Girls Hold up This World

Anyone who has an initial negative response to this book....is just jaded (not Jada) and detached from his or her emotions. And probably headed at 120mph towards hardened arteries and a face full of sourpus wrinkles..(or doesn't really like black folks) how 'bout that? (and I've read a couple of bitter reviews.) Here's an ador-a-blay one:

A Customer Review I found on Barnes and Noble.

Lauren Reed-Gibson (drreedgibson@yahoo.com), 15, violinist/dancer from Det, Mi, May 19, 2005,
It's a comforting book. I loved the book. I bought the first book at Borders, in Dearborn, Mi. The book comforts me when I am down. I know being a 15 yr old myself is a hard thing. A lot of elder women try to encourage young females to believe in them selves, and with the support of her writing a book about it was outstanding. Some people may not like it because every body else is doing it, but since every one is on the same page, trying to make the world a better place by helping young females is a great idea. If we work harder the job will get done. keep up the good work Jada, thanks to my #1 fan God,mommy(Valerie),Grams,Maya Angelou,Sister Souljah,Venus & Serena,Oprah,Madonna,and every other female who has supported girls to believing and achieving thier goals/dreams. Much love from Lauren Reed-Gibson, Jada's #1 fan

Couldn't ya just.....

Now....the response of a 15 year old girl...at 15....I was deciding whether or not life had enough to offer for me to stick around.

I want to buy 40 copies of this book....have them signed by Jada Pinkett Smith and Donyell Kennedy - McCullough, package them up....and send them to 40 of the women in my life...from my Grandmothers to cousins to friends I no longer associate with.....Simply... beyond cute and loving. I walked to Barnes and Nobles today....just to check out the children's book section...I feel secure enough now that the first installment of my own is completed and beyond words. Did not intend on buying any children's books....just looking. Hadn't really heard much about the book.....knew it was in existence but wasn't running out to buy it.....especially since I'm in my (early) 30's. Well.....tears welled up....and yes now that the blanket of depression has been lifted and I'm experiencing life the way I'm used to.... in vivid colors.....I have a heightened sense of emotion towards all things.....good or bad.....ice cream, a good movie, an ocean breeze, roasted beet salad, rain, sun, Fiji water (and ice made from it)climbing stairs, stubbing my toe, a good song, a bad song,....walking 2.3 miles (uphill) to Barnes and Nobles...opening "Girls Hold Up This World" and tearing up third page in and about to really cry over this very adorable book.....If GOD came to me to strike a deal and said "You would die now, but you'd come back in 9 months as Jada Pinkett Smith's daughter.....I'd have to consider.....

I also bought a book...I"m not going to be able to read for a loooooonnnnnggggg time...This is why I don't go to bookstores....I'm on the bookstore wagon....and I fell off today...I bought..."A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" right...the title is brilliant....but this guy appears to be in the middle of a nervous breakdown and trying to take us with him....he'll have to excuse me for a while..I'm not in the mood.

What I really wanted was A Lotus Grows In The Mud, by Goldie Hawn
(man I was just talking about her)....you tell 'em Goldie.....the book was heavy and I swear that little 2 mile walk......5 minute car drive....hour uphill for me....pitiful....almost broke me and I already had things to carry. I'll have to pick her up...in vehicle. I wanna go out and buy a coffee table so I can put Mrs Pinkett-Smith's book on it......ooooooohhhh their little girl is Darling. Her nickname should be Darla..good night.

POP - WAR OF THE WORLDS?

I attempted to go see WAR OF THE WORLDS @ The Grove, tonight..opening night...after all the worker bees got off of work and bought up all the tickets...tis' why I love a matinee. Remember when matinee's were actually a bargain? Half off the usual price....now they think they're doing you a favor because they give you two dollars off....it really bugs me...not because I'm cheap....Have entertainment....Will charge it....but because...historically....a matinee.....is half-off...not anymore....oh the thin (taurean) line between change and stability...that is the Taurean's thin line.

