6 Years Of Glee

I watched the final ever last episodes of Glee recently and I'm devastated actually because what are my Thursday nights going to consist of now...? Every Thursday at 9pm for six years, I'd sit in front of my TV and watched Glee; whilst a smile crept upon on my face as I knew that I was ending my day right. 

I've been a GLEEK for 6 YEARS! And to see it come to an end is truly sad but every good show must have it's closing curtain, and Glee did it beautifully.





It was definitely difficult watching it knowing that Cory Monteith's unexpected death change Murphy's original plan for the series finale. However, after watching the finale, I can honestly say that I'm proud of the way things turned out for Rachel and the rest McKinley High's graduates.

The first of the two final episodes was titled "2009", as it showed us how the Glee club came to be. Whilst the second one was titled "Dreams Do Come True" because every member achieved their goal. I won't reveal anything as I know that some of you have yet to watch and cry for a few hours about the end of an incredible show. 

The musical-comedy show that premiered on May 19th, 2009 and closing on March 20th, 2015 also honoured to their late cast member, Cory Monteith aka Finn Hudson just when we thought it couldn't get any better. The entire group reunited at McKinley one last time where Sue announced that the auditorium would now be named  the "Finn Hudson Auditorium" where so many life changing decisions occurred for most of the characters. 

Moreover, to finally wrap it up, New Directions members from years past and present united for one last massive number. The last short of the series is the re-dedication plaque for the auditorium, the memorial plaque for former Glee club director Lillian Adler, who was Will's director and the memorial plaque for Finn Hudson.

I'd like to take this time to thank Ryan Murphy for the 121 episodes. You have changed people's lives in every way. Thank you to Cory Monteith for so gracious appearing on our screens and standing up and defending the outcasts because you knew how special, they'd one day be. To Mr. Schuester and Sue; you were the best of enemies to ever walk upon our screens. Lastly, thank you to the cast! Thank you for dedicating 6 years of your lives, so that you could film a show that represented every kind of person there is in the world. 

Series Finale Song List

Rachel and Kurt: “Popular”

Mercedes: “I’m His Child”

Artie: “Pony”

New Directions: “Don’t Stop Believin’”

Will: “Teach Your Children” 

Mercedes: “Someday We’ll Be Together”

Sue and Will: “The Winner Takes It All”

Kurt and Blaine: “Daydream Believer”

Rachel: “This Time”

Everyone: “I Lived”

We couldn't have asked for a more fitting, proud conclusion to the series as it made a loser seem cool.

To Pimp A Butterfly

The surprise album from the legend approved, new West Coast master, Kendrick Lamar. If I'm being honest, I was sad that the album dropped a week earlier than its original release date but I'm over it now because this meant that we got to hear the album earlier that originally anticipated.

To Pimp A Butterfly, I'd say that is a follow on from Kendrick's second album, good kid, m.A.A.d city. It's a mad, thought provoking and groundbreaking combination. Kendrick Lamar constantly proved to be one of the best to be taken seriously because he preaches the truth! This album is a true masterpiece of music.

In this review, I'm going to list my 10 favourite featuring artists and the best final surprise on the FINAL track. 

Firstly, there are numerous artists on this album which makes it even incredible! Kendrick collaborated with some of hip-hop's greatest as the list of collaborations goes across the musical spectrum! 

