Presents, Brooklyn, and my guys

1. Rhodney and Renee are the same in that they CAN NOT keep a present a secret for more than 2 seconds. It makes me smile.

2. Excitement of going to Brooklyn

3. My kitties coming home after having spent a month with their aunt and grandparents

End of the Quarter, Family, and Birthdays

1. The fact that the quarter is almost over! I only have a 2 week break but It will be nice… I’ve got tons of things planned for that time…

2. Spending the weekend with Connecticut family that we don’t often see. And feeling sad when I get back to Philly… its nice to know the value of family.

3. Planning for Sungee’s Birthday dinner! Yum!

Evenings of this life, Raises, and ERRO

1. Laying on the bed with Oscar reading my Economics Studies while Sungee sits in the living room stringing basses and singing along to John Mayer

2. Getting a raise! Also nice to be told that my % increase was among the highest in my group… I like to think that this was merit based and not random. Nice to know your work is recognized

3. Listening to Eric Roberson alllllll day long while “doing work and studying”

Couldn’t Hear Me

She would sit and listen for hours as I played guitar yo
Sing my songs up on the radio while she was in her car yo
Her interest will grow She came to my shows
She new every note Each line that I wrote
And suddenly she was in love
In time I met this little girl was attracted to her ways yo
What took years for some couples to build for us it just took days yo
So as time went on I wrote her more songs
Not knowing those songs will soon come along
Leaving me in pain oh...
Show must go on unfortunately
I'm all alone Up from my dreams
Cause she couldn’t hear me over the music
Didn't hear me over the music
Couldn't hear me over the music
She never really knew my song
As time went on she started to see I was not superman no
I may have a gift for these words but I'm no more than a man so
My songs about joy My songs about pain
She loved them the same but to me she changed
Holding on got so hard
I would be up in the studio Some nights she slept alone
She'll get mad, fill with jealously
Cause I'm making love to these poems oh
Now when I do shows it seems she gets steamed
As if I have flings with those girls that scream out my name
And she use to do the same
Show must go on unfortunately I'm all alone Up from my dreams
Cause she couldn't hear me over the music
Didn't hear me over the music
Couldn't hear me over the music
She never really knew my song
If I find love tomorrow hoping it don't follow
The path I've been lost on too many times
Show must go on unfortunately
I'm all alone Up from my dreams
Cause she couldn't hear me over the music
Didn't hear me over the music
Couldn't hear me over the music
She never really knew my song

Renee, Kittens, Sungee,

1. Lunch at Panera with “Hey Ne Ne…” good Lord that woman makes me laugh.

2. The little kittens at the pet store… so amazingly cute! One was black like my guys and Clyde-e-mus... Hope they find nice homes.

3. Sungee’s mid-day phone calls... just because.

Knitting, Pete, and the Random Smallness of the world

1. My current knitting project. (and dare i say... Business school?)




2. This weekend’s vet visit of which both Amani and Kamau received a clean bill of health! And our introduction to Pete… He was hanging on the vet walls…

3. Meeting new and wonderful people and the way that the smallness of the world plays a part… Random Mellow event in Germantown --> Introduction to the coordinators son --> who created new website (the180movement) --> Met someone ELSE at Kaffa immediately after said meeting who knew of the site and just stopped to talk because she saw that I was looking at it… --> Also met an awesome kid from Temple who is joining the Peace Corps after graduation… struck up a 2 hour conversation just because there was no where else to sit!

Losing weight, Funny animals, and Personal Truths

1. Noting that I've lost a little weight. Its a guilty pleasure but a pleasure non-the-less.

2. Sungee's stories of Ernest and Gordon attacking the screen door when the wind blew it open... Animals are extremely funny.

3. My latest "The Way I see it"

Trials of Life, Family, and Confidence in Self

1. A very close friend’s bout with life… in which she exhibited grace, strength, integrity, and dignity... turning a degrading experience and a nasty tattoo reminder into something wonderfully new and beautiful.

2. My family dropping everything to ride back home to Philly with me in order to make sure I hadn’t burned down the Iroquois building. (I had thought I’d left the stove on for hours while trying to boil moisture into my dreadfully dry-aired apartment… whew!) Also got a humidifier so that wont happen again. Good Stuff.

3. Having the confidence to post one of my “Real” blogs (There once was a pig named Hamlet) to a more public place. (My Space)