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So far I've read 4 books this year. My goal is 85.  All of these books were non-fiction.  I had promised myself that I would not be reading a lot of non-fiction this year, but all I've read were non-fiction books. The Inflammation-Free Diet Plan Monica Reinagel Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Daniel Amen The Inflamation Syndrome Jack Challem

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Thanks Wendy for the B&N app for Lose it. I downloaded it, I will check it out. Here are my stats thus far: As long as the numbers are going down...I'm happy. I am still training for the 5K although it is rough.

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Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days - This film followed a group of Type 2 and Type 1 Diabetics through a 30 Day Raw Vegan Diet at a spa. One by one we watch how this diet transforms their health and life. Thin - This film follows a group of young women who have eating disorders. It is filmed at Renfrew Center in Florida. A deep dark look into the mind of an anorexic and bulimic. This

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I found a cool site that has a bunch of documentaries to watch free on-line.  Some of these are not available to watch on Amazon or Netflix.  Check it out. http://www.sprword.com/index.html Today was W1D2 of my Couch to 5K challenge (C25K).  The running part isn't as awful as I thought it would be, however I am going slow.  Tomorrow is a rest day.  I also added some weights. It is tough to get

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Other than reading more books and watching more movies, I am planning to do some other stuff. I am once again training to run my 1st 5K.  I started this about 3 years ago, but never got that far. I had to quit the gym because I didn't have the funds.  But I joined another gym, a less expensive one, therefore, I am attempting to do this again.  I would like to be able to run and finish my first

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I love doing statistics.  I don't know why, but it is time to review what my 2011 reading and movie life had looked like. Books Read - 88 Christmas Books - 7 Classic Books (fiction & non-fiction) - 12 Historical Fiction - 6 Non-Fiction (including autobiorgaphy and memoir) - 56 Female Authors - 21 New Authors Read - 56 Pages Read - 13,245 Audiobooks - 34 Kindle Books - 14 Nook Books - 13 Books

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Thanks for the Christmas Wishes and I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year! I am finally getting around to posting about my Books and Movies. The Christmas Shoppe by Melody Carlson This was the second book I have read by her. I thought it was just OK. I liked "Christmas at Harrington's" much more. However, this book was an interesting read. The small town of Parrish Springs is not ready

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The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford If you can believe it, this is the 2nd non-fiction Christmas book I've read in my life. This one was about Mr. Dickens and how his writing of "A Christmas Carol" revitalized Christmas in England and throughout the world. It talks about how he came to

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Christmas at Harrington’sBy Melody CarlsonPages:  167 Lena Markham has just been released from prison for a crime unknowlingly committed.  She is friendless and penniless.  Restarting is not easy, but she finds friends in unsuspecting places and  opportunities where none existed before.  Book has a strong message of redemption and forgiveness and is very much filled with the holiday spirit. 

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This year, I’m not going to do my usual Christmas list, as I’ve done them 2 years in a row and really have run out of movies to add.  I will do some Christmas movie posts, but they will be general. I was looking on line to see if I can find any classic Christmas movies that I haven’t seen.  It doesn’t look like it.  I think they are all here.  I listed movies that ranged from 1934 – 1967.  

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Well it is finally here. Christmas will be here next. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, don't eat too much. My mother and son are here. My mom cooks most of the food, but I cook the macaroni and cheese and Clarissa and I made the pie. It is apple. She wanted to do the lattice top, it kind of looks sad, but I tasted the filling, ohhh is it good. We are watching the Parade, and later we are

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I am doing two Christmas reading challenges this year. Christmas in July, in December! hosted by Wall-to-Wall Books Starts December 1, 2011   Starts November 21st until January 12, 2011

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BOOKS I have started reading “11/22/63” by Stephen King.  It is very good, and it is taking me a long time to read it. But I suppose it doesn’t help that I’m also reading “A Year Without Autumn” by Liz Kessler at the same time.  I probably won’t finish King until next year because I have my Christmas reads coming up.  It’s OK, it is on my Nook, so it will be there. I can’t list my

