Rape the Replay Wednesday!!!!

Oh my goodness lovelies. It's the last RtR Wednesday of the year. I'm so proud that I've kept up with this. I'm glad to share what I like with the world. Hopefully I have given some underrated bands so exposure. There is some amazing music in this world. All we have to do is listen. Even if I just have an over inflated sense of myself I've noticed an obvious jump i page viewership since I started this. Someone needs to click the follow button (yeah you!) So what do we do we end the year with? I started with a band on Fearless Records so I think we should end it that way. Without further ado...Please enjoy...

Fall Apart is off Every Avenue's new Album Bad Habits. I gotta represent for the hometown boys. Technically there a few miles away from where I'm from but you catch my drift. Michigan boys all the way. This song is thoroughly addictive to me. I'm left to wonder why guys in bands I like date girls that are such bitches. Seriously where do they meet these girls? Anyway...Listen, Learn & Love people. Share it with your friends...and please do...for me...Rape the Replay

Happy...Whatever

Whatever it is that you believe in...Whatever it is that you celebrate today. Life is short and you deserve the best. (Unless you're a douche....in that case screw you!) In my case I'm late...and lazy. Didn't get a chance to celebrate the solstice but that's alright. I hope this post finds you in good health and good spirits. If it doesn't I apologize. Things can only get better. I promise. Enjoy food, gifts, and family. I'll be back for a New Years rant. For now...Every Avenue binge.

Ta for now... 

Rape the Replay Wednesday!!!!

LE GASP! It's Rtr Wednesday! Christmas Edition. The big day is Sunday and I'm not feeling very cheerful. I'm sleepy honestly. But I resolve to change that. Gahh I wish there was at least a little bit of snow on the ground. Today is the Winter Solstice and we've got butt kiss. Absolutely nothing. This is Michigan people. It just doesn't make any sense. Christmas rant aside...Please enjoy...

As well as...

Yup this is my gift to you. Two tracks. My fave Christmas songs. I'm not even going  to justify this. It's HU and AVP. You love it. I know I do. Listen, Learn, and Love people. Share it with your parents. And please do...for me...Rape the Replay.

And this one is outta here

Goodbye fall semester! Hello sleep, dvds, video games and other forms of couch potato-ism. Actually no. Still have like 3 presents to buy and a school tour to go on tomorrow. So full fledged laziness for me should start tomorrow-ish. I really should exercise. Maybe I'll do that. After I finish having my nerd-gasm. I finally got my book!  I'm halfway done. I'll explain in full later. This is a filler post. My blog looked lonely. Later lovely people

AHHHHHHH!

That is all

Rape the Replay Wednesday!!!!

Hey Hey it's Wednesday and you know what that means! Time to RtR. I totally have other things to post but those are going to have to wait until finals are over. 2 classes down and 3 to go. I can do this right? Anyway. This track popped up on me last night while I was doing homework. I couldn't figure out why I hadn't used it before. So I'm using it today. Without much more ado...please enjoy...

Redemption In  The Verse comes from the oh so amazing Go Radio. I've gushed about them on here before right? I haven't? What the fuck? Anyway, if the lead singer sounds familiar to you then you might be a Mayday Parade fan. Jason Lancaster fronts Go Radio. And if you're already a Go Radio fan well then kudos to you for being awesome. I got to meet these guys at Warped Tour in Detroit. I met another cool band that day which will be on here soon. So sit tight for that. Warped Tour was amazing. Not only did I get to meet these amazing guys I got autographs and hugs and a picture with them! They're like some of the nicest dudes ever.  Hands down one of the best days of my life so far. Can't wait to see them again. Listen Learn and Love people. Share it with your friends. And please do...for me...Rape the Replay

Rape the Replay Wednesday!!!!

Guess what day it is? It's RTR Wednesday. If you're new then welcome. If you've been following this I hope you've been enjoying my picks. Also don't forget to click that little follow button on the bottom left of the page. I would really appreciate. Shameless plugging aside it's time for the track. I was feeling a little romantic so please enjoy...

Parachute - Kiss Me Slowly (w/ Lady Antebellum... by VEVO

I stumbled upon this gem by accident. I've been a Parachute fan for years but I hadn't been keeping up with them. So when this video popped up on Youtube I clicked on it out of curiosity. It's amazingly sweet. The lyrics are catchy and the video is supremely entertaining. I listen to this song all the time, multiple times a day. I adore it. You should too. Listen Learn and Love people. Share it with your friends. And please do...for me...Rape The Replay

What's Funny

It's my first December post. I was at a loss for what to post. Plus I have final projects I need to be working on as I type this. So I'm going to keep this one short. I've decided to dip into my funny folder and share some pics with you. Feel free to share them.

