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All the World's a Stage: The Roleplaying Spectrum {WoW}
Apr 6th 2009 12:35PM Its not just flying mounts, ofcourse I'd prefer epic flight form as its Superior to a mount (instant cast and looks Amazing). I also shunned a ground mount until level 60 then had to conceed the fact I needed a faster form of Travel than a 40% speed increase form.
If I had the chance again and ofcourse the determination I'd level my druid without a single mount.
And yes all my mount whoring guildies think I'm daft :D
All the World's a Stage: The Roleplaying Spectrum {WoW}
Apr 6th 2009 11:35AM About the whole "they might roll play and not even know it".
I've been converted by wow.
in the nearly 4 years I've played I've never liked role play in wow, or outside wow for that matter. It wasn't until Wrath that I decided to reroll on a brand new server (none RP ofcourse) with a few RL friends. I picked a druid....and everything changed.
I was no longer some Generic DPS class, I was...interesting. I'm in a raiding guild and we all have great gear, more gold than sense and have everthing we want....but I only have a single ground mount. And if Blizzard gave me an Epic Travel Form I'd try and get that single mount deleted.
I'm a druid, What do I need mounts for?
I RolePlay my druid for some unknown reason. I even go as far as refering to myself in the guilds forum/guild chat as "the local tree" (resto ftw). I even chose a very Druidy name, Juniper.
All my alts are also called Tree's/Bushes/General plant things. (My bank alt being "Sapling". Cute!)
I've been converted to a semi roleplayer by simply finding something worthwhile to RP about.
Screw the Evil Undead or Deathknights, Screw the Paladins and their richeous virtues.....I just want to be a god damn tree.
Officers' Quarters: Time for another rant {WoW}
Mar 22nd 2009 2:14AM I'm a founding member (but not an officer due to a lack of Raid knowledge) of my guild, we're about 30 members strong and growing every week. We have 2 vent servers, a website and forums which the GM and 2 officers pay for.
And they remind us of this everytime we use them :P but anyway, The point I wanted to make was that we have a quite large and often used Feedback section of the Members only forum where we can shout out idea's or sometimes just down right complaints about everything and anything.
If it merits action then action is taken,
But the GM's word is final. He started the guild, he runs the show. If we don't like it we know were the door is.
Raid Rx: Addons for the healing lead {WoW}
Feb 21st 2009 9:10PM "Healing assignments" boil down to two things in my guild.
(Weekly clear of all current 10 man content)
Tank healer.
Group healer.
Thats it.
there are only a handful of fights (patch etc) where these assignments have to cross.
Shifting Perspectives: The dual-specced Druid part 2 {WoW}
Feb 18th 2009 10:37AM Resto/Feral(Cat)
I'm a tree by nature but I miss my feral leveling days, nothing beats a Cat for "I want to be a dirty rogue!" moments. And with offspec rolling on unwanted Naxx epics, my "offspec" gear is nearly as good as my main :S
Bring it on, I'll be the Tree with the fur coat.
A plea against vehicle combat {WoW}
Feb 17th 2009 6:28PM I have to completely Agree, I've ran Oculus twice....once for each level.
And I shall never again. We down Maly10 every week and its the low point of my raiding shedule.
I HATE (and thats a strong word coming from a raiding resto druid..) Vehicle combat.
I realy love being a druid, I Can Already Turn Into things, Better things. So let me!
Will dual specs eliminate the tank or healer shortage? {WoW}
Feb 17th 2009 12:55PM I play a resto Druid with my casual 10 man guild. We clear all 10 man content each week (last week in 2 raid nights) so we're very good at what we do.
We still have a healer and tank shortage. Its becuase of this I respeced Resto at 80 from feral.
And its why I've now completed my Offspec Feral set from unwanted Naxx epics. Combined with a friendly enchanter of mine: my "offspec" set is almost as good as my current hard earned Main.
Will the Duel spec's help for Healer shortage? Not in the slightest for me, As now I have an excuse to go back to Feral.
The idea behind the "Will it help?" is everyone assuming that Hybrid DPS will have a Tank/Healer offspec now.
What about current Hybrid Tanks/Healers? Think they'll not go DPS with their 2nd spec? It's a die hard Team Player who'll have both tank AND healer as his Duel spec's.
What I'm trying to say is you've just lost half of a resto Druid. As when it goes live 50% of my time will be as a DPS. Something I can't do (without shedloads of gold) at the moment.
Spare a little thought for us Hard working healers who just want a little fun on the side.
Juni. Resto druid who loves healing, yet has a full 1-80 feral past.


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The Rev. Dr. Marvin J. Bentley was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received his basic religious training at the Cornerstone Baptist Church, and under the tutelage of the late Dr. Sandy F. Ray and was licensed to preach the Gospel by the Cornerstone Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York.
Dr. Bentley was educated within the New York City public school system; he attained his Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Stonybrook, majoring in health science and social welfare. He obtained his seminary education at Union Theological Seminary, NYC, securing a Master in Divinity Degree. Drew University, Madison, NJ conferred his Doctor of Ministry Degree upon him, and he recently received an Associates Degree from Nassau Community College, L.I., N.Y., in Applied Sciences (Mortuary Science).
Dr. Bentley was ordained at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York, where he served as the Assistant Minister under the mentorship of Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, and Dr. Calvin Butts III. Dr. Bentley is active in many civic and community activities. He serves on numerous boards and committees and is the former president of American Baptist Churches of Metro New York. He is a former Naval Chaplain in the United States Naval Reserves. He has served as President and Vice-President of Community School Board 30, former member of Community Board 3, and past president of the Corona-East Elmhurst Clergy Association. Dr. Bentley has received many civic and religious awards and honors.
As pastor, Dr. Bentley has been serving the Antioch Baptist Church of Corona for 30 years, enjoying a blessed ministry. During his tenure at the church, it has relocated into a beautiful, gothic style new church home on the corner of Northern Blvd and 103rd in Corona, Queens, New York. It has grown to numerous ministries that include male and female "Rights of Passage" ministries (GEM and GAAYAW), The Antioch Bible Institute, Christian Bookstore, Audio/Visual Ministry, Credit Union and Athletic Ministry.
In addition to the aforementioned ministries, under Pastor Bentley's leadership, the Antioch Baptist Church of Corona has embarked upon a ministry to liquidate the credit card debt of their congregation. The ministry is based on the Book of Acts the 2nd and 4th chapters. The model for the vision was given to Pastor Bentley by Bishop C. Vernie Russell, Jr., Pastor, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Norfolk, Va.
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FYI- Was called yesterday and begged to offer a home for a little girl. Seems she has been removed from her home several times for neglect..... I need something else to care for like a hole in my head, but how could one refuse this face. Anyway she should be joining us by the end of April if all goes well.