1. Snoop Dogg -  is one of the West Coast legends that helped transfer the "West Coast touch" onto Kendrick. He's always been Kendrick's supporter. He laid some bars on the Institutionalized track.
2. Flying Lotus - well, I've never heard of him until he appeared on Kendrick's album and track Never Catch Me. However, I loved and still love his aunt, the late Alice Coltrane's jazz pieces. I'm also in love with Wesley's Theory, so thank you for producing that!
3. Terrace Martin - having appeared on mAAd city, Martin reappeared again on To Pimp A Butterfly, as he helped with the funky and jazzy grooves of the album. Martin is also influenced by the late jazz Miles Davis.
4. Anna Wise - offered her lovely vocals on the Institutionalized and These Walls tracks. She also did some vocals on the mAAd city album. 
5. Rapsody - females are underrated way too much! Rapsody, who's one of my favourite MCs' focused on skin colour on the track of Complexion (A Zulu Love). Though the track name, itself, should've have given you a clue. 
6. Bilal - former member of the Soulquarians, which also included Erykah Badu. Bilal features on These Walls and Institutionalized. Give his A Love Surreal album a listen too.
7. Lalah Hathaway - as a backup vocalist, she lends her pipes to Complexion (A Zulu Love) and apparently, more importantly, it's her 2008 song; On Your Own that serves as the foundation of Momma.
8. Thundercat - a singer/songwriter. This guy is a SICK bass player! He accompanies on Wesley's Theory and These Walls. You could say that he's bass playing is... F L A W L E S S.
9. Ron Isley - well, omfg he and James Fauntleroy...one the same track! How Much A Dollar Cost, these two both have splendid voices. Isley is somewhat of one of my favourite soul legends because of Twist and Shout (yes, it the Isley Brothers that made this a hit before the Beatles).
10. Tupac Shakur - last but not least, ladies and gentlemen...  Kendrick has relentlessly  stated Tupac as his idol and it's no wonder that the track that Tupac appears on is Mortal Man. This track touches on the necessity of Tupac's career and it's also the longest and final track on To Pimp A Butterfly, as it is 12 minutes long. Ending with an interview as Kendrick asks the legendary rapper, questions on opportunity, evil and how he, Kendrick can understand his own place in hip hop. The true and final move, Kendrick does is call out "Pac" as it begs to spend more time with his hero.

On Your Own 

Moreover, To Pimp A Butterfly kind of lines with Tupac's Me Against The World album as Kendrick's album was released March 16th, 2015; whereas' Tupac's was released March 14th, 1995. It had been the 20th anniversary of Me Against The World.

 http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6502315/kendrick-lamar-to-pimp-a-butterfly-10-key-collaborators

You're A W E S O M E.

Flight 4U 9525

If we should perish.... and you should live on

Don't let grief consume you, only to destroy you

If we should suffer an unfortunate event...while others have no choice but to watch our downfall

We don't wish guilt upon you nor do we want you to drown yourself in sorrow

If life was to offer us anything else than what we desired... make your own path

We weren't born to follow the path left by those who walk in front of us

Life has these unfortunate series of events...

The ones that occur in the deepest and most poignant moments  

150 souls

If life should become unbearable and you feel like giving up, DON'T

Don't forget that you are being led by a leader with 10 years of experience 

 Most of you still had your lives ahead of you, I assume that among you were wise, noble people that were going to change the world 

Let go of your anger, let go of your ego and let go of your sadness

Returning from an exchange were 16 beautiful souls accompanied by 2 knowledgeable teachers

2 innocent, graceful and full-hearted souls of happiness

Life knows no sadness... believe this, I hope neither do you

150 souls

Loved ones light candles... gathering flowers to lead you home 

Though a void has been entrenched within them and some will build a memorial in honour 
of you

Knowing that you aren't coming back home...

That your smile, and that the laughter in your eyes that you used to shield the dejection when you were down will never be seen again
130 souls hoping to go home, and for one more time...and touch their loved ones
A chance that now will never come, a chance that now dwells in the mountains that were once so flawlessly placed...they still are, but...
150 souls
If life should bear no despair... we should follow the same suit
But...we are not life, we are living life 
We should grieve because we are hurting 
We are hurting because our loved ones now lie serenely but not with us
They lie in the ever so beautifully crafted Alps 
Flight 370, Flight 1086, Flight 235, 2015 Eglin Air Force Base, 2015 Los Llanos Air Base, 2015 Syrian Air Force An-26, Villa Castelli collision 
If we should suffer an unfortunate event... like this unfortunate event and like those before us,
We have a choice to stand in unity and comfort each other in these vulnerable times

If we should perish.... and you should live on

Don't let grief consume you, only to destroy you

If we should suffer an unfortunate event...while others have no choice but to watch our downfall

We don't wish guilt upon you nor do we want you to drown yourself in sorrow

If life was to offer us anything else than what we desired... make your own path

We weren't born to follow the path left by those who walk in front of us

Life has these unfortunate series of events...

