i want to become better

So yeah I know I have been absent/a slacker/procrastinating/ (insert other similar adjectives) here. There is no excuse nor will I make any because the first few adjectives do describe some of the things which has caused me to c-block my blogging duties. But I will make this clear just so that there is an understanding on both ends...I will try my best to update this, however that does not mean on a daily...I will aim for 2-3 a week. But besides that I am doing well:

taking in the freshly brewed Oxygen each day, making mistakes and learning from them as well as learning from others mistakes because it is not possible to make every mistake that is humanly possible, listening/ discovering/"DJ-ing"/ and rediscovering old music, making friends, working like Kunta's long lost run away cousin, reading, studying, runajogawalkin (thats a new exercise I created :) ), eating waterice, and just trying to busy myself...and of course trying to see my friends here and there.

I'm still on my Clazziquai Project ish. That group is like....like...so many things that my soul and ears crave for...its like my new addiction. I can't get enough of them and Alex Chu who is 1/2 of the group who has his own solo cd..which is fire. One of my favorite songs from his cd entitled "My Vintage Romance" is the song Miss Understand f/ Simon Dominic (Simon D). The song is sung in his native language which is Korean, but it is definately a good song whether or not u can understand the words. You can sense the feeling and soul in it (well I do). Listen

Another one for the Brits

Last night I came across this artist while doing my nightly usual of web stuff...V V Brown, I don't know what flavorful mix of brew that England is pumping in there fish and chips and whatever else that is a common thing but lately they have been on a roll. First we had Ms.Whinehouse followd by Duffy and my favorite British singer Adele, but it looks like there is a new lady in town known as V V Brown.

I think I fell in love with a robot, so when are you coming home?

Royksopp ft. Robyn: The Girl and the Robot

Sha na na na na....It's SUMMERTIME

Summer is offically here according to the calendar of all things TiffsoYo!...and to any Philadelphian native you know that summer is officially here when Will Smith's Summer time comes on the radio; just like you know that the Christmas holiday is here when you start seeing Egg Nog offered in the Dairy aisle, same thing goes here. HOWEVER in the wonderful world of TiffsoYo! There are two yes dos summer jams I bump to....Let me introduce you to the beautiful songtress of Minmi.



Minmi, a japanese singer who infuses j-pop and reggae into a beautiful blend that will definately get your waists whining . She is so good that she was one of the headliners to Trindad's Carnival celebration last summer. As always open your mind and take a listen, you may end up liking her and her rhythms.

Minmi- Summertime : You can't tell me that this party/concert looks hot..I wish I couldve been there

I pop lock and drop it...but only in the rain

Singin' In The Rain (Mint Royale Remix)- Watch more Videos at Vodpod.

If every rainy day meant dancing with random breakdancing cardboard objects ...then I welcome rainy days with open arms.

Yet I still believe the Gene Kelly will always have a song and dance in my heart for his performance of the musical "Singing In the Rain"...what an awesome movie.

It's Not Amazing, UnAmazing

So I stumbled across the new Kanye West video and I was ......soooo not feeling the video. Usually Mr.West has great music videos for his songs but this one I swear..if I was diagnosed with AHDD it would've kicked in the first 5 seconds. This video was beyond lame and the fact that i couldn't post the shorter version of this song ,I apologize if you watched it before reading this post. I think the NBA commercial that features this song is more pleasant on the eyes than the video. The only portions that were just ok was the few scenes of different landscapes..otherwise it was a waste of film.

Music has no boundaries when it speaks to the soul

From the Korean group Clazziquai....I love the vocals on it as well as the background music as well. If you can get past the language barrier it is a good chill song...if you cant get pass the language try the English verison of there song below, try something new today....it wont hurt, it just make you a better person than what you are.

love xoxo TiffsoYo :)

Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence - FYI

I can not get this song out of my head for the love of all things that are ....are....something good. Take a listen it's really good, definitely a dance in the mirror type song, because I don't have the guts to do a full out choreography on the streets yet.

Hump Day

We and others who lost our VIP status seating because of the over booking of seats.

