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I am from Trinidad, my last name is Moniz and I know that I realted to the Rochard’s here in Trinidad. I know that I am of Portugese decent(among others). If you have any more information on this family lineage please feel free to contact me.

Because I want to see her and her “beautiful baby boy” when he is born!

My brother, Jomo Lord’s first album, “Free” has been released in Barbados by CRS Music.

Tracks include the locally lauded “Understanding Joseph” originally released by The Purple Turtle Injection (Jomo playing with Hans Kirton; and released only to local radio stations, where it got heavy airplay), tracks from the Holder’s House set, and six new tracks produced in Trinidad.

Makes trekking down to DaCosta Mannings Friday after Friday in the hot-ass sun to buy guitar strings (with my OWN money), and hour after hour of hearing all these songs when they were merely two notes repeated for ten hours at a time, suddenly really worth it. Ah lie, I knew it was worth it then, but you know… the sun was REAL hot mates.

The CD is available from CRS’s web site, as are streamed samples.

My faves:

It’s Alright

Free (One of my LONG TIME FAVES!)

Way Down

But all the tracks are good…

BUY IT NOW!

I’m really saddened by Butler’s death… now I’ll never get to shake her hand and thank her for inspiring me.

she seems intelligently intellectual without having a stick up her butt.

She is a fellow eccentric spirit plus anyone who uses apple products has to be cool.

As usual, found this interesting meme on JTs blog, who found it at amadarin’s place.

. 1 Was 2005 a good year for you?
Yes and no. It’s been up and down all year. Still, it wasn’t absolutely
terrible like some other years, and say what, I advanced my dreams and
goals and had to focus. Mostly it was a treading water thing, but I was
blessed to have a few breathing moments.
. 2 What was your favorite moment of the year?
Most of October.
. 3 What was your least favorite moment of the year?
Most of August.
. 4 Where were you when 2005 began?
Stuck in Essex in a cramped, filthy house with no central heating and
parts of the roof falling in.
. 5 Who were you with?
With a distantly related crazy woman, her delinquent offspring and her
menangerie of animals, the stench of people who don’t bathe and cat shit
rising.
. 6 Where will you be when 2005 ends?
With the Nice Man (Oludumare willing!)
. 7 Who will you be with when 2005 ends?
The Nice Man (Oludumare willing!)
. 8 Did you keep your new years resolution of 2005?
Don’t make New Year’s resolutions, I make resolutions on my birthday and
yes, I pretty much did what I wanted to do this year.
. 9 Do you have a new years resolution for 2006?
Please see above.
. 10 Did you fall in love in 2005?
Oh yes… big time!

. 11 If yes, with whom?
This is still a state secret only few know…
. 12 If yes, do they know?
Oh yes… big time!
. 13 Are you still in love with them?
Oh yes… big time!
. 14 Do you regret it?
Not one fucking bit of it…
. 15 Did you breakup with anyone in 2005?
I don’t think so…
. 16 Did you make any new friends in 2005?
A few…
. 17 Who are your favorite new friends?
Malabar & Cat
. 18 What was your favorite month of 2005?
October
. 19 Did you travel outside of the UK in 2005?
No
. 20 How many different counties did you travel to in 2005?
Essex, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Surrey and all about London, oui?
. 21 Did you lose anybody close to you in 2005?
No, but my father was diagnosed with lung cancer, so that shit ain’t been
fun.
. 22 Did you miss anybody in the past year?
Yes… my Mama, my brother, my Papi, friends, Oyadele, god babies…
. 23 What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2005?
Hmmmm…. dunno…. guess I’m going to go with “Revenge of the Sith”.
. 24 What was your favorite song from 2005?
Dirty Harry by Gorillaz
. 25 What was your favorite record from 2005?
Too close to call…
. 26 Did you see any concerts this year?
Couldn’t afford to go to any one…
. 27 Did you have a favorite concert in 2005?
Couldn’t afford to go to any one…
. 28 Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2005?
Nope… don’t drink, and I understand Bailey’s don’t count much either.
. 29 Did you do a lot of drugs in 2005?
No… and herb don’t count.
. 30 Did you hope for something you didn’t get in 2005?
Yes… a nine to five permanent job.
. 31 Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
Nope.
. 32 What was the biggest lie you told in 2005?
Oh yes, I’m interested.
. 33 What was the worst lie someone told you?
Oh yes, I’m interested.
. 34 Did you treat somebody badly in 2005?
No.
. 35 Did somebody treat you badly in 2005?
More than one, and in seriously fucked up ways.
. 36 How much money did you spend in 2005?
Not much, as I didn’t work much.
. 37 What was your proudest moment of 2005?
Getting a job at a huge multi-national corporation making good money.
Pity it only last a few months.
. 38 What was your most embarrassing moment of 2005?
I can’t think of one…
. 39 If you could go back in time to any moment of 2005 and change
something, what would it be?
I would have conserved more my money during June and July.
. 40 What are your plans for 2006?
Stay tuned… news at 11.

