August 2001 Archives
Aaliyah was growing into such a classy lady. What a tragic and profound loss. September 15th is the last day of The Shelter and the Patti Labelle performance has been cancelled.
However, I DID have a great weekend. Bernard, Shim, Philippe and I went to The Shelter and had a ball. I think I could have stayed on the dance floor with Shim even longer (we left at about 6:30am) if I had done some stretching. Today I went to Together In Spirit and got several educations; Glenn Thorton taught me to cry again by playing Donny Hathaway's "Someday We'll All Be Free" downstairs, Conrad Neblett tried to teach me how to hustle and upstairs, Wil Minton taught me how to play house music all over again. Plus he's cute as hell! The vibe at Together In Spirit is so right – I need to go more often ... and bring some men to dance with me.
I've been having so much fun lately! Yesterday, I hooked up with Shim for lunch at TriBeCa's Thai House Cafe. This is a cute little spot - a sigh of unpretentiousness in the midst of TriBeCa's pomposity. *grin!* Later, a group of us hooked up in the Village at our favorite hangout spot, The Pink Teacup then came uptown to my house. Child, the night before they had me up in the monthly Black Inches Party at Escuelita where I was just giving Said ALL my money!
"I can't get no sleep!" because tonight we're going to The Shelter to warm up for NEXT week!
After visiting my girls up at Turning Heads, I got a ride home from the phenomenal actress known as Phyllis Yvonne Stickney! *big grin!* Wow, what a wonderful person — she's real deep, y'all ...
*sunshine!*
This morning I commissioned my good friend Moses Abas to do a trio of portraits of me! *smile!* I want to get them mounted in frames that look like distressed metal to really hook into that post-apocalyptic look. I really have some heavy-hitters in my vicinity - I really do!
It was so good to hang out with Gordon last night. I remember why he's one of my best friends — I really do love him. There's so much that I don't have to question. The ease of our friendship is so comfortable.
Damn, I'm feelin' Sandra's album!!! Get It! Work has been great, but I'm working with someone who insist on trying to stress me out just because she's stressed out. Y'all pray for me ... Anyhoo, I'll be pushing out some CDs soon, so get ready!
I don't have to be a fool to be loved.
I need to ride the train more often — to ride past the warehouses and the neat rows of prefab houses. Just to breathe different air. And $25 roundtrip to Philly is VURY cute (as are those Philly men!) so it won't be the last time. Lady Tee was dyn-o-mite! It was very touching to see her break down and cry on her way into 'Fire And Desire' when showered with so much love from the audience ...
I love her and "maybe this will ex-per-ess what I'm going through" ...
"I'm talkin' Square Biz to ya baby! Square Square Biz — I'm talkin' love, that is ..."
*smile!*
"What? What? Mothafucka - What? What, Mothafucka, godDAMN - WHAT?!?"
Sandra's show was of course Da Bomb - click on her name to go to her website and buy dat CD, y'all. It's fierce, plus she's got a daughter in college. Do it now. Funny, yesterday's also the day that I finished reading the Sarah Vaughan biography. It was especially hard to read the ending - I was all choked up on the subway. Anyway, Alvin and I ate at Bombay Masala and took a picture together on Times Square. I really love him - he's truly the big brother I never had. Someone to watch over me ...
My utilities will stay on for a little longer and I'm making hair appointments once again, so I happy about that. And I can now go back to the gym! I'm VERY happy about that! I'm hanging out with my cousin Alvin tonight before I go and see Miss St. Victor at S.O.B's. I still feel a little sad, but Alvin, Sandra's voice and the tiger lilies will help lift my spirits. I don't want to hurt anyone and I don't want to be hurt ...
I've done something wrong. And he doesn't want to talk about it. He might not even want to talk to me ever again. I didn't sleep last night. I don't want these feelings to end because I think I've always wanted a friend like him. I'm feeling loss (already!) and I'm not sure what to do about it — but I know that wondering what happened will tear me apart if he doesn't want to talk to me about it. I think I need to buy myself some tiger lilies ...
WOW — I just had a daydream about falling in love in Brazil! I could almost feel the sun on our brown skin - the sweat and oil making us glisten. I know Sassy could relate ... oh, how I want to be in love!
My apartment is beginning to look presentable again! YAY! It just took a little bit of work. Last night after work I went to Pepper's down on Leonard St. to celebrate the upcoming Miss Trinidad & Tobago New York Pageant. It was TOO crowded, but there were LOTS of Trini cuties squishin' good thangz up against my hand as we were trying to moving around. Now that I think of it, I should have stayed longer! *LOL!* Anyway, I'm going to see Porgy & Bess tonight at the Harlem State Building – hopefully with someone special ...