She is a schnauzer, though you would be hard pressed to tell when you see her. She desperately needs a bath and grooming. She's 3 years old and now up to date on shots and spayed(thanks to Dog Control). I've spent some time with her, seems smart and wants to please. In 15 minutes she was responding to basic commands and is housebroken. Currently she's named Daisa, but that wont be coming home with her! Still trying to come up with an appropriate name. Suggestions? Let me know what you think. |
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- Posted by toomuchglass (My Page) on Tue, Mar 27, 07 at 17:12
Bless you ! ST. Francis ( patron saint of animals ) will save you a front seat "up there" ! |
- Posted by carol_from_ny (My Page) on Tue, Mar 27, 07 at 21:15
A new name is a good way to start off a new life. Maybe....Treasure....cause she will be. |
- Posted by goldenpond (My Page) on Tue, Mar 27, 07 at 21:26
she sounds like a Lucky Lady to me! |
Ahhhh..I'm glad you are rescuing her. She's one lucky lady. :) We have a 5 year old Shih Tzu that we "rescued" from my BIL and SIL. They just said they no longer wanted him and claimed he was really hard to train and bad. We have NEVER had a problem with him. The first thing to go was his name! LOL I don't like cutesy names for my pets and his was. Hunter is a complete joy and we cannot complain about him for one second! Six months ago, we added Ruger, a Schnauzer/Shih Tzu mix to the family (Hunter's name I just liked and DH is a big hunter so he was joking about naming him after all sorts of hunting and archery names so I picked Ruger since he's part Schnauzer and Schnauzers are German and Ruger's are German guns :) Small dog with big sounding name, though! LOL) Ruger is MY boy. He follows me everywhere and will do whatever I want him to but somedays he won't even come out of his kennel if DH tries to get him out! LOL I read that they are VERY loyal to their family but they tend to pick one member that they are closest to. I just love him to pieces! :) I wanted a female so badly (guess so it was more even around here! LOL) but that didn't work out and DH doesn't think three small dogs are a good idea at all! I had enough trouble convincing him that two would be fine! LOL Good luck with your new sweetie! |
God bless you for saving that little baby. |
- Posted by gabrielledeveau (My Page) on Sat, Apr 7, 07 at 5:50
I have alsways found the animals that we have adopted from shelters or the street are " The Best". We have a little chi female adopted who shelter was going to put to sleep the next day because she bit, all 6 lbs of her. I had her half hour and was she was eating out of my hand. Now 6 years later she is the best. My daughter bought a little male, paid $600, and he is the biggest brat who will not listen, for all his pedigree. We think they appreciate their new home in their own little way. |
I would name her "Kirby". We adopted a dog who "found" us. 5 years later he is wonderful Good luck. Jo |
- Posted by sistersunnie (My Page) on Sat, Apr 14, 07 at 16:56
Photo of new puppy, in desperate need of grooming! Counting down the days till the 23rd. |
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- Posted by mary1helen2 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 15, 07 at 15:59
Dear little baby. You are so lucky, and so kind. I am now surrounded by three Schnauzers, Barney (mine), Sammy and Roxy, my daughter's kids, I am babysitting for one week. I also have a Shepherd named Scooter, two cats, Rocky and Marvy and just yesterday was talked into bringing home a 5 month old calico from our vets office. My long haired Callie died a couple of years ago. Like you, I said I need something else to care for and feed like a hole in the head, but......she is so sweet and really puts these dogs in their places. Our first Schnauzer was named Princess Anastasia (Annie) and died 3 years ago in June. Schnauzers are such loving dogs, they love attention, petting, and snuggling with those they love...which is just about everyone. They can be headstrong and stubborn but we always send our pups to training classes then work with them afterwards. You will love your little friend. Congratulations to you. |
Funny that with all the posts I clicked on this one - and for it to be about a Schnauzer - my favorite dog!!! These dogs are the best, I had one that didn't know she was a dog, really! Her name was Marlo and she was named after Marlo Thomas - I use to love That Girl. Marlo would say "I LOVE YOU" yes, my dog "talked" We bought her because my Mom is allergic to dogs that shed, and this is one breed that doesn't shed. For some reason she looks like a Mitzi, but maybe Whiteny, since she's white? Just my 2 cents. Whatever you name her I'm sure it will fit her to a T. Good luck and God bless you for taking her in!!!! |
- Posted by sistersunnie (My Page) on Tue, Apr 17, 07 at 21:45
My daugher is leaning towards Blizzard, because she's a white flurry of activity. If that sticks, I'll call her Lizzie. Whatever the name becomes she'll be out little girl. |
- Posted by sistersunnie (My Page) on Mon, Apr 23, 07 at 11:15
I GOT HER!! They just called and I'm on my way to pick her up!! Let the fun begin! |
The dog is very cute (and bright looking!), and I looove your plate rack! |
- Posted by sistersunnie (My Page) on Fri, Apr 27, 07 at 10:37
That plate rack and the assorted pieces on it, feet, top, etc were all freebies I found at the transfer station. With the exception of that great red paint, I love the color! |
- Posted by bluepetals (My Page) on Tue, May 1, 07 at 11:00
What a sweet uplifting post. i adopted a chihuahua/jack russel girl from the pound just hours before her time to go into the truck that would take her to the gas chamber. She was so depressed and seemed to know she was in a bad place. We have her for two years now and I really do not have any idea what life was like before my "Angel". The name issue made me think of a dog my ex brought home from work one day. My youngest at age two squatted, slapped her legs and squealed out. "Kitty" when she saw the puppy. We called her "Kitty" from then on. She was the best dog. It is so amazing what my pets give me in my life |
- Posted by sistersunnie (My Page) on Thu, May 3, 07 at 10:01
Well I've had her for nearly two weeks now..... She is settling in and we ended up calling her Izzy... Fits her. She doesnt care what we call her as long as we are around. Hard to remember life without her now! |
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Replace the traditional biscuit topping with whole wheat fillo dough for a quick and light dessert. Carbs: 36.1g | Fat: 2g | Fiber: 4.2g | Protein: 2.9g | Calories: 163.1
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These miniature sweet potato pies feature a topping made with hazelnuts, although any nut will work. Carbs: 11.5g | Fat: 3.2g | Fiber: 0.6g | Protein: 1.3g | Calories: 78.2
The perfect fall dessert. I always have at least one person ask me for the recipe! Submitted by ANDREWMOM Carbs: 28.5g | Fat: 1.7g | Fiber: 1.4g | Protein: 2.8g | Calories: 131.6
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Reactions to the first screenings of "Les Miserables" are rapturous, all of them confirming that it's a strong Best Picture contender. Many sources seem to suggest that it's now clearly the frontrunner. "Les Miz" was seen by a large audience Saturday at Lincoln Center in New York and it unspooled to a small, select group at the academy's theater in Beverly Hills.
