10's & 20's

I went to bed at around 7 this morning and woke up again at 10:30 or so. I guess I slept well because when my eyes opened, the sheets were tangled around my legs, I was smiling and I couldn't remember one single dream from the entire night. Nice. I guess it was the new sheets I put on the bed yesterday. If that's what it takes to sleep like a log I guess I'll be buying new sheets every week. Egyptian cotton is the shit. No lie.

I lay in bed and stared at the ceiling for a bit, stretching and thinking to myself that the new Veet formula is the shit. My legs are all nice and smooth. I may never wax again and Natasha the salon can now kiss my everloving silky behind. After a quick clean-up, I got dressed and ran up the street to the diner for breakfast. I don't know what possessed me but for some reason an egg-white omelet seemed like a really good idea. I'm not one for eating too healthy but lately I've been leaning a little more towards good than grease. I'm gonna have to get myself some bacon soon. Like they say, "Live fast, die young and leave behind a beautiful corpse..."

Anyway, I got back to the house, turned on some Relient K., stripped down to the essentials and practiced some of my pieces in the mirror until I felt silly. I mean come on, saying "hold my hand and let's fly, find places inside me to hide" early in the morning while bachata is playing in the next room can make one feel like a bit of a ninny. Having turned my back on the mirror, I fired up the old tin tower and pulled out the notes for The Sea God's Daughter and proceeded to type 'the rain in spain falls mainly on the plane and this is fucking balderdash' for exactly 23 minutes before giving up and deciding to blog instead. Sheesh.

So here I am, bloggity bloggin my life away, waiting patiently for tonight.
And today's topic: My 10's and 20's list. Random shit as usual, but still.

10 books I have read recently
1. Blowfly - Patricia Cornwell
2. The Wretched of the Earth - Franz Fannon
3. Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre
4. Pet Peeve - Piers Anthony
5. Micah - Laurell K. Hamilton
6. Paridisio - Dante Alegheri
7. Needful Things - Stephen King
8. Superfudge - Judy Blume
9. the letter r in the dictionary
10. Women Hate Til Death - Hank Janson

20 of the 25 songs in my recently played list
1. Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode
2. I Know You, I Live You - Chaka Khan
3. Kick - INXS
4. Strings - Burning Flames
5. Steady As She Goes - The Raconteurs
6. Nem Vem Que Nao Tem - Wilson Simonal
7. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
8. Words of Divine - Sizzla
9. No More - J*Davey
10. Verse Chorus Verse - Nirvana
11. Tangerine - Led Zepplin
12. Call Me "Killer" - I,Robot
13. Too Fat To Fuck - Blowfly
14. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
15. Penetration - Pedro the Lion
16. Zombies - The Cranberries
17. Closer - Nine Inch Nails
18. It - Prince
19. Ecstacy - PJ Harvey
20. Givin Up the Nappy Dugout - Ice Cube

10 best moments this week (that money could never buy)
1. Sitting on lawn chairs under the patio umbrella in Negro's backyard with a cooler full of Presidente's and a bag of that good shit listening to Bebel Gilberto while watching the rain and waiting for the sun to rise.
2. Girl's Night In with Zha, Chuli and Jessica spent with 2 pints of Bacardi Limon, some sticky icky, a fresh pack of smokes, and a lot of brushes as we all performed "Never Tear Us Apart" (you know, INXS - it was in Donnie Darko) in her livingroom while her mother looked at us like we were nuts.
3. Dancing in my bedroom with my girl to calypso
4. Watching Negro tear up the dance floor to some serious Bachata.
5. Managing to make it 5 blocks on a slight incline before tumbling off of my skateboard.
6. Dancing with my very favorite sexy dred, Iwan, to "Just One Of Those Days" (Sizzla) at Savoy
7. The glitter fight involving me, Zha, Chuli and Erica that prompted the superintendant to holler at us that we were all "LOCA CONO!!!". There's still glitter all over Chuli's hallway.
8. Me, the microphone, the Psychadelic Furs, Bacardi Limon (running theme eh?) and stopping the world to melt with you during kareoke night. NOW THAT WAS COMEDY. It will never happen again and everyone is still cracking up (fuck you Kenya ahahahahahahahaha).
9. Sitting in front of my mom's building with all of my cousins while every Wu-Tang song you could think of played and the whole crew kicking Incarcerated Scarfaces at the same time.
10. Watching some broad pop mad shit to some other broad on Audobon Ave and get fire slapped out of her. We were all so shocked that we all just looked at each other and as if on cue busted out laughing at the same time.

10 funniest things I've heard all week (according to my sense of humor)
1. "Aye no ma, I no sticking my ass in the air like tha" - Negro during yoga when asked to go into the downward dog position
2. "So what did you do?" "I kicked him in the nuts and ran..." - Erica and Chuli talking about an argument with Erica's man
3. "I wanna punch that chick in the lip. Haaaard. With a captial H." - me popping shit about something or the other
4. "Levantate! Cono! Leeeevaaaaaaantateeeeeee!!!" Voodoo Ray talking about his moms waking him up for school
5. "It looks like a leaopard got sick and threw up in here" - Jason referring to someone's apartment - god it was tacky
6. "Yes I would be interested in purchasing something if you buy a bottle of fuck you from me" - my mother to some telesalesperson on the phone
7. "I think the bitch broke my dick... STOP LAUGHING LITTLE!!!" - 730 talking about screwing some fat chick drunk
8. "Bussa bum in a bush bitch. Believe... believe" - Allegra, a classic spazz out moment
9. "The Cramps? Aren't they almost dead? They don't need money" - Leek while looking at a Motherfucker Party flyer
10. "Hold on a second, that's Liberace on the other line... uh, he said he wants his gay back from you" - Me talking to a simpering fool

20 things I've watched this week
1. Entourage - Matt Dillon, Jeremy Pivens et al
2. Legend - Mia Sara, Tom Cruise
3. Shottas - Kymani Marley, Spragga Benz
4. Dancehall Queen - Audrey Reed, Beenie Man
5. Oh Brother Where Art Thou - George Clooney, John Turturro
6. Akira - Katsuhiro Ôtomo
7. Scarface - Al Pacino
8. Ran - Akira Kurosawa
9. Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa
10. City of God - Fernando Meirelles (director)
11. Coffee and Cigarettes - Roberto Benigni
12. Snatch - Guy Ritchie (director)
13. Ginger Snaps - Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle
14. Rebound - Martin Lawrence (my daughter's fault - I swear)
15. Bending Over Backwards - Porn (don't ask and I won't tell)
16. Labyrinth - David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly
17. Leon (The Professional uncut) - Jean Reno, Gary Oldman
18. Interview with the Vampire - Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt
19. Oliver At Large - Oliver Samuels (jamaican series)
20. Dark Days - Marc Singer

Ok, well I think I have distracted myself enough. I'm going to try to write again for a while. I think I might go grab a bite to eat first though. I can't wait for tonight's show. I'm so excited I can't even listen to Pillow Theory songs right now. I want my ears fresh for later. Lemme get out of here, I may be back... I may not...

- bounced...