Something's Going On

Well, actually not much is up but that wouldn't have made a good title. I personally wouldn't read anything that said "Nothing Doing".

It's been a pretty tame week thus far since I've primarily been bogged down with work and family. No adventures while running the streets so I guess it's just about me.

Work.
Ha. I've been busting my ass attempting to build my site. Unfortunately I don't have the wherewithal to just have someone construct it for me so I go at it alone. For the most part, being an autodidact, I don't mind learning the programs and languages it takes to build a site, but I tend to be a tad obsessive (somewhere someone that knows me is making the 'ya think?' face - shuddup). That wouldn't be a problem if it were not for the fact that one little piece of code out of place will have me sitting for eons trying to fix it and unwilling to move on until the problem is solved. Anyway, I've got the basic template laid out and saved, to make it easier to consrtuct the necessary pages and since this will be a content driven site, most of the bells and whistles can be left out. Thank goodness this is not a media based site or I'd be pulling out my hair, had I a lick of it on my head. My final issue is the idea of porting my blog into the site using some other open source program since I can't stay on blogger forever. I've got to figure out a way to nest and display a mambo, joomla or wordpress template into the proper page table so that I can post my semi-daily rants using a wysiwyg interface. As much as I write about my days, nights and random nonsense, it would be way too much trouble to build and link separate pages just to say "I didn't do shit today y'all". I've got drupal under control, template modifications and png modifications being my final issues, so the 'community' portion of my site is all but complete. On the freelance front, ain't much doing. Still have a random client or two. Had a couple of people express interest in having me do a job for them, unfortunately for them or me (depending on who's looking at it) booking, management and promotions is not really up my alley since my patience is thinner than onionskin and my attitude stinks like rotten eggs.

Performance.
Double Ha. So I have 1 totally unedited, way too long piece to read. On last check, the date looms nigh and I am wonderfully unprepared. My initial intention was to incorporate music into my spoken word because I love music but I can't sing a whit and I have done it before with a live drum and bass. Alas,those days are long gone. The people that I know that can perform what I'd like are hella busy as summer is 'go time' for a lot of independant bands. Those that have the time don't play what I want to use. I've been plugged into a person or two that may be able to provide me with a beat but I doubt it will be in time to get up there and shout my words. So it looks like I'm gonna have to postpone again. But if things work out and the universe it good to me (which it usually is) I'll finish the other two pieces and promote my yappery so that I can be a bundle of nerves waiting in the wings for the moment to begin flapping my gums.

Family.
My new niece is GORGEOUS. And loud. It's been 3 years since I've heard the sound of a baby in the family. She was loud too... as a matter of fact she still is. It amazes me that something so small can make sounds that are so big. My girl comes home tonight and that's gonna be fricken awesome dude. She's already got her agenda plotted out. Balancing my out-of-the-house activities and her is going to be a lot easier than I thought. Certain events I know I have to attend and others are just not going to be worth the train ride. Taking her to buy her own deck should be cool. Get this, clone told me she's been doing her research and she wants a Canadian maple board. I know I'm turning into my mother because I replied "you gonna get a Canadian maple job?" Sheesh. Growing up we say we aren't gonna turn into our parents and then whammo, you have a kid and find yourself saying all the shit you wished your mama would keep to herself. History repeats its-self, just with new jargon.

Personally.
I can't even use Ha for this one because it's just downright sad. I'm still numb in the nethers. I don't even bother to jostle my joo-joos anymore. Sometimes ya just gotta say 'fuck it' and move on. I'm looking forward to the coming weeks and an impending visit. Anyone that can make me smile that hard has got to be good *sigh - giggle*. I keep chiding myself for not moving forward sooner, but like I said, it must have been meant for me to go through certain bullshit to get to the sweetstuff. I should be on the road a time or two myself this summer. Going down to see Seven is gonna be a hoot. That boy is a hot mess and I haven't seen him since last year. I am absolutely sure some kind of ludicrous shit is gonna go down. It always does when the two of us get together. Baltimore just can't handle two utter fools at once. I'm also looking forward to Luq coming home and working with FunkFace. I don't care what anyone says, they're dope. Yup.

Inside.
Just guffaw... laughing won't cover it. I had this this thought in my mind that people always understood where I was coming from since I pretty much say whatever comes to mind (often without careful thought and consideration). I was wrong. But that's just a condition of narcissism. The rest of the world does not hear and see things exactly the way that I do. muMs and I have succinctly named my condition 'a case of the Mala blinders' (seems that everyone has their own self-named set to some degree or other). Somehow the allusion that I wear something that was made for a horse is insulting however true it may be. So I think I'm going to start inspecting my effect on people when I'm not intentionally trying to imprint myself on their lives. This should be interesting. I keep saying that I'm not really mean, but I don't know who I think I'm fooling. I can be a raging bitch when I set my mind to it (which is rather often I must say) and a plain old bitch when I'm not even trying, especially since (and this is a direct qoute) "you can't lie, everything is on your face." I'd walk around with a mirror attached to my head so I could see what people are talking about if it weren't for the fact that I'd bump into many a stationary object with my luck. Sheesh.

Ok well, that's about it. Coming up is S.O.B.'s tomorrow to see a few people and then it's AFROPUNK WEEKEND. I can't wait. The adventures of the Autodidactic City Nomad continues. Maybe later today I'll have a theme song, right now I'm just silent praying that the plane carrying my heart lands safely.

- I'm around here somewhere.

P.S. I know you love me, you can't help it, I'm so damned "loveable"! *smirk-giggle* Aahahhahahahahhahahhaaaahahaha...
*hiccup*