Star Light, Star Bright: A Wish List

(This post was inspired by an amazing list that I viewed on a blog I recently started following.  From this list posted on Moet with Medusa, I decided to create my own.)

Sometimes I wish.....

• Publishing my books, in the way I want, was as easy as riding a bike
• They made a next generation Cosby Show
• Hip-hop music was as inspiring as it used to be
• I could understand women
• Women could understand me
• The world really came with one of those "Easy" buttons
• I slept as much as I should
• Being intellectual and Black wasn't looked at as strange
• I could cook like the Neely's
• I had finished college the first time around
• I could have loved my son's mother better
• Life tasted like a giant glass of Coke
• My family members all had financial stability
• More people knew who Corrine Bailey Rae was
• I did the right things 'cause I really wanted to, instead of 'cause they were the right things to do
• Everyday felt like Christmas, circa age 7
• My deceased family and friends were still alive
• People understood their true potential
• Computers didn't crash so much
• God had a cell phone number

This is the annotated version of my list.  While thinking through this I realized that, like most of us, I have an infinite number of wishes.

Here's to making all of the practical ones come true.

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet

Theme Song of the Day, Jan. 3, 2011

It's a bad quality, but one I am aware that I possess: I spend an awful amount of time complaining.  About the lack of great things going on in my life at the moment. About lost loves, lack of love, the frustration of love, etc.  About all the past mistakes that I'm still trying to move past.  About financial woes and the difficulty of finding stability.  About the battle between being a better man and slipping back into all of those habits that created the need for improvement in the first place.  I even find myself complaining about the general chaos going on in the world today.

This song just reminds me that, "maybe it's not so bad!!!"  There might be some things I dislike or want to change, but my world is also full of plenty of good.  I have a loving family, some awesome friends, and have done tons of things I can be proud of.  It's time I let my hair down (at least figuratively...lol) and enjoy the life I'm living.  Eventually, the rest will work itself out.

I'm definitely trying to learn to stay in a positive frame of mind, in spite of whatever is going on around me.  It's hard, but I really believe it's helping.




OK Go --- White Knuckles

This is such an awesome video.  It was filmed in a disused plastics factory in Corvallis, Oregon.  One dozen dogs and the goat were provided and trained by Talented Animals.  All of the dogs were from animal rescue shelters.


Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet

The Occasional Crazy Rare Quote # 1

Is there a fine line between genius and mental illness?

....the line is so fine that I find myself crossing it, and forgetting which side I'm on

the Rare Poet

Just a Bit of Randomness (Maybe)

Nina Simone --- Ne Me Quitte Pas

One of the most beautiful foreign language songs I've ever heard.  Nina Simone had a way about her that may never be duplicated.  Amazing!!!

An excellent interview with Nina Simone:




Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet