Pandemic Posts - June 2020

 Well, hello again! 

Time for another one of these! I have almost caught up to the month that I am actually in and I am determined to do so! The goal was to do these month by month, but as you can see, that didn't quite happen lol!

Anywho, June, like many of the previous months, was filled with joy and mourning. I realized that this was the first time in my life that I was able to sit and reflect about all the black life that was lost at the hands of the police. Usually, I would hear the news at work and just have to continue on with my day. It felt sacred to actually be able to sit and mourn in the moment, instead of having to push it to the back of my mind and continue to smile and go about my day.

                                            love, 

                                                    ktv

Playlist Fridays!

 Well hello there!

Its been a helluva two weeks, to say the very least, but I am out here making it! Obviously, I am not on my usual schedule due to Hurricane Ida displacing me for longer then I thought, but I did have a couple of new songs to add to the playlist for you. So without further ado, happy Friday! Enjoy : ) 

                                                    love,

                                                            ktv

p.s. - I don't have time to list the songs individually, because I've got to go get ready to celebrate one of my favorite people on this planet, shout-out to Shantel!

Ok, finally getting around to adding the newest songs:

1. Japanese Denim - Daniel Caesar

2. Good Woman - La'Porsha Renae

3. Natural Woman - KAIIT

4. Don't Jealous Me - Beyonce

5. Down For My Niggas - C-Murder

6. I Smile - Kirk Franklin

7. Good Morning - Max Frost

8. I'm Real (Remix) - Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule

Playlist Fridays!

 Happy Friday good people!

Looks like we are about to see a hurricane come on through here, so before all that happens, let me share this updated playlist with you! 

1. Flo Milli - Roaring 20s

2. Why iii Love The Moon - PHONY PPL

3. Sunbathe - Tainy, Miguel

4. Fool for You - CeeLo Green feat. Melanie Fiona

5. The Isley Brothers - Friends and Family ft. Snoop Dogg

6. Bidi Bidi Bom Bom - Selena

7. Bitch Don't Be Mad - Maeta

8. oOo that's my type - Marian Hill feat. Yung Baby Tate

9. single af - Foushee

10. Pretty Girl Rock - Keri Hilson 

11. Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn

12. Nice Things - Tank And The Bangas

13. No Plans for Love - D-Nice, Ne-Yo, and Kent Jones

14. Somewhat Loved - JAM & LEWIS, Mariah Carey

15. Love Song - Sara Bareilles

16. Steam - Leon Bridges

17. Gold - Kiiara

18. Something To Say - Michaela Jae

19. Gravity - Brent Faiyaz feat. Tyler, The Creator

20. Cool Off - Missy Elliott

21. American Boy - Estelle feat. Kanye West

22. Poke - Rubi Rose

23. Icey - Melii

There you go! A nice long playlist for you to get your weekend started : ) For all my people down South, stay safe and dry and for everyone else, have a great weekend! 

                            love, 

                                    ktv

p.s. - I just realized the songs are out of order, lol! It starts with Icey by Melii and works its way up! 

Music Monday (going up on a Tuesday!)

 Hi!

Of course, I meant to do this yesterday, but you know how that goes! But, I've got a song for you to start off your week with, coming to you from Tank And The Bangas, Nice Things

It was too good to leave it until Friday for the playlist, so enjoy it now! Happy Tuesday everyone : )

                                                    love, 

                                                            ktv

Playlist Fridays!

 Hello all! 

It's been a helluva week over this way. Students are moving back in and all the other schools have started which is causing major traffic jams both coming and going to work. Add to that all the anxiety over all the things, and the fact that I have discovered that I really hate sitting in traffic, and just literally everything else that is happening in the world, has made me a bit of a mess over here. 

But, I have recently discovered that Tidal makes a Daily download playlist for me, so I am starting playlist Fridays! When I can remember to do them, of course lol

So without further ado, here are the songs that got me through this week!

