Well, today we made progress in the living room...and of all things, my teenage godbrother actually truly WORKED! It was a refreshing experience...

Need rest immediately to combat this headache...full update tomorrow!

Really early day tomorrow, and after today, I truly need some rest. Update tomorrow.

Really early day tomorrow, and after today, I truly need some rest. Update tomorrow.

I said I would do it...

Perhaps I should be headed to slumber right now, but I said a little while ago that I would do another post when I got home and that is what I am going to do. So, for catching you all up. Big ups to Christ for His true grace. I mention it because my Aunt Carmen Teasley went on to be with the Lord this past Friday. Given the distance, (she lived in Boston) and our circumstances of travel often, I didn't get to see her that much in life. Yet, she has most likely had one of the greatest influences in my life of any family member. Now, not to get into comparisons, because I don't necessarily believe that presence automatically equates to influence, but she encouraged so much during these last few years. Overall, I am definitely at peace with what has happened, yet the only real challenge was that my cousin graduated on Saturday and my Aunt passed on Friday. I cannot even begin to think right now of the challenges that my cousin must be going through right now so pray for understanding and grace please.

The end of school is quickly approaching and I still need a summer job! I must keep my eyes peeled because there is a lot of stuff I need to take care of during the summer...I will keep you posted with all updates on the employment front. I have more updates, but am going to pause right now because I must be up in like five hours and change. Until tonight perhaps....

re midnight to try and get back on track, but I really hope to fully post tonight. I am about to go pick up another Aunt. Talk to you all again soon!

Hey everyone! I am at my Aunt Thea's and Uncle Glen's house and my cousin is singing now. We have been karokeing for a few hours. I am getting this post in befo

Mr Fishburne was spotted by my Sister, Franny D while she was attending a concert this evening.

It has been a whirlwind weekend. I promise full disclosure tomorrow. Happy memrorial day. Random event for the night: our family had another Morpheus sighting!

Midnight is early for me. Lol...

To all who see this, please pray for my Aunt Carmen. Our family would certainly appreciate it. I will hardly have time to think, so I am hitting the hay early.

Honesty is verifiably the best policy. Goodnight all...

Ready to go right now...

These are the lyrics to a John Legend song, in which I really dig the beat. The song is ok...yet it reflects my feelings right now. Not ready to go, in a "Yo Ma, what's good" kind of way, but ready to go...to move on to the next step. Ready to go on in life,but it is really a test in patience. I feel so ready to move on towards the next step of independence. I think I just need to step up the level of diligence in trying to assure that certain things are the way I want them before I leave. Yet, in the midst of my diligence and efforts, I have to seriously remember on thing. There is only ONE Messiah. His is Yeshua Hamashiach, Jesus the Christ, The Lion of Zion, The Good Shepherd. I could go on, but I mean to say that I am not He. So I must stop stressing over situations that I cannot change. Habits of others cannot be changed by me, for I am not God. So whatever I have not yet done, I don't need to seek to continue to do. God will bring about the change in His time as only He can; and I see now that I need to do is to just continue to pray.

So today we had a great time at church. Minister Marilyn Stewart gave a sermon on "Walking in Victory." It was definitely encouraging because it reaffirmed that victory is not really defined by circumstances or position in life. It is determined and defined by a faith in Christ regardless of the situation. This is my challenge with a message preached by many today. A modern message where your circumstances are explicitly determined by your service and faith in God. So is that to say if your situation is not as it should be, do you have enough faith in God? Or is it a result of you not giving enough? Well, to find the answer to that, I would just say take account of people around the world. I would venture to say tat there are those in countries around the world whose individual measure and exercise of faith is stronger than that of some of our households combined. Yet many go through more in one month than some of us would go through in our entire lives. It is not a commentary on their faith though. Rather it is a reality of the sustaining grace of God in the midst of adverse unjust situations and governments. This was no different than in Christ's day, where to say that the government was oppressive would be a gross understatement. The Romans were some vicious folks! It is God's presence and promise though that keeps us in the most dire of situations.