"Truly, the crowd was over the moon for the film," wrote Kris Tapley (HitFix) about the Manhattan event. Separately, he Tweeted, "Hathaway wins. GOD. I wept. Film's a triumph. They're on their feet here. NYC crowd ate…it…up."
Dave Karger (Fandango) Tweeted, "First #LesMiserables screening went over extremely well. I'd call it a sure thing Picture nominee for Oscar and the probable Globe winner."
HUFFINGTON POST: "The first-ever screening of Tom Hooper's 'Les Misérables' received a rapturous standing ovation …. If other audiences prove half as enthusiastic, Universal Studios could have its first Oscar winner for Best Picture since 2001's 'A Beautiful Mind.'"
DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD, Pete Hammond: "'Les Mis,' one of the few remaining unseen contenders, is now fully in the conversation for real, if not quickly vaunting near or to the top of Best Picture favorites (along with 'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' 'Silver Linings Playbook' and 'Life of Pi') …. I would venture those could include Picture, Actor (Jackman), Supporting Actor (Russell Crowe and/or Eddie Redmayne), Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway and maybe one of the other women), Director, Screenplay Adaptation, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Film Editing, Sound Mixing and Editing, Song (for Suddenly, the one new tune written for the film) and Makeup. It could rack up quite a total if everything falls into place."
MOVIELINE, Frank DiGiacomo: "'Oliver!' was nominated for 11 Oscars in 1969 and won six, including Best Picture and Best Director. 'Les Misérables' is poised to do the same."
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, Scott Feinberg: "At the very least, 'Les Mis' joins 'Argo,' 'Lincoln' and 'Silver Linings Playbook' in the top echelon of this year's contenders, and puts Universal back in the thick of the race for the first time since 'Frost/Nixon' (2008) was in contention five seasons ago. If it wins, it would be the studio's first best picture winner since 'A Beautiful Mind' (2001) …. Hathaway, a Hollywood darling since she blossomed from an ugly duckling into a princess in her breakthrough role, is probably now the frontrunner in the best supporting actress category."
FILM EXPERIENCE, Nathaniel Rogers: "I Dreamed a Dream That The Film Version of Les Miz Would Be Awesome. It came true."
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I'm really trying to find a answer to what's going on with my husband. We haven't had sex since March 2008 and sleep in separate rooms just as long. He doesn't talk to me much, or kiss me. We don't fight or argue we even go out of different doors to our home. I ask him does he loves me and he says yes, but he's tired and don't feel like talking. He's not gay so i don't know what's the problem. Once I called his phone and this woman answered and told me she was his friend and I said don't you know he's married she said yes He talks about me all the time. I was outdone. This been sexless marriage been going on since I was 35yrs. old. I'm not trying to brag or anything but I'm very attractive and shaped very nicely. I can walk around naked all day and he still want touch me. He'll tell me, when I get home we are going to have sex, but when he get's home he goes into the other room and sleep. All I want is for him to kiss me, hold my hand, cuddle, take me to the show, watch t.v with me, do something ..... This is so strange, because my brother told me even if the husband is not attracted to me any longer, he would still have sex. Even if a man is cheating he still has sex. I want to give up this marriage but I love him so much to now I have ulcers. |
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What did your husband say about the woman who answered his phone? And what reason could she possibly have had for answering his phone? Where was he when she answered it? What do you mean you were "outdone"? 5 years - it's been 5 years. What was the reason that you moved to separate rooms? You seem to still think that there's a possibility (you said he says you're going to have sex and then it doesn't happen). If he's been saying that for 5 years, I'd suggest facing the fact that it's not going to happen. Frankly, I'd want to get to the bottom of what's going on with this other woman. However, even if there's nothing going on, he's made it clear that there's no way you and he are going to have a physical relationship. But you also say that he doesn't spend time with you, take you out, or even watch TV with you. And you call this a marriage? It might not come as a surprise that I'm going to suggests counseling - your marriage issues seem to go well beyond the bedroom. I think the no sex issue is a result of the rest of your marriage gone bad for some reason. See if he's willing to explore it. I'm guessing not. So you will have to decide if you want to live the rest of your life living with someone, as a platonic roommate, who won't even watch TV with you. |
- Posted by scarlett2001 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 29, 13 at 1:03
I agree, how has this gone on for 5 years without a showdown? What happened that you started to sleep in separate rooms, was there some type of event that triggered this? As a wife, you have a right to an explanation. |
Sigh - yet another drive-by, I guess. |
I've been married in a sexless marriage for 12 years. It didn't start out that way. Just slowly. Now it's been 4 1/2 years for me since with had sex. He is not cheating, nor is he Gay and not into porn. He just doesn't have a sex drive. Everything time I've tried to talk to him bout it., he gets mad. Why can't he go to the doctors. He thinks I'm suppose to like this and be okay with it. We get along great unless I bring it up. Now, it would be nice to just snuggle with each other. It's like he loves me but he doesn't want to touch me. I am a nice looking woman so I've been told. I don't understand. What do I do? |
We too have been married for 12 years and haven't had sex or real intimacy for about 4. I believe we both love each other and care about each other but it more like we've become best friends than husband and wife. We both talk about being sexual but together we just can't seem to find a spark. |
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The first Rocky film was being made when I was a mere fetus. I'm only bringing this up because when you've only discovered the Rocky films at the age of 38, it's rather tempting to watch the whole series for insights into just how much the world has changed over the course of your life. With a whole new spin-off film franchise in the making (no, not the fight-of-the-fossils flick, Grudge Match, but the forthcoming Creed, in which Rocky will train the grandson of his first boxing adversary) this temptation is likely only to intensify.
Rocky's release in 1976 came at a rather dark time for America. As noted in this article, the combative but optimistic spirit of the civil rights era had all but completely fizzled out and an awful backlash had begun. A new political type was emerging: the resentful working class white male. Rocky himself is not this type; he cannot be resentful because, of course, he has a heart of gold, and is utterly committed to the ethos of individual achievement. Nevertheless, in the film's long and unvarnished shots of gritty Philadelphia, you can see the conditions that might give rise to a certain hopelessness or anger. If you don't somehow transcend this, the film suggests, you really are a loser and a bum.
