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I am married for 30 years to the same great guy, have 3 kids and 5 grandkids. I work as a co-designer with my youngest daughter in our very small design house, Carasan®in NYC. We are know for our knitwear. But design more then that.
I live in a small town in VA, but spend most of my time at our small historic hay farm in WV. I work in NY and take the train to get there. No I don't go in everyday...thank G-d for email and computers. I have 7 dogs and 4 cats..so with kids, pets, husband and work, and my few good friends I am always busy. oh...and I hate to tell anyone how old I really am....don't you.Younger women say..."you look so good for your age"...what does that mean anyway? Are women over 40...50 supposed to look old, fat and ugly? We are so not our grandmothers.... but some days....well, I know how old I am anyway.
But that does not mean that I have to get old!
Hi have been a long time, so much has happened. But I am happy to be back. I will blog soon about being sick, moving and selling our homes..not much fun. And working..and how my kids are growing up way too fast. LOL
But for now I will post what I have been doing over the last few months. It is a charity project with a good friend, Summer Rayne Oakes for "charity:water". Please take a look at the project at "The Uniform Project"and see how you can wear one LBD for 31 days!
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March 1, 2011
One Little Black Dress by Carasan, one eco-model: Summer Rayne Oakes, Payless ShoesSource and The Uniform Project team up for; charity: water.
American Designs; Terri and Cassandra Rosenthal of Carasan® Designs have teamed up with their long time friend and sometime muse, Summer Rayne Oakes, The Uniform Project and Payless ShoesSource for a 31-day fundraiser that will benefit charity: water.
Terri and Cassandra of Carasan® are best known internationally for their form fitting couture hand knits and hand constructed collections. They have wanted to do a charity project with Summer for years and have been waiting for just the right one, so when she came to them with this idea, they said "why not".
Oakes asked if they would design her a look that she could wear for 31 days on the website: The Uniform Project. A look that could hold up to Oakes's busy lifestyle and reflect her personality. As Summer and the designers are all big fans of 50's styles and the show Mad Men, it was an easy jump to design a 50's look little black dress. At first, Summer sent a sketch of a tapered top with a shallow V-neck décolleté and a full A-line skirt. Then the group played with the idea of a slip dress with a pleated wrap over skirt. Next was that of a shirtdress. In the end, however, after input from both client: Oakes and the designers, a very "Summer Rayne Oakes" and a truly Carasan design unfolded, creating a dress that will stand up to time and 31 days in March. That is how long Oakes will be wearing this LBD; day after day, transforming one dress into 31, and all for a great cause, charity: water.
The "Little Black" classically styled dress is a nod to the 50's style that is flattering to most, if not all women. The LBD has a sweetheart neckline, is sleeveless and has a full pleated skirt and a button down front. There are two layers of drawstrings hidden within the dress that masterfully transitions the piece into a bubble dress, rompers, a can-can, and at least nine other practical, wearable shapes. The black fabric is a 70% silk, 30% hemp charmeuse , and a handwoven Thai silk and plain weave organic cotton-hemp were chosen for the little peek-a-boo of pink below the dress all from Source4style.Terri and Cassandra have additionally crafted a few reversible collars that can be worn to supplement the dress. And in the course of designing this dress a whole collection was created to work together to make an interchangeable wardrobe that are all constructed in sustainable materials. This collection will be launched mid-season, just in time for warm summer days and will be viewable on the Carasan website: www.carasan.com
Carasan® has created accessories and complementary garments for this 31 day journey; a few of these will be used as incentives for those who donate to the project. Examples include, a pair of hand knit fingerless gloves of organic silk and merino wool that have been encrusted with real turquoise. One of the other pieces is a sweater, like the one that was featured on the Huffington Post, on who else; Summer Rayne Oakes as one of the sexiest sweaters of the season. This one is in black and is an original showroom 1st sample garment.
Payless ShoeSource (on behalf of Summer's environmentally-preferable shoe line zoe&zac) announced that it will match dollar-for-dollar (up to $10,000) for all donations made to Charity: Water through the donation button at www.theuniformproject.com throughout March. They will also offer 50% off on a single Zoe & Zac purchase throughout 2011, for those that donate $10 or more in March through an online donation. The Zoe & Zac green brand is available in about 1,000 Payless stores nationwide and Payless.com®. Oakes is the Eco-Consultant for the Zoe & Zac green brand, where she helps Payless find innovative ways to create "fresh green fashion. A donation of $50 or more will get you entered into a pool to win a signed copy of Summer's book Style, Naturally, a limited edition print of Above Magazine, a cute zoe&zac purse, a pair of MODO Eco glasses from Summer's new collection, & other surprise goodies to be revealed at end of month!
