EFF being HARD, Posdnuos is COMPLICATED

WELL ALRIGHT THEN. The blogs seem to pop up whenever, but when they do - READ. The next big thing...actually, I'm not gonna tell you just yet...let's just say it involves BALLZ and your PURSE. Handbag, clutch, over the shoulder...whatever. It's ALL FAIR GAME. You have been warned. So I went to a party last night. Say word. Homie don't really do parties. I haven't been to a PARTY in many many many years. Eons ago. I get really uncomfortable. Anxiety uncomfortable. Sure enough, felt it last night - big time. Then...much to my surprise, I overcame it. I faced it, dealt with it and shot it down. I'm proud of myself. Baby steps equal big steps. The party was cool too, pour me another Bacardi and Coke...I'll drink it. I drank it. I ammm. I didddd. I wassss. I played DJ for a bit with the iPod and ended up with a TOTO on each leg...how do these things happen???? Clearly I am still recovering. Clearly my fly little Puerto Rican from The Bronx can SHAKE THAT. Hell to the yeah. Clearly I've gotta shout out Kevin and Stacie cause I got to hang with them again and that made me happy. Clearly, Kevin has an issue that will turn itself into one of the biggest things WORLDWIDE. Myspace? Old news. Facebook? What's that?? Again, you have been warned. Consider yourself (all 7 of you) lucky to receive such highly guarded information. I feel like I've been typing for a good 30 minutes now - it's been about five. Moving right along party people in the place...the new Scarface album and the new Ghostface Killah album are fantastic. It's amazing how Scarface is able to still come with it 20+ years in the game.....and it's unbelievable how GOOD Ghostface is at this point in his career. He's got to be the SHARPEST emcee doin' it right now. He can make the most simple subject matter sound like the flyest thing you've ever heard in your life. I tried to find some lyrics online but no such luck. Trust me - "The Big Doe Rehab" is a great album. Get that, get "Made" by Scarface and you're set. I think some little muthafucka named Lupe Fiasco has or is releasing his second album. I got a middle finger for him and his lack of respect for A Tribe Called Quest. My copy of his album was pawned with a quickness, that's like poison in my collection. Is this blog over yet? So tired. Going to bed at 2am will do that to the kid. Need to catch mad zed's...play some zed catch up. Oh, and Celine Dion's new album got...drum roll please...ONE effing star in the new issue of Rolling Stone. THAT is a BEAUTIFUL fooking THING. My heart will go on. Alright, I'm signing off but with a quick reminder before I leave - stay fly, all day, every day.......

HIT ya LIKE a LYRICAL MURDERER

I know you think I have, but yo, I never heard of ya! The tree is up, the roses are on the table and party people in the place, it is time once again to get on down! Sometimes, one must wake up at 3am and watch a True Life marathon until 5am. It happens...especially if you're battling a cold like I am. It tried to make an appearance late Wednesday. Battling, battling, winning, losing, winning, losing. I'm sick, I'm not sick, I'm sick, I'm not sick...I'm sick. So annoying. Since I ran out of Jack Daniel's, I have resorted to Absolut New Orleans. Alcohol kills germs, right? I got'em. It snowed like a MUTHA this weekend, dumping a solid eight inches where I was at. Cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Ever watch that show Intervention on A&E? Brutal. Not always a happy ending. Same thing with some of those True Life episodes that they do. I can't believe it's December already. I can't believe I'm sick. I can't believe how lucky I am to have a fly little Puerto Rican from The Bronx to take care of me when I'm not feeling well. She cooks me amazing things too - blackened tofu, beans & rice, crazy silly good garlic bread, pasta, salad - she hooks it UP. I'm going to get her a cooking show. The F.L.P.R.F.T.B. Cooking Show. Coming soon. It's so freaking cold. Having not been home all weekend, I returned to my MEAT LOCKER of an apartment, switched on the heat, and quickly made my exit, going to get some gas (hate you George W) and some Taco Time. The veggie wrap is gone and yet...I crave more food. Didn't really eat today, not much of an appetite. Although let me assure you, I ate plenty yesterday. Appetites come and go. So do good hip hop posse cuts. When was the last time you heard a really, REALLY good one? Here's the last really good one I heard - Craig Mack featuring The Notorious B.I.G., Rampage, LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes. They put it DOWN on the Flava In Ya Ear remix. "Don't be mad, UPS is hiring". Deadly. I caught a video for a great posse cut tonight - DJ Khaled featuring Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Big Boi, Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne and Birdman. While I'm not a fan of everyone on there, everybody put it DOWN - especially Luda, Big Boi and Busta - they tore it UP!! While I'm babbling about hip hop, new Scarface and Ghostface Killah albums are out this Tuesday. You can NOT go wrong with either one of those dudes. I've been listening to Scarface's "The Fix" album in anticipation of his new joint...and I can conclude that "The Fix" is now a top 20 of all time album for me. One of the most soulful hip hop albums ever - you FEEL it. Now me and my Absolut are gonna go chill and rest and kick this damn cold to the curb. You continue on, doing whatever it is you're doing. Oh, and make a note of it - stay fly - all day, every day.....

187 with MY BLOG in ya MOUTH

Like we always do about this time! 3 blogs in a row, 2 days of silence and back up in here once again. I'm amped off some wonderful hip hop news - RBX and MC Ren are finished up an album together. RBX has been M.I.A. for a minute and when I last spoke with MC Ren, he was planning to drop a new solo album, then he planned to work with Paris on a project and then...he retired. Not the case. This is gonna be some straight WEST COAST hip hop - hardcore, ruff, rugged and raw. Now if only that DJ Quik and AMG album would get a release date, the WEST WEST could really be back on top - a true resurrection...just until Dre releases DETOX, then, it's DRE DAY alllllll over again. Off of the hip hop babble we go and into some babble about a restaurant I frequent often - Red Robin. I like their food - in particular, the different Gardenburgers I can get with different combinations of stuff. YUM. I still wish the seasoning for their fries was actually cooked INTO the fries, but you can't always get what you want. (wow, lots of CAPS tonight) So, I'm thinking that Red Robin did a survey with 100 people and the results of the survey have your server now saying the following: "Hi, welcome to Red Robin, have you been here before?" YES. "Oh, that's great. Welcome back." Really muthafuckaz???????? People don't just wander off the street and into a Red Robin cause they're curious about how their mixologists make the drinks or, gee honey, let's go some place ROMANTIC tonight - maybe we should try out that place down the road, Red Robin I think it's called? BULLSHIT. It's stupid. It's got me upset. I'm calling the manager. ~on hold~ 2 minutes have passed ~still on hold~ Okay...so the manager says that the servers are required to say that. I told him it's odd. He said he was sorry. My job is done here. Moving right along to....how freaking cold it is in Seattle right now...how I feel like I'm in a MEAT LOCKER when I wake up in the morning. (not a good feeling, and definitely requires all caps) The Passat told me it was 37 degrees this morning...THIRTY SEVEN DEGREES...with a little snowflake beside the temperature. I do not want it to snow here...again. Last year sucked with the snow and I'm really not trying to drive around in all that. Yet, I feel like it is our destiny. I just wanna know why it's so cold. What happened to global warming? I would like warmth please. I'm about to light my speakers on fire for heat. SPEAKING OF SPEAKERS...guy and his girlfriend pull up next to me near Southcenter with my dad and Max in the car. "Hey! Hey, want a set of speakers? They're not hot or anything, I got them from work cause we were overstocked." Really? Who does that? They are HOT and you ARE shady. I've been crazy way before radio didn't play me. I got the best pictures of Max over the weekend. I think I will end things off here with one of my favorites and if you go to Red Robin and they ask you that ridiculous question, tell'em you have never been here before and that you didn't even know the place existed. Ask them to tell you the history of Red Robin and what their mission statement is. Do they give back to the community? Do they put MSG in their food? Cause let me tell you something - they put SOMETHING in there - how else can you explain my addiction to that place?? I get the shakes if I don't go for over two weeks. I joke. I sign off. I go watch the television. You read the blog. YOU stay fly, all day, every day.....

EDITION not ADDITION fool

I sat down, fingers on the keys, posture not so great...ready to BABBLE. When suddenly it hit me. Something's not right! I raced out of my room and into the kitchen. No signs of smoke but the emergency signal was definitely ringing in loud and clear. The solution to all this panic - Absolut New Orleans poured over ice. Got your heart racing a bit, didn't it? Terrifying...kinda like what I'm about to sit here and blog about. No agenda means ideas and random thoughts all over the damn place. Pause. Sip. Carry on. I ventured out into day after thanksgiving sale shopping chaos people acting retarded to save 5 bucks day with Max. We got gas at Costco...I hate you George W...and then, instead of heading to Target like we had planned, we ended up going to Coulon Park over in Renton. Beautiful park, Max loves it there. I should mention that my car (ahem, the Passat) is very clean right now and almost every time I go to Coulon, tradegy strikes via birds from above. We head out into the park which, for whatever reason, is not getting any sun...the ground is frozen. I drink down my mocha in about 2 1/2 minutes. It warms me...then I feel sick. Play at the park for probably 45 minutes and then head back to the car to inspect the damage. Nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. HOORAY. Off we go in the still shiny automobile listening to Class Of 3000 by Andre 3000 from Outkast. Unexpected random babble - Prince has a new single on iTunes called F.U.N.K. and it sounds damn good. Back to the babble. Max wants something to eat so we stop at Burger King and get him some chicken and fries. He's happy, I'm happy, we head back to the car to head over to Target. GASP!! WWWWHUT?!!? What in the.....?!?!? The birds. The birds moved shop and hang out at the Burger King parking lot in Tukwila. Little fuckers - I don't even eat your cousins and nephews and great aunts and shit. SHOW SOME RESPECT! Target was busy but not crazy busy like I thought it would be. I parked as FAR AWAY as possible, next to the Target sign actually...which of course, PLEASED ME. We also checked out Circuit City after Target but found nothing. From there it was time to go home and chill. Did I mention I couldn't feel my hands when we left Coulon? True story. How I love you heated seats. You make me so very, very happy. Max's grandpa is coming into town tomorrow - could potentially pump the blog writing brakes, but you know, I'll see what I can do. This is three blogs in a row isn't it? I'm like a blog writing COMET right about now. OH...and I bought one of my favorite childhood into adulthood movies today - THE GOONIES. I sat down with Max tonight, telling him he's gonna love the movie and this and that and it's so cool and he's all excited to see it. So then, within 5 minutes of the movie starting, Chunk says "shit". And Max repeats it. So now I'm dreading what's coming next. More "bad" language for a 5 year old, including two more "shit's" after the first one in the five minutes after that. Dammit Steven Spielberg. So I switched it off. I didn't want to. I really, really didn't want to. He's just gonna have to wait until he's 10 to see it - the same age as when I first saw it. WORD. Is this muthasucka getting kinda long and pointless or what? Perfect opportunity to just....KEEP GOING! Or not. I select not. Still, it's on and poppin' - and do I need to remind you? STAY capital F-L-Y...all day, every day....

