SPARKLING

NEW CHARACTER

I finally asked 'Mickey Dee's' her name. Her face lit up, so she has been waiting to tell me for a while. When will I find out how long and when she noticed me? Don't know yet and I will have to figure that out first!

FLYING MISSIONS

That is what I call it, going out and meeting women. Sometimes they are 'impromptu', like how it was when I met My Delta Girl. When she 'appeared' in my life, it was sort of sudden, because she did appear suddenly ...

... a day after I had described her to one of my roomies in school. We were having one of our 'why do the sheep act the way they do, because they taste soo good!' conversations, and I'd described her from the top of her head to the shoes on her feet. Told my roomie that if I were to meet this girl, I would 'spit my best game' and be chill with her.

Did not know I would be 'flying out' the next day, but when she came into the store, I took off! I am a firm believer in the 'you get what you ask for' part of life. I need to make sure that I am going to ask for all that I really want and can be responsible for. You feel me? With several people (Delta, Sandie, Nebraska, and Teenage Mookie, I got what I asked for! Pretty good success rate, I'd say ... many NEVER come close to meeting their person ONCE) I have met the 'person' ...

For the most part, I fly solo and they are 'deep strikes'. I account for the anti-aircraft, usually by flying above it all, giving a literal meaning to the 'u can't touch this' MC Hammer song. It is hard for most women to 'peg' me, not because I try to deliberately 'be' anything. What happens is I 'manifest' and appear to someone in the best light that THEY can see me in.

That is the only way I can describe it, because off the rip, I haven't met too many women that were willing to let me be as I am (the notable exception being Pecan Sandie, and that may be a story for another time). Fortunately, I am quite versatile!

MR. CONTINENTAL

No, not Christopher Walken on 'SNL', though there is some elements of his character, 'The Continental' that he plays when he guest hosts' the show. No, I got my character from a 'Popeye' cartoon! Whether I anyone thought I was smooth and suave didn't matter, as I think that I am, or can be. I also like to think what my Army Sister (Happy Birthday Twin!!) said of me & my brother, that we have 'charisma' (and yes, it was like the character in the David Lee Roth 'Gigolo' video!) and even people who on the one hand would think negatively of us, if you asked them, when they actually had to meet us, it was different!

That is why I like putting things to the 'boots on the ground' test. No, don't say it over the phone or tell a friend to tell another friend to tell me, face me up one on one, and say what you want me to know. Because trust you me, I WILL have not a problem telling you my version of 'what's what'.

Hope I am not straying too much. I find it funny (well, it is to me) when folks thing I am a naive waif or something. No Trudy, I am not that cat! It's just that I tend to be on the 'sweeter' side of things. If I have to warn you about what could happen if ... that is sort of redundant, dontcha think? I mean if you hit me, you should know you run the risk of getting punched back, right? That applies for anyone. That the phrase, 'I don't start fights, but I do finish them', REALLY means a lot to me, goes without saying.

So I have grown up to be 'This Charming Man' instead of the person waiting, like the cat in 'How Soon Is Now?'. Que sera. Hopefully I am over it, as I have lived a love life that doesn't resemble anything 'pathetic' or 'sad'. Who gets the girl ..? I DO! One of the things that has made my adjustment to being back in Detroit, is that 'sparkling' or 'sparks' that come off my character.

ANOTHER LONELY CHRISTMAS

Not me, silly! But for a lot of people, and I can 'feel' them. I guess how I appear or 'manifest' to people, particularly women, is due to my empathetic (that is the $10 word of the day!) nature. I can 'feel' people and what they yearn for, almost as strongly as I feel my own. Don't worry about getting 'lost', because my instinct for self preservation is too strong for that, or so I believe. That is why I can 'give' so much of myself to people.

This is not to say that I am not without my host of issues. That is why I am single, because I have them! But I will get it right, sooner than later. I mean, I think that Mickey is cute and all, but there is something in her eyes, or it could be me 'sparking' that is catching my attention. That I think she looks nice to me, comes second. And this is why I am alone, because I don't worry about 'finding' someone. If I were to not date or anything for twenty years, I would expect once I declared myself 'in the game', to find someone!

That's how it is all around ME!

THE BIG FINISH

Said all that to say ..? Well, let's hope it got said, because I was just typin'! One of the minor bumps I have ran into, is that I haven't been able to find and set my 'routine'. Not that I feel that is a bad thing, because being extemporaneous is not only a $20 dollar word, but something I have to be comfortable doing and being. Have to get back to adjusting 'to the moment', and Marcie, it ain't easy!

Today's song, 'Brass In Pocket' by The Pretender's pretty much sums up my feeling ... cause I'm gonna get your attention ... GIVE IT TOO ME!

Oh, in disclosure, I went to see 'Quantum of Solace' with SD, and AKA called. I really think she has amnesia. She is still in Florida, and still acts like nothing has happened. Normally I could 'get over it', except she has done things that you should not do.

NOW, 'Rachel's Wedding' is released! Frank Black sung it ... sometimes I live it ... WHERE IS MY MIND (oh come on now, like y'all don't know the Pixies rock!!)

Snootchie Bootchies!