THE SHOW, THE AFTERPARTY, THE HOTEL

do you believe in love, and the promise that it gives. i wanna love you for life 'cause your love is why i live

...Jodeci had 3 albums. perhaps like no other group, the disparity between their good songs are and their utterly unlistenable bad ones is akin to a comparison between Eminem and Vanilla Ice. Get On Up, Freek'n You, and Love U 4 Life should've been added to "Diary of a Mad Band" so i could've saved my $14.99 at Circuit City back in 1995... even though i could use the fifteen bucks for gas right about now, i digress...

THE SHOW

Karaoke at J.R. Cricket's on Friday nights. no cover at the door, good people, good enough food, drinks (are drinks ever bad), dancing (Love Slide anyone???), good music, and singing... now the singing is hit or miss as well, but that's what the karaoke experience is supposed to be, right? i've called it my own Cheers, where everybody knows your name and good times abound... i enjoy it a lot, even moreso now that i live within shouting distance... but lately, it's taking almost a back seat to...

THE AFTER  PARTY

what started innocently enough with myself and the DJ grabbing a bite to eat and talking about the night's happenings and the other things that men invariably discuss, began to evolve. that evolution became what is now a full-on open forum discussion. love and relationship themes abound but we literally discuss any and everything relevant to that week's participants... the only rule is transparency, where we attempt to check agendas and taboos alike at the door, which in this case is the lobby of the IHOP about a mile from the karaoke spot

honest conversation about topics that run the gamut from intimate to controversial, from religion to politics to sex, from risque to down right inappropriate... and i so enjoy it!!!

THE HOTEL

the hotel is my house,  immediately after IHOP, a party of 1, where the agenda includes sleep, sleep, and more sleep, with the only interruption being whatever is on my Saturday schedule... sounds like an anticlimactic end to an otherwise eventful night but trust me, good sleep after a good night is... good stuff!!!