<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065</id><updated>2012-02-02T23:48:55.501-05:00</updated><category term='Relationships'/><category term='Good Samaritan'/><category term='Absolutely Nothing'/><category term='Real Estate'/><category term='HelpMeHandsome.com'/><category term='Nothing'/><category term='Believe'/><category term='#YearOfTheDO'/><category term='Aubrey'/><category term='Fior&apos;s Burden'/><category term='Times Square'/><category term='TalentedMrMamba.com'/><category term='Fear'/><category term='Integrity'/><category term='Name'/><category term='Citi-Field'/><category term='Access Granted Inc.'/><category term='Flip Mino HD'/><category term='Zilch'/><category term='Conquer'/><category term='Momma Bear'/><category term='Geri'/><category term='Johnny Handsome'/><category term='Yancy'/><category term='Johnny Contreras'/><category term='Nada'/><category term='Jesus'/><category term='Aubs and Jerm'/><category term='Life and Handsomeness...'/><category term='the fifty day chill'/><category term='Brooklyn'/><category term='Handsome Enjoyment'/><category term='Power Thoughts'/><category term='Zippo'/><category term='HandsomeIsland.com'/><category term='Escape From Handsome Island'/><category term='God'/><category term='The 100/0 Principle'/><category term='Chris'/><category term='Audrey'/><category term='Booda'/><category term='Merengue Classico'/><category term='God Is In The City'/><category term='Happiness'/><category term='Inspiration'/><category term='Goals'/><category term='Heidi'/><category term='Victory'/><category term='Handsome Island'/><category term='Purpose'/><category term='The New York Mets'/><category term='80&apos;s'/><category term='The Walking Truth'/><category term='Manifestation'/><category term='People'/><category term='Johnny Handsome Contreras'/><category term='Why Is Johnny Handsome Single?'/><category term='Life'/><category term='Knowledge'/><category term='The New York Band'/><category term='Jojo'/><category term='Nicholas Howard'/><category term='Love'/><category term='Success'/><category term='Fighter'/><category term='God Saves'/><category term='Hand-Fed Management'/><category term='atHandsomeIsland'/><category term='Joshie Famous'/><category term='Half Blood Prince'/><title type='text'>Handsome Island</title><subtitle type='html'>A look into the beautiful mind of The Walking Truth Johnny Handsome Contreras. Handsome lets those outside and around him get a look into what goes on in his head. See the things that bother him, anger him, plague him, make him laugh, make him sad, make him not care for YOUR opinions and just all around make him, him. Walk wit' me, and you'll get a better understanding of why - I AM HAND...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Handsome Island</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05800510528921049970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>38</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-2572625390222129012</id><published>2011-04-26T09:58:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-26T09:58:43.000-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Walking Truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='#YearOfTheDO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Integrity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Victory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Conquer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Handsome Island'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God Saves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Manifestation'/><title type='text'>Manifestation Alignment</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class='posterous_autopost'&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;"Focusing  on one's true desires (weighing them against your deepest rooted values  and most tantalizing interests) leads to clear minded decisions (latin  root meaning: Cutting off from all else... in other words all other  'junk' that does not serve you).  Focus on your true desires.  Make a  daily exercise of it until you are 100% aligned with manifesting your  desires effortlessly &amp;amp; continuously." - Mike Klingler&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-2572625390222129012?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/2572625390222129012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=2572625390222129012&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2572625390222129012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2572625390222129012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2011/04/manifestation-alignment.html' title='Manifestation Alignment'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-5361466717316692624</id><published>2011-04-11T11:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T11:01:04.490-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Soul-Post: The LORD Keeps His Promises</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class='posterous_autopost'&gt;"The LORD Keeps His Promises" Nations and kingdoms may rise. Businesses may gain influence. Celebrities and cultural forces may think they can shape society in their own image, ignoring God. For a season, they may smugly think they're powerful, in control of their own destiny, and that God doesn't matter. But the Lord knows everything we do. His plans are sure, written and confirmed. Justice will be done. The wicked will be punished. The Godly will be rewarded. He will prevail. &lt;br /&gt; God knows everything you face. He understands your problems and needs. Stay humble, and trust your life to Him. Remember: God will accomplish His purposes, for the nations, for all of creation, and for you. Serve Him faithfully with your time, talent, and treasure. &lt;p /&gt; Written by David Cerullo &amp; Handsome "The Rebel of Faith" Approved &lt;p /&gt; God bless you all, &lt;br /&gt;I Am Hand... &lt;p /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.HandsomeIsland.com"&gt;http://www.HandsomeIsland.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt;  &lt;p /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Sent via BlackBerry by AT&amp;T&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-5361466717316692624?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/5361466717316692624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=5361466717316692624&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5361466717316692624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5361466717316692624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2011/04/soul-post-lord-keeps-his-promises.html' title='Soul-Post: The LORD Keeps His Promises'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-8421899983900820498</id><published>2011-04-08T11:34:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-08T11:34:42.783-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pretty Teeth - #HygienicHand</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class='posterous_autopost'&gt;&lt;div class='p_embed p_image_embed'&gt; &lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/handsome/zrTFM7zEzfcgje7Z0QYljN8KsfvOavRdZRnDKo8YiynSLrlm4fzWWzXEA9Ao/Babylon-20110406-00128.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="Babylon-20110406-00128" height="375" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/handsome/IYccOfvJZGQv9paWrRbGygaQk6UAnpnXWxcipf2MjoNdOMpIZOeb4aGZvBMY/Babylon-20110406-00128.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Got my teeth cleaneded by my good friend Stephania Henriquez. She's currently studying to be a Dental Hygienist at Farming State College. Anyone out there need yo' teeth prettied up just holla at me and I'll let her know. It's $25 bucks for X-Rays &amp; a FULL cleaning (along with this cool a** face-massage thing she does :-D) &lt;p /&gt; I Am Hand &lt;br /&gt;HandsomeIsland.com &lt;p /&gt;  Sent via BlackBerry by AT&amp;T&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-8421899983900820498?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/8421899983900820498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=8421899983900820498&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/8421899983900820498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/8421899983900820498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2011/04/pretty-teeth-hygienichand.html' title='Pretty Teeth - #HygienicHand'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-33559843133471069</id><published>2011-04-06T08:57:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T08:57:40.045-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Johnny Handsome Contreras'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='atHandsomeIsland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Name'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>God has and always has had - a name.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class='posterous_autopost'&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; color: black;"&gt;Our&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; color: black;"&gt;Father&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; color: black;"&gt;who&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; color: black;"&gt;art&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; color: black;"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; color: black;"&gt;Heaven&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; color: black;"&gt;Hallowed Be&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; color: black;"&gt;Thy&lt;/span&gt;&amp;hellip;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2369" title="name" src="http://www.conversiondiary.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/name.jpg" height="114" alt="name NAME (Our Father, Word by Word)" width="503" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;by Karen Edmisten&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.&lt;/em&gt; ~Acts 4:12&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When I ponder the idea that God has a name, I am struck by what an intimate&lt;/strong&gt;,  personal, powerful thing that is. My husband has a name, my children,  my friends, my family &amp;mdash; the people with whom I have a relationship. When  we give names to inanimate objects, it&amp;rsquo;s said that we&amp;rsquo;re personalizing  them. Names allow relationships.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Our Father has a Name. He&amp;rsquo;s not an &amp;ldquo;it&amp;rdquo; &amp;mdash; not an object, an  impersonal force or a distant mechanic. He is a Person. With a name.  When I first inched toward Christianity, after years of atheism, I  thought a lot about that idea. I was stunned to think that we share this  characteristic with Him.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;A &lt;em&gt;name&lt;/em&gt;. It&amp;rsquo;s what we whisper to our beloved. It is what we  bestow on our babies after much careful consideration. Names call to  mind friends, sisters, fathers, heroes. Names identify us, shape us, and  connect us.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In Scripture, a name often defines a mission, and a name change  indicates a vital change in one&amp;rsquo;s role and purpose. Thus Abram becomes  Abraham, Sarai becomes Sarah and Jacob is transformed into Israel. Simon  becomes the rock and Saul is shattered, resurrected as Paul. One name  defines the mission from the start: Jesus means, and is, our Savior.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name  which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should  bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue  confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.&lt;/em&gt; ~Philippians 2:9-11&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Names have meaning. I become my name, it becomes me. My name is who I  am but that began with the origin of all things, with God &amp;mdash; He has a  Name, at once precious and holy. I, in a certain sense, am my name. I am  Karen. But He &amp;mdash; He is simply I AM. He exists in a way that I cannot and  do not. But at the same time, He wants me to have a share in that  existence, to be part of what He is. To be called by name.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But now thus says the Lord, He who created you, O Jacob, He who  formed you, O Israel: &amp;ldquo;Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called  you by name, you are mine.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt; ~Isaiah 43:1&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We are made in God&amp;rsquo;s image and likeness in other ways&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;mdash; He&amp;rsquo;s given us both a will and an intellect, after all, just as He  possesses &amp;mdash; and so why not in this way? Why not, the Divine Mind must  have mused, give my creatures the intimacy of names?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.&lt;/em&gt; ~Proverbs 18:10&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I can barely fathom Who and What God is, but when I call on His Name,  when He calls mine, I have a glimpse of what He intends for me and for  all of His creatures &amp;mdash; an intimate, eternal, holy connection. And I am  changed forever by I AM.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;hellip; for He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His Name.&lt;/em&gt; ~Luke 1:49&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;What are your thoughts? What else can we learn from &amp;ldquo;Name&amp;rdquo;?&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc99ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Handsome says - Check out Karen's Blog, AMAZING inspiration &amp;amp; knowledge from and of the Lord.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.karenedmisten.blogspot.com" title="Karen Edmisten" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.KarenEdmisten.Blogspot.