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Have a good day! Have a good, good day!
I am determined to have a good day today!
I have a family that loves me, friends that love me, peers who respect my work, brotherly brothers, sisterly sisses, and a funny ass grandma.
Today will be less hot than the day before.....I will be on top of my paperwork....I will smile more than I roll my eyes.
My kids will make me laugh and my employees will make me proud.
And the icing on the cake will be how I feel when I get his text messages throughout the day...and later, when I get to hear his voice.
With so much going so right, I had just better have a good day! :=)
Posted by Rashid on May 31, 2006 at 8:00 AM | Comments (0)
Why I Left Adam4Adam
But first, a gratuitous picture of me with an afro, taken this weekend.
I honestly can't remember how long I had been on Adam4Adam before I finally quit it last week. I guess maybe a year and a half? I joined initially with equal interest in meeting new people and promoting my novel.
When it came to promoting my novel, it was the perfect plan. Mention in my profile that I am a novelist, mention the title of the book, so when people send me a note about it, asking where to get it, I can just direct them to my website.
As I said....the perfect plan.
When it came to meeting new people, I was far less successful. I dated one guy and acquaintanced a few others.
For all intents and purposes, I have never met a crazy person from A4A. I was probably always the less stable one, LOL. The guy I went on the date with earlier this year was actually a pretty cool dude. We were just way too different, and (as I said earlier) you kinda know in the first week what will be the undoing of the relationship. Great first date....never made it to a second.
And I've made some good e-buddies, too.
I don't want to say that "Only one good thing" came out of my time on A4A, because many good things came from it. (And perhaps, one really really great thing, too. tee hee....ta ha.) But these were my final gripes with the site.
1) It was really too dangerous a tool for self-validation. I found myself running to A4A every day to see if anyone knew had hit me up to tell me I was attractive or some other foolishness. And we do this day after day, make small talk, then get turned off by the littlest of things. Not the fault of A4A....but definitely my own fault for getting sucked into the validation trap.
2) People LIE! And of course, people have lied since the beginning of the internet, but I am talking fundamental lies like OUT and NOT OUT. One of my BEST FRIENDS IN THE UNIVERSE is more queer than a football bat. That nigga had NOT OUT! I was like are you shitting me? On other occasions, people have lied about their pictures and even their names. Which leads me to my third point....
3) Read and respect other people's preferences. By the end, I had this big ass list of who I DIDN'T want to hear from and it was longer than my actual profile! And people can't just respect your wishes....nooooo, they feel the need to hit you up anyway and question you on why you're not into older dudes (nigga, why don't you play with the kids your own age!) or the really uncomfortable question "Are you into white guys?" Cuz the only good answer is "Possibly, but not you." Well, for me that was the most honest answer.
So those are my three biggest reasons. I am also entering into a phase in my life where I am pretty much either going big or going home.... if the people who are in my life right now aren't keepers, then it's cool....but I'm not going to jump back into the swing of things right away. I have a VERY busy summer ahead of me and no time for bullllllshizzat. I have a huge writing project ahead of me that I need to get started on, as well as one that needs to get published ASAP.
In an ideal world, I would be sharing my life with one person right about now. And I'm definitely open to the existing possibilities. But if it doesn't work out, I still have things to take up my time.
Ill, that sounds like I was defeated somehow, LOL...and it's so not like that.
I'll put it this way (and thanks to Mark for saying this more eloquently than I did the other day)....artists, from time to time, have to retreat into themselves and recharge in order to rejuvenate themselves. Like other artists who might go on some sort of hiatus, I am reaching a point where I cannot keep go, go, going....I've got to slow it up, change gears, and get my head right for the third novel. I did it while writing the previous two.....and to be honest, I was celibate during one of them jonts. And I was focused, man!
Now....not saying I have to be celibate to write good shit, lol.... but if current situations don't play themselves out favorably, then the writing will still go on.
Dang, how dramatic do I sound? I really ought to stop. I also don't know how the hell I am blogging so much. But at least it's keeping my juices going.
That and reading this good ass Jackie Collins novel, Lovers and Players. Holla!
Posted by Rashid on May 30, 2006 at 8:13 PM | Comments (20)
The Centennial -- Registered!
Dear Mr. Rashid Darden:
Greetings in the marvelous name of Alpha! This letter is to acknowledge receipt of your registration and payment for 2006 Centennial Convention.
On July 25 - 30, 2006 Alpha Phi Alpha Members, Families and Friends will converge on Washington, DC to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of an organization whose members have had an enormous impact on the lives of countless human beings. The Corporate Headquarters Staff and Centennial Planning team have been diligently working and are excited about welcoming the men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. to Washington, DC.....
Etcetera, etcetera...... I'm registered!
I became an Alpha in the Spring of 2003 while enrolled as a graduate student at American University. I've had plenty of ups and downs in the fraternity since crossing -- several of the downs had to do with Lazarus, my work as a writer, and this website. I was even surrounded by brothers of an undergraduate chapter and harrassed because heaven's to betsy, what would our precious Jewels think about oldgoldsoul.com???
lol....negroes, please.
I have registered for the convention because 1) It's a once in a lifetime event that I want to experience full on, and 2) I need my Alpha mojo back.
I am not affiliated with an alumni chapter right now and have no plans to do so. (But for all you pricks shaking your finger at me, YES, I am financial with the General Organization.) I guess in my experiences in these short years, I realize that not everyone does it for the same reasons. Me, I pursued Alpha for the Brotherhood, and the Brotherhood alone. I can do community service by myself or with Alpha Phi Omega. I can step with an independent step team. But I wanted that intangible thing, the Brotherhood that makes my heart swell when I watch the Centennial Documentary or when I see step shows like this one:
Those are the Bros from Cal Poly Pomona.
So what do I want out of this convention?
Fellowship with Brothers who think like me.....yeah, I know they don't all think like me, and maybe not even most. But some do. And I want to find them and chill with them and trade information and uplift each other in the coming years.
I want to find the ways that I can help Alpha. I want to compare my skills set to Alpha's greatest needs then go from there.
I want to meet Alpha Authors and network with them.
I want to party with the Sorors! Cuz you know Ethel's Girls will be there in full force. :-)
I want to purchase so much para that I never have to order any more ever again, lol.
I want to learn, learn, learn.
I want to attend the Public Program and see how the other organizations gush over us.
And I want to sing the hymn with thousands of Brothers.
And though I might be getting too old to do so, I want to learn a stroll or two.
Yeah, it's an expensive ass registration....but it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. And look at how much I'm saving by the convention being RIGHT HERE in DC. No airfare....no transportation....just me and the Bros.
The hotness.
Posted by Rashid on at 7:09 AM | Comments (0)
What's my name, fool???
What's my name?
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and street name)
Stripes Tuckerman
2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on mother's side first name, favorite candy)
William Henry Peach Rings
3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
R. Dar
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite animal, name of high school mascot)
Cat Colt
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Eman Washington
6. YOUR OPPOSITE SEX NAME: (name of dad/mom, cell phone Company you use)
Carolyn Mobile
7. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name, last 3 letters of mother's maiden name, first 3 letters of your pet's name)
"Dar Dar Max" or "Dar Dar Lai"
This shit had me ROLLING!
Posted by Rashid on May 29, 2006 at 7:29 PM | Comments (0)
Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend
I made the decision to be by myself this weekend, save the wedding of my APO line mate to our prophyte.
I wasn't myself....or maybe I was myself, and it scared me. I had some "issues" with the guy I'm feeling and I dunno....seems like for the first time in a very long time I was just wrong. I guess.
See, I'm used to every single "relationship" I've ever been in ending with "I just don't feel the same way about you" in both actions and in words. Hell, you can read this blog and see how that tends to turn out for me. It hurts. It doesn't hurt less each time it happens. But it happens all the time.
I remember someone telling me that if this happens to me all the time, maybe it's not the other people, but me? Damn, I still feel the sting in that every time I think about it. There are certain people who were in my life that I can't even think about any more. It really fucking sucks. I don't want to live my life like that, but I don't know a better way to get over being hurt than to just not think about it.
Anyway....so when certain things were said to me last week, my mind immediately jumped into defense mode. I felt the Cancerian shell harden around me and words became muffled and ultimately silent.
I was being rejected....wasn't I?
The good thing about this guy is that he (admittedly) talks things out until they can't be talked out any more. And how often have I hoped for someone like that, someone who can communicate their feelings?
But still, I was feeling rejected, no matter how many times I heard "This isn't an ending...this isn't an ending..."
So why did I feel so fucking hurt?
After a day, more talking to him, and some consultation from one of the handful of friends I will allow to tell me that I'm trippin', it was deemed that I was trippin'.
I felt hurt because it was the only way I knew how to feel.
