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2011 - Clivia Writes
In Music, Soca 2012

I am Soca. Bess. Hold Your Head Bess. Close Your Eyes and Wine Bess.

What they call it? Synergy?Sometimes things just come together..PERFECTLY?I am Soca. Bess. Hold your Head Bess. Close your eyes and wine Bess.Patrice Roberts is Iron wrapped in velvet - Strong and smooth...reminds me of her Savannah days..Kerwin is cool, effortless melody.The Mix is a goose pimple raising Synergy.The lavway is sweet ...but not TOO sweet. then after you get over the voices..go a...

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In relationship,

Why it sucks to be a Daddy's girl...

Don't get me wrong...the man is not perfect...and he's made mistakes in his life that remind me that although he is the best daddy ever...he is still a MAN, capable of mistakes, and massive fuck ups... but here is why he has ruined me for life.... this was a conversation... ...

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In Music, Swappi

Really?

No. Really? Sigh. And it's already a hit. huh? Really? -Disclaimer- ...

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In Mood In Music, Music

You loved me cause I'm Fragile

when I thought that I was strong ...

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In Favorite Authors, Pablo Neruda

In you..the earth

Little rose, roselet, at times, tiny and naked, it seems as though you would fit in one of my hands, as though I’ll clasp you like this and carry you to my mouth, but suddenly my feet touch your feet and my mouth your lips: you have grown, your shoulders rise like two hills, your breasts wander over my breast, my arm scarcely manages...

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In

You Had Me at....

“The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.” - Yves Saint Laurent ...

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In Renaissance Men,

Yasin....Mos def...doesnt matter...love this.

In

You Had Me at....

„Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.“– Alfred Adler ...

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In Blog, Worse Case Scenario

I read something tonight....

that has really affected me.... like for real for real... it was the blog of a friend...younger than I am... who has done in her life all the things ive wanted to do... and i realize that I've lived my life.....guided by Fear.. Not the irrational kind.. Ive done the right reasonable things based on careful painstaking THOUGHT! decisions thought through to the very end....to...

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In Blog, Makes Me Smile

I have a pattern..always fall for your type....

I let people steal my energy... I submit....and don't even realize that I'm doing it? The very thing...that drew them to me....i give over cause I believe i should compromise for those i love. FUCK THAT SHIT!! I'm pretty awesome.....i'm not being cocky...lol. I am ...:) and loving you doesn't mean I let you treat me like I'm way LESS awesome than I...

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In Quote, You had me at

You Had Me at....

In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take, relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make. _anonymous_ ...

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In Blog,

Full moon

Maybe. Its not to be. Maybe Maybe. Its not to be. Maybe ...

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In Estelle, Mood In Music

There is nothing...

like driving on the highway....singing your favorite song out loud...to remind you that...everything is replaceable...nothing is permanent...even your mood...and that thing that seems like the focus of your world...it can all SHIFT!! thanks Estelle ..:) ...

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In Follow the Ramble,

so

I've been cheating on Blogger with tumblr. Probably because it was just easy to reblog someone else...to use a picture to display how i was feeling than to make MYSELF WRITE ABOUT IT... but its not working...i need to vent.. i used to think this blog was like everything else .. a kinda popularity contest...especially since i know who my readers were..well some...

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In Pisces,

Being Pisces sucks sometimes

we have the tendency…to turn an idea or situation around and around in our heads… looking at it from very possible angle… replaying every possible outcome…. and deduce from all this information…all the possible HIDDEN truths that that ONE situation could possibly convey… and BROOD on it for ever.. I’ve been in the midst of this “Brooding” for days…and cannot wait for me...

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In Follow the Ramble,

Random Thoughts of the day

1. Why does it take mediatakeout so long to update in the morning? And what kind of person am I if the website i check right after CNN is Mediatakeout? hmmmm? 2. What the hell do they put in My Dunkin Donuts Coffee? That second sip is as close to ____________ well...you know. What the hell is in it? 3. Am I the...

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In Blog, Homesick

I’ll see you soon…

I carry you in my heart, genuine laughter, straight from the soul and carried by the belly, the smell of clean washed earth by rain as mysterious as the sunshine it conquered, the imagery of pouii, strong and stately, the harbinger of days indoors, and imagined stories come full to life… I carry you in my skin, the KNOWING of where I am,...

