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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Save yuh grocree money!

« on: October 17, 2011, 11:10:08 AM »

the bodice comes off entirely in the book..LOL!
Don't know who the man with the deringer is so ah feel is yet another inside rigamarole I miss...is alright 
 

Hope to have my Toronto launch at A Different Booklist again. I am leaving all that with my road manager. Last time it was unreal...still have trouble accepting the huge crowd that turned up to support my fledgling efforts. Hopefully this next book, even though it is a complete departure from the QM style, is as warmly received.

Will let you know when it is and hope to see you there.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Save yuh grocree money!

« on: October 17, 2011, 06:47:28 AM »

erstwhile is a lovely word. I will try to work it into the manuscript JUST for you...lol. You will make the editor boof me.
yuh have to must to buy the book now to look for it. 

The story is smoking hot. I am out of the closet as a heavy romance writer. 

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Save yuh grocree money!

« on: October 14, 2011, 07:46:33 AM »

Ah coming wid a new book soon soon! It is a full length novel (dais why all yuh was hardly seeing me in here liming) wid one setta bacchanal but dis time...
I have written it under my real name, in the Queen's English. (bet all yuh din know ah could do dat!) 

Ent it have a Nobel Peace Prize for Literary Commess?

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Post ah movie thread

« on: September 05, 2011, 12:21:50 PM »

Saw it last night as well... I'd rate it much higher, like an 8.  Much better than I expected.  Freida Pinto is lovely to look at, but that's about it.  Even with her minimal lines I heard her Bollywood accent peeking thru... in addition to her not having a very substantial role in the movie, I imagine that this was a consideration in minimizing her lines. 

I'm curious to know what effect ALZ-13 has on humans... although I have a very good idea.
Probably my favorite part was where Ceasar spoke for the first time... powerful.

Ending was fine for me... sets up the sequel brilliantly if they so desire.


p.s. yeah, that was Malfoy as the son of the shelter owner.  The owner himself is played by Brian Cox, another brilliant British character actor.  Most would know him as Col. Stryker in X2, few might remember him from Spike Lee's "The 25th Hour", one of my all-time favorite movies.  Even fewer will know him for having initiated the role of "Hannibal Lechter" in a 1986 movie called "Manhunter", the first treatment of Thomas Harris' most famous character, later remade as "Red Dragon"... another of my all-time favorite movies.  Reading between the lines, one can tell I'm a big Edward Norton fan ("25th Hour" and "Red Dragon").

What's wrong with the Bollywood accent though? I was reading elsewhere where people were upset that our Miss Universe candidate didn't have an authentic accent.
ah well..it didn't bother me.
The end asked too much from me though. The apes just killed countless police and trashed places and Franko is saying "hey come home I'll protect you." An ape just talked to you and you barely register a raised eyebrow? People going about their business, nothing is said about the fact that hundreds of apes now own the park across the harbour. Dude dons his pilot suit and gets onboard dripping blood.
yes it sets up the series but not brilliantly at all - rather disingenuously and at the expense of a solid ending to the first of a series. Roddy McDowell would be incensed...lol
Recognized the zookeeper from X2 but I'm too much of a wuss to have seen those other movies.
Malfoy has stereotyped himself into an unlikeable sort - whether blue blooded wizard or red necked hick...yick.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Post ah movie thread

« on: September 05, 2011, 11:25:35 AM »

Saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes last night.
giving it a cool 6 out of 10.
Lovely Frieda Pinto needed more lines instead of those sound bites. She's a vet for pete's sake, surely she had more input in this animal story? Lithgow was his inimitable self. The neighbour had a corbeau peeing on him all through the movie. Franco needs acting lessons for his face.
Was that Malfoy as the zoo keeper's son?
Ending was dotish as hell.
All Hail Caesar.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Kes the Band on Good Day New York Live

« on: September 03, 2011, 08:51:03 AM »

Kees is my 7 year old daughter's first crush...niceness. 

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Photo of the day

« on: September 02, 2011, 07:14:47 PM »

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General Discussion / Re: T Shirt Printing

« on: August 24, 2011, 07:26:34 AM »

happy to help. let me know where you are and I will let you know if I have someone there. Despite beign an internet peyong, I still prefer to do certain things eye-to-eye.
As for a graphic artist. I have three that I use - vastly different styles, much talent.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Toronto Caribana 2011 (or whatever else it's called)

« on: August 16, 2011, 06:26:26 AM »

nice, camera savvy at 7 years old...no verbal pauses or bashfullness...a future journalist if there ever was one

macomeh yuh groomin ah lil factory of media chirren up in de bush dey or wha?