The ones that occur in the deepest and most poignant moments  

150 souls

Fitzgerald

This Year...I'm Going To Learn How To Live #HappySunday

1. Have more four a.m. dance parties by yourself. With your siblings. More late nights laughing with friends, more bonfires and fireworks, more stupid choices and lessons learned. Enjoy your youth a little more.
2. Stress less. Cry less over homework, over projects procrastinated and tests piling up; save up all those tears for laughter, for unbearable happiness. Be okay with less than perfect.
3. Learn to eat that second cookie. Know when to load up on the greens and cut out the crap, and when to let go. Enjoy eating, taste everything. Stop stepping on the scale.
4. Be more vulnerable. Stay up all night just to figure out the universe, talk about everything. Find that person: the one to tell everything. Then, tell them everything. Find relief in being understood.
5. Be more than silly. Take that risk to go to a karaoke night though you can't hit the notes. Dance like nobody's watching (chances are, they're not). Speak your mind even when you feel your voice trembling. Be BOLD!
6. Breathe. Go for walks every week, look at the stars whenever they're out, take bubble baths. Find a space and don't let anyone take it away. Live in the moment and love every second of it.
7. Love yourself. Every last scar and bump. Every missed questions and failed idea, every little quirk. Love yourself until you understand why others love you too.
8. Survive. Thrive.

Tumblr borrowed - whispersofstardust

Fur Fashion...It's Great, Right? Though I'm A PETA People

Pick Your Head Up And Please Don't Care by Baqlis

Pick your head up and don't cry please,

And no, it's not because that mascara's expensive

And that guy are not near excessive

No, they don't matter 

It's okay because your heels still clatter

But every time you stutter

You flinch 

Because the rise frightens you

That hand compromises every hue

Making you red, purple and blue

Convincing yourself "he's not cruel"

And in actual fact 

Baby, he doesn't love you, he loathes you

Unclothes you, and convinces you that he still adores every part of you 

But that word is out of line and darling, you're out of time

That hand clenches and your body condenses

And before you know it you're sitting and sniffing your own blood, drowning in tears that will soon flood

Your tears speak more than you do 

And that lack of communication is killing your whole nation

And to him your another station no longer a destination 

He uses and chooses what spot he can rot away 

And in between those legs what was a tempest now decays

Honey, it isn't your fault...he's built on a foundation of insecurities and faults

And his sick cure is destroying beauty at its greatest decor

You're not the only one he sticks it in and sticks them with colours that were once beaming rainbows to only black and blue showing nothing but contradicting love

Look up and clear those eyes and realise through his fake lies

That you are not the only one he's left with a maybe son 

Crushing your worth destroying your beauty made earth

With something barely scarce 

It's time-consuming and nothing's really moving 

But he finds it amusing

You're the only one losing a biased benefited war

The opposition lacks everything you've mastered as a skill

And it's all real 

Because your capability is beyond his masculinity

And you don't realise you can decompose his eroding particles 

He is artificial 

So pick your head up and don't cry, please

100 Ways To Be Kind

1) Smile ☺

2) Call someone (family or friend) who you haven’t talked to in awhile.

3) Plant a tree or flowers in a neglected area.

4) Prepare/buy a meal for a homeless person.

5) Volunteer your time at a senior living center.

6) Hug the ones you love for no particular reason.

7) Pick up trash.

8) Adopt a pet.

9) Volunteer at an animal shelter.

10) Mentor the local youth.

11) Donate books to charity or the local library.

12) Put $5 on a random gas pump.

13) Send out a card to a family or friend, just because.

14) Share your creativity.

15) Always hold the elevator.

16) Cook a meal for a friend or family member, just because.

17) Write a letter of appreciation.

18) Help someone for free.

19) Tip a street performer.

20) Play a sport with a child or teenager.

21) Be a motivator.

22) Be a designated driver.

23) Say “Bless you” when someone sneezes.

24) Donate what you don’t use.

25) Renew a friendship with a friend you haven’t seen or talked to in awhile.

26) Tip well when dining out.

27) Mow a neighbor’s lawn.

28) Don’t litter.

29) Pay for the toll or bus fare for the person behind you.

30) Buy someone a coffee.

31) “Hold your tongue” before speaking or writing when you are angry or agitated.

32) Encourage someone to follow his or her dreams.

33) Buy some jumper cables so you are ready to help someone with a dead car battery.

34) Walk the grocery cart back to the store.

35) Let irrelevant things go and learn to move on.

