This blessed me...

⁴And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

⁵And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

⁶For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

⁷And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

⁸And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. (Mark 9:4-8, King James Version)

What will you do when the witnesses that you depended on to tell you of the savior and point you to Jesus are no longer around and all you have is Jesus? Will you trust him to be your everything or will you continually need someone else to show you Jesus? At what point in your life do you discontinue hanging on to every word someone else says and suckling milk from them and get up and feed yourself MEAT? Just some simple quesions. This will be fleshed out into a sermon...trust...

Just some of my fav youtube vids...

My absolute fav song by these guys...RIP Tony Thompson

THIS RIGHT HERE WAS THE JOINT...stop playin, u know you was diggin it too!

These dudes were nuts...miss them

Always one of my favorite songs, even the original...but why was the lil fat boy runnin with everyone else chasing after G Levert nem?

AND THE ORIGINAL....simply fiya

Who remembers this? Don't lie...just wow...

Stuff I've run across on this thing we call the internet...

I have eclectic tastes. (if you are a fan of the movie Sister Act II, then you know what eclectic means...lol). I run across things on the net that are hilarious, serious, thought provoking, crazy, and a plethora of other adjectives, but overall INTERESTING. (at least to me). Here is where I share. Leave a comment and share some spots you dig.

THIS IS WHY YOU'RE FAT

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Various Lies Blog

A bunch of funny stuff, but this one post is just stupid...lmboo.

It's about SAMUEL L. JACKSON

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Just general, run of the mill and not so run of the mill fodder for your brain. I dig it.

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This digital painting will bless you

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Multiple cities/metro areas and how to get around.

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MR. T FACTS. lmboooo just dumb!

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Oh Crap. My Parents Joined Facebook.

Self Explanitory...funny!

Comment and share...peace.

HMPH! WORD? REALLY? SMH! UGH!

So...someone asks you a question and you fully disclose and answer their question. Including any and all compounded questions surrounding the original question. It gets to be quite complicated and you find yourself expressing thoughts and even sometimes feelings that you have kept to yourself for years. After all is out in the open and the picture is crystal clear with no more questions or wonderings you expect the person to reciprocate. At least a little bit. And they give you....

NOTHING!

NADA!

ZIP!

ZILCH!

ZERO!

And all you wanna do is YELL @ them!

I was on with an old friend. We go back a few years, lost touch (by choice over a disagreement), and re-connected. It was cool. Well, in our discussion, we addressed issues between us. Well actually we addressed issues between us from MY SIDE ONLY. She would not, and I mean outright refused to give her side. I was soooooooo ticked off! How dare you? I bore things that I have not told you in the almost 4 years we have known each other and all I asked for was that you do the same and talk to me. I even tried to compromise and would accept a "half-disclosure" rather than a "full-disclosure". I even tried to meet half way and agreed that even if it was not favorable that I am a "big boy" and can handle that. BUT DID SHE? DID SHE BE THE FRIEND TO ME THAT I WAS TO HER? DID SHE RECIPROCATE? NO. And I am not ashamed to say that I am bruised by it. I'm not broken, I'm not tore down, I am not hurt, but I am a little shaken and bruised. Goes to prove what I learned a while ago, that apparently is a lesson that repeats itself for me. That lesson: ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE CRACKHEADS! SMH. The convo ended like this:

Her: WHY DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?

Me: THE SAME REASONS YOU NEEDED TO KNOW FROM ME!

Her: stop, you're making me cry.

Me: Why can't you just tell me?

Her: What does it matter? Why do you need to know?

Me: you said stop, so discussion over, done.

Her: ok

And we haven't spoken since, that was earlier this afternoon. Although I did get quite busy at work, but still...she's never gone this long without saying something. She did post a FB status vaguely about how she felt about the discussion, but I refuse to address it any further with her. I just needed to vent. UGH! Relationships of any kind with any woman is difficult. People want to talk about marriage and bf/gf relationships, but I will say that a platonic friendship with a woman is probably the most difficult type of relationship. Case in point, me and my BFF (who just steams me, daily, even when we don't talk)....but I digress. Anyway...how do you coax and draw information from someone that you say is valuable to you for one reason or another but then won't turn around and give that person that same info for their fulfilment? I need to assess the quality of the friends I have. And on top of all that, she knows the Lord!!!!!! I would think that her being not only a friend, but a SISTER IN CHRIST would give her that much compassion to satisfy my hunger for the answer to my query.