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-33559843133471069?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/33559843133471069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=33559843133471069&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/33559843133471069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/33559843133471069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2011/04/god-has-and-always-has-had-name.html' title='God has and always has had - a name.'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-5567195883070795129</id><published>2011-04-05T19:19:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T19:19:39.293-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dinner For Jerm</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class='posterous_autopost'&gt;&lt;div class='p_embed p_image_embed'&gt; &lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/handsome/cHJ8Ob4yjDko4L9Gv6lzpah4EZmrnYRK7dXgNKo9KOwTXD8Iplg6c4Brs3xz/IMG-20110405-00127.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="Img-20110405-00127" height="375" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/handsome/Wxi3ifiWBdRqNKRej25KdCN9LmuzOZdHlIfGRtaRPyaizfqaOanC5oAEDQ4s/IMG-20110405-00127.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hookin' my nephew up PROPER-LIKE for dinner shun - #ChefBoyarHand &lt;p /&gt; I Am Hand... &lt;p /&gt; Sent via BlackBerry by AT&amp;T&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-5567195883070795129?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/5567195883070795129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=5567195883070795129&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5567195883070795129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5567195883070795129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2011/04/dinner-for-jerm.html' title='Dinner For Jerm'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-1600521473941562522</id><published>2011-04-05T10:21:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T10:21:43.244-04:00</updated><title type='text'>1st Quarter is DONE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class='posterous_autopost'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="292" width="500"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/skX_yMyrzfQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1" /&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/skX_yMyrzfQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="292" width="500"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The first quarter of 2011 (Jan-Mar) is officially OVER! Now what does this mean? It can mean a few things. It can mean that I accomplished what I thought I'd accomplish by now and feel like I'm on the way to greatness, OR, that I didn't accomplish any where NEAR what I thought I would and ummm... I'm still on my way to greatness :-D.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;See, the path I set out on this year isn't an easy one. I kinda duped myself into believing it would be and got a VERY rude awakening, but a welcomed one nonetheless. I lost a bit of my drive in recent weeks as certain aspects of my personal life became rocky. I began to doubt myself here and there, and as a child of the Most High - that's a no-no.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Anyway, enjoy the video, see what few changes I've decided to make and see some of the things that DID turn out well. Like my cousin Booda's T-Shirt launch - &lt;a href="http://www.dephiny.bigcartel.com" title="Dephiny" target="_blank"&gt;Dephiny&lt;/a&gt;! Now get over there and cop a tee or we can no longer be friends... I'm serious.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Peace &amp;amp; God Bless! Cheers,&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Handsome...&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-1600521473941562522?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/1600521473941562522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=1600521473941562522&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/1600521473941562522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/1600521473941562522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2011/04/1st-quarter-is-done.html' title='1st Quarter is DONE'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-5875433049842746820</id><published>2011-04-04T13:49:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T13:49:39.866-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Eggs, Spinach, &amp; Beans - Yum.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class='posterous_autopost'&gt;&lt;div class='p_embed p_image_embed'&gt; &lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/handsome/weLHL5wMNAr9xEVkHoZkiEHKuyEODABLoEQiYjDPIDBfeEgFP7EFI9z7dKvP/IMG-20110404-00119.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="Img-20110404-00119" height="375" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/handsome/GpjVBXgPYbk1iVgeNWk6PvTcZDJWXiEeIStWylMpcYuL8A6MKNxyLvj6rZEo/IMG-20110404-00119.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;My dish may not look too appealing, but it tastes good to me and serves a bigger purpose - "Building La Bestia". For you non-Spanish speaking (reading) folk out in digital land, "La Bestia" stands for "The Beast", therefore I am currently building the beast (#BuildLaBestia for my fellow HashTag Fiends out there). &lt;p /&gt; My meal is simple, 1/2 Carbs, 1/2 Protein, and pretty much zero to low-fat. Ingredient details available upon request, but pretty much I made some Spinach, Tomato, Turkey (I usually use Prosciutto but it has too much fat for my current purposes), diced Onion, Oregano, Tumeric, Garlic, &amp; Taragon Egg Scramble (1 Whole Organic Egg &amp; 3 Eggs whites), with some Red Pinto Beans (which I make over the weekend and just reheat when meal-time approaches), and voila - a #BuildLaBestia, muscle-feeding plate. &lt;p /&gt; Enjoy! And God Bless :-D &lt;br /&gt;#YearOfTheDO! &lt;br /&gt;Sent via BlackBerry by AT&amp;T&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-5875433049842746820?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/5875433049842746820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=5875433049842746820&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5875433049842746820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5875433049842746820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2011/04/eggs-spinach-beans-yum.html' title='Eggs, Spinach, &amp;amp; Beans - Yum.'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-2460561495873819627</id><published>2011-03-14T23:21:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T23:21:30.746-04:00</updated><title type='text'>2011... So Far.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class='posterous_autopost'&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hello Hand-Hoppers &amp;amp; Others :-). I realize I've neglected my blogs and was sticking strictly to posting videos on YouTube and then sharing them via FaceBook &amp;amp; Twitter - &lt;em&gt;NOT&lt;/em&gt; cool. So now, as a default, I've decided to get BACK on my blogging thizzle and just have ALL my accounts connected. Sort of like a mass web of Handsomeness. I mean let's face it, you can never have too much Handsome in your life, could you?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;So yes, although most on FaceBook will be seeing this post and recognizing the videos, it must be done. Who knows, it might also serve a refresher for anyone who has seen the videos and has forgotten about the message behind 2011; The Year of The DO!!!! LET'S GET THINGS DONE!!!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;As it says in Romans, "If God is for us, who can be against us?" - no one but that bitter LOSER who resides in the lake of fire :-P&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;ENJOY!!! And believe me - there's WAY more to come!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/itikYkSE80Q" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sYnKdABPwgE" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BoxWdUt_I_k" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aK7qOB6GGKI" frameborder="0" height="390" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-2460561495873819627?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/2460561495873819627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=2460561495873819627&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2460561495873819627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2460561495873819627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2011/03/2011-so-far.html' title='2011... So Far.'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/itikYkSE80Q/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-3193644252892510544</id><published>2010-11-19T14:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T14:26:55.929-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Peace of Mind Can Be Attained Only By a Positive Mental Attitude" by Napoleon Hill</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class='posterous_autopost'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-11-19/rGflGkIyvzwswJktegHocuEniIEqdnmknjbjkgoyxgHqqoobgruhxfnsGkAg/Freedom-Control-Success-sma.gif.scaled1000.gif'&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-11-19/rGflGkIyvzwswJktegHocuEniIEqdnmknjbjkgoyxgHqqoobgruhxfnsGkAg/Freedom-Control-Success-sma.gif.scaled500.gif" width="500" height="490"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;If you still have no idea who Napoleon Hill is, yet you claim you wish to become successful in life - shoot yourself... (I'm only kidding.. maybe not :-P).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Really though, I don't think any man in HISTORY has been more influential in the lives of Entrepreneurs/Life Coaches/Motivational Speakers etc. Every thing this man ever spoke about was pure GENIUS. I'm not going to bore you any longer with my Napoleon Hill obsession, just read below and you'll probably become obsessed yourself (HOPEFULLY!).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Enjoy! J.C.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Peace of mind is one of the most sought  after blessings in life.  As is true of everything of value, you must  pay a price to obtain it.  And the price required is the continual and  consistent maintenance of a positive mental attitude.  If you will pay  this price, you will receive the following blessings, all of which  result in peace of mind:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; Freedom from want.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; Freedom from superstition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; Freedom from fear in all of its forms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; Freedom from the common weakness of seeking something for nothing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of doing your own thinking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of frequent self-inspection from within, to determine what changes of character are necessary.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of developing sufficient courage and inherent honesty with yourself to look at life as a realist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of discouraging both greed and the desire for power at the expense of others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of helping others to help themselves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; Recognition of the truth that the universal power of Infinite Intelligence is available to all who will learn how to use it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; Freedom from anxiety over what may happen to you after death.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; Freedom from all desire for revenge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of going the extra mile in all human relationships.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; Knowledge of yourself &amp;ndash; the you which cannot be  seen in a mirror; an understanding of who you are and what your virtues  and abilities are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; Freedom from discouragement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of thinking in terms of your highest and noblest objectives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of looking for the seed of equivalent benefit in every adversity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of taking life in your stride, neither shrinking from the disagreeable nor over-indulging in the pleasant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of starting where you stand to accomplish your goals. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of conquering petty misfortunes rather than being mastered by them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The joy of doing, rather than merely possessing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of making life pay off on your terms, in values of your choosing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The habit of giving before trying to get.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; The privilege of engaging in a labor of love of your own choice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;These are some of the joys  which one receives from peace of mind by exercising a positive mental  attitude.  A review of this list will also convince you that men with  positive mental attitudes are never found in a rut.  And it will also be  evident to you that another blessing which can be achieved by  maintaining a positive mental attitude is the attainment of success in  your chosen field of endeavor. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-3193644252892510544?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/3193644252892510544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=3193644252892510544&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/3193644252892510544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/3193644252892510544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2010/11/of-mind-can-be-attained-only-by.html' title='&amp;quot;Peace of Mind Can Be Attained Only By a Positive Mental Attitude&amp;quot; by Napoleon Hill'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-6483415777187797317</id><published>2010-11-04T02:25:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-04T02:25:47.360-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Controlling Blood Sugar - Foods That Lower Blood Sugar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.realage.com/check-your-health/information-on-diabetes/controlling-blood-sugar"&gt;http://www.realage.com/check-your-health/information-on-diabetes/controlling-blood-sugar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sent via BlackBerry by AT&amp;amp;T&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-6483415777187797317?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/6483415777187797317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=6483415777187797317&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/6483415777187797317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/6483415777187797317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2010/11/controlling-blood-sugar-foods-that.html' title='Controlling Blood Sugar - Foods That Lower Blood Sugar'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-587435502878025734</id><published>2010-10-27T15:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-27T15:01:17.009-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Power Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Success'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Real Estate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fear'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Believe'/><title type='text'>Untitled</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class='posterous_autopost'&gt;&lt;div&gt;"If you limit your thoughts, you are basically limiting God's&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;power.&amp;nbsp; You're saying that He isn't powerful enough to make&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;you rich.&amp;nbsp; And thinking your place is with the middle, or&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;lower, class, is simply doing the same."&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;- Andrew "The Maestro" Massaro&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-587435502878025734?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/587435502878025734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=587435502878025734&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/587435502878025734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/587435502878025734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2010/10/untitled.html' title='Untitled'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-5108319242615861587</id><published>2010-10-27T12:26:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-27T12:26:49.527-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Johnny Handsome'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Good Samaritan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The 100/0 Principle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HelpMeHandsome.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Johnny Contreras'/><title type='text'>"The 100/0 Principle" and the MAGIC behind it.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class='posterous_autopost'&gt;&lt;p&gt;The other night I get a text message from my good buddy at SREC -  Josh Cantwell. I was part of his coaching program a few years back and  we developed a pretty good personal relationship. So he tells me last  week of "The 100/0 Principle" by Alfred Ritter. When he first mentioned  it I didn't fully understand it. To me it sounded like giving my all and  getting NOTHING in return lol. Well Josh knows me and knows I don't  like not being in the know so-to-speak, so he sent me the link so I  could read it myself. And let me tell you - I WAS BLOWN AWAY! I'm  Christian man so I understand the whole principle of being more like  Jesus and washing others feet and so on, and so on, but I don't care who  you are, how good of person you believe yourself to be - that's tough  to do. However, when I read Mr. Ritter's work I gained a whole new  understanding behind "doing without expecting" and how in the end you  actually WILL get something in return. Actually, you'll get MORE than  you ever could expect in return. I won't bore you with my rambling any  longer. I've taken the same excerpt Josh initially showed me, which he  then sent out the his whole mailing list because we were both so blown  away. Hope you enjoy it and HOPEFULLY, you'll apply it ;-).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;God bless &amp;amp; Stay fresh people, Johnny C.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An excerpt from &lt;em&gt;The 100/0 Principle&lt;/em&gt; by Al Ritter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;What is the most effective way to create and sustain great  relationships with others? It's The 100/0 Principle: You take full  responsibility (the 100) for the relationship, expecting nothing (the 0)  in return.&lt;p /&gt;  Implementing The 100/0 Principle is not natural for  most of us. It takes real commitment to the relationship and a good  dose of self-discipline to think, act and give 100 percent.&lt;p /&gt;  The  100/0 Principle applies to those people in your life where the  relationships are too important to react automatically or judgmentally.  Each of us must determine the relationships to which this principle  should apply. For most of us, it applies to work associates, customers,  suppliers, family and friends.&lt;p /&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;STEP &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt; - Determine what you can do to make the relationship work...then do it.  Demonstrate respect and kindness to the other person, whether he/she  deserves it or not.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;STEP 2&lt;/strong&gt; - Do not expect anything in return. Zero, zip, nada.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;STEP 3&lt;/strong&gt; - Do not allow anything the other person says or does (no matter how  annoying!) to affect you. In other words, don't take the bait.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;STEP 4&lt;/strong&gt; - Be persistent with your graciousness and kindness. Often we give up  too soon, especially when others don't respond in kind. Remember to  expect nothing in return.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;At times (usually few), the relationship can remain challenging, even  toxic, despite your 100 percent commitment and self-discipline. When  this occurs, you need to avoid being the "Knower" and shift to being the  "Learner." Avoid Knower statements/ thoughts like "that won't work,"  "I'm right, you are wrong," "I know it and you don't," "I'll teach you,"  "that's just the way it is," "I need to tell you what I know," etc.&lt;p /&gt;  Instead use Learner statements/thoughts like "Let me find out what is  going on and try to understand the situation," "I could be wrong," "I  wonder if there is anything of value here," "I wonder if..." etc. In  other words, as a Learner, be curious!&lt;p /&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;Principle Paradox&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;This  may strike you as strange, but here's the paradox: When you take  authentic responsibility for a relationship, more often than not the  other person quickly chooses to take responsibility as well.  Consequently, the 100/0 relationship quickly transforms into something  approaching 100/100. When that occurs, true breakthroughs happen for the  individuals involved, their teams, their organizations and their  families.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-5108319242615861587?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/5108319242615861587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=5108319242615861587&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5108319242615861587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5108319242615861587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2010/10/1000-principle-and-magic-behind-it.html' title='&amp;quot;The 100/0 Principle&amp;quot; and the MAGIC behind it.'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-4788605628289874151</id><published>2010-10-18T17:13:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-18T17:25:34.104-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Johnny Handsome'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Purpose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happiness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HandsomeIsland.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><title type='text'>God &amp; The Meaning of Life - Greg Laurie</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="640" height="390"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QwAsc2qxk9Y&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;version=3"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QwAsc2qxk9Y&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is some deep ish right here people. I stumbled upon it while visiting the blog of one of my fellow Real Estate Wholesale Investors and it just BLEW - ME - AWAY! I'm not saying it'll have the same affect on you, but I really don't care if it does or not. The important thing is that I dig it and decided to post it on MY BLOG... Ok, maybe I do care a little if you like it or not lol, after all, I's a follower of Jesus and that's why I wanted you to see it. But I think it's way cooler if I act like I don't care, it's what all the "cool" people do :-D.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless and Stay Fresh Others!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J.H. World-Lover&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-4788605628289874151?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/4788605628289874151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=4788605628289874151&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/4788605628289874151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/4788605628289874151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-meaning-of-life-greg-laurie.html' title='God &amp; The Meaning of Life - Greg Laurie'/><author><name>Handsome Island</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05800510528921049970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-7710589016198968977</id><published>2010-04-09T15:19:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-09T15:28:54.015-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fior&apos;s Burden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Half Blood Prince'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Escape From Handsome Island'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heidi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HandsomeIsland.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yancy'/><title type='text'>No Yancy - I AM the Half-Blood Prince!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="405" height="265"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CYgToaQij7I&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CYgToaQij7I&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="405" height="265"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So in case you didn't know, Heidi has 4 little brothers. Only 2 of us count since only God knows where her pops two youngest fools are at right now. The 2 who count are my big bro Yancy and yours truly - Johnny Handsome the Half-Blood Beauty!!! Yancy and Heidi have the same father. The Lord blessed me by having mami leave that bum and marry the other bum - my pops, but Heidi and Yancy's pops is a bigger loser.. Or smaller loser if you count the fact that he's only 5'4". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we never really acknowledge the fact that we're half-blooded since it's always been just us four - Mami, Heidi, Yancy and moi. Once in a while though, Yancy and Heidi like to funk wit' me and call me the adopted half-blood, but it's all good. See in this video Heidi admitted what Yancy should have known all along - half-blood or not I ALONE am Heidi's favorite younger brother!! HAHAHAHA!!!!! TAKE THAT!!! Ain't no sibling rivalry here buddy because I HAVE NO COMPETITION FOR THE TITLE!!!!! CHAMPION!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ahh, feels good to get that out of my system :-D&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-7710589016198968977?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/7710589016198968977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=7710589016198968977&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/7710589016198968977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/7710589016198968977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2010/04/no-yancy-i-am-half-blood-prince.html' title='No Yancy - I AM the Half-Blood Prince!!!'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-7225743943772276706</id><published>2010-02-25T18:27:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-25T18:31:38.958-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Johnny Handsome'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aubs and Jerm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HandsomeIsland.