36) Be anonymously kind whenever possible.

37) Celebrate a loved one’s birthday.

38) Leave nice comments on social media and/or blogs.

39) Leave extra time in the parking meter.

40) Offer to buy lunch.

41) Pay for the person behind you at the drive thru.

42) Give up your seat on the bus or train.

43) Stay true to your word.

44) Be a better partner to your significant other.

45) Be a better sibling.

46) Be a better friend to your friends.

47) Clean up after yourself.

48) Hold the door for people.

49) Compliment others.

50) Comfort someone in an embarrassing or awkward situation.

51) Be sociable in social situations.

52) Genuinely care for others.

53) Don’t count favors.

54) Expect nothing in return for your kindness.

55) Be kind to yourself.

56) Minimize judgment.

57) Minimize jealousy.

58) Be present to your friends and family members events.

59) Be a good listener.

60) Be optimistic.

61) Be polite.

62) Take an interest in others.

63) Be random with your acts of kindness. Do it for no particular reason.

64) Accept your friend’s mistakes.

65) Make a new friend.

66) Stay calm and don’t react with arguments.

67) Approach all people with an open mind.

68) Be with people when they need you.

69) Listen with the intent to learn from others.

70) Help people up in life when they fall.

71) Give others space when needed.

72) Live by the golden rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

73) Respect others and their property.

74) Believe in others and give them hope when needed.

75) Straight up tell people your appreciation for them for the difference they make in your life.

76) Carpool and get someone where they want to be.

77) Shovel snow out of someone’s driveway.

78) Teach someone your skills.

79) Try not to interrupt others.

80) Apologize when necessary.

81) Display good sportsmanship.

82) Give support to your friends and family members in critical situations.

83) Inspire others.

84) Be humble.

85) Ask more questions than you answer.

86) Practice patience.

87) Protect nature.

88) Donate blood.

89) Be an organ donor .

90) Try your best to be understanding of other’s situations.

91) Avoid gossip.

92) Say thank you.

93) Give gratitude when it’s due.

94) Always share.

95) Say something nice to someone.

96) Say something nice about someone.

97) Make someone laugh.

98) Speak kindly to others.

99) Forgive someone.

100) Be honest.

http://earthpsyche.com/100-ways-we-can-change-the-world-through-kindness/

Shake The Dust.

When I came across this video, I thought that it was a truly perfect artistic performance. I laughed and at the end of it all, I was transformed. Watch  Angis Mojhani deliver an astounding poem.

Mumma's Day

Believe me when I say... raising five kids on your own isn't the easiest...

But you never once gave up on us

A hardworking woman who goes out night after night to save other's lives, 

Then come back to your zoo of a house and deal with five kids with five different personalities

We haven't always been the best but damn, are grateful to have you as our mother

Never dwelling on the past...you've never once complained about how difficult your role is

It's true that we've had bad days though we can't forget the good days made from our misery

There are angels that God puts on the earth... the ones that care and guide us 

If I wish for anything in the world...

It'd be that you stop, rest and let us take care of you

In the life that we are living right now, we are awakened to the higher consciousness

We have accepted the hardest of things but dwell on them even though we are surrounded by powerful women

Strong, independent and proud women have raised my siblings and me

Educating us to be the best possible versions of ourselves 

God, thank you for the roses from your garden... the ones that you so lovingly plucked from the shores of your jubilee

How can we thank you? 

For the never ending support, laughter and tears 

We, the five of us have proved to be more than a struggle

However I believe that only someone like you, someone that's so strong yet gentle and caring could have managed us, five headstrong, know it all kids

We are what we are today because of you

We can't explain the gratitude inside for all the nights and days that you've spent by our side 

Listening to us ranting about everything and anything

I can't imagine how hard of a task this has been for you but more than anything,

We have enjoyed being your kids and watching you accomplish everything you have and everything that is to come

We could never fully finish saying how thankful we are but having raised five kids that still tease each other about everything and anything, 

Hopefully shows you a bit... and we'll continuing showing you the rest throughout our lives

To my mum and my aunties,

While most of us haven't had the experience of having two parents, 

We have realised that didn't matter, sometimes all we need is one

Thank you for raising us as well as you knew how

Dedicated to  

 the mothers of the world...

Thank you for the work you have done!