Hope this made your night. Or morning. Whatever

Ta for now

   

Rape the Replay Wednesday!!!!

Hey Hey! You know what today is? Yup you do and I'm on time. I'm proud. You should be proud. So this week I'm going to use my runner up song from last week. I think you'll find it interesting seeing as last week's pick was so mellow. I'm excited. This week we have...

Escape the Fate - Gorgeous Nightmare by universalmusicdeutschland

I think I've heard this song live twice. It makes me dance.It makes everyone dance. Or at least it should. It's such a fantabulous track. The bass line is amazing. This video is dark but has an artistic feel too it so that is a definite plus. Craig's voice makes me melt. It's totally its own thing. ETF is great. So is BTF by the way. You should totally check that out. Listen Learn and Love people. Share it with your friends. And please do...for me...Rape the Replay

Rape the Replay Wednesday!!!!

So who almost forgot about RtR? This girl. With all the hoopla surrounding National Gain Weight Day a.k.a. Thanksgiving my mind has been somewhere else. I'm preparing a mini feast with the help of my lovely mother. No that is not meant to be the other way around. I run the kitchen in my house. Haha. Anyway time for music right? It was kind of difficult picking a song this week. It was a toss up between two songs. I decided to post the runner up next week thus saving myself the nerve-racking  process of picking for next week. Yay me I killed two birds with one stone. Or two posts. Whatever. Without further ado please enjoy...

 If Tonight is my Last by Laura Izibor is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard in my life. Laura Izibor is a powerhouse of talent. I'll admit I was a little slow on the jump. The first time I ever heard her was on One Tree Hill. I've been blasting this ever since. It's impossible not to love her! Impossible I say. Plus she had some really great scenes with BJG. Am I the only one who thinks that Mark Schwan has down wonders for the music industry? Moving on. Listen Love and Learn people. Share it with your friends...and please do...for me...Rape the Replay.

P.S. What do you think of Slam Saturdays?...yup back on the spoken word thing

P.P.S. Happy Turkey Day!!!!

Ta for now

Hey little girl, Hey young woman, Hey Mother, Hey Aunt, Hey Sister...You need to see this

Fun Fact: Most of my time spent on youtube  is spent watching things that are supposed to be funny and Spoken  Word. Spoken Word is an art form that I enjoy very much but have never had the balls to do. I never felt like I was good enough.
Fun Fact # 2: My donor...my father...he is great at it.So perhaps it's in my blood. Blood I sometimes wish I didn't have but that is another thing. Another post. Another time. Moving on.

I found a poem on youtube today that I honestly wish every woman in the world could see. But I can only share it with the people who see this. Do me a favor and share it. Let's makes some traffic. This is for the beautiful women who don't get treated as they should. For those who willingly accept less than they deserve. I'm giving this to you. I'm giving Zora to you. I love her and you should too.

Maybe sharing spoken word will become a feature around here. What do you think? 

Rape the Replay Wednesday!!!! (on Thursday woops)

Didn't I say I was going to do this earlier? Technically yesterday? I had homework. It tripped me up. I'm working on my final paper for English. It's getting really serious for me over here. I can do this. I can do this. Moving on. This week's RtR track is a lot newer than the others. If I'm not mistaken the album just came out earlier this year. The first time I heard this artist was in Beastly, not that I knew that. My friend enlightened me to this fact. So I went and did some research on the artist and came up with this weeks track. Please enjoy...

Mirrors by Natalia Kills is crazy catchy and all kinds of dirty. It's already been heralded as a "hymn about sex" . Don't we all need those? The first song I ever heard by her was Wonderland and I love it but this...well you heard it right? I love it. Did I mention that she's crazy hot? She is! I love her mouth... Moving on. This is a great song. It's the kind of song that makes you feel sexy about yourself. I know it makes me feel that way. Listen Love and Learn people. Maybe not in public though. It's a little raunchy. And above all please do...for me... Rape the Replay

Fun on the InterWebz

Hey Hey Hey.! It's Rape the Replay Wednesday lovelies! Woooooooo! But that's not what this is particular post is about. I will get to RtR later today. What?!?! Two posts in one day?!?! Who's a beast? Me! That's who!

Not really 

All unnecessary boasting aside, I decided to put this up because I realized that all I have posted this month is RtR which is both great and terrible. Great because it means I'm keeping up with my promise to be more diligent about the whole thing, and terrible because I really do have other things to say. 