I think we're going to see more of Emil Nitrate (my househead alter-ego) in the coming weeks. I'm remembering how much I love house music — the way a good beat effortlessly puts me into an levitated altered state. I love doing that to other people, too *grin!*. Plus, once I get a CD burner and a printer, then it's ON!
Today my mother and my stepfather are flying to Africa for the first time in their lives ...
Okay, I sent it. It's a good thing – I feel good about it. *sigh* I just heard that the lady that lived in this apartment before me passed away from cancer just yesterday. She was in this apartment from 1978 to 2000. I'm going to light some incense for her ... and clean up.
My girl Sandra St. Victor is celebrating her newly released CD with a concert at S.O.B's this Friday. You don't wanna miss! And while we're being fierce, here's the link to WDAS-FM's Unity Day in Philly. On Sunday, oh, it's ALL about The Lady Miss Teena Marie !!! You going, right?
Okay, I've done it — I've written The Letter. To my first love ... yes, it's been six years since we broke up, but I wrote some things that I needed to hear me say. So, I wrote it on pretty light blue stationary, but I have to admit, that whole analog 'writing' thing felt VERY foreign! Anyway, I'm going to hold onto it for a little while and read it a couple more times before I send it.
Today I got an e-mail from the guy who was Robert Ford's lover when he passed away. He tells me that THING Magazine is archived at the Chicago Historical Society and that they have every single issue! WOW! I'm probably going to have to visit Chicago soon - it keeps appearing in my life. Anyway, I want to have a party soon, but I'm torn between having a House Music Jammy Jam or a Blue Lights In The Basement party. I'll probably do a poll through E-vite. Meanwhile, there's LOTS of stuff to do - check out my my calendar @ Yahoo!
What a great day! I went to Body & Soul at SummerStage ... got there and there was a line for stand-by - people who MIGHT be able to get inside after the people with tickets got in. I stood in line with some people who are now good friends - Damian (from Brooklyn), my Harlemite brothers Eli and Craig and my Brooklyn sister of the Internet Packet (and fellow Kokobar refugee) Lynne. The party WAS overrated, but WE had SUCH a good time hanging out together! Later, Lynne drove us down to the Village and we munched at Caliente Cab. We continued to kiki at ChiChiz before we all went our separate ways. To think that I might have missed out on meeting this sister and these brothers ... wow. What a blessing!
Here's a link to SummerStage - doors open at 3pm and the show starts at 4:30pm.
Damn, I just got paid and I'm already broke! How that money fly out my wallet so fast? Well, going away for the weekend doesn't seem like a possibility now. Yeah, and now that I officially feel bad about it, I have to think of something cheerful to do. Maybe I'll go to Body & Soul today in Central Park ...
Hey! I'm on my lunch break sitting here with Mrs. Khadija Turner (a.k.a. Ms. Janice Anderson-Bellamy *grin!*) and we're sitting up in OHA. Can you believe THAT? Anyway, as much as I love her, I'm gettin up outta here VURY soon ...
My laundry and dry cleaning came back this morning. I gave them 75 pounds of dirty clothes! DAYUM! Well, it was worth it - now almost ALL my clothes are clean! I tell you, it's truly either feast of famine!
Well, can't go to sleep yet! About an hour from now, MyPinstripes.com will deliver about 40 pounds of laundry of mine that has accumulated for the last couple of months. Yay, clean clothes once again! If you live in Harlem or Brooklyn, try them out - this service is truly for us, by us. They really get my clothes spic and span and, as an added bonus, the guys who pick up and make the deliveries are cute! *LOL!* It's SO nice to just open a laundry bag and discover clean, folded-up clothes! I think I'm spoiled for life!
Hey y'all, welcome to my spot up on Tripod.com. It's just me and my thoughts and some cute sites that catch my eye, courtesy of Blogger. Blogger is web technology that lets me publish to my site easily and instantaneously through any browser. Very cute, right? I've been up for the last hour doing this; it was pretty easy! Okay, time for some sleep - it's a big day ahead!
What is this book about? Is it about pushing Black people out of Black spaces and the evils of gentrification? Is it about Black people's reluctance to embrace technology? Is it about the underlying trend of ubiquitous Black genocide in our society? Is it about the relationships between different (or similar) Black people, even within one family?
I'm going to think about this more.
Current Mood: pensive
