DAYS LIKE THIS

And so for the moment, I am feeling very much like my girl, sukaynah, asking myself why I am still here. Ran into an old coworker who used up fifteen minutes of my time talking about herself and a friend that is more of a friend of hers than a friend of mine who had a baby back in July and is spastick-ing out because this woman hasn't come and seen her baby yet.

Big fucking deal. Get a grip, I want to tell this other person, LIFE is going on here. Ain' nobody sitting at home with unlimited time on their hands just waiting for you to call and say "Come see my baby." And so right now, despite the fact that my locs are looking more beautiful than I could have ever imagined after this first wash and re-set and I should be immensely happy, I'm feeling like I *so* want to live around some people who got more to talk about than themselves. Tell me how you feel about Howard Dean who's revolutionizing the way presidential candidates campaign. Tell me what you think about one of the largest systematic labor force strikes in recent history, going on in California and all these other states. Tell me what you have read lately and please don't tell me it was the Bible on Sunday. Please tell me that you listen to something other than gospel music. Tell me what was the last musuem you went to and what exhibit you saw. Tell me something! But please don't use up my precious time talking about nothing and not having the good sense or sensibility to even ask, hey Angel, how is life treating you.

I tell you, that farm life is looking better and better. Necessary solitude.

Oh, and how pissed am I that I struck out with both new CD's: Tony Rich and Raphael Saadiq. I totally thought the Saadiq was going to be better than it was (All Hits in the House of Blues). Don't waste your money. But I can say that Me'Shell Endege-Ocello's Comfort Woman is slamming. I love her voice. I'm going to jump over to Amazon and see if I can sample Goapele (described as a mix of Indie Arie and Macy Gray) and see if I can find Susheela Raman, both of which were featured in last month's Essence as options for those in need of some new music. That be me.

Argh!

ANGEL