Since this is my first blog I want to talk about how I transitioned from high school to college. I remember over the summer of 2015 I had to
make a decision on which college I wanted to attend. Although my top choice wasnt to enroll in Southern Illinois University because my older sister
went there and I didnt want to be known as Tamias little brother. But I didnt want my mom to have to worry about separate transportations so I just
put my pride aside and committed. Although I didnt really want to be in this school when I got here I realized the school wasnt actually that bad, and I
was on the complete opposite side of the school from my sister which was a plus. As soon as I got here I could see the difference instantly from being
in high school. Teachers weren’t as assessable, and I wasnt able to slack in class because the professors covered so much in just one class. Also I find myself eating way more frequent than I did in Chicago.
So far in this second semester of college I find myself not focusing at all. Ive been staying out late and not getting enough sleep causing me to not want to attend my classes. Although Ive been going to class Im so tired most
of the time I zone out all the professors. I honestly feel like Im just going to class just because I have to at this point. My sister tells me I should focus on why I came here instead of putting my luxuries before my priorities.
Also I have been procrastinating all my assignments. At the rate Im going Ill just be going through college by just getting by. I feel like if I was to actually try to pass these classes it wouldnt be as hard as Im making them
seem. With all the girls on campus its kind of difficult to stay focus on why Im actually here. I thought people were exaggerating when they said its easy to get distracted in college. I have to do better if I want to continue to stay in college.
This link is a documentary I made. This film investigated whether professional basketball associations and the NCAA, there has been hidden racism lying between players, coaches and owners. Implicit racism exist in
basketball associations. In basketball owners, and players have similar slave to owner relationships. In the NCAA Black College players are treated like slaves based off of the harsh labor, and black players are auctioned in
the NBA draft. Opponents might argue how the NBA cant be racist if there are more blacks in the NBA than any other race. Also they might say that Black players are paid more than whites. If implicit racism in basketball
is to be fixed society needs for players to be brave and speak up. Also Recently I won Most outstanding Film In the film festival in Chicago, which was a big achievement for me.
The past few days have been L…after L, after L. An L is a loss. The past couple of days Ive managed to take 2 quizzes and I barely passed them both after the fact that I boasted about them being easy. I also took a bet
against my friend Eren about the Chicago Bulls beating the Utah Jazz. Lets just say they lost, and I lost $40. On top of that my birthday is coming up on the 18th and I’m not even at home to celebrate it with my family
and close friends. Also on Valentines day is approaching normally people don’t have anyone to spend it with, but in my case I cant choose which girl to spend the day with! Thinking about it now I just realized that not
only have I taken Ls this week, but also I have some approaching me. #PrayForTyshawn
You see this girl right here? Thats my ex girlfriend, so far sense I left home from school
shes been bugging me left and right about how much I dont talk to her. I try to explain to her that although Im not in school all day every one class is equivalent to three classes. She is in her last year of high school she
doesnt quite understand that I have to pay attention in every lecture and cant afford to txt during these classes primarily
because I pay for them and I am not in the position to waste money. Shes been picking arguments with me every since I got here. The main issue with this is that I am already not one to talk about problems, and she wants
to argue everyday. Those two things make us not compatible which is why shes an ex girlfriend. We still talk, but I cant see myself getting in a relationship with someone who complains this much. Im a very nonchalant person
and Im very relaxed. Some people say I need to take things more serious, but I do take a lot of things serious. Just not the things that they care about.
This picture makes me realize how much I miss being home. Although Im working on becoming my own man instead of living off of my parents I really miss having fun with all of my friends and staying out late driving
around listening to music super loud. I can tell that Im becoming more mature since I left home. Back when this picture was taken I was the type to wake up, not eat, get dressed and run straight outside. Now certain things
dont excite me anymore. I cant tell if its me not being interested or that college is wearing me out. I find myself eating more and sleeping more. I get so much sleep since I got to college and yet Im always tired!
It doesnt make any sense. I might be having a boring life at the moment, but I feel as if Im starting to put my priorities first instead of thinking about things that arent important. I got to say it feels good to tell people I cant today, I have
homework. My days of having fun will come, but as of now I have to get through this work. Oh yea and todays my birthday!
This photo was taken the summer before I started SIUC. In the picture Im recording a guy dancing as a job. Around January of 2015 I started recording videos of people dancing and editing them for money. After a while I
became VERY locally known. People started asking me for videos
all the time, but the problem was I wasnt charging them! My mom found out and got kind of angry with me. So I started charging everyone for videos toward April of 2015. After a while my mom started explaining to me
that I should invest in myself, shortly after that I bought my first Canon Rebel camera, then my mom bought me the FCPX software to edit on. I started
teaching myself how to edit very efficiently until people started asking me for music videos. I think I made about a thousand dollars one week off of rap videos. This was one of the most fun parts of my life. I never tell
people this, but the reason that I was able to walk back and forth to school without worrying about gang violence was because everyone knew me as camera man. This helped isolate me from being in other gangs
and for that reason I will never stop editing and shooting. You can say this kind of saved my life.