I looked back on everything that was said and came to understand that everything that he was presenting to me was not only everything I ever wanted, but everything I ever needed.
I need to take it slow. "Isn't that what you want?" Shari asked me.
I felt like Boo Boo the Fool at that point.
"Yeah....god dammit..." I said.
I apologized to him....rather profusely, I believe. I felt more wrong in that moment than I ever really had before.
If I feel like I am worth fighting for, I've got to act like I'm worth the fight.
If I feel that I am worth waiting for, I've got to believe that I'm worth the wait.
And if I say that he is worth waiting for -- then dammit, I've got to wait.
This is 2006....no time for lip service.
My fear is that in this time of waiting, I will receive the same output as all my previous attempts. It's not that I am afraid of being alone -- I've handled that quite masterfully after 27 years. And I'm not one of these gay dudes who just proclaims that he's "tired of looking." That's not it, either.
It's just that....with him....he's different. And I'm different. So, it's not the situation or the circumstances, it's literally just him. And all I want is the opportunity to see....
I'm not saying I love him. I'm not saying I'm falling in love with him. When I say "I'm falling" I mean that I am smitten...that I like every little chance I get to spend with him. That I want every opportunity I can to get to know him. That I relish every new fact I learn about him.
And that with each passing day, I find nothing that turns me away. When I say that I am looking forward to spending time with him and getting to know him better, it's because I know that this can only get better and better.
"I just hope he feels the same way" is a phrase reserved for white girls in middle school who are crushing on ninth graders.... I'll be that.
This post was supposed to be about how I spent my Sunday, but we got a little off track, now didn't we?
I didn't attend DC Gay Black Pride this year. My official reason is that I had a wedding to attend. My unofficial reasons are myriad, but one that I can share is that after the events with my new friend, I really felt like I needed some time away from people. Time to focus on me...get my mind right, my game face on, etc. (Whatever those things really mean.)
But my friend Drew called me on Saturday and was like "Rashid, where are you, I've been asking everybody where you are and nobody knows!"
I met Drew at last year's Pride. He's a great dude and a wonderful Pride buddy. Well, Drew was looking for Covenant and clearly it's not there, lol. So I was like damn, I ain't know Drew would be in town, so I made it a point to see him after the wedding.
Speaking of people in from out of town, another friend of mine came in from Chicago via Philly and was staying with friends. Now, I knew he wasn't coming to see me particularly -- which was fine, because I had honestly forgotten that he was coming into town for Pride and had REALLY thought he had already come and gone.
Life is hectic, what can I say?
So he calls me at 11am on Saturday and we agree that he would call me whenever plans are firmed up. Saturday comes and goes with no call. So I am like damn....oh well.
Sunday comes and I find myself in Georgetown with a few hours to kill. At first I'm like "I'm going to call him and see if he wants to meet up for a little while." And then I am like "No, because he said he would call when he could." but then I was like, well let me text him and see what the deal is.
Basically, he was at the Pride expo and said he was at the whim of his driver. So I was like alright, I'll just catch you next time.
Now....you know that in Rashid Darden world, that shit doesn't fly without internalizing it. It's just who I am, love it or hate it.
Yes, I feel some kind of way about how that went down. I just think if the shoe was on the other foot, I would have made a way to see my friend. Hell, when I went to Columbus, I saw everybody I wanted to see. You just make these things happen, you know?
The way I am, the way I feel things, yes maybe I am easily offended. But I just REALLY felt like a damn also-ran in that situation.
Sidenote....one of my friends in college got married and not only was I not invited, but she didn't even tell me she was engaged. Do you know what the goddamned consolation price was?
"...but you can come to the ceremony in South Africa! Everyone I care about is invited to that one!"
Like fucking South Africa is right down Riggs Road. WTF???? Miss me with that shit.
So yeah, I guess I am just used to being the friend that will understand if he's not included, the friend who it's okay if you don't make it a priority to see him, the last sonofabitch picked for dodgeball, LOL.
Anyway....yes, I felt some kind of way about that, because if the shoe was on the other foot, I would have made a way to see him if I was in his town.
Damn....off track AGAIN.
Went to a very beautiful wedding that was hot as SHIT! Do Episcopalians believe in AC? GOT DAMN!
I left a card with my Line Mate to take to the reception because I figured I could make it to the M Street Hotel and back to the reception if I really wanted to. I needed to see Drew real quick while he was in town.