So after an eight day facebook hiatus I decided to log back in. It was boring as hell. However one of my friends did post something about googling "do a barrel roll". So out of pure nosiness I did it. It made my freaking day. So this is what I'm going to do for you readers. I'm going to make a list of fun time wasting stuff I figured out how to do in the internet.

1. Google "do a barrel roll"
2. Google Gravity
3. Konami Code Websites (for those of you who don't know it:  ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A 
4. The exclamation point on yahoo.com makes noise
5. Bad translator ( I put in Autobots, roll out! and ended up with Spider red, We have to take action)

I hope these make you smile and help waste at least an hour of your day. If you find anything cool on your own don't hesitate to let me now.  

Ta for now

Rape the Replay Wednesday!!!!

It is once again RtR Wednesday. Are you excited? I'm excited. And I'm on time! Woot! This week's track is an oldie but a goodie. I'm using a remake here but the fact is that it's a really great song. The melody is haunting and the lyrics are simple but genius. It's the type of song that gets in your head for months. Please enjoy...

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of this) originally by the Eurythmics covered by Emily Browning. I like the original well enough but I love Emily's voice on this. One of the many great songs on the Sucker Punch soundtrack. You've seen it right? I've gushed about it on here. There are a lot of covers of this song out there but I like this one best. The fact that this track made the list this week may have something to do with the fact that I watched the first episode of Grimm last night. Who knows? Anyway, Listen, Learn and Love people. Share it with your friends. And please do...for me...Rape the Replay. 

Rape the Replay Wednesday!!!!

It's the first Wednesday of the month! And Guess what? I'm posting on time....yay! Are you excited? I'm excited. Today's song is by one of my favorite people on the planet..actually her band. As I've said before she's all kinds of wonderful and talented. If I could meet her one day then my life would be complete. I've been watching her grace the screen since I was 11 years old. I honestly don't know what I'm going to do once her show is over. Alas I'll always have her blog to read, and I wish her all the best in her future endeavors. She's beautiful and classy and real and honest. The absolute best combination of a person. I'm speaking of  course of the amazing Bethany Joy Galeotti  .

If you don't know who she is...where the heck have you been huh? No seriously though. She's famous for her roles in Guiding Light, Bring it On Again, and One Tree Hill. If you pay attention like I do then you have seen and loved her episode of Charmed, which is in Season 4 I think. I could gush forever but seriously this is about the music. So please enjoy...

Girl in the Moon is considerably slower than the other songs I've posted for RtR. But It is by far one of my favorite songs ever. It's one of the top played songs on my iTunes right now...and forever. Listen Learn and Love people. Share it with your friends . Good music is so rare these days. Support art and love and Joy.

Love you Joy!!!!

She's so beautiful

She (a.k.a me) loves football

Happy Halloween loves!!! What are you doing tonight? Whatever is be safe and have fun!

Today...well yesterday was a very good Sunday for me. Why? Football of course! Very good day indeed.


Reason # 1 why C.M. is a happy camper

It has come to my attention that I have not shared with you my NFL affiliations. Tonight I decided to share. I'm a huge Giants fan. Have been since I was a kid. I think it's my grandfather's fault. It's cool. I love him. I love them. Eli pulled it out. (He's my favorite Manning ) He stresses me out but I'm ride or die man.

Reason # (the main reason) 2 The Lions decimated Denver!!!!

Ahh the Lions...what can I say? I've been down with my home town team for the 20 years I have been on this earth. I love love love the Lions! Did I say love because seriously, I really do.They destroyed Denver tonight. (Good job Tebow *snort*) They have been dogged so much. We've suffered some humiliating seasons. But as the say goes. The Roar has been Restored. Feel how you want about my team. I don't really care. They're having a great season and I will rep the blue and white until I leave this earth. It's that serious. 

Did I mention that the Dallas lost? Cherry on top of my Sunday night. I'm glowing man ^_^

Rape the Replay Wednesday!!!!

Oh My God how off am I? I've missed two Wednesdays in a row. Epic fail on my part. But I am going to get it together.  I thought about posting 3 songs on this post but I realized that 3 songs is lot for one post so I'm not going to do that. I'll just promise to be more diligent. So  please enjoy...

Fun is fantastic. Plain and simple. I love them. They're so clever and mellow and awesome *insert more fangirl gushing here* I love this song. Listen, Learn and Love people. Share it with your friends. And for me please do...Rape the Replay

Just a little something

Tis a work in progress but I like it. I thought it'd be nice to share with you

Out of body experiences had always seemed like a foreign concept to me. Obviously these things didn't really happen. It was just a way to explain away the shock or pain or whatever the person feeling. I have always thought this. Until now. At this very moment I am making tea. Except, I'm not. I'm watching myself make tea for my mom.  I'm watching myself all of a sudden become the parent. I hand her the tea and stroke her hair. Strange. I don't even remember coming home.

