Whitney

The first time I saw this spine tingling rendition of the Star Spangled banner was in a restaurant in San Fernando, Trinidad in the early 1990s. Daddy, my three brothers and I stared fixated at the screen as we ate and watched Whitney Houston effortlessly sing. This is the singer I have never forgotten. The one gifted with a voice that travelled over a range of notes and emotions as easily as you and I simply breathe. In the ensuing years and the controversies that clouded her and the obvious changes in that beautiful voice I have held onto the songs of my childhood. She was, with no contest a phenomenal gorgeous singer. Nobody does a ballad like Ms Houston. Another great talent has prematurely left this world and this is a time to pray for her daughter and her mother and all her family and friends she has left behind. What they have lost is even greater

Luther…

Golden Globes. Idris.That is all

2012

Something about the dawn of a new year gives me so much hope. No matter what happened in the last 12 months the excitement of the new months approaching is intoxicating. I can start over. I can look forward to all the possibilities. Thoughts of the bad things that could happen never occur. My hopes for this New Year is that

• I smile more
• Laugh everyday
• Ignore the weather and focus on the sunshine in my heart
• Pray more
• Focus on building my dreams
• Seeing more of this beautiful world – inside and out of the UK
• Tell those that I love, that I love them, every chance I get

I hope this New Year, with all its celebrations (the Queen, the Olympics etc etc), is a great one for you too.  Never be afraid to dream big and see the beauties in this world. These things get us through the inevitable bad times. This is the start of my 5th year of blogging and I still love it. Let’s hope ‘musings’ becomes better and better!

 I pray you have a fantastic 2012

Music: Countdown

I have been obsessed with Beyonce this year – there I said it This is my favourite song on her latest album and this live performance on Jimmy Fallon rocked. This chick live is something I need to experience one day soon.

 

 

Life: Dancing with Daddy!

I just loved this video! It completely made my day.  There has to be a pretty special relationship between this father and daughter to have decided to do this fun, happy wedding dance. It made me appreciate my great Daddy too. Maybe I can choreograph a dance or two one day with him

Films I want too see….

….even if they end up being corny or pointless. I have a habit of being sucked in by a good trailer and poster. I am the demographic that these advertisers seek. I get pumped up by a good 2 minute intro. That is not to say I love EVERY trailer. The worse are the ones that give you the whole story line and the best scenes (I am looking at you ‘Dream House‘). By the end I have no interest in watching the 2 hour version!

Here are some that have on my to see list for this year:

Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol

 

Footloose 2011

Go on laugh but I love the 1980s version so much that I must see the remake!

 

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 2011

I have read the trilogy, seen the Swedish films and I am now excited to see this ‘Hollywood’ version because it looks like it will follow the book more closely than the original did.

 

Drive

 

The Black Power Mixtape 1967 -1975

Music: Someone Like you

Wow! So here I am blogging again exactly a month later. It has been an eventful few weeks for me. Changes, illness, and other things that have taken up a lot of my time and energy. Music has been the soundtrack through it all. My audio diet has consisted mainly of uptempo fare from soca to hip hop to feel-good ditties but one album I can not resist is Adele’s album 21. The video for the ballad ‘Someone Like You’ is simple, is filmed in black and white in one of my favorite cities. It is as moody and beautiful as the song…