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Thanksgiving will be here in less than two weeks. Time sure does fly. I have not even started my Christmas shopping yet, although I’m not buying many things.  My daughter is getting a laptop (her last one died), my son just clothes and money and I don’t know what I’m getting mom this year.  I buying my friend a book and her kids get gift cards. That’s it, I’m done. I have little money. I am

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I signed up for Amazon Prime. I have one free month before I take the plunge.  $79 gets to streaming of movies (older) and TV shows.  Not unlike Netflix streaming. But now they have the Lending Library, from Amazon.  You can borrow one book a month and keep it as long as you like.  I thought it would be worth $79 for the year to give it a shot.  I already have the Roku box for my Netflix

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NEW CHRISTMAS TV MOVIES FOR 2011 found at It's A Wonderful Movie Blog. And just so you know, I'm typing this entry on July 29, 2011. Christmas in July! But I don't want to have to search for it in November, so here it is. Also listed, are movies from years past. I know some of the channels, especially Hallmark, like to re-run them, so if you see anything on this list, look for it. Edit:

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The Stepfather (2009) I saw the 1986 version of this, but this one was better. Starring Sela Ward and Dylan Walsh (Nip Tuck). Walsh plays the Step-father who charms his way into an unsuspecting family. I always thought Walsh had boyish good looks, but he was very creepy in this one. He's a great actor. 4 out of 5  Them! B-Grade film from 1954. Giant ants invade the earth. Good guys come

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Can you tell who is which era?  Well that is obvious.  My daughter decided to go 80s, her best friend 50s. They both look so cute.  They're off to their Halloween party at the school.

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Halloween is on Monday. The month of October flew by.  I haven’t watched as many horror movies as I had hoped, but I did OK.  I did manage to read at least one horror Book too.  I have a few movies on my DVR to watch, but I have decided that I will delete whatever horror movies I don’t watch.  I had two on there from last year that I watched this year. I only kept them because they were

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Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return  As I mentioned last week, I loved the original Children of the Corn movie starring John Franklin.  This sequel stars a much older John Franklin.  Isaac was kept alive in a coma for 19 years. When he finally awakens he gathers the children of the original children.  Actually not a bad remake.  Stephen King had nothing to do with this other than the

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I finally read it.  The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty.  OK, I've only had this book for a year, so it is not as bad as some other books I've had for years.  I liked the movie and I really liked this book. This was well written and although I knew the story, it was entertaining to read.  This will probably be the only Horror book I will finish this month.  I was striving to also read Dracula

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Thanks to It's A Wonderful Movie I can keep up with all my Christmas movies. It is posted there that Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas on ABC FAMILY will start showing movies on November 20, 2011. Starting off with Desperately Seeking Santa. However, we are still in October, so how is it going for me and movies this week? I've watched Riding the Bullet From a Stephen King story. Alan

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It is 9 days into the month and I started my Horror Feast on October 1st. In the Mouth of Madness - A famous Horror author goes missing, and an investigator is sent to find him.  The small town he is tracked to finds him in a horror scene right out of the authors book.  Rating 3 out of 5 Homicidal - A William Castle film from 1961.  A B class movie but it was very interesting.  I didn't see

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100_6311 Originally uploaded by kelsokraft These past few weeks have been seriously busy at work. But I am trying to post more often. Especially since it is nearing October, which for me is Horror Movie Month.I have a few movies I am ordering from Netflix, however, most of my stuff will be from my DVR which has a whole lot of horror movies just waiting to be watched. I thought I’d be able to

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Well I'm a little disgusted about this stie:  http://www.christmastalk.com/index.php I mentioned it in my last post.  They have banned me, for no reason.  Especially since I never was able to finish my registration.  They apparently have the moderators put you on manually, but I never was, I was just banned.  Really? So I am revoking my endorsement of this site. There are others.

