Ancestors of the Middle Passage 2012....Coney Island Beach!!

Picture above is from 2010 AOTMP

Mom was with me in spirit this year...Love U Mom

I made it this year.  Glad I didn't miss such a beautiful event.  I love to see black people celebrating black Africaness!! It's definite Roots and Culture.  My Mom's spirit was with me with Yemaya, Ogun, Oshun, all the Orisha people and spirits, RastafarI and the ancestors whose names I can not name, they were all there with me and all the other beautiful black people.  Playing drums, delivering messages of Love, Hope, happiness, freedom, world conciousness, so much information. 

Jamaica, Jamaica!!!

Jamaica is a beautiful place!! I went with two wonderful people, my best friend from childhood (in the fancy sunglasses) and our beautiful tall friend. We enjoyed the hotel and the local sites of Jamaica, Ocho Rios (to be more specifc.  We went to the town to visit some of the locals and we saw local art, bought a few trinkets, went to a market place with a meat market inside (didn't take pics of the meat market  -- it smelled really, not too nice inside the meat market).  Anyway, I hope to visit Jamaica real soon again. Maybe Negril next time!!! Such a wonderful place with great people and an interesting history!!! Loved it!!

Happy New Year!!! Waiting for that shit to get happy.... i guess only I can make it so...stay tuned for pics of my trip when I get back from Jamaica...can't wait...my first time out of the USA since I was twevle years old... Damn!!!! that was just waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy too long ago!!!
Anywhy, until then homeslice!!

I need to get back into shape. Let's face it, as much as I'm annoyed by her ass, Jillian Michaels is right! You have to make yourself dedicated to working out at least 5 days per week for 30 minutes a day.  If you eating habits don't change, however, I'm just gonna keep blowin' up, and NOT in a good way. Every time I look in the mirror now, I'm asking myself the same question..."WTF happened to my body?! I used to have a nice little slim thing going on.  Look...you hit 40+ and the weight just gets harder to take off.  I have to push myself to hit that gym after work...no matter how drained I am after work. Work IS a drag...but it's work and it's just another part of what I have to do.

On another topic...I've learned to keep brief encounters behind me. When you've got something good, Ladies...just hold on to it.  Nobody's perfect...I'm not saying to settle for what you've got if the shit ain't working....but a good man is a good man. C'mon. I played myself, briefly trying to hold on to my youth (what's left of it). Sometimes a little young bastard is all that a person can be...that's what you get for not letting a little bastard grow or that's what older sistas get for f***** with little up ripened bastards who still need a chance to grow.  Unless you can deal that type of shit...it's best to leave it alone or stick with what you know best.  If you don't know what I'm taking about...then this message is only for the grown and sexy, who know what's up when you stray away and do stupid shit sometimes.  Don't do it unless you can handle NOT getting emotional about little selfish young bastards.  Take this advice seriously.  Time is just too precious and so is your f****** heart and mind.

Bye 'til next time.