It's starting to feel alot like Xmas

goodies from the heart have a way of lifting your spirits

Avatar....I Heart You

Where do I even begin. Maybe by 1st stating that I absolutely adore Sci-Fi films. I try my damnedest to see them, especially ones that are "hyped". I almost feel obligated, along with video- game & comic-book based movies (except for Daredevil, GhostRider, Elektra....SMH) I'll admit, I 1st found out about Avatar during San Diego's Comic Con earlier this year. I was smitten'd with movie just by the trailer! Blue aliens, an exotic planet, the hint of an epic battle!!! hell yes!!

James Cameron had the idea in 1994, but chose to wait for technology to "catch up" in order to properly bring his vision to the big screen. & bravo sir, well worth it. Avatar is visually stunning, granted I saw it in IMAX, but regardless, Cameron created an entire Planet, a civilization. From the various lush jungle locations, to the nitty-gritty human colony, how could you not appreciate it. The man created an entire species, a language, a culture. Granted, most of it looked like a psychedelic acid trip, but genius none the less. The idea that an entire world is connected, something way beyond spiritually, beyond faith. But a literal bond to what we can only compare to brain synapses. Beautiful.

Yes, the plot is somewhat recycled. Yes, it's a familiar story; woe are the hippy hugging indigenous people, BOOOOOO to the evil coporate business man. Dances with Wolves meets Ferngully? Princess Mononoke? More than likely. But so what! How many crappy recycled plots are out there. HUNDREDS! That applies to everything, movies, music, television shows.....politicians. Get a grip folks.

I enjoy movies like this. Movies that take me to a different place, a different world......somewhere....that's not here. It's why I rather watch shows like Heroes & V as opposed to Gossip Girl & the like. I have my own RL drama & crap, I much rather lose myself in something that's beyond reality, a mini-mental-vacation if you will.

Why people dwell on the fact that the plot wasn't vastly original is beyond me, or that they couldn't form a connection to the characters & their devastation.
For those people that say Avatar missed the mark........I say, you guys missed the point entirely.

To all you other folks that arent into Sci-Fi goodness, it's ok, I forgive you ^_^

Caroline's got asthma...

"Caroline's got asthma, and sometimes when we run
She has to stop 'cause she can't breathe, it really isn't fun.
Her breathing gets all wheezy and her skin becomes much paler,
And then she has to take a puff or two from her inhaler

Caroline's got asthma, but never makes a fuss
When she is late because she couldn't chase after the bus.
And sometimes when the lift breaks down we have to take the stairs
And Caroline says she's so glad she's got a friend who cares

Caroline's got asthma, her breathing isn't right,
And many times her mother sits beside her through the night
But though she's often feeling bad she doesn't let it show
And that is what makes Caroline the bravest girl I know "

-George Ansell-

Proud

I am proud to be the woman that I am. Proud to be the type of girl you marry. Proud to be the dorky, silly girl who laughs at the simplest of things. Proud to be the nice girl, the smart girl, the down to earth girl.

Tonight I had fun, I danced the night away, had a few drinks. Hung out with the amazing women I work with, the ones I'm lucky to call my friends & the ones who keep me sane in the midst of the nonsense.

Even though it's lonely at times, I'm pretty damn awesome!
So YAYE for being ME..............& not a "dirty vagina" LoL

Oh Christmas Tree.......

So the Rockefeller tree is sorta a big deal in NYC *sarcasm* So my gypsy & I made it a date ESPECIALLY after learning about Alicia Keys & Shakira performing. I ventured into the city to pick her up & we decided to walk to Rockefeller.......little did we know, we had just embarked on a mini-adventure!

First off, who's the genius that decided to make a mini-mouse-maze to get to the damn tree?!?

(you get the idea)

So we finally get there! YAYE, right?! NO! Please remember that I am 5ft AND it was raining! So giants, throw some umbrella in there AND this is what it was like:

After about almost 2 hrs of that, along with the lovely teenage couples making out in my face, & my gypsy about to clock someone in the face (b/c GOD FORBID we have our umbrellas out....in a rain storm.....smh people), we decide to leave.
Onto our journey for food. We settle for Outback, since we were in the land of fancy stores & expensive dining. We actually passed a place that had a pianist, lol. Somewhere along our walk, either I pulled something or my legs just swelled up or I had a cramp, I dunno. But by the time we got to Outback, my legs were broken! (exaggerated, maybe, but you get the point) Coincidentally, my aussie friend calls, chats it up with my gypsy. Who was highly entertained in deciphering his aussie linguistics , finding out about Hungry Jacks & the existence of only ONE Taco Bell !
It was a dinner filled with yummy food, story telling, jazz hands, air piano & the giggles! Well worth the head-cold & leg pain I have now, lol.

To Laugh......

When I was a kid, I remember seeing a HBO special with Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg & Robin Williams. Robin Williams stuck out like a shiny new toy for me! Dont get me wrong, I know about his little drug & alcohol habits, his ADD, he's not perfect, by no means!

I remember him dancing around the stage, the accents, the mimicry, the sound effects, he did it all! From that day on, I associated him with laughter. That the ability to make someone laugh was an amazing talent & gift. I always said that I'd want to see/meet him before I died. It'd be a dream come true.

On November 28,2009 my dream came true!