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Can I just interject how much it sucks not to be able to post from work!  It is putting a damper in my blogging.  When I get home I am so tired, and my brain is fried, I can’t think. I was looking for information on more Christmas movies that will be out this year.  And while I was surfing I came across a board that is “Year Round”.  http://www.christmastalk.com/index.php Pretty cool,

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I watched this movie yesterday.  It is called "Sympathy for Delicious".  Mark Ruffalo has been talking about this movie on Facebook for months.  He plays a Catholic Priest.  A homeless disabled man has the gift of healing.  Although all he really wants is to be healed.  He is given this gift and how he (and others) use it (or abuses it) is the main theme of this movie.  Will he ever realize

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Not my car Originally uploaded by kelsokraftLuckily things were not too bad here. No power lost, no water lost. Last night was uneventful, this morning was uneventful. It is windy right now. I did go out to look around at some damage, if any.Here is the worst of what I've seen on my walk. I hear buses will be running tomorrow, even before the trains. I'll take the bus to work, I can

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Well I'm bored. LOL! Can't go out.  Here is my play by play so far: August 26th 4:15pm - Left work early because I was anxious about finding food/water in the store 5:15pm - Went to store, plenty of food and water and a whole lotta people August 27th 8:30am - Did laundry 9:00am - Went back to store to get snacks and water 9:30am - Checked batteries in radio and matches for candles 10:30am

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#4 Evacuation Originally uploaded by kelsokraftI did feel the earthquake, my building swayed. Our building didn’t evacuate, not like we are safer on the street. If the buildings fall, they are going to fall on top of you!! Anyway, it was just a blip, no big deal.This hurricane is looking like it is shaping up to be something. I want to go food shopping tonight, not because of a panic, but I

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Bout of Books Read-a-Thon! 8/22 - 8/28 - I will try this again. This should be OK because I read on the train, so I'm hoping to get through at least one book.

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I swear, one day I am just going to wake up at 8am and watch movies all day until 8pm. I could get approximately six movies in. I will do this one rainy Saturday in the fall. Knowing me, I’ll probably need to take a nap after the first 3. I really have to clean out my DVR, I’ve managed to watch everything from 2009 but one movie. Here is the list of movies that are in need of watching before

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I just realized that my Blogiversary was on August 6th*. It has been 2 years since this blog was up and running.  Since then I've had some heavy posting months and some light (non) posting months.  Not including this post, I've posted 338 posts since then.  My heaviest year was 2009 and it was extra heavy since I didn't start until August, however, I'm at 94 (95 plus this one) for this year, so I

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021 Originally uploaded by kelsokraftBefore we start, let me show off my daughters new hair style. OK moving on.MoviesThis weekend I went to see “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes”. When I was a child, my parents used to watch the older movies on TV. What a far cry from those days. This is the prequel, so we get to see how they became super intelligent. The special effects were great, and I

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Angels in my Hair by Lorna Byrne is a Memoir that talks about Lorna's life as a person who has seen angels all of her life.  It starts with her childhood in Ireland and her days in school where the teachers and her parents all thought she was 'retarded'.  It moves quite slowly through her childhood, but this works because the build up was necessary to explain how she came to talk to angels. This

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If you have been following me for at least a year, you know that during the holiday’s I like to watch certain types of movies. For example, during the Easter season, I usually watch a lot of religious films, this year, I didn’t, because I’ve seen just about everything I wanted to. This includes all the Epics like Quo Vadis?, King of Kings, The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur…etc. During October, I

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The High Summer Read-a-Thon has started and you can find it on The True Book Addict Blog.   I am currently reading: I'm so pathetic. I haven't even finished this book. There is just no time. I work from 7:30 - 5pm. I read to and from work. When I get home I cook, practice guitar and then watch my shows. By the time I'm done, I'm DONE! I haven't read in bed this week. However, I am enjoying

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I never have talked about her. I have not seen her for over 10 years.  Why?  Her son is an idiot, that is why.  I felt it best just to stay away from all of them.  Over the past 10 years, she has moved to North Carolina, so I didn't hear from her in all that time.  I ran into her husband (Clarissa's step-grandfather) on the bus months ago.  Last month we went to hang out with her daughter (

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The High Summer Read-a-Thon has started and you can find it on The True Book Addict Blog.   I am currently reading: I don't know what else I'm going to read.  I might just try to finish "Big Machine" by Victor LaValle. However, knowing me, I'll start something new. Just don't know what yet.

