Master Cleanse - Day 6

Seriously, I cannot believe I haven't eaten solid food since last Wednesday night! I am so proud of myself. I needed to do this to purge 30 years of toxic waste and negative energy. Looking forward to OJ on Sunday!

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Please enjoy the new Q-Tip & Norah Jones vid: 'Life is Better'

Master Cleanse - Day 5

Sorry I haven't been updating this thing as often as I intended. When I get home at nite, all I wanna do is sleep (and eat of course) But I gotta admit, so far I'm just peachy :)
I have wicked cravings for the most random things at the strangest times. They've been dubbed 'Food Tourettes' cause I shout out what I'd like to eat or have a craving for - lol. What else is weird... oh! my sense of smell is like WHOA! Think ol' dude from that movie 'Perfume' intense! I can smell things that are in China!

PEKING DUCK!

I am a lil concerned about Thursday. Its the premiere of Black Dynamite! I'm very excited but may pass on the after party. No alcohol during the flush, for obvious reasons, and I'm just about positive they'll be finger food of some sort.

My dreams since I began the cleanse have been interesting as well. You know about the toddler and the dog. Well, the next nite, my mom was in it and she'd made spaghetti and her famous meat sauce. I told her I was cleansing and she scolded me - lol. Saying I needed to eat and my grandma live just fine w/ her meat sauce! I remember twirling the fork in the spaghetti but I didn't eat it. Which in the grand scheme of things I think is a good thing. The following nite, I dreamt I was gettin ready for a fancy event - black & white affair - and kept changing dresses. When I thought I was done, my boss came to pick us up. He looked so dapper - like Vincent Price or some other regal type, hair slicked back & shiny, I decided I needed to change (again). while running from one part of the hotel/castle/ballroom - the place was huge!- I saw Grace Jones circa 'View to a Kill' jumping onto a chandelier then doing a triple sow cow off of it and landing in some yoga position right in front of me! I had to tell her: 'you are the BADDEST broad ever!' she bowed and said thank you. As I left Grace and started my walk up some fancy set of stairs, Michael Jackson is to my left ending a conversation with someone before grabbing my hand and walking with me thru what looked like the gardens in Zamunda. I don't recall what we spoke about but when we got to the weeping willow tree he asked how old I was.
'30!' I blurted proudly.
MJ: 'awwww... you're still a baby!'

then I woke up... What I recall most are the colors and temperatures in this dream. It was cold outside but Michael's hands were soooo warm. I take this as a good omen that he is happy where he is :) As for all the colors, I was going to change into an emerald green dress - kinda like the one in Atonement but it had longer sleeves, like I said it was cold out.

Five days left... thank God for half way marks!

Master Cleanse - Day 1, pt 1

Morning!
I woke up at 4:10am today. No reason... well, I did go to bed kinda early (11:30p-12a) It took almost two hours to get back to sleep. I hate when this happens because Once I get back to sleep, I really wanna SLEEP. The alarm clock get s to buzzin' and get to hittin' the snooze button for how ever long it takes me to get out the bed.

My dream during this mini-nap was an odd one. I was home, cleaning my room.
*correction
attempting to clean my room when I heard people coming into the apartment. The visitors weren't for me, they were for my roommate.
(so far, this dream is true to life, nothing amidst)
Some chick walks in with a dog on a red leash and a toddler. They both (the dog & child) make a b-line for my bedroom and start touching stuff. This is where things get weird. In the room were all these electronics - tv's, vcr's, dvd players, stereo consoles, etc - and the little kid turned them all on. Meanwhile, the dog is sniffing thru my dirty laundry & trying to find Chloé my cat. I got really pissed off and started screaming at the woman. Part of me felt really bad & part of me felt really good that I checked this broad. I mean, who let's their pets & children run wild in a strangers home!!?!!

