early rising...

i have to sleep in shifts for the next week. that's how this freek'n medication process works. good news! we go check out an apartment today! yeaaa! the space is needed and the change of "scenery" is needed. it's a two family brownstone - which is the type of living privacy im used to. dammit!

im watching this damn MTV show NEXT. this crap is crazy?! it's like a dating show with 5 different replacements. lol very rude

i have finished up the new lineup for my book destroy. im glad i held the production of it. this writing workshop has been immensely helpful. i look forward to attending the week long summer retreat next year! i hear its like writing camp. and there are parties but at a certain time - all you see are computer lights and light tapping. my type of experience! and i've been trying to talk our writing instructor into continuing the meetings after the june date. like our group is so incredible - shall i break it down for you until it is forever broken? (movie: love jones, catch up DAMMIT!)

patricia: writing experience is fuk'n phenomenal. she is the only person (man or woman) to win the individual national slam 4 times. ever. she is a mother and incredibly consistent with her writing. her writing is unparellel and her presence is assuring for an upcoming writer.

ed - he is the printer of our group! very nice, supportive and cool as hell. he writes an incredible persona on page. his unexpected guest piece is crazy! even though he has a day job (that's what i say about cool writers) - he has a heart that pumps for this poetry. you can tell. just by listening to him talk about the poems he prints out for his classmates. he really internalizes it all before speaking on it.

sienna - she's a quiet one. i had never heard a poem so freek'n historic and compelling at the same time! it was like, i read her conversations poem and it made me want to go to library and find out what the hell went on! she had some crazy ish that she went thru during class and my heart felt for her. she's an artist first and it resonates with each breath.

erika - an incredible writer. i think she's a teacher - it's funny. she looks so young! i swear, i dont remember anything but crusted up teachers when i was a young'n! lol her smart woman poem is my absolute favorite run on, tangent-like piece. she used the devicce well. she's relocating (booo) to chicago. but we will be there during the same time in june - so imma try to get her to the stage and see if she will rock my favorite piece. you never know - could be the birth of a star!

nicole - i met nicole awhile back. she replaced my favorite grant provider (tricia). and she did an incredible job! but this was the first time i heard her poetry. and i am sure - this systa is ready for the revolution! you should hear her conversations piece! hilarious! she's also very nice.

hallie - the yale girl! our birthday's are like 5 days apart and she is to funny for words. the first poem she came to class with blew everyone away! the title was the clincher... and she's already very willing to get to the critique part, which is helpful, considering as writers it can be a bit hard to step on someone's poem with red toothed pen. but she does it graciously.

roger - the same dude that edited so many of my poems. he's my unofficial mentor. hell, my mentor in life. his life theories kill me, but give me such an understanding to the mind set of men. i ain't goin' blow his spot up! LOL he's the only male poet i know that makes other male poets quiver. while he thinks he's the prettiest dude (sike) his performance and writing are parallel in greatness.

camara - i miss her. she is away in jamaica - handling business. and i send her my best wishes! her writing is incredible man. and she has the accent which makes everything sound so regal. and factual! lol she's also a mother and a survivor! she blew everyone's mind when she said she never read her poems in public. they were better than most people that i heard.

rashida - she has an incredible soul. it pours on the page. her voice is sooo comfortable. and she has a son - you know mothers unite! lol she had an increible prose she write the other week. and she is always very nice. not fake nice either. you know that chump ass shyt females do when trying to figure out if you are better (i.e.,looks better, writes better, dances better, has a man that's better than mine). she's like: peace sis. how are you? loved your work. can you give me some tips! real down home. i love her!


that said. im going to go check out the house now. and come back and get this expedition to dominican republic geared and ready to go. it's gonna be fun and sexy. besides, it's long overdue! it seems like i have been through hell this past quarter! but i know im blessed. my daughter is healthy and smart and happy (when she is running the house, of course). my creativity is sailing at an all-time high, partly because of the people listed above and i can smell the colors in his words.

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