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In tired, Video

No Words Tuesday.....

oh she may be weary them young girls they do get weary wearing that same old miniskirt dress but when she gets weary you try a little tenderness oh man that un hunh ...

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In Follow the Ramble,

I feel Pretty.....:)

A random stranger made me smile today. I've been ignoring myself....is that possible?.. ...well yes I have... I've been ignoring my emotional self....and focusing on what I need and Must do.... and been assuming that everyone else has been ignoring me too... Thank you random Guy.. for making a girl feel a little special today ... :) ...

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In Cliviawrites, Video

and just like that...

:) Thank god for places to Vent....and Adeleand Music taking you out of yourself so you can see a LARGER picture.. The awesomeness that is Adele - Rolling in the Deep ...

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In Follow the Ramble, Mood In Music

Sometimes they just don't love you...ENOUGH...

Today i feel, weak, and alone, and disconnected from ...well... it doesn't matter. Its lonely and I try to reach out and I find air and glass. It's worse because I'm making these huge decisions ...these scary, faith motivated moves based on my heart...and my Head is screaming at me...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?? So while I'm trying to run to Love...I...

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In Point Zero,

Captain Save a HO

I've been learning some strange lessons this week..no this month... and I hope I've finally accepted this Basic truth... that men .. good or bad... loved,or not loved any more new, old... soul mates and Incompatibles... They're still men... and at their core will always be "MEN" I need to stop idolizing them.. and romanticizing my connections and reassess what my expectations of...

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In

The worst emotion...ever

i think... i can live with Fear.. I KNOW i can live with anger... its like a fuel that keeps you slim and your mind focused... i CANNOT cannot F&CKING LIVE with feeling vulnerable... it is the BANE of my existence.. i hate being insecure.. or being unsure of where i stand.... i wish i could rip it out of myself and replace...

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In

Didn't I give it all?Tried my best,Gave you everything I had,Everything and no less,Didn't I do it right?Did I let you down? ...

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In Mood In Music, Music

If the O'Jays sang it....It must be True...

A friend of mine...well someone I thought was my friend, has apparently been saying some maybe truthful, but definitely hurtful things about me to some mutual friends. That's really nothing new for me...but this person in particular I always believed would tell me the unkind things directly to my face if she felt it needed to be said. I expected Hard truth from...

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In Joy, Marvin Gaye

The Argument for Cloning - And on on the anniversary of his Birth, and Death

Born on April 2nd, Died on April 1st, Cyper, Circle...what ever you want to call it. Thanks for the JOY Marvin. Thanks for the JOY!! ...

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In

O.M.G

I have to thank Carnival Divas for this...[thanks lady] but i had to share.If this is not a lesson in "If you dont take care of your own...somebody else will" I don't know what is.My mouth was open throughout the whole thing...Enjoy-Disclaimer- ...

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In Pretty girl Encounters, Wisdom is Misery

is this how it goes??? The Mind of a Man

Really?  Hilarious. Please check out his blog too here. ...

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In Caribbean Events, Kes the Band

They coming...are you ready??

sniff....smells like Soca up in here!!you know how LONG I begging for Kes? Ask EVERY SOCA PROMOTER in Florida. I dare you!!!! Double DARE!! Even before this bumper season...every year...i would ask...Won't some one PLEASE bring Kes the Band to Florida? Please.I know ..i knowww they came to BLOCKo...but before RAVE last year, I don't think they got a chance to showcase themselves like the Stars they are.Buy...

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In Band Launch Announcement, Band Review

Imitation...the sincerest form of flattery...Check them

This one is for the dancers...HalCY!!!!!Love IT-Disclaimer- ...

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In Girl Crush, Lady Gaga

Listen with my eyes closed.....Paper Gangsta

So ..outside of her outrageous outfits and her surprisingly amazing insightful interview, Lady Gaga has kinda stayed off My personal radar. Partly because she reminds me of Marilyn Manson...as a woman...which somehow is scarier.. Anyways..Pandora threw her into my playlist this morning...Specifically...Paper Gangsta.... My head was down and I was working and listening....but paying attention to the lyrics.. This SONG IS HARD!!!!! oh my god...its not scary...