I MAKE ya FEEL LOST like HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY

Stickabush...stickabush. Happy thanksgiving from your Canadian on America soil. I don't celebrate Canadian thanksgiving as it always passes me by without notice. And while I don't "celebrate" American thanksgiving either - it is absolutely a day for me to reflect and take that extra minute or two to really recognize and give thanks to people in my life. For the next 4 days it's just me and Max rollin' solo and I give thanks EVERY SINGLE DAY for having that little boy in my life. No matter past circumstances, he is nothing but pure GOODNESS, a wonderful little child with endless potential. Watching him grow by leaps and bounds makes me PROUD in every single fucking sense of the word. You won't find a parent much prouder than myself. World's proudest father is in the BUILDING...holla!! Just to go off track for a minute, cause that's what I DOO if you're just tuning in, I have completely spaced on RAVING about Jay-Z's "American Gangster" record. He was inspired to write it and record it after seeing a rough cut of the film, but what he ended up doing, is making the best album of his career. I've never been a Jay-Z fan...always thought he made better singles than complete albums. THIS JOINT is a complete ALBUM...and if you take a look around the wasteland called "hip hop" right about now - NO ONE is making an album that plays from start to finish anymore. So big up to Jay-Z cause the dude is a monster...check that live VH1 special if you don't believe me where he ran through almost every track over the course of an hour. Now where was I? Oh yes...giving thanks. I give thanks for April 16th, 2007 where my life was completely turned upside down in the most amazing of ways. Do you believe in love at first sight? Let's just say I really don't believe I'd be here or be in the kinda mindframe I'm in without MY FLY LITTLE PUERTO RICAN FROM THE BRONX. I can endlessly rave about her...I do every day...ask her. But I am just SO thankful that she came into my life when she did. What we share is really, TRULY special...untouchable, unbelievable...I pinch myself constantly. Upgrade 2007 til infinity. So THIS is what love is all about. Alright then. THANK YOU for you. When I talk to you on the phone, send you text messages, when I see you next week, I'll thank you...over and over again. To my man Champagne, The Warrior Of Chaos, Brian, T-Diggy, SamMan and Serafin...you have all held me up and held it down for me in one form or another. Thankful for you all. To Kevin & Stacie, to Mommy - you are such amazing additions to my life and have welcomed me with open arms. Thank you. Tonia (hey hey hey) my little chocolate drop - you've got my back quite like no other and I wanna thank you too. I should thank Emma (age 4) and Reese (age 3) as well since I'm pretty sure both of them are probably able to read this. I heard Emma is working with Stephen Hawking on a new edition of A Brief History Of Time and Reese is going to contribute as well with illustrations. How nice. This blog has gotten a bit personal and I hesitate to post but thanks again to all and take that extra minute to thank some of your peeps. Two blogs within 24 hours and the hits just keep on comin'. Time to chill with this glass of Absolut New Orleans and to remind you to stay fly, all day every day.....thank you.

IT TAKES TWO to MAKE it OUT OF SIGHT

I wanna blog right now. I know it's been a HOT MINUTE since the last blog. For the seven of you reading this, it must seem like an eternity...like when X-Files was really popular and there would be months inbetween new episodes. The truth is out there. The truth of the matter is, I tried to write a blog last weekend, but I wasn't on my own computer, my keyboard...and never knew, until that moment, that it actually makes a difference. Down to BIZNESS. Last Friday night I saw Rob Base (no DJ E-Z Rock), Naughty By Nature and Coolio. Rob Base was pretty bad, Coolio was really bad (the crack is back) but it was like Nineteen Naughty III all over again when Treach and Vinnie took the stage. OPP, Everything's Gonna Be Alright, It's On, Uptown Anthem, Hip Hop Hooray, Craziest, Guard Your Grill, Feel Me Flow...they ran through them all, with passion...not even close to going through the motions...and you know they've performed these same damn songs for 10-15 year now. They brought it and I was a happy man. New album coming in 08. Oddest moment of the Naughty set - Treach pouring cognac over the Tupac tattoo on his arm while saying the following...(and I wish I had an audio clip)..."When I drink, you drink. When I smoke, you smoke. When I fuck, you fuck"......ooooo-kay there Mr.Treach. Last Saturday me and my fly little Puerto Rican from the BRONX chilled until late afternoon when it became time to get our sushi ON. So damn good. Wasabi Bistro - best sushi in Seattle. Their sister restaurant, Red Fin, has a great atmosphere, but you can NOT beat Wasabi's rolls. HELLZ to tha NO. Don't even try it, you might cause a riot, what the radio won't play, the underground will supply it. Ice-T quote from Squeeze The Trigger off Rhyme Pays. Random hip hop quotes happen to the best of us. Embrace it. Embrace beer. Kevin and Stacie got a garage full of it and I was lucky enough to sample it and sample it and sample it and sample it on Saturday evening, while taking in an amazing comedy routine that lasted a good 3 hours. (damn that was a HELL of a run-on sentence there Baird) The brat is asleep...I repeat, the brat is asleep. I'd like to shout them both out for a great evening. The war of the iPod's rages on. Winner yet to be determined but DAMN if I wasn't THRILLED OUT OF MY SKULL when selections from Buhloone Mind State by De La Soul started popping up. Really...all seven of you....okay, all 6 cause Stacie's got it....you must have De La Soul's third album in your collection. You may see 3 Feet High & Rising and De La Soul Is Dead on various top 20 lists of all time but the one, and I mean THE ONE you've got to own is BUHLOONE MIND STATE. Stickabush...stickabush...stickabush...stickabush. Sunday/Monday will now be known as the infamous 48 hour hangover...I don't want to talk about it. But let's talk about this - it's Wednesday night....and there's a blog here. For the next couple days I will check in with more ramblings than you can imagine. Maybe not that many, but I'm planning on more over the next 4 days. You have been warned. New episode of Project Runway in 45 minutes from now best reality show on tv - period. I sign off now, only to return again in another 24 hours. When I sign off, you sign off. When I blog, you blog. When I say you stay fly, you STAY FLY ON THE REAL TO REAL....

GANGSTA GANGSTA that's WHAT they're YELLIN'

It's not about a salary, it's all about reality. Can I get an extension on the weekend please? Another 48 hours would be good for me. Please and thanks. Met up with dear friends Brian & Guy on Saturday and got my hair cut by Toyo - little Japanese man with some SERIOUS SCISSOR SKILLZ. His technique is unlike anything I've ever come across. I was in awe the whole time and walked out very happy. My fly little Puerto Rican from The Bronx and I hopped into the back seat of Brian & Guy's new CLS (which is freakin' GORGEOUS) and we headed off to Ray's to grab a late lunch and drinks. Checked out Tiffany's afterwards and then grabbed some more drinks. Martini's for this kid all day long. WHUT?! Today, with the time change in full effect, we headed off to Macy's and the mall to look at stuff and then took in the 1:10 showing of AMERICAN GANGSTER. Oh, you're gonna wait until next week to see it? Oh, you're gonna wait until it comes out on dvd? Mark my words when I say that is one of the finest pieces of filmmaking in 07. Denzel and Russell came through with some SERIOUS a-game. Also some nice cameos in there from Fab 5 Freddy and Anthony Hamilton in one of the clubs scenes. Check for RZA in there and watch for his giant WU-TANG tattoo on his arm. Dope. Common and T.I. both seemed a bit under-used but held their own during their brief moments of screen time with Denzel. I am fascinated with true stories like this, where the character sets up and establishes his empire, gaining all this money and power, only to have it all taken away from him, everything crumbling in the end. You've really gotta see it - yes, YOU. All seven of you! The Amazing Race starts in 60 seconds. I will continue to type like a madman for your reading pleasure. Oh, and Jay-Z's "American Gangster" album is out on Tuesday - never been excited for one of his albums until now. Actually, not true - his Unplugged album is incredibly dope with The Roots backing him up. I'm a hustler baby, I just want you to know. I ain't where Stacie's been, but where she's about to go. BIG SHOUT OUT for not holding back on that trick bitch. Truly. Capital T to the R-I-C-K beeeeotch! We don't love dem hoes...and I definitely don't love anyone who is gonna come at you and your family all twisted like that. Best believe I got your back. It's like that, and that's the way it is. Damn that new Britney album is good - SAY WHUT?! It's Britney bitch. Break it down...break it down...break it down...break it down. It's frightening how it's stuck in my head the way it is. DOO DOO DOO! Alright look, I would write more but with The Amazing Race and America's Most Smartest Model on at the same time, I've got some serious flipping back and forth between channels to do. Wish me luck and on the real to real - STAY FLY...all day, every day.......

