Hello There Mrs. Thicke!

I've recently got into watching films online (shhh, don't tell anyone) and i've been catching up with my Black Cinema.

I watched 'Why Did I Get Married?', 'Why Did I Get Married Too?', 'The Family That Preys' and 'Daddy's Little Girls' all in a relatively short amount of time. So I decided to go on a Tyler Perry break and switch it up a bit...

I saw a tweet about the Queen Latifah film 'Just Wright' in which she co-stars with Common who we all know I have a bit of a soft spot for so I thought i'd check it out.

The film was good... but I spent most of the film mesmerised by the looks (and wardrobe) of one the supporting cast members; Paula Patton aka Robin Thickes wife

She's evidently happy with her life and it shows when she smiles...

I think she's gorgeous..

I first remember seeing her in 'Precious' when she played Ms Blu Rain, the main characters teacher in the 2009 box office hit. My friend who I went to watch the film with was perving over her (which is cool cos he's a guy) but even I was like 'nah man, who's Precious' teacher though?'

Is it a bit weird that I then researched what other films she's been in and then watched 'Jumping the Broom'...

Au Naturel...

So a few weeks ago me and my mate from work were talking about hairstyles that we were going to do for our upcoming work trip (will fill you in on that another day) and she showed me about http://fuckyeahcurlscurlscurls.tumblr.com/ - this blog is so sick and as the name suggests, it's just about curly hair! 

My friend is mixed race so she can actually imitate these hair do's, I can only sit back and admire - or wear a wig or do a weave...hmmmm *contemplates*

Anywho, here are my favourite pics from the site but check it out yourself to see more...

Copper tones

Corinne Bailey Rae

Lovin the scarf vybe

Grrrrr! 

Stunning! 

Trilby Dreams

Love this! 

I have the feelin that pretty soon i'm gonna be rocking a variant of one of these styles...

Soulful Sounds on a Sunday...

I'm a firm believer that music makes (almost) anything seem better, so when making the climb up the stairs this afternoon to face the mess that had become of my room, I knew I needed to find a humdinger of a CD to help me through...

My stereo is old, I mean like 10 years + old, but it still does the trick (when it wants to and when the CD in question is new and not copied) so with that in mind I immediately gravitated towards my Phil Collins 'Hits' album cos I was in that kinda mood and I really believe that Phil is so underrated when he's actually a G...

But my stereo, being the temperamental thing that it is, decided not to work so after about 13 minutes of switching it off/on, wiping the disc down and blowing into the system, I gave up and searched for another selection...

In late 2008, early 2009 I went through a phase of stealing my younger brothers blank CD's and making compilations, the mixes were legendary if I do say so myself. 

On one collection I famously put Aaliyah 'A Girl Like You', Emma Bunton 'Maybe', LL Cool J ft The Dream 'Baby' and Giggs 'Open Up' on the same CD, I called it '29th August 2008 - Summer Sounds' my brothers called it "confused" but I digress...

So still looking for something to listen to while I sorted out my wardrobe, I came across my '18th October 2010 - Sade, Will Young and Others' mix so I popped it in...

Now if you don't know about Sade then I dunno where you've been for the past 20 odd years... I grew up on her, my mum calls her my dads 'other woman' cos he used to love her so much and from looking at the following it's not hard to see why...

This is natural beauty in its most simple form...and it doesn't hurt that she's half Nigerian aswell...right on my sister!

'Just One of Those Days...'

So today was just one of 'those' days...you know the type I mean, when you're just like *sigh*


I think it was my combined total of like nine hours sleep in the past two days plus the fact that my 12 minute bus journey took 28 minutes this morning that made me feel so, like I said, *sigh*


After finally getting into work and eating my obligatory two bowls of Cheerios at my desk (i'm quite comfortable there now) I just wanted to zone out so I logged onto YouTube and listened to Kanye's 'Spaceship' which fitted my mood perfectly...


Then I listened to 'Flashing Lights' cos that tune is just that tune innit...


I just switched it up and typed in A-a-l-i-y-a-h and clicked on the first song that attracted me... 'Hot Like Fire' (I think I would be a sick DJ)


I played that song two times in a row and then scrolled down the right hand side of the screen and found an Aaliyah playlist...


It was just too smooth, I felt like a kid again 'One in a Million' 'Rock the Boat' 'If Your Girl Only Knew'...all them tunes and then some! I was melodically humming and doing the bounce like I was in Moesha...


It got me thinking about when I was a young girl...the kind of artists I grew up with... and practised dances to... and wanted to 'be' in the playground... and wanted to dress like; Aaliyah, Monica, Brandy, TLC, Destiny's Child, Allure, En Vogue, Eternal, 702, Blaque, Jade shoot even the Spice Girls!


Their style was quite outlandish sometimes but they were still beautiful...

Even though I love all those mentioned there is one that stands out for me and would be my permanent Girl Crush if she was still alive


Effortlessly sexy and a quiet, understated beauty coupled with a voice that managed to sound sultry and innocent at the same time...


You already know who i'm on about, i've mentioned her like a million times...


It's the one, the only...

A real class act


x

A Breath of Fresh Air...

I went HMV last Friday to spend a £5 voucher they sent me via email - why, i'm not quite sure but you know what they say about looking gift horses in the mouth and all that jazz...


As I walked in I saw Florence + The Machines album 'Between Two Lungs', i've always liked their version of 'You Got The Love' so I thought "why not?"


Maaaan, its turned out so much better than my last 'impulse buy' - hol tite B.O.B and 'The Adventures of Bobby Ray' 0_o


Anyways, to abbreviate; the cd has not left my stereo since then and Florence Welch is my new girl crush...


Here are a few pics to illustrate why...

Everything about her is so KICK ASS... her voice, her style and the fact that she has a machine that can sing and play instruments...


Florence Welch, I heart you!

Flashing Lights; Part Deux...

Kanyes new vid for his new track 'All of the Lights' ft Kid Cudi and Rihanna...


I like the vid but im sure theres some sorta (subliminal) messages in there somewhere...


RiRi lets it all hang out, if ya know what I mean *wiggles eyebrows* (shes my girl crush at the moment)


Kid Cudi looks tired or high or a combination of both...but I still heart him 


Oh yea, if you have photosensitive epilepsy then I don't advise you watching this...seriously

Chekkit out....