Today I will give a lesson on things you never say to people. So remember my hood friend Ohio? I hadn’t seen him in a long time. I mean I had actually started getting worried. I had no information on him so it wasn’t like I could check to see if he was alright. But alas I saw him today and this is where I wanted to insert my foot in my mouth. I am not one to hold my tongue though I try. I said, “Where have you been? I haven’t seen you. I thought you got shot or something!” I was earnestly concerned but why the heck did I even need to say that? Stupid!
I got to see an old friend today. She moved to Jersey after having her baby. It was cool to catch up with her. She brought along her brother and sister. Her brother is an opera singer at Julliard. That now makes two black opera singers I know personally. That’s probably all the black opera singers in the world. Ok I am just kidding.
You know how to tell a humble person from someone who isn’t? How and when they use their gift. So I said I knew two opera singers. Both sing great and went to Julliard. The difference? One I have only heard sing within the confines of a play or opera. The other sings down the street and thinks that anyone as much as humming to an Ipod is a challenge for them to show off their skills. Nobody cares. Just sing in your head.
Random note: I met two Tuskegee Airmen in the elevator today.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment