1. Im hardly ever serious. Ever. I am when I need to be...I just rarely see the need to be. 2. Im not afraid of dogs, snakes or the dark. But get a spider near me and I turn into a little girl. 3. My cat is one of my best friends because he's one of the very few who's seen me at my worst and doesn't judge me...as long as I feed him. 4. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a scientist when I grew up after playing with my friend's chemistry set. 5. If I really like a movie I can literally watch a hundred plus times. 6. I've never owned an umbrella. 7. I have the biggest crush on Chandra Wilson from Grey's Anatomy. 8. Contrary to what most believe, I am incredibly shy. 9. I could literally eat chicken wings, chinese food, or cereal and milk everyday and NEVER get tired of it...but my favorite food is lasagna. 10. And since we're on food, there are only 4 foods I REFUSE to eat...ever. Rutabegas, okra, pickled beets and oatmeal. 11. To this day, I get nervous everytime I get on stage to perform. Everytime. 12. I do not have any kind of college degree. 13. My biggest fear about getting married is finding out my wife has been unfaithful. 14. He really enjoys talking about himself in 3rd person. 15. 2007 was the worst year of my life. I learned SOOOOOO much. 16. Im determined to have Boyz II Men and Amy Lee (amoung others) on my next cd project. So if you know somebody that knows somebody that knows somebody...I think you get the picture...hook a brotha up! 17. Most days I feel like a failure. I just try and make sure I don't act like one. 18. The only three people on this planet whose opinion about me I really care about and I've ever tried to impress are my brothers Dwayne, Dale and Bluz. 19. I am the funniest person I've ever met. And I've met A LOT of funny people. 20. I hate doing laundry. I hate doing laundry. I..........hate........doing......laundry. 21. I've never gotten over anyone I've been in love with. Never. For example, I won't mention names because one is on FB and she's married with kids now but everytime I see her picture...something happens. 22. I hate being late. Now, don't get it twisted...Im always late...I just hate it. 23. I love the Lord! And if loving the Lord is wrong, I don't wanna be right! 24. If I could ask any woman in the world to marry me and she would say yes, I honestly don't know who that would be right now. 25. Im not broken. Anymore. 26. I have a problem following rules. And I can't tag 25 people because Facebook Mobile won't let me tag anyone. But this is MySpace not Facebook so I don't have to worry about that, do I? :-P

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Man, if I had a dollar for everytime someone asked me that, I'd be Oprah! Well, fret no more, your worries are over. Because you can continue to check here for a specific countdown to National Tavis Brunson Day! That's right folks, I'm just that good. And in case you were wondering about sizes, I wear CASH!!!!!!!

On Q Productions presents "Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.)"   ONE NIGHT ONLY Get tickets @  www .carolinatix.org  $20 Group rates available for 10 or more.   Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.) is a project that was started in 2005. It was first a conversation between Corey McClure and Q, on how Miles and Coltrane have influenced American music, especially jazz. It then turned into a choreopoem, with the writings of Concrete Generation (Norris Guest, Carlos Robson, c.p.maze, Filmore Johnson, Bluz, Mekkah, Ocean, and Tavis Brunson) experiencing the stories of these men's lives, through poetry, prose, and dialogue.      Once the script was edited, we needed a Miles and Coltrane. So Sultan "Omar" El-min signed on to play Miles, and Q plays Coltrane.  Then we added in the talents of the amazing dancers Randolph Ward (Miles) and Jhe Russell (Coltrane) from NC Dance Theater, who interpret their experiences through movement. Therefore music was needed, and the Jazzyphat Five piece band was formed headed by Stephen Gordon.  The collaboration is rounded out with the art work of God City Collective. These talented group of artists have come together to present a show like non-other. Just like the music, the show can't really be explained, like the music you just have to listen, and in this instance, come see, Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.)

I had made 2 decisions as to my blogging criteria. One was that the title of all my blogs would be quotes from Queen Sheba because she always got something dope to say. The other was I'd only blog on my personal page. I'm changing the 2nd for now because...I can.

It's 4:09am and I REALLY should be sleeping. I've gotten very little sleep over the past couple of weeks being on the road so much. Southern Fried in Tallahassee (which was AWESOME!), then teaching a creative writing workshop at a summer camp in Charleston, SC (life changing experience...I hope for them...DEFINITELY for me) to attending the graduation of one of my best friends. In other words, I've been busy. The weeks ahead look to be just as, if not more, busy which brings me to now. Sitting at my desk at home watching Fight Club...again. I took a sleeping pill but it hasn't kicked in yet. My cell phone has maybe 2 bars of life in it so I decided to burn it up typing this blog. So here goes.

2008 has been a great year. I'm doing what I love and called to do for a living. I'm not broke (not balling just not broke regardless of what DJ Flemingo says...LOL!) I have a lot of great projects on the table that I am blessed to be a apart of and my cat still likes me.

But I asked myself just a few minutes ago "Tavis, how is TAVIS doing? Not the minister, not the artist, not the brother, son, friend, nephew, frat brother, slammaster, Concrete Poet or sex symbol (sorry, couldn't resist that last one!), but just Tavis." And my answer to myself was as follows:

"I feel like I'm about to die. I don't WANT to die, but thinking about it happening doesn't move me one way or the other. I don't feel well at all right now and I'm used to dealing with that with my health issues, but today is different. I'm tired of being used to dealing with it. There is so much to do and only one lifetime to accomplish these things and I feel like I'm always playing catch up. It hurts to breathe. It hurts to walk. It hurts to perform. My God, it hurts to love.

People who don't know me and ask if I'm with someone, I tell them yeah, I'm dating my career. Its a cute answer to try and explain my 'dedication' to what I do. But sadly, I believe its a mask of an answer. I could very well balance my career and personal life (not just talking dating but personal life overall) but I choose not to. And the reason I choose not to is because I simply don't...have...the...energy. I have friends who've needed me to be there for them and I simply haven't. I've neglected some very special people b/c I'm "busy." I mean really, how hard is a phone call? And I can list a plethora of excuses, but they would be just that...excuses. So then, I find myself in need of a recharge and I turn to...who? The ones I trust the most to go to...I've been too busy for them when they called or texted me. And I'm not apologizing because it is what it is and I'm of the opinion that apologies or saying I'm Sorry don't initiate change. And that's what I want. That's what I need. Change. (no this is not turning into an Obama blog. LOL!) Something has got to change. How is Tavis doing? Tavis is tired of being tired. Can we change that?"

Well, as you can see, I'm really longwinded, even when talking to myself. But its all good. Sometimes ya just gotta let it out. So I said all that to say this. Please keep me in your prayers that God may give me the strength to not only do what He called me to do, but to be a better friend. People need me to be there for them...I need to be there for people...and I'm f*****g up the whole thing by not doing my part.

I'll end this with a haiku:

If Death comes knocking
We have a lot to discuss
But I can't leave now.

Keeping you all in my prayers as I hope you'll do for me,

Tavis