No matter what criticism can be directed at the first Rocky or its sequels – the racism, the neo-liberalism, the naked patriotism, nostalgia and manipulative sentimentality – it would be hard to argue that these films aren't important. It would also be hard to argue, I think, that there isn't a heckuva a lot of talent on display here. Stallone's screenwriting, at least in the first two films, is absolutely top-notch. The acting, not only Stallone's but also that of all supporting stars, is naturalistic and compelling. You've also got to respect Stallone's audacity. Having successfully found a studio to buy his screenplay, he insisted that only he – a total unknown – play the lead, otherwise, it was no deal. We're talking about a man who was at the time so poor that he had to sell his beloved bull mastiff for fifty dollars.
There is a rather compelling parallel here between the rise of the fictional Rocky Balboa and the rise of Stallone himself. This probably explains why scores of tourists every day run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and pose with the Rocky statue. Genuine rags-to-riches stories are hard to find and they don't get much better than this.
When Rocky opens, we see our soon-to-be-hero, almost thirty, struggling against another pugilist in a small, grubby cigarette-smoke filled arena. Even though he wins the fight, the general consensus is that he's a has-been, no longer taking on any real contenders. He's also broke. He makes only forty dollars from his night's work. His real job, if it can be called that, is helping an unscrupulous loan shark collect on debts.
About an hour passes and everything reinforces our initial impression that Rocky is not only a bum and a loser but also quite thick. However, one thing he most certainly isn't is a quitter.
Rocky fancies the woman working at the pet store where he goes regularly to buy food for his pet turtles and fish. Despite the woman, Adrian, delivering about one nervous word to every fifty of Rocky's, a romance blossoms. Adrian still lives with her brother, Paulie, one of the oddest characters I've ever seen in American film. Paulie is a drunk, he's lazy, he treats his sister deplorably, and yet he's there, with all his flaws, totally irredeemable, in all six films. He is the resentful working class white male type that Rocky never could be. I think it's fair to say that characters like Paulie's are rarely portrayed in film at all, let alone as unsympathetically as this.
It is, of course, rather obvious that Rocky is going to make good—that's the whole premise upon which the film has grabbed our hearts. Yet Rocky is one of those rare films in which the fact of its happy ending at no point diminishes the intrigue of every scene. Simply watching melancholy Rocky in his squalid home talking to his fish and turtles has more entertainment value than all of the Fast and the Furious films put together. At one point, Rocky grabs the fish bowl and places it next to the terrarium so that his animal friends won't be so lonely. Like so many moments in this film, the poignancy makes you want to cry.
When eventually Rocky gets his break, it's from Apollo Creed, a veteran heavyweight who doesn't have any viable opponent for the time being. So he schemes up the idea that he'll fight a total unknown in Philadelphia on the bicentenary of America's founding. That unknown, of course, is Rocky—his face and profile appealing to Creed as he flips through a guide of potential contenders.
This plot contrivance is the franchise's most brilliant move, and it has to be said, nothing in the following five films can quite match it. Creed himself gives away the whole theme: it's a shot at the American Dream. Despite these being lottery-style odds, the film still makes Rocky's break seem inspiring to us, because, you see, he still has to work hard to cash in on his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There's a lot of skipping rope, a lot of running, a lot of weights, a lot of sparring – not to mention the quitting of smoking cigarettes – to be able to stand a chance on the Big Night.
When Rocky was released to widespread critical praise and public adulation, it seemed that a new type of leading actor had emerged. Sure there had been actors who had carried movies with an impressive physical presence (Marlon Brando, most famously), but never before had an actor been defined first and foremost for his athleticism. Stallone, quite simply, became ripped. No actor had ever been ripped quite like this. Furthermore, he claimed to represent an old fashioned kind of masculinity, one that was reputed to be disappearing. He said to the New York Times:
"If macho means I like to look good and feel strong and shoot guns in the woods, yes, I'm macho…I don't think that even women's lib wants all men to become limp-wristed librarians. I don't know what is happening to men these days. There's a trend toward a sleek, subdued sophistication and a lack of participation in sports. In discos, men and women look almost alike, and if you were a little bleary-eyed, you'd get them mixed up. I think it's wrong, and I think women are unhappy about it. There doesn't seem to be enough real men to go around." New York Times.
There is a fantastic scene in which a swooning TV reporter comes in with a cameraman to record one of Rocky's stranger training routines. He quite literally punches animal carcasses hanging from hooks. "Do you know of any other boxers who pound raw meat?" the TV reporter asks. Without even a hint of irony, Rocky replies, "No, I think I'm the only one."
Rocky is not aware of how silly this sounds but more to the point, because he's a real man, he doesn't even seem to be aware of, let alone question, his sexuality. Of course he's desirable, but to even think so would be vain. He loves his wife: that is all. And he is a fighter, that's all he ever was and will be. This definition of masculinity, with Stallone as the standard-bearer, narrows even further as the 70's give way to the 80's and Arnie, Van Damme, Segal, etc. join the pantheon of the blockbuster bruisers.
But Stallone mapped this territory first, and Rocky is not a combat-robot, or simply a muscle-bound jock with an unbeatable work ethic—he feels like somebody who might have actually existed in a given neighbourhood at a given moment in time. And so his rise to the top really does seem—even if farfetched—nevertheless plausible, and it is earned. As viewers, we cannot help but cheer for him.
I can't imagine there are many readers out there who, like me, were Rocky virgins up until the year 2014, but just in case there are, I'm not going to give away the ending of Rocky I. But I'd be remiss to not point out that after the Big Fight, one of the first lines out of Rocky's mouth, as his beloved Adrian rushes into the ring to embrace him, is "Where's your hat?" (Her posh hat fell off in her mad dash through the crowd). It's thanks to lines like this that Rocky makes for such great viewing. You always think you know what to expect, because the story line is predictable, but Stallone's writing is weird enough and specific enough to consistently serve up memorable, unrepeatable moments.
And there's the rub. Stallone did attempt to repeat the magic of Rocky. Again and again. And so we have Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982) Rocky IV (1985) Rocky V (1990) and finally Rocky Balboa (2006). Stallone directed all of them except the first and the fifth one, and penned every screenplay. This is quite a body of work. In that 1976 interview, he articulates the kind of legacy he hopes for:
"I want to be remembered as a man of raging optimism, who believes in the American dream. Right now, it's as if a big cavernous black hole has been burned into the entertainment section of the brain. It's filled with demons and paranoia and fear." New York Times.
In Rocky II, we quickly learn the cautionary tale that fame and money can quickly be frittered away. Rocky's rather pathetic attempts to do commercial endorsements are a failure. Out of financial obligation he must accept the challenge of a rematch with Apollo Creed. Drama, soul-searching and gut-checking ensue. We're on very similar territory here to Rocky I, only with fewer memorable moments.