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The High Summer Read-a-thon hosted by The True Book Addict will start next Monday, July 25th 12:00am and will run until July 31st 11:59pm. Read more about it on her BLOG. I have no plans as to what I'm going to read.  I'd like to read 2 full books that week.

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100_1072 Originally uploaded by kelsokraftIn case anyone is wondering why I post from Flickr so much it is because, I get most of my writing done at work, however, blogger is blocked at work, so I can't post. I learned that I can post to my blog from flickr. There are no frills, but the info gets on. The pictures usually don't have much to do with the post, I just pick one at random from my

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Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead is a documentary film by Joe Cross.  Joe was an overweight 40+ year old man with a rare auto-immune disease.  He decided to go on a juice fast for 60 days.  Now, this is not unheard of, but the way he did it was unique.  Joe is from Australia.  He spent the first half of his trip (30 days) in New York City, a place where there is a fast food place (or two or ten) on every

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014 Originally uploaded by kelsokraftI have not posted in a few, only because there is really not much going on in my world. I’m reading some books and watching some movies. However, nothing really stellar has passed my way, so there is nothing to post. I am currently reading “Big Machine” by Victor LaValle. This book was on Oprah’s Summer Reading List. I am reading it from my Nook. It is OK

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Today I went to Governors Island.  We took the Ferry across. It was a lovely time.  I took a lot of pictures.  They had some exhibits, we didn't go to many, just a few.  My mother is not an exhibit type of person.  I went to an exhibit called "Designs for Living" which you can find on my Fiber Blog. Here are some other pictures. This is the Brooklyn Bridge. One of the many sculptures around the

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100_1090 Originally uploaded by kelsokraftIn recent summers, my kids, my mother and I go on ‘outings’. Our usual day to do this is on Saturday. Last year, we didn’t do too much of that because I had guitar glass at 4PM. Now that my class is Monday nights, I have my Saturday’s free. My mother is uncomfortable going outside her comfort zone. She likes what she knows, Central Park, The New York

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Hey guys, check out my fiber blog when you get a chance. Busy's Fiber Blog I just finished listening to "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett.  It was a over 18 hours.  I got through it rather fast.  This wasn't your average book read in a droning fashion, this was a production.  Some of the characters that will star in the movie, lent their voices to this fantastic audiobook. This is now my 2nd

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100_1072 Originally uploaded by kelsokraftI have not abandoned my blog, really I haven’t. It is just I am working on a long term temp job and my hours are 7:30 – 5:00, and when I get home, I don’t want to think, let alone type something meaningful. I also cannot sit at my desk and surf around like I used to because I am on the trading floor in the middle of the hall, and I sit next to the

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I've not had time to post.  My temp job is keeping me busy, but I'm not complaining. I've been reading more now that I'm traveling. I've finally read this book. For years I've been looking at it. It isn't a very long book but for some reason it didn't appeal to me. I was highly disgusted by the treatment of David as a child. And I suppose I need to read the rest of his books to find out

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I have finally finished the book. It took me so long to read it. But now that I'm working daily, I can read it on the train. Although the movie rushes through some scenes or omits them completely, I think it is a pretty good adaptation.  I want to read the next installment, but I want to wait a while and read some other things. I've been so busy, I haven't watched many movies. This week I'm

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I just wanted to say I'm blessed to have known all of my blog buddies since JUDGEMENT DAY is tomorrow!! OK.... Anyway.... Lots of crazy stuff has happened over the last 2 days, makes me wonder if the above is true! In the neighborhood I grew up in, not far from where my mom lives now, police found a man selling explosives out of his car. This morning I was walking down 3rd Avenue in

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My last temp job ended Friday, but I got a new one that will start next week.  Just in time too. I've been reading, but I've not finished "Game of Thrones" yet. I have a female mail carrier, and she is such a bitch.  The other day I asked her while she was filling the mailboxes if she was almost done. But of course she didn't acknowledge me because she was on the phone! Today, she came to my

