New Year, New Mind SetWhat's going on, y'all? It's 2007, The Year Of The Poet and it's going to be a good one. Not only did I end the eyar with a bang wiht the birth of my son, Sy Van Clief, but, I'm thick wiht shows for the 1st quarter of the year. My company DPL Producitons is launching full on this year so, expect more from me. The new CD is avaiable for pre-order on my site which is almost completed. New site? Yes, and it'll be completely done by the weekend. A couple of new videos and weekly updates on my journal which will be on the site instead of on a separate site(sorry, Xanga) My Videos will lead up to the release to the long overdue DVD project Full Time and the DPL DVD. So be sure to keep up on that. I'm also putting in a bid to host the 2nd Annual Ladies National Poetry Slam. I want to put together events worth something. What can I say? My son is amazing I have some pictures on my site: www.shihansback.com He's really gassy which sounds funny at first but when your'e tryingt o go to bed and he's all fussy it's not cool at all. He was born December 1st at 1:05pm my wife had a 5 hour labor and he weighed in at 8lbs 7.6 oz and was 21 3/4 inches long. Lani's been great with him, every once in a while we catch her trying to pick him up and that's a definite no,no. He pee'd all over Els about a week ago. I wish I would've taped it cause it was fantastic. He also crapped all over the place. The squirty kind like Shamoo was hiding in his ass. I don't get how he can go that often with that much force. I'd be in the hospital if that happened to me. My tour is getting ready to kick off on January 12th. I'm excited and I plan on filming a lot of what goes on. I'm also having people from each shwo write a journal entry to detial what the show was like and what they think of poetry in general. So if you're at one of my shows and want to do it let me know. The calendar of shows is up and there will be more shows added including a trip to the UK and Europe over the summer. 2007 The year of The Poet. It's pretty late and I know the clicking of the keys is going to wake Els so I'm going to get off but I'll be back tomorrow cause I want to tell yuo some of the other stuff going on. Be safe. And go pre-order The Balance now on www.shihansback.com Create or Vacate. Shihan | 