The first real memory I have of my father was him carrying me out of a meat locker. I was about six when it happened. The details are a little hazy, but I remember him. Just when I had run out of deities to pray to and accepted that perhaps my life was meant to be short he appeared. Bursting through the thick metal door like Superman. He walked over to corner where I'd been huddled for what seemed like forever and plucked me off the floor. I wrapped my arms around his neck and buried my face in his chest. My father has always smelled  like coffee, cigarettes and sea water. To this day it is still my favorite smell on the planet.

Green has always been Antonio DeSanti's best color. Which is why he's wearing it now. Why we all are.  The sash on the waist of my mother's dress is lime. My grandmother's hat is moss. My toes are neon and they even glow in the dark. My mother doesn't get it. But he would. He's the one who keeps me grounded.

The thunderstorm feels appropriate. It fits my mother's loud wails and my silent rage. With each boom of thunder I hear her sob "Tony". In the lightning that comes right on its heels I see him. I see red.

Sleep has never been my friend. My bitter enemy taunts me now with flashes of a scene that my heart begs to forget. A scene that feeds my mind. The wheels are turning faster and faster. He has to know I'm coming after him. Salvatierra will join Superman in the dirt.

IT'S A CONSPIRACY.!!!

Honestly there is a post I've been trying to put up since Tuesday.(this is not it.). And I missed Rape the Replay Wednesday. I've been trying to get this stuff cranked out. Really. But the world is against me. I'm either drowning in schoolwork(sometimes procrastinating) or asleep(this is rare). I have all the stuff I want to say and  need to get it out but I can't. I had the bright idea to do it right now but that isn't going to work because I am exhausted. I've taken 3 quizzes taken a major exam and written a 5 page paper on a non profit organization in Southeastern Michigan. I have another food and culture exam to get ready for, a paper to edit, math work to do, ANOTHER paper to begin research on, a food diary due, and most importantly my Culinary Sanitation  certification exam is in four days. If I screw this up then there's not getting into the Culinary program for me. I'm scared people. I jumped into this semester feet first and I'm trying not to drown. Wish me luck

Rape the Replay Wednesday!!!!

Hola good people and welcome to Rape the Replay Wednesday. I've decided that I was going to take this time to share new music with you. Now  don't mean like I usually do. This isn't going to be some blurb about my life and then the song. Nope this post is all about the song. These will be the songs that once I hear them once I can't stop replaying them. Hence the "Rape the Replay" as in the button. You get me right.? Anyway without further ado here is your very first RtR track.

This lovely gem is Better Side Of Me (Charlie Sheen Version) by Sparks The Rescue. Say what you want about the guy, but this song is amazing. It's catchy and clever and gets me through my Culinary Nutrition and Culinary Sanitation assignments. My replay button has been raped repeatedly over the last two days. Enjoy it people.

CM 107

Hello all! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was pretty good! Great actually. With minor dashes of irritation of course. This is my life. It is to be expected. I'll post thoroughly on my weekend in a day or two. I have a bunch of homework that I neglected (sue me it was my birthday) And a Food and Culture test in 45 minutes. EEEP! Wish me luck.!

Ta for now.

Thanks Mom...For Everything

I've been waiting for the right moment to use this picture. I was going to use it a while back but I ended up scrapping that idea all together. Cest la vie I guess. Anyway this is the perfect post for this. It's the perfect time. For those of you who don't know, I have just about reached a very big milestone in my life. Tomorrow at 7:14 or 7:41 am (I always get them mixed up) I turn 20. Honestly I'm not that excited about it. I mean yeah  it's my birthday and that totally rocks but I've never been a fan of growing up. I'M TOO YOUNG TO BE 20!!!!!

All melodrama aside I have to say that I am grateful to be here. It's amazing to be alive. And I know I'm here because of my mom. She has stood by me through so much and I don't really know how to thank her properly. I don't think anyone truly grasps the reverence and admiration I have for that woman. I know that I'm a lot to deal with. I'm rude and moody and messy and a host of other adjectives that escape me at the moment.

If you're reading this (and you're probably not) I love you mom. You are the greatest woman I have ever known and all I want to do is make you proud. Thank you for walking with me every day for the past 2 decades(almost). Thank you for putting up with my mood swings. Thank you for pushing me to be a better person. Thank you for being there. Thank you for being my mom. Thank you for everything.

