Quotes

Today I've got nothing but quote's for you.

I hope you'll appreciate them as much as I do ;)

 

 

Oh Happy Day

 

I wish everybody a happy day!

Why? Just because I feel like it :)

I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black.

Yesterday I bought two new sweaters. Usually I don't really care much about fashion, but I'm very glad with the new sweaters :) And I'll show you why!

The first sweater I bought was the Tupac sweater. I don't know very much about Tupac, but of cours I know a few of his songs. 'Changes' is definitely my favourite song! The lyrics is magnicifent. It's quite simple, but that's the beauty of it. Everybody understands what he's singing about and is able to relate themselves to the story. Please, don't get me wrong by saying that the lyrics is quite simple. It is very difficult to create a song of good quality. You often want to use fancy and outstanding words to get everybody's attention and to lift the lyrics up to a higher level, but what happens is the opposite. People can't really relate to the story anymore and the rhythm gets disturbed. So, when I say simple, I actually say difficult.

We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive.  

 

 

The second sweater I bought was the Muhammad Ali sweater. I fell in love right away :) He is such a great man and even a better boxer! His real name is Cassius Marcellus Clay and his nickname is Louisville Lip. Again, I don't know much about another great man. What I do know, is that Ali was really the greatest (another nickname) of all. He has played 61 matches. He won 56 times and lost only 5 times.

 

As I said, I don't know much about these two men, but I knew just enough to know that I bought two amazing sweaters. Both men have had a big influence (and still have) on the development of their worlds. One man changed the music-industry, the other changed the boxing-industry. These men have enought to be proud of, so I'm going to wear them with pride!

Hope is my addiction

Today I am celebrating my anniversary. No, not because I'm married or have a relationship with someone. Exactly one year ago I got my first tattoo :) It took a very long time before I got my tattoo, because I really wanted something that represents me as a person. My mother was pretty oke with me having a tattoo, but my father had more doubts. He was afraid that I would regret my decision, but that thought couldn't stop me. I mean, I can understand him being concerned, but it wasn't an idea that just came up in my mind. I was determined to commit myself to everlasting art..

The idea was to get a buddha tattoo, so I visited different tattoo shops in the neighborhood. Unfortunately everybody wasn't as excited as I was about my buddha tattoo. Of course the buddha itself wasn't the problem, but the size. They told me: 'the bigger the tattoo, the better the tattoo'. I was a bit disappointed, because the size they proposed was way too big and I wasn't ready to get a tattoo that big.

A few months later I returned to the best tattoo shop in town. I came up with this new idea, which suited me perfectly. Hope is really important to me. Without hope, I wouldn't have pushed myself so much and I wouldn't have achieved so many goals as I have achieved now. This tattoo represents my addiction and dedication to hope.

Many people disliked tattoo's in the old days, but over time the opinion's changed. Nowadays everybody has a tattoo. Well, I don't think there are so many people who have just one tattoo. I have heard people say that getting tattoo's is addictive and I can honestly say that those people are right! I can't wait until I get my second ;) But that's gonna take a while..

4 more years!

Thank God, Barack Obama has been re-elected!! I had this nightmare that Romney became the new President of the USA, so the moment I woke up I ran to the television to see if my dream was reality..

I saw 30 minutes of his speech and it really got into me.. I hope these 4 more years will have a great effect on Obama and America.  

 

 

4 more years, people..

 

Although I live in the Netherlands I tried to support him!!

 





 

 

There is beauty in the world

I am glad to announce that my concert buddy Bente and I have planned another concert :) It has been a while since we went to a concert (since July to be precisely) In December we will go to a concert of Macy Gray, she will pay a tribute to the great musician Stevie Wonder. How cool is that?!

Bente and I have seen Macy Gray two times, both times at the North Sea Jazz event. Her first performance in 2010 was amazing. She was the last act of the day, so we had to wait for a long time. But the waiting had paid off, of course! There she was, performing in front of us. Her voice is one of a kind and her appearance was fabulous. Judge for yourself..

 

We also had the opportunity to get an autograph and we of cours took that opportunity!!

She signed her CD for me and I was very pleased with that :) "The Sellout" is a great album, especially the first 6 songs like 'kissed it' and 'beauty in the world'.

 

 

But don't forget her old songs like 'try', 'do something' and 'sweet baby'!! What can I say, we are really looking forward to the concert. I can't wait to hear her voice again and I'm curious what kind of clothes she's going to wear! Let us all raise our hands up in the air and give a big shout out to all the beauty in the world.. 

 

See you soon Macy