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In Fresh Water Yankee, My writing

Fresh Water Yankee...

I heard my voice today.. i heard my own tongue speak words that seemed alien to my ears...I listened to the cadence...to the measure of it....and felt like I had betrayed...Myself... like I've been infected with a germ of my own choosing...like i had hidden my BELONGING....the last outward vestige of my identity...believing it to be temporary....fooling myself that it would be only...

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In Mood In Music,

Searching....Squared - Hip Hop loves Roy Ayers

Roy Ayers - Searching is the uniting thread The Original Panty Droppas  Pete Rock and CL Smooth OMG...so. Private memory.  I soo used to imagine CL smooth was talking to me... Check the Lyrics after the jump...you'll understand DON"T JUDGE ME!!! .. and  now  Proof - On a J Dilla Produced Track ...

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In Dwele, Mood In Music

TATTOOED! cant get this out of my head today

Woke up..with this song in my head....This is what happens when you fall asleep with pandora playing..Apparently these guys didnt do videos...Steups..The Isley Brothers Sample makes my heart hurt..The hook.....well...just seems to damn personal...That's a marker of a good song right? EDIT..I don't consider Dwele a super singer [Ducks head like Luther or ...Stevie - see the comparison??] but his first vocal on...

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In Dimanche Gras 2011,

And the Results are.....

Trinidad & Tobago Calypso Monarch 2011Karene Asche – Be Careful What You Ask For / Uncle JackMichael ‘Sugar Aloes‘ OrsunaDr. Hollis Liverpool ChalkdustDevon SealesDexter ‘Stinger’ ParsonsKurt AllenBrian LondonTamika DariusKizzie RuizJoanne RowleyWeston ‘Cro Cro’ RawlinsRodney ‘Benjai’ Le BlancKing of Carnival 2011Wade Madray – Pacific Tsunami – 421Owen Hinds Jr. – 420Curtis Eustace – 416Queen of Carnival 2011Peola Marchand – The Jeweled Chandelier – 416Splendor...

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In Hold Your Breath, raheem Devaughn

Everyword in this songs gonna be about you....

In Bald Head, Image

LORD FATHER! HELP I

The Temptation...it is so strong...im finding it hard to remember WHYYY i wanna grow my hair..again?anyone? anyone? Huh? anyone??  ...

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In Love Jones, Renaissance Men

On Romance ....courtesy Love Jones..

I love the Movie...and I love these lines..and cause....cause I Just wanted to. :)..Plus Pandora chose the album for me this morning... Hollywood: I don't need poetry to get women.  Sheila Downes: No, you need a personality to get woman.  Savon Garrison: Try a breath mint and a visa.  You’re stompin down the street like somebody stole you’re fuckin bike! All of this...

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Somethings coming..

wonder what it is??? ...

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In PBP,

Scuse me....Real Talk....PBP

Even when he was loving you....he was loving me Even when he was F^(&king you...he was thinking about me..He need an exorcism to get rid of me...and sorry love ...you don't even have that degree...We connected more than you can ever seebeyond you beyond him beyond me.Searching for attention..you only feeding the need for me..So keep bringing the temper tantrumsand the scenes that...

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In Music,

Cause we Feel Like...

The Carnival Jumbie is a fickle one. Artists trying to decide when to drop their songs for Road March - if its too early or too late? Will the hype die out before its time for the Road? Will it get so much play early up that people fed with it by the time its the top of the season.And sometimes....Sometimes you just hit flicking GOLD!Enter.....................WotlessHere nuh....People...

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In Colbert Report,

I had to Share this....

The Colbert ReportTags: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive -Disclaimer- ...

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Thank you Pricey...

Father lord I was missing something like this!!. I thought it was just me that wanted to connect to the faces of soca that I Know and Still Love.Pricey...thank you. THANK you ...thank you. :) -Disclaimer- ...

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In Bald Head, Video

Reasons for the Big Chop....NSFW

Hi.  This video is hilarious....I love it. ...