Well, the M Street Hotel was the host hotel for Pride and I had forgotten that of all the events that occur during Pride, my favorite has always been just chillin in the lobby. Me and Drew chilled with his friend Larry for like 90 minutes and I was HUNGRY. So I came home and ate.....missed the reception but definitely felt happy that I attended the wedding.
Which got me thinking WOW....I just witnessed two people's covenant before God. That's bananas. This is like the most important day in their lives. It really got me thinking about what marraige actually IS. Why people obsess about who is in the wedding party, where to have it, etc....it's a really big fucking deal.
I have more thoughts about that.....they'll come up at a later time.
Anyway.....this was a real fucking diary entry, wasn't it?
I'm back, bitches!!!!!
Posted by Rashid on at 8:40 AM | Comments (1)
Throwback Thursday
Posted by Rashid on May 25, 2006 at 8:43 PM | Comments (1)
Lesson #6 (Unfortunately learned too late.)
6) Communicate what your needs are.
Posted by Rashid on at 6:40 AM | Comments (1)
Lessons
Here are some quick lessons I've learned prior to this point in my life:
1) It takes a moment to fall in love, but a lifetime to cultivate a friendship.
2) Let your head be the driver and your heart be the navigator.
3) Don't be afraid to fall for someone....the current one isn't the last one, the last one wasn't the first one, etc. Everybody is different. YOU are the common denominator.
4) Be observant. Those things you notice in the first week will be the undoing of the relationship.
5) You can't change people. That isn't your job. Your job is to love and be loved just as you are.
Thoughts?
Posted by Rashid on May 24, 2006 at 8:12 AM | Comments (0)
Wow.
I Found My Everything
Mary J. Blige
Everything (mmmm)
In you (mmmm)
I found my everything (mmmm)
And I trust in you (mmmm)
I found my...
Can't you see, look at my face it's glowing
And it's all because of you
(Everything)
Everything about ya, ya see I need
And I thank God for sending you through
[CHORUS]
(I found my everything)
Ya see I found, my everything (in you)
In you
(I found my everything)
Ya see I found everything and I (and I trust in you)
I trust in you
(I found my everything)
Ooo, the way you kiss me it's like a real man (mmmm)
I leave the prom when I
Look in your eyes baby (mmmm yeah, every night)
And every night is like a highlight baby
And there's no better keeper than you
Oh, naw naw naw
[BREAKDOWN]
You're someone who
Understands me
Needs to hold me
Really feels me
You're the one I love
You're the one that I need
I knew you'd find me
Stick beside me
Won't deny me
You define me now my world feels so free
[CHORUS]
(I found my everything)
Ya see I found, my everything (in you)
In you (I found my everything)
See I found my everything and I (and I trust in you)
I trust in you
(I found my everything)
Yeah, see I found
Every, every, every, every (in you)
In you (I found my everything)
I found (ooh ooh)
I found (and I trust in you)
I put my trust in you
You
[BREAKDOWN]
Now I know just
What I wanted
What I needed
Where I'm going
I can see much clearer now
I'm glad I found you, you, you, you
I love it when ya
Love me tender
Hold me tight
Through the night
Seems like we met
In heaven before this earth
[BREAKDOWN]
You're someone who
Understands me
Needs to hold me
Really feels me
You're the one I love
You're the one that I need
You won't deny me
Justify me
Now my world
Now my world
Feels...so... freeeeee
This time is the greatest
That I've ever felt before, oh oh (who)
You've given me a reason to smile
Cause I never had a reason to smile before
(I found my everything)
See I found e-everything in you (in you)
Youuuu (I found my everything)
I found my everything in you (and I trust in you)
Yoooou
(I found my everything)
E-e-e-everything
E-e-e-everything
E-e-e, E-e-everything, I-I-I
[CHORUS]
Posted by Rashid on May 20, 2006 at 8:44 PM
It's been wild.....
It's been a wild past few weeks in this category of my life.
Be that as it may, I like meeting people that I click with, at least initially. I was on the phone sorta late last night talking to a new "recruit" as Beast would say. (Never mentioned "Beast" before, she's a friend of mine.) Anyway, so the recruit is on point so far. Amazingly, we both went to elementary school together back in the mid 80s! Ain't that crazy? We were reminiscing like a MUG!!!
Shan, if you still read this, he remembered the bomb threat and the Ouija board! Bananas!
He's an Aries though, and the big purple book said Cancers and Arieses (lol) don't work out.