As usual, found this interesting meme on JTs blog, who found it at amadarin’s place.

. 1 Was 2005 a good year for you?
Yes and no. It’s been up and down all year. Still, it wasn’t absolutely
terrible like some other years, and say what, I advanced my dreams and
goals and had to focus. Mostly it was a treading water thing, but I was
blessed to have a few breathing moments.
. 2 What was your favorite moment of the year?
Most of October.
. 3 What was your least favorite moment of the year?
Most of August.
. 4 Where were you when 2005 began?
Stuck in Essex in a cramped, filthy house with no central heating and
parts of the roof falling in.
. 5 Who were you with?
With a distantly related crazy woman, her delinquent offspring and her
menangerie of animals, the stench of people who don’t bathe and cat shit
rising.
. 6 Where will you be when 2005 ends?
With the Nice Man (Oludumare willing!)
. 7 Who will you be with when 2005 ends?
The Nice Man (Oludumare willing!)
. 8 Did you keep your new years resolution of 2005?
Don’t make New Year’s resolutions, I make resolutions on my birthday and
yes, I pretty much did what I wanted to do this year.
. 9 Do you have a new years resolution for 2006?
Please see above.
. 10 Did you fall in love in 2005?
Oh yes… big time!

. 11 If yes, with whom?
This is still a state secret only few know…
. 12 If yes, do they know?
Oh yes… big time!
. 13 Are you still in love with them?
Oh yes… big time!
. 14 Do you regret it?
Not one fucking bit of it…
. 15 Did you breakup with anyone in 2005?
I don’t think so…
. 16 Did you make any new friends in 2005?
A few…
. 17 Who are your favorite new friends?
Malabar & Cat
. 18 What was your favorite month of 2005?
October
. 19 Did you travel outside of the UK in 2005?
No
. 20 How many different counties did you travel to in 2005?
Essex, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Surrey and all about London, oui?
. 21 Did you lose anybody close to you in 2005?
No, but my father was diagnosed with lung cancer, so that shit ain’t been
fun.
. 22 Did you miss anybody in the past year?
Yes… my Mama, my brother, my Papi, friends, Oyadele, god babies…
. 23 What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2005?
Hmmmm…. dunno…. guess I’m going to go with “Revenge of the Sith”.
. 24 What was your favorite song from 2005?
Dirty Harry by Gorillaz
. 25 What was your favorite record from 2005?
Too close to call…
. 26 Did you see any concerts this year?
Couldn’t afford to go to any one…
. 27 Did you have a favorite concert in 2005?
Couldn’t afford to go to any one…
. 28 Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2005?
Nope… don’t drink, and I understand Bailey’s don’t count much either.
. 29 Did you do a lot of drugs in 2005?
No… and herb don’t count.
. 30 Did you hope for something you didn’t get in 2005?
Yes… a nine to five permanent job.
. 31 Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
Nope.
. 32 What was the biggest lie you told in 2005?
Oh yes, I’m interested.
. 33 What was the worst lie someone told you?
Oh yes, I’m interested.
. 34 Did you treat somebody badly in 2005?
No.
. 35 Did somebody treat you badly in 2005?
More than one, and in seriously fucked up ways.
. 36 How much money did you spend in 2005?
Not much, as I didn’t work much.
. 37 What was your proudest moment of 2005?
Getting a job at a huge multi-national corporation making good money.
Pity it only last a few months.
. 38 What was your most embarrassing moment of 2005?
I can’t think of one…
. 39 If you could go back in time to any moment of 2005 and change
something, what would it be?
I would have conserved more my money during June and July.
. 40 What are your plans for 2006?
Stay tuned… news at 11.

