Kimolisa Was Here

I will be honest, I was not going to write a tribute for Michael Jackson. Simply because I thought a lot of people were doing it and I wasn't feeling the emotions true MJ fans feel. Then I went to B. Scott's site and saw a tribute video. It was him doing an accapella of Butterfly and had a slide show of MJ.

That did it for me, I'm not saying I'm sobbing and mourning all over the place. To be honest, that is not my style. What it do was go deep into my core where I respect MJ, it made me go back in time to when I first saw him was in Beat It. Of course, I knew he was a superstar and it was something that blew me away and it was a measuring stick by which videos were rated, at least for me.

Then there was Thriller.


No one can deny that that video was the shyt. It's the best. You know what this reminds me of? One evening the family went by a friend of my dad and another guest had a portable DVD player and had the Michael Jackson DVD, and there we were singing along and enjoying the videos. Good memories. My brother would quote Vincent Price's monologue all the time. You can tell how good you are when people do parodies and integrate the dance moves into their events. This is my all time favourite:


I'm sorry to say time passed and MJ did become odder and odder. His music was good but to me it lacked a bit of a spark. I started to listen to other artists and developed my taste for music, then he came out with Scream with his little sister. Michael Jackson was back!!


I didn't come across this video till sometime after it came out but it is one of his most powerful works. Smooth Criminal.


To end off, Michael Jackson was a true performer and what set him a part from other performers is his large body of work that spans decades, his ability to have fans from all races, to produce videos that are content rich and visually appealing and he knew how to entertain. The world to forget Michael Jackson? You kidding me!! When pigs fly and I find a diamond mine in my backyard. What is profoundly special is that people now remember the good he has done and the music he has created.

XOXO

To say that she has already won two Oscars is saying a lot about Hillary Swank. She seems to know what she's doing when choosing films and I am really looking forward to seeing this movie.


I think my wanting to watch this is a result of my weakness for fashion. Just to know what the inner workings are is very intriguing. It also highlights why I've stepped away from it. It's about pleasing the masses or in this case this one woman who can make you or break you. I discovered I enjoy being hands on and developing my skills as I move forward. I'll leave the multi-million dollar companies for peace of mind and happiness. On the other hand it is awesome to see a woman wielding so much power, she knows what she wants and she demands nothing less.


I normally wouldn't post this or mention it as it is so depressing, but it kinda put things into perspective. Nothing last forever, take every moment in life as something special. Everything has an expiration date.


I don't remember seeing the original movie, but I remember the episodes. For some strange reason I am looking forward to seeing this. One thing for sure is nice to see the older folks in this film, Charles S. Dutton from Roc and Kelsey Grammer from Fraiser. "Fame, I'm going to live forever ....."


Okay, I put this movie in because it reminded me of Juno and I loved Juno. A lot of times you get movies where the characters are already evolved and know what is going on in their lives. It's refreshing to see a movie where you see for sure that not everybody has got it together and they get by just fine.

Every now and then I go on Trailer Addict to check out the new trailers, sometimes I am disappointed and sometimes I find gems. Then again, they are just the trailers, I still have to see the movies to see if I like them or felt like I wasted my money, time or bandwidth on them. Just letting you know, I will only be doing positive reviews of movies. There are enough people out there that will pan movies. As they say, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything.
XOXO

On the Wednesday that just passed, my sister and I went to the beach. I needed to take some pictures for one of the products I'm making for my store, as well as some sand, and my sister wanted to go because she hadn't been to the beach since she came down back in May. So here are a few of the pictures I took.
This is Ffryes Beach (I probably spelt it wrong.)

This is a Ray. I saw a black patch in the water then it was moving. Why this was so special is because it was a wild ray floating through the water. Simply beautiful.

My sister, Mayeshah.



Starfish, very small.

So I follow a blog called Sometimes I Type Things and I came across PrincessHerb. A new YouTuber, he is so adorable and fun that I subscribed to his channel. Below are two of his videos.


On a separate topic, I had called out a young "lady" on her conduct on her facebook site by way of my sister's facebook profile and I told her if she needs help in really learning the technical skills of modeling check out YouTube and gay men are a great resource. The video above is a great illustration of that. He is simply schooling people on how to wear a scarf. God bless the gays.

Do rabbits make sounds? I mean a dog barks, a cat mews, a goat and a sheep bahs, but what do rabbits do?

I know, I know, I'm renouncing love, but I couldn't resist these pics. XOXO

My test, or at least one of them, for seeing if a guy is the ideal person is if I sleep with them like this and wake up well rested. By the way where am I suppose to put my other arm? Do I lie on it? Do I tuck it under the guy? I must say my favourite is when he's behind me and I'm in his arms and my fingers interlace with his. Yes, world, I am a romantic!! Want to make something of it!?!? LOL.

