Music Mondays Part 2 – Usher – “Climax”

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Not my usual post, but this song keeps playing, and Diplo’s (Major Lazer) production works very well.
cli·max   /ˈklaɪmæks/ [klahy-maks]
noun
1. the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination: His career reached its climax when he was elected president.


The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Music I Like: Cover Sundays (Tuesday) – Willie Nelson – “The Scientist” – Coldplay Cover

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Such an awe inspiring cover of the Coldplay classic 10 years after the original, that I could not wait until Sunday to post.

“Nobody said it was easy
It’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start”


The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school

Text Tuesdays – New Prose – “Just A Day”

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“Just a day”
K.S. 2/2/12
If I send you flowers,
Are they just a homogenized practice,
Or were they well thought for you,

If I take you to dinner,
Is it because I have to,
Or is it well thought out, because it’s you,

If I send you that treat,
Is it products packaged because of the day,
Or are they your favorite confections affectionately given to you,

If I write you a poem,
Is it just because I write,
Or are the choice of words especially crafted for you,

If I make love to you,
Is it because of a function of the “day,”
Or do I consume your body with love for you,

I do not do this because the world tells me to,
I do this because thoughts of you are motivation,
I do not do this because a day says I should,
I do this because of you.

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school

Music Mondays – The Prelude (Prince, Bon Iver, Pearl Jam, Amel Larrieux)

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Bon Iver & The Roots – “Perth”
“…still alive for you, love…”

Amel Larrieux – “Make Me Whole”
“…you’re the only other half, that makes me whole…”

Blue Lines Blog – Valentines Words

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She offered me this poignant quote regarding tomorrow some years ago.

“…Valentines Day doesn’t matter, if you don’t do it the other 365 days…” it was a leap year, so that statement was not in error.

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school

Blue Lines Blog – V-Day Fiction (part 2)

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“…you ruined me, I don’t want to settle for anything else…”

Continuation of a V-Day Fiction Part 1 from 2/14/11.

I’m personally not that pleased with what the outcome was, but hey here we go.

“Cause I went looking for a trace of something that you left,” where the words that played over the speakers in the coffee shop, and my mind wandered. “Too much now,” was all my mind could muster…too much now. Tonya smiled as if I needed the silent acknowledgement. A soft breeze swept through, wafting her hair a bit as she made silly faces to interrupt my mood. I glanced at a woman older than myself who walked around the outside of the cafe and her eyes briefly caught mine. “Do we know each other,” I thought silently as I watched her enter and watched her dart around the tables and couches as if looking for someone she didn’t quite know.
“Blind date,” Tonya smiled as she observed me. A man that seemed to match the woman’s confusion entered the seating area and their eyes seemed to connect their confusion in concert.
“Yeah,” I broke a slight smirk, as we watched their awkward dance as they tried to find the right seat, bumbling to find the right words and sit in the right position.
“How was your weekend,” the woman uttered with a nervous toothy smile albeit Wednesday.
“Why is it,” I began while looking up from my computer, “that I can speak so freely with you. About anything, but when to people are starting to talk to each other, they can’t find the words to speak to each other?”
“I don’t know, maybe that means we’re supposed to be together,” she smiled and laughed as finished. “I don’t know, maybe as adults we’re still as uneasy and uncomfortable as we were as children.”
“Can it be that we’re trying to be everything in one moment that we end up being nothing in that moment?”
“I guess…and I used to notice that you tried to be everything yourself. You got better as you guys continued on, but in the beginning…hmm…”
I tugged at my striped grey, black, and blue adidas sweater and tried to take in the words. If I had been too much, what were we? I briefly pictured that face, and I lowered my head as my recently favorite barista came around and she asked whether we wanted a free refill.

Music Mondays – Valentine’s Day Edition (Morning)

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Beautiful, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Cassandra Wilson, Esthero, Frou Frou, Key Yemaya Walker, Let Go, Maxwell, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Sky And Sea (Blue in Green), This Woman's Work, Valentine's Day

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.