So I cuss this lady out and kick the toddler and the dog out too. My room isn't really my room as I know it. I've dreamt about this particular room a few weeks ago and the windows had fallen out when I tried to close (or open, i don't recall) them. It was the shade of purple I wanna re-paint my bedroom but there was a lot of extra stuff just laying around. I get start to turn off all the things this toddler turned on and I'm wondering how in the hell s/he turn on some many things in such a short amount of time.

Next thing I know, more people are coming in to visit my roommate but they are MY friends from high school! Even the living room's been rearranged to accommodate the influx of people and all I wanna do is eat. I make the Master Cleanse concoction and sit down to drink it. I say to Corey, 'I'm hungry' and get up and heat up some of mom's rice & peas (yum) I take the bowl (and my concoction) into the living room where I start eating... all of a sudden, I remember I'm not supposed to be eating ANYTHING - just drinking the concoction and I spit out the food and drink the drink. A few minutes later, I do the exact same thing, announce my hunger, heat something up, start eating and recall that isn't part of the plan. This goes on for what seems like forever!

Eventually, I wake up... I do my dance with the snooze button and make my way to the kitchen. I figure if i drink the salt water 1st, by the time I make my 1st batch of 'lemonade' aka MCM I'll be ready to go to the bathroom.

Lemons
2tbl spoons for one serving
OR
12tbl spoons for a days worth
Maple Syrup
2tbl spoons one serving
OR
12tbl spoons for a days worth
Cayenne pepper -
1/10 tsp one serving
OR
1/2 tsp for a days worth
Water
10oz one serving
OR
60oz for a days worth

Rule #1: Don't drink the salt water mix hella fast!

In addition to the massive cramp in my chest, I had to go right away. The latter is a great thing but I realize I didn't mix in enough water and have to drink some more... 16oz more (smh) I decide to hold off til after I mix the stuff so, I make the stuff. It takes a little longer than I thought it would - I don't have a container large enough to mix & hold my daily supply so it's gettin' a bit messy, for me anyway. AM kitchen = clean kitchen unless there was a party the night before.

Back in the loo... I finish (or try to) the last of the salt water mix (SWM)- did i mention I'm lacking large containers in the house? I broke the SWM into two glasses - the first w/ the salt & the 2nd was just water... man, I drake the water & BLAM! it all came up :/

Just salt water but still... I feel like this is gonna be a lot harder than I think.
I manage to get the master cleanse mix (MCM) into two stainless steel containers that I must lug around for the next 10 days. Maybe I'll life them like two dumbbells. If I'm gonna detox and drop some weight I might as well tone a muscle or two.

Mind numbing hunger has yet to hit (thank goodness!) but I am drinking my MCM... and I will def get a workout 'cause the bathroom where I sit at work are still under construction and I have to walk what feels like the Green Mile to get to it. I make this journey as soon as I feel the slightest bubble.

Pray for me folks... 30 years of goo is on it's way out da door!

-fin

Babies & Beyoncé

have u seen this??:


I love how excited this kid gets! It's better than Seasame Street! Maybe Bey should create children's learning videos. Imagine kids gettin that excited about math & reading!

MF Doom in the New Yorker!

yes indeed! I'll definitely have to snatch up a copy. Stones Throw posted an excerpt from the article titled “The Mask of Doom: A Nonconformist Rapper's Second Act” Look for the Sep. 21, 2009 issue on newsstands.

DUMBO - Labor Day Weekend

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Stony Jackson

The Stoney Jackson (Strong Arm Steady + MadLib) album unfolds over sixteen tracks and is a brisk, exciting hip hop record. Krondon and Phil The Agony supply the majority of the vocals with the third SAS member Mitchy Slick; guest appearances include Talib Kweli, Guilty Simpson, Little Brother’s Phonte, Planet Asia and a host of underground Los Angeles’s emerging rap talent. (source:stones throw)


Man o man, I cannot wait for this album to drop! Until then, I'll have to rock with the above YouTube vid & a HEAVY rotation of the mp3 :)

enjoy!

iTunes MP3 free download: Get Ya Money Right