Carolyn's Corner - February 2014

The U.S. is experiencing major snow storms. At the same time, the movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ is on TV almost every three days, every week. Are they trying to tell us something? And, who are “They”, anyway? Meanwhile, the West Coast is suffering from a major drought. Has the Earth turned on its axis? What’s going on?

I think Jimmy Fallon was an excellent choice to replace Jay Leno. I wish him luck.

Watched the 2013 TV documentary “Finding the Funk”, about the evolution of funk music. Great to see performers that I followed back in the Day.

‘The Biggest Loser’ TV show is a CONTEST. The premise is, whoever loses the most weight wins. Rachel Frederickson lost the most weight. The 24 year old lost 155 lbs. down to 105 lbs, a size 2 at 5’4”, continuing the diet plan given to her by one of the show’s dieticians. She won two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Now everyone is appalled that she looks too thin. This what happens when the program doesn’t place restrictions on contestant weight loss.

The 2006 movie ‘Dreamgirls’ and Jennifer Hudson’s Oscar winning performance still gives me chills every time I watch it. In my opinion, singer-song writer Siedah Garrett would have won an Oscar for one of her two nominated songs if the winning song the year before hadn’t been ‘It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp.’

Saw a Black History Month movie, the 1996 ‘Panther’, about the founding of the Black Panther Party. Many recognizable veteran actors and civil rights activists of the era are in it. Educational regarding the Panther’s Ten Point Program, and the times when we were trying to act as an organized community on the national level. Also surprising that the Movie Network would show it. Kudos to them.

As we stay cooped up indoors, let’s make sure we check and change our smoke and carbon monoxide detector batteries so we don’t die in our sleep.

Jennifer Hudson’s singing tribute to Aretha Franklin on the BET Honors 2014 television program brought chills up and down my spine.

Carolyn's Opinions - January 2014

I am soooo glad I didn’t charge anything from Target for Christmas

I may be old-fashioned. But I remember a time when the word ‘bullshit’ never came out of anyone's mouth on television. Now people say it at will.

Why does the heat come on every time I pass my thermostat?

Watching ‘Cops’ on TV. If you’re carrying drugs and have a broken taillight, you’re going to jail. If you have drugs on you, and a pocket full of money, you’re stupid and going to jail. If you keep your hands in your pockets, and the police ask you to take them out, and you don’t, you could end up in handcuffs, on the ground, tazed, or in jail, or all of the above. What a show.

Justin Bieber used to be such a nice singer. Now he’s just ordinary.