Forget all things.  Drop the phone.  Drop everything but the internet.  It doesn't matter what I am going through right now.  It is all about her.  Genesis.  Cause on this day...it is my daughter's birthday...yay.  I can't believe she is one year old.  I was talking to Charity (by the way I got the email) and I said my daughter was gonna be one years old.  How wrong is that?  Her years aren't plural, yet.  She is o n e   y e a r !  And how fast did that year go?  Geesh.  It seems like yesterday...okay...for real it seems like last month when she was born.  And now she laughs in front of me on her way to being a precious toddler to an incredible kid to a wonderful pre-teen to a beautiful teenager to a awesome adult.  Wow!  My Genesis is an adult already.

If anyone is going to Da' Poetry Lounge tonight, we will be there celebrating her birthday.  She will be there.  Everyone always asks where she is.  Well, tonight she will be at Da' Poetry Lounge, making her debut as a one year old.  Her official party and dedication is not until SUNDAY.  But, we can't wait that long to give her a little something something.  After all, her real birthday is TODAY...YAY!  And if you are in another city, well, you can watch her, too.  She will be sitting pretty LIVE on SPOKENFUNK.TV starting at 9 pm.  Man, she is getting more publicity than I.  She is the real star.  My daughter.  Oh, I love her so...and I am so excited to be her daddy for the next million years.  Oh, you didn't know, that is how long I am gonna be living...a million or so.  Give or take a hundred years.     

...ahhh, yes.  What was I talking about the other day?  Oh yea, I was expecting a good day.  Well, that didn't happen.  So, once again, I foiled in the possibilities of knowing what my FATHER is saying to me.  I guess I was expecting good things, instead of GOD things.  I need to wake up expecting GOD.  And whatever happens, happens.  Cause with GOD all things are good.  I did, however finish the first book of the Bible.  Yay!  I am moving on to EXODUS.  Maybe I can leave some of my baggage and exit out of the evil land and prepare for my entrance into the Promised Land. 

I'm trying to be positive here.  No, I am not.  yes, I am.  Okay, no I really am not.  I mean, the day really kinda sucked.  This day that was supposed to be full of joy and grandeur...turned into a day of pain and misery.  Okay, maybe I am putting ten on the twenty.  The only pain and misery that occurred was the fact that all the good things that I was expecting never happened.  Not yet, anyway.  Not on this day.  But there is always tomorrow.    AHA.  You see that?  You like me using all those big words like "GRANDUER".  I will have to spell check that bad boy, but yea, I can toss a nice word in the old journal every now and then. 

Anyway, back to my day.  I went out for this part that I completely botched.  That started my day.  I was kinda pissed off at that.  But, I figured...the day was supposed to be great, so a messed up audition should be fine.  I actually thought I did okay in the mug, but the way the guy escorted me to the door, I felt like I stole something.  Then what happened?  Oh shoot...I don't have the energy to recount every single thing that happened...but one thing is for sure.  I never got the call that I was expecting about this part that I for sure thought I rocked in the audition AND the call-back.  Instead I got an e-mail from my manager, stating the true feelings of the casting director.  To make a long story short...I didn't get the part.  Yea, that part that was supposed to change my life...remember that one?  Yea, I didn't get it. 

So, I have to watch it, cause I am about to sink into one of those stupid depression moods.  And then I feel sorry for all those around me, especially my wife.  Ahhhh, how does she put up with me?  How do I put up with me?  How does GOD put up with me? 

Alright, lemme stop.  I am getting tired of this latest sob story.  Don't cry for me now Argentina!  Peace Love and Soul.

Bless me indeed and enlarge my territory.  Keep your hands on me and keep me from my enemies so that I may cause no pain.  Halleluyah.  Lord, please give me strength.

Amen.

Keep it Natural.