MY LIFE IN MUSIC: Soundtrack to Me 2011

Nope, I'm still not singing, but I am grooving, relating, living my life, and loving music as much as ever. Another year behind me, more experiences under my belt, and another edition of My Life in Music --the soundtrack to my life over the past year. Songs that shook my world, played with my emotions, reflected aspects of my personality, contain lyrics that touched my soul, or just made me shout "That is my song!" (over and over, again).

As I always say, to me music is a therapy: it relaxes me, it inspires me, it becomes my voice to express myself when I cannot find the words.

I present to you ....

MY LIFE IN MUSIC: Soundtrack to Me 2011

• Toni Braxton - Why Won't You Love Me
• Fantasia - I'm Doin' Me
• Patti LaBelle - I Can't Make You Love Me
• Toni Braxton - Hands Tied
• Jennifer Hudson - All Dressed in Love
• Adele - Rolling in the Deep
• Usher - Making Love (Into the Night)
• Usher - Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)
• Michael Jackson - Behind The Mask
• Kem - Why Would You Stay
• Cee Lo Green - Forget You
• Leona Lewis - I Know Who I Am
• Adele - He Won't Go
• Quiana Parler - Save Your Love For Me
• Terisa Griffin - Wonderful

Put your life to music. What are your tunes?

A Taste of Me: Infusion...Can You Feel Me?

Infusion…Can You Feel Me?

Lay your head upon my chest

                Heal my heart

                Let your energy run through me

Place your lips on mine

                Kiss me softly

                Let your tongue warm me

Put your hands on me

                Touch, tease me

                Please, please me

Look at me; let the power in your eyes hypnotize me

                Your body supports me

                Your heat relaxes me

                Your scent…my aromatherapy

I’ve never felt like this—all day

                Used.

                Dirty.

                Violated.

In a good way!

selection from DISIMPRISON: FREEING MY SOUL, SPEAKING MY HEART (syieve locklair)

A Taste of Me: Monster's Ball

Monster’s Ball

I want to feel your body next to me—

                touching me

                trapping me

Your temperature—warming me

Your mouth and tongue—tasting me, teasing me

Your heart and soul—controlling me

Your lips and finger tips—exploring me

Your arms

Your strength—

                protecting me

I want you to use me, tempt me, satisfy and sex me

Love me…outrageously.

selection from DISIMPRISON: FREEING MY SOUL, SPEAKING MY HEART (syieve locklair)

A Taste of Me: Voice of a Soul

VOICE OF A SOUL

Illuminating life with my looks and my smile
Hypnotizing and mesmerizing souls like the innocence of a child
One of every kind, but original and complete
I am sexy, single, scandalous...and unique

Living my life to satisfy me
Making my rules if the way it's going to be

Appreciating and purifying the air with every breath I take
Gracefully and respectfully, I accept the history I make

Head held high with a deep attitude
Not bowing down to anyone -- this is my mood

Living and moving with grace and passion
Influencing trends and establishing precedence with every action

One of many...still unique

Tempting as sin; sweet as honey
Ripe as a fruit, but more precious than money

I don't abuse, misuse, or try to confuse
I simply break hearts, and give people the blues

Many try to identify with me, but their goal shall never be
I'm sexy, single, scandalous...and unique

The Sky's silver lining on a cloudy day
I steal conversations and turn heads my way

The essence of love and beauty of mahogany
I'm full of style and accentuated by class -- naturally

I rejuvenate and contemplate the thoughts of many minds
Don't front, break my rules, or try to steal the spotlight from my lines

Creating, exemplifying, and defining the mold
I am the legendary story that's destined to be told

I am Sexy
I am Single
I am Scandalously-Unique
I am...!


selection from SAYINGS OF A SOUL: A COLLECTION OF POETRY (syieve locklair)

PSA: Friendly vs Friends

Remember in Boomerang where Halle Berry's character said she was tired of men treating "love" like it was disease? I feel her on that and also how they treat the word "friends" when they should be using the word "friendly." They must think being "friends" picking up a ball and tossing it somewhere. "Love" and "friends" are words of weight; not to be thrown around loosely, lightly, or recklessly...especially 'true' love and friendship.

