I Do...

I truly apologize for the delay in posting a new message.  July has been a truly challenging month for me.  Several weddings, trips out of town, a move (still in San Francisco), a performance review at work, and a some emotional highs and lows to top things off. I've survived the rugged month of July feeling somewhat cheated because much of my summer has been spent with a tremendous amount of anxiety and I haven't had much time to relax.

I was invited to seven weddings for the months of June and July.  Though it seems like such a great symbol of my popularity, it's more just random luck that everyone that I knew would choose to get married, and only two sets of the couples chose dates that caused a conflict for me.  So five weddings later (three where I was in charge of the music), I have to say that my enthusiasm for nuptials has gone down the tube.  I'm very happy that many of my friends have gotten married, but if I hear Canon in D one more time, I might really lose it.

No disrespect to my friends, but I'm gonna be extra mad if any of these marriages don't work out.  I almost killed myself getting to all of them and putting together music.  I will kindly ask for a refund on my gift.  :-)

Which brings me to a segment that I saw on CNN's "Black In America 2" last week.  There were definitely some startling statistics about the scarce prevalence of black marriages.  The most interesting part was an expose on a couple who was struggling with their marriage.  They had entered a form of marital counseling and one of the exercises was to pick a song that described how they felt about one another.  The woman picked "Rock Me Tonight" by Freddie Jackson (link below for all of my folks who don't know about this R&B classic... don't be ashamed... just listen).

 

So of course the husband picks the ridiculously sophomoric H-Town "Knockin Boots" as the song that makes him think about his wife (Once again, all y'all that need to learn, see below).

 

 

Well at least they enjoyed sleeping with one another, if nothing else.

So the dj in me started to think... "What songs would I want to remind me of my wife-to-be?"  I came up with a lil mix that I think would play for my future wife. She's out there somewhere, and probably dating some other guy right now :-(.  So here's the Mrs. Pitts Mix.  These songs make me really think about someone that I would want to be with emotionally, spiritually, and physically.  ENJOY!