Aaron Neville Seven Days

So I went to the opening reception with all the corporate sponsors and it was great!
I liked being there hahah.
We met up with Jannie from PBS and had a good time with she and her sister Helen.
The concert afterward was just great.
I loved all the songs Aaron Neville sang. He has a great voice and the band is excellent.
The theme was Jazz and New Orleans so they gave out beads and the reception was decorated to suit as well with masks and beads and glitter.
Aaron sang :
Aint No Sunshine
Ave Maria
Amazing Grace
My Girl
Of course he went on and on for two hours or so and i liked all of it.
Then we went and met him.
Only about 6 people met him afterward. Tee Hee.
He was really nice and down to earth. I liked him!

Liked this pic

Thanks

I went to the store to get some wiper blades and as I don't really know what would be the right size or the best or whatever, I asked some random guy who was in the auto section.

He offered to go with me to my car so we could get the old blade and measure it.
We went to my car which was really far out in the lot, and he talked a little about places he travelled to etc.

When we got to my car he took off the wiper blade and we measured in the store and I got my blade. He showed me how I would attach it etc. It seemed pretty easy..

Then he said: Do you want me to put them on for you?
I said: I dont want to inconvenience you anymore than I have...
He said: I am waiting to get my oil changed so I have nothing to do.
So I said: I have to get some other thinngs then cash out.
He said: COme find me when you are ready to cash out
I said :Ok

So I got my other stuff and found him again.
His name was Burl.
I went to my car and he got his car from the oil change and met me at my car.
He changed the blades. I was really grateful for this kindness.
He wasn't trying to be a smooth talker, or weird, or expecting anything in return like most guys. I am really appreciative of that.
Thanks Burl.

Of course in general I meet nice people all over but this guy went out of his way to help me. The thing is that he lived in Tallahassee all his life he said and so when we were in the parking lot some people drove up and said Hey Burl!
He was really polite and just so helpful....

I thought that was interesting.

Bagged

I made some bags and I like them a lot
Granted it would have gone a lot faster with a sewing machine.... but whatever

La Fea Mas Bella

My favorite of all the new shows in the line up this season is Ugly Betty.
I think it will be a big hit, I saw the first episode in a re-air and it was really great.
They gave it a huge amount of test screens, especially in front of Latino audiences to see how well it did.

The buzz caught on so quicky, that they put it on Thursday nights at 8pm as a lead in to Gray's Anatomy!
After I saw the show I have to say it's worth the time slot. Slama Hayek did a good job in choosing this adaptation of Yo Soy Betty La Fea for her production company.

America Ferrera and Eric Mabius are great choices for the lead characters. Of course Alan Dale from Neighbors and Young Doctors (Australian Soap Operas) is always great to see.

Informal Fallacies and Greg

I met Greg Koukl after his talk on Moral Relativism.
I thought he was an extremely intelligent person. He speaks for a living, but he was really good at what he did.
I read a lot of his articles and I liked when he answered some of the questions posed, citing informal fallacies such as:
Ad hominem
Genetic fallacy
Psychogenic fallacies

I feel he was preaching to the choir though. Most of the people if not all the people there already agreed with what he had to say.
When I talked to him, he cleared up some of the things I read in some of the articles he wrote. I wish I would have asked him about MLK because I saw that he was dejected about certain things and I really think he wants to talk to someone about it...
Maybe next time..It was great/interesting meeting him.

Vegetarianism

I asked E about trying vegetarianism.
She recommended meat substitutes like tofu. I've actually made curried tofu, sauteed tofu, and stir fried tofu before and they were all very good. I actually could do it. I would eat eggs too and be that kind of vegetarian.
I formulated a lot of recipes when I was going through my vegetarian trials and I notice that I eat way less carbs (bread, pasta, potatoes, cookies, cake, pizza, pastries), than everyone else.
I don't have any particular philosophy behind doing it, except to see if I will feel healthier, so I will see how it goes.
I actually use a lot of vegtables. A lot of eggplant, cabbage, carrots and lettuce. I like these a lot. I really enjoy Bok choi as well. I really should write my recipes down
I'll also have to start after I clear my freezer out of all that chicken I bought on sale at Publix :)