Wednesday was an ok day, nothing out of the ordinary except for the fact that it started off to a good start at around 1:15 am. I alil phone call from someone unexpected, but it definitely was a nice short call in which I got two song dedications which definitely caused me to blush and giggle like a pre-teen. After hitting the bed to regain my full 8 hours of sleep, I did the typical which is watch my morning dosage of Maury and then off to work. Earlier last week I came up on some free tickets to a pre-screening of "A Haunting in Connecticut" which didn't come out until this Friday. So I met up with my good friend Jamal to go feel like VIP status at the Ritz, but unfortunately our time of glistening in VIP status was quickly extinguished because they over booked the seating...lames.

How could they turn us down...I guess they saw that stash of food in my bag..lol

Oh well that is what the Internet is for...SIKE SIKE..lol.. I do NOT promote watching movies on the net because they are fuzzy........and against the law..lol.

OK....I know I have been slacking on the outfit photos, but have no fear I will produce some this week. Work has been a bit hectic, but they are coming :)

Here is some new music for the mean time: I let my kid* Cheza randomly pick a song and this is what she chose...open your mind, close your eyes and see

*I don't have a kid that I birthed, but one that I purchased and ordered that I named Cheza Box Moore. She is my 3rd electronic Baby or E-baby, so if you ask me if I have kids, the answers is yes..I have a small tribe of 4 Ebabies who I love all like I laid in the delivery room of Bestbuy and popped out from my Visa card.

Love,Sex, & Magic

Woowza! I am definitely feeling this video, from the outfits, the the dancing choreography (is it really dancing, either way I like it). Oh so sexy, and JT is looking very tasty. I actually like this version compared to the Madonna and JT version.

I can't but help see chics trying to find tops like CiCi's one piece and rocking them this summer more so as an outfit of sum sort. I'm actually for it, just make sure if you opt to do something like that to be worn either during the day time hours or late night el clubo scene please do it with class and have a real friend there in the process who will tell you if its a hit or miss. And let me re-iterate when I mean to wear outside I mean with a bottom ( jeans, shorts, pants..etc) on for those that thought I meant just wear outside like your going straight to the beach...if I saw you do that on the street I would slap you and yell at you in a friendly loving way. Later as the weather progress I will do style segments of putting certain pieces together for this. But in the mean time if your on the hunt one reasonable place to hit up is American Apparel. I like to venture to this store because they offer basic tees, hoodies, leggings, dresses, sweats and in a plethora of colors for both women and men. If not really your place to venture of course places like Asos and Victoria's Secret swim wear collection offer one pieces.

(photo: American Apparel)

So Nice and So Right

SOoo, today was a great day for oh so many reasons:
1. Finished and processed my taxes ( how I count the days of stalking the mail man everyday until I receive that wondrous check with my name typed in its Times New Roman font with my name on it)
2. Got some extra funds in the el banko so my pockets are no longer sitting on cotton
3. It was 60 plus degrees outside
4. Went downtown and to South St. to meet up with my beautiful friend Ty
5. I ate octopus for the first time, and I loved it !!

I think every year especially when the weather breaks, and the weather is over 50 degrees I fall back in love....with Philly. Like how Carrie had a relationship with her city, I too have the same relationship with my city. Something about when the weather gets warmer it seems Philly comes to life. I could go on and on about it.. I think from the staple "Philly Summer Diet" (Philly pretzels and water ice w/ fruit chunks), to the free concerts throughout the city, the smell of BBQ grills, going to the various parks and hanging out on the benches, open fire hydrants sprayin the neighborhood kids to cool off..etc...uhhh I heart my city. Even though its an ongoing love/hate relationship it definitely has my heart inside of it.


While hangin with Ty who I've come to realize may be my shopping counter part, I bought a few items from this vintage store we hit up on South St. .I'm "Supposed" to be watching my spending..more so cutting back but it's an addiction. I found two blazers which I didn't get but may go back for (one reminds me of a wacked out but oh so Tiff-ish Balmain jacket..I think I will go back for), but made out like a bandit with some items for the summer. A cute cropped 80's tee, some bracelets and some canvas slip-ons (and I only paided five dollores for (I spelled it this way for a reason)) which will be used for a DIY project...can't wait.

Ohhh! and for my music segment for the day to hopefully open you to some new tunes to play or re-play if you know about this artist ..it is the wonderful Japanese group Nujabes...some of you may of heared them on the anime show Samurai Champloo (which is more adult themed yet great to watch). They have some awesome stuff, if you like chill type music, jazz, a rap overlay like Common-esque type stuff every once in a while then you will definately like them..if not it never hurts to just listen and try. So check out the video and enjoy.