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Organic reactions
2007-12-14 09:45:00
That's all I can call it...An Organ ic reaction...When you're a soca lover....and maybe this is just because I am a Born Trinidadian...Some songs produce a physical reaction in you ...sometimes without you being aware of it..Im sure that music in GENERAL does that to everyone...it produces a physical response...But..Maybe it's just me..and feel free to refer to the disclaimer on my page...I notice that most times its a Lavway...lol... that pace..you know??Not too fast ..not too slow...But something in the Chords..In the song structure...[hmm...most of them have a minor key in it??]Or a transition into a bridge ...Must talk to spiritual advisor about that....But I know....I KNOW..that there are songs...Calypso/Soca/Kaiso....that produce an organic reaction in me...ORGANIC...my eyes water...my taste buds wake up...and I have to swallow...the hairs on the back of my neck standup...my arm pits tingle...i tighten my stomach...and um other muscles..[the uhm...urine control ones??? BWAHA...

Random Convo In Traffic with Jamaican Male
2007-12-12 17:26:00
THE SCENE: Clivia: In car cursing at the traffic light...glancing out the window… Next to me in the other car, a Jamaican male of indeterminable age...[you may ask how the hell can I tell he's jamaican?] Driving a random sleek car with Rims and impeccable detail job...with Movado Squeeze Breast playing at 9AM!!! HE JAMAICAN!!! THE CONVO Random Jamaican: Mornin' Sweetness...dat cyar fit you...gimme yuh numba.. Clivia: Oh thanks…I like it too....sorry I can't do that I don't Know you...I don't give my number to strangers.. Random Jamaican: Bloood Cl$%&^t.....you have a sweet space in your teeth....and you Trini..so you could wine..and sing.Tek mi numba ...let me take you to the cluurb....[club... I assume??]. Clivia: Sorry I don't feel comfortable with that [He now pulls out of his lane...a LEFT turning lane actually...in between cars that are in the straight moving lane and pulls up mid-Lane next to me. There are now THREE , count'em THREE cars in a TWO car L...
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WHOO HOOO IT's Official
2007-12-10 16:06:00
You are now reading the blog of the NEW CREATIVE DIRECTOR of Vibrationzz INC!!!WHOOO HOOO pressha...now when people critique designs is me who goh be dying and cringing in the back...sigh..Forward HO!!!sooo excited....and nervous...and excited...and busy...and excited...We've started early guys...plans afoot already, like Miami Carnival is in February not October...
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I Swear..[Thanks Soca 919]
2007-12-05 16:39:00
Listening to Soca 919 while at work..kinda lulls me into this calm, pleasant state. I think its cause I hear these voices that sound like mine...Instead of the Yankee nasal that I hear constantly...I feel completely surrounded by it..and I hope my co-workers can understand me for the rest of the day!!HAHAHA....usually when I'm around my people i go "ISLAND" on them...and I have to repeat everything..It reminds me of those saturday mornings I spoke about before...I realized this morning that I'm working quietly with a half smile...Cause I feel like I'm home...Everybody sounding like my cousin...or my mother...sigh..Simple things..Thanks Soca 919
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Simple Things that Make Me happy..
2007-11-30 17:08:00
A Doubles, at the perfect temperature, with the correct amount of pepper with the accurate consistency,A Random heckle from an anonymous stranger.."Ey Sweetness.." and that's all...no more harassment...no more words...just a smile...That moment right after you sip your first cup of coffee on a Monday morning..Jeans that fit both my hips and my waist...A psychic phone call from my mother at just that moment when i Missed her or needed her or was sick...or hungry...Finding 20.00 in my back jeans pockets just when I was about to overturn the couch for coins ...That smell in the nape of a man's neck that is just his own...combination of warm, and cologne...and MAN...Feeling SEXY in your own skin...just causeSunday afternoons with a glass of Merlot and a clean house and a good book...Sitting in the Macdonald's parking lot with my sister, eating a greasy sandwich BEFORE we drive so that we can both eat instead of one eating and driving...BEFORE we go shop like we're Paris Hilton.
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FULL STEAM AHEAD!!