So last week my Mom and I were in D.C. for my Grandma's class of '59 reunion. We had a great time, but man, was it a BUSY time! It seemed that almost every time I turned around it was time to head back out into DC. We were out at my Grandma's in Gaithersburg. Through the years, I had heard stories about my Grandpa, the late great Curley King, and how he was the King of smooth talk. Well my Mom certainly proved she was certainly Curley King's daughter. The way she maneuvered through the Howard graduation maze was amazing. Then, to top it all off, she got us into the dinner for the honorees. There I met Morpheus himself, Laurence Fishburne, as well as Dick Gregory. I gave Mr. Fishburne a t-shirt. At the time, I didn't have my cards with me, and I thought that all was lost as far as a contact, but thanks to being aware, I got contact info without even asking. How is that for a riddle?

So DC was great, but upon my return I had a slight break from the fun. My sister had to move out of her dorm, so I went to help her upon my return. First though, I spent several hours at Firestone getting the brakes replaced on the Armada. That took quite a while, but in the process I met a really cool young lady and her mother. Her name is Faith Fitzgerald and she is a singer. You can find her on myspace music under her name. So when I finally arrived at A&M, it was well into the evening. Then the "fun" started. Franny D was on the third floor and there were absolutely no elevators. Needless to say, I got quite a bit of exercise. When we finally left, it was past 11 at night, and we stopped in Waco at an HEB parking lot to sleep. Well when we awoke to get back on the road, the car would not start. All of would have been lost, at least for the morning, had it not been for a most kind man in a streetsweeper vehicle. He gave us a jumpstart and was with us for about half an hour trying to start it. What had happened was that the battery was corroded. Thank God for coke...serious stuff!

I just finished watching Doubt...the tension was almost palpable...

Well I think I am just about caught up with my life and its' progress, except for saturday in which I saw The Neverending Story...I will write about that tomorrow though.

At Brooklyn's jazz caf_ with a buddy from out of town. This music is live! Talk to you all tomorrow...

Getting in not too long ago...I must get some rest because I am picking up my sister tomorrow...talk to you soon. I will have a complete update from DC.

Getting ready for this flight in the AM...full post tomorrow. I feel like Good Morning America because BIG things are happening.

Still pressing...

So yesterday I didn't get to post, but for good reason somewhat. The weather yesterday was bananas! Our power went out for a few hours, and during that time I was able to go and spend some time with our elderly neighbors across the alley. After the power came back on, they invited me for dinner. To which I gratefully accepted, then later on in the evening, I went to visit some more friends, the Ekhalids, to which they invited me to stay for dinner as well. So I definitely had my fill of great food yesterday!

Today I went to church where I had a fruitful time. Lessons learned and God was glorified I believe. Tonight I really want to finish cleaning up my room. Are you all hesitant to go on a trip without a clean room/house? I am, not out of superstition,but just so I don't have to come back and the situation still be the same. We will see if that happens or not, right now I must catch a nap!

Whoops!

I call myself showing love, but forgot to give the link.

http://manasseh.bandcamp.com/

and check out his blog at soulmana.com

Getting back to normal...

Ok,so perhaps I should set up a daily reminder on my phone to blog at least something daily now that I can via the celly. I just seem to forget, but I anticipate a flood of posts now that this job will soon be over. I really need to blog, not that I am so great, (although pride is certainly something I continually battle with...what can I say? my Mommy has a really high opinion of me, and I believe her!) but because my thoughts by virtue of me remaining on the earth are valid, and I feel that they should not be bottled up. There are so many ideas running through my head, perhaps another reason why Corey Red is my favorite artist. On a mixtape track, he compares his mind to a TV, running constantly, and I often feel the exact same way. So with so many thoughts, why keep them to yourself, if they might provoke thought in the lives of everyday people to go beyond their current circumstance and reach for greatness? I am reminded of the song, "Ordinary People," by the Rev. James Cleveland and brought to my ears through another gospel great, Danibelle Hall. The song says a lot of things, but for me the most striking is when it says, "little becomes much, when you place it in the Master's hands."

So it is my endeavor with my thoughts, for although they are certainly not always certainly I am trying through His grace and provision. And along with that, I feel I am following with what He has told me to do in regards to this. Certainly not one hundred percent, but what He told me first to do was to start! I have an overtime opportunity tomorrow, so I am going to wrap up, but I am also going to wrap up because I am headed to the...you know where! The gym! I am so looking forward to the extra burden of weight being gone, but even more I am excited about honoring body on a daily basis. A truly biblical concept that I have held in contempt for far too long.

Want new music, check out my main man, Michael Manasseh's re-release of his debut album, MIKESTANDS! Surely it shall be dope.