As I sit high up in the sky memorizing lines, listening to my iphone and reading the paper in a first class seat on Delta Airlines, I think about how fricken blessed I am.  God is superb, ya’ll.   He really is.  I finally have time to connect back with my journal, so I am writing it now and will post it as soon as we land…yay! 

Anyhoo, the good news…the super good news is…drum roll please.  I booked a guest-starring role on Tyler Perry’s TV show called “House of Payne”.  I am flying fricken first class right now acting like I have a lot of money and I am famous or something.  The stewardess already thought that I had made a mistake with my seating.  And then looked impressed and surprised when she found out…yup…this fat black guy does belong in this seat.  Yay!  But, booking the part is only part of the good news.  I mean, this is Tyler Perry, ya’ll.  What an opportunity to showcase some poetic acting skillz and have him put me in his next 17 movies.  Of course, then I wouldn’t be able to talk to any of you, cause I will be too black and famous.  I would be only able to associate with the likes of Will Smith, Denzel and Oprah.  I will still write in my journal.  You just won’t be able to read it, cause it will be written in the language of rich.  RICH TEXT…hahahahahaha.

No.  I am just joking.  I can’t help but to talk to everyone.  I love talking and sometimes there is no one around for me to blab to.  So, trust me, if you are around me, best believe I will be running my mouth (either that or eating with my mouth).  If you ever see me and I am not talking…please slap me.  Something must be wrong.  Slap me to wake me up from whatever coma I am in. 

Okay, so back to my Tyler Perry thingamaggii.  I am so excited.  I am sure that many actors want to get in front of anyone that can change the course of their career.  Tyler is no exception.  But, I am particularly attracted to him, cause of his willingness to go back to good old fashioned fun.  It doesn’t have to be raunchy to be entertaining.  Yet, black people dog his work allllllll the time. As if it ain’t cool, if folks ain’t acting a fool in his productions.  He and I are walking down the same path.  Although he is a few hundred miles ahead of me, it still is the same road.  Spoken Funk is all clean and we are packing the house.  There are people out there that like good clean fun.  And if it makes you laugh and think and have all the emotions…what difference does it make if there is cussing and stuff going on.  So, I feel you, Tyler.  I am not just saying that cause I am about to tape your show.  I have felt you for a long time.  And I am praying that we can connect.  I am praying that I rock the episode enough for you to see that I am a brother that has a 'lil something, something to offer.  And once I get on…I can bring on a gang of my poet friends and acting buddies that are in the same boat with me, traveling down the same road.  And that is how talented we are.  We can travel down a road in a boat.  How many people you know that can do that, huh?  I know some cats that are super talented…but not vulgar enough.  Wow.  Isn’t that crazy?  We might very well be held back cause we don’t walk around naked, having sex with everyone.  HAHAHA.  I am sure that is not the reason why I might be held back.  No one wants to see me naked and having sex with anyone.  HAHAHA.  You won’t see an x-rated tape of me floating around on the internet with Paris Hilton. 

Man, I haven’t written in so long, that I go off track a bit.  Anyhoo, I need your prayers.  So, all my prayer warriors out there.  Stand up and let’s do this.  I am not doing this for me…I am doing it for the Lord.  I tell myself that all the time.  I sometimes STILL forget and get caught up in the hoopla.  Cause who does not like ATTENTION?  Who does not like to be adored?  Who does not like to have a lot of money?  But, I must remind myself, that all of this is not mine.  It is the Lord’s.  And my goal is to spread the gospel through my actions and my words and basically bring folks to Christ.  There is a lot of work I have to do to get to that point.  My mind is not alllll the way there.  So, I pray sometimes for the wrong things.  But, I am not worried.  God has my back and HE will see me through.  I will make HIM proud.  Please say a prayer that I rock the episode.  That I touch lives.  That people look at me in Atlanta and all around and see Christ.  Halleluyah.

So, I also have other great news.  Everyone and their grandma has been asking me when I am gonna start my poetry workshop classes again.  It is crazy.  So, my wife and I sat down and had a meeting.  Sometimes we have to schedule it.  HAHAHA.  But we sat down and decided that it is time to do another round of classes.  We have not set a date, yet.  It will be sometime in January.  Trust me, I will let you know.  If you are interested,  please e-mail me at Poetri@poetri.com and I will get you all the information (price, location and times) as soon as possible.  Yay!  I am excited.  I love the classes.  I haven’t had time to do them as much as I would like.  But, I love doing them.  Thank goodness for Fairfax.  I teach high school students every Thursday….so I still get a little of my teaching high in.  But, now it will be good to get back to teaching grown folks.  Thank you, Jesus.

Alright.  That is it for now.  I am off to be famous.  Thanks for your prayers and kind words.  I am really amazed how nice the e-mails are that I get on MYSPACE.  It really brightens up my day.  Thank you.

Bless me indeed and enlarge my territory.  Keep you hands on me and keep me from my enemies so that I may cause no pain.  Halleluyah.

Keep it Natural.