Okay so I think I’m just starting to get the idea of this blogging thing…so really it’s not supposed to be something thoroughly thought out but just random thoughts in your mind…right? At any account, I figured I’d write something. Just about everyone has notes on their pages and yet I’m supposed to be the writer in my little group..hmmm?!?! You know this is the first time I’ve had just about a week to hang out and first let me say I have enjoyed each and every moment. Second I have not spent this much time online since the internet was first discovered. I’m learning there is so much stuff on the internet. I almost feel like I just found Narnia. Today I realized I officially broke in mom & daddy’s new couch because I think I’ve only moved from this one spot to eat, use the bathroom and occasionally walk through the house talking. I’ve developed the habit of waking up, grabbing my laptop and immediately searching the web for anything and everything for HOURS. I will no longer laugh at the crack heads on Intervention because I’m beginning to understand how it sucks you in and you can’t stop. What am I going to do when I have to go back to work on Monday? Perhaps I should start slowly winging myself off now so I won’t be going through massive withdraw when I realize I can no longer sit on the couch with my eyes overwhelmingly glued to my laptop screen all day…Ohmigosh, I need an intervention don’t I? Damn Facebook and Vimeo! Who are these pushers that just sit around thinking of clever things to put online and suck poor, unsuspecting working people like me in? This is their way of converting people from corporate America isn’t it? I get it- I go to work on Monday and realize I can’t search the web anymore then I start to feel like I’m behind because I don’t know what’s going on online then I start to break out in sweats and panic attacks before leaving my office to seek out a WiFi spot to rejoin the online community. Who are these people? They should be watched…I need to get the Blackberry Storm immediately just so I can keep my eye on them throughout the day and while I sit at my desk and underneath the table at meetings…I mean you never know when they’re going to strike! The way I see it, I’d just be doing the world a favor. You never know how many other poor smucks they’re pulling into their web with their technology. I know one day I’ll be thanked for my big brothering!
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Los Angeles (CNN) — Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston was found dead Saturday at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel, officials said. She was 48.
The entertainer, whose incredible talent was discovered at an early age, was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. (6:55 p.m. ET) at the Beverly Hilton despite resuscitation efforts, a police spokesman said.
Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said there were “no obvious signs of criminal intent” and that the cause of her death is being investigated.
Houston’s bodyguard found her body, said Courtney Barnes, publicist for hip-hop artist Ray J, who was dating the pop diva.
According to her official website, Houston sold more than 170 million albums, singles and videos. But she also struggled with addiction problems over the years.
Houston died on the eve of the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Music producer Jimmy Jam, after conversations with those heading up to Sunday’s night show, told CNN that he believes the event will change significantly — including a tribute to the singer.
Houston was set to appear in this year’s “Sparkle,” a remake of the 1976 hit, which was loosely based on the story of The Supremes. It was her first movie role since 1996’s “The Preacher’s Wife.”
News of her death elicited a flood of reaction on social media, from fans and fellow celebrities alike.
Whitney Houston seemed ‘in good spirits’Music producer Russell Simmons wrote he was “deeply saddened by the death of Whitney Houston.”
Dolly Parton, who wrote “I Will Always Love You, said, “mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston. I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, ‘Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.’”
Another entertainment legend, Quincy Jones, said he was “absolutely heartbroken” by the news. “She was a true original and a talent beyond compare,” he said.
Houston’s body of work includes seven straight Billboard No. 1 hits in the 1980s, including “Saving All My Love for You,” “How Will I Know,” “Greatest Love of All,” “Where Do Broken Hearts Go,” and “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me.)”
Billboard put her soundtrack to the 1992 movie “The Bodyguard” as one of the top 10 biggest-selling albums of all time. She also starred in the film with Kevin Costner. The soundtrack included the hit,”I Will Always Love You.”
The daughter of singer Cissy Houston, Whitney was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. Famed music producer Clive Davis reportedly spotted Houston 20 years later in a New York nightclub, signing her on the spot, according to her website. Davis steered Houston’s career for more than 25 years, also serving as a mentor.
The singer’s rendition of the national anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl, days into the first Persian Gulf War, earned raves and cemented her place in the American musical landscape.
After “The Bodyguard,” Houston went on to appear in several more films in the 1990s, including “Waiting to Exhale.”
In 2000, Houston earned her sixth Grammy for best female R&B performance and, a month later, she was named female artist of the decade at the “Soul Train” Music Awards.
Her career stalled, however, in subsequent years as she entered rehab for addiction problems.
In May 2011, Houston got help for her much-publicized struggle with drugs and alcohol, her representative said at the time.
In a 2009 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Houston recalled how her mother arrived one day at her doorstep at her daughter’s house with sheriff’s officers and a court order in a drug intervention. She talked about doing cocaine and smoking marijuana.
“(My mother) says, ‘I have a court (injunction) here,” Houston said. “Either you do it my way, or we’re just not going to do this at all. We are both going to go on TV, and you’re going to retire.’”
Houston had a high-profile and tumultuous marriage to Bobby Brown, a former “New Edition” star who has had multiple brushes with the law. The couple appeared together in the mid-2000s on the reality show “Being Bobby Brown.” They had one child together, Bobbi Kristina.
Houston was the cousin of Dionne Warwick, another acclaimed performer.
CNN’s Denise Quan and Alan Duke contributed to this report.
(Source: CNN)
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