At this point, I don't know when the next time we will speak. We fell out of touch for a year over a simple disagreement about the subject matter of series of books/movies and her stubbornness to even hear and assess my point in light of the disagreement. But I had to hear her out and fully understand where she was coming from. SMH, once again! So, this being more serious, I don't know where this leaves us. Another yearlong sabbatical? A few days break? A few hours? Permanent?

[insert Law & Order "doink doink" sound effect]

There's my BBM now....hmph!

Randomness & Two Pastrami Sandwhiches on wheat.

HEY...it's #musicmonday on Twitter. You know I am down with that! So, the UNCF tribute to Senor Lionel Richie was cool for what I saw. I think I took it down and went to bed just as Akon was performing. I did a few updates on Twitter last night under #UNCF & #LIONELRICHIE hashtags. I'll post here for your viewing pleasure in decending order. Additional comments by me in RED:

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:02p
#uncf Lionel Richie is the truth #thatisall - i said THAT IS ALL

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:04p
#uncf I see johnny gill still aint learn 2 dance. Eddie Murphy, get tha boy dance lessons. Sheesh. - I failed to mention that he did sound great. Brickhouse though? He should've sang "Hello"

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:05p
#uncf Boney James = SICK! Someone throw a church mother @ him! Gawdt! - Yo, legendary and professional. Just NUTS! He got an anointment! lol

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:11p
#uncf lionel richie looks less horse/camel like as the years go on. There might b hope 4 jay-z. - my peeps Jamie said "Jay-z is gonna die a camel face"...lmbooooo, i had my funeral after that! lol

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:14p
#uncf Tom Joyner = cooncooncooncooncoon - He is NOT a coon. he looked coonish in that commodores outfit.

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:16p
#uncf natalie...I love natalie cole. - PERIOD

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:17p
#uncf natalie after drugs/near death/cancer and whitney nor mariah can touch her. #thatisall #pedigree #professionalism

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:19p
#uncf natalie cole- professionalism and steady vocals will always win over vocal acrobatics with me!

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:25p
#uncf katherine mcfee? Uhm. Why? Uhm. Ok. *food network* - who is she? Well obviously she's more famous than me...lol

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:31p
#uncf #lionelrichie Brian MACKnight shlda sang "easy" but this is good. Nicca piano skillz is alien like. Who regularly rocks 13th chords? - He didn't play the piano, but i was just mentioning it. He sounded great...fa real.

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:33p
#uncf #lionelrichie that folkz is Brian "u can't do my riffs&runs" McKnight! - Good singers pray to sound like B.

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:34p
#uncf #lionelrichie Brian McKnight in bad voice is better than u in ur best voice #technicalexcellence He gets an A+ in theory!

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:34p
#uncf #lionelrichie B. McKnight wasn't even singin in HIS key...wait, all keys r his.

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:39p
#uncf #lionelrichie ok richie cunningham aka jesse mccartney...its like robin thicke sneezed & this is wha came out his nose! Sang boy - this lil dude SANG HIS FACE OFF! I would venture to say that on recordings his full personality doesn't come through. Ima look up some other live performances of this cat...he was FIRE.

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:40p
#uncf #lionelrichie is tha Todd Bridges aka Willis from diff'rent strokes on bgv's? Lmbooo - no fa real, dude looked like WILLIS.

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:58p
#uncf #lionelrichie uhm Ledesi...follow thru & finish the riff/run...thankz...breathing technique @ home...peace - she really was good though. She can sang. she is no where near a bad singer. Just can't be on point all the time and uhm, Opera training, then why can't she reach some of her notes live. Mayb her voice was a lil tired.

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 10:58p
#uncf #lionelrichie but tha was nice tho, not bad @ all Ledesi

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 11:01p
#uncf #lionelrichie lmboo @ my friend Valyncia via text - "is ledesi pitchy or emotional?" DONE & DONE...read 2 Timothy 2 @ my FUNeral. - I literally LAUGHED OUT LOUD! DONE.

Sent: Jan 24, 2010 11:11p
#uncf #lionelrichie iSleep...catch the rest another day...5:30am approaches.

