Human Steps Lalala - Amelia

I Just Wanna F**kin' Dance!

I saw this video today and it took me away. Away to a place that I love. My life of theatre and endless trashy movies. Please enjoy this video as much as I did. I know you've seen almost all (if not all) those movies that are featured in this. The joy that this video brought me today is the joy and laughter that makes life worth living.

Now...I just wanna fuckin' dance!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer

I saw this trailer when I saw The Spirit on Tuesday. According to my best friend Sparky, I was so excited that I was practically leaping out of my seat and trying to hug the movie screen.

Can't wait!!

Legend

Last night I donated my time and stage managed a benefit for a dear friend. A Simply Barbra Holiday Spectacular. The benefit was for the Ali Forney Center.

The Ali Forney Center (AFC) was started in June of 2002 in response to the lack of safe shelter for LGBT youth in New York City. We are committed to providing these young people with safe, dignified, nurturing environments where their needs can be met, and where they can begin to put their lives back together.

It is a great charity and I was more than happy to donate my time for this great cause. It was a superb evening! Steven Brinberg is Simply Barbra and let me tell you....he's fantastic! We were doing the sound check with Steven and he starts the show off stage and that man started singing... I looked over at my friend and my mouth dropped. The sound he creates is unbelievable. When Steven transformed into Barbra, it's even more unbelievable. He has her manuerisms down to a tee. What's even better than his talents...he is so kind. It was great to chat with him and find that we have a lot in common. :) If you get a chance to see Simply Barbra, please do. It's a great evening!




My highlight of the evening was meeting legend Julie Wilson. She made her way as a Cabaret performer and made her Broadway Debut in 1946. She is now 84 and still performing her heart out. She is just divine! She is just so precious and I instantly fell in love with her. The way she spoke was just so wonderful. I found her in a full length glittery gown and big, puffy slippers that looked like cartoon tennis shoes. I complimented her on her slippers and she turned around and told me it is like walking on "powder puffs". She later complimented me on my hair color. "It's fake" I whispered to her. "NO!" she says followed by a sly giggle, "I just did mine yesterday!" She wanted to look terrific for her night with Barbra. What a dream she is... The show started and I escorted Julie up the stairs. She walks out on stage with a HUGE red boa to which she says is named Suzie. I am in love with her.

Speechless

I found this article today... I am speechless.

Adolf Hitler Campbell, 3, is sandwiched by his parents.

This Hitler youth is blond-haired, blue-eyed and just turned three.

Adolf Hitler Campbell is the middle child of three kids given Nazi-themed names by their parents, including a dad who denies the Holocaust occurred and decorates his home with swastikas.

"They're just names, you know," father Heath Campbell told the Easton Express-Times. "Yeah, they (the Nazis) were bad people back then. But my kids are little. They're not going to grow up like that."

Adolf has two sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie. The latter, just eight months old, was named for Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler.

The bizarre names came to public attention after a local ShopRite declined to provide the Holland Township, N.J., family with a cake inscribed "Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler."

"Other kids get their cake," Campbell complained. "I get a hard time. It's not fair to my children. How can a name be offensive?"

The kids are growing up in a home festooned with a swastika in every room. The father wears boots that once belonged to a Nazi soldier, and claims a relative was a member of Hitler's feared Schutzstaffel.

The parents insist they are not racist, although they don't believe in mingling the races.

And Heath Campbell claims he doesn't understand why people are shocked when they hear his son's full name.

Someone give him a history book.

11/15/08

To show my love, honor, pride for my mom, my heritage, my grandfather....

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Love

Have you ever been in love?

I have.

Oh mon dieu!

OH MY GOD SHE'S ALIVE!

Yes my dear reader. (Read singular) I am alive. Alive and well. My sincere apologies that I haven't written in some time. I have had writer's block, doctor's appointments, a trip to France...ya know, the usual.

I am trying to come out of my writer's block shell and am trying to come up with things to Blog about. So here I am tonight, sitting on my couch watching House while my beautiful kitten stares at me desperately wanting me to pet her. Because dear lord, I have been gone for 10 hours and she is starving...for attention!

In the last few months, I have watched a lot of TV and read some really great books and my apartment has been the local hotel for visiting family and friends. I am finally home free and thought, "I should write a blog".

But let's talk about these books... I don't know how no one told me about the Twilight Series until after the release of book 4. What?! Why didn't I know about book 1!? Well, dear reader. I hope you've known about these books and have read them. (I am currently on book 3). If you have been deprived of this information and this great series....then go...NOW...to the bookstore or the library and start reading. We'll discuss when you're done. Now, let's talk about the other book I'm reading. Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster. Let's just skip my review of this book. I ORDER you, yes ORDER, to go buy this book. It's brilliant.