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Handsome Enjoyment'/><title type='text'>Jerm Likes Girls!!!</title><content type='html'>I was so excited to see my little boy ACTUALLY LIKES GIRLS!!! Not that I suspect my little boy of being an ambi but you never really know man. I'm not knockin' you switch hitters or anything like that but I'd prefer my nephew like players of the opposite team - not play on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="422" height="285" id="viddlerplayer-616824da"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/616824da/" /&gt;&lt;param name="autoplay" value="f" /&gt;&lt;param name="disablebranding" value="f" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/616824da/" width="422" height="285" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="autoplay=f&amp;disablebranding=f" name="viddlerplayer-616824da" &gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-7225743943772276706?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/7225743943772276706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=7225743943772276706&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/7225743943772276706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/7225743943772276706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2010/02/jerm-likes-girls.html' title='Jerm Likes Girls!!!'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-5846630041998212415</id><published>2010-01-15T21:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T21:20:39.580-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Why Is Johnny Handsome Single?'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Johnny Handsome'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life and Handsomeness...'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HandsomeIsland.com'/><title type='text'>Why Is Johnny Handsome... SINGLE? Part I</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="422" height="285"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8770571&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=10e629&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8770571&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=10e629&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="422" height="285"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HANDSOME NEW YEAR!!! What's good Others?? It's the start of a New Year but it's really just another chapter in the "Hand-Book"... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people out there have asked "If he's so 'HANDSOME' then why doesn't he have a girlfriend??". I think it's a pretty good question, and one that I can answer but I'm not too sure if my answer is the right one. So I decided to let some of my closest female friends (those whom know both Johnny Handsome &amp; Johnny Contreras) give their opinions on why the cutest thing breathing is still "Hand-Solo". This is just part one, it features my very special friend - Silvelys. She's been my homie since we were little East New York snot-noses so she's seen the evolution from "Bun" to "Handsome". Hope you all enjoy and hopefully you get a better understanding of everyone's favorite creep :-P!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-5846630041998212415?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/5846630041998212415/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=5846630041998212415&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5846630041998212415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5846630041998212415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-is-johnny-handsome-single-part-i.html' title='Why Is Johnny Handsome... SINGLE? Part I'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-2559329305414199050</id><published>2009-09-08T23:16:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-08T23:21:42.459-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Johnny Handsome'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flip Mino HD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HandsomeIsland.com'/><title type='text'>MORE Patience...</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="422" height="285"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6494868&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6494868&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="422" height="285"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know I was on here two months ago talking about I'm coming back and have patience, but things have been rocky. But I's still alive and my faith is strong so DO - NOT - WORRY!!! I's comin'!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As some of you may know I sold my old cam (needed the dough - DESPERATELY!) but I recently won a new one on ebay for $47!! I've been bidding on this Flip Mino HD for over a month now and it always goes over $150 but I finally got lucky and copped it MAD cheap. It sells for 2-something in stores and Best Buy has it on sale at the moment for $169.99 but I won a used one (missing the software and I cable, which I found the software for free online and I already have the same cable HA!!) and it works great. It's also EXTREMELY portable and fits on a belt clip so hopefully I'll have chances of bringing you more footage since I can easily take it everywhere (it's smaller than my BlackBerry lol).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So yeah - PRAY FOR ME OTHERS!!!!!!! Let's get it!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-2559329305414199050?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/2559329305414199050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=2559329305414199050&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2559329305414199050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2559329305414199050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-patience.html' title='MORE Patience...'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-4879973381841844858</id><published>2009-07-13T12:34:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T12:37:12.344-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Johnny Handsome'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand-Fed Management'/><title type='text'>I'S STILL HERE!!!</title><content type='html'>No people, I haven't gone anywhere - hold your belt up! I've been really busy handling business lately. Gotta get my money up, but I's comin', sit tight... well don't sit tight because tight can mean you're upset.. so I guess you should sit loosely :-D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="285"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5577015&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5577015&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="285"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-4879973381841844858?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/4879973381841844858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=4879973381841844858&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/4879973381841844858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/4879973381841844858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-still-here.html' title='I&apos;S STILL HERE!!!'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-665178233770050989</id><published>2009-05-09T10:36:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T10:53:03.409-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Johnny Handsome'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Citi-Field'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Momma Bear'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The New York Mets'/><title type='text'>I LUHHH MY MOMMA!!!</title><content type='html'>Ever wonder who in the world gave birth to this maniac???... well stop wondering , ladies and uglymen. --- MY MOMMA!!! Like I say in the video, without her there would be no me, without me there would be no... me (makes sense to... me :-P). People would always say "You have the coolest mom Johnny" and I'd be like yeah, yeah whatever, but after watching this video (and actually meeting other mothers :-X) I have to agree. There aren't too many guys out there who can take their mother to a baseball game as an early Mother's Day gift and TRULY have her have a good time. Mami LOVES baseball like on some real ish so it was worth it :'( (I'm a recovering momma's boy here people, work with me!). Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day &amp; FUTURE Mother's Day to all you beautiful women who will one day give birth to something way worse than me, :-D HAHA!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3OO3FmwPV68&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3OO3FmwPV68&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-665178233770050989?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/665178233770050989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=665178233770050989&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/665178233770050989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/665178233770050989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-luhhh-my-momma.html' title='I LUHHH MY MOMMA!!!'/><author><name>Handsome Island</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05800510528921049970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-2428099080222034521</id><published>2009-05-05T21:52:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T22:01:59.504-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the fifty day chill'/><title type='text'>Day... Who The Funk Knows. Fifty Day Chill @ The Office</title><content type='html'>Just a quick look at some of my investment partners and I for all those who wonder where I work when I's doin' all this Real Estate ish. It's movin' people, The Fifty Day Chill is still in full effect. I know you guys are used to seeing some fun videos and stuff so ya be thinkin's I ain't on my grizzle but you know The Bad-Luck Bear stays on his motherlovin' grizzly!! I won't stop to all my loved ones is on top chillin' - believe it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="285"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4499922&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=49d11f&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4499922&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=49d11f&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="285"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-2428099080222034521?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/2428099080222034521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=2428099080222034521&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2428099080222034521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2428099080222034521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/05/day-who-funk-knows-fifty-day-chill.html' title='Day... Who The Funk Knows. Fifty Day Chill @ The Office'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-794504371653074774</id><published>2009-04-29T08:51:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T09:48:01.657-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Escape From Handsome Island'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TalentedMrMamba.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jojo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fighter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Geri'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Times Square'/><title type='text'>Quick Outting with TalentedMrMamba.com</title><content type='html'>I would've posted this sooner but YouTube has been squishing my sack for the past few days so Hand had to switch-up the bit**-up, nah I mean???... Cuz I sure dont. Trying out this Vimeo Hand-Off, let's see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sooo, Miss Jojo wanted to go check out "Fighter" and meet up with my homie's Mr. Mamba and his ol' lady, Geri. The movie wasn't that bad but it definitely wasn't that good either lol. Afterwards we grabbed a bite and talked some doo-doo out on 42nd Street. Got some footage for you Hand-Fans out there - "The Others".  Nothing out of this world but I wanted you guys to check out my homie Mr. Mamba, he and I are planning on getting together a podcast and what not so you guys can hear our insight, wit, opinions, and possibly some Hand-Hop clips here and there. Stay tuned!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Hand...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="285"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4392959&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=40d11f&amp;amp;fullscreen=1"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4392959&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=40d11f&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="285"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-794504371653074774?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/794504371653074774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=794504371653074774&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/794504371653074774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/794504371653074774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/04/quick-outting-with-talentedmrmambacom.html' title='Quick Outting with TalentedMrMamba.com'/><author><name>Handsome Island</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05800510528921049970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-1578807769045021301</id><published>2009-04-23T01:47:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-23T11:05:15.248-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joshie Famous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Escape From Handsome Island'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nicholas Howard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God Is In The City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Booda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jojo'/><title type='text'>Before &amp; After Nick Howard's Album Release Show</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204); font-family: verdana;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;OTHERS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; what up??!