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July 6 2009
Went to pick up the tickets today. The closer I got the more nervous I felt. Felt like I had the bubble guts. The Dodger Stadium employees were all excited like…Welcome to Dodgers Stadium, Congratulations on winning the lottery! I couldn’t match their enthusiasm. It was a pretty quick deal since we never had to get out of our cars. LAPD dude even congratulated me. You pretty much show your voucher to get admitted onto the Stadium grounds. You follow the people and cones. You show you voucher to one lady and get the wristband put on THAT YOU CAN’T TAKE OFF and then she gives you the one for your guest. Then at the next lady you exchange the voucher for two tickets and then the usher you back out onto Stadium Way. There were people outside of the stadium grounds where traffic was backed up selling Mike T Shirts for $10. The graphic print T Shirt machine is the hustle of the new millennium. And now I am packing my things so that I can spend the night in the valley. I can’t decipher if we are in the Staples Center or Nokia Live. The tickets do say Staples Center and Premier Seating, but until I consult a layout of the venue, I don’t rightly know. Man, the ticket says no camera or video recording. Ain’t that about a BITCH! I want to chronicle my journey to downtown! Why are cop uniforms so tight? I listened to some of Remember the Time on KJLH on my way home and actually got happy and started gesturing with the long Mike finger. I was touched by the lyrics of an India Arie song about Stevie Wonder as I was driving. I think it’s called You Are Wonderful. Tears fell. The chorus I could identify with in my adoration of Mike.
You inspire me. The way you make me feel inside is amazing. Your honesty. Your artistry is engaging. You are everything I hope to be. You have touched my soul. I want you to know. You are my hero. You got so much soul. To put it plain and simple. You are wonderful.
Nice song right there. Let me finish packing. I don’t think I can bring myself to wear my Mike T Shirt with his face on it so it’s either my LCD shirt or my Victory tour T-shirt. Oh shit oh shit oh shit. I forgot I had a cut off tank top looking victory shirt with all of the brothers’ faces on it! Had a giddy jump around moment. I need to look through my stuff and see what else I forgot about cause I am so amped about this damn shirt Went to Wal-Mart. Saw a collector edition magazine of some sort with Mike on the front so I picked it up. Man, that damn thing was $7.99, but I got it. Complained and still bought it. That pic of him and Al Green is in this one too. Caught a glimpse of the National Enquirer and it has that mike in an ambulance apparatus picture on the cover. Still looks slightly colored. Maybe his make-up pales him out along with the lights or maybe the photo is doctored/fake. Who knows? His eyes look pretty closed. Hell, I’ll probably think they look pretty crossed too. His eyelashes set it off. I’ll take a couple of things to Alesia’s so we can giggle. Kerry called and just told me to be safe. She my extra momma and when she talks, I be listening. Dee called me. Just getting back into the know from the cruise. She said for the 1st 2-3 days of it, things were sad. She didn’t even want to be there. Her call made me feel good. Folks be checking up on me.
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