DON'T MOVE muthafucka! DON'T MOVE!!

This ain't gonna be one of those blogs where I'm all chipper and shit. Clearly, the first sentence says it all doesn't it? Read on. I've had a fucked up day. Start to finish - fucked. And guess what? You're about to read about it! Or swing on over to eonline.com and check something there. Travis drink (number two) in hand, let's go! Met up with the apartment peeps regarding a neighbor cranking the SHIT out of The Transformers movie last night. When I can feel the bass and hear the dialogue in my living room, we've got some muthafuckin' ISSUES. They will be dealt with. And can I get some peeps to change a lightbulb in the elevated ceilings? I only called LAST MONDAY. That'll be dealt with on Friday. Hip hop hooray. I need to figure out my living situation within the next month - that ish has me stressed. More than I really wanna get into right now, let's move on. I took the day off today and got to take Max to school for the first time. Such a big boy, walked him in and he went down the hall to his classroom by himself. The changes going on with him in the last 30 days alone are absolutely mindboggling in a good way. Doesn't mean there's not issues. He is shy (like his dad) and doesn't really talk much when peeps come at him. We had a long talk about that this afternoon after he basically ignored or said very little to peeps at my work. (we stopped by, he likes daddy's work) We spent the afternoon over at Pacific Science Center which was like a ghost town. I highly recommend you bust over there if you've got kids on a Wednesday afternoon. You can hear yourself think, you don't trip over kids who aren't being watched - it's great. I don't need to go into great detail over the next item cause it will do no good but make me fucking pissed off all over again. In review "fuck you" via the phone and text summed it up very nicely. Oh, and if you happen to be someone who fucked me over a year ago and then you call me up a year later being all chipper and fake and shit, you can catch a bad one. You may also come collect a "fuck you" as well. I've got an endless amount, especially tonight. I'm really not one to be fucked with. To put the cherry on top of my day of hell, Max was chased down the driveway of my complex by a dog who was not leashed. SECOND fucking time it has happened. Max was scared out of his mind (as was I) and I went talked to management immediately. He will also be dealt with. If it happens again, I've got a FUCKING BRICK with his dogs name on it. Try me. I do NOT fucking PLAY when it comes to my son. You will catch a fucking bad one. So tonight, chilled on the couch watching Animal Planet (Max's new favorite) and......DING DONG.....who could that be? The dog's owner? The Transformers neighbor? No. My fly little Puerto Rican from The Bronx here to save the day and my SANITY. I close off here with the biggest smile on my face. The most wonderful things can happen when you least expect them. Believe that....and STAY FLY dammit........

THOOOM bizotches

What a beautiful weekend. If you were in Seattle the past two days, you know this to be true. Why is our fall nicer than our summer? I saw The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D on Saturday. Max loved it. What an incredible piece of filmmaking, truly some crazy ass creativity going on there. As much as I like Pixar and some of the other animated things for kids, that claymation and stop and start action going on is leaps and bounds better. Call me old school - it will be taken as a compliment. That also brings to mind James & The Giant Peach - another masterpiece which I'll introduce to Max soon as well. Max is zedding away, I'm doing some laundry and I start flipping through channels, landing on MTV Cribs. Now, some people on there, you know their stuff is paid for, they're making crazy amounts of ca$h. You see someone on there like Brooke Valentine who had one hit and yet, somehow, has 2 Benz's and an Escalade - you gotta question what's going on there. Answer: she's got roommates. Yup, that's not gangsta. And while I'm at it, if you catch the episode, take off those damn hoops that are bigger than your fucking head. I breathe in, I breathe out. Really, not something to get worked up over. Six in the morning police at my door, fresh Adidas squeakin' cross the bathroom floor. I was listening to Ice-T this morning. "OG Original Gangster" is still, to this day, one of the best damn hip hop albums ever. I'm rollin' in the damn Passat, reciting every line, word for word. I was there for the filming of the "Lethal Weapon" video in 90 and saw him again with Body Count in 91. Ask anyone, he's the one (or at least in the top 3) of people I'd like to interview. Rakim and KRS ONE would round out the other two. Back to the Passat for a minute - had it all washed up on Friday. Woke up and had that morning moisture, that morning DEW if you will, on all the windows. Do I use my wiperblades to get that DEW off of there? Hell to the no. I wipe that off, dry that off, get that all shined up. No lines, no streaks, no mess. I ain't havin' it. I may not drive a Benz, but I do treat my Passat like one. I am borderline crazy. You have all been warned. American Gangster with Russell and Denzel is coming out on Friday isn't it? That flick is gonna be crazy good. If you are a Cingular customer (will peeps stop calling them that now that they're AT&T?) I wonder if you know that the clocks didn't really change last night. There was no falling back, that happens next weekend. What UP? I'm with T-Mobile and apparently I really DO get more cause they didn't change the time on my phone. The time on my G4 changed though. You win some, you lose some. But somewhere, right now, there's someone who didn't hear the news and they'll be early/late for something tomorrow. I laugh out loud with glee. Borderline crazy, remember? Not crazy like THE HULK but borderline something or other. My p-p-p-posse from the Bronx is THICK...! Ever do something you swear you could never do and then, out of the blue, you're able to do it? Good feeling isn't it? AMAZING. Straight up and down, this is some all over the fucking place rambling. Everyone still with me? I feel like I need motion sickness pills just writing it. Bacon tastes good, porkchops taste good. Pulp Fiction should be released in audio form. Bizarre that it's not. Must I come up with all the good ideas on my own people?? PEOPLE!! Alright, these eyelids are getting heavy (yes, I know it's only a bit after 9) so I will close off here. If I could somehow hand out those little bags that you throw up in before each blog I would. This kid needs to rest. Very sleepy. Very much ending it off here cause it's just how we doo. Straight up, if you're really come through, might wanna come fly, and stay fly and just BE FLY...all day, every day......YA HEARD!

MARINATED bloggidy GOODNESS

It's Britney bitch. Shout out to The Warrior of Chaos. BOOYA. Ever lose touch with someone that you thought was one of the coolest, nicest, most talented people you've ever met? And then, one day, they show up in your inbox after around 12-13 years of no contact? That happened to me today. Mr.Dorey (aka: X-ian) is alive and well. We go back to high school, shared a love of music...Public Enemy, Paris, Consolidated, Meat Beat Manifesto...and both of us were definitely on the artistic tip coming up. You can get with this, or you can get with that. I just wanted to shout him out as well - it is DEFINITELY a beautiful thing being back in contact. Much respect. I'm just getting over a cold. I woke up with it on Friday morning with its claws well into me and there was no fighting it. I'd say I'm sitting at a comfortable 90% better now with a full weekend (and Monday) of rest. Take THAT. During my weekend of rest I became addicted to a few terrible shows - America's Most Smartest Model http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/americas_most_smartest_model/series.jhtml . . . Keeping Up With The Kardashians http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/kardashians/index.jsp?sid=nav-shows . . . and The Real Housewives Of Orange County http://www.bravotv.com/Real_Housewives_2 . . . which I think was a marathon of season one. All guilty pleasures and great to watch while on Tylenol Cold and Jack Daniels. I'm just coming through with that marinated bloggidy goodness...what more do you want from me? Back to Public Enemy for a minute, the Paris produced "Remix Of A Nation" ( www.guerrillafunk.com ) hits stores today. SUPPORT THAT! Also, the new PE video went up today over at www.publicenemy.com for "Black Is Back". Originally they wanted to sample AC/DC for the track but they couldn't obtain the rights. These things I know. I also know that waiting in a McDonald's drive-thru for 10 minutes with only one car in front of you is not right. That's why I let dude at the window know...and without cussing. So proud of myself. Can't have Max saying "you're a muthafuckin' bitch" to his friends in kindergarten. Not a good look. Just in case you haven't seen it written all over my face - I am madly in love with my fly little Puerto Rican from The Bronx. BX is in the BUILDING! What more can I say?! I'm so proud of my little man, he fits the very definition of EXCEL. He's writing letters and coloring and drawing pictures of me and him and it's just SO amazing to watch. He's only been in kindergarten for a month and half and it has been such a positive thing for him. Oh, and November 4th in Seattle - Rakim, Ghostface Killah and Brother Ali. To go or not to go, that is the question. To see the R, the fucking 18th letter just RIP mics in half LIVE would be incredible, Ghostface is solid and Brother Ali's latest confirmed that he's one of the few still carrying the torch for hip hop. Ponder young man ponder. Ramble young man ramble. So while the blogs may be few and far inbetween at times, I'm still here, doin' it, head above water, forward motion, keep movin' and movin'. Forward motion, stay fly and STAY FLY.....

BOOGIE DOWN volume EIGHT

Cru - GOIN' DOWN
"It's goin down...boogie boogie down...boogie boogie boogie boogie down...down down down..."

Lady Sovereign - LOVE ME OR HATE ME (Jason Nevins remix)
"If you love me then thank you!..."

The 2 Live Crew - ME SO HORNY
"Im like a dog in heat, a freak without warning...I have an appetite for sex, cause me so horny..."

Marc Anthony - PARECE MENTIRA
(translator please)

Salt N Pepa - LET THE RHYTHM RUN
"Is it over yet? Never, it gets better...we'll let the rhythm run harder than ever..."

The Notorious B.I.G. - HYPNOTIZE
"Never lose, never choose to, bruise crews who...do something to us, talk go through us..."

Mya - MY LOVE IS LIKE...WO
"I hope you have an appetite...so tell me, baby, will you come and spend the night..."

