Brotherly Love

Yea man, another great weekend in the bag, Sunday I spent the entire day in the house being available to Marcus as he hooked up our baseboard heaters and fixed other electrical issues throughout the house. That evening my co-worker Nasima called to remind me about a get together @ Bradford Brown's penthouse - art gallery in East Orange. It began @ 3 pm but fortunately I got there right when he revealed his newest piece, which is a tribute to brother's loving one another and the symbolism of giving each other pounds, the balance of masculinity and femininity, etc. The penthouse has a striking view of the NY skyline and every wall has as many original paintings as possible tastefully displayed. The event was an effort to raise goods for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina and there were also performers and food. People read poetry, danced, sang, there were African drummers, the ambiance was beautiful, and basically everyone there had natural hair or dreads, I was thinkin to myself, I would have been all in this about 3 years ago when I went natural...
Nevertheless I really enjoyed myself, Bradford was a real down to earth, cool brother, and his wife frequents my store on the regular, always thinking of new ways to sneak things into the house :o) Coincidentally she also goes to my gym, and it turns out that I have lost 14 lbs since I rejoined in July...so my goal of a tankini or maybe even two-piece in Miami is slowly coming into fruition. I recognized one of the poets that performed because he'd read @ Cecil's Jazz Club in West Orange. Turns out he's having an open mic on the 16th and my brother Brad said he wouldn't even come if I didn't read a poem, so I guess it's time to make it do what it do!
Overall though, I was just intoxicated but the energy and positivity in the penthouse, it was one of those vibes you wish you could bottle up and sell, or infect everyone in the world with, something I sometimes lose touch with while getting caught up in the day to day of life...so my song for tonite would have to be "Soul Star" by Musiq Soulchild "Soul star, oh you've come, so far, from where you started, don't be afraid, to let your light, shine on the world..." I'll holla...

Unfinished Blog

This was an excellent week, work was easy to get through, and my night life has really been full and exciting...last night Rodney came to Jersey to chill and we got some Jamaican food (of course) and went back to my crib to chill and watch a movie...we ended up falling asleep and then he chilled with my sister and I the next day. While she ran some errands, Rodney, my godson Joseph and I went to IHOP and for a second I thought to myself, this is what it's like to have family...well atleast this is what it looks like. Rodney left for Queens around 7pm. The next day Marcus came from Brooklyn @ around 11am.

Panamaican

How tired am I? Pretty damn tired, but so very happy that I spent the whole night away from Jersey. I went out to Jamaica, Queens to chill with my newest friend Rodney last night, met him @ Taste, he's one of Till's brothers. Anyhow, I didn't have to drive the entire time I was there because he has his own car and didn't have to fake for my wallet because he paid for everything, even bought me a DVD! Now this might seem like small potatoes but compared to the tragic negroes I've been dealing with on the other side of the Hudson, he's a breath of fresh air. He's coming to chill with me @ my crib today and I'm excited, talk about a brother smelling G O O D...also he's very motivated, talented and diverse, he's Panamanian and Jamaican, and just a winner all around, hopefully I don't fuck it all up to be dammed, we'll have to see though, since my roster for the season is filling up pretty quickly....yea, I have to be @ work in 4 hours but I think I'll be ok considering after I napped through "Alfie" and some of "Alli G in Da House."
I was mad azz hell driving home, the effin Goethels Bridge didn't open till 5 and I was headed towards it @ 4:40, so I had to BS for 20 min cause I didn't want to get lost in Long Island, but really, who does? My gas tank is basically empty and my direct deposit doesn't go into effect until friday...so today is going to be a broke azz day, but a wonderful one nonetheless. I'd have to say the song for last night is "Come Get It" by Yummy Bingham..."Boy do you know, what you're really asking me for, if you don't then you need to make sure - you really know what you want, cause I got something for ya." Anyhow I think my mind is shutting down on me so I'll do another post later today...in summary though, I'm really feelin Rodney's vibe, and I love getting to chill in NY with a native, so it's all good, let's wait and see what happens with Mr. Panamaican...

Tasty!

Aw man, what a night! I have to be @ work in 5 hours so I'm going to try to get to the meat of the happenings and perhaps elaborate the what's and whys @ another time. After I got off of work @ 9:30 I dropped two of my co-workers home and headed home to change to go to Taste Lounge, my sister and I have been hittin it up basically every week this month...our boy Till is the DJ on Tues. and if you love to dance and be in a laid back club environment, it's good times.
But, after the club it's the after party, and, in this case it was chillen with my boy Khalif and his cousin for a hot second in Newark - mind you, my sister has never met him before but he's been in my life for the past year, so it was kind of unfortunate that they mixed about as well as oil and vinegar...he had his cousin for Stacey, and she was NOT beat! LOL...so we dipped from them and proceeded to Don's Diner to chill with Till and his crew for a clip...that was good times b/c his brother and boy Chris ended up chilling with us after Till bounced and we all bugged out for a good hour b4 I took my sister home and slid back around Khalif's way...needless to say it's well after 4am by now and all both of us wanted to do was hit the hay so I took him to BK so he could snatch some grub and then I took him home...my next post will go into depth about why it's such a big deal I even chilled with Khalif @ all tonight...but for now I'll just dedicate Neo's song "Stay With Me", namely..."I just can't help myself, I just can't help myself, I don't need nothing else, all I need is you, I want you to - stay with me..."
One of the good things about tonight is that I realized that my sister is not only the closest thing I have to a blood sister but she's also one of my best friends...after almost 10 years, she'd better be! Till's brother was like "But you don't have curly hair and she does, and she looks hispanic and you don't - we didn't take the time to tell him we adopted eachother way back in the day...we just busted out laughing...that's why I love her...anyhow...I don't want to have bags and a bad hair day, so I'm going to get what little rest I can and bask in the afterglow of a wonderful night that was not only sweet but quite TASTY.

We Major!

Today was one of those Mondays that masquerades as the weekend until someone asks you what day it is and you realize...I woke up considerably early, bout 10:30 am ;o) ...and b-sed, then burned my newest CD for the Acky...I dubbed it Classic, cause most of the songs were from Kanye's "Late Registration" and Foxy's never released "Fever." After getting dressed and doing my hair and everything so that I could be on time for work, I went to lunch with my sister and godson @ TGIFridays...kids eat free on Mon! Who knew? Anyhow, tragedy of all tragedies, they've completely removed Pot Stickers from their menu...imagine our shock and dismay! We soldiered on, I ordered a Cobb Salad and she got some ish that sizzled so much she sent it back to cool out, lol...then I dropped them home and went to work @ 5, the first 3 hours flew by, then I took my 15, and then when I came back we started closing, when I came home I surfed the net and came to realize why the woman on my TCB box looked so damn familiar...it's friggin Sara Pickett, I went to middle school with her...what a world...anyhow, after that revelation, I permed my hair and took a shower and now I'm here typing my first blog post, in my towel, lol...

My theme song for this week is "We Major" by Kanye feat. Nas and Tony something or other...it's one of those songs that - gets your mind frame right...which is how I feel right now, like everything is falling into place...I'll be attending Essex County in the spring and finally fulfilling my college aspirations, after a 2 year hiatus, and I just know that this time I'm going to get to the finish line...so as I sign off I say..."We major? C'mon homey, we major! We major! C'mon homey, we major. WE MAJOR!"