Taurus' we don't like change but crave it at the same time...imagine the battle....
I did make it to a "matinee" of BEWITCHED(there is no need to live in Hollywood or it's surrounding cities if you have no interest in movies or moviestars.) I'm....treading....lightly. Because I love the writing style ( and power) of Nora Ephron....seriously....I don't know anyone who would have gone to see BEWITCHED with me (unless they were just trying to spend time with me and willing to make the sacrifice.) so I went to see it with my best friend...me. I was waiting for friends to go see WAR OF THE WORLDS...no problem except so was everyone's Mom, sister and Step-Dad (we had a goooood meal instead) Back to BEWITCHED....let me state for the record...I will be purchasing this movie when it is released on DVD, cause it was kind of cute. What I really love about a good movie with a good cast is its ability to allow me to lose myself.....even after possibly seeing each leading character, featured, no less than a half-dozen(Krispy Kreme) times in other roles...Nicole Kidman is a darling...and Will Ferrell is a fool.....as it should be....and I loved them...Shirley Maclaine who is just divine all the time, was not used to the best of her ability, yet still ultra enjoyable...as far as "Enjoyable" goes. I also saw that Francine Maisler was the Casting Director. I was (briefly) a temp in NYC for her at Sony Pictures in the casting department for "RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS" imagine my excitement when I answered her phone.....and on the other end was Penny Marshall.....with that voice.....Oh I've lived....sheer (quiet) excitement. I often think of Miss Maisler when I'm trying to find a decent slice of pizza in LA (damn near impossible.) Me, Francine Maisler and her sweet protege/assistant (Kathy?) found time for an official lunch one day (finally.) I found her excitement for a good slice of pizza intriguing....it was foreign to me...tis' foreign no more. Regretfully, here in the west, I completely get it, but I'm still kind of floating in the river of da'nile about it. They told me I had a job with them if I ever moved to L.A. I believe the year was 96'...I was nowhere near ready...Have to be extra secure and grounded or you will drift away........on a memory.....

BEWITCHED.....I don't know.....I was just hoping for (a whole lot) more. I was suddenly aware of my expectations for this movie, while still in the middle of the movie...not a good match. Maybe someone else was supposed to take the directing reigns.

At some point, everyone has some kind of, "hey, I could do that moment" in a career...From Doctor, Lawyer, to Director. As humans we have the right to "Consider". There are some aspects of any job we could accomplish. I had a fleeting moment where I thought "Hey I could direct my own work. I could cast so and so and so and so and get a really good DP". A wiser, know myself all too well, me..knows better. In directing you have to embrace all aspects.......casting, location, production design, wardrobe, make-up, camera angles....blah, blah, blah... In the great words of Ordell Robbie "F*%$ that noise jack!" I'd rather place my story in the hands of a passionate Director who lives to create pictures from words....much better scenario for me and most...not all..It plays out like a magical symphony for some...ie..George Lucas(fellow taurean), Quentin Tarantino etc..etc. and I still float away at times...tempted by the glory (and paycheck) of being a film director but quickly grounded by my lack of passion for being the actual tool in creating the picture.. It's in the details....
FIne with being the writer who bobs up and down with angst and excitement of seeing the finished product.
Overall, I liked BEWITCHED...I had giggle out loud moments....and.....I mean...I totally got it....but...that whole becoming aware of my expectations for the movie, while sitting in the movie thing... really bummed me out. I'm tired....ending......right.......now!

P.S....make that money Sir Michael Caine!!!! I sometimes forget to mention him....Here's my one mention.....While watching him on the big screen in BEWITCHED.....I did not once... think ..."Hey, he's in Batman and Bewitched both playing now...didn't occur to me until way later....Speaks Mountains!!!!

Tabula rasa

writing my first screenplay...
moving to Los Angeles...
Starting my blog.....
creating a children's book....
showering every morning..
here's to a million more new beginnings and fresh starts for everyone...

what's next.....learn french...move to Paris (for a little while)....and work on the greatest fresh start known to all creation....









If it's in the cards....
(I'd be bummed if it weren't)




Off to the movies....

Chaka Khan...

need I say more? But you know I must....She will be performing...Along with Gladys Knight a the the Hollywood Bowl. (I like Gladys but I hope she's the opening act.) Oooohhh..I'm almost afraid to go...I have to reserve this date as if it were....I don't know.....a good friend's baby shower. Or something like that....I must go. And I'm totally prepared to go alone. Because I'm not taking no...half-wannabe Chaka Khan fan....that's all I'm saying. My friend (she knows who she is) would have to fly in from Atlanta to go with me.
They appear to be sold out of the good seats...What's a girl to do? I'll figure something out...the way I did when I went to see the enchanting...Alica Keys in Las Vegas Memorial Weekend....'twas magnanimous.