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In

Song of the Day

I am Soca ...

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In Caribbean Events,

Women of Calypso - In florida

MIAMI DADE COLLEGE'S CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTpresentshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg4jUn_pgrUFriday and SaturdayJan. 28 and 29, 20118 p.m.Miami Dade CollegeNorth CampusWilliam and Joan Lehman Theater11380 N.W. 27 Ave., MiamiClick on image to see Women of CalypsoThis performance celebrates women's contributions to the classic Caribbean art form of Calypso – a musical world traditionally dominated by men. Three prominent women of the genre – Singing Saundra, Queen Fayola and...

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In Remove the Music Reveal the Poetry, Renaissance Men

Who Gon Check Me Boo??

Apparently Diss records are back...Maybe they never left...but I always thought the cleverest of "Disses"...diss-i?? [sp] were the ones where you had to figure out exactly what was being said...peel back the layers to find the truth and still have to wonder if you were correct or not. A BLATANT attack on someone - Tacky, un-cute, un sexy. Call out their NAME directly. Brave yes...but...

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In No Words, Stumbled Across

NO Words...

SourceSometimes you stumble across Gems..:) ...

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In My writing,

Beautiful..

I am not a hanger...I am not angled shoulders made for hanging fabulous garments on..I am not a statued physique...I am a curve,a continued slope of flesh and fat..an undulation of body..no straight lines..I am pout and push...give and return..my symmetry circular..does not easily conform to the demands of fashionand yet...I am forever ...

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In Far away, Natalie ambrosious

Far Away - no words needed

Brave. Honest. Strong. ...

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In D'Angelo, Lost One

Lost One - D'angelo Live - Untitled

Whew.Jesus.Trying to compose myself here..Yeah...so Yeah..D'Angelo. Another Teaser. Lost One.Just blew our minds...and vanished.Anyways.Yeah. So Yeah.DAMN. GOOD GODDAMN.Yeah Enjoy. And the Male background voice you're hearing IS Anthony Hamilton. ...

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In Music,

Oh GORRRRMMM....Cause a Dance is a FLIRT! Love it.

A dance is a FLIRT!!ok.. I LOVE thisssss..why?i wanna hold it like i hold mi mike when i sing once you satisfiedthere's no reason to take of mi wedding ring This is the season for the wining The only thing  taking off tonight is mi shirt...cause all i wanna do is Flirt...with no strings attached...WOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.....i want the LYRICSSS!!!  -Disclaimer- ...

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In Fayann Lyons, Music

Ah like it....

 Ok...so her voice kinda weird in the track....like this can't be the final version. It not mixed all the way down..maybe this is a first take..butthe elements there for me..The lyrics   - Pure Bad GIIRL..YOU KNOW what im talking about ladies..the song that you gonna stick your tongue out when you hear it..and wine by yourself...lolTurn it round and put pressure on it..Press...

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In Commentary,

Cobwebs

Over here boy.This blog is obviously becoming Seasonal...:)I'm sorry for the gaps of FOCUS...but life demands...:)so during the other months when I Cant focus on MIAMI Carnival..You can check out my other blog:.Clivia WritesIm kinda Feeling some of the soca thats coming out for Trinidad this year...so i think you'll be hearing me a lot on that...And I think a new direction in...

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In Mood In Music, Music

Everybody loves the Sunshine

One of the most sampled songs on the Universe. ...

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In Lauryn hill, Lost One

So you Dissed us...Again..

You know...I have friends who laugh at me cause I've been holding on to the "hope" Cause I didn't want to let you go. They say..she's gone cliv..she's BEEN gone cliv. Just last WEEK...see? I was waiting for you..and its not just me... Check this out Questions for Lauryn.So Obviously...its NOT JUST ME..and then.. You do THIS???? THIS? ...

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In Naps, Natural Belle.

I'm A rock Star!!

I got Featured as Natural Belle of the Week!! I'm a rock STAR!! I read this Blog daily! A british Blogger...i love to listen to her on youtube too..A chocolate natural with fashion sense Bar none. In the picture my hair got that long last time because i braided it for four months. This time I'm just going to leave it alone...and NOT MESS WITH IT!!...

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