Sup folks,

Dis ya b da dappa 1 here right here having a not so dappa time in my life right now. My baby, the G4 Mac that I purchased in Feb. of this year unexpectedly crashed on me. I had to ship it off for repairs in the mist of many graphic and video deadlines. Therefore, I am not the happiest brother on the block. But as with my previous post I will take time to breathe and count my blessings each day.

On a lighter note, yet grander scale, I daily dream of my desires of travel abroad. I find that I have become obsessed with this notion for exploration. I recently received a belated birthday gift from my elder sister, which will be my first step to making this dream a reality. On this week, I will finally go for my passport. There is no trip in sight just yet, but the idea of having it is very exciting to me and further lets me know that I am well on my way to gaining my experience.

TO those of you who continue to view my post, I want to apologize for this rash and obsessive conversation on travel. It has always been a dream of mine to explore the world to see what life has to offer. As a child, my mom always pushed us to follow our dreams nomatter how far fetched they were. She would say that you would never know until you try if something would fail or not. As a brother, I am tired of the fears instilled in us to take chances in life. Therefore here is my chance to take a chance.

Forever dappa,

Dapper D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Just when you think that summer could not end any better, enter Derron Christopher Cook. Twenty eight years to the date (the last day of summer) at on a Friday evening (Sept.22,1978) at Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans,LA. I made a grand entrance into the world at 6pm. After rushing into the world thirty minutes after my mom reached the hospital, I am still on my journey in this life. Still embracing all the love and afffection that was given to me from day one of conception. I can only thank God for his grace and mercies that have kept me this long. Everyday that I wake is a new birth from the day before. In my twenty eight years of maintaining this spirit that was given to me to transform and mold, I am daily renewed and reminded as i breath of my obligation to cherish my gift of being.

As in my previous post rgarding travel to volunteer, I feel that I was granted this life to take chances and to make a difference in others being. I have come to realize that even if I fall short or fail at a given task or goal, I have the breath and opportunity to try again or to even go back to square one as many times as my spirit and God allows. That is why I can make goals that to some are unobtainable, because I have realized that even if I fail, I know that God is good and he will never let me go at this life alone.

Along this walk in life, I have met a great deal of friends. Friends that are present and friends with whom I have lost sight and contact. Knowing that all these people are apart of my spirit and being, I just want to say thank you and I love you for you contributions into my life. If I have not been anything more, it gives me great pleasure to know that we are friends. With love in mind, I part into you the greatness of the Creator in all that you do and attempt to accomplish. No matter how long we are set to be on this path together, just know that I appreciate the company and comfort that was given on this journey.

Happy 83,220th day of rebirth to me and all who walk with me,

Derron Christopher Cook a.k.a Dapper D

My Goal to have a Life Altering Experience Through Travel




Okay, here I am at 5am looking for a job that will make an impact in my working, spiritual and cultural experience. While looking on the site I ran across a volunteer/intern program that allows one to travel to various countries to work in various ways. I have decided over the past few months that I wanted to travel abroad and here was my answer to my longing for this experience. I have decided to take the experience in the Motherland. My works would include HIV/AIDS awareness, conservation or local orphanages in Kenya or South Africa. This would also serve as a great opportunity to create a documentary on my travels. The great thing about this program is that it is year round and is a great way to vacation with a purpose. It is my plan to produce various fundraiser to fund my trip(s) back home to the first home that God built, AFRICA.

If there are an ideas concerning fundraising please feel free to give input. Also it would be dapper to have a group of friends with similar interest to travel together back to Africa.

Look forward to the Dapper productions for my educational experience. Also accepting donations from Mini DV tapes to cash gifts.

Speaking this thing as though it is,

Dapper D