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Friday, April 16th 2010 was a life-changing day for me. There I was, standing, listening to him, captivated by his smile and playful personality, hanging on to every melody that his lips sang, and then it happened: suddenly, we were all alone, he stood in front of me, gazed into my eyes, his perfect white teeth exposed. He took my hands in his and our hands locked as our fingers intertwined in perfect harmony. Then, he kissed me. <\/span>Passionately<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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That’s one version of the story. The other version is: Timaya was in Annapolis, Maryland on Friday, April 16th 2010 for a live concert. As I – like many other frantic fans – stood close to the stage, cheering him on and dancing along to his beautiful songs, he held my right hand and kissed it. But I prefer the first version of the story. <\/span><\/div>\n

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So, I did not know that I’m such a Timaya fan. In fact, Mr. Shoes gave me his CD since last year, and until Saturday, I had not bothered to listen to it. Bracket and Timaya were in town, and I am so glad that I got to do. Bracket performed first. I thought they did a good job — until Timaya hit the stage. He was playful, lively, silly, fun, and all around ‘totally awesome!’<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

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And he was quite naughty, too. He bopped a girls head back and forth to insinuate that she was going down on him — and she was just an attendee (like me), but I think she enjoyed it. One girl, also an attendee, touched his chest, but Timaya, in his generosity, helped her by moving her hand to his groin. I won’t bother talking about what he did on stage with another girl. I’ll just say that when Timaya says [paraphrased], <\/span>‘I need a girl on stage. If you’re underage, please don’t come. I might do something <\/span><\/b>funny<\/span><\/b><\/i>,’<\/span><\/b> you should probably request that Mr. Timaya define funny<\/i>.  Unless, of course, you’re looking forward to the humor of the something funny<\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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But that’s not important. The important thing is that <\/span>I<\/span><\/i> got kissed by <\/span>Timaya<\/span><\/i>. And it is imperative that you remember the first paragraph of this post as the true, original version of this story.  Oh, I guess I could mention that he also did dash<\/i> Funmie a kiss on her hand. After the show, Funmie and I were ecstatic! We held our heads – and our right hands – high the entire night. I even promised not to wash my right hand for the rest of April. Maybe for the rest of 2010. We took pictures of the famous hands; who knows, you might see them in the kissing hall of fame one of these days. <\/span><\/div>\n

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The famous hands. Mine is the one on the left. Not quite sure why my pinky sticks out like that.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The famous hands were passionately kissing. Fox News might call this, too, a “terrorist fist jab”<\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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My family has a strict kiss-and-marry rule, so I should probably contact Timaya and tell him that he is now obligated  (by law and by force) to pay my dowry.   But while I’m doing that, why don’t you go ahead and watch this video of Timaya kissing me. It was recorded on Funmie’s Blackberry Bold 9700<\/a><\/b> (you know, the phone I have been day dreaming about!). Unfortunately, I don’t have good pictures of Timaya because right after Bracket finished performing, my Nikon D40X decided to breathe its last breath. It will be dropped off at Best Buy tomorrow. I’m camera-less … for now. Thankfully, however, I’m open to receiving the Nikon D90<\/a><\/b> as a Vera,-you-totally-deserve-this! gift *batting eye lashes*<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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As you watch the video, begin to pay particular attention from one minute and 30 seconds (1:30). Enjoy.  Needless to say, I love the song that is playing.<\/span><\/div>\n

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