Fugees featuring Bounty Killer - KILLING ME SOFTLY (remix)
"Yo Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday..."

Montell Jordan - THIS IS HOW WE DO IT
"So tip up your cup and throw your hands up and let me hear the party say...I'm kinda buzzed and its all because...this is how we do it..."

Busta Rhymes featuring P.Diddy & Pharrell - PASS THE COURVOISIER part II
"I said Busta (whassup son?)...you leave them girls rollin... and it look like (c'mon)...they asses is swollen..."

DJ Shadow featuring Chris James - YOU MADE IT
"So we crawl out from under...the water...out of darkness..."

Foxy Brown featuring Method Man - ILL NA NA
"True Absolut vodka, straight shots...for the has-beens and have-nots, dolla dolla...real and it don't stop, we movin up...first the mansion then the yacht, sound proper..."

Mariah Carey featuring Jadakiss & Styles P - WE BELONG TOGETHER
"It's our time right now, more than ever...til the death, we gon' get it on together..."

Domino - SWEET POTATO PIE
"It's like this...I'm that guy, you're so fly...gotta get a piece of that sweet potato pie..."

Christina Aguilera - CANDYMAN
"He's a one stop, got me hot, makin' my "uh" pop...(sweet, sugar, candyman)...he's a one stop, get it while it's hot, baby don't stop...(sweet, sugar)...."

Missy Elliott featuring Eve - 4 MY PEOPLE
"Make me grind my hips, make me move my waist...when the music comes on, you take my breath away..."

LL Cool J featuring Boys II Men - HEY LOVER
"Swimming in the timeless, currents of pure bliss...fantasies interchanging with each kiss...undying passion unities our souls..."

Beyonce featuring Jay-Z - CRAZY IN LOVE
"It's the way that you know what I thought I knew...it's the beat that my heart skips when I'm with you..."

J.J. Fad - SUPERSONIC
"You see, the 'S' is for super, and the 'U' is for unique...the 'P' is for perfection and you know that we are freaks..."

Raphael Saadiq - STILL RAY
"Night is where I find you and peace of mind...my days are filled with glee...that's why I truly give you what you need...because you love me for me..."

ELECTRIC RELAXATION

Once again, it's been a minute. These blogs are starting to marinate over a week or two. Don't know what to tell you except that IT'S LIKE THAT...and THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. I'd like to big up Absolut for creating Absolut New Orleans - mango and black pepper flavored vodka. All proceeds from the sale go towards Gulf Coast charities. Get yourself two bottles. Then, drop Absolut an email asking them why they don't have any drink recipes for it on their website. Still, over ice is nice and the flavor is really wonderful. www.absolut.com Did anyone watch the VH1 Hip Hop Honors show on Monday? Good stuff...mostly. Missy was honored much too early and Snoop being honored before Dre is crazy.....nothing comes out when they move they lips, just a bunch of jibberish and muthafuckaz act like they forgot about Dre. I like'em both but it's like they cut in line before some other people in the game and/or VH1 just got lazy. A Tribe Called Quest getting honored was HUGE. Phife, a diabetic, is in need of a kidney transplant YESTERDAY. I was shocked and saddened to see him looking so ill. I really hope he's okay. A Tribe Called Quest to me, really, is absolutely top 5 group of all time material. Who's a better group who released sooooo much incredible material? The first three albums are CLASSIC. Word is bond. People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm, The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders are ESSENTIAL. Beats, Rhymes & Life and The Love Movement round things out nicely although hurt a bit due to the sampling laws that came into affect after their 3rd album. Doesn't take away from the fact that they're one of the dopest groups ever. So since they are so good, you'd think some of these younger emcee's would recognize and show respect. Lupe Fiasco can catch a bad one. I'm done with dude. He came out for the Tribe tribute and forgot the classic verse, then went on to say that he's never even listened to Midnight Marauders and never will and that Eightball & MJG put out better stuff. REALLY?? He just shot his entire career (what's left of it) right in his FACE. Not his foot. His face. He will not recover. Kanye can't save you now you little bastard - he gave away all his good beats to Common and didn't even save any for his wack ass third album. CATCH A BAD ONE. I saw Transformers with Max and he loved it, as did I. Even though it's a bit different than the cartoon I grew up on, that is one monster of an action flick. A 180 from that is the new David Cronenberg film, Eastern Promises, starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. Good movie, which has stayed with me since Saturday on the brain, and GREAT performance from Viggo. It's been compared to The Godfather which is a HUGE stretch, to say the least, but it's got LEGS and I'm hoping for a sequel. Why are my eyelids suddenly so heavy? Oh yeah - Absolut New Orleans. GET YOU SOME!! Clearly I didn't have anything of major importance to babble about so this would be the perfect blog. Why are my sentences coming out so funny tonight? Is it just me? I'm closing off here and there's nothing you can do to stop me. Keep this mind, right there at the forefront of your cranium in big letters, all caps - STAY FLY, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY....

BOOGIE DOWN volume SEVEN

Rozalla - I LOVE MUSIC
"Nothing can be better than a sweet love song...so sweet so sweet so mellow mellow...when you got the girl that you love in your arms...oh honey I love you I love you yeah..."

Run DMC - RUN'S HOUSE
"Some underestimate, and miscalculate...my intent to create what I call the great..."

Kelis featuring Nas - IN PUBLIC
"Don't try to run from me...I'll make your toes curl up and make your body scream..."

Talib Kweli - GET BY
"I let them know we missin you, the love is unconditional...even when the condition is critical, when the livin is miserable...your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin you..."

The Verve - LORD I GUESS I'LL NEVER KNOW
"Tell me, who do you see when you die in your dreams?...tell me, who do you touch when you --- in your dreams?..."

Blaque - BRING IT ALL TO ME
"There's not a single question that we can't make this right...cause it's you I need every day and night..."

Gang Starr featuring K-Ci & JoJo - ROYALTY
"I'll open up the door always before you pass me...baby doll, because you're royalty..."

De La Soul featuring E.Yummy - SPECIAL
"It's gotta be you, it's gotta be right...no time for games, it's gotta be tight...I just want this to be special, special..."

Joss Stone - GIRL THEY WON'T BELIEVE IT
"Girl they won't believe it...I finally found some sweet through the bitters of life...ooh ooh girl they won't believe it...in a world where the sun's even shining inside..."

Yo-Yo featuring MC Lyte - ONE FOR THE CUTIES
"One for the cutie, two for the cutie with the big D..."

Robin Thicke - TEACH U A LESSON
"U feel so good...U smell so good...U feel so warm...just like I knew U would...I can't let u go..."

Black Sheep - THE CHOICE IS YOURS (revisited)
"Back, middle, to the front, don't front...wanna good time, gonna give you what you want..."

Deee-Lite - SAY AHHH...
"All day in my mind I replay the 2nd time we chimed...so sweet what a treat sensuelle...skin on skin is swingingly swell..."

John Forte - NINETY NINE (Flash The Message)
"Subway sparks after dark...flash the message: something's out there..."

Gwen Stefani featuring Pharrell - YUMMY
"I’m feelin yummy head to toe...you see me...ain’t got no patience so let’s go..."

Pharoahe Monch featuring Apani - THE ASS
"The ass!...the ass!....the ass!....the ass!..."

Oasis - WONDERWALL (acoustic version)
"I don't believe that anybody...feels the way I do about you now..."

READ it LATER. YOU are HALF ASLEEP.

It's like that...and that's the way it is. Sippin' on hennessy and you know it's all good. Warmed to the core and I'm feeling just fine. I sit here, in the dark, trying to make out the letters on the keyboard, knowing that if I concentrate hard enough, I actually might write something of importance this evening. Sometimes you need to pause, take a second...just take a second. Listen to the little voice in your head. You know what mine is saying? Refill on the hennessy please! Besides that, as much as life is a struggle sometimes, everything's gonna be alright...alright. Material possessions aside, how happy are you right now? Me, on a scale of 1 to 10, I'm closing in on 10. I wanna feel that pure bliss and know what I need to do to get there. The feelers are out. Stacie has my back like WOW. I've got an amazing support system in place. I think everyone knows it's about to happen. The time has come for bigger and better things in life. I don't wanna struggle anymore. I just wanna be COMFORTABLE. The kid wants to be comfy. Get ya comf on. Now, to totally switch up topics for a sec - if you are sick and coughing and sneezing and you come to work, I would love to throw you down a flight of stairs or just take you out to pasture. NEIGH biznotch. Now back to our regularly scheduled program - I am SO HAPPY. Life has done another 180 on me. You read my last blog, about my time in my city with my fly little Puerto Rican from the Bronx. Think that's a one time deal? Think things aren't always that great? Guess what?...things are all that and then some....except when you spill a Travis drink all over the couch. That's a two minute time out right there. Penalty on the kid from Canada. Drop and give me twenty sucka. I went running for the first time in about nine months last night. I psyched myself up, got the new Public Enemy "Remix Of A Nation" going on (available online now for download, in stores in October) and just hit the street. 100 miles and runnin'. The 25 minutes I was out there felt like an eternity. The pain I feel in my entire body today is reeeeee-dic. I wish I had never stopped but I got it going on now. A little run here, a little run there and I should be good. I'd like to give a shout out to mommy. Oh mommy, 10 years in the making and tomorrow is the big day. We'll be thinking of you - all will be very very well. Oh, and why had I forgot about "Army Of Me" by Bjork? Damn that's a great song. True dat, howudoodat?! My boy was a mess tonight like I have never seen. I picked him up from the community center after work and he wants a toy. I say no - tears. We get home - more tears and whining for 25 minutes. I should have just left him there and went for another run! I joke. Always joke. Joke all the time. Got him calmed down from the 25 minute crying/whining session and then he starts up AGAIN!! Don't know what the deal is but wasn't diggin' on that at all. Another drink for the father typing the blog please. Thank you. I used to watch The Office. I think the second season of The Office is some of the best television I've seen in recent years. Why am I not watching the one hour season premiere tonight? TV is a waste of time and money. Television, the drug of the nation, breeding ignorance and feeding radiation. Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy quote for those keeping score. Damn, I am all OVER the place tonight. GOOD. Oh, and that new Kanye West is the biggest disappointment of the year. But the good news - Milk Dee from Audio Two is working on a new solo album. SAY WORD. Did I ever even talk about the MTV Video Music Awards? I don't think I did. Clearly old news and clearly the worst television ever beamed into my home. They're still talking about Britney. Too high, can't come down. Alright, that's all I got. I'm gonna find a picture of Britney from when she looked good and post it with a big smile on my face. My girl could teach her a lil' something. A little somethin' about staying FLY - all day, every day.....

