Time Out....

I am coming to believe that Mondays are my time for reflection. Which is perfectly okay with me. I tend to reflect throughout the week, but on Mondays all of those thoughts come to fruition. This week, instead of having a Private Party, I'm just calling TIME OUT!

No, I'm not sitting in the corner with my face to the wall. Nor am I sitting on the sidelines setting up a play (well not really). I am however, going off to chill. You know sometimes in the 9 to 5 world we live in, this is not a luxury as much as it is a necessity. I have to come to find that I can be tense, upset, and frustrated at my desk and the minute I walk out of the door, my viewpoint transforms. Is this transformation pyschological? It is possible. Seeing as how I didn't really care to be behind that desk anyways, it is very probable. My point is that my blessings do not spring forth from this desk. I therefore, shall not let the dealings that take place at this desk block me psychologically from receiving my blessings. I have come to find that blessings from the Lord shall not dwell in a cluttered space. I am, therefore, setting out the proverbial trash!

That being said, Tweet! Tweet! (whistle blows) Let's resume play...

Private Party

• Ok. I've been really vibing with India.Arie today.
• I guess I'm just having a Testimony type of day (week actually). Private Party has got to be one of the best songs on this album!
• There are others that I love too, but today, this is it for me!
• I must admit, thus far my week has been down right raggedy!
• I know it is only Monday!
• So you see from whence I come.
• I have a lot going on that I'm not quite sure how to handle.
• I'll get through it though.
• I always do.
• I have been playing this song just about every hour.
• No, I'm not totally psycho.
• Seriously!
• I just think my sistah India makes some really valid points here.
• I think all women should celebrate themselves.
• I'm learning to do this a little more.
• Ironically, some people think I'm truly conceited.
• This is sooo not the case.
• I guess I should have been an actress since people say I play that part well.
• Haha! ;-)
• Anyways, I have come to the conclusion that I am pretty hard on myself.
• Right here, right now I am promising to let it go.
• Why worry about the things that I can't change, right?
• Serenity Prayer 101.
• I know this may sound like a pity party, but really it isn't.
• It's a pause party.
• I'm just taking a pause.
• .............................................
• As good as that was, I need more.
• Ok, back to Private Party.
• I think I wrote this song in my former life!
• Or, maybe I wrote in my present one and just never put pen to paper...

Sorry for the ramble!

My Testimony on Testimony (concert)

I went to the India.Arie in concert last night at the Chicago Theatre. Where shall I begin? I guess the opening act is as a good a place as any. As of early last week, I am so brand new on Robin Thicke! I love the falsetto voice he has happening. The Evolution of... has a nice vibe. It's worth a pick up. With that being said, I was all for him being the opening act for my soul sistah. Voice--live and in person-pretty darn good. Dancing on the other hand, he shouldn't do. He had this whole Michael Jackson skip thing going. LOL All in all, it was a cool performance from the new kid on my ipod block.

Now for the main attraction...
What can I truly say about India that you don't already know? She is an artist in the truest sense. Her performance was so awesome. Inspirational even. I left the venue in an entirely different and opposite frame of mind than I walked in with. I mean, okay, I knew she could sing. Last night though, I felt like I wrote everything she sang. Maybe it was my state of mind and what I've been going through, maybe not. Either way, her performance did the trick last night. It let me know that even her stuff gets down right raggedy sometimes (just like mine), and that it's okay for it to be that way! ...Temporarily!

Experience Rating: Off the charts! It did my spirit good!