P u r s u e L o v e

I recently got the newest addition of ink this Thanksgiving week. It's a simple tattoo that reads "Pursue Love." Something that I always make sure about my tattoos is that they have a deep and powerful meaning to me, whether I decide to share that meaning with the world or not (which I honestly never give a full story, it's too exhausting). I know I wrote a blog about "Tattoo's in Corp. America", clearly no one can see this one while a shirt is being worn! lol

With this tattoo, a different type of love comes to mind when people first see my chest. I am a single man and have been for years and enjoy my life outside of a relationship for various reasons. The love I am referring to is God's Love. I was in a relationship for two years and have experienced many title-less relationships and always wondered why they all seemed to come to a tragic end that would leave me feeling alone and bitter toward the person and even myself. I have even come to a point in my life where I feel my heart is emotionally broken to pieces and do not know if I can even love again...

But I can... Once upon a time years ago while in church, right after I was newly dubbed "single" and feeling emotionally exhausted after a failed attempts to share my heart, my pastor said something that I will never forget.

"No one will ever love you like God can."

I have heard this statement 5 million and two times, but this time it hit. My entire life, I was searching for the world's definition of "love" and wondered why nothing worked out in the end. At times, I felt so alone and could physically feel it in my heart, but at that moment realized that I have never been alone. God has been with me this entire time and still walks with me and will walk with me til the day I die. All I am able to do is be all that I can be as a person and pursue His Love... the best love out there.

One day I'm sure I will meet the one and once again my heart will be reopened to love another again, but I know forever, God's Love will be the greatest Love JBS knows... and you know I Love me some Jesus! :)

LESS IS MORE! Beyonce Slows it Down at the Wynn...

My grandmother informed me that the "Sex Goddess has a special program tonight on the television." After numerous question trying to figure out who exactly the "Sex Goddess" was, my mother was able to figure out that this seasoned woman was referring to my wife Beyonce (how did I not get that!?) I had the great pleasure of watching the "Sex Goddess" work her perfectly shaped figure on the stage of the luxurious Wynn hotel in Las Vegas. We all know when Bey broke it down in the Sweet Dreams video and had a buck CRUMP dancing session against herself... AND WON! Who can pull that off?! "The Sex Goddess" can!!!

In my hype over learning this new dance move I, and I'm sure many others, overlooked the amazing lyrics to this song. For her intimate Las Vegas performance, she made the smart decision of acoustically performing that song... Thank you Bey for slowing it down and opening my eyes to the true meaning behind this wonderfully written song! I already liked the song and loved the crump part of the video, but this made Sweet Dreams 10X better...



SWEET DREAMS by [BEYONCE]

Every night I rush to my bed
With hopes that maybe I'll get a chance to see you
When I close my eyes I'm going out of my head
Lost in a fairytale, can you hold my hands and be my guide?

Clouds filled with stars cover the skies
And I hope it rains, you're the perfect lullaby
What kinda dream is this?

You could be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I don't wanna wake up from you
Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Somebody pinch me, your love's too good to be true

My guilty pleasure, I ain't going no where
Baby long as you're here I'll be floating on air
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I don't wanna wake up from you

I mention you when I say my prayers
I wrap you around all of my thoughts
Boy you're my temporary high
I wish that when I wake up you're there
To wrap your arms around me for real
And tell me you'll stay by side

Clouds filled with stars cover your skies
And I hope it rains, you're the perfect lullaby
What kinda dream is this?

You could be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I don't wanna wake up from you
Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Somebody pinch me, your love's too good to be true

My guilty pleasure, I ain't going no where
Baby long as you're here I'll be floating on air
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I don't wanna wake up from you

Tattoo your name across my heart so it will remain
Not even death can make us part
What kind of dream is this?

You could be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I don't wanna wake up from you
Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Somebody pinch me, your love's too good to be true

My guilty pleasure, I ain't going no where
Baby long as you're here I'll be floating on air
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I don't wanna wake up from you
Either way I don't wanna wake up from you

ORIGINAL VIDEO (Crump session @ 1:29!!!)

Sweet Dreams (Beyonce) Music Video

Boyz II OLD Men

I recently was at Sushi chowing down on a 50% off spicy tuna roll w/ eel sauce when Becky (my iPhone) began to do a vibrating table dance for us. It was a good friend of mine calling to say that he had an extra ticket to the Boyz II Men concert in a few hours and if I would like to attend. Being the nice person that I am (haha), I made a couple phone calls to ask permission to forfit previous plans and $2.95 later I was smashin' down the 57 to the House of Blues blasting to the Rihanna's new joint w/ Jeezy "Hard", and I actually LOVE this one! Ri Ri is BACK in my heart, but that's a whole other blog entry!

I was not informed prior to arriving, and even before we entered at 7PM, that Boyz II Men were not going on until 9! So we met up with a couple friend, the DJ "spon that sh**" and we began to break it down in a sardine packed sea of white folks! (I guess we were the only ones feeling it lol.)

After being informed that one of the members had that H1N1 (the swine!) and wondering where my complimentary face mask was, the show finally began. I will say this, they did not look like they were going to pass out and die on stage, they looked good! It was weird that men that could be my father where doing "dance moves" and throwing roses that made girls my age scream at the top of their lungs as if a vein was about to pop. But hey, they did the damn thing.

One of my favorite moments of the concert was when he asked everyone to call their mother. Knowing that I had a low battery and 10:30 is well passed MamaLeita's bedtime, I did as the nappy-headed man said and dialed that "909" number. Obviously, my mom did not pick up, but I was able to leave her a voicemail of them singing "Mama", a song written for the Soul Food motion picture.

I love that fact that these men had been together for so long. Their friendship has to be like cast iron! After almost 20 years, they are still going strong and recognised as a legit music group that can sell out a concert. They have been together since I was 2 years old in 1991 and still win over the hearts of millions of fan doing what they love. Not any artist, especially music groups, can say that. I truly hope that I have friendships like this.

Overall, it was a great concert and a change of pace to the concerts I usually attend. Thank God I did not shed a tear (lol), but the songs did bring back some old memories and made me thing of past relationships. Just know, "I'm doing just fine"