HENNESSY...HENNESSY...(but I am still THIRSTY)

It's like I've been on a blog-cation...on a beach somewhere, unavailable to type randomly and at great length. Or I smashed my fingers inbetween some bricks and have been unable to type with little plaster casts on each finger. Even the Warrior Of Chaos chimed in with "write more blogs dammit". I am sorry to have let all six or seven of you down. However, I am back from a weekend away, and even though I am thoroughly exhausted - BLOG I SHALL. Where was I? I was with the love of my life in my city - VANCOUVER. We went up on Friday night after work, stopping along the way to visit the hometown of the cousins of the Insane Clown Posse (Everett) and then we quickly kept it movin' after devouring some Taco Bell. Grilled Stuft Burrito. YUM. Oh, and who knew that Hockey Night In Canada actually moved and is now Hockey Night In Everett? That might be a joke only for myself, unless you're a hockey fan and grew up in Canada. I move on. The border was a breeze with the border patrolman taking a slight jab at my fly Puerto Rican from the Bronx. Oh, but be warned, that bush over there may not be a bush at all - it might be a giant microphone. TRUST NO ONE. We arrived at our hotel downtown which you can look at here - http://www.sheratonvancouver.com/facilities.cfm?page=faq - 18th floor, corner room, floor to ceiling windows. AMAZING. The city looked absolutely gorgeous lit up. We made our way downstairs to the bar where George Carlin was playing piano. He wasn't. But if you had the drop of vsop that I did, you might find it funny too. Switch over to Saturday morning and I'm wide awake at 6:30, so amped to BE THERE and to also look out the floor to ceiling windows. I do. I take many pictures, one of which is at the end of this babbling. It was supposed to rain the majority of the time we were there. Did it once? NO. Sunshine for Saturday and Sunday - it must be a sign. We got some Starbuck's in the lobby (how convenient) then made our way out into the city on foot. We walked ALL DAMN DAY on Saturday. Maybe not all day, but for a good 6-7 hours...it felt GREAT. We went down to the waterfront, got some amazing breakfast at the Goodfellas Cafe and walked over to Canada Place to take in the view from there. We went down 1 Missing Limb Lane in search of my spot and we found it. Seymour Street used to be home to Track Records and Odyssey, my two favorite record stores on the planet. They've been gone for years, but I can't forget driving into downtown on my lunch, parking in the alley, grabbing some music, and then heading back to class. Yes, my music addiction runs DEEP. It was almost 11:30 in the morning by this point - time for a drink. Where should we go? Where should we go? Then it hits me, let's go up in a terrifying elevator ride to a revolving restaurant so we can see EVERYTHING. Thanks to an earlier suggestion from the ever-trusty Weesha (thank you!) we go here: http://www.topofvancouver.com/ and get our late morning drink on. You drink, then you shop, so we did Robson Street and checked out some unorganized cd shops on Granville and then went in search of a liquor store. None to be found. We head back to the hotel, get the car (hi baby, I missed you) and go in search of booze. SUCCESS. Back at the hotel we mix up some Travis drinks (T-DIGGY!!!!!) and then head down to the pool to soak in the jacuzzi. The Sheraton is top notch, no question about it - but the bath house steam room? Not so much. After getting our soak on in the hot tub, we head back up to the room to rest and to get ready for dinner here: http://www.ouisibistro.com/ (thank you Lisa Gale!)...and it was AMAZING. The food, the drinks (I love you peppermint patty martini), the people - outstanding. The bartender fills up my Hennessy XO just a little shy of where it shoud be, the owner comes over and agrees, gets it filled up PROPER...then, out of nowhere, delivers two glasses of port to enjoy with our pecan pie which was INSANELY GOOD. Go now. Go there now. Why are you still reading this? Flash ahead to Sunday and we're out again by around 9, driving over to Stanley Park, thinking that the Tea Room will be open for breakfast and it's not. We end up driving around the park, then heading back to the hotel after the FRUSTRATION OF TRYING TO FIND GAWD DAMN PARKING IN THE CITY OF VANCOUVER where a stupid PERMIT IS NOT REQUIRED!!!!! Annoying Vancouver. Very, very annoying. We eat average over priced eggs, then head back up to the room to nap the morning away. The perfect ending to the perfect weekend. You wanted a blog? You got one. Oh, and guess what? We were in a parade on the way home. Yup, the Everett people don't know how to fucking drive Parade. It was GREAT. But in all seriousness, my weekend was amazing - we had the BEST time. Shout out to George Carlin, wherever you are. Signing off from the 2nd floor, wishing I was still on the 18th with the floor to ceiling windows and my fly little Puerto Rican from the Bronx. Sooooo DAMN FLY - all day, every day.......

5-0 said FREEZE...and I got NUMB

It was one of those beautiful days in Seattle today...the kind of day that demands a little time spent in the Passat with A Tribe Called Quest's 2nd and 3rd albums - The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders. Those aren't in your collection? GET ON IT. I am sitting here, finally recovered from Friday evening. Friday evening consisted of (Travis) drinks, martini's to celebrate Mommy's birthday, and then after dinner drinks consisting of a substance known as THE DEVILS DRINK. Don't know what the devil's drink is? Didn't know the devil was bottling up and selling this substance to the masses? No? Allow me to fill you in. The devil is the maker of CHAMPAGNE. Yes, champagne. Now you could say, ohh, it's just cause you mixed or ohh, it's cause you're a lightweight or ohh, it's cause you're Canadian. No. That's not it. Champagne is manufactured and produced and marketed and promoted by...THE DEVIL. I was hung the FUNK OVER for a solid 24+ hours. Never in my life have I been THAT messed up. Never. Champagne is the devils drink. I have decided that water is from the lawd. LAWD LAWD LAWD. So happy birthday to MOMMY. I had a great time hanging with you and my fly little Puerto Rican from the Bronx and a late night, beer in a paper bag appearance from Stacie. She told me to go do the Mary Kate or the Kate and Ashley. I listened. Thank you. The end. My sister came into town yesterday and in my hung over state I managed to make it over to Red Robin to meet her for lunch at around 2:30 in the afternoon. WHAT does Red Robin PUT in their FOOD?? WHY do I feel like I have eaten TWO gardenburgers instead of ONE when I walk out of there? WHO actually takes the dessert menu and ORDERS something off it when they're done? I don't get it. I pace myself, I drink plenty of water, I don't rush and I walk out completely STUFFED. I must further investigate. Perhaps it's something in those fries...or perhaps, just perhaps, Red Robin is a chain of restaurants OWNED and OPERATED by THE DEVIL!!!!!!! He's following me everywhere I go...or perhaps he left town yesterday to go visit Britney Spears in Vegas to completely FUCK UP her performance at the VMA's? I'll find out for myself just how BAD it is in about 39 minutes from now. Right now, I think I'll close off here, but before I do - CONGRATULATIONS to my man THE WARRIOR OF CHAOS and BETH, who got married in Vegas last weekend. AMAZING. All the VERY best to them. I raise my glass of water to you, and in the future, we must celebrate properly. Bartender, a refill on this water please, and make it a double. Thank you kindly. You know the drill, carbs or no carbs, so FLY...all day, every day....(YAY!)

WANNA WATCH the first TEN minutes of "300"...?

