How To Be “Hood” Just In Time For This Weekend’s Hood Games
March 25, 2009 – 8:38 pm PT by MikeTags: Expedition One, Hood Games, Hood Rats, Organika —
Being hood isn’t necessarily about where you live or where you come from. Being hood isn’t about the baseball cap you’re wearing or the clothes you bought at TJ Maxx. Hood doesn’t really care about the music you listen to and whether you listen to your music on an iPod or a ghetto blaster. Basically, being hood is a state of mind. It’s more about how you perceive things. Like when you see an empty trashcan, you commoners would think, “That’s an appropriate place to put my garbage.” Hoods such as myself often look at a trashcan and say, “I’m gunna use that b*tch to pump some iron!” Or if you find a five-dollar bill on the ground, most people would pick it up and use it for tomorrow’s lunch. Us thugs say, “Now I’m $495 shy of paying this month’s child’s support fool!” Even if I don’t pay child’s support, I’ll still say that.
So I hope you understand where us hoods are coming from. And trust me on this, I MIKE pretty much wrote the book on hoodisms. But that’s why us hoods are pretty psyched on having the HOODGAMES back into town especially after an awesome event last year. They go down this weekend in my favorite hood, the LBC on Saturday, March 28th from 11AM – 4PM. The Hood Games will be jammed packed with skaters including the ORGANIKA team and the EXPEDITION team. Check out the flyer for more details.
And if you’re looking for more info or inspiration on how to be a true hood, check out some of my favorite movies to get you going. First and foremost, check out the most obvious of hood films, HOODRATS. It’s basically for beginners but if you’re looking for something with more insight, go rent HOODRATS 2. It’s an existential look into the hood life through a female’s perspective. Finally, don’t forget PRAYER OF THE ROLLER BOYS. I suggest you buy that one.