The five people you meet..

your first year in Los Angeles if you're me:

Porn Star (in a house in the valley.) or more like a Porn Actress - "Star" is a bit generous.
Semi-retired (quite high) rap star.
A soon to be divorced swinger.
A waiter you think you know...but you just remember him from some old movie...
A couple of extra-drunk girls (in the bathroom stall) trying to level themselves out with an altoid can full of coke.

Ohhhh La La land......


I ain't mad at cha'

Happy Aniversary to me....

Maybe I need to go abroad...

and learn to write in Hindi..
hit the link above ...check out the article

Tomorrow marks the 1 year anniversary of my migration to the west.....to borrow from Virginia Slims....
I've come a long way baby...Emotionally....

July 2004 I started a novel....I had to. I couldn't stop it...It stopped at 25,858 words and two months later. I want to finish it. It's damn good, but I'm stuck. I just stare at it. I need help but I'm not really an easy person to help. So...I think I'm going to enroll in one of those UCLA advanced novel classes. (When I hit the lottery.) My battle.....do I force myself to sit down with this book or do I shred it and get back to my screenwriting.

A writer writes is what I keep telling myself because other writers and non-writers...keep telling me I have to focus on one thing. A writer writes. And I want you to know how much of a major leap it is for me to refer to myself as such. Thank you family and friends for the support (you know who you are.) There's no way I can lock myself in like that....if I listened to the naysayers......The beautiful chldren's book my aunt and I just completed would have never been born.

At the time my Aunt came to me about writing a children's book, I had just completed the rewrite on my first screenplay....with strippers and prostitutes, drugs and a load of cursing. I was not in the frame of mind for a children's book at all. But I thought about it, because it was from my Mama's only sister. And I believe this beautiful book was channeled through me....I'm not a team player when it comes to my work...

Flashback - My video production class in college. I outright refused to work in a team...the professor threatened....I wasn't swayed....She didn't think I could pull it off....I did and she loved my completed 5 minute video on the process of doing something. I even gave a couple of other people in my class process...ideas...ie....the process of getting ready for a date......the process of making a cake.....me in my dark days.....I did the process of commiting suicide ( I know) but the professor loved it and hey....it was an artistic expression...and I did it my way.....Flashback ends.

My aunt illustrated....I wrote and directed. She surpassed my expectations with her art and opened a world I had not tapped into. I'll post an illustration after all the copyrighting protection is in place. Next step......I have my very excited moments of raising funds and self-publishing and then my mood swings and I have the moments of despair and then it swings again....Find a publisher. It seems like such an ugly process and this book was a beautiful creation from me and my Mother's sister. I do not want this to become some kind of heart-wrenching journey. I've had enough of those.

I've been told ........Sometimes, something so traumatic can happen to us, we get stuck in that frame of mind.
That means I'm an eternal six year old. Who better to write for children then me. Some of my stuck at Six issues:
Afraid of the Dark.
Can't stand Bugs.
Love,Love, Love.(watched a few episodes last night) Wonder Woman, yes, with Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman. And wish they still made underoos...I miss my Wonder Woman underoos. My mother always made sure I had a Wonder Woman underoos in surplus. (Great memories.)
Just purchased "THE LAST UNICORN" a heartbreaking tale. I refuse to watch it until I have happiness in surplus. I have happiness but that'll pull the happiness rug right from under me(right now.)
I own more animated movies than a three kid household.
Love, Love, Love the Muppets ...and own all those movies...ie....Muppets From Space, Muppets on Treasure Island, Muppet Movie and so on and so forth and shoobee... doobee...
But I am grown...don't get it twisted....Life forced me to grow up...I just held on to some things.

So...I can't wait to go on a book tour with my Auntie Linda, reading to our little bright eyed futures.

I refuse to sell our souls for a book deal...

P.S....I do accept advice.

POP -"Batman Begins" "Be Cool"

