Transformation

The is a lot of changes goin' on in my psyche these days, and one of the biggest ones are the things i am starting to notice. All my life ive been in the presence of music and sneakerheads etc. and now 20yrs deep im finally starting to realize what ive been missing out on. Maybe its because i just didnt care or was busy doing other stuff like hoopin, but watever the case i missed out on a lot of stuff (not mad just shocked). i find myself looking for the best movies, sneakers, music, and art...crazy right just out of the blue im seeing stuff i never noticed. Heres a couple of examples:

Pop-definitely was a sneakerhead, lookin at some old pics he had a decent collection (then he had 3 kids and the sneakers were replaced with baby clothes)lol i love him but he turned into the ultimate bargain shopper
Mommy-the ultimate moviehead...seriously if youve ever been to my crib and seen my basement its nuts, over 800 videotapes and our DVD collection aint to shabby either. but she can still tell you any and every movie down there wat its about and who the stars are.
Keith- this cat loves music...plays drums keyboard and makes beats (all self taught). And will talk for days about it if you ask for his favorite jazz musician or gospel singer or how he learned to play the instruments he knows.
Andrew & Dennis- not athletically gifted in the least but know basketball and football inside and out. from coaching little leagues to telling you everything that happened in professional sports 5min ago they can do it.

And i missed it all for 20 years, crazy right. Anyways before the slight discourse in topic i was talking about changes ive noticed...for the past week ive been looking and listening to things that i otherwise would have paid no mind to. ive been greeting people and instantly looking at their sneakers, watching movies and really hearing the background music, driving and paying attention to how stupid some of the music i listen to really is while noticing art/graffiti on the walls...absolutely blows me away when i hear a song that i think i know all the words to and after about 5 years of singing along really hear wat they are saying (sounds crazy but it happened the other night...teacher lick my panties off lmao no homo). I keep wanting to type its crazy but keep deleting it, but it really is blowing me away.

To all those who are tru "heads" (sneakers, music, movies, watever) i have a new respect for you. Im standing at the doorway looking in and its calling me. Ive scratched the surface and am compelled to dig deeper. Im starting to understand how u guys feel, because im starting to feel it myself...maybe ill take the dive and completely become one with all of these different cultures that ive overlooked for so long.