Late Lineup, don't judge me.

The Lineup: March ‘12

Editor’s note: This lineup is a bit shorter and (ahem) late because my birthday got in the way.

What I can’t live without: The Walking Dead.  Spartacus. I actually wanted to write about the best TV show, but I realized that I talk about my Zombies all the time. So here’s my #2 show.  Season 3 of Spartacus, in my opinion, was the best yet.  Excellent combination of sex, violence and backstabbing to keep you entertained.

Cuz I am, whatever you say I am?

Creative writing has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember.  Back in the 5^th grade, I was in a rap group and wrote lyrics that ranged from the dance floor to letting the world know that I was “sharper than a razor blade”.  In middle school, I wrote a few short stories.  I found my love for poetry in High School.  There were times I would be on a bus and an idea would hit me and I would have to write a poem on a receipt until I got home to transcribe it to my notebook.  In college, I still wrote poetry but my piece de resistance was a book that I wrote detailing a public protest that I staged on campus – one of my proudest moments.  Since college, I have written album reviews for a Hip-Hop website, co-founded a Hip-Hop blog, Past The Margin, kept a journal of my journey as an entrepreneur and of course, Straight from the Pen.  Despite all of that, I hesitate to refer to myself as a writer. 

And even as a crack fiend, mama...

Sins of the Mother

You know that feeling you get when you drop a bowl in the kitchen?  That instant shock and anxiety as you imagine the bowl shattering on the floor in a million pieces.  How quickly does that feeling disappear when you realize that it didn’t break and all you are left with is a loud noise?  That’s how the death of Whitney Houston hit me.