Went to see Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan), opening weekend. Had a bad attitude going in...something like ....."Who do they think is going to care considering the craziness of the other batman movies?" Well....walked out...a no joke believer and lover of Batman. This movie was more like an independent Batman with feature money....a beautiful mix. I'm not a big Christian Bale fan...but he put his foot in this role. His sharp face makes him the perfect serial killer and that is the way I would cast him....forever...until I saw Batman Begins. He's perfect. Perfect...Perfect....the dark reluctant hero. Me loves it....now...I must add....Miss Katie Holmes...Miss soon-to-never-be-Mrs. Cruise. Did not do it for me.
Because of the independent flare to the movie, I wasn't extra offended by her, but a bell of the ball screen gem, she is not.
I like her, don't get me wrong, but she's no Kim Bassinger or Michelle Pfeiffer. These are women who jump off the screen and can carry being the only female in a flick. Katie Holmes was blessed by the independence of the major motion picture "Batman Begins". I guess in life there's always a trade off - You get the shining superwomen, you get weird leading men...Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Micheal Keaton - Val Kilmer being the cheesiest one. Michael Keaton kind of pulled it off. George Clooney as Batman - Eh', And when you get the more average quirky kind of leading ladies.....you get Christian Bale as Batman...did I say how good he was as Batman? I had to add to this blog, Monday, June 27 11:00pm....I also very much so enjoyed Morgan Freeman in this movie. I also love him as Azim in Robin Hood with Kevin Costner. Thank you.


I'd consider turning my screenplay over to Christopher Nolan.:-)

And because I don't like to get petty about things let me add - if the universe has plans for her to be Mrs. Cruise then I wish them the best. Be fruitful and multiply.....but.....personally........I think she'll be cutting her youth short a bit.


I have to go see "Batman Begins" again because I kind of lost my senses and wanted to really sob during the movie (yes sob) but I had to keep my composure cause' I was there with folks. Can't go around sniffin' and snottin' on everybody. Gotta' "BE COOL"


Recently purchased on DVD - BE COOL

Did not make it to the movies though I was intrigued....for the longest time thought Andre (Outkast) was Coolio on the movie poster.
I don't know what subliminal message F.Gary Gray (director) hid in this movie to make me love it so but.....I love this F@%$#@' movie.

Love - Uma Thurman anyhow and anyway - she can do no wrong after Kill Bill. It's the main reason I stepped out on faith and bought the DVD before seeing the movie. Even though I was burned on the movie "Paycheck" . It wasn't Uma's fault, it was Ben Affleck's fault.
John Travolta was one cool Mo'Fo.
The dance scene was magical and a daring feat considering the same dance team blew our minds or my mind, in Pulp Fiction in 1994 with a different director. And I am a big fan of Quentin Tarantino's works, so I twisted my lips when I saw F. Gary Gray about to attempt the same move....well...the only way it could've been better is if I was there to witness it. the song choice - unbelievably smooth and SEXY (title of the song) Black Eyed Peas & Sergio Mendes. It is on heavy ass rotation in my car and home. I think ten years from now, they should dance on the silver screen again. or eleven years, in keeping with the first. And this is me, having only watched it on my lil' laptop. Can't wait til' I get that flat-panel joint.

As well as this amazing..AMAZING song......RODA=WHEEL. It's a Brazilian song written by Gilberto Gil performed by Elis Regina for the soundtrack. I did my research, found the lyrics in portuguese..have a copy of the lyrics in my car and home. And will commence to singing at the top of my lungs in Portuguese with a song whose translation I have yet to find. I tried to do the on-line word for word translation- wasn't happening. But I did find out what the title means and I figure if this song is having this kind of positive and wonderful effect on me then it has to mean something wonderful and if you could see me in my car singing to Portuguese (like I speak it) you would know it is great. I mean great. I mean wonderful.
The soundtrack is more than worth buying ,it's damn near priceless.

BE COOL soundtrack listing
Kool & the Gang - Hollywood Swinging
William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You Got
Elis Regina - Roda
Black Eyed Peas - Sexy
Baby Bash - Suga Suga (Remix)
James Brown - The Boss
Christina Milian - Ain't No Reason
Christina Milian - Believer (this song gives me a headache)
777 - Brand New Old Skool
Planet Asia feat. Kurupt - G's & Soldiers
John Powell - Cool Chill
Sonny & Cher - A Cowboy's Work is Never Done
The Rock You Ain't Woman Enough

Vince Vaughn and The Rock are a great (dark) comedy team in the film.
Andre 3000(who doesn't resemble Coolio at all in the movie, thank goodness), even added a nice touch.
Harvey Keitel - You know it's always nice seeing him.
Cedric The Entertainer did what he was supposed to do but something about that guy really annoys me and I can't shake it.
Christina Milian - the verdict is still out on whether or not she possesses acting talent..cause' it is a talent, not a God given right. It doesn't really seem like she can. But I don't know maybe she was supposed to sound awkward and timid, but I don't think extra- awkward and extra-timid was what they wanted. But I'm not knocking the hustle, just my exposure to her hustle. Especially when surrounded by such great talent.

It doesn't seem like this movie was received to well and they don't know why.