I know that I make you angry sometimes and you have to resist the urge to throw things at me. But I want you to know that I appreciate everything you've done. Everything you are. I'm so lucky to have you. 

So just in case you didn't know or haven't figured it out by this point in this post.

   Whoever is reading this...take the time out to thank the Wonder Woman in your life. RIGHT NOW

This is how I see you

The Hair Saga Begins

So lets talk about hair. Do you love your hair? You should love hair. Honestly you should love everything about yourself you sexy little vixen. Yeah I'm talking to you. *Joey from friends voice* Hi you doing? Seriously though, this is about hair.

So I've been sporting a relaxer (faithfully) since I was like thirteen or so. I got my first one when I was like ten. Now on a good day when my hair was freshly relaxed or a few weeks from it, it usually looked something like this.








However I get to three or four months post relaxer and forget about being able to do a goddamn thing with it. I was one of those people who only got a relaxer once a year. I could go on about this  but let's move on. I've been thinking about going natural for months but I never really committed to the idea. Until two days ago that is. I woke up like I'm so sick of this. I'm so sick of all of it. Enjoy this list of things I hate about relaxed hair

1. A month or two past relaxer you can't do a thing with your own hair.
2. I have to risk subatomic burning if I happen to scratch my head before I get a relaxer
3. Shit's expensive
4. It smells bad (And I used olive oil)
5. Use Spritz directly after and you almost fall out of your damn chair
6. You can't color your hair for weeks after(Not that I've ever done it it's just the principle)
7. Your hair is thin as fuck (And fuck bump-its)

So obviously it has not been my cup of tea. And my hair still isn't very long. I'm done with this roller coaster. While it will take some time I want my hair to eventually look like this :

The gorgeous woman to your left is Wynter Gordon. And if you don't know who she is well then shame on you! She so nice. I've met her and like oh my god I pretty much came in my pants. Ignore that. Not only is her music awesomesauce, she's really nice and really hot and has AMAZING hair!



So this is the beginning of my hair saga. Join me won't you? I need the support.


I said AWESOMESAUCE GODDAMNIT!!!!

Overhaul.!!!!!!!

So...I've decided to redo my blog. Give it a new look...brighten it up...make it pretty and all that. So don't be surprised if it looks a little wonky for the next few days. I'm not done yet. But I'm liking this new layout. What do you think?

So umm yeah...I've been meaning to call you but uhhh...like...life you know...

So errr...yup...hi. I've been neglecting this. Don't I start out this way a lot? Anyway I figure this is just my smoke signal post. To let you know I'm still alive and all that. I don't even have anything to rant about because I'm too fucking tired. I have no clever quips or stupid romantic problems (for once...for now...) I've got absolutely nothing for ya...sorry. This really is a waste of your time. I'll get back into this I promise. And actually be some sort of amusing at some point. Give me a few days.

Like I started school about two weeks ago now. And I've been sitting on my ass for a year so me trying to get back in the swing of it has been good. I fucking procrastinate like a fucking champ dude. I'm sorry. I'm sleepy so every other word out of my mouth is fuck. Avert your eyes kiddies and virtuous ones. My grades are looking pretty good so far..in case you were wondering. In case anyone's reading.

Uhhhh...what else.? There's this girl I want. But there's always a girl right. Maybe I think with my lady boner (don't ask I heard it on tv somewhere) But that's not really an issue. I don't think I have a chance. Errr...I went to Uproar on the ninth and it was fucking amazing. Popped my Banana's A7X cherry. Screamed my head off. It was all good bro. 

All the TV shows I watch are on hiatus or over so now I don't have shit to do *cough*homework*cough* So I'll be back on here trying to be funny more often. I have class in a few hours so I should go. Just wanted to let you know that I'm still here. Are you with me still? Goodnight.

P.S. To Alan Ball and Marlene King,

                    WHAT THE FUCK DUDE.? LIKE REALLY.!

                                                          Sincerely, Me

                                                                     

Attack of the Baby Boomers?!!?!?!?!!

 Yet another one of my friends has given birth to a child. Countless other people I graduated high school with are pregnant as I type this. So I was wondering...Is this the new generation of baby boomers.? Has the definition of the phrase changed from this: 

To this?:

Will the influx of babies born to babies be what we're remembered for? That's depressing to think about. Why can't we be known for how intelligent we are or how we're going to shape the future of this country? But   alas we bring you this:

While teen pregnancy rates are dropping there seems to be no shortage of teenage girls spreading their legs and bringing yet another mouth to feed into the world. Good job girls...Good job.