If I focus on being a friend, though, it won't matter. I mean hell.
I wonder if I am jinxing it by writing about it so early.
Shit, imagine the shit I don't write about that's doomed anyway, LOL.
Posted by Rashid on May 19, 2006 at 7:35 AM
What's on my TV?
It's Friday.
Praise.
The.
Lord.
Let me give my brief thoughts on some entertainment stuff....
Lost is becoming slightly more entertaining. It was good to see Walt, if only for a little while. I fell asleep on the last ten minutes, though, so I really don't know if there were any twists.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was superb as usual. It only gets better with age. Who knew that rape stories could be told over and over again and still be original. I STILL think Benson and Stabler are in love, though. And I'll be glad when Mariska Hargitay has that damn baby, I am tired of seeing her in that big ass winter coat in the spring time. Lookin like Clair Huxtable when she was carrying Condola.
Saw Days of Our Lives this week on the day I took off. It's still not getting any better. Will someone please put this creature out of its misery?
I bought the Van Hunt CD....listened to some of it, and it's good. But it's the type of CD I want to listen to with someone. Maybe have a glass of sparkling cider, lol.
Life is good. It has been hectic, but I am somehow maintaining. Good friends help.
Posted by Rashid on at 7:24 AM | Comments (0)
Throwback Thursday
Posted by Rashid on May 16, 2006 at 11:30 PM | Comments (0)
How old was I when... (From Arnold)
How old were you when you first...
FELL IN LOVE:
21
KISS:
18
GOT IN A FIST FIGHT:
9
LOST SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU:
7
DRANK ALCOHOL:
As an adult, I was 19. As a child, I drank champagne at New Year's
SMOKED WEED:
Never
GOT STUNG BY A BEE:
Very young.....maybe 4 or 5
WENT TO THE HOSPITAL:
Birth. HA!
GOT YOUR HEART BROKEN:
Every year, lol
LOST A PET:
9 or 10
GOT ARRESTED:
Never.
SMOKED A CIGARETE:
Never.
BROKE A BONE:
Never.
GOT JUMPED:
Never ever.
GOT A JOB:
15
RODE THE CITY BUS BY MYSELF:
9
WENT TO A CONCERT:
20
GOT IN A CAR CRASH:
Never, praise the lord.
DYED YOUR HAIR:
I used temporary color when I was 16.
RODE AN AIRPLANE:
5
MOVED TO ANOTHER STATE:
Never.
GOT YOUR FIRST CAVITY:
15
FLEW OVER THE OCEAN:
16!
LOST YOUR VIRGINITY:
18
Posted by Rashid on at 10:29 PM
It's gonna be a party, y'all!
I'm turning 27 this year.
Woo hoo!
Are you trying to party with me? Then keep Saturday, June 24 open. I'm serious, it's gonna be HOTTTT......
Make it your destination....and keep your eyes open for more info.
Posted by Rashid on at 7:17 AM | Comments (0)
The mojo is comin back......
As I get settled into the new job and am no longer the last hired, I am finding my mojo and my groove in all aspects of writing.
I am writing in my personal journal with regularity, hashing out the things in my life that I need to work out on my own.
Covenant is even closer to fruition.... keep on bearing with me!
And I am hoping...really really hoping....that I can bring this blog back to it's former glory. I think I will have a rotating theme for every day so that I can get back into the habit. I need -- have -- to write every day, especially now! I love love LOVE my job, but it can't consume me.
I was led to work with youth....but I was born to write.
Posted by Rashid on May 14, 2006 at 8:40 PM | Comments (0)
Throwback Thursday
Posted by Rashid on May 13, 2006 at 6:27 AM
Updates
Well, Covenant is still on the way, though y'all probably don't believe me, LOL.
It will be a limited release....I hate when recording artists say "this one is for the fans" because no, it's really to get paid. But Covenant really is for the fans. I might not even make it available on Amazon. We'll see.
As I make moves in my career outside of writing, 2006-07 will be time to make moves within my writing career.
Lazarus was good. Covenant is great. It's time for me to make power moves, ya know?
What those will be exactly, I don't know yet. Well, other than establishing myself more as a speaker and expert.
Do I want a book deal on a major house? Or do I want to establish myself as a permanent independent press?
If I pursue the book deal route, that's a lot of uncertainty. I am kind of tired of dealing with agents who are really all about getting paid. I had an extremely negative impression after dealing with the agent of a friend and I'm leery of proceeding down that route again.