My neck is KILLING ME! And as soon as I begin, I stop - I desire a drink. Please hold. Yes, much better. Blueberry vodka, champagne, cranberry juice, shaken up into a chilled martini glass. Damn I made a good one!! WOW. If I could somehow share this with all six or seven of you, I would. Useless musical fact - Robin Thicke (who is now MAYJAH) was on the remix of Will Smith's "Switch" single. But two years ago listening to that, who would have known who he was. He was the long haired son of Alan Thicke who had that one single that was featured in a...Verizon commercial? It's not good when the only play you're getting is on a cell phone commercial. Can't front on the kids sophomore album - The Evolution Of Robin Thicke is really a great album from start to finish. How does it feel, to know that I love you babe. How does it also happen that Rolling Stone gives the new Prince album 4 1/2 stars, calling it the best pop album of the year and Blender gives it 1 1/2 stars? Either way, I'm curious and been meaning to pick it up for a minute now. Damn I love lazy Monday afternoons. Who else could it be but me? Oh damn, just quoted Will Smith and there was a reason why I brought him up in the first place. On "Switch" he says "don't download, go out and buy the record". Really Willy? I get the illegal downloading thing, I get it...but if some kids download your ish are you really gonna be hurting for cash? At this point, he should put his records out for FREE, dude has so much money. Switch!...ooo-la-la-la. That's a damn good track from Will's best solo work "Lost & Found"...but remember, don't download, go out and buy the record. Please let me state FOR THE RECORD that I am the proud proud father of a little boy named Maxwell who just started KINDERGARTEN today. Tomorrow, he will take THE SCHOOL BUS...and hell to the yeah I'm still freaking out about it a bit. (part of the reason why I needed this damn drink) He had a great first day and seems like everything went well. I just admire him and look at him and I'm totally wow'ed by him. He's the most amazing little boy, so brave, so smart, ready to take on the world. He's growing up so fast and I'm just SOOO SOOOOO proud of him. He's my little man and I love him like no other. Keep your fingers crossed for the bus ride...they do that ish every day right? They're professionals, right? RIGHT. Drink up dammit. Shout out to mommy. Hi mommy! We had the best Indian food last night, I was so stuffed afterwards I could have died. It was THE BEST. The flavors just blew my mind. SO GOOD. Thank you mommy. I love you. Did you know that I am typing this while Big Brother 8 is on? I am. I was SO into it and then something happened. The magic was lost...they air it three times a week...they air it three times a week at different times.......I just can't fucking keep up. It's frustrating. Fuck you CBS. You think you'd be nice to the viewers and have a normal set schedule since no one is watching your crappy network anyway. CSI? Really? Still on? I'm surprised they don't run Dr.Quinn Medicine Woman and Touched By An Angel back to back. Hit me off with that marathon in prime time son...WHUT?!!? Blame it on the alcohol yea yea...you can blame it on the alcohol...doo dooooo. (this kid is crazy!) Really? Right there? 3-ish in the afternoon? LAWDY. My neck still hurts yet it has become strangely numb. Thank you Smirnoff. You're good...but Absolut is better. Would you please POST this muthafucka already? MY GGGGGAWD. Neigh neigh! Let me remind all six or seven of you, if you're gonna do it and you're going about it and you're into it, please always remember - STAY FLY. All day, every day. You just don't KNOW!! On the real to real - F to the L to the Y........it's a WRAP....

BOOGIE DOWN volume SIX

Rakim - NEW YORK (YA OUT THERE)
"We got clicks for wreck, we like pits for pets...we got giants and jets, the knicks, yanks and mets...we like much respect and sex extra wet...and hi-tech dialect you ain’t catch yet..."

No Doubt - MAKING OUT
"So I'm just kicking it, I'm counting the days, I hardly can wait, for us to hang out...I'm really missing it, in so many ways, I anticipate us making out..."

Eve - TAMBOURINE
"Pop dem bottles, yea drink dat up man...got you feelin crazy, yea dat was the plan..."

Joss Stone - TELL ME BOUT IT
"Tell me ‘bout it...tell me how I feel...how you feel...and if the feeling’s real...feeling’s real...tell me what’s the deal, hey hey hey..."

Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - BOOM! SHAKE THE ROOM
"Work the body, work work the body...slow down girl, you're 'bout to hurt somebody..."

Robin Thicke - LOST WITHOUT U
"I’m lost without u...can’t help myself...how does it feel...to know that I love u baby..."

Busta Rhymes featuring Janet - WHAT'S IT GONNA BE?
"Every time, we crossin' the borderline...we givin' it to you, makin' you feel fine...turn the heat up...better believe we gonna shine...make your body wind...baby, the pleasure is all mine..."

The Mary Jane Girls - ALL NIGHT LONG
"Oh, something’s got me so delighted, baby...I see your face in everything I do...you got me shook up, shook down, shook out on your lovin’..."

DJ Kool featuring Doug E Fresh & Biz Markie - LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT (remix)
"Zig-zag, zag-a-zig, zag-a-doo-doo-da...no matter what I say it always comes out fly...the ladies in here who like zoodeloo-pop...I'm in love, I'm all shook up..."

Chuck Berry - YOU NEVER CAN TELL
"But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell...c'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell..."

Kylie Minogue - SLOW (Chemical Brothers remix)
"Our eyes connected...now nothing's how it used to be...no second guesses..."

Lady Sovereign - THOSE WERE THE DAYS
"Stayed out till it was pitch black...sprayed my name on concrete slabs..."

Lumidee - NEVER LEAVE YOU
"Now all your loving that...we're happy it's a fact...can't nothing hold us back...we got this in the bag...there ain't no maybe...no questions, love you daily now..."

Ol'Dirty Bastard - SHIMMY SHIMMY YA
"Ooo baby, I like it raww...yeah baby, I like it rawwww!..."

Johnny Cash - RING OF FIRE
"Love is a burning thing...and it makes a fiery ring...bound by wild desire...I fell into a ring of fire..."

R.A. The Rugged Man - ON THE BLOCK
"Yo, at the roller rinks, no skates on...early 80s, girl chase on...Kurtis Blow the breaks on...Flavor Flav, Public Enemy clocks, boom box...EPMD made us proud that we was from the Boondocks...

Groove Theory - TELL ME
"Tell me if you want me to...give you all my time...I wanna make it good for you...cuz you blow my mind..."

Richard Ashcroft - YOU ON MY MIND IN MY SLEEP
"The symptoms are too deep...I got you on my mind in my sleep...you on my mind in my sleep..."

Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. - MY LOVE (Mike D bass remix)
"I can see us holding hands...walking on the beach, our toes in the sand...I can see us on the countryside...sitting on the grass, laying side by side...you could be my baby, let me make you my lady...girl, you amaze me..."

TWO BLOGS in ONE DAY?!!?

THAT KID...is back...on the ESCALATOR AGAIN!!!!! Go watch Mallrats. Brilliant. Kevin Smith in his finest hour as far as I'm concerned. YOU KNOW WHAT?! THERE IS NO EASTER BUNNY! Over there, THAT'S JUST A GUY IN A SUIT! doo doo doo....and cut. Need to get one thing out of the way real quick. To all you muthafuckaz on eBay claiming that you're selling genuine, real deal article shit and then you deliver and it turns out to be just the opposite with things falling apart and not fitting right...you're gonna catch a bad one. Maybe not now...maybe not even tomorrow...but soon. You deserve it. I wish nothing but the worst for you in life. And cut. Sippin' on another one of those damn blueberry martini's. It's gonna give me a damn headache, I know it. I mixed up some Bacardi Razz with some Coke Zero (tasty, no matter if it'll give you cancer) and it was quite good. I think I'm just attracted to the black can. I don't care that it has zero sugar and zero calories, it's all about that black can...and the fact that the ish tastes good. I was actually drinking that up as I consumed three tacos and one burrito this evening. Thank you lord big baby jesus for my high metabolism. May it continue on for years and years. In ODB's name I pray. Amen. WU TANG! WU TANG! It's the WU tang-tang, for everybody! Raekwon's "Only Built For Cuban Linx 2" should be a MONSTER of an album...the production line up alone makes me drool. Dr.Dre, RZA, JDilla, Erick Sermon, DJ Scratch and freakin' MARLEY MARL. Really, truly, if this album is as good as I think it will be - WU TANG CLAN ain't nuthin' to EFF wit. Pause...sip...delicious. Had an eventful, yet non-eventful day with Max. The sun was shining down where they said it would rain so we swung by the community center where he'll be taking the school bus from (yes, still a bit nervous) and also went by his school and played on the playground for a while. Hit up Target, with the REST OF SEATTLE, and got him a new backpack for school and a lunch bag. Exited Target to discover a minivan parked over the line and into MY FUCKING SPOT. I don't create all that room next to an extra spot so you can be all up in my Passat's grill ya fuckin' knucklehead. I don't like door dings. I have NONE. I'd like to keep it that way. Rant over and a big F you to that bastard not knowin' the time. CATCH A BAD ONE. And cut. I tried out my mocha as non-fat for a second time today and can now conclude, without a single doubt in my mind, I would rather EAT DIRT. Sorry, I just can't help it. Maybe have them make it with 2% instead of whole milk? I dunno. All I know is, homie don't play that. Can you believe it? Two blogs in one day? And check this out - I'm even more in love today than I was yesterday and the day before that...and it has NOTHING to do with Coke Zero. Drink up kiddies. The place is here and the time is NOW. Gonna go download some Raekwon right now I think...in the mood for a little WU this evening. True dat and HOWUDOODAT?! From right to left....and cut. This is it. It's a wrap! Three little letters make up the perfect word. F to the L to the Y. All day, every day. Endlessly.......FLY.

BOOGIE DOWN volume FIVE

Nas featuring Lauryn Hill - IF I RULED THE WORLD
"Could it be, if you could be mine, we'd both shine...if I ruled the world...still livin for today, in these last days and times..."

Johnny Cash - I WALK THE LINE
"As sure as night is dark and day is light...I keep you on my mind both day and night...and happiness I've known proves that it's right...because you're mine, I walk the line..."

De La Soul featuring Zhane - 4 MORE
"And you're figurin we love on the rock...I'ma keep it up front to maintain the stock...displayin all the goodies from your knuckle to knees...make it hot like the island degrees...now that's special..."

Busta Rhymes - TOUCH IT
"(Get low Bus!) and as we started, got me ringing her bell (uh huh)...when I come I be doin it and doin it well (uh huh)..."

Maroon 5 - SHE WILL BE LOVED (acoustic version)
"Tap on my window knock on my door...I want to make you feel beautiful...I know I tend to get so insecure...it doesn't matter anymore..."

Pete Rock featuring CL Smooth & Denosh - IT'S A LOVE THING
"You're beautiful, the way you wear that, share that...had many ladies, but nothing can compare to that smile, that style that drives men wild...that ring could have big daddy walkin' down the aisle...proper, you a show stopper, girl a jaw dropper..."

Maxwell - GET TO KNOW YA
"I gotta get to know ya ...when you want I'm right here baby...longin to know ya..."

DJ Shadow featuring Q-Tip and Lateef The Truth Speaker - ENUFF
"I'm tryin' to get closer than close til you're a part of me...extension of spirit and soul..."

