It's almost 1am...
I started my vacation this week...I kicked it off last night with my 7th Annual Oscar Party, this year hosted at my friend Joshua's amazing apartment overlooking Central Park. Lots of great food and fun as we sat around his living room, tossing in $5 for the Oscar Pool, and waiting for the show to start.
The Award Show itself was quiet remarkable...just the energy and vibe of the evening felt unifying. I was thrilled with the speeches for equality that surrounded the wins for the biopic film, Milk and I loved that Slumdog Millionaire walked away with 8 of the night's awards. I just saw Slumdog Millionaire the other day and I absolutely loved it. I found myself completely enthralled and moved by the story. At the end of it I was crying tears of joy and gratitude for the way the film captures the human spirit. The movie just seemed to ignite a sense of Belief in me.
For my vacation...I'm spending a couple days close to home and then I'm heading to Richmond, VA to spend four days with my brother and his family. I'm really excited about this getaway from NYC and looking forward to seeing my nephew Isaac and my new niece, Lealla. I was in Virginia for the birth of my nephew but I wasn't there to meet my niece on Day 1, so I'm really looking forward to finally seeing her face to face.
As part of my STAY-cation here at home this week, I've turned some attention back to my writing. I seem to have a plethora of songs queued up inside me and I'd like to knock out finishing a couple.
That's almost always easier said than done.
A few posts back I mentioned a new song I was working on called Feast on Scraps. It is a song I keep coming back to...I think because it speaks so clearly to where I am in some of the relationships in my life but also, as I've talked to friends lately, it seems the concept/idea of feasting on scraps is pretty universal. A lot of us seem to be going through the same thing.
This evening I finished the chorus for Feast on Scraps...so I thought I would share it here. It's just a snipit, I'll post the completed thing when it's finished but the chorus, at least in my mind, capture the rhythm of how I hear it.
Enjoy.
Feast on Scraps
2/8/09, 2/11/09, 2/14/09, 2/23/09
Chorus
So we
Set the table
Feast on scraps
Then we
Do what we’re able
Feast on scraps
Make do
Get by
Fill in the blanks
Or at least try
Wink here, then a kiss
Drive by love
That’s hit or miss
We tell ourselves
This is just where we’re at
So we set the table
Feast on scraps
