Hours left till the dawn of a new year and while we spend
away our salaries like we do every Christmas, here is my final adieu to 2014 which
is me, looking back at MY most memorable moments of this year.
Hosting the Jump Off
Best part about my job is being able to fill in many
different shoes and getting to experience a whole lot of different aspects of
being on air. This year’s epic challenge and first memorable moment for me has
got to be hosting The Jump Off.
I mean it’s no small feat covering for Corine. Even more
when Hip Hop (no offense to hip hop heads), is soooo much slower than house
music! God damn! Loved every second of it though and mostly thanks to being a
part of a killer team that was Max on production and co-hosting with Frankie
and Jinx! These guys made all three months of that period rock. Yes. Even the
part when the Black Ops (tough as we sounded) lost the Safaricom X Games
Challenge to virtually every other Homeboyz Radio show and their team.
The Schmoney Dance
Because let’s face it, since the ‘Gangnam Style’ era, the
world had stayed too long without a ridiculous dance so came the ‘Shmoney
Dance’ thanks to Bobby Shmurda’s ‘Hot Boy’ jam (which has waay to many remixes
and covers if you ask me). It’s an indescribable dance move so I won’t be trying
to explain it here, but it was apparently so cool, Jesus was doing it to. lol >>>
(Yeah I might be going to hell now)
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Spun from what was and still is a good cause, this challenge
spread quickly like a… like a… like whatever spreads fast (bushfire maybe?)
thanks to the fact that world renowned celebrities (like Bill Gates in the picture) joined in. Didn’t do it
myself but loved watching the videos online; (Find out more about the ALS Ice
Bucket Challenge here)
Sauti Sol Winning Best African Act in the 2014 MTV European Music Awards
About time!! Since Camp Mulla’s near shot at world fame
through a one time BET nomination, it turned out to be a good run for the 254
award-wise. First came Lupita (a year ago) winning an Oscar and then (this
year) an MTV Award so it seems she paved the way for more of us to be
recognized cause then came Sauti Sol’s hard earned MTV European Music Award
nod. Take that people who didn’t think it could happen!
New Generation Arrives
Way too many people I know (myself included) are parents
now which is probably to say that in a few years, our generation will be
displaced. Do you see this happening already? Cause it’s happening! You’ll see
it when all of a sudden the people you bump into at night clubs seem much too
young, when Nicki Minaj goes ‘natural’ and it’s cool to do a dance called the ‘Schmoney
Dance’. Yeah it’s happened already hasn’t it? And it’s hours left till you’re a
yet another year older.
All in all, it’s been a good one. Ups and downs. New
experiences. Lot’s of things to remember and while I couldn’t fit all of mine in
this post, I look back at this year with one theme song in mind and that’s (Don’t
judge me), Charlie XCX’s ‘Boom Clap’.
What to look forward to in the next year? Pictures of my
lovely daughter Alexis and more fun posts!!
Till then,
Happy 2015 (In advance)
CrazyAwesomeRae
