"Just get back up when it knocks you down."

Maybe I should've joined a girl group at age 14 and then decided to be a theater major at Emory...

Because then I'd have a better chance at being more like Keri Hilson.


She's a 26-year-old singer-songwriter from Decatur, Georgia - her debut solo album was released about a month ago, and four of her songs ("Hero" from Nas's quickly untitled album, "Energy", "Turnin' Me On", and "Knock You Down") have been on the Billboard Charts in the past year or so.

Since it's too late and too unlikely that I'll ever get close to being more like her, let's hope she might be a part of Emory's "Art of Songwriting" panel again in the future, so I could at least meet her one day...

I'm feeling knackered right now, but, I think I may need to re-figure things out soon. In the words of Keri Hilson's songwriters (Louis Biancaniello, Rico Love, Sam Watters, and Wayne Wilkins), "I can't afford to slip much further from the person I was meant to be."


*Lyrics from Keri Hilson (ft. Kanye West and Ne-Yo)'s "Knock You Down" and "Energy", respectively.