving to Illinois and living on my own for a year

I have an amazing group of friends that I had to leave behind in Tallahassee…I love you guys

Me and a great friend managed to invent and orchestrate the future of social interaction

All in all it’s been a pretty good life. I can’t complain. I have an amazing family, good health, and I am privaledged to call some of the most amazing people in the world my good friends. Here’s to a quarter century of good times and great oldies. I just hope the next quarter is at least twice as good as the first.