Ashanti - HAPPY
"My love is sooo good...that I wouldn’t be without ‘cha babe...couldn’t see me without ‘cha babe..."

Dr.Dre & LL Cool J - ZOOM
"All I wanna do, is zoom-a-zoom zoom zoom...(mmm, whatchu wanna do) Uhh, whatchu wanna do?..."

Dusty Springfield - SON OF A PREACHER MAN
"How well I remember...the look that was in his eyes...stealin kisses from me on the sly...takin time to make time...tellin me that hes all mine..."

Camp Lo - SPARKLE
"And it don't stop to the midnight...this glass got me right...only live lo light...don't drown in the mo dawn...on to the disco,
sisco got me laced...scorch a half a quart, then E&J get chased..."

Prince - IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
"If I was your girlfriend...would u let me dress u...I mean, help u pick out your clothes before we go out...not that you're helpless...but sometimes, sometimes...those are the things that bein in loves about..."

Brother Ali - EAR TO EAR
"Feeling fly as hell right about now...I done pushed a whole heap of hell out of my house...any orphanage will cloth and feed a kid...but I raise my little man, teach him to live..."

Michael Jackson - REMEMBER THE TIME
"Do you remember the time...when we fell in love...do you remember the time...when we first met girl..."

Everlast - HOT TO DEATH
"Front to back...right to left...keep it live all night...make it hot to death..."

Deee-Lite - APPLE JUICE KISSING
"Kissin by the streetlight...don’t want to say goodnight...swooning, practically spooning...boom! moon was never so ripe...moment never so right..."

The Smiths - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT
"So please please please...let me, let me, let me...let me get what I want...this time..."

Masta Ace featuring Jean Grae - HOLD U
"No Wait! When I hold you if feels so great...I realize and recognize that you're my soul mate...it's us forever had to let you know...it's like I told you imma hold you never let you go..."

Alicia Keys featuring Adam Levine - WILD HORSES
"You know I can't let you slide through my hands...wild horses couldn't drag me away...wild wild horses couldn't drag me away..."

TOO...TOO...TOO much POSSE

The horse show was in town today. NEIGH bizotches!! Just when you think it couldn't get any uglier, it DOES. Didn't those bastards at Starbuck's raise their prices about a year and a half ago? Why in the HELL am I now paying almost THREE DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS for a tall mocha?? I must either a) get coffee elsewhere or b) just kick the habit altogether and drink some water or some tea or something. I'm done with the whole milk too. Whole milk, really?? Why do they even offer it? Oh wait, that's where they hide the CRACK that makes me come back again and again no matter what the price is. How do you people sleep at night??? I have had quite the week which has morphed itself into a big ball of stress, and as of this evening, another g'damn pimple from hell. Stacie, next time I see you, I'll hit you off with a 50 spot. Bastard things. So Max is starting KINDERGARTEN and he's very very excited, as am I, after checking out his classroom and meeting his teacher last night. He's going to do SO well there...they learn how to freaking READ in kindergarten now. Crazy, but crazy good. The stress comes in because of him, being five and little, having to take the bus on the days where I have him in the morning. I will drop him off at the community center near my place, he'll hang out there for a bit and then they'll put him on the school bus. No biggie right? Wrong. He has to transfer buses. He's FIVE! I'm 32 and I don't like to transfer. So I'm obviously very concerned and wanting to throw up my delicious lunch (which was so good, it also doubled up as my dinner) whenever I think about it. They do this all the time...they do this all the time...it's what they do...it's what they do. It's like a little chant that I'm going to have going through my head on repeat for the next week. I know he'll be fine, it's just freaking hard on me. So that's where I'm at in the land of stress/pimples from hell....or did I get bit by another spider cause the bite on my forehead didn't do the job? Who knows. I am also overwhelmed a bit with life in general, basically stressing myself out for no good reason. I know what needs to be done and I'll do it. Plain and simple, end of story, solution granted. Sometimes when I write these blogs I feel SO much better at the end - this is one of those times. I'm all over the place but bear with me. Bear witness to the lyrical fitness...biznitches! COPYRIGHT PENDING. I got that new Camp Lo album. For those that don't have it or just don't know, Camp Lo's debut "Uptown Saturday Night" is one of those crazy underrated almost classic albums. Download it. iTunes awaits you. The new album has them teaming up with their original producer Ski (who has also worked with some dude named Jay-Z) and it's some quality stuff. Gotta get some more listens in. Check for that new Talib Kweli album too. There's just something about a parking garage at 5:05. Lemme post this sucker up and run off to catch some much needed mad ZED's. This is how we do it. You might wanna play catch up if you're just joining us. Otherwises, eyes to the sky, look at the clouds making letters, it says - SO FLY............

BOOGIE DOWN volume FOUR

Method Man featuring Mary J Blige - I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU/YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY (Razor Sharp Mix)
"Like sweet morning dew...I took one look at you...and it was plain to see...you were my destiny..."

Next - TOO CLOSE
"Yeah boo, I like it...no, I cant deny it...but I know you can tell I'm excited, oh girl..."

Missy Elliott - I'M REALLY HOT
"Baby can't ya' tell...I lick my lips like I'm LL...and I'm doin' it, and doin' it, and doin' it well..."

Fabolous featuring Ashanti - INTO YOU
"I really like what you’ve done to me...I can’t really explain it ...I'm so into you..."

N.E.R.D. - SHE WANTS TO MOVE
"She makes me think of lightning in skies...(her name) she's sexy!!...how else is god supposed to write...(her name) she's sexy!!..."

Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott - DAYDREAMIN'
"Daydream...I dream of you amid the flowers...for a couple of hours...such a beautiful day..."

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - LET'S GET BUSY BABY
"I'm losin my mind, but it's not lost yet...I'd pay a thousand dollars just to see your sihlouette..."

Gwen Stefani featuring Akon - THE SWEET ESCAPE
"If I could escape...and re-create a place in my own world...and I could be your favorite girl...forever, perfectly together...tell me boy, now wouldn't that be sweet?

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - SEARCHIN'
"You're everything that I dream about, talk about...walk around and brag about, cause I don't give a damn about...what they say, what he say, or she say...I'm addicted like drugs to your loving, but hey..."

Remy Shand - THE WAY I FEEL
"Who are we to fall to pieces baby...worked so hard to see things through (see it through, see it through)...who are we to question each other mama...I know what it takes to make it right for you...it's the way I feel..."

LL Cool J featuring LeShaun - DOIN' IT
"Damn I love it when you talk like that...make it bounce sugar...long as you can bounce me back..."

Busta Rhymes featuring Pharrell - LIGHT YOUR ASS ON FIRE
"See the police gon jail ya...for walking around wit the kind of ass that'll kill ya now..."

Foxy Brown featuring Blackstreet - GET ME HOME
"Cross the room throwin signals, I'm throwin em back...flirt-in cause I, digs you like that..."

The Perceptionists - LOVE LETTERS
"I saw you and immediately started to trip...it's like I realized for the first time what beauty was..."

Ginuwine - I'M FEELIN' YOU
"I'm spendin time & I'm thinkin 'bout...all of the times that I do without...and now your here & my life is one...I'm doin things that I never done..."

2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo - HOW DO YOU WANT IT
"Love the way you activate your hips and push your ass out...got a brother wantin it so bad I'm bout to pass out..."

Ice Cube - IT WAS A GOOD DAY
"I gotta go cause I got me a drop top...and if I hit the switch, I can make the ass drop..."

Dido - THANK YOU (remix)
"I want to thank you...for giving me the best day of my life...oh just to be with you...is having the best day of my life..."

BREAKING NEWS on dat AZZ

I know this is going to be hard to believe. I understand it might be a little hard to take. Some might find it hard to swallow. But the truth is this - I have been walking around with a giant cist/potentially fatal spider bite almost in the middle of my forehead for almost 5 days now. I am waiting for the venom to take effect...for the poison to slowly make its way into my brain. I can just imagine, laying in bed, happily zedding away when a giant spider lowers itself down from the ceiling. It lands directly on my forehead and because of the scent of my new Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue (I am not a label whore...I would prefer to be called a "dirrty label slut") proceeds to lay into me with its fangs and deadly poison. It's a pimple people and a ginormous one at that. Clean & Clear, Oxy, this and that...like this, that and this and uhhhhh...I wanna go to work but could you loan me a paper bag? It's the new look. Lemme call up Erykah Badu right quick...I just know she's got a head wrap for me. I would rock that mutha all day LONG, and bust out with some ill Justin Timberlake dance moves. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW. It's a talent. A gift. A curse. Going back to babble about Superbad for a minute - there was a preview for the new Batman (summer 08) and it was just the Batman symbol and dialogue. I became slightly aroused in the moment and the next 10 months waiting around for the next best movie ever will suck. In the meantime, Superbad The Sequel will be written and shot and released and make another 20 ba-zillion dollars off obscene amounts of cussing. I am all for cussing...I'm a Kevin Smith fan, remember? But when the cussing is just cussing for the sake of cussing - I ask why....and then I move on cause it really doesn't matter and this babble about Superbad (like they really NEED any more word of mouth) ends here. Common is releasing his next single and - doo doo doo doo - it's the track with LILY ALLEN. I'm in search of an astronaut suit right...NOW. Go to youtube and search for Common & Lauryn Hill. The track is Retrospect For Life - should have been HUUUUUUGE and wasn't - but Lauryn's vocals on that joint give me chills to this very day. Beautiful. I just want you to know. You're my favorite girl. Oh yea there's something about you. So this weekend, we're supposed to go see John Legend and Joss Stone in the afternoon and Lupe Fiasco and Wu Tang Clan in the evening at Bumbershoot. Rain rain go away, please don't fucking rain on Monday like it says in the stupid bastard forecast. Damn you rain...damn you!! No, you're not father...it's not true....I'll never join you!!!! I've been up since 5...please excuse me if I burst into random Snoop songs or Star Wars dialogue. Apparently this evening, it's just how I doo. And on that note, this dirrty little label slut will hit "PUBLISH POST" and get my chill on. But make no mistake, no matter what, no matter if the bank is open or not - so FLY - all day, every day......

