Living Daydream

Hey you guys! I’ve definitely been bitten by the bloggers bug lately… so i’ll keep ‘em coming as often as possible. My goal is to never stay away too long, in an attempt to redeem myself for all of the breaks I’ve taken since 07, lol. I can’t promise it will never happen, because… well life happens, ya know? I do want to thank all of my loyal readers and anyone that might happen upon the site. It means a lot!

This entry won’t be anything special.. just wanted to take a break to list a few songs I’ve been keeping in heavy rotation lately. I just get in my moods and only wanna hear a certain kind of song. I thought i’d share a few of them.

The Point of It All: Anthony Hamilton

Lonely Whenever You’re Around: Jill Scott

Valediction/House Of Cards/Leave It All Behind : The Foreign Exchange

So Beautiful: Musiq Soulchild

Pretty Wings: Maxwell

Boom: Anjulie

Visions of a Sunset: Shawn Stockman

Sumthin Sumthin (Mellowsmoothe): Maxwell

 Guess its time to create a new slow jams playlist, huh? lol. I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day weekend. If you failed to acknowledge the true meaning of the day, take a moment and think about it now. My dad is a Vet who fought in Vietnam, so its not something I take lightly.

I’ll leave you with one bit of encouragement/inspiration… 

When someone is having a bad day, others often rush to tell that person, "well, it could always be worse." While this may be true, it does little to aid in the improvement of the person’s emotional state. For anyone who may be having a bad day… maybe a bad month… remember that each obstacle in our way is only one small piece of the whole picture. You must be here, right here… in order to end up where you need/want to be. It is a process. Life is a series of peaks and valleys. If you find yourself in a valley at the moment… think of it as a rollercoaster. You’re at the bottom of the hill, you can’t help but rise again. Trust me, it gets better. I remind myself of this often.

Til next time good people…

Its 4am and I was supposed to be asleep hours ago… but i got caught up with music. It does that to me sometimes. I was on the net just checking on stuff… doing my usual routine with emails for work and personal, you know how it goes…. and I had a headache—which I’m guessing came from the crazy weekend with less than sufficient sleep.

But I put on some music… and it just… mmmmmm…. lemme see if I can put it into words….

Have you ever just had a night where you were just feeling yourself? Like… you felt extra fly…. sexy… sensual… and just… mmm… just good n great? I put this on and it just…. turned me on… but not in a super sexy way… it was sensual… warm…. golden…. I just chilled and did some thinking… sung the little rifts he does at the end. It just took me away.

I planned vacations in my head… saw blue water…. pretty sunsets… I saw me on plush couches… driving through the streets with the sunroof open… I felt wind blowing through my hair… and steam from a hot shower making my skin moist.

I dunno… something about this song just puts me in the best mood. I took a long hot shower….stayed in til i felt little beads of sweat form on my brow… put my head under the stream and just stood there. I got out and rubbed body butter on every inch of skin… slowly, til my hands glided over every curve, the skin glistened…. smelled like oranges and vanilla got together for an orgy on my body and teased my nose til it gave in to join the party….

 mmmm… this song…this SONG, y’all. I wonder if he knew it would have this effect the very first time he laid it down in the booth. I wonder if he pictured women…. and men…. with closed eyes… locked in an embrace laced with passion… Did he know it would take my mind off to the deepest abyss of comfort and peace—- that moment when his lips were inches away from the mic? Mawell crooning in the background makes me smile…. makes me dream…. makes me….. surrender.

I’ve been watching videos of some of my favorite R&B songs of the 90’s. I can’t even describe the feeling I get when I hear some of these songs…. I can remember so many great memories associated with each one. My high school years were wonderful. Such beautiful coming of age years. I feel blessed to have such an amazing soundtrack to put them to.

I’m going to share just a couple in case anybody is interested in reminiscing with me.

Joe: All the Things Your Man Won’t Do 

Jesse Powell: You 

Brian McKnight: Anytime 

Madonna and Babyface: Take a Bow 

Boyz II Men: Water Runs Dry 

Thats it…. just having one of those nights where I wanted to hear what rhythm and blues used to sound like. Ha… I’m getting old. Good night.  

So I wanted to come and post my every thought on the Jill Scott show. I wanted to find a way to capture each emotion I experienced…. To describe to you how beautiful she was… her skin… her hair… her curves… OMG… that VOICE!

But I can’t. I can’t give you the details because I can’t find any words that are vivid enough… true enough… to adequately illustrate the way Ms. Scott makes me feel. This was the second time I’ve seen her live and in person and once again, she did not disappoint. The first time was back in early November. It was in a pretty intimate space in charlotte… and though there were lots of people present, I was close enough to the goddess to see her every expression… every wink… every hand movement. This time it was at the Greensboro coliseum and the show was completely sold out. It was amazing to look around and not see a single seat empty in the entire place. We had very good seats… and once again.. even in a MUCH bigger space with tens of thousands of people there, I still felt like I was in my living room watching her perform for me…. She performed for a few hours and she never took a break for longer than just to take a few sips of water while her bass player threw down during “whenever you’re around.”

I think one of the reasons I love her so, is because I can relate to everything she sings, or talks about. She spoke about being hurt… about being the woman who dated a man and fixed him up only to see him go off and marry someone else… she spoke about being at a certain age and not being exactly where you thought you’d be…. And about loving…. And loving… and LOVING…. And I felt every. single. word.  Every time I see her, I connect with her… and I find myself wondering if everyone else around me feels the same thing. She has this incredibly genuine…. pure energy about her and it blows me away. I found myself sitting there with my eyes closed singing along with her every word. And when she let her classical training show by hitting those beautiful operatic notes? Whew.. I found myself taken away… her singing is effortless… no gimmicks… no crazy special effects and no wardrobe changes… just Jill, her band, back-up singers and a microphone… she is majestic. YES… that’s the word… she’s MAJESTIC!

After the last song was sung we all moved to the aisles and began to walk up the steps before hearing Jill’s voice summon us back. There was something on her heart that she just had to share but the concert was (in her words) officially over. We moved back to our seats to listen to her hum the melody before her band picked it up. Then Jill began to take us to church with her impromptu song…. Almost instinctively I had an arm stretched to the sky… eyes closed… tears running down my face as she sung about God wanting to guide us…. Make our lights shine… and have our sides (all of ‘em) through anything and everything. Jill took me to CHURCH!

I don’t know. I’m struggling with trying to describe this experience because I know I’m not doing it any justice…. If you like her work… you should make it a point to go see her live. She gives a performance that is well worth the money. She makes you forget you’re in a crowded coliseum with other folks… she takes you away. I’ve needed a vacation… and I feel like I just got one. Jill gives me a chance to purge all of my bottled up emotions…. I feel free. 

Is that too heavy for a blog entry about a concert? LOL… I’m sorry y’all… I LOVE this woman. I feel blessed to have been able to see her in concert again… and even more blessed to have seen her with my sister, Kat.

Peace y’all.