Sunday, January 30, 2011

Music My Life

Something most of my friends have in common, or at least I would like to think: lOve Of music...

There is music for Every situation and every situation requires Music. I have the most eclectic taste and would say that I like all kinds of music, at least each style has a few great artists! The only thing I avoid is pure mainstream, the top 100... maybe my spirit of contradiction, my quest for the rare and the precious. I will try through this blog to take you on my search to new music all the time. It can be the result of real research sometimes, hours spent scrolling through youtube and deezer.

A title that goes well with the theme of the day: "Music my Life". I discovered Degg J Force 3, a Guinee-Conakry hip hop group through my friend Sekou Keita, son of Mamady Keita, whom is a friend of the guy dressed in white on the beach. I love the rough-ness of this guys voice and think that the whole production shows how advanced music in Africa is and has always been... they can even produce clips that look like the US ones! Enjoy...



Saturday, January 29, 2011

Living Apart Together

Since my separation with my husband 4 years ago, I have only been into casual relationships. I think that I am ready again to invest in a relationship, however I am not keen to let anyone touch the pillars in my new life. Since my husband left me for another woman, I have bought a loft, converted it into a home for my 6 year old daughter Mila and myself; I have been able to move up in my job quite significantly; I have great friends whom I can trust and rely on quite a bit; I have a good relationship with my parents and my sister... and I feel good. Any man today seems like a threat to the freedom and balance I have found between all of the above elements...

But I would love to love again. I have so much to give... and need to share. To discover, to discuss, to travel, to dine, to make love with someone special in my life. I also have always wanted minimum 3 children, and believe that each child deserves to have a real father. So why does the idea of a man moving into my life freaks me out so much? I am starting to believe that a L.A.T. relationship would be just right for me during this period of my life. Strangely enough, men seem not to be that keen of the idea at all! And I thought it was one of Their inventions...

2011 - a Turning Point

Saturday afternoon, I should be cleaning... Nothing pre-destined 2011 to become the start of my second life. 24 December: I graciously dump my boyfriend of a few months, for no particular reason. Few days later, I decide to resign from my very comfortable and well-paid job in a top French asset management company, for no particular reason. Christmas, no party; New Year, in bed before 12am... really 2011 won't have to be special to be better!

I have decided to do something. And I don't know what that something would be. Let's find out together!