Enough Already

okay, i've been voting since i got my driver's license. why on earth would anyone not have exercised that right? why would anyone feel the need to text, e-mail, call, and otherwise harass a civic minded individual such as myself?

i say all that to say this: "FIND YOUR STOOPID FRIENDS, E-MAIL AND/OR TEXT THEM TO REMIND THEM TO VOTE!!!!"

yes, I'm excited about the upcoming election, just not enough to run up an ALREADY EXPENSIVE SPRINT BILL (99.00 anything plan my ARSE!!), MY PHONE BUZZING IN THE MIDDLE OF MY MANAGER'S MEETING (that's right some poets have professional f'ing jobs and 1/2 my phone is paid for by the Great State of Texas and B.T.W. GOVERNMENT/STATE EMPLOYEES CANNOT UTILIZE ANY ITEMS PAID FOR BY THE GOVERNMENT/STATE TO ENDORSE ONE CANDIDIATE OR ANOTHER. and it's not like I have McCain friends ), or just otherwise HARASSING me while I am SLEEPING OR PLAYING WII!

Enough all f'ing ready.

AND YES, I ALREADY VOTED DAMN IT!

10.22.08 gratitude

• a new baby boy Xavier! i get to babysit.
• f'ing allergies are getting the best of me.
• hosting game night was pretty cool!
• my niece played very well. I was extremely proud of her.
• playing Wii last night and getting my butt kicked. those of you that know me know i let certain people win. (LOL)
• seeing my sister over the weekend. gosh i miss her, the weekly trips help though.
• missing my nephew this past weekend.
• ohh.. learning to let go, i learned i really still dislike a certain type of person. pray for me please!!!!
• reading, i am now reading the House on Sugar Beach.
• jon goode is coming soon...
• a 50th anniversary party i get to dress up for!!!! i mean for real 50 years without killing each other. they are like my girl's parents below except that got that old old school twist to them. (can i find someone who would want to spend fifty years with me?) LMAO!!
• did i say my allergies are getting the best of me?
• i met my best girl in austin's parents on sunday, they are cute as heck and extremely FUNNY.
• they loved dinner at the house earlier this evening. Now i have to talk to her, but i want a whole blog about them. they are soo cute together. it's that old school, still kind of young love. you know people just fit? nothing over dramatic they just fit. that's the type of love i strive for in my life.
• g.o.d. in those who touched me this week (good bad or indifferent).. really. thanks. i am a better person for it.

funny..

this happened i promise, and it's been happening to me since the second week of september. the day i got the f'ng braces. now mind you, i also wear glasses!! who would have thought this?

super bad poet: "wow. i didn't now you had braces? when'd you get them?"
me: "about a month ago."
superbad poet: "you know that changes things, i have this thing with braces. i think it's cute. i really like girls with braces. i might have to.."

no that's enough.... that's enough already.. now if i were single, i would have the best time of my life right now. and most of you know i've never really dated!!!!

NOTE TO SEE IF THERE IS A NEXT LIFETIME: Get your braces while you are YOUNG. It seems it makes you hellacuter to some of the most SEXY NERD PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.

and believe me, i love Nerds. the more books, comic, cartoon, poetry, science, math, video games and intelligent things you're into the hotter you are to me.

i notice a brain more than anything else. that's all.

10.15.08 gratitude

• the color purple... it was GREAT!!!! I didn't realize they would follow the book and not the movie though.. I don't think the group of Baptist women who sat in the front of us read the book either.
• the color yellow makes me smile. can't see it without thinking of you.
• another "t"in my life. and her crazy sister. Oh my gosh, she is crazy.
• that i am trusting and being trusted. that is the true test of our lives.
• learning to see g.o.d. in some of the strangest places.
• knowing no matter what, you are that one, my ONE.
• that dang face book!
• my girl shauna in San Antonio.
• i get to see my niece play Volleyball this weekend!!!
• two great weeks of poetry, can we get a third?
• jon goode in a couple weeks!
• the new neo sister slam team. faye, her baby sis, and j.phoenix. shay wish you were old enough ma!
• praying you will change your mind about it. yes, i'm referring to above and YOU! love you for making choices that are best for you in this moment, and respect it! (damn growth)
• staying in my lane and loving the view.

Happy Birthday Wishes!!

Happy Birthday and "Whooty Whooo My Brother"

CHIRS MIKE of K-TOWN!!!!

10.08.08 Gratitude

• developing friendships.. even though they are a bit younger than me.
• jon goode's coming to neo-soul.. i cannot believe it..
• obama t-shirts for ELM's mom!!! i've never seen anyone beside myself get that excited about a shirt.
• the long standing friendship til the end with my angel baby and langston (i love talking to you guys)
• for knowing you and loving you well enough to miss you miss nubia!!!
• for the continued development of sisterfriends (chelle)
• my braces, i'm starting to like them enough.
• continued growth, spiritually and mentally.
• reading.. dang i missed it.
• a weekend getaway...
• g.o.d. good orderly direction.

for you...

1 day, i will tell u I love u,
& u will mean it.
U will listen 2 d thoughtful whispers
X-changed b'tween d stars & d moon,
hear a voice longing 2 sing ur praise
& prayerfully u will answer;
recognizing that
it’s not me,
but d woman i aspire 2 b'come.
b'cuz right now,
i’m not really fit 4 me

let alone us...
there was a time when d bend of u,
curved 2 d shape of we,
& i couldn’t tell where we began
‘cuz 4 us there was never an end,
i mean, we couldn’t evoke a moment
b4 we were in.di.vid.u.ally
a u or a me.
there was no such thing
as once upon a time b4 we.
like d gumption of my emotion
hid n d reflection of perfection
at d cusp of ur personification's inception.
in other words
“baby, u were mine, & simply faultless n ur imperfections.”
now i reach 'cross sheets grasping 4

d silhouette that was once u.
u’ve been gone so long
that i can’t remember d essence of u.
i’ve been making love 2 d ghost
that has become

4 so long that i’ve grown accustomed
2 d moans of ur nightmares,
graciously accepting them as a guilty pleasure.

kdtaylor, 2008

to be continued...