My gurl P had been trying to get *scuse me but this dude was just staring at me creepily…sheesh* up with me all weekend but I was out of town for my cuz 13th bday…I’m ole! lol
Anywho, I’d just come home from a hard day’s driving and shopping! lol…that mess is tiresome. My phone rang and it was my gurl P. She invited me out to A.p.a.c.h.e Cafe *it doesn’t have all those periods but I’m not tryin to show up on g.o.o.gl.e* It was cool but 2 things: 1) It will be hot, bring a cute fan. 2.) reserve a table ahead of time…it’s only $20 and it’s for 3 or more ppl…ya’ll can split it. It’s a $7 cover charge as well. So I of course called my gurl A and we all rolled out.
Sunday nights at A.pa.ch.e are free forum exchange nights. Anybody can get up and do their thang. Last night was by far the best night to me…I’m officially addicted. Last night they had a mini documentary of this spoken word group, 5th element’s, trip to Japan to do spoken word. It was aight…they could have cut it down to 30min as opposed to an hour but it’s all good, it was their first screening. Then the host started reading down the list and then the feature was to perform.
It was hot ya’ll *figuratively and literally…we tore a menu down the half so me and my gurl would have something to fan with*. This girl Uganda lit it up with a poem calling our brothas to the front line. Another poet Curvatious set it off with a piece about wanting to know all about a brotha’s ish so that you know what you getting into. A brotha beat boxed like no otha. This poet Q-swan was a lil creepy in between his poems but when he spoke, it was on point. After that it got a lil hazy cause we were waiting for the feature.
*moment of silence* ok, ya’ll. The feature had a singer by the name of Ken.say (sp?) open for him. His voice did.something.to.me. No joke. It was definitely an experience. A.by.ss was the feature and he does spoken word and sangs and Ken.say backed him up. *swooning for Ken.say* Now don’t get it twisted, A.by.ss has a voice on him too and his words having meaning and he can bring them to life but ya’ll it was something mystical and otherworldy bout Ken.say. *swoons again*
But ya’ll, I win the “blindest female of them all” award. So we decided to head out after a.by.ss was done. So we made that journey to the door…you know, moving people out yo way…but politely lol. It was P, then me, then my gurl A. Why did me and P get out the door and A disappeared. What had happened was…lol, she had stopped Ken.say and told him that his performance was hot and he asked if she wanted a cd. Of course! So she followed him to get them but he got caught up in all the hoopla and she never got one cause she lost him in the crowd.
*drumroll* and the blindest female of them all” award goes tooooo…Sereeennnittyyyyyyyyyyy! Ummm Ken.say was standing right next to me when my friend told him is performance was hot. Please believe with our powers combined *lol* we would have left with a CD but no, I’m blind. *deep sigh* But I emailed A.by.ss and we’ll see if he’ll let me know how to cop ol’ boy CD.
It was a good night that ended at IHOP. Didn’t get home til bout 1am but it’s the summer and I don’t care!
Viva la spoken word and summertime…
Serenity