Each of Oakes's 31 transformations will be chronicled in her witty blog entries at The Uniform Project's 'Pilot Series' challenge: www.theuniformproject.com, where people can learn more about sustainable fashion, as well as donate to the charity cause through an easy-to-use donation button.
Uniform Project's 'Pilot Series' challenge, features a new trendsetter each month who wears one "little black dress" all month in an effort to increase awareness for sustainable fashion and raise funds for important global causes. Each Uniform Project participant also earmarks a global cause for his/her efforts in the Project. Oakes has chosen Charity: Water, an organization dedicated to raising money to build wells for the billion people who do not have access to clean water and basic sanitation facilities around the globe.
Oakes is well known as an eco-model and sustainability strategist and is the Eco-Consultant behind Payless' Zoe & Zac green shoe brand. "Participating in the Uniform Project is the perfect opportunity to demonstrate how easy it is to implement eco-fashion in our daily lives," said Summer Rayne Oakes. "All people really need to refresh any outfit are some great accessories, like the ones I'll be wearing from Payless" "My picks will keep my little black dress looking fresh day after day and I'm excited that Payless is also supporting my involvement in the Project through the matching donation for Charity: Water and rewarding those that give with a rich offer on the Payless Zoe & Zac items."
About Summer Rayne Oakes:
Summer Rayne Oakes is a model-activist and Co-founder of Source4Style, a B2B online marketplace that allows designers to source and discover more sustainable materials from a network of global suppliers. The Cornell University graduate and environmental scholar has received media accolades from Vanity Fair naming her a Global Citizen, Outside naming her one of the Top Environmental Activists, and CNBC calling her one of the "Top 10 Green Entrepreneurs of 2010." Through her work as a consultant, Summer Rayne advises companies and organizations, and works on sustainable development and environmental programs in the U.S. and abroad. In 2009, she released her first book, Style, Naturally: The Savvy Shopping Guide to Sustainable Fashion & Beauty published by Chronicle Books.
About Carasan Designs LLC;
Carasan ® is a small design house, well known international for their lush hand knits as well as their hand crafted collections. Their look is best described as a Victorian woman who's soul has been reborn into the body of a downtown artist, colorful, feminine with a modern edge.
The designers, Terri and Cassandra Rosenthal, are a mother-daughter team who started the company in 1998 in Leesburg,Virginia and then moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 2001, when the youngest of the team, Cassandra began attending The Fashion Institute of Technology, in Manhattan. They have been featured in numerous magazines internationally, and were commissioned by Entertainment Weekly to create an eco-vintage ring for their V.I.P celebrity baskets for the Oscar's and the Emmy's. They were also the designers for The Golden Trailer Awards Show that honors the film industry. Carasan Designs LLC is now based in Leesburg, Virginia and Portland, OR.
They have a strong following of celebrity clients; Summer Rayne Oakes is one of them. Their label has been sold in high-end boutiques in New York City, Chicago Ill, Palm Beach Fl, and Palm Springs Ca, as well as in the United Kingdom.
Look in late spring for the re-launch of their line with a new limited edition collection. A portion of the sales of which (in a similar fashion to the LBD seen on Summer for The Uniform Project 'Pilot Series' challenge) will be going to a selected group of charities, including Summer's, picks, like charity: water. Fabric for this new collection is being sourced at Source4Style. When this line premiers in May, it will include the LBD in other colors and prints. Carasan is working on a licensing an agreement to sell the LBD from this project on The Uniform Projects website for a limited period of time.
Source4Style: is a place where designers can source and discover more sustainable materials for their collections). This is Oakes's most current business, which she started with her friend, Benita Singh. It is basically a B2B online marketplace that allows designers to source and discover a simply stunning selection of sustainable materials and services from a network of global suppliers. The Uniform Project sources all their materials from them as well, so you know you are going to get a fabulous LBD when it goes on sale.
About charity: water:
charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. 100% of public donations directly fund water projects.
Summer's goal this month is to raise $10K for charity: water. With those funds, charity: water can provide access to clean and safe drinking water for two communities in developing countries. Again, 100% of the money raised will go directly to water project costs in the field.
About Uniform Project
Uniform Project is a social enterprise that started in 2009 when U.P. Founder Sheena Mathieken pledged to wear one little black dress for 365 days as a creative exercise in sustainability and a fundraiser to support the Akanksha Foundation. The U.P. has since evolved into a series of monthly challenges with a new face, new little black dress and new cause every month. The U.P now has an international following of supporters, a few of whom have joined Sheena to form the Uniform Project Company. The U.P is now in its second year, expanding its first year model as a global platform converging philanthropy, fashion, sustainability and social commerce into an ongoing mission.
Almost immediately, Sheena and the U.P were hit with a deluge of media attention. The project was featured in major publications ranging from the New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, BBC, Times London, LA Times, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, Vogue, Elle, Glamour, Marie Claire to hundreds of fashion, culture and design blogs, as well as TV shows around the world. By the end of the yearlong challenge, the U.P site received over 2 million hits and raised over $100,000 in donations for the Akanksha Foundation and Sheena was named one of Elle Magazine's Women of the Year for 2009.
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Tags: Carasan, Carasan Designs, LBD, Little Black Dress, Sheena Matheiken, Summer Rayne Oakes, Uniform Project, Uniform Project March Cassandra Rosenthal, Terri Rosenthal
I have been away for too long...moving, working....
it is nice to see what everyone is doing.you all are such a need group of women.
Now I need to get back to work..and I have a sick kid at home. : (


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Exemplar Texts K-1.
I've copied the texts here for my own use. These come straight from Appendix B of the Common Core State Standards document. I retyped them because I could not cut and paste from the table of contents. I also switched the list to title and then author because that is how my brain works. I plan to go through and annotate as I read the texts below. I have bolded the ones I've read. My interest in reading the texts is 1) to know the texts potentially being used in my daughter's class and 2) be informed about exemplar texts as they are often cited as developmentally inappropriate and propaganda.
My initial analysis is positive. I am happy to see authors I know such as Lobel, DePaola, Suess, Eastman, Hoban, Bang, Milne, Hughs, Wilder, Henkes, Aliki, Gibbons, and Crews. A criticism would be that many of the texts appear to be thirty plus years old as I know they were around during my childhood or before. A more pressing concern is that if the "Stories" and "Poetry" categories are for independent reading (versus the "Read-Aloud" categories), then the texts presented will be inaccessible for students for most, if not all, of Kindergarten. Yet, I am glad that the list is comprised of literature and nonfiction rather than phonics readers and old fashion Dick and Jane style readers. The more I watch my own child learn to read, the more I believe in the power of phonics. However, I see phonics readers as tools for learning to read; even though completing a phonics readers is a joyous occasion for a child learning to read, it does not replace literature which is the heart of why we learn to read. As far as propaganda, I see a couple titles that look like they will have a "green" stance, but I believe protecting our environment is common sense and moral, not an agenda. I also feel topics of animals, water cycle, and plant life cycle match science curriculum for this age.
Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss
Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel
Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie DePaola
Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Analysis: I love that most of these are classic texts, tried and true, but wouldn't mine a couple additional modern texts. Also missing: Female characters in equal balance to male. Race is kinda of mute because so many of the characters were animals. I felt there was great range from Pancakes for Breakfast which is essentially wordless to the classic first reader Green Eggs and Ham to the more complex chapters of Frog and Toad. I saw none of the stories contained propaganda in my opinion.
"As I Was Going to St Ives"
"Mix a Pancake" by Christina Rosseettie
"Singing Time" by Rose Flyeman
"Halfway Down" by A A Milne
"Drinking Fountain" by Marchette Chute
"Poem" by Langston Hughs (had trouble finding this since it pulled up all his poems)
"Wouldn't You?" by John Ciardi
"Laughing Boy" by Richard Wright
"Be Myself" by Elosie Greenfield
"Covers" by Nikki Giovanni
"It Fell in the City" by Eve Merriam
"Celebration" by Alonzo Lopez
"Two Tree Toads" by Jon Agee
Analysis: Again, I see no propaganda. I liked the mix of gender in authors as well as the inclusion of different races (versus just old white men like Frost or Yeats or something). The poems ranged in complexity in both the ideas and the writing itself. These exemplars are for K-1, so I worry that many of them are too difficult for K, but I did see a lot of common sight words. The topics included humor as well as familiar subjects (water fountain, snow, etc).
Read-Aloud Stories:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mr. Poppers Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson
A Story, A Story by Gail E Haley
The Paper Crane by Molly Bang
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
Family Pictures by Carmen Lomas Garza (had trouble finding this in a search)
Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Read-Aloud Poetry:
"The Fox's Foray"
"Over in the Meadow" by John Langstaff
"The Owl and Pussycat" by Edward Lear
"April Rain Song" by Landston Hughs
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss
Analysis: "The Fox's Foray" was a bit violent for me, but, at the same time, it was no more so than an accurate nature show. Of all the poems in the world, why choose one with the word "pussy" featured so prominently? I would hope that most kids this age wouldn't know its non-feline meaning, but is the quality of this poem really so amazing as to take the risk? I didn't think so. Never understood the need to read to the smallest of children text like this that is so far beyond them in vocabulary and so unfamiliar in structure, but if it must be done, I would not choose this one. The remaining three poems I found completely acceptable. There are many picture book versions of "Over in the Meadow," and though the Ezra Jack Keats one is my favorite, that is just personal opinion.
Informational Texts:
A Tree is a Plant by Clyde Robert Bulla
My Five Senses by Aliki
Starfish by Edith Thacher Hurd
A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver by Aliki
Truck by Donald Crews
I Read Signs by Tana Hoban
Ler's Find Out about Ice Cream by Mary Ebeltoft Reid
"Garden Helpers" by National Geographic Young Exlporers
"Wind Power" by National Geographic Young Exlporers
Read-Aloud Informational Texts:
The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
Fire! Fire! by Gail Gibbons
Follow the Water from the Brook to Ocean by Arthur Dorros
Waster, Water Everywhere by Mark Rauzon and Cynthia Overbeck
Earthworms by Claire Llewellyn
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Steven Jenkins and Robin Page
From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer
Amazing Whales! by Sarah Thomson
How People Learned to Fly by Fran Hodgkins and True Kelley

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"Oh I'm sorry," he murmurs in his light Dublin accent. He looks up not fully taking in the face in front of him as he quickly walks on.
Mark has had a pretty peaceful morning. He had woken up to a catchy song on the site's radio station, had a nice breakfast, he was even early to his shift. To him all was scerine… until the other man replied.
"I thought you looked a lot like me!" the ginger in a lab coat joked in his heavier Dublin accent.
Mark stopped in his tracks, then slowly turned around. It couldn't be.... But lo and behold it was.
Blake was there with his arms wide open with a huge smile on his face.
"Brother!" Blake said, crescendoing his call to him.
Mark's stomach dropped.
"What- What are you doing here?" Mark hissed as he closed the gap between them.
Blake's arms droop only slightly.
"What? You're not embarrassed of me are you? Oi wait a minute," Blake says pointing at Mark's badge, "How'd you get a higher security clearance than me?"
Blake lowers his brother's hand.
"That's not the point. I transferred out of Site 2 to get away from you, and now you're here?" Mark said suddenly feeling as if he's already said too much.
"Marky, love," Blake replies wrapping one of his lanky arms around his brother as he starts to walk and talk, "let's have a little heart to heart here."
Mark hated when his brother called him 'Marky'.
"I've noticed, that ever since you had that first containment breach you had to clean up, you haven't been yourself. So I've talked with Mamai-"
"Oh god,"
"-And this is our way of keeping an eye on you."
Mark looks around to make sure no one is paying attention to them. Then ducks his head down and whispers, "... You're full of shite, aren't ya?"
Blake leans in and whispers through clenched teeth, "Yeah, but that's my story and you're sticking with it."
"This is about Ashlynn isn't it?" Mark whispered.
"Isn't that why you're here too?" Blake asked, whispering.
"No, I was literally trying to get as far away from you as I can," Mark replied normally, standing up straight.
Blake followed suit, slowing down as they approached a door with a key card reader.
"Well that's just rude now, isn't it?" Blake says as he slides his badge through the key card reader and punches a few buttons into a code on the keypad next to the door.
"We'll talk business over a pint after work, eh?" Blake says as he opens the door.
"I'm not helping you with this one, Blake," Mark says feeling sorry for his brother.
"That's what you always say," Blake says giving his brother a wink before the door closes behind him.
Mark sighed and shook his head.
After a moment he realized he didn't know where he was on site thanks to his brother. He looked down at his watch. He had 5 minutes to find where the cafeteria was or else he was going to be late. His brother was with him for less than 5 minutes and is already on the verge of getting him in trouble. Typical.


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text: Where is #TeamUsher? Stand Up! Usher is en route of releasing his eighth, yes eighth, studio album entitled 'UR'. Today, the RnB veteran released the follow up single to "Good Kisser" & "She Came To Give it to You (feat Nicki Minaj)". I don't know about you guys, but I am loving the sound of this Usher's new music.


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The work of the kingdom finds us laboring to find souls 'that gladly receive his word and are baptized; thus adding to His church daily, such as should be saved.' We received notice on August 8, 2011 of a family member that needed a visit if we were still in the area. We checked our maps and found that we were just a few miles from making such a visit. A day later and we would have been out of the Browns Valley area, on our way south towards Los Angeles. What we found was a warm, engaging couple that eagerly welcomed us into their home, in spite of laborers working on the house. We met Nelson and Beverly Lucas and began to engage them in conversation to find that she had been worshiping in the local LDS church for the past 20 years. Nelson, in his late 80's is a member of the Reorganization, holding the office of Priest. Without much hesitation Beverly announces that she desired baptism. As quickly as this statement was made, a knock on the door brought the close friends and neighbors of the Lucas', who are member of the LDS church. Our conversation quickly changed with no opening to address Beverly's concern. We proceeded with a power point presentation on the redemption of Zion and its fulfillment through the seed of Joseph Smith, Jr. All received the presentation well and we thanked our hosts for their time and were on our way.
Beverly's statement could not be shaken from our thoughts, desiring that we might be given an opportunity to meet with her again as we worked our way back north to meet other commitments. We continued to visit about Beverly's statement and were impressed more so as each day passed. We determined that we would drive to the Lucas home on August 26th. As we sat in conversation, we went directly to the issue of what appeared to us as an unusual statement. She explained that she had wanted to be baptized in the LDS church, but her husband's faith was an obstacle that had caused some division between them over the years. We began to share on one significant point of difference; was Mary overshadowed by the Holy Ghost in conceiving the Savior, as both the Book of Mormon and the Bible taught or not? As we began to open the word of God and the official teachings of the LDS church, tears began to course down her face as the spirit bore witness of the truthfulness of our testimony. We told her we felt directed by the spirit to return and ask her to be baptized. She gladly received the word and accepted the invitation to enter into the waters of regeneration.
|Baptismal charge by Jim McKay
Preparations were made to meet the Lucas' and other saints we have been ministering to in the Yuba City and Oroville areas at Collins Lake on Sunday afternoon, August 28th, at 4 p.m. We had made a visit to the lake to determine a good spot, which we did find. We were told there would be a $12 fee for each vehicle. When we arrived on Sunday, prepared to pay for three vehicles, we were told there would be no charge. We had prayed that such would be the case. Now, for the second time on this mission trip, God had moved upon the hearts of others and opened the way, giving us a testimony of His hand in this work.
|Beverly Lucas baptized by Patrick McKay
Eight of us gathered, "Afar in Old Judea" was sung, prayer by Elder Lyn Wixom, and remarks by Seventy Jim McKay were spoken in charging our sisters as to the nature and authority of that which was about to transpire. We walked to the waters edge as Seventy Patrick McKay, taking Beverly in hand, entered into the water and performed this sacred ordinance.
|Confering of the Holy Ghost to Beverly Lucas
After changing and then returning to the Lucas home, Patrick delivered a charge centering on the gift of the Holy Ghost. We laid our hands upon her head and Seventy Jim McKay spoke the long awaited words of joy, 'receive ye the Holy Ghost'. Priest Nelson Lucas closed our service with prayer. There were tears of joy by those gathered.
We returned on Monday, August 29th to administer the sacrament and set brother Nelson apart to strengthen him in his ministry. Brother Patrick spoke and administered the emblems to the four of us. With tears of joy, sister Beverly shared that she had heard that prayer of blessing for 20 years, wondering what it would be like to partake. Her testimony is, "it was worth the wait." Brother Nelson gave expression to what this meant to him, his relationship with Beverly and that his work was not done. Brother Jim spoke words of counsel and encouragement to brother Nelson as the hands of both Seventy were placed upon his head, challenging him to step forward, responding to the ministry he had been called to many years before.