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Well I guess my posts for yesterday and today are unrecoverable. Good thing they weren't long and/or important posts.  *sigh* But I did like my movie review*, but Oh well -- Maybe it will come back. * The post is back minus the comments.  Oh well.  I'm joining the Crochet Flower Crochet Along. This is based on a throw from Anthropologie.  I've joined this on Ravelry.com. I will simultaniously

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The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (2005)aka Mary Bryant This is an Austrailian / UK mini series about Mary Bryant.  It is about a young woman is transported to the New South Wales penal colony in 1788.  It stars Romola Garai as Mary Bryant. This is based on true events in the life of Mary Bryant who was 17 when she was sent to the penal colony along with harden crimminals. She was a '

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It is May and I've read 26 books. That would put me ahead of target if I was going for 50 books, but I want to go for 75, so I am behind.  So I am aiming for 50-75 books for this year. I've watched 117 movies so far this year.  I should be in the 110-120 in May so I'm on target. I've crocheted 28 granny squares so far.  I plan to crochet a total of 144.  I'm attaching them as I go, row by row.

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Elizabeth has read 276 pages (35%) of A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) on a NOOK * * *Thanks everyone for the audioook suggestions. I will see if I can find them on audile.com and listen to the samples. Me and some gifts from my daughter.  Some silk flowers and two scented candles along with a Mother's Day card. She is so sweet. A dandy certificate recieved for participating in

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I am also looking for a good fiction book in audio format. So when I am crocheting I can listen.  It has to have a good narrator and of course be good. Books that I have or have read are:  Room, The Help and Game of Thrones, so cross those off of the list, but anything else please feel free to throw out there. I'm open to genre. * * * I have no problem with anyone wanting to be whatever

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I downloaded the update for my NOOK COLOR and now I can download Apps.  I'm also using the friend feature, but currently have only one friend (Thanks Wendy).  I have requested my mom to be my friend but she seems to be technically challenged when it comes to her NOOK.  This is a woman who used to be able to physically take apart/put together computers as well as take apart/put together computers

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I have to start today with a post that made me smile early in the morning. Go Retro!: Proms: Then and Now. Looking at some of those pictures posted brought back memories. The good ole days! As you can see, my friends and I were pretty low key. We had our yellow and/or white dresses. Our hair was not so teased. Our make-up was light. This was 1986. The girls cringe when they see this picture, but

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Black Swan OK, so I was really excited to finally get to see this. I was warned that it may be a little 'strange', but I'm used to strange movies. It started out OK, then there were moments of boring, then for the last 30 minutes or so, it picked up and ended with a big question mark. Throughout the whole movie there were also moments of weirdness that I couldn't wrap my brain around, and I

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I did it. I have done the A-Z Challenge, with not so much as a hitch. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to come up with 26 things to post about, but I did. If anything, it will be an interesting look back on what I was doing or thinking about in April 2011. Tyler Perry's: Madea's Big Happy Family was a very funny movie but at the same time it was very sad. Made me laugh and made me cry. I

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I have a former sister-in-law. Her name is Zeronica, she is 28 years old. I met Zeronica when she was 15, and I asked her mother about her unique name. I had given birth and was drugged up. The nurse came in with the paperwork and asked me what I wanted to name the baby. I said "Veronica". However, in my hazy slur, it came out "Zeronica" (she didn't mention that her heavy South Korean accent

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I take a lot of pictures. I noticed I take pictures of my daughter in the same place year after year. Then I realized, this was a good way to see how she grows. The first time I noticed any difference in my daughter was when I put these 3 pictures side by side. I took a picture of her on Palm Sunday in 2009, 2010 and 2011. What a growth spurt. I am measuring by my son's picture in the

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I've decided it is time to seperate my writing from my book/movie blog. Therefore I started a new one. There is nothing really there yet, so if you are one that follows my writing, please go to the following link: http://cwbusy.blogspot.com/ All my ROW-80 updates will be in this blog from now on.