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;So yes, we all know Johnny Handsome isn't too fond of leaving home and taking part in "fun" activities but this was different - THIS WAS MY HOMIE &lt;a href="http://www.beliefandhustle.com/"&gt;NICK HOWARD'S &lt;/a&gt;ALBUM RELEASE SHOWCASE!! His SECOND album by the way ;-). The album is called "God Is In The City", you can cop it on iTunes or if you want just listen to the snippets (I'm sure you'll all fall in love with "Blood From A Stone" and "So Much Left To Say" because they're my personal fave's and I'm just an amazing person with amazing taste.. :-D).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well anyway, here's some footage featuring my loved one's - my cousins Joshie &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://www.nothingbuteverything.net/"&gt;Booda&lt;/a&gt;, and my young homie Jojo (shorty got busy as guest Handsome Island camera-woman too hee-hee). There's even a few seconds of Nick's show, I couldnt record much because the camera has no light (it was a digital cam this time, I left the Handsome Island video cam in the car). Got a new editing program, let's see if I'm able to figure this one out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paz, Dios y Libertad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FbHvC5AIbTA&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FbHvC5AIbTA&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part II&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LHNOdQrn8RQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LHNOdQrn8RQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-1578807769045021301?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/1578807769045021301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=1578807769045021301&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/1578807769045021301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/1578807769045021301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/04/before-after-nick-howards-album-release.html' title='Before &amp; After Nick Howard&apos;s Album Release Show'/><author><name>Handsome Island</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05800510528921049970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-1139689500666259859</id><published>2009-04-17T17:18:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T00:50:16.490-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brooklyn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aubrey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the fifty day chill'/><title type='text'>April 16th, 2009 - BK Property</title><content type='html'>Aiight, this took place yesterday but being that I shot three different video files I had to find some program to merge them together. The programs I got are straight dog doo-doo and they keep messing up the quality of the vids when you export the final edited version, so this was the best I could do. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I went to the property in BK that I was talking about it one of my last two posts where we were having a problem getting the bank to approve our short sale, but things are turning out good! GOD MAKES MAGIC HAPPEN IF YOU ONLY SEEK AND ASK HIM TO!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The video may be kinda long, but so what, its close to ten minutes of Handsome footage so I don't think anyone should complain (I'm a charming dude - you know it). So Others, enjoy and wish me Christ (no luck needed, just the hand of Jesus' love :-D)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R0oW-FKslqA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R0oW-FKslqA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-1139689500666259859?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/1139689500666259859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=1139689500666259859&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/1139689500666259859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/1139689500666259859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/04/april-16th-2009-bk-property.html' title='April 16th, 2009 - BK Property'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-8654221265744912730</id><published>2009-04-16T00:53:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T00:57:10.006-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brooklyn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Access Granted Inc.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Audrey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the fifty day chill'/><title type='text'>Keys To The BK Crib</title><content type='html'>Got the keys to a property I'm showing in Brooklyn. It's the same property I spoke of in the last video where the dude was being a major DORK and not calling me, instead he responded through "tough-guy" emails with an attitude lol. But yeah tomorrow is a big day and I'm praying the Lord helps things go right. I know only He can make this happen the way it should be - if it should be - and I can't stress and still be blessed. I wanna thank Audrey for her pep-talk over BBM, she really made me re-evaluate a lot of things. I looooooove her!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HANDSOME ISLAND LET'S GET IT CRACKIN'!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ba-FTtLyj1Y&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ba-FTtLyj1Y&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-8654221265744912730?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/8654221265744912730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=8654221265744912730&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/8654221265744912730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/8654221265744912730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/04/keys-to-bk-crib.html' title='Keys To The BK Crib'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-7580984397559596154</id><published>2009-04-14T16:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T16:49:48.712-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aubs and Jerm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the fifty day chill'/><title type='text'>Day 3... I think</title><content type='html'>It's Day 3 of "The Fifty Day Chill". I know you're asking yourselves "How is it Day 3 yet a few days have passed since Day 2???" Easy - because the deadline is 60 days away and only 50 of those days are chilly, the other 10 are normal days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So yeah I stayed home taking care of the youngin's and did work from my phone and email making believe I was calling these knuckleheads from my office (they don't know any better since most of them are out of state). I got Aubs to record the video and join in on her uncle's fun. HAND LUH' THE KIDS!!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OTHERRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSS - ENJOY!!!! LET'S GET IT!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pkP7NbZzj_0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pkP7NbZzj_0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-7580984397559596154?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/7580984397559596154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=7580984397559596154&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/7580984397559596154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/7580984397559596154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-3-i-think.html' title='Day 3... I think'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-6373345013704254735</id><published>2009-04-09T00:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T00:49:01.255-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the fifty day chill'/><title type='text'>Day Two - Quick Phone Vid</title><content type='html'>Day two was just grindin' and learning new things with some of my partners at the office - Cecil, Farraht, Jeanette, Kim &amp; Paul. I stayed a bit later to get some packages together of info Cec hit me off with regarding goal setting and wholesaling. I'm working on roughly 8 hours of sleep in the last 3 days but I'm lovin' it! I's starvin' for that cake right now people. I took some quick vid with my phone just to show ya'll that I'm puttin' in work even when the clock stops. The FDC...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LdiWyDCdSqc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LdiWyDCdSqc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-6373345013704254735?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/6373345013704254735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=6373345013704254735&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/6373345013704254735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/6373345013704254735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-two-quick-phone-vid.html' title='Day Two - Quick Phone Vid'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-8386308214522372402</id><published>2009-04-08T00:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T00:41:18.050-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the fifty day chill'/><title type='text'>The Fifty Day Chill - Day One...</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5r_Kjze79Iw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5r_Kjze79Iw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-8386308214522372402?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/8386308214522372402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=8386308214522372402&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/8386308214522372402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/8386308214522372402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/04/fifty-day-chill-day-one.html' title='The Fifty Day Chill - Day One...'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-9190845713485289878</id><published>2009-03-25T10:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T00:20:13.778-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Time is Coming...</title><content type='html'>LADIIIIIIIIIESSS &amp;amp; UGLYMEN!!! I'm thinking of making a come-back!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know exactly how I'm going to go about this yet but I know something in me desires to do so. There are really only like three of you whom actually read my blog but it's not the size of your audience that matters - it's the LOVE!!! So I's have a few ideas that I need to sit and discuss with a web designer and stuff. I wish to actually get this hosted on a real web-host server (unless some crafty designer would know how to make this more site-ish {that's not  a word}..). And in case anyone hasn't noticed I've officially locked up "www.handsomeisland.com" - YIPEE!!! The lease was up for them suckers and I crept in like a creeper :-D!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So yes, I is Handsome Island and those of you who actually subscribed will now be called "The Others" like on "Lost". However you guys aren't bad guys, you're the good guys like Sawyer and them :-). I can't guarantee this will all be done soon but definitely mid-way through the summer because for now I have a lot hecticness to take care of and money to make in order to make this and other things a reality. I hope to continually add music and my own little personal video logs (yes &lt;a href="http://www.nothingbuteverything.net/"&gt;Booda&lt;/a&gt;, like Joe Budden, but no - he wasn't the first one!). But all that is just a vision for now. Stay tuned and we'll see how things pan out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love you all. My name is Hand...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-9190845713485289878?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/9190845713485289878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=9190845713485289878&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/9190845713485289878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/9190845713485289878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2009/03/time-is-coming.html' title='The Time is Coming...'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-1772742165639172775</id><published>2007-09-29T09:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-29T09:40:49.204-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Absolutely Nothing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nothing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zilch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zippo'/><title type='text'>H To The F*** These F******...</title><content type='html'>Long time I know, and this time I'm just writing to let everyone know ain't nothing new going on really. Lately I've just been taking care of some personal issues and don't really feel like writing much. The kitchen over here is coming out great, thanks to me and my ideas we have like some HGTV/Food Network ish goin' on and its AMAZING! Soon as it's done I'm gonna post up some pics or video of it so you guys can see what I'm talking about. Heidi and Mami said that my aunts wanted us to throw some kind of house-welcoming type party but for the kitchen and I just shut that idea down, I don't play that ish. My sister done invested too much money into this kitchen to go and throw a get together and have little kids scratch up MY nice new cabinets! lol. So yeah like I said, nothing new to share, just in my shell and keepin' it swell. Until next time - My name is Hand...