GET. IN. the. CAR...!

The love movement is in full swing, and I'm back up in this mutha. WHUT UP PARTY PEOPLE?! What a weekend...a whirlwind of good times. If you happen to be in Seattle and are planning on making reservations at The Pink Door, request a table inside. If you don't, it'll be like you're at a picnic sponsored by ZOOPA, complete with plastic table clothes and plastic CUPS! Really? Plastic cups?? Not havin' it and they should be ashamed of themselves. Get a table inside, somewhere off to the side, near the back. I'd recommend starting off with the gnocchi alla romano, some merlot and their insanely good lasanga with fresh spinach, layered with beciamella, pesto and topped with marinara sauce. Don't forget dessert...and it doesn't hurt, while at The Pink Door, to slip an engraved pink iPod Nano into the drink menu for someone special you're with. It should cause them to pause for a good five seconds - priceless. LOVE MOVEMENT!!! This is a plea to all six or seven of you reading this...visit the Red Fin. They were dead on Saturday night and looks like they need all the support they can get. While you're there, have the vegetable tempura, crispy tofu, green roll and the v6 vegetable roll. I also hear the caterpillar roll and the spicy tuna roll are very good. They don't valet anymore for the restaurant, so park across the street and stare up at the huge neon Hotel Max sign. To see my little man's name up in lights was a beautiful thing. Did I just eat all weekend long? That's an understatement. What can I tell ya? I love to eat. Go have breakfast at Peso's and wave to mommy. Hi mommy!! This really fly Puerto Rican from the Bronx got me some new Marc Ecko shirts - I think I'm in love. LOVE MOVEMENT!! Straight up and down. So I heard Superbad was super funny and it turns out, like any comedy blown out of proportion - it really wasn't all that. Lost steam about half way through and never recovered. I liked the first hour but the rest was average at best. Damn people from Tacoma are LOUD. QDOBA GRILL in the HIZ-ouse!!! Represent represent-sent. I snatched up that new Talib Kweli album today featuring a variety of guests, and by variety, I mean just that. Norah Jones, KRS ONE, Roy Ayers, UGK, Musiq Soulchild and some kid named Justin Timberlake. It's 20 tracks deep and once again I'm sure he's going to try and please everyone...hopefully this joint will play better than his last two albums that were all over the place. 3 1/2 stars for the new Public Enemy in the latest edition of Rolling Stone. Those reading this who like Lily Allen should check out Jem. Oh wow, Jem sounds like Lily Allen. Actually, Lily Allen sounds like Jem. The album is called "Finally Woken" and was released in March of 2004. Still like Lily better, but the girl needs to get her visa issues squared away. LOVE MOVEMENT!!! I'm just sayin'. Hanging up ish at 2am and finding that one extra pin that you need so badly - a beautiful thing. Gonna start some laundry now and find something to eat cause I haven't eaten nearly enough this past weekend. Can I have another mocha please, and make it a grande. I'm just sayin'. And to hell with eBay. BUY NOW. Doo it doo it doo it. GET. IN. THE. CAR! What a great weekend it was. Amazing. "SO fly. I love you endlessly".....

BOOGIE DOWN volume THREE

Camp Lo - BLACK NOSTALJACK a.k.a. COME ON
"Always move like that one time for y'all (you get fly)...get fly...get fly..."

Kanye West, Rakim, Nas & KRS ONE - CLASSIC (DJ Premier remix)
"Can’t buy this, superflyness, like a shyness, your highness..."

N.E.R.D. - LAPDANCE
"I'm an outlaw (I'm an outlaw)...quick on the draw (quick on the draw)...somethin' you've never seen before (never seen)..."

The Notorious B.I.G. - ONE MORE CHANCE (remix)
"I'm clockin ya, Versace shades watchin ya...once ya grin, I'm in game, begin..."

Shock G - CHERRY FLAVA'D EMAIL
"Thank you for the cherry flava'd email...see how, seems the world is lovin' me now...meanwhile, the time is right...divine light shines and it's catchin' me now..."

Tony Touch featuring Total - I WONDER WHY (HE'S THE GREATEST DJ)
"Me and you one on one with the music...play the hot shit that makes ya just lose it..."

Masta Ace - BKLYN MASALA
"On out first date knocked on the door around 8...when she came down she smelled good and looked great...she had the tight Frankie D'z on, white on white ones...a pink bubble goose and pink bubblegum, I'm like: DAMN!!!..."

Lordz Of Brooklyn featuring Everlast - THE BROOKLYN WAY
"Step by step and day by day...spread love cause it's the Brooklyn way..."

Outkast featuring Sleepy Brown - THE WAY YOU MOVE
"I like the way you move...I like the way you move (Woooo)...I love the way you move...I love the way, I love the way..."

The Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg - BUTTONS
"I show you how it go down, yeah, I wanna go down, me and you, one on one, treat you like a show down..."

A Tribe Called Quest - DA BOOTY
"MC from now til I get a frown...shake that ass girl because you world renowned..."

Twista - SLOW JAMZ (Collipark remix)
"Come with me and sip on some hella good champagne...you aint know Twista can work it like the Whispers...hit the stop light, get into some Isaac..."

J Dilla featuring Common & D'Angelo - SO FAR TO GO
"Let go, and let me live inside you...what your mouth don’t say, baby your thighs do..."

Blackstreet featuring Dr.Dre & Queen Pen - NO DIGGITY (remix)
"I can't get her out of my mind (wow)...I think about the girl all the time (wow wow)..."

Alicia Keys - IF I AIN'T GOT YOU (Black Eyed Peas remix)
"Some people want it all but I don't want nothing at all...if it ain't you baby...if I ain't got you baby..."

Brother Ali - FAHEEM
"I ain't never met a child quite like you...words don't suffice for me to describe you...you have a genuine goodness inside you...I watch you and wonder if I was ever like you...it's me and you brother for life...so when you put me in the ground look for me in the clouds...you make me the definition of proud...taught me what this life is really about..."

Montell Jordan featuring LL Cool J - GET IT ON TONITE (remix)
"My baby mad fly, honey hold me down..."

I'm MELLOW like JELL-O, cool like LEMONADE

I know. Shut it. It's been a minute. The blogs are not as frequent as they once were. Is it because I have fallen into a deep depression because Lily Allen has cancelled her Seattle show next month? No. Is it because Amy Winehouse is almost destined to do the same thing? No. Is it because Jessica is sittin' on DUBS and I'm not? No. The fact of the matter is, there really is NO solid, concrete reason. It is what it is. But make no mistake about it - the kid is happy. Happier than he's ever been. Can you imagine Max living in Oregon and me being okay and happy about it? ME? HAPPY? About something like THAT? What kind of drugs are you on exactly? It's a potent mix of SOMETHING. Max is not going anywhere. He's still here, in full e-f-f-e-c-t....a smooth operator, operatin' correctly! So we're watching Teen Titans "Big Trouble In Tokyo" this afternoon and Beast Boy is getting hit on by all these Japanese girls (don't get me started on my dad...) and Max turns to me and says "daddy, Beast Boy likes girls...just like me!" Yes. I know. I'm got my hands full. Please don't make me have to have "the talk" with him at age 7. I'm just sayin'. The mannequins at Macy's are feeling awfully violated right about now. That's my boy...HOLLA!!!! I'd like to shout out the Vegas posse right now who will be returning to Seatown tomorrow, destined to become stars of The Hills next season. PEOPLE!! Slot, slot and don't stop. If your soul loves the sun, money slot on. 1-2 and ya don't stop. I was going through some of my containers full of stuff over the weekend and came across a gem which leads me to my next shout out. Flatline & The Funky Beats at the fair in Anchorage...I'm guessing 94 or 95...somewhere in there. T.C. on guitar, Pat on bass and The Warrior Of Chaos (whut up?!!?) on those damn BEATS...the man is an animal. We tore through 4 or 5 songs as I recall, none lasting more than 3 minutes cause that's how we did and how we doo. Anyways, through the beauty of the Passat having a cd and a tape player, I'll check it out tomorrow morning on the way to work and see how it holds up. Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for YEARS. The horse show was shut down for 2 weeks. I think it's re-opening on Wednesday. NEIGH! NEIGH!! Damn it feels good to be a gangsta. I shelled out the dough for a Lordz Of Brooklyn t-shirt last night - only 250 printed up - limited edition by Mr.Kaves. (want one? yeah ya do. go to www.lordzofbrooklyn.com) Still planning a trip to Brooklyn off in the future to have him hook me up with a Flatline tattoo, cause dammit, that's how I DOO. woo woo woo woo! Happy birthday T!! The wishes weren't late (hell, they were early) but reading this now it may appear like I'm slippin'. Nope. Never that. I'm tryin' not to lose my head. Max is talking in his sleep right now...either that, or it would translate into "muthafuckin' dad, stop ya noisy ass typing, I'm tryin' to catch my zed's...shit!!" I love my boy. To all the parents reading this - cheers. It is not an easy gig sometimes, always challenging, yet FOREVER rewarding. Ever miss someone sooo much that it hurts? I'm just sayin'. Resurrect the god through birth best believe. Still with me? Follow me-follow me-follow me-follow me but don't lose ya grip. I'm gonna end it off here and go in search of mad zed's...but if you need to call me at 3:30 in the morning I won't be mad at cha. On the real to real, stay fly....F to the L to the Y.........