1. ghost town (voice memo) - Chloe George

2. Romeo - Jungle, Bas

3. Astronaut in the Ocean - Masked Wolf

4. Sweet Dream - Alessia Cara

5. I Like Dat - T-Pain, Kehlani

6. Stay High - Childish Gambino Version, Britany Howard

7. Killer (Remix) - Eminem, Jack Harlow, Cordae

8. Magic In Hamptons - Social House, Lil Yachty

9. The Good - Cynthia Erivo

10. Walk With Me - GoldFord

11. Wildfire - Cautious Clay

12. Bruh - Lil Dicky

13. Catching Feelings (feat. Phony Ppl) - Drax Project, SIX60

And I made a YouTube playlist for you: https://youtu.be/tOY6QyIdWE4

Happy Friday good people!

                                            love, 

                                                    ktv

Pandemic Posts - May 2020

 Hello again!

After a whirlwind of a week and a half traveling, I'm back! My heart is so full after these past couple of days and it definitely deserves its own post, so I'll save all that for later. 

Right now, it's time for another pandemic post! Once again, I didn't remember much about May, but looking back at pictures, it was a lot of exploring my new neighborhood. By May I was settling in to this work from home situation and actually enjoying it! I never thought that I would like working from home, but I was actually starting to prefer it. 

How very resolute are humans, when not even two/three months later I was settling in to this new way of life. I've talked with many people about this before, but I always have been impressed by people's will to survive in end of the world type movies. I always figured that when confronted with something like that, I would just let the natural disaster, zombies, vampires, aliens, etc take me. But, here I was  several months in to what felt like the end of the world, surviving. With the help of snoballs and daquiri's, of course. 

Watching Golden Girls and sipping on daquiri's became quite the usual pastime. 

My first snoball from the infamous Hansen's. 

Coffee, as always continuing to get me through. The real MVP. 

Got to buy lots of wine with fun names too! 

Community Book Center (https://readcbc.com/) with mural by Bmike. 

Local grocery store mural. 

Pop-up art installation by Josh Wingerter. 

Neighborhood strolls.

Lovely card sent to me by Siani! 



And, of course, the memes were still fire. 

April showers, brought more the the same in May, but I was getting better at weathering the storm. Until next time! 

                                    love, 

                                            ktv

Pandemic Posts - April 2020

 Hello again! 

In honor of my sister's coming down to visit me (AHHHHH!!!) I have decided to do another pandemic post. This one dedicated to the baby girl, Charlotte, since this time last year she was turning 25. But, we shall get to that! First up, I remember April being so emotionally difficult. I was supposed to be going home and getting the rest of my stuff, but instead I was back at my aunt and uncle's and had to cancel my trip. I remember distinctly one afternoon listening to Ed Sheeran's, Dive, and just crying uncontrollably, because I just felt so helpless and literally had no idea what was going on and what was to come. 

I'm so thankful though, that I had family to fall back on and wasn't totally isolated. The introvert in me loves recharging by myself, but my goodness that time would have been exponentially worse. This is why I love doing this series though, because I remember this being an incredibly dark time, but looking at the pictures that I took, there were moments of such joy. 

I was able to start using sweet gifts that people gave me. Shout-out to Laura for this lovely notebook set. 

There were lots of fun (some people may have find them annoying, lol) challenges floating around on Instagram. I dug this old baby picture out for one of them. 

I built my kitchen table! Despite it looking like it shouldn't take much, it actually took me two days to build this thing, lol


The memes continued to be straight fire:

But, the most important event that happened last April, was that Charlotte turned a shiny quarter! Hers is the first birthday I can remember celebrating on Zoom, and although it felt strange, it also was really lovely to gather people from all over and wish her a happy birthday. Definitely not the turn-up that we were expecting, but most definitely memorable in its own unique way. 

April in many ways felt very cruel, but there were moments of such light and kindness as well. It was the first time in awhile that I can remember experiencing both emotions so strongly. But, I made it through April and although we are still very much in this panara bread, I'm happy to report that my sisters are coming tomorrow, so we are about to make it for all the birthdays and time apart that last year stole from us! 

Well until next time! 

love,

ktv