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Ghosts of the Heartland (2007) Roland Yu, an Asian man, returns from the big city to his small Midwestern hometown at the tail end of President Truman's term. His neighbors question where his loyalties lie. The town is split between racist white people and the Asian community. Actual dialogue from the movie: Why don't you go back to the big city and marry a white woman so your children can

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How cool is it to learn a new song in a language you don't normal speak or hear? When my Choir Director first handed us this song, we all snickered and said, "What is this?" We made funny sounds using WaWaWaWa, we sounded like a bunch of little babies. Once we heard the song and started singing it, we realized it was pretty darn cool. It is a traditional Hymn in Nigerian and it means - Come,

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Vesti la giubba (Put on the costume) is a famous tenor aria performed as part of the opera Pagliacci, written and composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo. I'm not an opera fan, but I really love this song. Mario Lanza performs it and it is my favorite version. I will listen to other versions by other opera stars such as Plácido and Pavarotti, but Lanza's version is still my favorite. Italian Recitar!

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I think I can honestly say I've read every genre, except for Urban Fiction. I've read a Western (Stephen King does count). I've even read Erotica. But one genre I've never read, and cannot bring myself to read is Urban Fiction. Urban fiction, also known as Street lit, is a literary genre set, as the name implies, in a city landscape; however, the genre is as much defined by the race and culture

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Shirley Jane Temple-Black turns 83 today. If someone where to ask me who my favorite child star of all time was, I would have to say Shirley Temple. I want to go through the TV and grab her and hug her until her head pops off. She was such a cutie, her chubby legs and her chubby face. My favorite Temple movie is Heidi. However, I really do like them all. As an older actress, my favorite of her

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You gotta love Providence. The last Lent post of the alphabet, I promise. But I couldn't let this one slip by, it is too perfect. Today, I will be singing in my choir at 3pm for Good Friday. Before that, at 1pm, our church has a procession. This is live reinactment of the "Stations of the Cross". I will be walking in that for the first hour (the second hour I have to practice). Since this post

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What are the odds that R would fall on Holy Thursday ?? As you may know, or recently learned from my postings, I am part of a Church Choir. I've been a member of this choir for 4 years. Before this, I didn't know a Catholic Hymn from a pop song, however, I've learned the difference now! People often think of church music (especially Catholic Church music) as boring and drawn out, however,

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I know that some of us know someone with a name that is different. There once was a funny letter going around the Internet about this, but I can no longer find it. I was thinking about people I know and stories I've heard. Below I have listed some really 'different' names. These are real names, either from repeatable sources or personal experience. And I'm not talking celebrities either, No

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I love Period Pieces, also known as Costume Dramas. These are movies that take place in the past. My favorite Period Pieces era(s) would be anywhere from the 1400 to the early 1900s. Although I do like a good World War II drama. But I enjoy the older history more, and especially if they take place in the UK. I don't have a preference in subject, it could be about royalty or farm people in

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I've talked about my major hobbies during this challenge: Reading, Movies, Writing, Music and Guitars. However, occasionally I do get to do some other stuff. I so have Adult ADHD. Here are just some of my OTHER hobbies. JEWELRY MAKING - I don't get to do this too much anymore because of room constraints. However, I can make jewelry. Necklaces, bracelets, earrings, broaches, watch bands...etc.

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I missed last Wednesday's check in! I've been so busy lately. I started plotting a story. I haven't put them on index cards yet, still trying to thicken the plot. I've written some scenarios and am working on some sub-plots. I need to find away to make the story more interesting. I've not written any short stories. I wrote a sketch for an on-line class but that is it. I haven't even really

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I notice when I run out of ideas for the alphabet, I can always find something related to my guitar. For over a year, I've been learning to play guitar (seriously). I searched for a school that would help. When I was 24, I took classes at a nearby music store, it was one on one, but I didn't learn too much. There is a music store in my neighborhood, but I already knew that I wouldn't be happy.

