Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Too Late To Apologize

Sittin at my desk typing up the words to go...YEAH, YEAH (Timbaland ad-lib), Thinkin bout the way we almost came to blows, (YEAAAH), You dissed me for the last time now I'm gettin ready to blow, (EHH, EHHH), I'm blowin outta town and headin out on my ownnnnnnnnnnn, cuz
Its too Late to Apologize, Its too late, Now I'm leavin out this place, I'm irate...
Whoa, ooo, whoa....
Whoa, oooo, whoa.........
Its too late to apologize,
Now I'm out the door.
The audacity, as if my name wasn't Ersk.
To think I'd stand for this, you clearly don't know Ersk.
I've had enough of this crap, 2008 belongs to me and me alone. I'm not sharing anymore of my time within the machine. No more cog, more like a pre-cog of things to come.
I'm gonna blow up like a pregnant elephant, or maybe just a nuke.
This is not a fluke.
Be advised, you're on notice.

Monday, November 5, 2007

My Weekend "Sell Off!!!!"

People, people, first and foremost for those unschooled in Jamaican slang (our shit is ever-changing, sometimes even I can't keep up), when we say something "Sell Off", we generally mean it was very good, remarkable, extraordinary even. For this post, lets go with remarkable.
That was my weekend, very remarkable.

Starting on Friday night, I attended the first part of my sistren, "Miss T's" Birthday Soiree (wtf is a soiree anyway? isn't that some sort of juice mix? heh) at Love Night Club. Now I don't go to Love very often, on account of the difficulty in finding parking and the grossly over-priced drinks but this was for Miss T's thing, and I would not have been anywhere else. The night was well wicked, we all had fun: multiple drinks (Blue Hurricanes for me), lots of dancing (oonu KNOW seh my waist SELL OFF!) and lots of laughter, pictures and merriment. I also met a few new acquaintances that I would be seeing again in the next 48 hours at T's house party....YES, there was a HOUSED PARTY too. Gotta love it. But we're not done here yet, after we squeezed all the fun possible out of Love, we headed back to T's spot so the ladies could change into more comfy gear (Men don't have that problem) and headed to an IHOP in Va (y Va, I have no idea, for the most part we all live in the DC/MD area). Got to the IHOP and expected it to be a little out of the way, meaning not necessarily littered with fellow HU folks, but we're like Jamaicans I guess; EVERYWHERE. Sure enough, saw a few other HU folks, actually some other friends of mine, so that was good. After catchin up a bit, the original party ate and talked until the waning 4 o clock hours, then we left. We left, and I LEFT my damn food!! Three Blue Hurricanes will fux with ur memory; I took a to-go box for my omelette and remaining pancakes only to totally forget the sh!t on the table. AND I left a nice tip..........I guess somebody should have given ME a tip, PAY BLOODCLAAT ATTENTION! LOL

Saturday already? Damn. Woke up at a respectable 10:30/11:00 am, with no hangover...YES! My return to the life of Liquor was smooth; it seems my time away has caused me to evolve into a more refined drinker. Evolution is somn else, ain't it? So again, its Saturday, and though this was not part of T's birthday jump-off, the day jumped off pretty well on the acting side. My roomie and I helped out with yet another of our friend's directing assigments (he's in Film School - Big up "RIDLEY NOT") by being the actors. It was an inside version of the last mini-film we did and was pretty fun; nuff jokes and minor mishaps, but it was also more acting practice for me and learning a bit more of the intricacies of a film shoot. Without a good size crew, it can take awhile. Lets just say, I'll stick to the acting part for now; I'll leave the hot-shot directing to my friend. After wrapping up filming at a little after 6, I lazed around for a while, had a meal and fell asleep when I should have been out and about owning the night. Oh well, Sunday would take care of that.

Sunday Morning, felt an industrious vibe hit me, and I showered, ate a small morsel, prepared my Protein shake and my roomie and I headed to the gym. It was a good workout, for a weekend day, we were maxing out. Had to watch myself so as not to overdo it, but all went well. No pains, good gains. After the gym, returned home and had a power-brunch and kicked back a little bit while looking for a Christmas flight to Jamaica - now THOSE r SELLING OFF in the real sense, all the good fares are disappearing. :( I've never been one to give up though, so rest assured I'll secure a reasonable ticket and be spending my X-mas holiday in the sun and by the beach!! Nuff said, Ersk will find his way. Soon enough I was finding my way to Miss T's house - after picking up a few party favors - to attend the conclusion of the Birthday events. I reached the ends at about 4pm, which was good timing, the brunch was just about depleted from my gut ;) Miss T is an awesome cook though, and there was food for days, so the first thing I did was wax off some dinner. People, let me add a little thing about Jamaican food here. If ur lucky enough to come across someone who can really get down in the kitchen Yaadie-style, then you too can have some Rice and Peas, Curry Chicken, Jerk Chicken, Plantains etc. Dat deh food deh, say it with mi, SELL OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!
And after my food get WAX OFFF!! (meaning obliterated, lol), we got into the evenings proceedings. Here's what happened - we watched the first half of the Colts/Patriots game (I lost $10 when the friggin Pats won, damn!), during the second half we started playing a very risque drinking game (this game will definitely be played at the next party held at THE BACHELAH PAD), some Truth or Dare spin-the-bottle ensued (mostly Dares) and we topped off the sexually tipsy energy by having a mini-dancehall complete with girls DUTTYWINING and even a coupla slow jams. Of course,bein a certified winist, mi and dI gyal dem SELL OFF!! They knew by the end of the night that the man called Ersk is simply Ersktacular!! Again, new acquaintances were made and I think should we continue on this course, good friendships will come out of the "T-Birthday-Crew". On an ending note, that first drinking game spawned some really crazy comments and moments - sexual energy people - its too much for this blog, ya'll may get hot n bothered ;)

All in all, the weekend was what EVERY weekend should be like for me: Fun, Honing my creative skills, Working out, and rife with numerous possibilities on the SOCIAL tip.
After u have read this, mek sure ur next weekend.............SELL OFFF!!