P.S. I begrudge no one their happiness. I have no ill will toward teen mothers. I am the product of a teen mother. I just don't think it should be glorified like it is now....Fucking MTV

One day...

I will have accomplished all that I want to. I'll be able to look back at this moment and say that I made it. But that is not now and once again I'm bummed out. It is unfathomably difficult to watch your plans crash and burn. And sometimes I think that I am going to feel this way forever. But at the same time I know that I won't. It will get better. I'll probably end up writing a letter to my 19 year old self. I'll tell myself that it all turned out rosy and the hardships gave me character...or something.

One day I'll be able to create this:

In my sleep

One day I'll wear on of these:

I'm realizing now that it's okay for things to not go exactly according to plan. I'm learning that I do not have to adhere myself to some insanely strict life schedule. I'm learning to take my time. It's hard but I'm trying.

Adieu Amy Adieu

I never expected to see R.I.P. Amy Winehouse all over the internet this past weekend. But I did. We all did. Now that I'm over my denial I can say that I am truly sad. Sad for the loss of this talent. Sad for the loss of this young woman . I feel like she had a lot to offer. Now there are these articles floating around say that she has joined the famous 27 Club. They say she has join the ranks of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain. The comparison is saddening really. Is that fact that she died young going to overshadow her gift? Addictions notwithstanding she was an amazing talent and a voice like that is going to be missed.

Adieu Ms. Winehouse Adieu

Art is Dead

I love Bo Burnham. I wanted to share this with you...

Did this affect you as much as it did me?

Adventures in Babysitting

Over the last few days I have been babysitting both my little brother and my little cousin. While at this point I'm not sure if I'd ever have a kid of my own I am sure that the imaginations of  little ones have no bounds and that makes me kind of jealous. Also kids tend to ask me things I have 1) Never thought of before or 2) have no idea how to explain to a 4 and 6 year old respectively. My favorite little gems include

1. Why does your kitty have paws?
2. Why do you have a mommy?
3. Where is your mommy? (me: at work) Why? (Me:to get money) Why is your mommy stealing money? (me: What?)

Needles to say I find them adorable in a weird sort of way. Now if you excuse me I have cookies to make and flowers to pick.

/Flower cookies.!

Joie De La Lecture*

Do you love books? I love books. Let's talk about books okay? Okay cool

Out of the six books that I've had on my roster I've finished three of them but I want to talk about two of them in particular. I finished both of these books in the last week or so and the endings stick with me. My mood goes from enraged to confused depending on which book you ask me about.

First up is: Bastard out of Carolina by Dorthy Allison

I know a lot people have probably seen the film adaptation of this book. Starring the lovely Jena Malone However I think it might be more famous or infamous based on how many people flat out refuse to read or watch it. Well allow me to join the ranks of the few and proud who have done both. And honestly people there were times in both instances when I thought I wouldn't make it to the end.

This book is by far the most disturbing thing I have ever read. I went into this thinking that there was no way that this book could be more disturbing than the film. Newsflash: I was WRONG.



Do me a favor dear reader and watch 4:57-9:52. Can you stomach it? I have to say that I was happy as hell when Bone's uncles beat the shit out of that son of a bitch. It was by far my favorite part of the entire film. Now that you are armed with this knowledge I can explain to you why the book enrages me so. I watched the movie before I read the book. I knew how this was going to end. That didn't change the fact that I kept hoping that Anney would grow a damn brain. I kept hoping that she would leave that puss bucket and do right by her daughters which is what she preaches about all the damn time. But that didn't happen. She was even more infuriating in book form. I also have to point out how twisted Bone's way of thinking became as the book went on. It was frightening and painful and... honest

That's the one positive thing I can say about this book. And it really isn't a compliment. Bone's voice is so real . There isn't any sugarcoating or any fancy words. It's just her. I cannot say that I recommend this book or film to anyone. I think that has to be a choice you have to make on your own. All I can say is:

STOP CHILD ABUSE AND MOLESTATION!!!

And let's move on to something less dark

Hahaha See what I did there.? *crickets*

Awakened is the eighth book in the House of Night Series. If you have a penitent for vampires like I do I suggest you pick this up. Seriously it's infuriatingly good and it's not just some mushy romance novel. *cough* Twilight *cough* It actually adds to the always growing vampire mythos. There is so much mythology in this story. It has a great grasp of different cultures and histories as well as belief systems It's all blended into this amazing series of which I'm eight books into and haven't given up on. * Seeing as I don't do spoilers there isn't much I can say. After all this is book eight and some of you have yet to read book one. But the following things I have to put out there.

