song for sunday: remember me
Similarly unique is 'Remember Me' by female soul group, The Trinikas. A rolling bass with a nice 'n' fat backbeat eases in behind an overwhelming lead vocal; this track acts like trailer for the entire repetoire of cult band The Village Callers, merging the melodic perfection of 'Stoned Soul Picnic' with the grinding power of 'Hector'. Dripping with emotion and profound, arresting soul, 'Remember Me' burns and sooths at the same time; it chills you like Roberta Flack and warms you like the Staple Singers. Like Sandi & Matues, The Trinikas combine the incredible church-borne vocal talents of the US' lesser-known soul & gospel vocalists with the impressive musicianship that we have come to expect from a country that has so much to say.
This song is the sample that opens Jurassic 5's Quality Control. The last 7 days have been an exercise in maintaining quality control. I worked out 5 of those 7 days. I ate right 6 of the 7 (Saturday is "eat whatever you want" day and I did with chicken nuggets and fries from Mcdonald's, nachos from Sharky's and a light meal at the Grossman Burn Center Holiday Dinner where I voluntEARed). I posted here just about every day. I kept my apartment pretty clean and I got a lot accomplished at work.
Hell, I even returned just about every call I received and it is well covered territory how the phone is my kryptonite.
There were some low points. I maintained no control Friday night and drank way more -- at a work event no less -- than I'm comfortable with these days. Just Say No to tequila shots.
So, this upcoming week is about staying disciplined and stepping my game up at work. After we promoted a few people this week and effectively lessened my load and responsibility, I no longer have the excuse of being over-taxed. So, longstanding goals like creating universal process and policy, writing style guides and operations manuals, defining our core philosophy and setting developmental and business goals for my staff are at hand.
No excuses.
If I'm for real, I'll start my team down the path of being Actors instead of Reactors and we'll all be better off for it.
So I ask myself again, this week, am I for real?
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