Today is October 24th, Friday. It's 9:30am and I am awake... running on about 3 hours of sleep in a classroom full of 3rd graders... lol... needless to say, I'm pooped! I just got back from New York earlier this week. My experience there was WONDERFUL (as it always has been when I'm dealing with Chris and Shani from Warner Chappell. They always take great care of us!) We worked with J Lo. Very sweet person she is... and her twins are SO FREAKING HAPPY and cute. I guess I'd be freaking happy, too, if I were that rich! lol We are going to California next week to continue working with Jennifer. She cut 3 of our songs and has 2 more to cut in California... all in which she is keeping. I spoke with Mark Pitts yesterday (Ciara's A&R) about the status of the record we did on "Fantasy Ride". He said that they are keeping it but, he does not know if it is still contending for the single. In his words "We are pulling back and re-grouping and dropping the project next year. Hey, you never know what can happen" So, in other words, "I'm On" just may not make it to being a single... Its okay though. Shani (from Warner Chappell) has some AMAZING things lined up for us in the upcoming weeks. Chris Brown, Mary J and Keyshia Cole... IM EXCITED.... I must admit thought, I am QUITE dissapointed we missed out on Beyonce's project... Next time BEY! lol
ok ok ok enough about the industry crud (said i wasnt gonna write about that in this blog). On a personal note, I'm looking forward to this weekend. SAW V is out today and, of course, I am DRAGGING Otis to the movies to see it (eventhough he really isnt into horror flicks). I'm excited to see how long Megan Goode is gonna stay alive... I watched her in "One Missed Call"... She died in the VERY FIRST SCENE.... it sucks how these movie directors cast black "hotties" in their scream flicks to draw a more divese audience and then kill them off in the opening credits!! At least give 'em a FEW lines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol.....
Anyway. On an even MORE personal note. There are a few things happening around me that are unfortunate. I can't really openly discuss them but, I will say this; its making me sad. Sometimes I really don't understand why negative things happen to people who I think don't deserve it... Especially when its someone I love so very much. *sigh* it sucks.... I'm tryin not to let these things effect my life personally but its becoming more and more difficult everyday. Pray for me guys.... "The darkest hour is just before day..."
Friday, October 24, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Monday after the cruise...
HEY! Today is October the something and I'm back in Detroit... Disoriented and still on vacation in my mind... I'm dizzy and bloated and COMPLETELY dark skinned (from the hell hot sun in the Carribbean). Strange thing is, I LOVE IT! lol... I feel odd right now. "Out of Body-ish". Almost like I'm on auto pilot. Maybe I'm just that darn relaxed that "reality" just has not kicked in yet... lol. "And I thank GOD! EE BEE BEE AH SHANAMAH!! (inside joke)"
Anyway, I made some phone calls today, read some emails and wrote a song and now here I am. Sitting. Staring into the computer without a care on my mind. Oddly enough, my body is rocking back and forth and my head is still spinning from the cruise ALL LAST WEEK. I think my poor brain hasn't registered the fact that I'm BACK ON LAND. I swear I'm still dizzy like I'm on the sea. Feels like the whole room is rocking left to right. I guess my body has to "re-adjust" itself. lol
Vacation was GREAT! Like I thought, I missed Otis TERRIBLY. So many moments I wish he was there for (like when I entered the "Ms Margaritaville Booty Shaking Contest" or when I performed "Baby Got Back" at karaoke for my dads birthday or all the nights I stood on the deck and stared at the dark black sea with the warm breeze licking my skin, eyes closed Thanking God for such a great feeling... *sigh*).
Family time was SO NEEDED and very much appreciated! It was tons of fun to say the very least. We got alot of the moments on the "Flip" video recorder and OF COURSE pictures... I'm eager to post my lovely Bahamian tan on Facebook. I LOOK SO FAB!! lol
And tomorrow....? Well, reality arrives again. I'll be headed to New York for work (back down into those dang tiny airplane seats.. Humph!).. chasing placements, paper and a better life... *sigh* Hopefully my autopilot mind will remain all throughout my work week CAUSE I'M LOVING IT!!!!
Anyway, I made some phone calls today, read some emails and wrote a song and now here I am. Sitting. Staring into the computer without a care on my mind. Oddly enough, my body is rocking back and forth and my head is still spinning from the cruise ALL LAST WEEK. I think my poor brain hasn't registered the fact that I'm BACK ON LAND. I swear I'm still dizzy like I'm on the sea. Feels like the whole room is rocking left to right. I guess my body has to "re-adjust" itself. lol
Vacation was GREAT! Like I thought, I missed Otis TERRIBLY. So many moments I wish he was there for (like when I entered the "Ms Margaritaville Booty Shaking Contest" or when I performed "Baby Got Back" at karaoke for my dads birthday or all the nights I stood on the deck and stared at the dark black sea with the warm breeze licking my skin, eyes closed Thanking God for such a great feeling... *sigh*).
