Time To Shine

LUTHER VANDROSS' NEW SONG "SHINE" DESERVES TO GO #1 ON THE CHARTS!

No, not just the Negro charts, the real deal. That song is hot and the lyrics completely match the feel of the song. Now y'all know me and Luther wasn't all that close...he could be a tad bit...boring. But that song is good.

Anyhoo, I know some of you good people are wondering what I am doing with my life now. Well I decided not to go back to the school I went to last year. Basically, I hated the town and the school and I just felt uninspired and dry. I met some really cool people who have introduced me to even more amazing people so it was not a complete waste of a year.

I have decided to move to Austin, Texas. For those of you who aren't familiar with Austin, it is ranked the #1 city in America for creativity (San Fran is #2) and it is also the capitol of Texas. It's the only city in the state of Texas to vote against banning gay marriage. So basically its like 75% liberal in the middle of a conservative state. That already makes it a little bit strange but Austin is very very VERY weird. "So you'll fit right in, Charles." That's what I'm thinkin!

I took a trip down there last weekend and had a meeting with my realtor. She took me around a little bit and I ended up signing a lease that day without telling my parents. Oops! I didn't even bother asking my mother to co-sign b/c I knew she just wanted me to say in Fort Worth being her little titty baby. That is so 19 years ago. I convinced my dad to co-sign. You know, the dad who recently disowned me. Yeah, that one! I am so damn good.

I really believe Austin is where I'm supposed to be right now, especially since I'm trying to dig into the creative side of me right now to get this book out. I'm shooting for February 2008. Can you wait til then? I can't.

I am moving this Saturday so if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or if you just wanna hang out with me before I leave then get with me. Otherwise you will have to haul your ass up to Austin to see me.

Anyone from there who reads this shit?

Anyhoodyhoo, allow me to remind everyone to please be courteous to service people. They are people you know. Doing this delivery job for the past three months has really opened my eyes to the kinds of assholes that are out there and don't see service people as fellow human beings. One example being the lesbian man.

The problem is people think that if they step into a restaurant and people are clamoring to serve them food, then they are a king or a queen. In this instance they feel they can temporarily live out their royal superstar fantasies where they command attention and order people about.

People need to wake up and realize....YOU ARE NOT PRINCE WILLIAM OR PRINCESS DI! You are a normal person ordering food off a menu and the waitors are normal people trying to get YOUR MONEY! They don't give a shit who you are and you probably aren't much to wonder about if you treat servers like shit.

Today my parents made me mad at Red Lobster. The cooks forgot to put in the vegetables in my dad's food and he noticed at the very end of his meal. Mind you, it is part of the waitress' job to check that everything is there, but if the customer doesn't see it til the very end of the order then...what the hell. My parents demanded a free desert in place of the vegetables.

Now in case you don't know how this shit works, heres how it goes. Even if the cooks leave out something, the waitress still has to pay for it. Meaning since my parents wanted a free desert, the waitress would have to pay for that expensive shit...and the vegetables were not worth that much.

I was so mad. I told them they need to be more nice and understanding and stop just trying to get free shit all the time. But my mom went into this tirade about being ran over and bla bla bla. I am going back to that Red Lobster tomorrow and paying for that desert... ugh!

I had something else to say but I done forgot. I'll be back with less personal bullshit and more pop culture bullshit later today.