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So it’s been crazy busy as usual. Here’s the update on what’s going on with me in list form.

• I’m taking a leave from school at the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale for one quarter to work on renewing my teaching certification (or I’m out of a job come June. EEEkkk!! lol)
• Something mysteriously happened to my left knee and I’m getting an MRI on it soon to figure out what happened (more details below).
• I haven’t forgotten the How iMac Project. I’m actually making progress, just haven’t spoken about it.

And that’s mostly it.

About my knee…
Last week Wednesday I noticed a slight pain or ache in my left knee. Didn’t think anything of it and kept moving along with my day. Come Thursday I noticed a constant pop/click in my knee when I would walk. At first it was just annoying and made me look like I was drunk when I walked (LOL) as I tried to straighten myself up. Later on Friday, pain was now happening with every step and progressed thereafter.

Yesterday and today I’m noticing some improvement and normalcy to my walking. The pain is also slowly subsiding, but since having seen the doctor twice, I am scheduled for an MRI. However, I’m waiting for my insurance company to approve the procedure. I don’t fully understand way an MRI that is fully covered in my insurance needs a review board to approve it. I’m baffled by it. I’m in pain, and an x-ray does not show soft tissue, although my x-rays did show that my bones are fine. Thank God!

What IS scaring me is that my doctor said that I could have a meniscus tear in my knee. Oy!

Anybody every go through this before..about the knee pain I mean and a meniscus tear?

Listen to that, “meniscus tear”. That sounds SCARY!

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Lately I have taken the time to really think and examine myself as far as where I really want to go with this blog, my new career choice (video editor/producer), and how the french fry am going to transition from my present day jobs (plural) to the one occupation I’m seeking to get work in at some point between now and a year from now. I will be graduating from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale somewhere around this time next year and I will need to have a solid portfolio of work. And at the very least, I must have a plan of action for closing one occupational chapter to open another. A change is afoot and I can either go with it or get swept away and left behind. Opportunity began knocking at my door quite a while ago and I gladly answered, but at a price no less and so I have to make this one year of learning, trial and error very worthwhile and lucrative in a down economy. Moreover, once I opened that door and stepped through I discovered that it shut behind me and there is no turning back. So, what is my plan?

I’ve outlined some goals for the next 12 months.

• Clear as many obligations as possible in any relationships where necessary, as well as in my personal finances.
• Fill my head with sources of inspiration and positivity in order to keep my creativity flowing and unclogged. Sometimes I get hung up on things that are really so trivial and that’s when travail grabs hold of my life and jacks me up! So cutting off excess baggage that keeps me weighed down is a must.
• Speaking of cutting off excess baggage; people can be just that. In fact, there are some folks that presently surround me that I will drag kicking and screaming–figuratively speaking–out of my life. I love them like Jesus, but they gotta go!
• Keep creating, keep learning. Never, never, never, never ever stop.
• Give back. However small, just give back to those that I am able to give to. I believe that with growth we have an obligation to share the wealth of our talents and the successes thereof with those in need around us. And not just monetary wealth, but information, wisdom, encouragement and intercession for those that need and request it.
• Continue being myself, unapologetically. I’ve been told by people, children to adults, that I’m weird, crazy, silly, childish (in the playful sense of the word), pensive, picky, stubborn, argumentative, skinny, fussy, different, walk to the beat of drum I only hear, quiet, kind, conservative, stuck up, evil, selfish, considerate, patient, diligent, overly cautious, cold, calculating etc and not all in that order. And my answer to this is that everyone is entitled to their own opinions. So, thanks, but I have a solid grasp on who I am.
• Set my mind squarely on my goals and not allow myself to be distracted by anything–neither left nor right, but straight forward. Onward, ever upward, forward and never backward. PMA
• I will collaborate with other like-minded people; artistic-minded people that seek the same things I seek so that we can exchange knowledge and grow from each other.
• And, to sort of corroborate the previous point, I seek a mentor who understands my situation and where I want to go with my life, and will help guide me along. And sure enough and realistically speaking, the moment I set my mind on success, evil and nasty people will start coming out of the wood work. But I got on my armor and I’m ready; not to fight them, but the influences that drive them to be so wicked to those who are trying to make positive change in their lives.

In closing, I just wanted to get some stuff off my chest that frankly had me about ready to burst. So, my present mantra is that this is not mission impossible, but mission possible. Yes I can!

How about you? How are you planning to over come your Goliath and reap your calling?

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I went shopping specifically for a nice “cheap” hoodie, and well at the mall cheap means no less than $20 dollars. But anyway, since I was at the mall I decided I’d go see what the line was like at the Apple Store, and there was no line. However, I learned from one of the iWorkers (that means a store employee in my crazy made-up Apple language) that the place was over-run with iPeople (also known as Apple users).

Also, it’s good to know that Steve Jobs is doing well, although I doubt that he will ever go back to doing the amount of work that he did prior to taking a leave of absence.

Welcome back Steve!!

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So I really wanted to do a vlog for each day and I ended up missing the first three days. Sooo…yeah, FAIL! But here I am making up for it with a vlog and what happened so far in the past few days. (For the record I have hours of video footage of each day, so I’ll edit some of it somehow to a five to ten minute video one. Moving on…

Day 1

We basically arrived in Washington D.C. and from there went directly to visit the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial and Korean War Memorial. We had dinner at Union Station where my group of choir boys and I (chaperone) ate at Johnny Rockets (so good). That took the rest of the day.

Day 2

We had a performance at an elementary school for K through 6th graders, and they loved it! Afterward, we took a tour of the Arlington National Cemetery and visited the tomb of the Uknown Soldier. We went to the National Archives mainly to go to the Rotunda where the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the US Constitution are on display.

That evening we had a okay dinner at ESPN Zone, thereafter making a short visit to the monuments visited on Monday during the night to take some pictures.

Day 3

We got up early this morning and visited the US Supreme Court and literally glanced at the Library of Congress. We met with our congressman, Ron Klein, on the steps of the Capitol Building whereupon we took an awesome tour of the Capitol building.

Lunch was at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. Later that evening we had a wonderful collaboration with the Washington Youth Choir.

Dinner and more monument by moonlight picture taking.

Day 4

Early rise for our performance at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School where the US Postal Service held an unveiling tribute of a new stamp for Anna Julia Cooper. There the choir boys sang, The National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing and We Rise Again.

We had free time in the National Mall where some of us visited the either the American History Museum or the Natural History Museum.

Finally, we had a big performance at the Washington National Cathedral where we performed an Evensong, and I got an exclusive view from the top of the central tower (awesomeness!!!).

Day 5

That brings us to the present. We had a fun-filled day at Six Flags.

Later on I’ll try to add photos and what not.

md

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I went to see Terminator Salvation Friday night and I bought the second novel in author, Stephenie Meyer’s hit series, following “Twilight”.

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