And The Beat Goes On

So glad Election Day has come and gone. It was stressing me out. Feeling good about the huge voter turnout and that Dems got control of the house. Phew! Here are some other highlights:

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• The first Muslim women were elected to Congress.
• Millions of people in Florida had their right to vote restored.
• A Republican beloved by the NRA lost her congressional seat.
• The first openly lesbian woman was elected mayor in Florida.
• The first openly gay governor in U.S. history was elected in Colorado.
• Texas elected two Latina congresswomen for the first time.
• A Democrat won in Kansas, beating Kris Kobach.
• The first Native American women were elected to Congress.
• An anti-discrimination bill was saved by voters in Massachusetts.
• Anti-union and anti-education Scott Walker is no longer Governor of Wisconsin
• Seven governorships went to Democratic nominees.

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Betcha Mueller Had Zero Gag

The GOP is going whole hog with their fuckery. This is how it goes down in politics when you got the numbers in your favor. The GOP already hooked up the 1% (their base) with a nice tax cut, got their frat-boy-man into the Supreme Court. And, now they are trying to pull a false sexual harassment stunt on Mueller.

There was zero gag on Mueller's team when they heard about this stunt. I am sure the reaction must have been, "What took them so long?" Next step was to make that phone call.

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BTW, if there is no blue wave, we are soooo doomed. Just saying.

Music Is Still The Answer

It's been a minute since I posted some of the music that is taking care of my mind, body and soul. I hope you like.

This woman is cool.  Her homegirls are cool. The song brings me back to those days of young heartache and insecurity.


Some chill vibe from a group out of Wadsworth, London. I've read somewhere the lead male singer is queer. Who cares? His voice is all kinds of sexy to me.


I first heard this on SYTYCD (which has some fierce dancers this year) and was blown away. Travis Wall choreo a contemporary number to it, which was on point. I digress. This version brings a Alex-clicking-the-light-on-and-off-while-masacara-runs-down-her-face feel to this song.


Okay, enough of the sads. Seinabo mixes in thoughts of empowerment with a love gone wrong.

My Visual Medicine

During these trying times, I have found the need to put my eyeballs in the direction of something that will lift my spirits. Often, I turn to the fantasy of fashion to take me away. Here is some couture confections from Schiaparelli Fall 2018. You are welcome.

The bride's head is the bouquet!

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It Will Get Ugly Before It Gets Cute

Oba Renee and I are on the same page regarding our anticipation for the drama that will unfold in 2018. 

I am expecting the following:

1.   name calling
2.   back stabbing
3.   disappearances
4.   pleading the fifth
5.   pleading insanity
6.   finger pointing
7.   binge eating followed by purging
8.   drug use and abuse
9.   tears
10. cheers
11. retractions
12. redactions
13. people taking it to the street
14. we interrupt this program...
15. breaking news moments to the 10th power
16. frequent use of the words collusion, cabal, and conspiracy
17. mucho smdh
18. conflama
19. cutting deals
20. piss tape

Yeah. So. Like. Umm....

A lot of island Puerto Ricans are talking to me about how Puerto Rico needs a reboot, and that they hope the rebuilding will improve housing, infrastructure and most importantly, get rid of corruption. Lordy, that is a tall order. I am hoping the amplification of unity the people on the island are feeling will motivate them to fight that good fight to make that wish list become reality.

Gun laws are not going to change as long as the NRA keeps putting politicians in their pockets. There is a significant group of people in this country that follow the twisted logic that guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Plus, firearm industry makes over 11 billion dollars annually. Too many of the 1% eat off that plate. Sit down bitches! The children being killed in Sandy Hook didn’t change anything, plus all the other mass killings. Money and guns rule. You want some apple pie with that?

Agent Orange is consistently revolting to see, hear and watch. I just hope Mueller and crew are finishing up their reports. I want my copy leather-bound. That mofo Chump has a huge karma bill that is long overdue. I wish payment would have started with a Puerto Rican throwing that roll of paper towel right back at his face.

Lately, I have been indulging in a full skin-care regimen. I am keeping it organic, with a vitamin-c face wash, followed by rose water spray toner, then a vitamin-c serum, and finishing off with a shea butter moisturizer. My skin is servvvving! Hey, I’m going to be 50 next year. Gotta keep it cute. Boo-Kay!

Don't Go Popping That Cork

This week should be quite the week of testimony, that will pour more shit down, this shit storm of a presidential administration. However, I am not getting my hopes up for impeachment proceedings, because the Repubs are rolling with Agent Orange as long as he is helping push forward their conservative agenda.


Jonathan Chait over at NY Mag had this take on it: "Trump is faithfully supporting the conservative agenda, so most conservatives faithfully support him. Their concerns are pragmatic ones about his effectiveness on behalf of their common agenda, rather than moral objections to the legitimacy and propriety of his actions."

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I am going to keep my sparkling wine in the ice box until that straw, breaks that back.

Deja Vu Ton

Koons got them monthly bills to pay, so he collaborated with Louis Vuitton to create the above. Here is my problem. I feel like I've been done seen this art-meets-bags thing before in several iterations, variations, preparations, etc. etc. I 'memba seeing bags similar to these hanging on the awnings in Chinatown way back in the day. Well, everything old is new again. I guess.

Damien About To Catch A Bad One

 

I laughed till tears came out of my eyes, and a snort went through my nose, back when Agent Orange made Damien (I mean Jared) in charge of just about everything. This kid, with his delusional thoughts of grandeur, fits right in with the Trump family. I expect him to cave in rather quickly. It's easy being a bully as a slumlord to people less empowered. However, the Intel Community doesn't play. I wonder if he has a piss tape.