Rocky III introduces us to that 1980s icon, Mr. T. By this point, Rocky is filthy rich and wearing nicely-tailored suits. Early on, the ever-shiftless Paulie asks him for financial help. Rocky gives him a stern lecture about how "nobody owes anybody anything." When he climbs into the ring with Mr. T, known here as Clubber Lang, he is soundly pummeled into defeat. But we viewers know he's had a lot on his mind. His beloved trainer has succumbed to a heart attack. What follows is yet more soul-searching and gut-checking—even more than in Rocky I or II—because now Rocky is exploring the meaning of "believing in yourself." Can he beat Clubber Lang in the rematch? Not without a stirring pep-talk from beloved Adrian, and not without the wisdom and advice of Apollo Creed, who is now a friend, not an adversary. There's a strange moment when Rocky goes to Los Angeles to train in Creed's gym. Everyone in the gym is African American and, as to be expected, that seething ball of white rage, Paulie, doesn't like it. Rocky admonishes him. "Well maybe these guys don't like you either."
Rocky IV is barely worth discussing. I am pretty convinced that everyone involved, Stallone included, must have snorted wheelbarrows full of coke before making it. Yes Stallone is still very ripped, but he's also become a caricature of himself. He's pitted against a seemingly superhuman enemy from the Soviet Union who, to make things really high-stakes, outright KILLS Apollo Creed in the ring. Rocky of course must get vengeance. He travels to Russia, which actually just looks like rural Minnesota or something (presumably because no one could be bothered to actually location scout in the Evil Empire) and, well, look, this paragraph is already longer than I had wanted. If you have to skip one Rocky film, make it this one.
A little bit of Rocky's mojo returns for the fifth installment. An up-and-comer called Tommy Gun seeks out Rocky as a trainer. But then an unscrupulous manager, who must surely be modeled after Don King, lures Tommy Gun away with the promise of lotsa money, not to mention women with large breasts and bad make-up. Rocky V has a pretty kick-ass ending, which basically sends the message: "the old dog still has a few tricks."
Which brings us to Rocky Balboa, which, we are to believe, is the final film in the series. It is easily the saddest, and for that reason, perhaps the most interesting film outside of Rocky I. His wife now dead, Rocky gets platonically involved with the woman he gave a scolding to when she was just a girl in the first film, telling her not to be a slut. Philadelphia by this point looks almost post-apocalyptic. His new woman friend lives next to a house that's been gutted and boarded up. The street corner is desolate. Rocky's son is miserable at his job and tired of living in his father's shadow. Thanks to a computer simulation that enacts a hypothetical fight between Rocky, star of the 1970s and 1980s, and Mason Dixon, the current champion, public interest in Balboa is reignited. People want to know, is Mason Dixon a champ of the same calibre as Rocky?
This is where Stallone decides that even though he appears to be taking this film very seriously (unlike the coke-binge/MTV-video style of Rocky IV) he is prepared to throw in the towel when it comes to plausibility. George Foreman famously won his last heavyweight title aged forty-five, but that's still a far cry from the travesty that viewers are asked to swallow here. Stallone looks every bit his sixty years. His face is as craggy as Mars. Sure he can bulk up like a prize bull who eats steroids for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but the notion that he can even last three rounds with Mason Dixon is outright preposterous.
But we get the sense that Stallone doesn't care. He wants the perfect sentimental ending. He's still got just enough of the old writer's instincts to shoot for symmetry and so Rocky Balboa climaxes much the same way Rocky I climaxed. But it doesn't work. From 1976 to 2006, everything has changed. Where before the American Dream seemed attainable, by 2006 we're almost sneering with derision that anyone still expects us to buy this crap. I did admire the way that Stallone was prepared to show us what a shithole so much of urban America has become, but if anyone is looking for a "take-home" message here, it would basically be: quit while you're ahead.
Yesterday I watched Cinema Politica's premiere of The Coca-Cola Case, a documentary that follows the efforts to stop Coca-Cola's complicity in labour relations abuses, including murder and torture of union members in Colombia. I was primed for the film by this blog post at Art Threat, where you'll learn that Coca-Cola sent a legal letter to Cinema Politica in an attempt to stop the Canada-wide film tour.
A particular scene from the film really sticks with me (among numerous very strong scenes). It's when there is a small pro-Coca-Cola rally at the University of Chicago. One student shows up with a placard that reads, "Fuck Human Rights." He then explains that, basically, everyone should be free to drink Coke, and that if there are human rights abuses in Coke's bottling plants, well, that's just capitalism, that's how it goes.
At the film's conclusion, you wish that Coke were not such a corporate behemoth that it can so often dodge the activist lawyers and filmmakers who try to hold it to account. It is remarkable the number of times in the film where Coca-Cola's representatives are public no-shows; they always insist on doing everything behind closed doors. When Ray Rogers, anti-Coke activist, presented his case at the University of Chicago, filmmakers captured the whole thing. Many of those in attendance were anti-Ray Rogers and pro-Coke. Nevertheless, when Coke personnel showed up for their part of the debate in the same lecture hall immediately afterward, they demanded that the cameras leave.
Even within Coke, there are shareholders who are aware of Coke's widespread complicity in criminal behavior. We hear them expressing their uneasiness directly to Coke's CEO at a shareholders' meeting. You never actually see the shareholders; it is an in-house production of Coke's and the camera stays immobile on the CEO's stony face. He sips some Coke (of course!) every now and then, and refuses to give any straight answers.
I have very few quibbles with the film. A few more factual details would have helped bolster the cause. There is a very revealing interview with two very young men who drive Coca-Cola delivery trucks in Colombia. Their working conditions sound deplorable: 13-hour days, they are responsible for any losses and breakages and hold-ups and robberies that occur on the job – the money is taken directly from their own pockets – and in exchange for all this, they earn $1/hour. I can imagine some crusty old capitalist codger saying, "But $1/hour must be a small fortune in Colombia!" It would have been nice for the film to furnish more details such as what exactly is the buying power in Colombia of $1. But the looks of mischief on the faces of the young men after a Coke security guard comes along to see what they're up to, well, that is priceless!
About a year and a half ago, my friends and colleagues (and Concordia students at the time) Teena, Melanie, and Kondwani (who helps run this magazine) made this short film. And I am in it! It's called "Remember Me." It's a classic, boy-meets-girl story.
Hollywood, watch out.
I am working on a new story, Chat Perdu.
In other news,
Find out more about what the USA got up to in the "War on Terror". Still 10 months after his election, Obama has not ordered the criminal investigation of any senior member of the administration responsible. And for all we know, the same atrocities are still happening — albeit more discretely — under Obama.
