A Day in the Life

So I went to Trader Joe's w/ a friend of mine the other day. I had never been in that store before and there were food products and brands that I didn't know existed. So I'm walking the store kind of fascinated at everything I'm seeing...So we finish shopping and get to the counter...This man rings a damn bell..not just any bell but like a bell to come eat like we were back on the planation...I was highly offended..lol...I mean I thought we left slavery alone and that bell just took me back..lol...you know I long for the day I can go through that machine at work(through that wheel thing that turn at the hips) w/o turning my body sideways..lol...I'm getting there...I think its discrimination to folk with big butts and hips and big everything else...it aint right...I've always wondered what do women w/ big breasts do on rollercoasters when the harness has to come across the body...that hurts...hate being pushed in like that..lol..I wonder do skinny folk get mad they always gotta sit in the middle in the back of a car and the other 2 folk are not skinny...and then the driver will say is everyone good back there..only the skinny person responds and says "I am" lol...shut up...lol...plus size clothes cost....why? more fabric more money..lol..I want to talk about my dental experience yesterday..I'm by no means afraid of the dentist, but there are so many things that go wrong there...like when they are drilling, say to replace a filling, and that stuff gets on your tongue and you accidentally swallow...its digusting..or when the dentist w/ gloves on still have smelly fingers..lol..I can hardly talk about the dentist because the wording I'd use would invoke a *pause* automatically...words like swallow, tongue, open wide...I could go on but I'll stop..lol...when i catch the train home somedays I wonder how do the guys feel when the train is crowded and they have to stand face to face...do they look at each other? do they both put their heads down...lol such an uncomfortable moment. and shout out to the dudes selling those oils on the train..they really push product..give u samples and everything all while riding home....OMG there is a lady that stands on the corner and asks for money daily and she uses those special crutches that form a circle around your arm..well i think she has problems standing or walking but nonetheless she stands in the street asking for money..the other day i saw her in a different spot, this time in a wheelchair..ma'am which one is it going to be...lol...for those that go to church do you have that minister that doesn't get to shine on the mic alot and when they do get a chance they act a fool? i don't like to get started on church cause I won't stop....I was doing sound one day and these visitors were sitting upstairs in the balcony and came into the soundroom and say can you cut them down..ma'am I don't cater sound to you.this sound stays the same every week..lol...folks are so funny.

Music

I've been listening to alot of music lately....
Avery*Sunshine(inspired my rebirth),
KING(just amazing),
Lalah Hathaway and w/ Kirk Whalum(no words),
Timothy Bloom(diggin him),
Marsha Ambrosius
I'm really into instrumentation and Horn arrangements make my day.....I can play instruments in my head...lol and I until I get this piano situation under control thats where it will be..lol

OMG Kindred You Got Love.....the horns are so great.....I am a disciple of Kindred....

Just Typing

I decided to change up my background to reflect who I am....the comedy mask and boombox...humor and music....my 2 loves..I have so many comedic ideas in my head I'm having a hard time trying to write them down...if there is anything that comes easy to me....its funny situations, but formulating them on paper has proven to be a task. I'm more of an improvisational type person where I feed off of the moment and can just go in on a subject. Nevertheless I'm attempting to write them down. A friend mentioned I should do video blogs and that's cool but I think the camera would just have to be rolling and catch me in the act versus me preparing some script.....As for the music part...I've written like 5 songs, of which none are finished...I'm gonna continue at that..my friend told me just to keep writing and as you write you get better. I continue to be happy...and I honestly haven't worried about anything since March 7th...I should get that tattooed on my arm.....REBIRTH 3/7/11...i digress...though my threshold for pain is pretty high.....I've always wondered what if I got a tattoo and didn't like it? I'd look like a fool..plus I'm light....you'd see it...clearly....

Bye Now......

PS ADULTS should never say BYE BYE to another adult.....lol

Still Basking

March 2011 has been the greatest personally and the worst in terms of my family members going on to heaven. As I type my heart is heavy at the news of my cousin passing this AM after a lengthy illness. After my grandfather passed I was telling my cousin she needed to go visit her grandfather even in his sick state becuase you just never know the day nor hour. When she hit me this morning to tell me about her grandfather's passing she indicated she went to see him yesterday. What a relief! Nothing worse than feeling that pain of the " i didn't get to see them before they passed" RIP Maurice Coles

On the flip side...I've been practicing on the piano...relearning the keys...the basics before I start back up my lessons. I've put pen to paper to about 5 songs....writing jokes....writing stuff for my roast. I feel I've become disconnected from my friends a little bit. In the grand scheme of things I need to focus if I want to achieve my goal....I can get sidetracked fast....I'm so happy right now in spite of death and this boring job i have...lol...but I still thank God....

Happy Tears

So as I wrote my blog earlier yesterday I was in such a great place in life. Then before I could put head to pillow....my grandfather, LOUIS CLARK passes away.....After work I went with my mother and aunts to see my grandfather in the nursing home b/c my aunt received a call monday night saying he was in pain and they were going to give him morphine. I went to visit him on Sunday and as I think now...it was a different sleep. Usually when I woke him up he'd get right up, this time he was really groggy...He'd open his eyes, but never really responded to me. So when we went back on tuesday night he was on oxygen and really irritated. He was acting the same way my grandmother had done in her final moments. I knew he wasn't gonna make it. We had prayer around him, and left thinking he'd be ok after the morphine. Not 2 hours after we got home, the phone rang....he had passed away.....In between that time my two cousins had called me about going to see him, I didn't say no but we hesitated...that hesitation haunted them. they were distraught, but for me it was a blessing. I sat with my grandmother as she turned cold and I couldn't take sitting thru another death. I cried, because death is hard. I rejoiced because he was finally at peace...with his wife who he had sorely missed...I can't cry right now....still in shock a bit.....but my grandparents are together again and that brings me joy....RIP Grandda....

What a difference a Day Makes

So I turned 30 last year and I went through that phase of am I gonna do what I want or live the conventional life..I've known since high school what my desire was however....March 7, 2011 was the day i put it in motion. No turning back....I had been playing Avery Sunshine's cd nonstop just listening to the lyrics and the music and it brought me to tears. The song Need You Now, in particular, is my theme song for life. I just kept listening and applying it to my life. Tears flowed...happy tears cause I finally got it..I wasn't gonna pussyfoot any longer. I'm inspired...she inspired me...that's what music does...I went home and pulled my keyboard out and started playing by ear and came up with a stupid melody, but the fact that I know nothing but which key is what and was able to make that much meant so much to me...Today I started looking for sketch writing courses...FOUND ONE...MUSIC AND COMEDY...MY LIFE...My life has really just begun and I owe it all to GOD and that damn Avery Sunshine cd.lol...I'm so high off life right now nobody can bring me down. *now to go dust off those papers of jokes I've written down over the years....