2007-11-28 19:41:00
I know allyou carnival heads cant even focus on Christmas...is just the pass thru for carnival...I agreeee...Full STEAM AHEAD!!!Miami CARNIVAL!! hahahahahforgive me.. ..i know you saying she crazy....I'm excited....!!! ..but soooo much to do...and strike while the iron is hot..sigh..anyways..this was just to shake off some of the fire in my brain..back to scheduled programming....
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Absent
2007-11-25 20:21:00
Absent..Im a second hand relative...someone you remember fondly...but you don't see in day to day terms..Absent..the relative where if something happens to them you go ..oh no that's so awful...but it doesn't affect your day to day life..i Hate that...I feel like im the one that misses everything..that's markedly missing..i have no memories...as an adult...i just rely on the ones that were in my childhood..i guess it's my fault...and i hope i have time to fix that..the guilt gnaws at me.,..I try to change it..it breaks me when i can't..thank god my sister hasn't given up on me..at least her life can be mine too....i don't want to be absent..the forgotten..no one to share my moments..i hope they forgive me..

My Hip Hop Questions...
2007-11-18 23:09:00
Don't mind me...I know I'm a Trini...i.e Soca Lover...but i listen to all genres...and these are a few observations on Hip Hop...lol...indulge me..[I not going to Trinidad for carnival...lol..so my interests diverted...] 1. What do we have to do to make Lauryn Hill Happy and hopeful and optimistic without messing with her brilliance and eloquence and talent and energy?? I just want her whole. I think we need her in this life. I pray for her. My heart reaches out to her when I see her perform before and hear her speak now. I’m sure she’s searching for her personal truth but GODDAMN WHY THE HELL IS IT TAKING SO LONG??? The silence she’s created is DEAFENING. It’s almost a scream. I miss her. Come back to us. We need you. 2 Can Little Kim please stop the surgery? I’m afraid for her. She used to be such a pretty chocolate thing? You think it’s addictive? I love her energy and spunk. I don’t judge her antics, her stunts her words. In fact I admire her….but dammi...
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Saturday Morning Chores- Living Trini
2007-11-17 02:38:00
Ok for those of us that grew up in Trinidad/Tobago..Saturday morning was always chores morning..and for some blinking reason...your parents always had TONS of mahogany furniture that needed to be rubbed down with a soft cloth and Pledge oil..eventually the spray replaced it...thank god..Intricate Lace Doilies, starched and sprayed into spectacular designs, had to be lifted and shaken , tables dusted and polished and then replaced. Crystal vases to spray and wash down with Windex, and Terazzo floors made broom clean.In our house we had 2 cherry wood rocking chairs, a dining room table with six chairs, a drinks cart, a piano..YES I SAID A PIANO...sigh... a glass top breakfast table with stainless steel chairs with a wicker seat and a sleeper lounge to dust plus a whole living room to vacuum.It never dawned on me that we had so much wood in our house till Saturday morning bright and early VAL - [the mommy only I CAN SAY THAT OKAY????] wake us up to do chores before we had to head to ...
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New title - VIBRATIONZZ 2008
2007-11-17 01:10:00
So people...Ive been offered an Official Position on the VIBRATIONZZ committee...and ive decided to take it...Im sure there will be an official announcement soon...so i'll wait till then to specify..but i am SOOOOOOOOO EXCITED I COULD PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! lolBALANCE!!Anyways....We're having a meeting soon to of course address Carnival Past...and plans for the future.I welcome feedback and suggestions to take to the board so we keep improving the experience for you guys..Much LOVEey...and yes ..we are still FLAVA GIRLS!!..but i think ive found a creative way to blend the two..updates soon
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The Art of Being a Trini...
