Dust Mask Required Beyond This Point
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009*Cough* *Cough* Waaaaaayyyy, it have real dust in here, boy. Jeez an ages! Oh gosh! Check dus’ an’ rus’! Had to get some WD-40 for the “Write New Post” button. Well Dee made a comment about me being back after I replied to a comment someone left on my blog. I’ll admit that I had been coming around here more often in the past few days, even if most of those times was to remove spam that slipped through the filter. My plan was to begin 2009 blazing hot – back to the glory days. It’s now the 13th so I guess we all know how that worked out. So after Dee’s comment I figured I had to write something if I’m ever going to start blogging again – even if this is going to be a crap post.
So I hope you’ve all been having a good New Year. Hear me nah, “allyuh” like it have anybody who does read this blog anymore. I know Chennette might pop in and say that coincidentally she checked my blog just today for the first time in months. In any case, as I was saying, I hope you all had a good Christmas and everything. The New Year looked promising up to the point where perhaps the most beloved Trinidadian passed away in a car accident. I mean honestly which Trinidadian was more beloved than Jizelle Salandy in recent times? Maybe Richard Thompson, but I think Jizelle had the edge with her come-from-nothing Cinderella story. If you all are anything like me shake your head every time you think about her death.
When I first heard about it I wasn’t even sad – mostly because I didn’t believe it. I was like that is the STUPIDEST thing I have ever heard. She fought her last fight on Boxing Day, how could she be dead? Of course, and allow me to wax a little philosophical here, I don’t think our mortality takes into account how much we inhabit the public spotlight – a fact I think we forget sometimes. People die accidents everyday and Jizelle is a person. But still, I don’t think it even sunk in till I saw the picture of her lying in her coffin (still looking very beautiful I might add). On top of that, poor Tamar Watson has a long road of recovery ahead of her and I int he midst of all that I had to try to comprehend the stupidity of the Guardian’s headline the next morning which has now become infamous. Obviously someone with horrible timing was trying to be cute. I haven’t bought a Guardian since. Now I think I am numbed by the whole experience. Gone too soon, gone too soon.
What else is new? Well the Commission of inquiry has begun. Hooray for that. I can’t wait to see how this one ends. Complete acquittal, a jail sentence maybe? Who knows? All I hope is that a good forensic accountant to gets his or her chance to venture into the rabbit hole.
What is not new? Murders, road fatalities and all that bad stuff. Nothing need be said on these at this point in time.
I really do hope that I can keep my blog going through this year. I believe the last time I blogged was back in October of last year. And even before that my blogging was sketchy. I just hope I don’t get too bogged down with stuff, because this is always the first casualty of me being busy. Cross your fingers for me…please.