Our testimony is that the Lord blesses His servants as they go forth to declare His name and the hope of His Kingdom. Please remember this family that the Holy Spirit will visit them, encouraging and ministering to their needs.


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Holy man: the USA vs. Douglas White / Flying Limbs Inc. Productions ; director, Jennifer Jessum.
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- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 84 min.)) : sound, color
- Publisher: [United States] : Passion River Films : 2011.
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Martin Sheen.
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Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White is the story of Douglas White, an 89 year old Lakota Sioux medicine man from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, who spent 17 years in federal prison for a crime he did not commit. During the making of this film, filmmakers uncovered new evidence of White's actual innocence" and brought the case back to federal court. Holy Man offers a rare glimpse into the mysterious world of Lakota religion, their intimate connection to the land, and a provocative expose of the systemic injustice that Native Americans face in the criminal justice system. Holy Man is narrated by Martin Sheen and features Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Russell Means, Arvol Looking Horse, Dr. Fred Alan Wolf, Leonard Crow Dog, and many other Lakota elders and leaders.
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Hi guys !
Today's post, is gonna be about an album that holds a special place in my heart.
WONDERLAND by McFly
Indeed, today celebrates the 12th year anniversary of the album and I couldn't be prouder and happier than to call it my favorite album of all time !
I won't say it's a right choice or a bad choice or anything, everyone's entitled to have their own favorite album, one that describes exactly how they feel or how they felt at a certain time in their lives. Who knows, right ?
I was lucky enough to be a McFly fan since day one and their Room On The Third Floor (ROTTF) album, and when they outed Wonderland, I was pleased to have more to look forward to !
I've always loved the album, but it wasn't until a couple years after it came out, when I was in high school and kinda having a down-period of time in my life, that I turned to this album, and replayed it until my fingers were bloody by all the times I pressed replay on a specific song or the whole album.
I hope people are lucky enough to have, like me, an album that means so much to them, and that's there for the good times, the bad times and all the in-between. I'm grateful for this album and McFly will probably never know how much it means to me, but I still needed to write about it.
WONDERLAND as described and perceived by me
Now, keep in mind that all of what I say is purely from my point of view. So when I say that I think this album is a masterpiece, it's purely out of my perspective and not from a professional's.
Wonderland is the follow up album by British pop-rock band McFly, and I won't say it enough but they're my personal favorite heroes.
With ROTTF, they achieved popularity and getting their names out there.
With Wonderland however, they achieved a level of musicianship which, to me, was revolutionary at the time, especially for a pop-rock band, having the whole album recorded and then played live with a full orchestra.
Music's power is such as sometimes, when listening to a specific song, it takes you back to the first time you heard said-song. And whenever I listen to this album, I can relive and see myself, as I was in '05, hearing the first single, All About You for the first time on MTV when I was living abroad in Malaysia.
Then came single I'll Be Ok, right before the album came out, and THAT was the element that made me know that the album was gonna be huge and would play a huge part in my life.
When All About You is a love song, I'll Be Ok is a song that talks about every day struggles and how you should always look for the best and think to yourself that you'll be okay.
It's simply put and might sound a little goofy to you guys, but honestly, this helped me a lot growing up.
When the full album came out, I remember I felt it was going to save my life. Literally. And it did.
Whenever I was feeling down, I was playing the album. Whenever I was feeling hopeful too. Whenever I was feeling emotions that submerging me, I was playing it. To this day, I still do.
My musical knowledge growing up, has been built on watching Disney movies, so get that to me, if a music has some theatricality or some big orchestras in it, it's most likely to please me !
There isn't a full concept behind the record. But, music's magic, is to have a full interpretation of your own for whatever song you like. To me, every song has a story and can be acted as a single movie. But the magic of this album, is that you can also act it out as a movie in its whole.
Also to be acknowledged, McFly's career in the US rocketed when the movie Just My Luck came out, starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine, as they outed a special song for the movie, had a mash up of their first two albums thrown into one to comply to Hollywood and be used as soundtrack for the movie, so if you've got a chance, go check it out !
Wonderland as a movie. Track by track.
I'll Be Ok is the scene that starts the movie, with someone who's had a couple kicks in life and who's in desperate need to have a helping hand lended to him (let's call him MC). One of his "friends" reach out and helps him.
I've Got You this is the part where the main character shows his friend his appreciation for what he did and sings about how he's glad to have someone in his life to make it seem less dull.