C'est La Vie

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I realized today that I had not posted for the entire month of March! Wow! I am being lazy...or as Fran Lebowitz would say... I was being slothful.

Well, this past month I turned 49 years old! I am grateful. However, I am also seeing I need to continue to evolve in certain areas of how I "do me" on this planet. It is still some of the same old issues regarding making time for family and friends, as well as being better organized. You know the usual stuff.

I also feel I need to invite some more travel and a bit of scandal into my life. Not sure how to get the scandal part done. I aint trying to be some middle-aged dude acting the fool out there. Stay tuned.

With that said, I noticed I need to pull back on the newsfeeds regarding Chump aka Agent Orange and crew. It is not healthy for me to see this shit show of an administration on a daily basis. I just wish the situation would move over to the fast lane on the Nixon Highway. Poof! Be gone already!

Here are some music and music videos that I've been obsessing over recently:

This is exactly how I feel it goes down, when it finally goes down.


I first heard this choral cover of Radiohead's Creep watching the Viktor & Rolf couture show a couple of years ago. I was so glad when I found it. BTW, these guys cover several other songs in the choral style. Ovah!


A clever cocaine love song.


This is still a great song to play, while you get dress for a night out

A Kiki for Friday

This morning on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, the following joke was made" "Donlusional Trump's press conference was so bad, I was waiting for Gene Gene, the Dancing Machine to come out." I cracked the hell up. 

For you yungins Gene Gene would usher out an act that was gonged on The Gong Show. What was The Gong Show? Google it.

Here is Gene Gene in action:

First I'm Up, Then I'm Down

I am living for these porcelain cans! I want several scattered around one of the corners in my living room.

I wonder how much they cost. Things are pretty pricey these days. For example, it costs $200 million to get the Secretary of Education position.

Went Through The MoFo Looking Glass

Just call me Alice.

Hey good people, I am just showing up for life everyday as best as possible. The biggest challenge has been me trying to minimize the amount of time my eyeballs views the madness of the Orange King's side-show. So, I read a bit about the bullshit going down, read about something I am genuiely interested in, listen to some tunes, and watch a bit of ki-ki on the tube.

With that said, I am grateful to have seen the Goddess energy rise up on Jany 21. I am joining that band wagon. I need to do my part to shut it down on the D.C. folks that want to turn back progress and put the genie back into the bottle.

Here are some tracks to transform your head space (apply as needed).

Anohni - Drone Bomb Me


Ibeyi - River


Nikka Costa - Push & Pull

Mami Make It Go Away

I knew the Trump situation was going to be a shit show, but I had no idea it was going to include some watersports. The reality of a Trump presidency is reaching new heights of absurdity. Trump has gone for too many years, undiagnosed and untreated.  I am waiting for the pending implosion.

Also, the looks on his grown children's faces speaks volumes. They are gagging that not only is daddy really disliked, he is also really stupid, and really a freak. Those offspring are struggling to reconcile the fantasy of their father with the reality of their father. Oh and they are pissed because they wanted to have a kiki being the princess and princes of D.C. Alas, not really happening.

With all that said, make no mistake I am having moments of mini-panic attacks. At the end of the day he gets sworn in Jan. 20th. He's gonna have time sitting at the desk, in the oval office, and damage can still be done.

I then have thoughts of the real D.C. folks waiting to go in and give this not-one-of-us lunatic a lavish boot out of town via an impeachment. That thought makes me find a happy place.The child in me wants to wake up from this nightmare. Ouch. Pinching didn't help.

Thoughts on 2016

So clearly the Universe wanted to turn us out for 2016. Here are some of  my thoughts on the lessons that were taught or retaught I should say.:

• Never count your chickens before they hatch. Hilary gagged! 
• People will lie to you with a straight face. Aint that right all of you DL Trump supporters. BTW, not reading much of "yay Trump" on folks' Facebook timelines since November. Is it sinking in that you got played?
• And, it has been confirmed that America is a very racists, xenophobic and sexists country. Let's not get it twisted. The folks living on east or west coast bubbles would gag if you ventured south or to the mid-west. 
• The Grim Reaper was escorting icons and legends to their metamorphosis. It's part of the life cycle on this plane. So sad to see the ones that went to early because of the grip drugs had on their lives. 
• Lin Manuel-Miranda! You go on with your bad self mi hermano. Let it be know that entertainment needs to embrace diversity. Lin you show that when done right it makes art and the coins. In the words of the Schuyler sisters...Work!
• Laurie Hernandez and Monica Puig! You go on with your bad selves mis hermanas. Let it also be know that Latina women can bring it in the sports world. Wepa!
• To the 49 young souls in the Pulse nightclub. After that horrific event, the rest of the year I moved forward the rest of the year, but in a haze. Rest in peace.
• The world events are showing the good, bad, ugly and horrific. I've done a lot of "news" fasting this year. 
• Never give up and believe in yourself. I made in through a very intense masters program, under a full scholarship. It was both humbling and a maturing experience.
• Heading to the march in DC on Jan 21st. My voice will be heard!
• Followed my dreams and visited Europe. It was awesome! Going to make my next journey soon. Dreams have to be made into reality. 
• Feeling very blessed to have family and friends that make it possible for me to want to show up for life and live it.

Good people, take care of yourself. Push forward in 2017.