Glenn Greenwald breaks down the issue surrounding the release of the CIA report concisely:
"To those blithely dismissing all of this as things that don't seem particularly bothersome, I'd say two things:
(1) The fact that we are not really bothered any more by taking helpless detainees in our custody and (a) threatening to blow their brains out, torture them with drills, rape their mothers, and murder their children; (b) choking them until they pass out; (c) pouring water down their throats to drown them; (d) hanging them by their arms until their shoulders are dislocated; (e) blowing smoke in their face until they vomit; (f) putting them in diapers, dousing them with cold water, and leaving them on a concrete floor to induce hypothermia; and (g) beating them with the butt of a rifle — all things that we have always condemend as "torture" and which our laws explicitly criminalize as felonies ("torture means. . . the threat of imminent death; or the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering . . .") — reveals better than all the words in the world could how degraded, barbaric and depraved a society becomes when it lifts the taboo on torturing captives."
Whole article is worth a read.
I have not seen Inglourious Basterds, but I've read so much about it to have become disconcerted — yet again — by Quentin Tarantino's propensity to turn violence into sheer entertainment. I'm beyond thinking it's harmless fun. Brad Pitt's monologue on the film trailers, where he smirkingly barks to his men that he wants to terrorize the Nazis and take their scalps pretty much encapsulates the spirit with which Tarantino approaches every project: utter irresponsibility. He doesn't have anything to say about anything. He simply wants people to enjoy gratuitous bloodshed and laugh at brutal violence. It might have been excusable in some crime caper like Pulp Fiction, but when applied to a world war, it makes one question the seriousness of the audiences and critics everywhere that heap praise on him.
Ever since this genre started showing up – I believe SAW is credited with being the first – I knew I wanted to avoid it. Only the sickest people would want to sit for two hours, enjoying popcorn, their loved one snuggled next to them, watching the spectacle of people being tortured slowly and lingeringly, until, in some cases, they are dead.
Yesterday, because I was transcribing an Eli Roth interview for a friend, I decided to take a break and check out some clips from his films. If you've not watched torture porn, don't start. Ten minutes of this stuff was all I could take. In the most misogynistic and gratuitously sick scene, a young woman is literally strung upside down and gagged. Then, another naked woman reclines in a bath underneath her, and uses a scythe, I believe it is, to slowly carve her victim open and bathe in her blood. The female victim is like a butchered pig in an abattoir. With the added perversity that Eli Roth makes a woman sadist stand in for his own masturbatory pleasure.
There is no amount of "subtext" that this artistically illiterate director can invent to excuse himself from a gross dereliction of responsibility to audiences everywhere. We're at the point of serving up human suffering-as-entertainment on a grand scale not seen in the western world since the dying days of the Roman Empire. At least in the medieval times of public hangings there was some vague notion – however primitive – that justice was being served. But once you venture down the road of enjoying the torture and death of complete innocents, via an entire plot seemingly stitched together to achieve nothing more, you find yourself in a very, very dark place indeed.
Let's not even start on Quentin Tarantino, from whence all these peddlers of twisted, teenage fantasy smut get their inspiration.
Here is Susan Sontag on the connection between popular culture and the passive acceptance of imperial powers that visit real-life torture upon the world.
Watched the new-to-DVD film, Eden Lake, a short while ago. It was a horrific experience. It's rather like Lord of the Flies meets Straw Dogs — a very pessimistic cautionary tale about the savagery of humans. I have some reservations about whether they pushed the premise of the film too far by bringing in the parents of the feral kids at the end, but besides that, you couldn't ask for a more tightly-directed or more unnerving film experience.
Yesterday I came across a trailer for a new film by Lars Von Trier — it's called The Antichrist. It reminded me how excited I was by the Dogme 95 films when they first started to appear; von Trier was one of the creators and signatories to the manifesto. Today I found the following clip from Festen, the first Dogme film, and to my mind, the best. Festen is about a family reunion that goes horribly awry when the successful restauranteur, Christian, confronts his father with allegations of abuse. The story has the power of a Greek tragedy (it was subsequently adapted for the stage) and director Thomas Vinterberg does not make a single false move in bringing together the complex strands of the many personal stories of the main characters.
Harrowing, but at the same time, strangely beautiful; over 10 years since it was released, Festen seems just as fresh and vital a film as ever.
I know that I get too carried away by a good debate sometimes, so instead of taking another swipe at RiP! A Remix Manifesto I'm going to indulge in a little copyright theft of my own and share Susan Sontag's essay "Pay Attention to the World." It's an inspiring read about the moral imperative of narrative.
Many thanks to Ezra Winton at Art Threat for engaging in the debate. It was fun. Ezra is the founder and director of Cinema Politica, which has screened countless important movies, not only here in Montreal, but also in many other places in North America.
For a film I watched only reluctantly, and reviewed with even more reluctance (I'm honest here, despite my apparently gleeful attack on the film, I debated with myself for hours before writing anything, because I hate to be publicly negative about projects that others have clearly poured effort into) RiP! A Remix Manifesto has furnished me with some great conversation this week, both at the National Film Board of Canada (where I've been working) as well as online. Ezra Winton's response at Art Threat is thorough-going and articulate and because I still hold to pretty much all my original arguments, I'd like to continue to debate with him in the next few days. Stay tuned.
Rip! A Remix Manifesto, directed by Brett Gaylor, is a co-production of the National Film Board of Canada and Eye Steel Films. It cost approximately $1 million to make, and over the past few months, has been garnering awards on the festival circuit. This week it opens in many theatres across Canada — but the NFB has made it available in full on their website, and in keeping with the ethos of the enterprise, it would be a lost opportunity to not post at least one small serving of the film here.
If this is the future of film, time-transport me back to the past. RiP! is to film what a scramble is to eggs: satisfying to some, but hardly a creative use of the raw materials. The issues had so much potential: the stranglehold by corporations over copywright law; the invasive spread of patent to include living organisms; and the perennial favourite, "what is art?"
The apparent protagonists of this film — remix musician Girl Talk, and Brett Gaylor himself — know in advance the answers to all the questions they raise. They are listless and strangely incurious people, not interested in the relationship between capitalism and innovation, or in modes of production, or in questions about art's responsibility to represent, question, challenge, or subvert reality. About the most subversive artistic act evoked in this film is sticking cartoon features on evil George W. Bush's face.
In the worldview of RiP! our planet is teeming with ideas and cultural artifacts like a giant museum, except this museum is, like, fun. All the world needs is to stop with the oppression, let everyone inside this museum of Cool, let people mess around with stuff, and new and even cooler things will emerge. At every opportunity, we are forcibly reminded of just how cool the protagonists in this struggle are, thanks to Gaylor's incessant use of the word "cool" itself, or only slightly less ham-handedly through visual cues: Girl Talk posing with Paris Hilton; or how about Girl Talk and his girlfriend in bed, interspersed with images of a frumpy employee of the Register of Copywrights. Young, sexy, and dancing = Good; middle-aged, overweight, awkward, wearing a suit = Bad.