Road Trip

Oprah and Gayle took a Road Trip and they showed it on TV. I am more like Gayle....I sing a lot and llike the music on.
I didn't realize that Oprah was so picky about that stuff. It's like geez!
Oprah didn't want to talk either on a seven hour trip!
I was all on Gayle's side for that one.
I had to drive one time to the beach and the passenger in the car slept the whole way (not you Jan lol)
I didn't like that at all..although I may have been guilty of that when I didn't know how to drive. Now I understand!

Just Friends

I watched the movie Just Friends recently and thought it was really funny.
So I looked it up online and I happened to find a a site called Just Friends which is a premier social club. ou pay money for membership but then there are benefits to being a member.
I looked at the pictures of the parties and everyone seemed to be having fun.
Everyone or some people were pretty or beautiful but I don't know that I get that it's a JUST FRIENDS thing.
It looked more like it could be a SINGLES social club. I belive if you ask the people there, they would tell you that they want to meet someone there for not JUST FRIENDS
The only way to find out would be to join but I dunno if I would want to commit to it. It's based in California anyway, so that would not make sense.
They have a Taste of Chocolate party and some yatch parties and charities.
I don't know if its because it is based in California or what but something seemes too.....
It just doesn't really....
I dunno I want people to visit the site and tell me what they think of it.

Downtown Getdown

Was good but hot...I don't think we will go there for a while. I was really surprise dby the marching chief because they sounded like DRUMLINE! They really had some soul to their music!
The really interesting thig was that the music at the 'kids' stage was better than the music way down at the other end. They really were stretching on the older band's mucic I think.

Up at the kids end though, I was really amazed.
The kids knew all the words to all the songs from the charts and ALL the dances. I was a little bit shocked because some of those kids really knew some vulgar moves. I was wondering where they learned that then I thought TV.
I know I couldn't do some of those moves and seriously would not want to anyway. Least of all in public.
They seemed to be having fun though...I guess that that is what counts LOL.

The Creek

I just saw an episode of Dawson's Creek. It was the first one ever for the series.
Wow those were some intense teenagers.
I mean teenagers have a lot going on in general, and I don't know if it's just me but I did't have as much as they did going on.
Firstly the climbing up the ladder to sleep in the bed of James van der Beek.
I mean I guess that's ok, but she had to row a boat to getto his house inthe first place...That's a lot of work to go sleep in the bed isn't it?
Then all the over alayzing of everything. I got so tired watching them. I felt they needed to just go and hang out at the mall.
Or better yet go do some school work. I know that that took up all MY time. LOL
Nevertheless I watched the whole thing because nothing is more entertaining than teen angst TV shows.
I wonder if real American Teenagers have so much going on?

Phone Calls

Sometimes it never occurs to you to call.
You IM and you email and go along with life. You have really good friends that you just email or IM and that is what you do. Some people you never even met!
Then one say someone says: Hey, you know I don't have your phone number
Then you say: You know I never even thought about it
So you exchange numbers and because you have the number, you call...
THEN BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A whole new thing...a twist in your relationship kinda...
It feels surreal...
Like a next step.
It feels so weird that all you can do is laugh on the phone like how you laugh on IM. :)
SO there you go.
Hugs M

Roxie Roker

I love the Jeffersons and i have been fortunate to watch most of the episodes again on TV land. WOW. It's still so funny after all these years. I used to watch it when I was so small!
Now I understand all the jokes and it is great.
I always liked Roxie Roker though.
She wore the best clothes and was really elegant and pretty. She reminds me of my friend Frances B.

She won an Obie in 1970 for "The River Niger" (I have that movie at homeon DVD!)

