"YOUR stretch marks are sexy."

negro, please...you ain't gotta lie to kick it...

public displays...

the sexiest displays of affection usually have nothing to do with kissing or groping...

there's something about the way happy lovers can't keep their hands or their eyes off each other that will tell you the depth of their passion...

it can be a slight as his hand at the small of her back or her finger hanging onto his belt loop...

it can be a shared smile and a low chuckle that hints of memories and secrets that lie only between them and the percale sheets that they lay upon...

it can be a softly whispered nickname that carries a hidden meaning just for two...

it can be finishing each other's sentences or speaking volumes without a single word...

it can be his chin on her shoulder or her hand on his thigh...

it can be that silent communication that speaks of love...

grey hair...

since i turned 30 and ma'dayum body began falling apart...i have had about three hairs on my chin that i have to pluck every three weeks or so...or at least as often as i put my hand on my chin and feel them sticking out long enough to grasp with the tweezers...

so...i'm sitting here watching grey's anatomy and i put my hand on my chin to find that my three chin hairs are long enough to pull out...

i ran to the bathroom during the next commercial break beelining directly to my trusty tweezers...stepped in front of the mirror...tilted my head back ever so slightly...moved into position to grasp the pesky offending trio...and damn near had a heart attack...

one of the gah-damn chin hairs was grey...

ain't THAT a bitch?

basic principles of success

haven't been writing lately...

have had to go dark for a minute...

i am working on some life altering shit...emotional...physical...and financial...

i wanted to share with you some advice from a character in a john grisham novel that i read recently...

1...when you fall, pick yourself up
2...set goals
3...work harder than everybody else
4...stick to the basics
5...execute perfectly
6...be confident
7...be brave
8...never, ever quit

and this is nothing that you haven't heard in some way, shape, form, fashion...in the same words, similiar words or other words...it's just that when i read it...it came at a time when i really needed to be reminded of the basic principles of success...perfect timing for such a time as this...

so...i'm passing it along in case any of you who honor me with periodic fractions of your lives needed to be reminded too...

i'm keeping my head down for a couple more months...

when i'm back in the swing of things...you'll get an update...

wish me luck...