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-1772742165639172775?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/1772742165639172775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=1772742165639172775&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/1772742165639172775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/1772742165639172775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2007/09/h-to-f-these-f.html' title='H To The F*** These F******...'/><author><name>Handsome Island</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05800510528921049970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-8443076299066133886</id><published>2007-09-10T16:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T16:19:57.224-04:00</updated><title type='text'>More to annoy Audrey...</title><content type='html'>Here twins...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manuel Cabeza de Huevo Pt. 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/shydvMj25Go"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/shydvMj25Go" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manuel Cabeza de Huevo Pt. 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aw4PyVTrGo4"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aw4PyVTrGo4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-8443076299066133886?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/8443076299066133886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=8443076299066133886&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/8443076299066133886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/8443076299066133886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-to-annoy-audrey.html' title='More to annoy Audrey...'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-5342872418063121761</id><published>2007-09-09T16:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-09T16:18:07.594-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Merengue Classico'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The New York Band'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Handsome Enjoyment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='80&apos;s'/><title type='text'>My pops back in his singin' days - HA!</title><content type='html'>I decided to go to YouTube.com and type in my father's old band "The New York Band" and I was shocked when videos actually popped up! Crazy funny to see him back in the 80's with their funny dance moves and his thick-ass Papa mustache LMAO! But yeah I know Booda's gonna enjoy this one cuz the first cut is one of his favorite New York Band songs (and probably the only one he likes lol) Its Cherito singing the lead and not my pops (couldn't find any footage of the songs where he was the front man but oh well) my dad is the dude singing back-up and smiling all the time to Cherito's left, he's also the smiling guy you see when the second video is still before you start it. Enjoy cuz I sure did! lol...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nadie Como Tu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ahs-utIMuh4"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ahs-utIMuh4"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ahs-utIMuh4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si Tu No Estas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/F2PdbSvtHME"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F2PdbSvtHME"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F2PdbSvtHME" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-5342872418063121761?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/5342872418063121761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=5342872418063121761&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5342872418063121761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/5342872418063121761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2007/09/my-pops-back-in-his-singin-days-ha.html' title='My pops back in his singin&apos; days - HA!'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-4522809703662272435</id><published>2007-09-06T23:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-07T00:00:18.522-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ish that makes Hand laugh...</title><content type='html'>Whoever knows me knows I'm not really into all those cartoon things where they dub them in Spanish, but while I was in Kentucky my homie Manny was showin' me some videos and these two were by far the funniest Hand has seen. We might be kinda late but who cares, they make us laugh! The second one is by far the funniest but you have to watch part one to understand part two.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IonsZBrLke4"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IonsZBrLke4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H-avlHGwkl4"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H-avlHGwkl4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-4522809703662272435?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/4522809703662272435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=4522809703662272435&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/4522809703662272435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/4522809703662272435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2007/09/ish-that-makes-hand-laugh.html' title='Ish that makes Hand laugh...'/><author><name>King Hand The 1st</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01827572639972322674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/TheRealJohnnyHandsome/ElHijoLindo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-2498637897657727416</id><published>2007-08-28T23:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-29T01:29:03.239-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kentucky Handsome</title><content type='html'>Hey I know its been a while since I wrote to myself but we've been having quite a few conflicts of interest up here on Handsome Island. We're currently down in the great state of Kentucky helping pop dukes relocate with his fam, they're seeking a better life for my little sis away from the hooded out streets of the Bronx, NY where little boys turn to convicts and girls turn to hoes (thanks for that one Banks). As for us, we're just enjoying the ride and the escape from the city life this trip provides us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've had a lot of time to just sit back and analyze a lot of things. I know the Lord said for us to respect and honor our parents but I gotta speak the truth, I respect and honor papi but the man is SLOW! Forgive me Lord but I know for a fact now that this big ass intelligent brain you blessed me with is completely filled with Mami's genes and TOTALLY free of any of his brain cells, lol. I have similarities to my father when I see his temper flare up, or the way everyone just gravitates towards him and all who meet him easily become friends with him but when it comes to things like common-sense and quick thinking, that ALL came from my momma. The man can also be pretty annoying. He's the biggest worry-wart on the face of the earth. He gets here and the first day after just filling out applications for jobs the guy starts panicking and saying that his wife was wrong and there arent any jobs here... HELLO! YOU JUST APPLIED FOR 6 JOBS 2 HOURS AGO HOMIE, RELAX! He swears Kentucky was just awaiting his arrival and that every employer was supposed to be waiting with open arms ready to accept him as soon as he stepped in the door and said "Hi do you have any job openings?". Here's a funny example, his sister-in-law Maria said she was going to make some calls and see what she can get him. She calls this chick at Toyota who said she knows of an opening but is currently on vacation till Monday, but being that she knows Maria for a long time she's gonna call up someone in the office and see what that lady could do for her. Maria tells my father this and he's like wow that sounds great thanks a lot and we leave to his place to grab lunch. 15 minutes later we arrive at his apartment and as soon as we walk through the door he goes to his wife "Iris, Maria hasn't called you?" and she says "No, for what?" the man turns right back into the psychopath worry-wart and says "Oh you see I knew it was too good to be true, nothing is gonna work out. What am I gonna do now?!". I'm here lookin' at him like he's a straight retard and his wife is like calm down let me call my sister up. She calls and like about 10 seconds later she's dying of laughter. Her sister asked her if my pops is crazy or just simply can't tell time, ONLY 15 MINUTES HAD PASSED, WHAT IN THE WORLD DID HE THINK THIS WOMAN WAS - WONDERWOMAN??? So Iris told us Maria said this and it was funny but I couldn't even laugh from how embarrassed I was that this man was my father! All my life I've heard people tell me my cool, calm and collective side came from my pops but from what I see thats a straight up joke! This man worries as if the National Debt was his sole responsibility! That ain't a Contreras trait, no sir, my lil sis and I are cool as the wind and can't nothing move or shake us that easily. But hey, thats my father and I have no choice but to deal with it. The only thing I can do is make sure I always remember his ways as long as I live and make sure I don't end up like that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honestly I don't know how his wife could deal wit' that, I would'a dumped homeboy years ago lol. The worse part is that my little sister actually thinks her mom is the smart one - wow. She actually had the nerve to tell me last night that Iris is right all the time and dad's always wrong (after Common-SenseLESS didn't listen to his wife and we ended up going in the complete opposite direction of where we were supposed to go on our way to Wal-Mart). This hurt and I was put between a rock and hard place because from the looks of things he was wrong most of the time when it came to them two (so I can't blame the young lady) and because this is her mother we're talking about here so who am I to tell her that her mom is actually one of the dumbest campesinas this side of DR?! Not telling my own sister who looks to me for guidance the truth is really tough on me because as you all know I'm The Walking Truth so I can't really keep my mouth shut when I know something is completely NOT TRUE. I FELT LIKE THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITE ALIVE AT THIS MOMENT!!! But hey, as I've gotten older I've realized there's times where we just need to go wit' the flow and let people find out things for themselves. I can want to correct the world and save it from itself but the truth of the matter is - I can't. One of these days Emiris will see the light and say "Wow, why didn't Johnny ever tell me that BOTH of my parents are nimwits???" and I'll just tell her "Sweetie, I was just trying to preserve your innocense and let the tides of time guide you to the truth when God felt you were ready" 'cause not for nothing but when it comes to this dandy couple that my little sister has to look up to as parents, man was the saying "ignorance is bliss" ever so true. What she doesn't know won't hurt her... now - LMAO!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well that's enough of a peek into the sick mind of Johnny Contreras, anymore of my true thoughts and I'd run the risk of being called a heartless, emotionless a**h*** (even though I'd have to agree if anyone thought so already, lol, like most of you dont think the same things I do anyway) Until next time, Handsome Dreams and Stay Fly people! (or try to at least get fly if you're an ugly piece of brown ish!) PAZ Y LIBERTAD!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-2498637897657727416?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/2498637897657727416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=2498637897657727416&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2498637897657727416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2498637897657727416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2007/08/kentucky-handsome.html' title='Kentucky Handsome'/><author><name>Handsome Island</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05800510528921049970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-3474965778520870154</id><published>2007-08-16T03:06:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-16T03:58:59.683-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Relax Ya' Self...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/RsQDs08bpGI/AAAAAAAAABM/hlJsJs1Vf0s/s1600-h/HandLage.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/RsQDs08bpGI/AAAAAAAAABM/hlJsJs1Vf0s/s400/HandLage.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099204746751485026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  So I'm on the phone with one of my homegirls (won't mention your name LOSER)  and I'm tellin' her to check out Booda's blog &lt;a href="http://adotrobles.blogspot.com/"&gt;NothingButEverything&lt;/a&gt; and she's like "It's hot but I'm interested in your blog, but wtf is up with your page, you post like once a week?" so I paused... "B!#@$ SHUT YO FACE AND WATCH WHAT YOU SAY TO ME!"