Question for those of you reading. While my comments above were critical, were they malicious? Or mean? (ok. maybe the Katherine Mcfee comment. lol) But mean? No...I don't think so. What say you? I wonder why some peoples critical remarks come off as mean or even hateful. (and yes i mean "hater" hateful). I've seen comments about people on twitter/facebook that you can read in between the lines and see the person making the comments really has envy for who the comment was about. Saw someone tweet something about someone else and all I could think was "but you are trying to attain exactly what he has attained and beyond, so why are you hating on him?" Not that I didn't have the courage or cojones to reply and tweet, but I pick and choose my battles. Had I picked that battle, he would have deleted his twitter account, or reincarnated himself or just unfollowed me...but big deal. It just wasn't worth it.

I guess what I am asking is "Where is the love, support, encouragement, empathy, sympathy, for others?" I take note of those who are always critical and judgemental. OOOooo and especially those that call others out about their mess when they know they just as, if not more messy. Working on a new sermon (thanks Holy Ghost & @Chozn1, thanks for ya FB status)...the title is "You ain't saved enough to check me"...my homegirl said "kinna like 'who gon check me boo' with a Christian twist" In this I realize more and more that if I do come to a brother or sister with something, that I first must do it in love, and that I AIN'T GOT NO DOO DOO STAINS IN MY DRAWZ...feel me? I know that I cannot draw close to folks that are that way because next could be me on the firing line. Not that I care, because if I had any mess that I don't want on front street I would never tell anyone. Whatever you see come from Aquon is public. If it wasn't, then you wouldn't see it.

Aight, I'm about to dig into my lunch (pastrami on rye w/ american, mayo, and mustard)/ Y'all stay up!

****COMING SOON****

A blog about MODERN DAY BAAL WORSHIP IN THE CHURCH (making someone else other than God your Lord & Master)...yep...its crazy. You ever been to a church where ALL the men emulate the pastor in some way (clothing, speech, even hairstyle). Or ALL the women try to be like the first lady? Oh it's serious folkz. Until then...peace!

Something like a phenomeblog...

Well...so much going on in my head. Kinda don't know where to start. Won't tell everything, like you all would really be able to handle me. SMH. I'm sorta sumthing like a big deal. Yea I said it. I really am. Ima big deal to me, and Ima big deal to certain ones that I know can handle my "suchabigdealedness". Not everyone can, so not everyone gets in on the picture.

Now, to some, that might come off as me being "fake" or not all the way "real" (which, by the way, gets on my ever loving last nerve, i thought we were done with the era of "keeping it real"). But who cares. I'm forever and always me. Unapologetic, I am me. Every quirk, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, eccentricity and characteristic of me is genuine.

So let's see whats going on in my head...well, the things I'll let you in on:

1. Love-Love is the single, strongest feeling anyone could feel. There are not different types of love, just different types of relationships. (you love your kids, parents, s/o, friends, but it all is love) Love isn't always reciprocated, unfortunately. But still isn't diminished when it isn't returned. In order for it to be love, it has to be real. No such thing as fake love, or a little love. It's just love. If you try to diminish it then it's just emotion. If you are not willing to sacrifice yourself if you have to for the one you say you love, then it's not love. Being in love is just a description of a commitment to a person. You have to be careful when using that terminology. You could damage someone if you are not truly in love with them but you say that you are. There's nothing wrong with telling someone i love you, if you mean it. But to say that you are in love with someone signifies a soul/spirit connection that isn't easily broken. If it doesn't work and tears apart, it rips the very fiber of a person and is painful. Love doesn't hurt, people do. Love doesn't lie, people do. i like how my dude put love...


2. Religion-church folk are too up tight....HEY, I just had an epiphany. I keep confusing "church folk" with "saved folk". There is such a difference. Ok, that explains the up-tightness! Everybody who goes to church isn't saved. I mean there are folk that go religiously (pun intended) but don't know Jesus from a hill of beans. And they are UPTIGHT. Sit around and call everyone out on their mess sans prayer, encouragement, and most of all LOVE (see #1). Religion is MAN MADE (religion - a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion. ). And that my friends is the problem. Now, there is such a thing as true religion, and having a set of beliefs that people agree on is not wrong at all. But is it guided by God or the fallible human mind? The Bible says: "If you think you are being religious, but can't control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and everything you do is useless. Religion that pleases God the Father must be pure and spotless. You must help needy orphans and widows and not let this world make you evil." James 1:26-27 (Contemporary English Version) Oh My Jesus...that's deep. *lookin down to see if i stepped on any toes, including mine*



3. Career/school - very simple...I have a vision...need to enact it...pray for me. I'm spozed 2 b rich!!!!!! I have a friend who inspired me recently. Just her determination and the actions she is taking made me wake up and go "what are you doing AQUON???? you ain't doin nuffin, get on the ball!!!" Thank you my sweet friend!