It en have nutting else to do here in de bush Dutts. Ah have to keep busy some how, ent?
De two of dem accustom to me propping a camera in dey face since dey born. Nidda one shy but madame is far more reserved than her town-mayor brother. He does drevay at the drop of a hat. She does wait till you notice her and draw you to her wid dem eyes...lol.
I saw the SWAY lady in the marshalling area. She pass we den do a double take and drag she camera man back towards mini-me. Ah like de fact dat dey akse me firse for permission before they start flimming doh, because deze days media etiquette look like it gone out.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Toronto Caribana 2011 (or whatever else it's called)

« on: August 15, 2011, 01:37:48 PM »

thanks nutsman...
she was a real trooper. From the time we got on the GO train in Scarborough, people were stopping her to take a photo. She took it all in stride as if she was born to it. This was her first time playing mas and I didn't know if she would be fed up in 10 minutes. But madame lime whole day and even buss a social wine from time to time.
Time we reach back home I had to prop her up in the shower because she was bone tired...poor dahlin. But ah proud of meh lil Trini baby.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Anybody see Chris Rock's "Good Hair"?

« on: August 15, 2011, 12:52:46 PM »

I saw it a while back. My husband saw it first and kept telling me to watch it as if I don't have hair on meh head.
All who fretting about Koreans selling weave, watch again and see who is the largest seller of lye and other harmful chemicals in North America.
We buy a bill of goods about what our hair should look like. I did the perm thing but stopped almost 12 years ago. Thinking about hitting a dreads soon.

The workplace plays a HUGE role in how professional women of colour wear their hair. Admittedly, while we do have a monkey on our backs with the flowing locks a la Rapunzel, the employers also tend to glance at your natural hair during the hiring process. Natural hair tells them the woman wearing it knows who she is and they think that means she's going to be "an HR issue" somewhere down the road. So in order to play in the sandbox with the rest of the kids, we try to fit in.
If you doubt me, look at the women of colour in the boardroom, on tv, in films and see what their hair looks like. It speaks volumes that Dr. Angelou perms, Oprah perms, Mrs. Obama perms and perms her children's hair. For that matter, how many men of colour let their hair grow into dreads and are in the boardroom?
So, while it is high time we take our hair into our own hands, we still have to eat a food and we've been known to sacrifice everything for the roof over our head.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Toronto Caribana 2011 (or whatever else it's called)

« on: August 15, 2011, 12:41:21 PM »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BFszXZ3GWBM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/BFszXZ3GWBM</a>

go to about 2:58
my daughter got her moment in the spotlight.
Dunno who she take after nuh...mussee de fadda because I so shy and ting.
 

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Caribbean Restaurant for Sale

« on: August 15, 2011, 09:46:45 AM »

For those who know a good thing:
Roland's Caribbean Restaurant (Toronto, Canada) is up for sale. The owners are family friends. They are hoping to retire.
This place has been around over 30 years and has a great reputation.
Pass on the word please?

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Roti Lime wid QM

« on: August 04, 2011, 12:16:34 PM »

I always enjoy food at Roland's, especially their lo-mein.
I was there from about 2 til nearly 7, folks came in waves...I am sure when we finally left, the poor staff heaved a sigh of relief....sorry to miss you!

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Roti Lime wid QM

« on: July 26, 2011, 07:42:30 PM »

aight, I am logging off the net for the next week or so. Not checking back in.
Who ever in town, come troo. We will be liming most of the afternoon.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Roti Lime wid QM

« on: July 20, 2011, 08:45:23 AM »

Private and exclusive invitation to everybody and dey tantie
Roti Lime wid Queen Macoomeh

When:    Caribana (TRADEMARK IN YUH PWEFFEN) Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Where:   Roland’s Restaurant – 2900 Eglinton Avenue East in Scarborough (Eglinton and McCowan)
Time:     2pm (Trinidad time) - until dey put we out
Why:     because we tired and we doh want to stay home and cook

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General Discussion / Re: 8-year-old Brooklyn boy is killed and dismembered

« on: July 17, 2011, 05:46:47 PM »

I feel a little sick reading this largely because no parent should have to deal with this. Were it me I'd probably have to be sedated. This would be the first day of the rest of my life living in grief.
But a little part of me is wondering why it feels "worse" that it was one of their own? Is the child any less dead and mutilated?

You would have to know and appreciate the communities of orthodox Jews in NY... I guarantee you that on top of the sense of loss there is an added sense of betrayal.  Forgetting the Jews for a second, if a child is killed by a parent or close relative... are you seriously suggesting that there is no added pain for the surviving relatives knowing that it was "one of their own" who did it?

I would think this man is a stranger regardless of his being a fellow orthodox Jew, as opposed to a spouse or even a relative of the family and the impact would indeed be different, yes.
I would personally have no extra room for feeling 'worse' if I knew another member of a large group I belong to, had aggrieved me this way. So yes, I'm seriously suggesting exactly that.
My baby is in a morgue. I am in a place of such darkness that ploughing through a "them/us" quagmire would be beyond me.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Selling a Sigma lens

« on: July 15, 2011, 10:31:58 AM »

I shoot RAW for these things but normally stay in FINE when I'm fooling around. I save and store away the RAW files and work on its JPEG until the final choices are made, then I pull out the RAW and deliver that.