When she auditioned for her role in "Jeffersons, The" (1975), the producer mentioned to her that he wasn't sure she looked believable as a African American woman married to a white man. In response, she produced a family picture with her husband who was white. As a result, she was immediately cast.
Grandmother of Zoey Kravitz.
Cousin of Al Roker

Labor Day Weekend

When you get to a different country you have to follow some of the traditions.
So when Sean and Kayla invited us to watch footbal we had to go.
I have no clue in general what the game is about, except for a yellow line that the TV people put in, but I went anyway.
We also went to Cafe.
Eric came in to visit.
He cut his hair and looked so cool! I swaer he should OWN the bar...

Todd was super nice too. They were all going to miami to watch the game. They had their hotel and tickets comped too! The only thing that I thought may have put a damperon things was that it rained all weekend in Miami....I don't know if they were affected or not.

Alex was also very cool. He was pouring the 'juice' out from the olives into little bottles and I forgot to ask him if that was for the DIRTY MARTINIS.

Joe made faces...I am not going to say more..Just look at the picture.

Anyway.
Sean set up this huge screen in the backyard and gave us these comfortable chairs. That was nice. They had a big spread of food too.
We also saw Sean's friend Jason. Who came with a dog (it was really hyper)......LOL.
I had fun and the food was great. I had a lot of broccoli salad.
Thanks Sean
Hugs M

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This may take a while. A lot of pics on here

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I forgot

101. Conrack
102. The Water is Wide
103. To kill a mockingbird

Top 100 Movies continued

Now where was I
64. The Wood
65. The Best Man
66. The Brothers
67. Boiler Room
68. A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
69. Eve's Bayou
70. Boomerang
71. The River Niger
72. Carolina Skeletons
73. Riding in Cars with Boys
74. Bastard Out of North Carolina
75. The Ref
76. Roots
77. Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
78. The Shawshank Redemption
79. Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry
80. Mystic River
81. Soul Food
82. Baby Boy
83.White Man's Burden
84. Pulp Fiction
85. Crash
86. Lackawanna Blues
87. Four Brothers
88. Something New
89. Corinna Corinna
90. Napolean Dynomite
91. When a Man Loves a Woman
92. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
93. Gosford park
94. Fiddler On the roof
95. Holocaust
96.The Devil Wears Prada
97.The French Lieutenant's Woman
98. Queen Elizabeth
99.Dangerous Liasons
100. Mahogany

Umm I think there are a lot more that I like so I may have another hundred ahahahahah...Thanks for fiddler Andy! :)

FSU Movie

The Story below is important for two reasons
1. The Film schhool sent me this movie so I have it at home.
2. One of my friends Kyle is in this movie and he is great!
ahhahhahh



Another Oscar for FSU

A senior thesis film written and directed by 2005 graduate Melissa Rossi -- and appropriately titled "Charm" -- endeared itself to the judges and took home an Oscar during the 32nd annual Student Academy Awards. A dozen students from 11 different colleges and universities, including FSU, were honored during the June 12 ceremony at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

With its bronze medal finish in the Narrative Category, "Charm" becomes only the second FSU undergraduate film ever to win a Student Academy Award, following a bronze in the Animation Category for "A Work In Progress" in 2003.

" Melissa is super-talented and a real fighter for her vision, qualities that are essential for young newcomers in our extremely competitive industry," said Frank Patterson, dean of FSU's School of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts -- also known as The Film School. "We're very proud of her win, and look forward to watching as more of her entertaining work hits the big screen."

Rossi, 22, completed her short film in December 2004. She describes "Charm" as a musical comedy about a shy woman, always in a sister's shadow, who emerges stronger and more self-assured after facing down a major challenge in her life. As luck would have it, the prize-winning work was shot primarily at the local headquarters for the Florida Lottery. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from FSU in April, Rossi headed straight for Los Angeles, where she just finished writing her first feature-length script. Along with high hopes for that project, she has set her career sights on professional screenwriting and directing.

"Being recognized by the Academy at such a young age is really a blessing," said Rossi. "In a narrative competition, where excellent dramas pull at the heart, it was an honor for the Academy to recognize a musical comedy as one of the best."