... LMAO! That's a lie man, I wanted to say that but it would've been wrong of me... so I say "I feel your pain because I know how much people value my opinion and want to know whats on my mind these days since I've been stranded on Handsome Island, but for that very reason is why I can't post daily. These dudes on Handsome Island all wanna speak at once and it's impossible. I got Handsome always talkin' some I'm pretty this and I'm pretty that sh** and oh we need to get us some a** sh**, then I got Peoples who won't stop talkin' some beef and I'm from the hood sh** -  let's just explode on these b****n*****, got my man T.W.T. on his "WE THE TRUTH" ish and he's dying to just blurt out everything that we're thinking without considering the consequences, I got Juan Guapo on his get money and personal advancement sh**, now we got Deaf Out Left over here with us wanting to talk that music ish all the time and it's getting annoying! Then we got me, good ol' level-headed Johnny Contreras, all I wanna do is speak to the Lord, express myself a bit, have fun while doing it and for the voices to just stop - ONE AT A TIME PLEASE!!!". Now after I said all this (not in those exact words obviously because its not like I recorded our convo, lol)  she just says "Yeeeeahhh, umm, sounds great but umm I gotta let you go now, I don't think I belong in this convo with you right now, or YOU'S right now, so hit me up tomorrow" and she actually clicked! And I'm dead serious she clicked the phone on me without even letting me say good bye or anything. Well when you read this I want you to know you're a jack-ass (I would've called you a jerk but that's someone else's title) and thanks a lot for hanging up on... us.&lt;a href="http://adotrobles.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-3474965778520870154?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/3474965778520870154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=3474965778520870154&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/3474965778520870154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/3474965778520870154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2007/08/relax-ya-self.html' title='Relax Ya&apos; Self...'/><author><name>Handsome Island</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05800510528921049970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/RsQDs08bpGI/AAAAAAAAABM/hlJsJs1Vf0s/s72-c/HandLage.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-4361602515870194614</id><published>2007-08-12T00:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-12T02:37:50.887-04:00</updated><title type='text'>R.I.P. To the homie D...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/Rr6L5RBlzYI/AAAAAAAAAA8/j-e4DumsIxc/s1600-h/Darion+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/Rr6L5RBlzYI/AAAAAAAAAA8/j-e4DumsIxc/s400/Darion+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097665644168859010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a few days ago I spoke on the value of life and how beautiful it is to have it and today I was hit with some tough news, my boy who went to Thomas Edison High with me, Darion Brown, was shot last night and died shortly after. The first person to give me this news was my close friend Rasheed whom also went to high school with us and heard it from someone else, but he didn't have any details, all he knew was that he had been shot. Being from the hood (like it or not I am what I am) we grow tough skin when it comes to death. It hits us of course but we have a tendency to brush it off as just another part of life and it doesn't really sink in until some while later. Well it sunk in about an hour ago when I finally got the full details from my other homie Hurron. Hurron and Darion were super close and he was also very close to D's family. He told me that what killed him wasn't the bullet but what took place after the dude let off. It appears that some guy was angry over a girl Darion was with and came up to Darion's car and decided to shoot him. Darion got hit and tried to speed off to get away from the guy but as D sped away he crashed, passed out and bled to death. Now thats not the way for anybody to die, especially a 23 year old kid and especially over some jealous fool who values his pride over the gift of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a saying we all know - there's plenty fish in the sea - yet it feels like people take this as literally meaning fish in the sea and not as there are enough men &amp; women out there for them not to do dumb things which they excuse as "acts of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt;". What's easier to repair, a broken heart or a lost life?... Trick question 'cause a heart can't actually break and something thats lost can't be repaired because it can't be found in the first place (had to lighten the mood up a bit, sorry but humor is how I deal with things and this really angers me so I'm trying to get out of my angry-mode). It's ridiculous, now D's dead and what does the guy get out of that? Does he really think this girl is going to say "Oh I can't believe you killed someone for me, this is what I always dreamed of as a little girl - MY VERY OWN &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;MURDERER&lt;/span&gt; BOYFRIEND! I LOVE YOU &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KILLER&lt;/span&gt;!!!" &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;NO!&lt;/span&gt; Besides the fact that you're a murderer buddy, and that &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;alone&lt;/span&gt; should totally dumb down your attraction points, you're a soon to be &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PRISONER, &lt;/span&gt;so what is "LOVE" going to do for you now? As far as I know LOVE doesn't land you in jail. LOVE doesn't make you take another man's life. LOVE is something beautiful that brings people together and creates more life not &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;subtracts&lt;/span&gt; from it! You know what lands you in jail and makes you kill? An idiot who mixes love with pride. Pride is a great thing to have, it's what's kept me from faltering  in the face of wrong  and has kept me steady through the shots from those whom try to bring the Hand down, but it's also a very dangerous thing when not properly controlled. This idiot couldn't face the fact that for whatever reason this girl no longer was interested in him and had fallen for someone else. Now just when those feelings of jealousy kicked in, somewhere in his tiny brain the notion that these feelings of anger and resent towards this girl were really deep emotions brought forth by love and passion made his pride say "teach this guy a lesson, he's making us - OUR &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;LOVE&lt;/span&gt; - look stupid" so he grabbed a gun and took a kid's life. Trying to make things better (in his eyes anyway) he just made things worse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His actions which he felt were for love now pushed this girl away even MORE, took D away from his family and friends, and quite possibly will land him jail for the rest of his life... &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;life&lt;/span&gt;, wait a minute, he still has his&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; life! &lt;/span&gt;As petty as it may be, he still has his life, something that Darion no longer has. Something Darion's mother no longer has because if you really look at the big picture, D's life was what made up a percentage of Mrs. Brown's life. Part of her life was spent raising and loving her child and now that part is gone. So yes she has her life but it's not the same when there's a big chunk like that missing. Now sure you can say "but she has her other kids" but how complete would you be if God forbid you lost a leg? I mean you'd still have your other limbs right? You feel me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not going to run this on much longer because it's a bit hard to get my thoughts out at this present moment, I just want people to really think about how we need to really use our heads before we let our heart do the talking. Our heart is good at a lot of things but don't you think if it was good at decision making and differentiating what's right from wrong that the Lord  would've found other uses for our brain? Um yeah, he would've - but he didn't. Your heart will always tell your brain what it's feeling but just make sure to let your brain tell your heart what those emotions really are before you overreact and it's too late.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rest In Peace D, wish we would've kept more in touch but it's all good, we'll catch up at the big Edison reunion in the sky, lol. Later homie...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-4361602515870194614?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/4361602515870194614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=4361602515870194614&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/4361602515870194614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/4361602515870194614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2007/08/rip-to-homie-d.html' title='R.I.P. To the homie D...'/><author><name>Handsome Island</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05800510528921049970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/Rr6L5RBlzYI/AAAAAAAAAA8/j-e4DumsIxc/s72-c/Darion+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-1332914979364123567</id><published>2007-08-05T15:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-05T18:57:19.374-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life and Handsomeness...'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><title type='text'>August 5th - 3rd Year Anniversary of My Death and Rebirth...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/RrYlAxBlzVI/AAAAAAAAAAk/qpPaXoRZEmQ/s1600-h/ICU-Hand.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/RrYlAxBlzVI/AAAAAAAAAAk/qpPaXoRZEmQ/s400/ICU-Hand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095300723506531666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 Years ago on a Thursday night, August 5th 2004, a younger - more ego-driven Johnny Handsome, decided he would go settle a problem he was having with some kids. They kept  verbally harassing him over and over every time he went to see his then girlfriend - Killa. Killa warned him not to come by because there were over 20 guys waiting for him and some of them had guns, but "MACHO-JOHN" said " F' THAT! WE GOT GUNS TOO!" (referring to his boys of course because Johnny Handsome does not and hasn't ever owned a gun). So he gathered up 15 or so kids from the neighborhood and a few of his cousins to go handle this "beef". The plan was for Handsome to fight the kid one on one and if anyone tried to jump in then the posse would handle them... Nah, not the way it worked out. To make a long story short, as Johnny fought the guy he had an issue with, all he** broke loose and "MACHO-JOHN" let his ego take over and got pummeled by the kids entourage when they saw him handling his business and puttin' it on that PUNK! (come on now you know I couldn't tell this story without glorifying myself a little bit -  HAHA!). Well as I was getting beat and stomped out, everyone (except for one person, but that's a whole other story for another day) lost track of where I was because they started rumbling, then when that same person yelled out "THEY GOT A GUN!" and everyone started to run (as I would have done also if I didn't know my friend and family member was being beat to a pulp because let's face it, we can all play the tough-guy role but once guns come into play that's where the "gullyism" stops). When I first woke up I was in an ambulance, they pushed me back down and I knocked out again and awoke in a hospital bed in I.C.U.. Everyone was happy to see me wake up and still be the normal old me - except for that fact that I looked like that pretty little picture up there LMAO! The doctor told me I was lucky that they were stopped on time because a few more kicks and I would've lost sight in my right eye and worst case scenario I would've possibly had some brain damage because I had internal bleeding in my skull (sounds so dramatic! lol). You may have noticed he said "they were stopped on time", yes they stopped because they were stopped not because they decided I had enough. Who stopped them you ask? No, not the people I brought with me, and no not the fact that I was drenched in blood and looked like Quasimodo - a twelve year old boy stopped them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It turns out that my ex and her little brother were seeing the whole ordeal take place but couldn't tell who was the person left behind getting jumped because their window was too far from the corner where it took place. However, after a few minutes her brother noticed whose name they were yelling while they held the kid down and kicked his head in, they were saying "Yeah you ain't Handsome anymore n****!" - "KILLA IT'S JOHNNY, THEY GOT JOHNNY!" yelled little Bernie, and with tears running down his face, no shoes on and the biggest kitchen knife he could find, he ran downstairs like it was his own mother getting assaulted. He screamed with tears in his eyes "LET HIM GO YOU MOTHERLOVERS (I edited what he really said there of course ;-)) I CALLED THE COPS!!!" Soon as the word cops was mentioned they all fled like fleas (oxymoron there huh). All that was left there was a delusional, deformed, bloody sh** talker from East New York, Brooklyn. Killa and her mom arrived a few seconds after and they said I was apologizing to her mom and telling them that they had a gun to my face and I was telling them to go ahead and shoot! Now people, the last thing I remember was a pipe slapping me across the face and my eyes being open but no sound or movement of my body being possible, then as the image got darker a few feet coming across my face and then blackness. The doctor told me the reason I don't remember what went on after the pipe is because one part of my brain shut down (not literally you fools) and another part took over, thats why I was talking a whole mess of non-sense and actually telling people to go ahead and shoot because honestly, I don't care how much I know you won't really shoot I would NEVER tell someone with a gun in my face to go ahead and shoot me - SORRY, I'M FROM THE HOOD BUT I AIN'T THAT GULLY! I LIKE MY LIFE, I LOOOOOVE THIS STRESSFUL PLACE CALLED EARTH! Don't get me wrong, I love the Lord and the idea of Heaven but the longer he decides to keep me here the happier I'll be! lol. And that brings me to why I began telling you this story in the first place. Here we vamos...