2007-11-15 16:57:00
Being Trinbagonian is an art form. I’m sure being from any Island Is. Here is some insight though into why being Trinidadian is such a difficult task unless you were BORN into it...Feel free to add more as you think of them.. You refer to all salt crackers as "Crix". You know the meaning of the word "Obzokie". ??? You go to parties for the food [well sometime…Friends I go for the Corn soup]... and the word free never quite had the same meaning. Your recipe for making orange juice is plenty water, plenty sugar, plenty ice and only 2 orange... and Angostura bitters… You say "Boy" at the beginning of a sentence and "man" or “Dread” at the end of it...and the words "Yes We" doesn't refer to any people, person or thing "Priority" doesn't have anything to do with what you have to do right away. You put ketchup and pepper sauce and Mustard on your pizza. Anchovies? Yuh losin' it or what? Your cupboards are full of canned corned beef, Sardin...

Patience
2007-11-11 21:14:00
NOVEMBER 16, 2007 . 3:44PMLife is such a funny thing...you can be at the top of the world...and in mere seconds...the time it takes for a butterfly's wing to move the tiny bit of air that propels it...the time it takes for a tear to form in the corner of your eye...You've sunken into a pit of despair and confusion that makes the previous high feel like a dream..a hallucination...an unrecognized dream...So...You...you know who you are..We have had this conversation many times...even when i swore not to speak to you again....but found you because nothing else would make sense...I know that human beings live this exchange of euphoria and depression constantly...It is part of your creative process..Listen...I acknowledge my blessings...I know I must not be bitter..or dissatisfied..or selfish....or grudgeful...or forgetful of my talents and accomplishments...my successes and my instances of dumb luckand divine intervention...I know that I'm survivor and a soldier..and greed is an ev...
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GOOD GODDAMN..JILL!! DAMN
2007-11-08 05:03:00
JILL SCOTT LYRICS"Crown Royal"Your hands on my hips pull me right backto you, ICatch that thrust give it right back to you,you'rein so deep I'm breathing for you,youGrab my braids arch my back high foryou yourDiesel engine,I'm squirting mad oil ahDown on the floor til my speaker startsto boilI flip s**tQuick slipHip dipAnd I'm twistedIn your handsand your lipsand your tongue tricksand you're so thick and you're so thickand you're soCrown Royal on iceCrown Royal on ice (On Ice)Crown Royal on iceCrown Royal on ice (On Ice)Your hands on my hips pull me right back to you, ICatch that thrust give it right back to you,you'reIn so deep I'm breathing for you,youGrab my braids arch my back high foryou yourDiesel engine,I'm squirting mad oil ahDown on the floor til my speaker startsto boilI flip s**tQuick slipHip dipAnd I'm twistedIn your hands and your lipsand your tongue tricksand you're so thick and you're so thickand you're soCrown Royal on iceCrown Royal on ice (On Ice)Crow...
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I'm BACK!@!!!!
2007-11-07 18:13:00
The Jumbie BITE Me!!Missing TNT was killing the VOICE!! But I excited again...Check soon for updates....
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On to Friday-Black and White/Socavivor
2007-10-17 01:49:00
So After Tribe Party...Bagogyul the Solider and CARA head out to Rise and Shine.. LOOORD...i wanted to go...but i had some Band responsibilities... but always the optimist..the girl dress like she WOULD be there on the possibilty that i would make it. So.. i head out early in the morning...Going to pick up some additional feathers and stuff...but I had a lunch time committment with MIss Kizzy Vibrations to sort out the last of the costumes.. Got distracted for a minute though cause I had to head to the airport to pick up a relative that was coming in... So...the person aint show I stand up in the airport for over an hour...and finally decided to head out back to my car...who i see pull up in the airport ..Marlos and Les..Apparently they were there to pick up my cousin Sophia who had just come in for the carnival. so after some hugs in the street to the distress of the Sherriff, and a plan to meet up at LC's Roti shop later, we all headed out.Got to the mas camp, and doing the las...
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Ah sticking Miami Carnival Review
2007-10-15 21:30:00
yes i Know..ah sticking..but my computer was down...and it working now..and i started..sigh..Tonight...ok tonight..