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Mario Lanza was born Alfred Arnold Cocozza in Philadelphia on January 31, 1921. Mario comes from his mothers name which was Maria, Lanza was her maiden name. I was never a fan of opera. One day I was flipping through the channels and I came across this handsome man singing opera. He was singing something by Enrico Caruso in the film. The film was called The Great Caruso. The name Enrico Caruso

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Lark Rise to Candleford is a TV show is based on a book trilogy by Flora Thompson. The BBC show appeared on BBC One and ran for four seasons. It stars the beautiful Olivia Hallinan as Laura, the very likable heroine. The books and movies are partly based on Flora's (Laura's) life. It is about a small town girl from Lark Rise who works in the neighboring bustling city of Candleford. She works

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And for those of you wondering, yes I like 60-something year old white men. LOL! Stephen King is my favorite author. I don't get to read as many of his books as I'd like, but I do manage to watch his movies. To my knowledge I've seen most of them. Upcoming Release: • 11/22/63 - To Be Released November 8, 2011 King Books I've Read: • 1974 - Carrie • 1977 - Rage • 1979 - The Long Walk • 1996 - The

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Satura tota nostra est. Satire is all ours. Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD, author of the Satires. (I can see your eyes drooping...relax I'm not going there). I never heard of this man! I never heard this name until I watched a movie entitled Touch. The main characters name was Juvenal (no last name). He

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Insidious a James Wan filmLeigh Whannell and James Wan the makers of the "SAW" movies and the "Paranormal Activity" movies give us a new ghost film. Those of you who know me, know I don't scare easily. I don't flinch at "The Exorcist" I yawned at "Paranormal Activity". But this movie scared me. Very few movies scare me. Among those are "Ju-On", "Ju-On 2" and "Gothika". I had to do some research

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I did some more reading on the craft, that was one of my goal. As far as writing goes, I didn't do too much, nor did I do much editing. I am lacking motivation, I am lacking direction. I'll get it, I'm not licked yet.

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I don't remember how I got into Hong Kong Cinema, I think it was an old co-worker named Chris. I used to watch them some, but he really opened my eyes up to the genre. I watched a lot of Hong Kong Cinema, but Chrs got me into Hong Kong Action Cinema. The obvious difference is the latter falls under the genre of Action & Adventure. Where as the prior encompasses all, but in my case it was the

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Gibson - This is the guitar I would love to have. But I would need to get a hold of a lot of money. The cheapest I have seen a Gibson (used) was $2,000. Gibson introduced its first solid-body electric guitar and its most popular guitar to date—the Les Paul. As of now I can't afford this, but Gibson makes a cheaper model under the brand of Epiphone. It looks the same, but it is more affordable

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I'm going to take a moment out of my usual posts about books, movies and writing to talk about another love of mine...guitars. I've been taking guitar classes for over a year. I received my first guitar when I was 23. My husband at the time bought it for a Christmas present. It is a Lotus Electric guitar with a Strat body. I was taking classes at that time, but my son was young and there wasn't

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My favorite queen is Queen Elizabeth Tudor. House House of Tudor Born 7 September 1533 Died 24 March 1603 Reign 44 years, 127 days There have been several movies about this popular queen. Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) both starring Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth. Elizabeth I (2005) starring Helen Mirren as Elizabeth. Elizabeth R (1971) a Masterpiece Theater

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1st post for Round 2 (although this is my 1st round) Monday was not much of a writing day for me. I did work on my assignment for WVU some. Tuesday I did more reading on the craft. I'm reading 2 books Writing Fiction for Dummies and The Modern Library Writers Workshop. It takes me a long time to get through them because I'm always taking notes. I'm also listening to Writing Down the Bones by

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It's funny now material presents itself. I was wondering what I was going to write about for the letter 'D', and low and behold it dropped in my lap. I'm currently temping as an Executive Assistant at a very prestigious Investment Bank in New York City. The people that I work for make the big bucks. They went to prestigious schools that costs thousands of dollars. I'm in the cafeteria, and this

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I always liked the name Clarissa, I thought it was so pretty and feminine. I had a friend in High School (still is a friend) and her name is Clarissa. No surprise I named my daughter that. As a Child/Teenager I didn't read much, so I didn't know there were any books with this name in it. As an adult, long after my Clarissa was born, I discovered that there were a few. Clarissa, or, the History of