Ultraviolet Here, the main character goes off rail seeing that maybe his friend's feeling might not be reciprocated and starts seeing things and being delusional. It's like he's on some sort of medication and at the same time, he's happy and sad.
The Ballad Of Paul K The character now faces an older version of himself and doesn't like it. He realizes that unless he takes back his life, he won't make it because time is running out and he's coming short of it.
I Wanna Hold You Still high on whatever he took, the protagonist is going a little cuckoo and he wants to show his love what he feels. But since he's high, he doesn't know what he's doing. Could he possibly have put everyone's lives at risk by extensive measures such as setting the ice caps on fire to melt it ?
Too Close For Comfort There, MC is being aware of how much he hurt his love interest. He's writing a song from the other person's perspective, and at the same time, tries to apologize, but he knows that he's gonna have to work for it. It's hard, but it's life. Sometimes things end and you're the only one to blame.
All About You in desperate need to reconquer the other person, MC writes the ultimate love song. One that will go down in history, because it's a love song accompanied by all those he knows to desperately try to get the other's attention back.
She Falls Asleep (Part 1 and 2) MC can't get an answer from the other person, so he tries his best, and when he finally gets an answer, he hears that the other person's considering to take his life away because there's no much more to live for. MC is trying to reach through, but he's aware that before saving anyone else, he has to save himself. But he still wants to try by asking the other person to save him too.
Don't Know Why MC is writing to his own self, realizing that he's done some awful shit and now he needs to make amends. It's hard, he's trying, but he sees that there's nothing he can do.
Nothing There, MC has a conversation with himself and is saying everything he's ever wanted to say to his other self.
Memory Lane After taking it upon himself to put some distance between them, and going away, MC comes back to reconquer his love, but finds that the other person has no idea who he is anymore. Instead of being sad, he wants to find her, but the other's moved away. He finishes by staring into a sunset and sings "so much has changed, so much has changed, down memory lane".
Alright so maybe I took it a bit far haha. But this is how a movie would be played out !
If you take every song singularly, you'll always find something to relate to or a situation to have it to.
Even if the record is perfect in my eyes and I wouldn't change a thing, I still have my preferences as to what songs are the most important to me.
Simple and easy, that song is basically a 'pick-me-up' song, and I have to say, that as much as I love the song in its original form, back in 2012, I saw Mcfly front row at Wembley Arena, and they were playing a medley of I'll Be Ok and Bubblewrap (from follow up album Motion In The Ocean) and I have to say, that I was lost in my life, I was very lost, and I didn't know what to do, I was having anxiety and panic attacks, and in that moment, when they played this song, they played it on the piano. And having a song like that, sung on the piano, it gave it so much more depth than I could ever hope for. I felt as if indeed, I'd be okay whatever happened to me, that I could make my own decisions and needn't be afraid to talk about it to other persons as long as I know how to get back on my feet. Little sob story, I know, but it shows how much music can influence someone.
So, this song is particular, because I remember listening to it to drench my pain when my first high school crush didn't reciprocate my feelings and was still oblivious to what I'd told him. I needed him then. And I needed to have an outlet to my pain, cause he knew how much I cared but chose to still act the way he did before. And this song helped me, by shouting it very loudly from the top of my lungs in a pillow, and to this day, it still helps when things aren't going the way you'd expect them to. It's obviously a break-up song, and even when you're with someone, it just helps to think "Wow, I just hope I don't come to the point where this song is actually meaningful to me nowadays too". It's kinda like having a love-hate relationship. You hate that you love it, but you love hating it cause it's a sad song that you never want to sing in-between sobs again.
finally but not the least. My ultimate most favorite song (besides Bubblewrap)
This song is my ultimate love declaration and I really hope someone has enough feelings one day for me to propose to me on this song (or an Ed Sheeran one, wink wink). It's a perfect playful song describing the perfect complicity between two persons who love each other, it can be used as a wedding slow first song type-o-thing, it can be used as a Valentine's Day present as shoutout on social medias, it really is to me, the most perfect love song to ever exist in the universe.
So there ! You have it. A look on my favorite album of all times.
Hope you'll check the album out if you haven't. If you already do know it, then please let me know what are your favorite songs, and just for the pleasure of it. Go listen to my most favorite tracks below 😉
HAPPY 12th ANNIVERSARY WONDERLAND. AND HERE'S TO MANY MORE !


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