1. You CANNOT put red tattoos on a Raven Mocker, through him on the cover and go through the entire book and not explain where the hell they came from! It's just not right.
2. Dearest Dragon, I understand your pain (okay maybe I don't ) but seriously GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!
3. WHY JACK.? Tell me P.C. ! WHY JACK.? It could've been  Erik. No one would have minded that.

 *Sigh* Books 

Notes:

* Joie De La Lecture translates to "The Joy of Reading" Which I got off of a T-Shirt designed by the oh so amazing Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley James Scott OTH) I'm broke but you should totally go buy a shirt because the proceeds go to charity and I mean come on...It's Haley!

*You're probably going to hate me for this but I gave up on Harry Potter 1 page into The Goblet of Fire

  

Fun Fun Fun Fun

I've been feeling really crappy lately. I've been mopey and irritable and sleep deprived. At this point everything just seems really difficult to me right now. So in an effort to pull myself out of my pit of sulky-ness I've done what I've always done and turned to music. This song has made me feel a little bit less sucktastic. If you're in a bad mood right now I hope this lifts your spirits too.



Enjoy,
Xoxo C.M

Starting Something New

So, as all three of my readers know...I love food. Eating, Cooking, Reading, Writing. If it has to do with food then I'm all for it. So bearing that in mind I have decided to start a food blog. I want to share my recipes with the world. The successful experiments and the not so successful ones. I'm still going to keep up with my Tips Tidbits and Shiny Stuff but this way it won't just be a featurette. I'm giving in to my obsession and I'm excited about it. I haven't figured out a name or what it it's going to look like but it is definitely coming soon. *Dorky Happy Dance*


Oh and on a totally unrelated note. I'm handing over the reigns of this crazy thing. At least for a post anyway. The lovely Sunshine is going to guest edit for me so look for that. She's totally quirky and awesome and I love her so I'm going to share her with you...Look at me being all nice and what not...



XOXO, Gossip Girl..... (Hahahaha I've always wanted to do that :) )

It's the end of the school year....

Which means my brother will now be home all day. This means that I will be forced to endure the monotony of children's TV for weeks upon weeks upon weeks. Kill me now...

I know that my mother probably felt the same way about me when I was a kid but come on...

This is what I'm dealing with:



Now imagine this on permanent loop...ALL SUMMER.................

For all of you who call us cripple

I am this girl

Okay no not really. I'm not pale, blonde or miniature. But I do identify myself as Chibi Marilyn. The whole point of this is for me to explain that I am who I say I am. No one else defines me. Nothing else defines me without my consent. Let me move on before I forget my point.

Like every other person on the planet I was called names growing up. Hell as far as I know people still call me names. At any given point of my life I have been called one or all of the following:

• Cripple
• Bow-legged
• Retarded
• The girl with the limp

At many points in my life I have had people say to me something along the lines of:

"I'll knock your knee back straight." <== As if it was straight in the first place

" I'll hit you so hard I'll make your foot straight" <=== So you're going to hit me in the foot? Fantastic. How about I crush your hand with my "not straight" foot.

I have this

Spastic Diplegia is the type that is most common and the type that I am afflicted. No there is no cure and yes I am fine with that. As a lot of people who have it will tell you, it's kind of just something you learn to live with. Sometimes we have to find creative ways to do things or just not do them at all. For instance, I can't cartwheel or ride a bike. I've never been able to cartwheel and I haven't rode a bike since after my second surgery when I was like eight or so. Most of the time when I get into a car I sit first then swing my legs in. Less pressure on my hips. And my life goes on. I walk , jog, skip, and run just like you.

These are braces

Until I was around 11 or so I wore these. I found the above picture on google and I think it's amazing. My right leg brace has Lola Bunny on it and is totally awesome. I've been in a wheelchair( only for a few weeks). I've been on crutches (seemed like forever) I've used a walker (that really was forever no matter what anyone says) I've had botox injected into my legs. I also went to school, made friends, made enemies and got in trouble for doing stupid kid stuff. I'm just like you.

So to all the people who have made me cry because I was different. I say FUCK YOU I'M FANTASTIC. Because I am and so is every other person on the planet who has it. So if you're reading this and you have it too know that I'm with you. Surgery sucks and I have cursed every physical therapist I have ever had to hell at one time or another. I know how you feel. I know what you're going through. I know you are amazing. Now all we have to do is let the rest of the world know it.