I'd like to give my Scoop of Truth by telling them why.
Christina Milian - way to much singing. I mean F. Gary Gray must've had a little crush on her or something because there is no way the audience should've been expected to patiently sit through and enjoy all her showcases. I mean damn, give us a nice set-up let us know she's doing it....we 'd like to hear a few bars even...but he just let her sing and sing and sing. Reminding me of that commercial about antacids (I think) when he says "I can't belive I ate the whole thing. Well......"I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE SANG THE WHOLE THING"

Aside from lil' magic singing her lil' heart out in a non-musical movie I enjoyed the hell out of it. And have watched it more times than I care to admit. I'm actually about to finish up this post and go watch the "SEXY" dance scene.

Loved Steven Tyler's very long Cameo. But I'd love that guy in anything, he could have a stage show where he climbs into a large-capacity washer or dryer and whirls around while flipping the audience the bird and I'd scream for more.
He was definitely in it long enough to be featured on the movie poster. I was concerned about having Steven Tyler dangled in front of me like a carrot and then snatched away too quick. His trippy convo. with John Travolta in the movie gave me another reason to live( Not sure if they'll let me watch Hollywood movies in Heaven.)

I'd turn my screenplay over to F. Gary Gray. And I'd stand up for "BE COOL" in court.

Walk the Quote Land

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." Henry David Thoreau

"Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it." - Maya Angelou

"If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities." - Maya Angelou


"Learning without wisdom is a load of books on a donkey's back." - Zora Neale Hurston.

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye." - Mary Shelley.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. - Virginia Woolf

"What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?" - Toni Morrison in Song of Solomon.

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson



the lesson of the moth

By Don Marquis, in "archy and mehitabel," 1927

i was talking to a moth
the other evening
he was trying to break into
an electric light bulb
and fry himself on the wires

why do you fellows
pull this stunt i asked him
because it is the conventional
thing for moths or why
if that had been an uncovered
candle instead of an electric
light bulb you would
now be a small unsightly cinder
have you no sense

plenty of it he answered
but at times we get tired
of using it
we get bored with the routine
and crave beauty
and excitement
fire is beautiful
and we know that if we get
too close it will kill us
but what does that matter
it is better to be happy
for a moment
and be burned up with beauty
than to live a long time
and be bored all the while
so we wad all our life up
into one little roll
and then we shoot the roll
that is what life is for
it is better to be a part of beauty
for one instant and then cease to
exist than to exist forever
and never be a part of beauty
our attitude toward life
is come easy go easy
we are like human beings
used to be before they became
too civilized to enjoy themselves

and before i could argue him
out of his philosophy
he went and immolated himself
on a patent cigar lighter
i do not agree with him
myself i would rather have
half the happiness and twice
the longevity

but at the same time i wish
there was something i wanted
as badly as he wanted to fry himself
archy

I was just going to put a quote from this one, but I reread it and just couldn't resist.

My favorite part:

-it is better to be happy
for a moment
and be burned up with beauty
than to live a long time
and be bored all the while-

Kudos

to computer programmers...Holy shit and for real. Is it really as tedious as it seems? Or is it just me? Granted I have only been on this thing for one day, but every time I check out someone else's awesome blog page, I want to add more links and photos and all the things that make my world go round.

It took God six days to create his world...so how could I dare to expect to create mine in one....sleep deprived and all....I hope my excitement for sharing continues. If it continues at this pace....I have a scenario for myself:

...three months pass...all my bills ie...rent....car payment...cell phone go unpaid: not even thought of....only my electricity bill and internet connection are paid through my savings in an electronic account.....another month....no running water, eviction notice and car is reposessed.....Soon, the landlady is forced to involve the authorities. They have to get in my apt. to see what the hell is going on...coming to take my belongings and drag me out....What they are greeted with upon breaking bolted door down.....A gross, smelly, wild eyed monster sitting at her computer typing like a madwoman. I'm reminded of a scene from "Death Becomes Her" two of my favorite actresses..Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn.
Flashback - It was the 80's, I was in High School, my Great-Grandmother (best woman in the world) sat reading her EBONY magazine. She's had a subscription since forever. Me reading over her shoulder, but really just purring like a well-fed kitten, she rips out a page and gives it to me...it's an EBONY READERS POLL.....stuff like...favorite actor, favorite singer....so on and so forth....well they actually had a question....Who is your most trusted White American? (Isn't that great). I was excited ran off to fill it out and send it in.....My answer was and still is....Goldie Hawn. I don't know why...just like her energy. Trust meaning politicians and celebrities- not Joe Average next door neighbor - some of my best friends are white :-) Flashback over

ANYWAY, in "Death Becomes Her" Goldie Hawn's fiance (Bruce Willis) leaves her for Meryl Streep, who plays an actress in the movie and Goldie Hawn lost her ever lovin' mind (I swear this movie is hilarious). End result....Cops break into her apt. She's gained a hundred pounds and she and her cats are surviving off of cake icing.....the cops struggle to pull her from in front of the TV where she keeps rewinding a movie scene where Madeline Ashton (Streep) is strangled to death.....