So, for those confused souls who don't know the difference between being 'friends' and being 'friendly' and definitely for those who try to use 'friends' as a part of their game and still don't know the difference. Allow me to focus the spotlight...

Being FRIENDLY is when I act like I love you and don't want to [insert verb here] you.

Being FRIENDS is when I do love you and won't let anyone else [insert verb from above here] you.

Get it right, not twisted. We don't have to be friends...and I don't have to be friendly to you, either.

{side-eyed stair}

Summer of Him

The Summer is winding down; and it has been a scorcher. I hope the heat heat didn't get you caught up in the Summer of Him, as the heat can have its effects. For all of those for whom it applies (ladies and fellas), when I say 'caught up,' I mean at this point you need NOT have become a himaholic (when you are all wrapped up in a guy and your world revolves around him...breakfast, lunch, dinner, social activities, and your weekend getaway) or have become dickmatized. Yes, I said it...and you know what it means. It's when you crave it, always want it, gotta have it, can't get enough of it, and down on your knees begging for it. Extreme! Do I even need to say "that ain' cute"? I hope not, as there is no man and no game...that good.

Don't get it twisted and jumbled, these two words can apply to everyday "relationships," as well; it's not just about the summertime heat and shenanigans. Himaholic and dickmatized go great together; don't you just love it? Breaking it down...it's when you're all caught up on him and you're only getting the goods....and nothing else. No love...no affection...zero compassion; just unearthly, mind-blowing sexual satisfaction. While it's fun and unbelievably enjoyable; it's a major waste of time. Even 'friends with benefits' want more than they realize. Recognize what you're worth and what you have to offer. Get yours and take it to the next level; be all that you can be. #KnowYourWorth Yes, I hash-tagged it...hate on me, now. :-p

Special thanks and shout-outs to song-sirens Kelly Price and Jill Scott for edumacating us on himaholics and dickmatized; respectively.

Friend Me

Social network overload. I declare it, now: it's going to be the next leading cause of increases in prescriptions...especially for medications related to anxiety treatment.

Friend me. Follow me. Circle me. Link me. Skype me. Buy me.

How about 'just leave me alone' as I can only imagine what people will try to do to me next: ______ me! It's too much! I can't...or don't want to...keep up. Instead of bringing people closer together, it seems as if another social network could lead to the unraveling of society (okay, communication within that society) as we know it. People are already dumbing-down and losing a major sense of decency, acceptability, self-respect, and courteousness.

All of these networks and their associated games are time consuming; I won't mention that most of them compete with each other instead of compliment each other. Companies are deliberately doing this; another sign of greed and wanting to conquer the world solo instead of united. How many of these things do we need??? I mean...really? Friendster (not sure if it's actually still around, but it pretty much started it all); MySpace (does anyone still use it?); Facebook (no commentary necessary); Twitter (bigger and better than people expected; a definite standout from the others); Google+ (just getting started, so we'll see what happens), LinkedIn (going strong, but many still don't utilize it properly), EmpireAvenue (kinda works with the others, but still requires a LOT of time on its own, but the payoff doesn't correspond to the time spent...in my opinion).

When I say time spend and payoff...consider...with all of these networks and the time spent on each; is it worth it? What is the significant and what have you gained: staying in touch with family/friends? Meet new and interesting people (and of those are they of any value/interest to your life? Some have managed to take these sites to the next step and find jobs (other networks besides LinkedIn) and to meet people for dates and hookups. I haven't figured that one out, yet, but I'm sure it requires some serious tactics and some seriously creative social networking game.

Now, while social networks generally allow for you to "friend" someone under certain conditions and circumstances; I generally think it is a good rule of thumb to know someone before you accept/approve/link/follow/circle/etc them. Dangers lurk on the internet and crazy things can and will continue to happen. Safety first!

Back to what I originally said...I guess we'll have to wait and see what's next; but, please note...I can only take so much!