Yesterday it was back to grind of the studio. Me and Marc spent a bulk of the day putting his old job prints onto a new storage shelf thingy (hey, it's those things restuarants use to stack up thinsg). Yes, how eloquent. Anyway, i was told i would actually get some money for my time there,. which is great my broke ass. But alas, i was privy to some really interesting things such as hearing a photographer/stylist ask a burgeoning female photographer (tall with like the greatest lips), who we chatted with on our lunch break, if hse had slept with such and such. Boy the direct questions were flying and he was unapologetic.

Anyway, the girl ended up walking me to some studio in soho as i dragged some of Marc's equipment to another studio.

Boy i think i found an urban American rag that i may actually read regularly, the revamped OneWorld. The new issue boost several pictures by Marc including the double cover, which features a very Muslim-looking Common on one.

Now i must find out more of this Al Sharpton coke (not the drink) deal fiasco that has just poppped up out of no where.

The Cuteness on DVD!

Remember this from February?
Well i ended up seeing it a second time afterwards. And finally, it is on DVD.



So of course i took myself to The Wiz and copped me the two-disc set. No i realy am curious about Jean's other films, except for that disappointing Alien Ressurection fiasco.

No words needed

Twas a very nice weekend -- July 12 - 14

Relaxed on Friday catching up with new episodes of Farscape and Stargate. These shows have gone thorugh a lot of changes in story arcs and cast and i feel so lost, especially with Farscape. It is by far is the best sci-fi show on TV in a very longtime. SO eitheir i have to keep watchign teh syndicated reruns of both shows or buy the season DVDS ( which i feel only Farscape is worth the money for).

But Saturday would be the true highlight of the weekend. The week before was filled with emails and message board annoucements letting me know who was coming to see a great lineup which would include: Raphael Saadiq, Joi, Cody Chestnutt, and Res. After finalizing my press access to take pictures that day, I was wired to know i would be meeting up with friends acquaintances, etc., and made sure i had plenty of film.

The day was sunny and not humid like the NERD show -- perfect. But im must say forward women are becoming my faves.

And some pictures from the last sumerstage, which featured NERD, Kelis, Clipse, and Bussa Buss:






Look at the shoes!

The tale of two Godchildren and the Godfather absentisa (well sometimes)

4th of July came and went. It sucked, humid and close to a hundred degrees. also had a cold which still won't go away. i think my body is confused because of the hot weather. I do recall the sixth being better as I got "soft", according to the edler of the group i went with to Melanism's birthday BBQ.

I do admit to being giddy after, a alize & orange juice, apple martini, and some concotion i can't remember. That same day my other Grandma came in from Miami to see her family in NY before she relocates back to Haiti. She is staying with us of course, which means two grandmothers in one house. More reason to set out on my own ASAP.

My parents claim i have been cold with Grandmere since she got here; cold to my older Goddaughter who just graduated from Junior High; cold in general. It's times like this i wish i was on my own so that my bouts of seclusion would not be observed with such misintrepretation and intrusion.


Shyla's background singer en focus

My issue with of my older Goddaughter versus my younger (2 year-old) have to do with closeness and the age and maturity i became this surrogate parent. Dammit i'm a deadbeat Godfather with the older.

At the naive age of 14, i was given the privelige of becoming a godfather to this precious baby girl, whose father would soon pass away. Young Richard was all giddy of course. But as the years passed Richard was busy growing up while older gd. was growing into adolescence. I don't know if this is any real good esxcuse. But i just have never felt comfortable around older when she started 'gettin' grown" because i was busy tryign to find myself and in effect not being around her as i should have been. So on the dawn of a new stage in her life, i Richard Louissaint am still a deadbeat dad.

As for the younger, Azure, there is a chance for redemption for this articulate bratty biracial girl. I feel more of kinship. Maybe it's because she is blood, my 1st cousin's first child, who has already dealt with her parents' breakup and her mother trying to gte her shit together.

I'm not sure how thigngs will pan out. At 25 going on 26, i still feel like a baby trying to get up off the floor after crawling. Ready to take my first step. A real job in something i care about and /or grad school might be it.