I mean, I know I am a good writer. I also know I am not perfect and that the best is yet to come -- but I know that I'm good and that even more people deserve to read my work.
I've sold well, considering my very limited release. No, I haven't sold enough to quit my job. ;-) But I have sold close to the same amount as a few traditionally published peer authors.
I need a good publicist. That's pretty much the start right there. I have yet to find one that really speaks to me.
I do have a "the one that got away story" though.....there is an actor who I admire that I sent a review copy of Lazarus to, through his "people." Well, his people LOVED the book. And I vibed with him very well, too. He had the connections I felt I needed, yet I wasn't going to rely solely on him to make it happen. I was prepared (and he knew) that I was willing to WORK for this.
He had never represented an author before, and I was cool with that -- he had a thirst for achievement and I knew I wouldn't be unsuccessful if I worked with him.
Alas, his life was busier than I could have anticipated. I think that he was more enthusiastic about my novel than his other projects would allow him to be. We drifted apart, I haven't heard from him in months, and now I don't have his contact info because of the great Outlook Fiasco of 2006.
You know what....fuck that.... he's finna BE my publicist.
Posted by Rashid on May 9, 2006 at 8:19 AM | Comments (0)
Maybe the real issue is...
Do I know what I want at all?
Damn, that seemed so utterly absurd as soon as I typed it....LOL
Of course I know what I want.
Posted by Rashid on May 7, 2006 at 6:14 PM | Comments (0)
Throwback Thursday
Posted by Rashid on May 4, 2006 at 9:17 PM | Comments (1)
Gag Order
Just so you all know, I'm still here.....I have a new job, and it would DEFINITELY be a bad idea to discuss it here, lol.
It is a welcome challenge, though.
Posted by Rashid on May 2, 2006 at 9:57 PM | Comments (0)
Van Hunt and my Borders Addiction
If there's one thing that son of a bitch did for me, he introduced me to the music of Van Hunt. I picked up his CD -- and so much more stuff -- at Borders today. I made the mistake of going down to the one on 18th and L, which is the FAR superior one in this city. I like the proximity of the one in Friendship Heights, but I was raised at the West End one. *sigh*
God bless Borders Rewards.
Posted by Rashid on May 1, 2006 at 9:13 PM | Comments (0)
National Multicultural Greek Council -- Success!
Well this weekend I went to New York to be a guest speaker for the Spring Conference of the National Multicultural Greek Council. The theme was Namaste, which means "recognizing the equality of all & paying honor to the sacredness of all."
The conference itself was amazing. I came during lunch, stayed for the first roundtable discussion, and then I was on. It was so great and humbling to be surrounded by so many people who were national leaders and even founders of their organizations. These were fraternities and sororities I had previously only heard about through the internet.
The attendees didn't know what to expect, as I was only listed on the program as "Rashid Darden of Old Gold Soul." So for all I know, they expected a lounge act, lol. But what I presented was an integrated lecture about the challenge and responsibilities of Multicultural Fraternities and Sororities. I used Lazarus and Covenant as springboards for those discussions.
I was concerned that I would be boring people with so much talking, so I did my best to include the attendees at the beginning. I also included some funny anecdotes from my own collegiate experiences.
I wrapped up by reading a passage from Covenant in which Calen asks Adrian if he would do it all again. (It's all about the pregnant pauses, y'all, lol)
I was sooooo taken aback by the responses....people were really feeling the remarks I made and the excerpts from the novel. I actually sold REALLY well, too. I was surprised to be honest. I guess I keep underestimating myself.
All in all, I truly felt the love from the NMGC and the individual members. I am looking forward to working with any and all of them again!
I'll upload the pics as soon as I can.
Posted by Rashid on at 8:29 AM | Comments (1)
Damned email!
So just when I thought everything was a-okay with my email, it seems NOW that I am not receiving messages sent to rashid@oldgoldsoul.com. And that's really fucking inconvenient because that's my official business email address.
As of right now, my root address works (oldgold@oldgoldsoul.com) but I have no idea what's happening to messages sent to rashid@oldgoldsoul.com.
If you've been trying to reach me, I apologize.
If you know what POSSIBLY could be happening, let me know. I have deleted all the mail from my spam folder. As of last week, I switched back to Outlook from Horde (web based). When I log into Horde, there are no messages there.
Help?
Posted by Rashid on at 8:24 AM | Comments (0)