4. BFF-smh....omg....i #lovehateher (lol @kennyknight). Me & her go back since like 1995. My cuz tried to "hook us up" but like immediately we were destined to be best friends. Been through a lot with her. Several times I have wanted to harm her a la some crazy WWE finishing move like this:

...But I haven't....yet....maybe 2010 will give me the opportunity. My BFF is funny, loving, kind, sweet, and has a severe terminal case of road rage. I hope her goatee grows completely in, and she'll let me shape it up for her.

5. Speaking of shape-ups - I want these:

That's all for now...until next time...peace!

Music & Me...the one thing I own.

People who know me very well know that I feel like the only thing I really own outright in this world is music. It's not just about singing....it's MUSIC, period! Music is the one thing that I control and it listens to me and never does something that I don't advise or direct. It's totally under my control. I OWN music. No one can take it from me and nothing could ever stop the music in me. Even when I lose my voice, there's a melody playing in my heart/mind continually.



I know, for me at least, music is a gift from God and so it's the one thing that I can freely give back to him, without wondering if He will accept it. Because no matter how I'm feeling, when I sing to Jesus, IT'S ALWAYS SINCERE. I can't fake a love song to my savior. Even when I know I've fallen short and haven't pleased him, when I send up an offering, a song of repentance, a song of Love, a song of His Glory, he hears it, receives it and smiles. He forgives me, loves me, and tells me "it's gonna be ok. I'm with you."



In high school, they used to call me "radio"...long before the Cuba Gooding Jr. movie. Lol. I know a song for everything, any occaision. I can be in a normal conversation and all of my responses could be song titles, phrases, lines....music....love it! Even now, my mind is so musical that I'll be walking along and my brain will just play a song to correspond with the beat of my steps. (yes, i walk IN BEAT, successive steps, in syncopation, and time)



*side bar-someone on the floor here @ work just sang the "yaaaeee yaaaeee, yaaaeee yaaee yaee yeah" part from "DA BUTT" by EU* (back to ya regularly scheduled blog)



I was walking to the Lightrail one morning and of course, my steps were in beat. All of a sudden in my mind and unmistakable beat starts to play...the music drops...baseline, keys, guitar, strings, drums, tambourine...and then the lyrics



Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,

I'm a woman's man, no time to talk.

Music loud and women warm.

I've been kicked around since I was born.

And now it's all right, it's O.K.

And you may look the other way.

We can try to understand

The New York Times' effect on man.

Whether you're a brother

Or whether you're a mother,

You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

Feel the city breakin'

And ev'rybody shakin'

And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

Ah, ha, ha, ha,Stayin' alive.

Stayin' alive.

Ah, ha, ha, ha,Stayin' alive.



All I could do was crack up laughing....but hey, IT'S MUSIC and it's MINE. Everyone knows I love gospel music, that's a given. I love a GOOD love song also...nice lyrics, nice music, nice sentiment...i'm sold....here are a few of my fav love songs. Of course I'm gonna blog more about music, so you'll be turned on to more of my tastes as time goes on.

NOTHING EVEN MATTERS - Lauryn Hill & D'Angelo
"Now the skies could fall, Not even if my boss should call, The world it seems so very small. 'Cause nothing even matters at all"
(ever been in love and all you wanna do is be with/think about that person...whewwwwww)

NOTHING HAS EVER FELT LIKE THIS - Rachelle Ferrell & Will Downing
"Nothing has ever felt,quite like this Oh No. Nothing has ever meant the whoooooole world to me. Nothing has ever been this good.Nothing has ever been this right. Nothing so sweet, In my life..."
(Rachelle Ferrell...nuff said)

ALWAYS ON MY MIND - SWV & Brian Alexander Morgan
"Sometimes, I find it hard to concentrate Because thoughts of us together fill my head. When you're away, it's hard to sleep at night, So, my pillow, like my thoughts of you, I hold tight"
(a little "bubble gum-ish" but c'mon...who hasn't felt this way in love?)

Until next time...Q