It’s a few hours away from 2006 here in London, and I am taking stock of 2005 like so many people.

I don’t want to do a wrap-up of the year, much of what happened was blogged anyway. Yet, I feel as though this year I left something behind; something I was glad to leave behind. I believe it was the feeling that I didn’t deserve happiness…. that joy would never be mine.

I don’t know if I can articulate precisely what it is that I have left behind, but it definitely is fading away… shrinking into the distance between me and it. And this is a good thing. Whatever struggles this year brought me, disappointments and frustrations, I think that things have improved.

I have sustained myself one way or another for most of this year. I managed to keep afloat with a lot of help from kind people along the way, and although nearly every day brought worry that I wouldn’t get through to the next one… prayers and faith have sustained me. I suppose you can’t really ask for more than that.

I have made new friends, and I had to say goodbye to old ones. Some people reappeared at moments I needed them the most and gave their help and love wholeheartedly and without reservation. Other people I trusted and gave unselfishly to, disappeared when I needed them most and tried to steal my thunder, steal my joy.

I had to learn not to trust some people so explicitly and implicitly, and yet again I marvel at my Orisha horoscope’s accuracy for this  month.

Let me recap:

Ochun reminds you that you’re a person full of flaws and shortcomings, but also teeming with virtues. Being an excellent friend is one of them. Your feelings will be badly hurt because a close friend of yours is going to betray you. This will teach you a lesson about being more careful and less open for the coming year. Your guarding Orisha says you shouldn’t be sad because you aren’t the one who faltered. You were betrayed, so you must be at ease with yourself.

I have endured those betrayals, been surviving ongoing spiritual warfare and the abject selfishness, jealousy and self absorption of others, and had to learn to value myself more than that and not sink into the morass of other people’s mediocrity.  I also learnt to stay true to myself and not surrender to helplessness, not to give in to anger. I also had to learn to trust again as well…. just to begin to choose better who I trust.

When I examine my actions over this last year, I feel that while some choices didn’t lead to everything I wanted, I acted with dignity and honour in everything and for that I am grateful. Grateful at least my character didn’t buckle under pressure.

In many ways I feel as though I have been rewarded.

This was a year I was surrounded and wrapped up in music… from January 1 to December 31 this was a year of MUSIC!! And I reveled in it… absolutely wallowed in the pleasure I derived from the music I have stored. I returned to the land of iPod and regret nothing.

I found love… real love for the first time in many, many years and that makes up for all the trifling bullshit I’ve had to put up with…. takes the sting out of some disappointments, soothes a hell of a lot of my frustrations. I don’t know what’s going to happen with this relationship, and we’re approaching an event horizon he and I, but I feel blessed, blessed to have had this time with him and have taken pleasure in loving someone again after so long. I also feel blessed to be in a position to consider a future with this man… a long future.

I thought it was a productive year. I got a lot done, made progress no matter how halting and I am in love; loved in return and moving forward head held high into a new year… knowing this year was a year I moved FORWARD inexorably!

Happy New Year ya’ll.