When he's not using the imagery of body fascism to make his point, Gaylor simply bludgeons you with circular logic. "Girl Talk's music is obviously creative," he states matter-of-factly. It's obviously creative because it draws on the "Remix Manifesto" — the origins of which Gaylor never truly explains.
Obvious? Obviously not obvious to the frumpy copyright expert, who diplomatically says, "You can't argue your creativity when it's based on other people's stuff."
Ah ha, but Gaylor has History to back him. Muddy Waters sang other people's songs, as did the Rolling Stones — except those rascally Stones then turned around and sued The Verve for stealing the score for "Bittersweet Symphony."
"Nothing is new under the sun" of course. Who can argue it? Artists borrow, reinvent, adapt — some even flagrantly steal. The central problem of RiP! is one of scale. Gaylor presents some of the greatest hits of corporate stupidity over the last decade — major corporations suing poor little families for downloading two dozen songs, as if this is a genuine battle of David and Goliath, and we all know how that one turned out. It would be reassuring, were it not for the fact that thus far, outside of a few lost music royalties, Goliath is actually enjoying a largely uncontested battlefield. We live in a corporate kleptocracy of ever-greater audacity — wherein a good portion of the loot is swindled right in front of our eyes — and there's damn little the download generation has done about it.
I digress. It would be unfair to not point out that there are parts of RiP! that, at the very least, are informative. It's interesting to discover the changes in copyright law, and to learn that the Unites States used to permit the wholescale reproduction of foreign authors' works with no compensation, the profits of which sometimes went to supporting homegrown authors (the example cited is Charles Dickens sales enabling Mark Twain's success).
Nevertheless, these nuggets are buried in a film that is a sloppy mess; its very structure proving that a throw-everything-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks method will rarely work.
I have often felt that film is a kindred spirit to the novel both in scope and ambition. Both succeed primarily by virtue of their powers of narrative persuasion. RiP! falls flat because, by any conventional measure of a narrative, it has no plot. Don't look for conflict or struggle in the story of Girl Talk and Brett Gaylor. They start the film in love with themselves and each other; they finish the film the same way. No epiphanies, no engagement with their adversary, no struggle.
At one point, Gaylor gushes enthusiastically at the spectacle of a Girl Talk show, saying, "What these kids are doing on this dance floor are unravelling that control [of the past over the present]. The future and the past are duelling it out right here on the dancefloor. Whoever wins gets to decide if ideas will be determined by the public domain or private corporations."
If you believe getting high at a rave is the required effort for Change, or that clicking a cursor to rip off some new Arcade Fire tune is an act of rebellion, then RiP! might well be inspiring.
What truly boggles the mind is that RiP! failed to even answer the following question: how does art continue to get made if nobody pays for it? Brett Gaylor solved this problem by finding a public agency prepared to pony up taxpayers' money for his project. Sadly, this is not a solution that will work for everyone; nor is it a solution that Gaylor even acknowledges with any gratitude in his film.


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I do agree, I love "mad Man" I miss most of the episodes due to work,, but I try and catch up on I-player,, i think they came out on dvd,
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So Cute, well done! I love mad men and 50s/60s fashion. Very Peggy Olson indeed. Mad men clothes are soo gorgeous!
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Awesome work! I love Mad Men and just watching it is a real visual treat. The clothing from that era is great.
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Thank you, ronnie! I believe that when something is done with love, the result is very rewarding.
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Thanks, lilo18!
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Thank you very much, it's very rewarding.
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I love your pictures!
I have never been in the MK alone like that, definitely a must do for the next trip.
Day 2 - Magic Kingdom
Yay!! First day at the parks! We were so excited we couldn't sleep... or maybe that was Aaron kicking me in the back all night because he wouldn't sleep in the crib... anyway... we were excited!!
We had breakfast reservations at the Crystal Palace at 8:05am (something new for us) which meant we'd be one of the first into the Magic Kingdom (not counting the tours) so we were even more syched.
After getting everyone up, bathed and dressed, we headed over to the T&TC and hopped the morning monorail to the Magic Kingdom. What I didn't know was that they used the resort monorail in the mornings before the park opened so this was a first for us (riding the resort line).
Above you'll see the green monorail. Anyone that read my last trip report will remember that we have this thing about the green monorail. It follows us. We end up riding it at least once or twice in the trip and every time we look up to see a monorail passing by, it always seems to be the green one. This trip was no different.
Anyway... onto the MK...
We got off the monorail about 7:30ish and were greeted by the Mickey and Minnie topiaries up for the Pirate and Princess party. It was an extremely foggy morning, something you can see in these shots, but will see even more of as I move on.
We went ahead and hopped into the entrance line for the breakfast reservations. There were two open, both of which had maybe 5 families ahead of us.
At about 7:45 the opened the gates and routed us through the ropes around to the right near the gift shop. "WAHOO!!" we thought... until we were stopped again by a CM at the tunnel under the train. Gotta love how well Disney does crowd control. The good thing however was folks had sort of gotten switched around as we did this and we ended up being the second family in line at this point.
Finally at just before 8:00, a CM came out to our left saying Mickey had finished the waffles and Stitch had finished the bacon and to enjoy our breakfast.
There is NOTHING like being alone on Main Street... even if it was foggy. We were the second folks in the park so I got some great shots without a soul in them, accept for the occasional cast member. I should mention here that we took 747 pictures... obviously I won't be including them all in these reports.
The crowds split at the end of Main Street as some folks moved onto their breakfasts with the princesses and we moved onto ours at the Crystal Palace. Let me just say was a FANTASTIC breakfast this was. I am so grateful to those of you who convinced me to do it. The food was incredible and, the experience of being one of the first in the park, and then one of the first into Fantasyland is something we will never forget... but I'll touch more on that in a few.
For the first time, Aaron was a little skidish around the characters. He shied away from them as they came and started gripping onto Daddy. He got more comfortable as lunch went on though.
We wrapped up lunch at 8:50, thinking "Wahoo!! We're going to be one of the first over the Fantasyland!" As we walked toward the castle we saw masses of people streaming up Main Street. Something I didn't know until today was they let folks into the main gates early and closed each land until 9:00.
Luckily the fog had lifted so I got some more fog-free shots of the castle.
Which leads me to these two pictures that I am DYING to have someone explain. What in the WORLD is with the paint on these two sections of the castle? I know it was not like this in June. It looks horrible!! Anyone?
Moving right along... we met up with a large group of folks waiting at the castle exit to enter Fantasyland next. This was another first for us. We usually start out in Tomorrowland but after reading the books mom got us over the past few months I learned that the reason we ALWAYS have long waits in Fantasyland is because it "fills up" first. So... off to Fantasyland we went.
