I was quite excited this week to finally get to see and download the Mosaic poster that Apocalyptica was preparing for their fans. In order to be a participant, one had to be one of the first 10,000 people to submit his/her picture. You betcha I was able to make it! I LOVE Apocalyptica!!!
Took me awhile to find where my face got on the mosaic but with the help of my sister, we finally found it. My pic is to the right corner, 20 rows down and 9th from the right. How cool!!!
I had some really interesting dreams last night so I thought I'd check out the Dream Moods dictionary to find out what they might mean.
For one, I was looking out the window of my house and was observing people in the garden. It seems I belonged to some sort of "vegetable garden co-op" wherein my neighbors and I would share vegetables that we were growing in our gardens. I checked out the symbolic meanings of these aspects.
Looking out the window: To dream that you are looking out the window, signifies your outlook on life, your consciousness and your point of view. It also refers to your intuition and awareness.
Seeing a vegetable garden: To see a vegetable or fruit garden in your dream, indicates that your hard work and diligence will pay off in the end. It is also symbolic of stability, potential, and inner growth. You need to cultivate a new skill or nurture your spiritual and personal growth.
Hmm...positive meanings! I guess that means this cold, snowy weather is not going to spoil my week-end! LOL! Have a great week-end, everyone!!!
The Hurt Locker DVD finally arrived at my house from my 1-DVD at a time Netflix queue.
Let me say that my initial expectations of the movie were not met - they were exceeded! I've watched war movies before but none of them kept me glued to my seat like this one. I literally couldn't keep my eyes off the TV screen. In fact I felt like I must've been holding my breath throughout the movie, just waiting for the moment that either the explosives expert successfully detonated the "unexploded ordnances" or when the ground he was standing on gets blown up to smithereens.
Jeremy Renner was outstanding in his role as an military explosives detonator. He was so naturally fitting for the role, so believable that you would want to know if he was really that brave and heroic or was he just a crazy thrill-seeker?
Before the movie was released, I anticipated The Hurt Locker to be full of cinematic effects and include more background soundtrack. Although the movie played more or less like a documentary in the sense that there was more dialogue than special effects, director Kathryn Bigelow did an excellent job at making the viewer feel like part of the action and every breath-taking moment of it.
Yes, I agree...The Hurt Locker definitely deserved the Academy Awards that it received. It is a must-have for any DVD or Blu-Ray movie collector. I give both thumbs up to this one.
A collage I put together while I was still learning how to use Photoshop
When I was living in Champaign-Urbana in 1991, I wish I had known about the local band scene there. Perhaps then I would have had the chance to personally meet Marty Casey and his band, the Lovehammers, before his stint as a contestant on Rockstar INXS shot his popularity up high.
Shortly after Rockstar INXS was completed, Marty Casey and the Lovehammers released an album which contained one of the songs that Marty Casey wrote and performed on the show. The song is called "Trees", which instantly became #1 on the MSN Music Downloads chart in 2007. Although this album was not the band's first album, this was probably their best-selling album, considering Marty's rise to fame via the reality show contest. Besides that, it was the first one signed on through a major recording label. I am one of the many fans that purchased that album and I must say, I still enjoy that album to this day.
The track listing for this album include:
1. Casualty 2. Hold On 3. Trees 4. Rain on the Brain 5. The Tunnel 6. Eyes Can't See 7. The Riddle 8. Clinic 9. Call of Distress 10. Straight As An Arrow 11. Clouds
Here's an acoustic version of "Trees" as performed by Marty Casey with Dave Navarro on Rockstar INXS.
This is an album from one of those so-called "supergroups" that recorded music, created a stir, followed it up with two more albums, and then kind of disappeared...
The members of Arcade include Stephen Pearcy (best known as the lead vocalist of Ratt) singing lead, Frankie Wilsex (from Sea Hags) on guitar, Donny Syracuse (studio musician?) also on Guitar, Michael Andrews on Bass, and Fred Coury (former Cinderella drummer) on drums.
The tracks to "Calm Before The Storm" include the following:
1. "Dancin' With The Angels" 2. "Nothin' To Lose" 3. "Calm Before The Storm" 4. "Cry No More" 5. "Screamin' S.O.S." 6. "Never Goin' Home" 7. "Messed Up World" 8. "All Shook Up" 9. "So Good... So Bad..." 10. "Livin' Dangerously" 11. "Sons And Daughters" 12. "Mother Blues"
The song "So Good So Bad" is one of my favorites from their first CD release. This song, along with "Cry No More" details the pain felt by heartbreak and disappointment without making the listener feel depressed. It's almost like saying there's hope somewhere beyond this all, but there's no avoiding the turmoil you have to go through before then. Or maybe it could be that Stephen Pearcy just has that sexiness to his voice that makes you fall in love with the song anyway. I just love it!
was preparing for their fans. In order to be a participant, one had to be one of the first 10,000 people to submit his/her picture. You betcha I was able to make it! I LOVE Apocalyptica!!!
and James Franco would host the 83rd Academy Awards. 
DVD finally arrived at my house from my 1-DVD at a time Netflix queue.
and his band, 
