DECEMBER JOURNAL 2016

   Hi once again Deviant Art Family,

                 Its me ei9 back once again with another Journal for you to enjoy, Well its December now that means one more month to go left in 2016 before we head into 2017 and I don't know about you but i'm already ready for the Holidays as well as the new year to begin as well and this year to put  it simple has been a doozy! well I did enjoy my Thanksgiving Dinner well last week with my Family Well and had a good time eating, drinking and remembering all my great memories of this Holiday to boot. Well without futher notice here's my review of the Latest Disney animation Smash "Moana" Which I saw last week and I must say that its indeed a most beautiful and breathtaking movie to watch. The story is all About the Title character Moana Played by newcomer Auli'l Cravalho a native girl growing up in her lsland where she's the heir apparent to her  Father's throne but always long for the days to go out and explore life on her own ever since she was a baby. Her father Chief Tui Voiced by Temuera Morrison is a headstrong and caring ruler that always look after her daughter sometimes too stricked but Moana later finds consoluation in her Funloving and Wise Grandmother Tala Voiced by Rachel House who is a pure delight in the movie actually takes Moana to the vIllage to show her that her true family heritage is that her people were actually Voyagers who travel all across the sea for adventure and glory But all of sudden stopped When one day the DemiGod Maui Played by my main man Dwayne "The Rock"Johnson stole the Island goddess Te Fiti's heart thus turning Te Fiti into the Lava Monster Te Ka and after a Epic Battle Maui loses his Magical Fishhook and disappeared for years. After seeing her beloved Granny dying Moana and her beloved chicken set sail to take the island's heart back to save her people and her island from destruction where after she crashlands on a Island meets Maui and the Two after some blickering at first By the way loved Maui's Song "You're Welcome" when they met set off for some crazy adventures including finally found Maui's Fishhook which was on the back of a Giant blue Crab Tamatoa voiced by Jermaine Clement who also got one doozy of a song himself "SHINY" and after both Moana and Maui escaped the two later had another argument before Maui splited and Poor Moana were on her own but the Friendly magical shapeshifting water and then the spirit of Gramma Tala came back telling Moana to always believe in herself and rise above self doubt. The great climax in when Maui eventually comes back to Moana to help confront The Lava Monster Te Ka. Maui and Te Ka battled once again but instead of seeing Maui Killing the monster Moana told him to let Te Ka come to her and the confrontation was indeed Very supirising to say at least The Island Princess singing out to the monster then after they meet face to face Moana Restores Te Ka lost heart and the lava demon changes back into the Island Goddess Te Fiti once again and all three characters Moana, Te Fiti and Maui who did apologize for stealing her heart many centuries ago all became friends and at the end Moana Came back home as hero to her People and Island. This is indeed a most beautiful flim that uses Empathy and compassion instead of Revenge and punishment ending to the villain at the end and there's really no villain in this movie. Moana while's it no masterpiece Like Recent Disney aminations Like Frozen, Zootopia nor Finding Dory its a real good classic by itself and I give it three and half stars. Go see this Lovely and sweet flim.
         Well since I gave my review of the American Music Awards last time so I might thought I give my thoughts on the Soul Train Awards last weekend as well and it was awesome as well as the very beautiful, Soulful diva Erkyah Badu was the Host. The show kicked off the 1990's hit R&B group from Baltimore Dru Hill coming out to perform a medley of their Greatest hits and after Lead singer Sisqo then performed his Monster#1 hit Thong song as well. Other Highlights of the show including Jill Scott presenting Brandy with the Lady of Soul Award and then after Brandy performed a melody of some of her greatest hits as well and legendary music Producer Teddy Riley after earning the Soul Train Legends Award closed out the show performed with the likes of Doug E. Fresh, Bobby Brown, Wreckx N- Effect and Teddy's old music groups Guy and Blackstreet performing all of the greatest hits that he had written and produced in his career. As for the award winners for the night Beyoncé won four awards including Best Album, Female artist and Video. Maxwell won Best Male artist, Chance The Rapper won Best New Artist, Fat Joe, Remy Ma and French Montana won two awards  for their mega hit song 'All The Way Up!, Gospel Legend Kirk Franklin won the award for Best Gospel Song For "123 Victory and Great Talented newcomer Andra Day won the Ashford and Simpson Songwriter's Award for her breakout Song "Rise Up"
overall another great awards show in the last two weeks.
      Speaking of Music now for the more serious part of the Journal again, The Obits as we lost a few more well known people recently, First in the music world Colonel Abrams(1949-2016) The R&B singer who was born in Detroit Michigan and raised in New York City when we was involved in music at a very young age participating in many bands and one of them had of all people the late great Prince Rogers Nelson on lead gultar in the 1970's but it wasn't until the 1980's where he finally broke out to stardom with his first smash hit "Music is the Answer'' in 1984 then continue with the smashes "The Truth" "I'm Not Gonna Let you" and Table for Two"He continued work for the last two decades but hard luck took him down the last few years being homeless Suffering from Diabetes and in poor health, he died at the age of 67. The next two Obits is from the Land of Television, Florence Agnes Henderson(1934-2016) The Indiana Native who was the youngest of Ten Children by her Homemaker Mother and Tobaccco Sharecropper Father during the Great Depression was singing at Local grocery stores by age 12. After College She started her showbiz Career on stage performing in musicals"Oklahoma" and "South Pacific' at the Lincoln Center She debuted on Broadway in the musical "Wish you were here in 1952 Then later played the title role in the long running 1954 musical "Fanny" she continued to do Broadway and TV Commercials in the 1950's and 60's before finally landing her Iconic role as Proud Mother Carol Brady in the Legendary TV show "The Brady Bunch"(1969-1974) many years after she continued to work having her own talk show and cooking show and even was a contestant on 'Dancing With The Stars in 2010,She died on Thanksgiving Morning from Heart fallure at the age of 82! another TV Star that we lost Was Ronald Earle"Ron" Glass (1945-2016) also from Indiana who after getting a Bachelor's degree in College started his career on stage in Minnesota before moving to Hollywood and after many guest appearences on Hit TV series in the 1970's like Sanford and Son, Good Times and All in the family, finally landed his famous role as Det. Ron Harris on the hit ABC-TV Series Barney Miller which ran from 1975 to 1982 and twenty years later had his second most recognizable role as the spiritual Shepherd Derrial Book in the 2002 Fox-TV Sci_Fi series 'Firefly" and its sequel flim ''Serenity" He died of Respiratory failure at the age of 71 and the last obit is one that we all Know about and Passed away from this earth last week and either you loved him or hated him he was indeed quite a Character to the world. That man is no other than Fidel Ajejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016) The Controversial and divisive World Figure who Helped formed a Revolution with his brother Raul Castro and Che Guevara in Overthrowing The Dictator Fulgenico Batista and making him in charge of both Milltary and Political Power in which he ruled with a Iron Fist for 69 years and even survived over 600 assassinated attempts many of them orchestrated by the C.I.A. Now say about him if you want But he was Viewed on two different sides of the Fence. On the side of the Rightists he was Vilified by many who Viewed him as a Dictator who Oppressed Cubans and ruined the economy through Socialism Having so many Cubans fled the country thru the years But on the other hand He was admired and viewed as a hero to leftists and People of the developing world who saw him as a Revolutionary Champion of the poor and also stood up to the Politics of Washington DC and against Racism not only in the USA but the World as well(Supporting  The Civil Rights Movement, fighting against Apartheid) even stood side by Side with Malcolm X and Rev. Jesse Jackson and close friends with another Legendary Leader Nelson Mandela. Now was Castro a perfect man, no he wasn't but he's not really the Monster that many people see. Through his actions and writtings he has significantly influenced the Politics of Various individuals and groups across across the world.He died last week at the age of 90 and while Mostly White Cubans(not all of them) In Miami, Florida were celebrating his demise Mostly Black Cubans were in Mourning and in his homecountry of Cuba there were thousands of Cubans who paid their deepest respects to "EL Comandante" Well may all them Rest in Paradise to all of them.
                 Well Thanks for the support especially my 150 watchers so far and nearly close to 3,000 views so far and while this year has been trying to put it at least I feel that 2016 was my most emotionally expressive year yet in my Journals and all of you have really helped me over the years in while I can be fun at times talking movie and award reviews, Poems and top ten lists I can also speak my own mind about the world that we live in today. Well talk to you next time with my Christmas Journal when I have not one but two Top ten lists One for my favorite Christmas Specials, The Other my favorite Christmas songs Plus a Movie Review Of Star Wars Rogue One as well. Before I go Here's another poem for you.