The past 3 trips we've taken with Aaron, he's fallen asleep while in the queue for Peter Pan. So... it was decided to make Peter our first ride to avoid it happening again. Off we jogged to PPF.
Between getting to the park early and it being a generally dead crowd day, this turned out to be one of the best days we've ever had at the Magic Kingdom. We walked onto everything with less than 10 minute waits the entire day! What a great time of year to go... at least to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot (I'll get to that later).
After PPF we headed across to IASW and then it was time to do the new Haunted Mansion. I was psyched to see the changes.
I remember reading a thread awhile back about the CMs at the HM being told to change what they say upon entry to the stretching room etc. Something about it being too creepy to say things like "Move to the dead center of the room" etc. Well, apparently the CMs here were revolting as a result because they didn't say a word as we entered or moved in and out of the stretching room.
Anyway... WOW! I absolutely love the updates done to this attraction. Everything is so much more fluid and Leota's scene is great. Our favorite though had to be the new bride scene. Not at ALL what I expected. Totally different experience... and creepy effect on her! Very very cool!
After HM we headed over to Mickey's PhillharMagic. As we walked into the holding area the announcement that the doors were about to open came over the speaker. Once again we had no wait. This was Aaron's first experience with a 3D film and we weren't quite sure how it would go. We expected he wouldn't wear the glasses at all and would pay more attention to playing with them than the film. Boy were we wrong. The second we sat down he put the glasses on (by himself) and then sat there waiting for the show to begin. Once it started he was hypnotized... although the first few times something "flew" at him he was a little freaked out but he got into it as the show went on. Now, I should mention, this is Bill's favorite attraction, so it was no surprise to me when we stepped off and I saw him with bloodshot eyes. He got really choked up as Aaron sat there in his lap, grabbing at the gems floating in front of him and bopping to the music. It was great.
After MP we headed over to Snow White's Scary Adventures (walked right on) and then to Pooh's Playful Spot to give Aaron some "out of stroller" time.
This photo is proof that even at only a year old, kids remember their trips to Disney. The water was off in PPS but Aaron ran right over to where it should've been and waited for it to shoot up and get him in the face as it did last time.
I was thrilled to FINALLY have found the hidden homage to 20,000 Leagues inside Pooh's house. I had heard of it but never found it. TADA!!
Next it was over to Toontown where Aaron would experience his first Rollercoaster at Goofy's Barnstormer! I couldn't wait. Once again we walked right onto this one. Daddy manned the camera while I went on with Aaron.
It went by quick but what few faces I caught of Aaron's before it was over looked like he enjoyed it! He was all smiles as we got off and nodded enthusiastically when I asked if he had fun.
After GB we headed over to Mickey's house to grab a few shots for my upcoming Scrapbook page dedicated to it (for our challenge of course).
After visiting Mickey's house we attempted to get in line at the Judge's tent. Bill really wanted to do this for once. Unfortunately after waiting 30 minutes and barely moving except for the folks leaving in front of us, we decided to leave. We took the walkway from Toontown to Tomorrowland (another first for us) and headed over toward Buzz.
After walking right onto Buzz (one of Aaron's favorites) we headed over to the TTA (one of Bill's and my favorites). Aaron was being so great and so well behaved, we were just amazed. This is his "shoe five" on the TTA:
After the TTA we decided to head back to the hotel for some lunch and a nap for Aaron. On our way out we caught Mickey's show at the castle and stopped to watch it a bit.
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I love your pictures!
I have never been in the MK alone like that, definitely a must do for the next trip.
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Really great stuff, Jenn. Weird about the castle paint though, any answers yet?
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Ok the last reports are all up!! Enjoy!!
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Great pics! You took more pics than me! I was just over 700! I like the pics of Main Street with no one on the street.
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Great pictures! It brings back memories of my previous trips and gets me even more excited for our upcoming trip.
Glad to hear that your guy kept the glasses on during MP. Gives me hope that my 3yo will keep hers on as well. (I can hope for it, doesn't mean it will happen.)
I'm definitely going to have to look for the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea homage. Where is it at (general location - that way I can search for it while the kids are playing)?
Yes, we are definitely going to have to do that for our next trip as well.
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Wonderful report and pics Jenn!! Now I've really got the itch for WDW!! I agree with you that the castle paint looks funky. Don't know what they were thinking!
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You can play the simplified version of the F chord with only 4 strings. index finger on 1st fret 6st string, middle finger on 2nd fret 5nd string, both ring finger and pinky on the 3rd fret of the 4th and 3rd string.
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I have been thinking about this for no real reason, but I just wonder how risky it is to use a chiropractor. If you click chiro website and look around at the information on there you can grasp that what they are going to do to you is great in theory, but there has to be a great potential mess it up and do some serious damage to the patient. The theory is like this, you have a lot of bones in your back, the vertebrae. They all have a specific place where they are supposed to be and some times they get to some other place instead. So a chiropractor makes adjustments, moving the bones to the place where they are supposed to be. If you do it right, then every body is happy and you make some money doing it. I am not really sure how you get to be a chiropractor or how long it takes or even who says you are allowed to do this stuff or not.
It seems obvious that you do not want to just let some random guy grab hold of you and start twisting your body around until he thinks it is where it is supposed to be. However if you have a piece of paper that says you are a chiropractor on the wall, that might means something. I would not know what it meant though. If you had a diploma from Duke Medical School or the UNC school of medicine, I would know that meant something. I am not really sure where you go to study chiropractor stuff. It is not something you can learn at a community college so far as I know. You definitely do not go to medical school to learn it and I am not sure how long it takes.
Keep Up AnalyzingIt is not like I always wanted to move to Nebraska, but that is where I am going to go. The boss made the decision for me. I could have stayed here, but my job was going to be in Omaha, NE whether I was or not. So I talked him in to making it worth the effort to me. I needed him to help me out, because obviously I can not afford to spend a fortune on the move and be no better off at the end of it. I went to http://highspeedinternet.us/ and figured out where to get high speed internet at the new address where I am going to move. That is another thing, I am moving to Omaha with my job, but I am still going to be expected to take care of a lot of the same stuff that I had to do at the old office.
They have decided I can do that as well as the new job. They want to set up some sort of virtual office thing, which will allow me to work at home without risking the network. It is a big deal apparently, because they are afraid of hackers getting to the information that they keep, as much our information as it is the stuff that the clients trust us to keep secret. For instance you might not think about this, but we know what some of our clients are bidding on jobs that they want to get. They have to share some of that info with us, although not exactly in real time. They do not want their competitors to know what their costs are going to be though. You could look at these numbers and figure what their overhead is and that would allow you to beat them out of jobs.
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