I shot all of that session outdoor, early morning before the shadows started rising. But by 9am I was running. Luckily I had some lovely covered bridges and archways nearby and a bounce screen to work with. I threw a flash at some of those shots and was able to get the very light skinned blonde mom to not pale against her darker skinned son. Then, as you said, spent hours in photo-shop to ease the contrast without making either subject look fake.

I can't share the samples of course but I'm happy they are happy. They were good to work with, patient with me and fun.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Selling a Sigma lens

« on: July 14, 2011, 07:20:38 PM »

Nah boy, no weddings, my heart cah take dat pressure. Next ting all the snaps come out with my finger in all and people head cut off...

But one thing I learned with that graduation shoot was that it is MURDER trying to light people who have striking different skin tones..I had to get inventive. I admit it had never occurred to be that it would be a problem. I guess it's so you learn.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Selling a Sigma lens

« on: July 14, 2011, 12:03:24 PM »

Thanks for asking.
Is laziness/business that have me not posting shots. I've done some interesting stuff though. I did my first ever portrait session. A lady who knows my other work was brave enough to ask me to do a session of her son for his graduation.
I asked her if she sure and told her the truth. I have never done session work. But she had faith in me and booked me.
Boy ah sweat bullets the night before thinking there was no way I could do it. I'm just a chinky winky photo-take-outer.
Anywho, we were booked for 7am, outside (tank gawd), and I did it. I sent her the proofs and she is ecstatic.

Now I here feeling like ah have hair on meh ches...FUSS ah proud. 

Once the CARIBANA season done, I will post as usual.

yuh good uddawise?

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General Discussion / Re: 8-year-old Brooklyn boy is killed and dismembered

« on: July 14, 2011, 11:50:26 AM »

I feel a little sick reading this largely because no parent should have to deal with this. Were it me I'd probably have to be sedated. This would be the first day of the rest of my life living in grief.
But a little part of me is wondering why it feels "worse" that it was one of their own? Is the child any less dead and mutilated?

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Selling a Sigma lens

« on: July 14, 2011, 11:30:41 AM »

yes I had the lens cleaned at Henry's in Toronto and have a copy of all that with me.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Caribana Belongs to We

« on: July 14, 2011, 11:29:48 AM »

Controversial, you joined my Facebook page but never responded to the information I was able to dig out, that the original festival was not a Trini exclusive. Here is some more:


from a media source:
Dr. Maurice Bygrave, a Jamaica-born dentist, spoke of being on a committee formed in 1966 to decide how the then very small West Indian community could do something to mark Canada’s 100th birthday the following year.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Selling a Sigma lens

« on: July 13, 2011, 05:23:37 PM »

I wrote the person and told them I'd like the lens back in its pristine condition with the packaging undamaged. I will not refund anything until such time. I will also mount it on my camera and see if anything has been damaged. Otherwise, there isn't much else I can do.

Zando I'm not sure if they "borrowed" the lens. They would have got it on Tuesday and I got the email from them Tuesday afternoon. I expect it to be back in my hands by Friday.

I en vouching for this fool doh...

Bitter...I am always over estimating people...expecting more from them than they are capable. But then again I do that to myself too.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Selling a Sigma lens

« on: July 12, 2011, 07:05:39 PM »

the blasted idiat see my Amazon listing that said the lens was for a Minolta or Sony camera and buy it. Now want to return it because it doh fit de Canon dey have.

Wha de arse wrong with people?
 

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Selling a Sigma lens

« on: July 09, 2011, 11:03:02 AM »

Sold.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Robber Talk

« on: July 09, 2011, 11:02:31 AM »

doh mamaguy me nuh. 
But thanks. I am having way too much fun doing these...

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Robber Talk

« on: July 06, 2011, 11:51:13 AM »

this is what happens when I get idle...

New episode of See Nen Nen News LIVE
is now available!
See it on the website (www.SeeNenNenNews.com)
Or
We’re now on YOUTUBE!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbCP9aLGb6Y&feature=autoshare)


TWEEEEET TWEEEET TWEEEET!

(for a transcript of the speech, send and akse for it.)

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Caribana Belongs to We

« on: June 29, 2011, 06:37:43 PM »

The first batch of t-shirts are sold out!
Niceness!
The second order will be placed this Friday (July1)
Hurry and place your order at Macoomeh@hotmail.com
Also looking for sponsors so than I can give away free shirts at the Caribana™ events!

NOTE:
I have been warned by the Caribana™ Arts Group that I MUST use the ™ symbol on my next batch of shirts or face the wrath of their attorneys.
I will steupse but abide by that rule
HOWEVER
Make no mistake (as some people already have)
this is a PEOPLE’S PROTEST and I am NOT supporting the position of ANY group
They need to sit with a mediator before they damage our community beyond repair.

This protest is from the people with no other agenda than to remove that offensive new name and remind everyone that
CARIBANA™ BELONGS TO WE

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Selling a Sigma lens

« on: June 22, 2011, 04:19:29 PM »

70-300mm F4-5.6
APO DG MACRO
like new

I was given another one so don't need two.
$130
comes in original carrying case with instruction pamphlet and lens hood.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sellerID=A4PD83FDYP3TK