I just found a sweatshirt in a catalog that says "I 'heart' spreadsheets" Love it.

And yes, I'm still on weight watchers. Down 13 point something pounds. I'm making a dent. Slowly but surely.

Is it Christmas yet?

A Post-it?

ME: How did you know it was me?

MALE FRIEND: Your boobs.

ME: But I was wearing a jacket....

MALE FRIEND: Yeah. That's like trying to cover an airplane with a post-it.

Mission ONE Complete.

So the first week of Weight Watchers is complete. I am still alive. But I am still hungry. HA. I of course opened my wide mouth during our meeting today to express how difficult of a time I was having. I seemed to be the most negative person in the room which made me feel uncomfortable. Because I can't be the only one struggling. So I vented. Everyone else in the room seemed to be getting along just fine. There were a few people who didn't say what their first week was like so maybe I was a loud mouth for them too. Who knows. Everyone wants to tell me that it's going to be fine and it will get easier as my body and mind get used to it all but right now...I don't want to hear that. Cause I just want to eat. Eat. Eat. Eat.

Weight Watchers

On Thursday I started Weight Watchers. This is now my second run at weight watchers. For whatever reason, I am struggling this time. Greatly. Yesterday was a very rough day for me. I was emotional. Starving. Angry. I wanted to give up right then and there. I don't know what this time is harder. Is it because I weigh more? Is it because I have something else going on subconsciously that I am unaware of? I don't want to be around people because I feel like everything and anything we talk about revolves around food and points. This damn point system. I called my mom yesterday because I needed to talk to someone who would listen. Who would help me try to find a solution. Who would remind me that it's going to be okay. The minute I started talking to her, tears flooded my eyes. I was so desperate for food. Desperate for a solution to make this hunger and struggle go away. My downfall I think when I get this desperate or depressed is to eat. Unfortunately, I can't do that. I do understand that in the long run this is better for me and my future. But it is a struggle. And a very hard one.

Announcement

I am sure most of you have already heard the most thrilling news of the year....



The new iPhone 3G to be released on July 11th. I am so there! With bells on....

Meet in the middle...?

A discussion about the West Coast versus the East Coast...

ME: Well, they're on the West Coast and I'm on the East Coast.

CO-WORKER: Well can't you meet in the middle? ....... New Jersey.

Catnip crazy!

This past weekend I was in Baltimore for the semi-annual Pet Trade Show. The free samples for kitties is very limited and it didn't help that I was walking a dog for all three days. I did manage to score a knitted catnip monkey for my little ones at home. This was the first treat I gave my kitties after being gone for 4 days. Here is the last few seconds of how much Steve loved that catnip monkey. He's totally catnip crazy!

Time to celebrate!

So for those of you who don't already know... I am obsessed with the iPhone. I, of course, wanted the first generation the day it came out, but I couldn't afford it. So I sat patiently (all the while gawking at everyone else who had one) until Christmas for the phone. My dad gave me a gift card to Apple so I could get my phone but my computer, Bulldog - may she rest in peace - malfunctioned and I had to get a new computer. So alas, no iPhone. But guess what! They're coming out with a 3rd generation phone this summer. Well rumor has it they'll announce it at the World Wide Developers conference in June and have it ready for shipment in July. (HOLLAH!) So I am setting my sights (and hopes) on getting the phone sometime this summer. I just read an article that AT&T is going to lower the iPhone price by $200. No need to read that again, I'll tell you. $200 dollars!! The catch is signing a two year contract. Well guess what, Skipper is already an AT&T customer. So what's another two years to get the iPhone at the price point of $199 instead of $399. Ok, let's just say that my obsession just increased by about 980293849408%.

Comfortable?

So he tried to crawl into the bag from the back of the couch. He then fell over and landed like this. He stayed there for quite some time.

Things that make me happy

On my way to work yesterday morning, I was blessed with this view. My favorite flower. Everywhere. They looked so beautiful in the bright sunlight and I couldn't resist taking a photo. Thank heavens for camera phones. That photo got me through a rough day yesterday so I thought I would share it with all of you. Enjoy!

I can't wait to see this...

What's it called again?

ME: So yeah, I like it...

MOM: Ok, well I better get going cause I'm calling from the blueberry and it's a personal call so...

ME: HAHAHAHAH!!! YOU JUST CALLED IT A BLUEBERRY!