My brother? The 2005 National Poetry Slam Individual Champion?
My brother? The 2006 National Poetry Slam Individual Champion?
My brother? The Def Poet?
My brother? Is now the 2007 World Cup Poetry Slam Champion!
I am so happy that his life is coming together in such amazingness. That he gets to do something he loves, that makes him go. And that he's getting the recognition he deserves for it.
Icing on the cake? That my parents got to be there, in Paris, to see him win. (Against people from Canada, Poland, and Zimbabwe. How cool is that?) It wasn't part of some long-standing plan for them to be there - this trip of theirs came together pretty recently.
We got the call on Friday afternoon. In Anis' honor, on Saturday morning, we ate French feta, brought by Meisa. And for Saturday lunch, we ate at la Madeleine. Not only did we eat French food, we ate desserts. Free ones. The server who was bringing my food to the table dropped it. (Which was no big deal to me, since I was still working on my soup.) To make up for the delay, they ended our meal with three free and yummy desserts. If there's one thing my brother loves more than dessert, it's free dessert.
(If you feel like voting for a winner, visit Famecast and vote for Anis performing Shake the Dust. It's kind of a pain to register, but you'll be helping a great guy win $10,000.)
Posted by Shokufeh at July 1, 2007 01:25 AMThat is amazing! Go, Anis!!
Posted by: +mojan. at July 1, 2007 06:37 AMWow, congrats to your brother! I'll try voting when I get more than a few minutes. I love La Madeleine! They closed down a large restaurant they had here in Phoenix. I was so sad. Now we gotta go to Scottsdale if we want to eat there.
Posted by: Elaine at July 2, 2007 01:37 AMHas it really been three years?
The video trans was a bit shaky, but yes -- great news! Congratulations to your brother!
Posted by: mlle a. at July 4, 2007 05:10 AM