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Miami Carnival Results..sigh
2007-10-15 02:51:00
All im saying is..CONGRATULATIONS GENX. IT "S TIME!!MASQUERADE BAND of the YEAR:(1) GENERATION X -"Kaleidoscope" - 251 points(2) China Mas Group - "It's Carnival " - 241 pts(3) Wassi Ones - "Unmasked 20/20 "- 207 pts(4) Acapai Players - "Masquerade" - 201 pts(5) Skan D Lus - "Blast from the Past"-200 pts(6) MAC International - "Tribes" - 190 pts(7) Party Room Squad - "From the Garden of Good and Evil" -184 pts(8) D'Gathering - "Neptune's Playground" -176 pts(9) Vibrationzz - "Into the Oasis" - 172 pts(10) Miami Pan Symphony - "Pirates of the Caribbean" - 153 pts(11) Natural Freaks - "Dutty" - 121 pts**shakes head in dismay**
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Winner Miss Miami Carnival
2007-10-11 04:29:00
Allyuh Blasted party addicts would not have made it to this...hahaBut here is the winner of Miss Miami Carnival ...i believe she was on the road too..2007 Miss Miami Carnival Queen Ms. Daveile Payne-Abbot
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Tribe Ignite
2007-10-11 04:02:00
Powered by GoodWidgets.com You swear this was a Marlos party. Can't take credit for the pics either ..They were his..Thanks Darlin
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Miami Carnival Review
2007-10-11 03:49:00
So i figured the best thing to do would be do it in stages.First Night. Tribe-Ignite. THURSDAYWe decided to go to to the Tribe party instead of Girl Power. I not gonna get into the reasons why.hahah. Those who KNOW....KNOW!! And those who dont...GUESS!!Anyways.Cousin Bago came in about 11..so I decided to wait on her before I headed out.My other friends got down there real early ...and they scared me because when they first got there they were saying." Cliv nobody here...we waiting in our car to go inside."Talk about shell shocked !!The same people that were throwing this party has had some mas issues before so EVERYBODY was kinda worried about whether the party would come off or not.Anyways. On to the fete...Cousin reach...and we had to meet up with Marlos from home, and Cara from Brooklyn so the convoy [now dubbed Carnival Soldiers] would go to Big Fish ...Anyways we meet up at a Gas a station half way.Oh my look marlos...he so sweet ...met the Friend...Les [the bald head rasta]...
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Miami Carnival In Review
2007-10-09 16:04:00
Allyuh...i know starting to come off my carnival high....so this is a quickie till later..My blogger Girls...who now have a Face to Me..I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My CARNIVAL SOLDIERS!!!Stay tuned for Next year...and pictures....so we can shareBAGO GYAL my ride or die...i hate when allyuh have to go back Home!!!All my newly initiated FLAVA girls..Thank you ..thank you..them vibes were AMAZING!!! i will go through fire to have that same vibe EVERYTIME...so the formula must remain!!Party reviews soon...Clivia/Tallest/Browngirl/GuinnessM y new catch Phrase:"I'm not a Movie Star, But I play one on TV!!" [details to follow]
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And the fallout Begins...
2007-10-09 16:03:00
Fort Lauderdale police overreacted when they called for emergency backup to control crowds at the Broward Caribbean Carnival, event organizers said Monday.Andy Ansola, president of the organization, said the response Sunday shows how unaccustomed Fort Lauderdale officers are to Caribbean cultural events and signals a need for sensitivity training."You have to understand the mind-set of the people," Ansola said. "The people are just there to have a good time. They're not there to create a riot. They're just there to release and be free."Police said hundreds tried to push their way through a gate in the 5300 block of Northwest 12th Avenue. The emergency call about 6 p.m. almost brought all on-duty officers to the site, but police canceled it once a special unit with crowd control expertise calmed things down.The incident marks the latest controversy to plague the carnival, held Sunday at the Fort Lauderdale Stadium, where police estimated 20,000 people attended. The event has grown ...
