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August 31 2009
2 days since his birthday. I think you can get so wrapped up in the celebration that you forget to be sad. Or it’s a deep seeded denial. Then it just hits you like a ton of bricks. Emotions are the greatest human frailty. Questlove played that one weird 80’s reggae sounding song from the Torture album; just the instrumental. Stopped by the gas station to get water this morning. They had Mike cigarette lighters. Not as bad as the Mike switchblade I saw on EBay some years back.
The fire has spread up the 14. It’s on the south side in the direction of the train tracks. OMG! The Wild Animal Paradise is over there! That is the place that has a lion, tiger, liger, panther, or something that belonged to Mike. Fires are so scary. They are beautiful destruction, yet a renewal/rebirth of life within the forest. God’s way of starting things all over again.
The dude with the ponytail is sitting in front of me again on the commuter bus and it’s just as upsetting as it was last week.
I’m glad we’ve moved further away from the mountain range. The fire is in Acton which in mountain very close in mountain ranginess perspective. I hope I don’t have any breathing issues as I don’t have nary an inhaler. Damn air quality!
Joe put his foot in Frankie Beverly’s Can’t Get Over You. It sounds so smooth and clear. I am interested in this tribute album.
Oh, I just remembered something. An anomaly happened when I was in Inglewood at the NPHC Picnic (and by the way, I didn’t get shot): They played Atomic Dog and no Bruhs set it out. After the DJ stopped the music I called them out one 40 yr old Bruh got out there by himself…and I eventually saw 3 younger looking dudes strolling. But Omegas don’t stroll to Atomic Dog! They jump around all crazed like. A damn shame. These West Coast Bruhs are wack. I am just still appalled by it all. The sorors had to set it out. One thing that I have noticed…I am not particularly motivated to fellowship with sorors outside of my chapter because of the cold welcome I received when first coming out here. It’s like…what the point is because they’re going to act all LA.
Where’s Tweet? Her first album was great. One of the few albums I can listen to all of the way through. I remember watching concert footage of her singing in some small venue and she was hoarse. Need a lozenge or something. She made some kind of excuse and looked nervous and lame. He weaves were really cute.
OOOHHH! Tevin Campbell’s Always In My Heart and Karyn White’s Can I Stay With You are essentially the same song instrumentally. LaFace was real lazy the melody department. Just recycled a lot.
OOOH! I also forgot to report I FINALLY RECEIVED MY MIKE T-SHIRTS THAT I ORDERED…on his birthday! They look nice. I am especially excited about the one for the 1st night of the tour. Yay for the $80 T-shirts! Now to pay off the credit card.
DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN
DUN DUN
DUN DUN DUN
Name that beat!
I am just thinking back and I have met so many beautiful people and have had some beautiful moments Michaeling in LA
Oh, and a flash mob is when a group of people get together in a public place and suddenly break out dancing. The TTW guys did a Beat It flash mob Saturday. I couldn’t make either one. There was a bunch of guys who showed up to practice for the Beat It flash mob that looked like replacements for the Backstreet Boys. Seems the organizers pretty much mashed up the Beat It Choreography with that of the 1995 MTV Awards Dangerous performance.
I’m thinking back to the performance of Shakeabadadown in LA for Victory Tour. Sometimes Mike gets lost in what he’s doing. Like his body is just going, but you wonder if his mind is connected. It’s almost like an autopilot. He just be so hard and all over the stage. It’s like he covers every inch. It’s like you can see it in his eyes that he is concentrating so hard that it’s like a blank stare. He has done the song so much; the beat drops and he just goes. It’s like a hungry animal attacking or something. It’s almost energizer bunny-ish. I think there’s an instance during the BAD tour where he deviates from the script. It was a crazy church inspired ad-lib with a call and response. It was really moving. Soft and delicate. Reassuring yet hard and calculating al at the same time. I should get a shirt made that says Shakeabadadown.
I’m about to stop running my ass off to other places to visit people. They don’t ever come visit me…I’m just not about to even spend the money.
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