Just a Few Words...

Okay, so I'm sitting here, going back and forth about whether or not I should post anything. There's not really much on my mind that you guys would care about anyway, besides my ongoing grind season or as Joc would say: my "grind flu". *snicker*

But in my last post, I did say that I would be better about this. And R.E. chastised me in the Comments section, so I feel like I pretty much HAVE to. LOL.

My baby's gone for the weekend, spending the night at Grandma's, and I don't have a damn thing planned besides chores. Someone needs to hit their homie with some free tickets to something... LOL. But at least, I can listen to some new music and maybe write a bit.

This writing thing is actually taking off, I think. Finally! Damn. *grin*

I mean, maybe I'm just going harder than before, but I swear, by next summer, I'm gonna have it working for me. Lord willin'.

I'm A Jerk... I Know...

Damn. I ain't mean to leave y'all hanging... :o) Trust me. It's all love. It's just that since that last post, I've been busy as hell, writing like crazy, rebuilding this portfolio, hearing tons of new music and trying to network. Not to mention, I got a new 9 to 5 and they are pretty liberal with the website blocks. :o(

This summer's been a hectic and tragic one pretty much all the way through huh? I'ma do my personal rundown:



1. Michael Jackson's Passing: Very sad, feels like your cousin died. Because despite all the strangeness that followed MJ, he really WAS the greatest entertainer, IMO (and a lot of other people's), who lived. And I feel like, it's a shame that my kid will never know the power of that "MoonWalker" flick (we watched that VHS RELIGIOUSLY in grade school). :o)



2. VIBE Folded: I was SICK. I'd wanted to write for VIBE since I was a young teenager- never got the opportunity. I got really close though. LOL. I'd been reading it even before then, starting with the Treach issue, cover to cover. In its later years, it wasn't what it had been, but it was STILL the best "urban" magazine at news stands. :o(

3. Steve McNair's Murder by Mistress: SMDH. I feel for that man's kids. From what I understand, he was a good hearted dude, he was charitable and kind, and good as hell at football. It's bad because now, in death, his image is tarnished (in a sense).
He handled the situation badly, and his kids without a Daddy because: a. He couldn't keep his dick in his pants and stay home, and b. He wasn't been smarter about it, and more discreet. He was tricking on this young girl HEAVY, and she was in love, she had already told the fam that they were getting married, and I think I heard that he'd MET the family. Why do that if y'all are just f*cking? Now she's pissed because you're not leaving your wife and kids, and you fall ASLEEP over there? Just a REALLY sad situation.

4. Kelis and Nas's Divorce: LOL. He tried to be cute and say he wasn't paying for shit, she got him for CRAZY moola. I thought they would be together forever, quite honestly *shrugs* Call me a romantic... It sucks, because they've had a baby born into the drama.
*Note: I'm not condoning gold digging by any means, but if your estranged wife is very much preggo, and you're no where to be found AND you're acting like it's too much to act like you give a f*ck, then yeah... She has the right to tax your ass.

There's more but I don't wanna talk y'all to death so I'm leaving it here...
But if I'm ever gone for a minute and you happen to find yourself missing me ;o)...
I'm on Twitter of course, and R.E.'s is another good spot to go visit, he's funny and he's always on that new ish.

Who I Saw Last Night...

Photo courtesy of Maurice Garland.

So your girl finally went to the Drake concert. Good deal right? Umm... It was okay. General admission and the show started at ten, so by the time I got to the city from Lithonia, it was just after 9 p.m.. The line wrapped around the building, with what seemed to be all of the AU Center, current students and alumni. A lot of young girls. I'd go as far to say, more than half the audience were females. In dresses and heels. Not your typical rap show. Just before stepping inside, I noticed that my damn camera didn't have batteries. Aargh!

The opener Danny! got booed relentlessly then got sensitive about it. Took it personal and let the young kids see him sweat. SMH. Jaspects were up next and they did very well. I dig them, definitely. The crowd, males(!) and females, surged and chanted, "WE WANT DRAKE!" for a while. He came out, girls shrieked. I felt old as fuck. And hot. LOL.

From what I understand Usher was brought out onstage, for like, 5 seconds (went to the bar and missed him, LOL). Eric Sermon, of EPMD and Def Squad, was there. Teyana Taylor came out on stage at the show's end. Trey Songz was there, of course (his cute self). Would've gone to the afterparty but... *shrugs*.

Video courtesy of Smoking Section.

Drake - "Successful" (Featuring Trey Songz) from The Smoking Section on Vimeo.

Nice To Look At...

Malice Video Blog 1 from Malice of the Clipse on Vimeo.

I told y'all about the boy Malice a little while ago. Love his lyricism. And his nasally voice. Cocoa skin... Bright eyes... LOL. You guys get the idea. Seemed even sexier after I saw this video. SMDH.

Something Nice to Look At...

Damn. Am I the only one who noticed that this dude was fine from the get-go in the New York series on VH1?!? LOL. And I don't even mess with Uptown cats like that... He has a nice kick collection also...

Catch Up...

LOL. I'm fucking up huh? I know, I know... I'll try to do better. I just did a catch-up post but so much has happened in the last month, personally. I've been writing a lot more, when editors around the city told me I wasn't decent, and "where the fuck did [I] go to school?" I'm good now. LOL. I knew I wasn't crazy! Contributing to Thank God I'm Famous, under Sickamore. Looking to get my hands into something else in addition. I'm hella excited though, sheesh, finally, at age 26.

Keiko got into Pre-Kindergarten for the FREE FREE! (grin) I'm excited for her. Her daddy is sad about it. He feels like she has the rest of her life for all that. She's too smart to be kicking it with the babies at daycare though. She's ecstatic- can't wait for August. In GA, they have a lottery for every zone school, so out of like, 60 4-year-olds they only pick 20 names out of a decorated box! I coulda fell the fuck out, right there, in the school library when they called her name. It's not that we couldn't have put her in a private Pre-K but I think it was the build up and the amazing fact that my little baby is actually going to school... WTH?

As a sidenote, your girl is off to the Drake concert out here in two weeks! And as a sidenote to the sidenote, LOL, here's an editorial I wrote relating to that Young Man. Hit the link.

Catch Up.

So I just checked my blog today to see how long it's been since I last posted. Wow. Two weeks huh? Okay. But look, I've got great excuses: Time with the boyfriend. Time with Keiko. Making connections on Twitter. Figuring out a game plan as far as writing, getting back in school, and copping another FT. (No more serving as a gig, if I can help it.) Umm, oh yeah, and planning a wedding. LOL. Yes. Your homie is engaged. I'm excited. It was like, I had to take some time a few months ago, to make sure that things were right and I wouldn't be effing up my life or anyone else's. Once I found that he was willing to be That Guy Through Anything, I was good. And now we're good. So he proposed. And we're engaged. Holla.