All that to say...that's how I'm serious about this Blog(today at least).

POP

And here's a scoop of (my own) truth (truth also doubles as opinion for me) - Tom Cruise is going through a mid-life crisis at 42 years old. I've seen it before. It's okay Tom, relax.....you lost a few cool points for losing yourself. But that's the effect Oprah, with her bountiful bosom, soul searching eyes and warm aura, has on people. That's what the pagans and spiritual-less (that's right) fail to see. At times, when you're going through a little something, but have to constantly wear your game face, these things happen. Unfortunately it happened on the biggest talk show to ever come through the tv screen. And we love Tom Cruise for his ability to "BE COOL". I didn't actually see the show because I am television-less and quite Zen-Buddha with mine right now. I've seen clips. I think I've been asked no less than 350 times....Did you see this show or that show? No I didn't see it, I'm saving for a flat-panel...Sharp-Aquos. I'll make the sacrifice to have what I want. Soon come, Soon come.

I've been up all night....the sun is up...I should just make a cup of coffee and go sit out on my patio/balcony(which requires some TLC all the flowers have passed on to flower heaven) Take in some of this strange LA air...still better than the cigarette smoke floating in to my vents from the downstairs apt at this very moment at 5:53AM. Who the hell is smoking at 5:53A?....Unless you're on set. When will I sleep....who knows.

Damn.

So three hours later I'm still here staring at this screen, numb ass and all. Changing text colors and trying to upload photos. Listening to a lovely party shuffle on my computer. Neneh Cherry's - Buffalo Stance just went off, Madonna's dress you up is playing now. Love me some Madonna. A nice fella' I sometimes work with, gave me 500 songs from charted 80's music. Let me tell you who ruled the charts..Madonna and say what you want about the boy, yes boy- Michael Jackson. Aerosmith, Bon Jovi and Prince didn't do too bad. But reigning King and Queen of the charts in the 80's- the two M's. I'm a fan. Had a hissy fit when I was 10 years old and my ENTIRE family went to the Jacksons concert and brought me back a F&*#!%' program. It's been over 22 years and it still haunts me. Bummer. I was a huge fan, they all knew it. How could they do that to me? The rehearsed answer "You were at camp." I was a two hour ride away, come get my ass, I'm not in jail. Back to the now. Awwww.....All out of Love by Air Supply just came on. A tear might run down my cheek...later though.

It's 3:10am....and my neighbors can hear me if I cough too loud. I figure if they can dish out the noise, they should be able to take it. On more than one occasion I've heard her stumble up the stairs...loud piercing voice...laughing or calling for her kitties who probably lick there paws with disregard for the tipsy key jingler on the other side. My music is currently lower than my phone voice so......she should be okay. Oh how I miss the days when I could have my listening sessions. I try but she's already been over here twice. It's not the level of music per se, it's the bass (how low can you go). I guess she figures since she listens to the lite fm station with hearty helping of treble sans the bass, she can blast her music. I hear it all the time, but I let it go. I'll have to give some back stories of my year in L.A. later.

In the Beginning....

I started a blog on earthlink last July 2004. I just found it again, still standing, alone and unpublished with a few very personal things about me. Decorated with pictures of trees with purple flowers and purple this and purple that (my favorite color. Maybe I was royalty in my former life cause' I do love it so). Anyway I've abandoned that very time consuming, graphics major post for this one. No, it's not as pretty. Maybe I'll make up for it with words. I don't know, but what I do know is the first blog shall remain unpublished. I just digressed like a mo'fo..I almost forgot my point....Point.....I left my blog unattended for 11 months. Hopefully the simplicity of this one will seep into my pores and keep me interested enough to keep my readers interested.

My first post and I think I have so much more to say. Just had to get that little disclaimer out. Back to set up.

Thanks for tuning in.