Artist: Keith Sweat featuring Kut Klose Song: Twisted
Sure, the video is a little melodramatic and unrealistic, but I dare you to sit through this whole song without nodding your head once. And I don’t mean “Sunday morning trying to encourage the soloist who has no business being anywhere [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Insomniac Theater: “You’ve Got Me Twisted Over You”
Posted in Insomniac Theater on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Insomniac Theater: James Taylor
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before John Mayer, before Robin Thicke, there was James Taylor. This multiple Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and guitarist came of age in the 1970s and is known for his introspective songs and mellow sound. I’ve been a fan of Taylor’s since my freshman year of college when I would play his [...]
Basketball Jones & Milestones
Posted in Achievement, Celebration on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This morning, the first novel that I ever helped edit hit the bookstores! This afternoon, I checked the novel’s “Acknowledgments” page and saw my name! This evening, I spotted someone already reading that novel as I was on the train coming home from work! Right now, you can’t tell me nothin’!! Lol.
Basketball Jones by New [...]
“That’s What You Call ‘Old School’”
Posted in The Inauguration, The Obamas on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
With Kanye, Fall Out Boy, Kid Rock, Usher, Rosario Dawson, and Eric Benet in the building (to name just a few), there was some major star power at the Youth Inaugural Ball that I attended last week. However no one’s star shone anywhere near as bright as the President and First Lady’s when they graced [...]
Quotable: Maya Angelou
Posted in Inspiration, Quotable on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Beneath the skin,
beyond the differing features and into the true heart of being, fundamentally, we are more alike, my friend,
than we are unalike.
-Maya Angelou
–TJ
Baby, Don’t Worry, You Know That You Got Me
Posted in Inspiration on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m up late tonight/early this morning reading and writing a report on a book proposal that I got yesterday. I’ve found that I do my best work late at night, but after working all day long, I have to put on some music to rejuvenate me. ”You Know That You Got [...]
‘What if the Mightiest Word is Love?’
Posted in Inspiration, The Inauguration on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So if you’re like me, you were probably less than satisfied with the poem recited by Inaugural Poet Elizabeth Alexander at the end of President Obama’s swearing-in ceremony. I kept thinking to myself, “Where’s Angelou, where’s Giovanni, where’s Morrison? Hell, where’s Def Poetry Jam?”
But after reading the full text of the poem [...]
Eric Benet Awkwardness at the Youth Inaugural Ball
Posted in Celebration, Hilarity on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning, I woke up more tired than I was when I [finally] went to bed last night. I hate being sleep deprived, but to increase the zzzs I’d have to decrease the grind—and that’s not an option. So to help wake me up, I watched the video footage above that I captured at the [...]
Sophistication
Posted in Inspiration, The Obamas on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, I ran across this stunning silkscreen print of First Lady Michelle Obama by young artist Amy Browender from St. Paul, Minnesota. Amy’s inspiration for this piece came from the following Annie Leibovitz photograph published in a fall issue of Paris Match magazine.
As you can see, Amy’s version captures the original photograph magnificently. Amy is [...]
Congratulations Are In Order
Posted in Achievement, Celebration, Opportunity on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Thursday, I got this text message from my friend and BET YOU(th) VOTE colleague Ashley during my lunch break:
I GOT THE JOB!
I am always happy for the accomplishments of my friends, but in this economy, I am doubly happy when a friend finds a job. Ashley is an incredibly sweet and talented person, and [...]
