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Monday, 28 January 2008 |
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Motivation.... motivation is hard for me to find today. Million things to do and no motivation to do them... well actually not a MILLION things to do... but it sure feels like it... Do you ever have a day where even the little tasks feel like moving a small elephant? That's how I'm feeling today.. even this blog feels like a ton of bricks but because of my love for yall... I PRESS ON. I find myself dwelling on things of the past... not in a bad way but more of a nostalgic kind of way.. spent the last half hour running google searches on my old schools... it's bugged when you're in school you wish you were out and when you're out you wish you were in. Ah well.. spent a great weekend in the Charlotte NC area w/ my first revolve tour for 08'. It was almost surreal going back to hotels, planes, peoples, soundchecks etc and feeling like "was this really my life?" as opposed to the last few months which have been mostly diapers, nap times, bottles and minimal sleep. It's funny because the latter is really not the norm and the former is what I mostly do.. but it felt flip flopped. Overall I'm good and I'm actually progressing in a lot of things musically... I got in the booth last night to record for the first time in a LOOOOONNNNGGG while and it felt UNCOMFORTABLE. I actually shut the song off mid recording and left in a frustrated state... after relistening to it today I realized I was being too hard on myself (but what else is new). Either way... here is my weekly run down of those things that touched my heart/caught my eye and made me shake my headl
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Thank you Dr. King for your dream.. |
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
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Happy MLK jr day everyone... As I'm sitting here waiting on my wife and kiddo before we jet out the house I had to stop and reflect on the significance of today.. I think I almost glossed it over as "Great! My wife is off today and we can spend a rare Monday together as a family instead of the normal 9-5 grind". Then it really hit me, I had been looking @ today as just another day off etc.. instead of reflecting on the fact of the reason behind it. I started thinking back on when I used to perform in our local MLK celebration (back when I was @ my old church as a youth pastor) and how much more significant MLK day was. Granted I have been ridiculously sidetracked w/ life as of late but I just had to stop and think about what today really meant. It's an incredible thing that one man helped to spearhead and spark up, I'll never forget the first time I really watched the MLK speech by myself (the whole thing) and couldn't help but get that lump in the back of my throat... Truth is, where are we @ in 2008 when it comes to race relations? Have we progressed, regressed, stayed the same? In light of last year w/ Don Imus, Jena 6 etc.. are we still afraid to face that "elephant in the room"? I admit I hold a weird spot in all of this... white guy, black music, white guy... black neighborhood growing up, white guy.... etc... You get the point.. realistically I have always felt like I never really fit in in a lot of ways.. But then again my strange upbringing and background allows me to operate in a lot of ways that most can't.... SO... I guess I don't have a lot of conclusions in regards to all of this .. just more ?'s but @ the end of the day... I got a dream too, Mr. King thank you for yours! With no further ado... here is my observs. from this week.
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I'm in a New York state of mind.. |
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 |
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Ah.... you got to love a day like today... It's one of those rare Florida days where it's actually like in the 50's, it's such a refreshing change from the normal blazing, choking heat that we are so accustomed to. I actually get to bust out all the winter gear that I keep stored up for so long.. usually my uniform is shorts and t-shirts etc but today it's the old undershirt/jeans/jacket combo w/ matching fitted hat combo.. Anyway, hopefully you're not reading this to see a fashion report but to read what I've been up to.. I've just come back from an exhausting 2 days of flying then driving followed by more driving, culminating w/ more flying then ending w/ more driving. You can find out about all that by listening to my latest podcast (kj52.libsyn.com) but either way it's nice to finally be home, I literally did nothing yesterday since I was so wiped out from my weekend (I basically just sat on the couch and watched my son try to eat the cushions). I spent about 2 days in the NJ, NY area which was fresh to be able to get back to, I've been going up there since i was a kid since I have a lot of family in that area (plus my parents met in Brooklyn so I guess that puts a lil bit of NY in my blood). Being in those enviroments is so unique to the rest of the country (much less Florida) and it really makes you appreciate it for what it is... so w/ that being said... Here is my observations from this week:
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Live blog from a court hearing.. |
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Tuesday, 08 January 2008 |
Happy 08 to everyone!
I'm sitting here typing this blog semi-bored out of my mind as I'm sitting @ a city council hearing over a "code compliance" violation on my house. Don't worry I'm not going to jail lol! t was a formality I had to do as I was hooking up my sewer/water @ my house.
My city has this requirement that makes you hook up to the city sewer and water as they go thru and revamp
Cape coral w/ city/water. Its a bit frustrating in a lot of ways because not only do u have to buy ur house and all the stuff that goes into it.. Then they slap u w/ a 5-10 thousand charge for doing this... Sorry for ranting, but I feel bad for all the people that are struggling financially and having to get smacked w/ this also.
As I'm sitting here listening to them call up various peoples to give there stories on why they did/didn't pay there code violations. I've realized that its a tough time for the economy and you start to see how people are struggling w/ paying there bills.. This trickles down to so many things and really makes me want to make sure I'm being wise w/ my finances. I'm very grateful that myself and my wife have taken the time out to put God first in our finances (tithing, not spending on dumb stuff, having accountability financially etc..) But maybe its time to cut down on the starbucks trips?
Hmmmmmm....
Anyway here is my observations for this week:
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Monday, 31 December 2007 |
Wassup everyone…
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE… it’s currently 6:26 am and I’m sitting here in the Ft. Myers Airport anxiously awaiting my flight to Roanoke VA. to head on over to Lynchburg VA. for a New Years Day event @ Liberty University. Feeling a little groggy right now even though ‘lil man (my son) has been getting Dad and Mom up @ crazy early hours (try 4 am each day… so much for a vacation). I had a great xmas week… spent some time up @ my uncle’s house in Safety Harbor FL. catching up w/ all my extended family (on my mom’s side) … got to see a lot of cousins that I hadn’t seen in a while… it’s bugged out to see how much someone can grow in like 2 years.
Me and wife spent the xmas day showing off the ‘lil dude (my son) to pretty much everyone since none of that side of the family had seen him @ all since he was born… it was great as every one was taking turns holding him and passing him around like mashed potatoes etc. That evening we stayed in Ybor City (my old stomping grounds) and the next day we got to walk around and I got to show my kid where dad grew up @ (like he even understands but oh well….). With my wife off for the holidays and me pretty much chilling (shows are slow this time of the year) we’ve been spending a lot more “family” time together … which really just means we’re cleaning out the garage .. ha ha. Seriously though it is great for all of us to be home together as opposed to our normal crazy abnormal lifestyles.
Hope you have a great new years! Here is my observizzles from this week:
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