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Soundtrack to Miami Carnival
2007-10-04 04:26:00
Click Play and Wine in your CHAIR
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A picture is Worth a Thousand Words
2007-10-04 01:06:00
Vibrationzz Music Truck Last Year -EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER this Year
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Silence...SUCKS [Into The West]
2007-10-03 20:35:00
For EVERYBODY....sigh..This blog been brewing for days now. To be honest a sister was torn between being politically correct and just...well...being real. Miami Carnival is always politics...and I try not to stir the pot too much.Bago...you know what I'm talking about....is like Island Mix back board...nothing saying up front ...but the PM's busy like Noah on Flood Day!Well allyuh sure as hell know by know that IE is not on the road for Miami Carnival. I'm devastated.I remember at their launch though i was so proud of them too...plus that Saloon Girls Costumes rocked me. We were almost Saloon Girls.In the end, Clivia the Artist's Interests [ my alter ego] won out. I wasn't playing with them, but personally I consider them my friends, and I wanted to see them do Well. I'm not gonna speculate [well publicly at least] on the reasons...cause we all know Carnival is Bacchaanal...and to be honest not going on the road is a Producer's NIGHTMARE that I can associate with PERSONALLY!...
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Vibrationzz at the Bohemia room This week
2007-09-29 09:27:00
Vibrationzz was honored to show costumes at the The Bohemia Room on south Beach this week. Then, we also displayed at Miami Live on Lincoln Road. Thank you Ingrid for giving us the opportunity to showcase the designs!! See you on the road(only the green amd white costumes are Vibrationzz)
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Countdown
2007-09-29 08:47:00
Allyuh it nearly here...i could barely work.....father lord...save me..It's Carnival!!!!
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Inspirational Post of the Day - Energy
2007-09-27 18:25:00
'Energy is neither created or destroyed but Changes from one Form to Another'The Argument exists that we are all products of our environment. I believe it has an effect on us yes, but I don't think it completely defines who we are. A person is Much More than its Environment.However a lot can be said about the people we surround ourselves with.Make sure the people you keep around have the same goals you do. I'm not saying go to the extremes of cutting and dicing your associations cause they don't match yours, but make sure the people you keep around you :Share Your Energy level..Your Ambitions,Your Ethics...Your Work Ethic,Have the Ability to make Hard decisions in a Crunch..Have the same resolve you do..Accept Your Differences,Know your Flaws But LOVE you Anyway...CAN SINCERELY and EASILY Apologize when they Hurt you ...and RESPECT your EFFORT and TIME and TALENTS...not EXPLOIT IT!!Like a Radio Host said last Night...I SWEAR she was talking STRAIGHT AT Me...she might as well ...
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Vibrationzz Distribution
2007-09-26 23:10:00
DISTRIBUTION INFORMATIONCostume distribution will begin Thursday October 4 @ 3PM-8PM. Come to the Casablanca 6345 Collins Ave TH-1 Miami Beach, FL. 33141Friday Vibrationzz' Welcome Event hosted by Miami's #1 DJ, WALSHY KILLA @ Sybil's restaurant of New York 20725 NW 2nd Ave., Miami, FL. 33169 (on 441/State rd 7) Pick up and event starts @ 8PM-11PM. Music by Walshy Killa & Rhythm Int'l. (This will be the last chance to get any available costumes). Come eat, drink, dance and mingle with your Vibrationzz family.Saturday October 6, 2007 back to the Casablanca 6345 Collins Ave., TH-1 Miami Beach, FL. 33141. Distribution begins @ 1PM-8PM. Please be on time.

Miami Carnival Fete Guest List ettiquette
2007-09-26 17:51:00
So of course, we're down to crunch time. Hopefully if you planned right, your tickets were bought in advance...cause they will RAPE you at the door!!But if you've done like me, and made a blinking spreadsheet of the events you're going to attend, the advance ticket price...[cause it cheaper] and paid for these things in advance, you have a certain calm at this point.Cause costume paid for, tickets in strong box...outfits planned....all you have to worry about now is Accessories, Style Issues, and drinking money,[ sometimes not even that if you have an all inclusive planned in].Unfortunately I have some friends, who didn't listen to my sage advice about advance purchasing of tickets....and now they STRESSING and trying to STRESS me in the process.STEUPS. Did I not email this spreadsheet to everybody?? Did I not explain the advantages of upfront purchasing??THEN you have the gall to ask me to do a HOOK UP FOR YOU???!!???!!LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING...granted, in all honesty, the ev...
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