Family time was SO NEEDED and very much appreciated! It was tons of fun to say the very least. We got alot of the moments on the "Flip" video recorder and OF COURSE pictures... I'm eager to post my lovely Bahamian tan on Facebook. I LOOK SO FAB!! lol
And tomorrow....? Well, reality arrives again. I'll be headed to New York for work (back down into those dang tiny airplane seats.. Humph!).. chasing placements, paper and a better life... *sigh* Hopefully my autopilot mind will remain all throughout my work week CAUSE I'M LOVING IT!!!!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Saturday B4 the cruise & my formal intro
Hey! So i was surfing online and found an OLD OLD blog that I started back in 2005 when I was "AnteaJoy" on WMUZ for "Joy and Jones in the Morning". If you DON'T know what that is, that was when i was a RADIO HOST/DJ at a gospel radio station in my hometown, Detroit. Anyway, I thougt it was pretty cool...eventhough I only did ONE entry and never returned back to it again. So, I'm deciding to start it up once more. An online journal so to speak. This blog won't be about industry gossip, who I'm working with right now or Aplus. This is all going to be about me. My brain. My heart. My life... from the inside. :-) ......................Here we go!
Today is October 4th, 2008. Its Saturday. 4pm and I am STILL IN BED. Sitting here with my computer on my lap, procrastinating (what I do BEST lol. j/k). On Monday morning, I am boarding a plane with my mom and dad and Anesha and heading to Miami to board a ship for a week long cruise. Fun! I am looking forward to it however, its odd these underlying feelings I have. Hang ups I guess. Worries. For one, the airplane seat. ALWAYS TOO SMALL for my 54 inch hips (yea... thats right... might even be bigger now...). I feel so bad for whomever is forced to squeeze down next to my hips and be smashed for the whole ride... terribly embarrassing.... Second, the cruise aftermath. Since I'm such a fastforward thinker, I have skipped past the crusie and I'm thinking about the FOLLWING Monday morning when Ill be squeezing BACK down into an airplane seat as "Antea from APLUS" heading to New york for work having gained these "cruise 7lbs" everyone keeps warning me of... as if I'm not big enough already.... *sigh*
And then there's Otis. Oh Otis. Leaving him here.... My dad wants him to stay at their house with the dog and "house/dog sit".... I really wish he was going to be with me next week. Sippin umbrella drinks, sand in our toes, cuddled up on a beach somewhere in Grand Turks... *sigh* So, needless to say (but I'm saying it anyway), this is a bittersweet vacation.... Good thing i have sexy/comfy sundresses for everyday of the week. At least I'll feel sexy and thats ALWAYS a plus in my world... I'll post pics! Ciao!
~antea
Today is October 4th, 2008. Its Saturday. 4pm and I am STILL IN BED. Sitting here with my computer on my lap, procrastinating (what I do BEST lol. j/k). On Monday morning, I am boarding a plane with my mom and dad and Anesha and heading to Miami to board a ship for a week long cruise. Fun! I am looking forward to it however, its odd these underlying feelings I have. Hang ups I guess. Worries. For one, the airplane seat. ALWAYS TOO SMALL for my 54 inch hips (yea... thats right... might even be bigger now...). I feel so bad for whomever is forced to squeeze down next to my hips and be smashed for the whole ride... terribly embarrassing.... Second, the cruise aftermath. Since I'm such a fastforward thinker, I have skipped past the crusie and I'm thinking about the FOLLWING Monday morning when Ill be squeezing BACK down into an airplane seat as "Antea from APLUS" heading to New york for work having gained these "cruise 7lbs" everyone keeps warning me of... as if I'm not big enough already.... *sigh*
And then there's Otis. Oh Otis. Leaving him here.... My dad wants him to stay at their house with the dog and "house/dog sit".... I really wish he was going to be with me next week. Sippin umbrella drinks, sand in our toes, cuddled up on a beach somewhere in Grand Turks... *sigh* So, needless to say (but I'm saying it anyway), this is a bittersweet vacation.... Good thing i have sexy/comfy sundresses for everyday of the week. At least I'll feel sexy and thats ALWAYS a plus in my world... I'll post pics! Ciao!
~antea
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