Rossi adds her prestigious prize to an ever-growing collection of industry honors for FSU's Film School, one of the largest and best-equipped facilities devoted wholly to film education -- and recently recognized by the Directors Guild of America for its distinguished contribution to American culture. A mere sampling of accolades includes:

The 2005 Coca Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award for "The Line Starts Here," a short film written and directed by student Matthew Pope and currently part of the pre-feature entertainment on more than 21,000 movie screens nationwide
A 2004 Student Academy Award apiece for two recent alumni of the Film School's Master of Fine Arts program.
An unprecedented total of five "College Television Awards" in 2004 from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and two Student Oscars created by FSU students -- the most ever honored from a single film school in one year.

Top 100 Movies

In No Particular Order

1. Ethan Frome
2. Face Off
3.Underworld
4.The Matrix
5.X-Men
6. O Brother Where Art Thou
7.Papillon
8.Good Fellas
9. The Godfather
10. Double Indemnity
11. Diary of a Mad Black Woman
12. Cry Freedom
13. Two Can Play That Game
14. American Sweethearts
15. Gangs of New York
16. Idlewild
17. Mommie Dearest
18. To Sir With Love
19. Gattaca
20. The Fury
21. Meet Joe Black
22. Alfie
23. Frailty
24. Meet The Parents
25. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
26. Stage Door
27. Monster's Ball
28. Sarafina
30. Shaft
32. The Color Purple
33. A Raisin in The Sun
34. Lilies of the Field
35. Separate But Equal
36. Mandela and DeKlerk
37. Carmen Jones
38. The Preacher's Wife
39. Waiting to Exhale
40. The Pianist
41. The Gladiator
42. Labyrinth
43. Malcolm X
44. Dracula
45. Point of No Return
46. My Fair lady
47. Sound of Music
48. Taxi Driver
49. The Aviator
50. The Good The Bad and The Ugly
51. Bonnie and Clyde
52. Paper Moon
53. Homecoming
54. Oldest Living Confedertae Widow tells all
55. Jesus of Nazareth
56. The Unsinkable Molly Brown
57. The King and I
58. A Christmas Story
59. It's A Wonderful Life
60. Cool Hand Luke
61. A History of Violence
62. Sleeping with the Enemy
63. Princess Daisy

I am tired now ...More later

Random

Something to Remember. :)

Adventures in Adventures

Ok
So I am appreciating life much more (if that is possible)...and living life to the fullest.
I am more and more energized and just seeing things in a clearer and clearer light (God's light) ever since the 'stuff' started to happen to me...You guys know.
SO check this out.... I saw this and liked it a lot.
The sky was really big and open and nice.
I wanted to fall UP into it
Hugs M

Before Egypt

Well Jan is gone again to Egypt. But before she went we had to go to Cafe.

Eric wasn't there which was sad but the bartenders and everyone there tried to cheer us up...hahahh it was the funniest thing!
They said Eric isn't here but we will try and do our best for you. It was the first time we ordered food there too. It was really really good.
LOL it was amazing. :)
We met some guy who is an engineer at a TV station and he was cool. He used to be in the Navy. Now he is a reservist.
We were tired before we went to Cafe so we slept a little bit before...Am I getting old or what? hahahahh
Hugs M

Fairy Rings

Remember the Fairy rings we read about in those books when we were younger? Remember that Marcia?
When the rain falls the fairies and elves come out and dance and they use mushrooms and toadstools to sit on?
Well I saw one and took pics..The rain had been falling a lot and there was a big ring downstairs. It was great.
They were new too so they were really white. Hugs M

Moving

Sucks.
The place is a mess and you get tired and frustrated.
This was a fairly easy move but MAN!
WOW.

I learned from this that you need to pack everything in boxes and not go too heavy with any one box.

Otherwise you feel so much pain :)
Especially up three flights of stairs.

I may have to move soon so I am not looking foward to it...
The majority of my stuff though is clothes hahahahhah.
Hey Jan is everything unpacked yet? :)
Hugs m