                                                          WORLD OF FAIRY TALES

Oh how we all love to live to live in a world of fairy tales
To get out of our everyday troubles and cure our alls

For once I want to be the Knight in shining armor riding on my horse
What am I doing saving the princess from the evil dragon of course

I can be the prince that Snow White been wishing to come
From defeating the evil witch and breaking the spell with a kiss in her home

I can also be the handsome prince that finally gets my Cinderella
Searching high and low before finding her and putting on her foot the glass slipper

Or I even be an Transformed frog just been casted by a spell
For a lovely Princess to arrive to break it with a kiss and all again will be well

But as we long to be like Jack and to have magic beans
We all must realize that fairytales are more like pipedreams

There's no little red Riding hood No Alice in Wonderland nor no mother goose
No Captain Hook Nor Big Bad Wolf on the loose

No Pinocchio, no Rumplestilskin No Goldilocks and the three bears
No Humpty Dumpty sitting on the wall, does anybody really care

The fact is we live in the real world and to keep on living in reality
doing things ourselves not relying on make believe stories

We should know by now what's fake and what's real
No Magical Potion can ever get us out of our pressure cooking ordeal

If you really want to live happy ever after then stop living in the world of fairy tales
Always believe in God first and long as we got his love inside of all of us we will always prevail

Until Next time America! ei9 Atlanta, Georgia
"You're Welcome! Maui (Dwayne ''The Rock" Johnson) Moana!