I couldn’t begin to say all that happened this summer…
Here’s a “video” that comes close… I will say that it is my first attempt to do anything like this and I have NO clue how to edit audio (yes i could’ve asked B, but I wanted to do this on my own).
At any rate, here’s most of the summer… More to come. I promise
Aug
16
What a summer…
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Jul
14
So, we decided to take a weekend trip to southern California to catch a couple of the Tanya Morgan/Heiro shows. We got in yesterday afternoon and spent most of the day hanging out with rappers and djs and all that that entails… going to cool stores, eating at fine restaurants and getting to spend time with some of the coolest cats I’m lucky enough to be able to call friends.
To say that they killed LA Saturday night is probably an understatement… their energy was amazing and having the opportunity (?) to work the merch table gave me a chance to meet a lot of their fans and to see them get the appreciation they deserve. It was a great day yesterday.
We headed down to San Diego yesterday, and that show was a blast too. Since TM goes on first, most folks in the crowd don’t know them and don’t know what to expect. It’s great to hear the crowd go from polite applause to chanting along with the group. It says a lot for the group and their talent.
Unfortunately I am absolutely dead tired. Like painfully tired. We got in last night at like 1:30a and were asleep by 2… and up at 5 to get to the airport… and now i’m at work… sheesh
Either way it was a great experience… from seeing Von and Don turn the crowd into TM fans, to seeing my favorite song ever performed live for the first time, it was all worth it.
Here are some photos, plenty more to come.
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| TM in LA |
Jun
27
So I’m about halfway thru the summer… and I guess I should talk about some summery shit…
So… things that I’m excited about this summer include:
1. Tanya Morgan is going on tour with Hiero.
2. Rock the Bells has another amazing line-up this year including ATCQ, De La, Mos, Nas, etc
Of course that’s not all that I’m excited about but it’s a start.
Jun
22
My dad was always the emotional one. My mom… a rock. She says it’s because of her childhood… she couldn’t cry because there was no time… too much needed to be done… But I saw her cry today. I don’t know what thought sparked the tears… but there were tears… and they hurt me. As much as i didn’t want my dad to feel pain, i don’t want my mom to feel any either… but she’s hurting right now… I mean we all are… but she really is… and to see that rare display of emotion gave me a little peak at just how hurt she is. Of course her tears started my oldest niece crying, which made me cry and almost made my youngest niece cry… luckily my sister’s attempt to throw a tissue provided some comic relief when the napkin landed in some grapefruit juice.
For now i’m in DC indefinitely. Funeral arrangements should be finalized early next week and i’ll have a better idea of when to expect to return to SF.
Jun
20
At about 8:20am… as I was getting picked up from the airport and trying to brace myself to see him for what I feared was the last time. B took the long way home… thru the park and the shade of the trees… just a calm and serene ride… and then when I got home I found out. And i was crushed and sad… and also relieved. Relieved because he was at peace and I could be at peace with his peace. I hated that he’d had so many blood transfusions… hated that cancer was eating away at his body… hated that the man who had always done so much for me was laying there helpless and I was unable to do anything for him.
The last conversation with my dad where that I would actually call a conversation was about school and the ever-present question “you aren’t finished *yet*” and i laffed… because he’s been asking me this for years… and later that night I went home and cried because I knew he’d never hear me say “yes” to that question.
There are a lot of things that I did not accomplish in my father’s lifetime… and to a certain degree that hurts. I try not to look at those things as regrets because i know i will accomplish them… i just hate that he isn’t here to see it and to know that I will be ok. That his “baby dumpling” is taking care of herself and is finally finishing school.
I’m doing better than I thought I would be. I have an amazing support system that I had apparently underestimated and I am grateful. It’s gonna be awhile before it all sinks in. Bear with me.
Gangsta Mittens 