Thinking about it now, I wish I had every twenty in this photo! These college fees are killing me, and they are super serious about them. I couldn’t even get into the dining hall yesterday because my bill wasnt
paid! Although now my bill is paid, I know for a fact that I will eventually go through this problem again between these next few years in college. My new mentality now is pay for things and buys things I need before I go
buying clothes or excessive junk food. By the way thatll be hard because I love potato chips. I have two classes starting after spring break and I know for a fact Im going to have to buy expensive books. At this point I dont
even want to talk about money. I feel like Im already in debt. Reflecting on how I normally spend money prior to college I wish I knew what I know now because I would probably be going here for free! I try not to
ask my mom for much, but its hard doing all of this on my own. Ill be glad when its all over.
If youre active on twitter you know when you see this face someone had a very embarrassing moment. This is a photo of Michael Jordan getting abducted to the hall of fame, and of course twitter makes a joke out of it.
While I been in college Ive been forgetting to call my mom and talk to my family on a consistent basis. The other day my mom called me while I was with a girl, and basically yelled at me for not calling her for days at a
time. I wanted to tell her so bad that I was with someone, but knowing my mom that would have made everything much more worse than what it needed to be. Its not that girls in college are taking my moms place, but I get
very distracted from calling her. I think that the fact that I can have girls in my room for however long I want sometimes even spending the night causes me not to call family members. You ever talked to a grandma? They
talk forever! After being yelled at by my mom I realized that I was getting too distant with my family. Instead of getting mad at my mom for embarrassing me, I feel that she is absolutely right at the end of the day girls are
gonna come and go but my family is forever.
This is a rare picture of me smiling. After being told by my professor to stare in the mirror for several minutes and then evaluate myself, I realize how funny I look which actually had me laugh multiple times. I have a really
big head! Im not insecure about anything on my body, but I find it funny that I can accept flaws of mine unlike certain people. Reflecting on myself I noticed that Im a very carefree person. I dont like gossip,
bad vibes, or excessive complaining. This is probably one of the reasons I like being by myself, this way I dont have to worry about making someone angry or trying to cheer someone up. All of my close friends joke
on each other all the time and no one ever gets upset. Certain people cant take a joke because they dont feel comfortable about themselves. Im the type of person to help someone else talk about me. I wake up
everyday and go eat at the dinning hall and see funny looking people and crack tons of jokes in my head. I just like being happy life is too short.
This is a picture of me and the friends I mentioned in the last blog. Today is the guy to the right of me birthday. Thats one of my best friends that I have today. He attends Ball State University in Indiana. I remember the first
time I came to high school, the dean told my mom that gym shoes were prohibited and that I had to wear church shoes. When I arrived to school and looked around everyone was wearing gym shoes while Im wearing
these pointy-ended Stacy Adams. As soon as class started I was sitting right next to him and he started talking about me making the class laugh at me. I wasnt mad about the situation, instead I started talking about him
back causing the class to laugh then we both got in trouble. Every since then weve been really good friends. I respect this friendship because its hard to find people you get along with, and the wrong type of friends can
have a negative effect on your life. Reflecting on how much weve gotten each other out of trouble by helping make smart decisions, I can now realize thats one of the reasons I stay out of trouble till this day.
Today is probably one of the worst days of my life. My favorite team of any sport, the Chicago Bulls arent going to be in the 2016 playoffs! Im not a regular fan who just says The Bulls are my favorite team, and then dont
watch any of the games. No! Im the type of fan to stop doing whatever Im doing and watch the game beginning to end. Matter of fact I dont even reply to peoples txt messages when Im watching the Bulls game. Dont text
me during Bulls hours! I vividly remember crying when they got put out the playoffs when I was in the eight grades. The Bulls had a very rough year. They had their coach Tom Thibodeau fired, causing them to have to
change their playing systems. On top of that theyve had eight out of eleven players get injured during the season which lead to forty loses. FORTY LOSES!! The Bulls havent lost that many games since Thibodeau was
hired. Anyone that knows me know that I dont miss Bulls games, and that I yell at the TV when Im hyped up! I think Ive gotten in trouble a hundred times for cursing loudly at the TV. This is very hard to bear. I really
wanted to go to a playoff game after this semester ended.
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