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where most people would see that as an experience they wish they'd never had, I'm thankful for that night. I celebrate this day because it's the day that really opened up my eyes and made me appreciate ME more than I ever had, that's why I call it the rebirth. It's the day the young fool died and a King was resurrected. It made me appreciate the gift of life more than anything. It brought me closer to the Lord, whom I feel kept me around for a reason that night. He was the only one who stood by me when everyone else ran. As I slowly died he sent for Bernard to come wailing down that street with that knife in hand, yelling out that magic word "COPS" that put fear in those kids' hearts. He knew Bernard was nothing more than 5 feet tall and 70-something pounds but he empowered him with the courage and the right words to say at that moment so he'd be safe from harm and I'd be released early enough to not cause some serious life-threatening damage or even worse - death. And here's where his placement of that night gets even more eerie, yet at the same time gains some true significance in my life and the lives of those around me. Read on... (yeah I know this is a long one, but trust me it's well worth it)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My night of almost dying is sandwiched between two very important days in my life that really helped in shaping who I am today. August 4th (1996), represents the night my cousin Randy was shot dead. I was 12 at the time and although my relationship with Randy wasn't as solid as it could've been he still served as an example to me that death waits for no man. Just when you least expect it and you're having an amazing night with your closest buddies, just chillin' at the club and having a good time, you can have it all taken away - Click.. Clack... BANG! Just like that a scared kid decided he couldn't handle him one on one so he shot him, he was 24. August 6th (1998), the day my niece Brittany was born... with cerebral palsy. There's nothing more beautiful than the gift of life, but what about when that gift you get is somewhat impaired? At first my brother had no idea that his newly born daughter had any mental problems but shortly they found out and the news hit us all hard. He found out his daughter would never be completely normal and would need a lot of medicine, medical attention and most of all, love. Now picture waiting 9 months for a joyous gift and then finding out that this gift would come with complications and a shorter life span than most people, many would be devastated and lose faith, but not my brother.  To this day he loves that little girl like you couldn't imagine. Mami doesn't tell him (foolish pride I guess) but she's so proud of the man she created that at times the thought brings tears to her eyes. His whole life revolves around doing what's right for Brittany. For the past 9 years she's slept in the same bed as he and his wife so they can be there and be alert if she gets one of her epileptic seizures in the late hours of the night... and he doesn't regret not one single minute of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a couple months back he was in the hospital with her for 3 days straight because her seizures worsened and wouldn't stop coming back every 5 minutes. It's the first time in my 23 years of living that I've heard my brother cry (besides some past memories when I was like 7 of him crying from Mami giving him a good "pela" lol). It was so hard on all of us because we knew he was down in North Carolina in so much pain and distress and there was nothing we could do about it, except pray. That day was the first time in my life I'd gotten down on my knees, prayed and practically begged the Lord to save my niece with tears running down my face like never before. They had tried several different medications because they felt her body had just gotten used to her current meds and they needed to find just the right one for the job. Nothing worked, two days of countless trying and just when there were two left and we'd prepared for the worst, one finally worked. We were all ecstatic! My brother and all of us knew that if we hadn't gotten together as a family and prayed that we probably wouldn't have gotten the good news we got that day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My cousin, my experience and my niece are the reasons I know no matter what - I want to be alive. No matter how bad things get or seem to us, nothing is worse than not being here to experience those pains and stressful situations. So whenever you feel like things just aren't working out and you want to give up, remember these three numbers "4, 5, 6" thats what I do. Those three days, the 4th, 5th and 6th, are my motivation. All the bad days we go through are just necessary steps for us to enjoy those days we like to call the "good" days, but in reality people, everyday spent outside of a grave... is a GOOD day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Hand...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-1332914979364123567?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/1332914979364123567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=1332914979364123567&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/1332914979364123567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/1332914979364123567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-5th-3rd-year-anniversary-of-my.html' title='August 5th - 3rd Year Anniversary of My Death and Rebirth...'/><author><name>Handsome Island</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05800510528921049970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/RrYlAxBlzVI/AAAAAAAAAAk/qpPaXoRZEmQ/s72-c/ICU-Hand.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-2795634216235423592</id><published>2007-08-04T02:28:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-04T02:29:22.065-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Quick Pic, Thought It was cool...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/RrQcvRBlzTI/AAAAAAAAAAU/EigcGHRlWLk/s1600-h/Sano,+Booda+%26+Hand.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/RrQcvRBlzTI/AAAAAAAAAAU/EigcGHRlWLk/s400/Sano,+Booda+%26+Hand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094728676812377394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a pic with Booda and our homie Sano-In&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-2795634216235423592?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/2795634216235423592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=2795634216235423592&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2795634216235423592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/2795634216235423592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2007/08/quick-pic-thought-it-was-cool.html' title='Quick Pic, Thought It was cool...'/><author><name>Handsome Island</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05800510528921049970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_biqybnyAyXU/RrQcvRBlzTI/AAAAAAAAAAU/EigcGHRlWLk/s72-c/Sano,+Booda+%26+Hand.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461968708711097065.post-3772110404879300797</id><published>2007-08-03T22:10:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-04T02:25:29.120-04:00</updated><title type='text'>First Blog. What a Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich Meal with Booda created...</title><content type='html'>I'M HERE!!! The man who was ABSOLUTELY opposed to blogs decided to create one, lol. Audrey asked me one day what blogs I'm subscribed to, I replied "NONE." They never interested me due to the fact that they are based solely on opinions, and so I never chose to create one because at the end of the day no ones opinion matters to me but my own, fore I Am Hand. Well yesterday afternoon (August 1st, 2007) after hours tending to Booda's flat tires, we decided to grab lunch at Wendy's in Bayside Queens. We were speaking about a few peoples' blogs and he asked why don't I blog and I told him because my blog would be strictly based on my Handsomeness and the workings of Handsome Island (the nickname created from a heated convo one night with my super-duper homie Jeselt, the bio-chem Nerd, for the crazy little world I live in located behind the prettiest thing the Lord ever created - my face ;-) - my mind...) and thats where it hit me! That would be perfect! Another place besides my music to vent out the inner struggles of Hand (if you haven't figured it out by now "Hand" is short for "Handsome" and Handsome is yours truly). Well I figure my first blog should be about something thats on my mind recently and that something is something Booda and I had discussed and so did Joe Budden. Its about people overusing the title "The Best", here we vamos...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Since the beginning of time people have claimed to be the best at this and the best at that, some really are, MOST really aren't. The problem with people, I think, is that they're so insecure and so bent on getting attention, that they know the only way to get recognized is to talk massive ish! They need attention because deep inside they know they aren't the best but if you say it long enough somebody will listen. That specific idiot who did listen will actually tell you and others that he thinks you're the best but he doesn't really notice its because you've beat it into his head 439,288 times! Perfect example of this is Lil' Wayne. About 3 years ago he was sitting in Baby's mansion and noticed that Cash Money was losing its spark and that he was going to go down with the ship because he clearly was W-A-C-K! So he conjured up this plan to adopt the flow and writing style of an east-coast rapper (Gillie Da Kid) with hopes of attracting attention by spittin' east style but being from the south. After stealing Gillie's style he spent months replaying Jay-Z's "The Blueprint". So he began spitting what he thought Jay would say and force-feeding the title "Best Rapper Alive" to everyone he came in contact with. Fast forward to the present - July 2007, Lil' Wayne is named the #1 rapper on MTV's top 10 rappers alive list! AHAHAHAHA! YOU SEE WHAT THE POWER OF PERSUASION CAN DO?! And now that brings me to the second and most important part of this argument - JUST BECAUSE YOU "PERSUADE" PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THIS BY REPEATING IT AND ACTING CONFIDENT WHEN YOU DO SAY IT, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE IT! Seriously, use your brains - IF YOU HAVE TO SAY YOU'RE THE BEST THEN BUDDY YOU CLEARLY AREN'T!!! "The Best" is a title thats earned through recognition for your actual work, not because you decided it on one lonely night while feeling bad for yourself!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    People take it from me, I am the original "SH**-TALKER" before Kanye ever  spoke a word on record I was talkin' that ish about I'm nice at this and I'm nice at that, and the funny part is that I actually did and do feel this way but I've realized everybody's taking that overboard and its actually pathetic already. As where I said those things from the heart because I really felt it, many today say it because they've seen it work for me or for others and they'll sit there and tell you with an honest face "Nah but thats how I really feel, I'm not just saying it to impress you, I'm saying it 'cuz its the truth!" - IT'S NOT, trust me. Age has brought me many things, the most important thing being wisdom. I've sat and self-reflected many times in the past few years and I've realized some things are better left unsaid. If I sat here and told you I'm the best rapper there is, would you believe me? Most likely yes because the truth is I am nice on the mic (LMAO!) but if it had to come from my mouth first then I'd rather never hear you say it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Well thats enough for this post, theres a lot more I wish to say but it just doesn't come out right now (I'm a first-timer people! lol) I have no idea how many will read, or if any will read, but I'm glad I got to do this. This lets me reflect and talk to "me" in a way that people can see the conversations I have with myself and give me feedback rather than me argue over and over with my other selves, Peoples or Guapo or that SUPER annoying KNOW-IT-ALL Johnny Contreras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    This is Johnny Handsome signing off and knockin' the FUNK OUT!!! Until next time, Handsome Dreams and Stay Fly (and put The Lord FIRST!). I Am Hand...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461968708711097065-3772110404879300797?l=handsomeisland.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/feeds/3772110404879300797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4461968708711097065&amp;postID=3772110404879300797&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/3772110404879300797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4461968708711097065/posts/default/3772110404879300797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handsomeisland.blogspot.com/2007/08/first-blog-what-wendys-spicy-chicken.html' title='First Blog. 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