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I discovered (or remembered) some more movies about writers. Some of these are movies that one would not necessarily know are about writers. Some I've seen, some I haven't. Possession (2002) - A pair of literary sleuths unearth the amorous secret of two Victorian poets only to find themselves falling under a passionate spell. This stars Gwyneth Paltrow, I don't think I've seen this one. Thanks

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Co-Op City Stephen King mentions Co-op City in two of his novels. His first mention of it was in Running Man. After hijacking an airplane, he purposely directs the craft into the Games* building in Co-Op City, giving his life to make his first and last political stand. And in his Dark Tower series, Eddie is from Co-Op City. However, this is clearly not the New York of our own world, as Eddie

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March 25th marked the 100th anniversary of The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire where 146 people died. Most of the victims were recent Jewish and Italian immigrant women aged sixteen to twenty-three; the oldest victim was 48, the youngest were two fourteen-year-old girls. I read a book a few years back entitled Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle. It was a well written

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So I swapped most of my reading challenges that I did in 2010 for writing challenges in 2011. I just found out about this challenge, and just in time. You can read all about this challenge by pressing the picture above. It will take you to the link, however, here is a quick summary. How does the Challenge work? The premise of the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge is to post something on your

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This is my first time doing ROW-80. It came to my attention through one of my blog friends. Round Two: April 4 – June 23, 2011 I'm enrolled in some online writing classes at Writers Village University, so I am forced to write stuff every week anyway, but this gives me the push to do something other than my assignments every day. This blog is not a dedicated writing blog. I do not feel I write

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LOL! You know I am obsessed. Ronald Christopher Walken was born today March 31, 1943 in Astoria, Queens, New York. He is 68 years young today. Happy Birthday Mr. Walken and may you have a long(er) life. Chris' debut was in the movie The Anderson Tapes in 1971. In 1972's The Mind Snatchers was Walken's first starring role on the silver screen. However his first TV movie was in 1966 in Barefoot

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So I broke down and purchased a Nook Color. My Kindle 2 is 2 years old and the joy stick is going, but it still works fine. I haven't downloaded that many books on it yet. My mother also bought a Nook Color, now at least I have someone to share books with. I have not decided which one I like better. As of now I like them both, although I am used to the Kindle. This doesn't make it better just

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The Prophecy - I saw this one years ago, but it was on TV so I watched it. It was good to recall what happened, so the 2nd movie would make sense. Gabriel is my favorite of the Arch-Angles and to have Walken play (her - Gabriel is a female), made me smile, even if he was evil. The Prophecy 2 - Usually the sequel sucks, but this one was actually better than the first. A lot of stars were in this

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I have written my first short story in two years. The last time I wrote a story was in March 2009. It is called "Vines". I recently re-read that story and cringed. The idea was good, the execution, not so good. I don't remember really editing it, so I'm sure I could get it to be much better. The story I wrote this week is entitled "The House Began to Shake". It was for a WVU class. I have been

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Being Hosted by Callapidder Days Here’s a brief recap of how to be a part of Spring Reading Thing 2011: Make a list of books you want to read (or finish reading) this spring. Your list can be as long or as short as you’d like. (Also, feel free to modify your list during the challenge if it’s not working for you.) Write a blog post containing your list and submit it to this post using the Mr.

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I've often found that movies about writers are a crap shoot. Sometimes they are very good, but other times they are awful.Today I watched Angel. In this adaptation of a novel by British author Elizabeth Taylor. A young woman named Angel has no other aspirations other than to be a successful and famous romance novelist. She succeeds and buys the mansion of her dreams and lives there happily for a

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Why am I obssessed with Mr. Walken? Who wouldn't love a man like this? This clip is from the 1981 movie "Pennies From Heaven" staring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters. What you see here is Walken's entire part. But it is well worth the watch, the movie is pretty cute. It is based on an English TV program with the same name and same story line. I haven't seen the English version (staring Bob

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