Yessir, I am changing my heart. I am loving me.

Sometimes it makes you hold on to things that make no sense. Fortunately, you see their true colours and you learn to move on.

I love the colours in this picture.

I haven't written in a while, not even in my Journal. All because I was going down a road I'm not proud of. I'm not even going into derails, let's just say that it is easier to fall into old habits than embark on new ones.

Do I regret what I've done? Yes and no. I'm saddened that I took the route, but I know it serves a purpose. It shows that I am not here to be a character in someone else's life. In relationships, it is as much about me as the other person.

I also had to let go. A couple posts back, I posted an illustration of a balloon that read "Let Go". It wasn't easy, but I have, even though the other person hasn't or thinks I'll still be around. I had to see the person's bad side, which I did see. It reminds me f a quote by Maya Angelou (by way of Tyler Perry's Madea),

If someone tells you who they are, believe them.

I believe them. I am no longer looking between the lines and behind the words for "what they are really trying to say." In fact, what I would be looking for would be what I want, not the truth.

It's been something I've been trying to do for over a month and I am honestly glad that that part is over. The hard part now is to change my way of thought and way of being. I concede that I am shyte in looking for the guy for me, so I'm leaving it up to the universe, I will give in my order and focus on the things that make me happy. It's time I start looking at doing things that I really like to do, making things, travelling, reading. When the right one comes along, I will know.

It felt nice writing that last line. Very freeing. I'm letting go.



(pic1: I Am Agonistes
pic2: ffffound)

I should be working, but I'm taking a moment to type stupidness. This is so strange, the last few days I've been so productive, I've knocked out two t-shirts, developed a match book and cut out my bag pattern, and I am running blank on something to type in this post. All I can think of is knocking out another shirt and developing my bookmarks. So that is what I'm going to do right now.

(pic: ffffound

(pic:neatorama.com)

Yesterday morning, my sister came into my office and told me about a short film in which an old school mate of hers was the lead character. It was to play on ABS and it was also on YouTube, so I looked it up and watched it. I will be honest there were some technical faults in terms of logistics and acting, but on a whole it was a good short film. I enjoyed the plot and the picture quality and cinematography was on point. I also know there will be people watching and talking through the film cause I did, but it was all in fun. So check it out!! It's on YouTube as a playlist as they chopped it up for whatever reason so it's better to watch it there as it will automatically go to the next clip. Here is the link: Hooked and below is the trailer:



Don't let the trailer dissuade you, watch and enjoy.

As I was going through my home page on Facebook I came across the first video below and it reminded me of my poetry and the readings I've done and I realized that my most potent poems were about love. That made me pause for a moment and question if that is the only topic I'm passionate about. I know I'm vehement about pro-choice, I believe a child should be brought up with a mother and father present, I've accepted and love the colour of my skin and the features I've been blessed with. Why haven't I written about those? I'll have to sit down and reflect on that. While I do that enjoy the clips below:








I'm going to post this post on my other blog as well.

Sacha Baron Cohen makes me squirm with embarrassment and that is why I didn't watch Borat, but this movie looks funny. Plus it's nice to see someone have fun at expense of the fashion industry.


I saw this trailer at the cinema, it might be worth watching.


I have an older brother so you know I watched a lot of cartoons geared to little boys. I grew to enjoy them, and I enjoyed the first transformers movie so I'm going to watch the next one. (Little stupid moment, I thought LeBoeuf was the guy from Boy Meets World, told you it was a stupid moment)

Well, I'm going to St. Thomas, USVI, this weekend and I'm undecided on if I'm going to take my laptop or not. If I take it, I will be tempted to work on a project I'm working on for a client, some t-shirt graphics and blogging. If I don't take it, I will be spending much need quality time with my siblings, and missing out on adventures worth blogging.

Okay, it's decided, I will not take my laptop. I will take my camera and my sketch pad (the least I could do is sketch out some ideas so I don't have to brainstorm them when I get back). Expect some pictures and the lot in my next post.

Peace

Now I know a lot of people know about Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad and to be honest I can't recall how it goes, but the song below is one I like. I like the song itself as it's conscious music you can snap your finger to, but I give them a lot of respect for making a video that doesn't demean women. Can you imagine a video out of Jamrock without T & A? Gasp! And the dancers wearing dresses to their knees? OMG!

Anyway enjoy:

I spend a lot of time in my studio. Here is where I work on my computer, make patterns, cut patterns, sew, shoot my screens and all that good stuff. So I thought it would be cool to show you my little work space.