Use the word correctly...please and thanks

  

*Bonus Feature* Tips, Tidbits and Shiny Stuff Part II: It keeps getting better

Merry meet readers. I'm back with the tips, the tidbits and the shiny stuff. Strap yourself in and enjoy the ride because this time I have a lot to say. Ah hell I always have a lot to say. I could go on and on but let's move on shall we?(Ten bucks to who can tell me where I got that from)

Lets talk about Movies.!!!!

As you probably already know, I LOVE movies. If you can only say one thing about me to anyone, It'll be that I watch a lot of movies. Surprisingly enough I thoroughly HATED my intro to film class...go figure. The following movies will be ones that probably everyone in the entire world has already seen but I'm going to write about them anyway.

First up is... Beastly

Beastly is quite obviously a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast. We all know the story...and probably still have the VHS gathering dust in a closet or in a basement somewhere. However this does deviate from your normal story. Instead of being told from the view of the girl it is told from the view of the "Beast". That I believe is to be commended. This movie is based on a book of the same name by Alex Flinn. Which of course I -being the bookworm and broke college student that i am- bought from Walmart for seven  dollars and read in a day and a half.

Ta Dah.! Book cover

Honestly I enjoyed the book more but I did enjoy the movie. It stars Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Neil Patrick Harris and Mary-Kate Olsen. Of the entire cast I was most surprised to see Miss Olsen. It was a major departure from every single thing I have ever seen her in. She had some bitching wardrobe though. The movie left out a lot of elements that made me like the book in the first place and added some stuff that didn't make a shit lick of sense in my opinion. But that doesn't really subtract from the film. Although, I think the movie would have impacted me more if I was a doe-eyed 12 year old who still believed in romance and all that jazz. It was cute but I don't think anyone should be that pressed about seeing it.

Rating: 3 

And the next batter up is...Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood is the latest effort from Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke. It stars Amanda Seyfried who I have loved since her turn as Lily Kane in one of most under appreciated shows ever Veronica Mars. Like Beastly this is a modern retelling of a story we grew up with. Of course in it's origins Little Red Riding Hood is dark in it's own right. Seriously check these out . Anyway this movie pleasantly surprised me. It was really good. It showed how paranoia could make people do crazy things. Given any reason, humans can and will turn on each other. 

One of the coolest book covers I've seen in a while

Also in the same vain as Beastly, Red Riding Hood has a book that goes along with it. However instead of the movie being based on the book, the book is based on the movie. If you haven't seen it yet I do recommend that you read at least the first three chapters before you watch it as it does clear some things up that weren't addressed in the film. Also whatever theory you have about the identity of the wolf is probably wrong. Just thought I'd put that out there. What surprised me most was Billy Burke's performance. You may or may not know him as Charlie Swan from the Twilight series. I don't think I'll be able to look at him the same way.  Cesaire ( who he plays in the film) is a big departure from Charlie. I commend the guy for his performance. This movie definitely deserves more credit than it has received. I definitely plan on buying it when it comes out on DVD.

Rating: 3.75

Yes we have more ladies and gentleman. Next up is...Sucker Punch

Soooo much hotness

Have I mentioned how nice it is to see Vanessa Hudgens in movies that don't include singing or Zac Efron? It's really a beautiful thing. A beautiful...scantily clad...weapon toting thing. Ahhhh. I'm getting off track here. 

This movie stars Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, and Jena Malone. Oh and other hot girl who's name I forget at the moment. A girl (Browning) is put into a mental institution by her dick of a step father after her mother dies and he hurts her little sister. I myself think it is totally defensible to attack the son of a bitch who attacks your sibling. But that's me. So her and the other girls that she meets while there hatch a plan to get the fuck out of that creepy place.

I can't really say much more about it because I make a conscious effort not to do spoilers. The best performances in the movie were those of  Jena Malone and Carla Gugino. This movie was panned by critics but I think it was amazing. The effects were great and on top of that it isn't based off of a book. In this day and age that is rare

Rating: 4.5

Rounding out this line up is...I am Number Four 

Making his second appearance in this post is Alex Pettyfer

For all you Glee lovers out there Dianna Agron is in the film. And for those of us who enjoy Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Luke is in it. Feel free to hate him. This film was thoroughly amusing. It made me want a Chimera. Watch this one kiddies.

Rating: 4

And we have concluded the movie section of this post. Give yourself a round of applause ladies and gents. Lets move on to some thing else I love. FOOD.!

I want to talk about zeppole. Seriously it is fantastic. And it's simple to make to boot. All you need is

• butter
• flour
• eggs
• cinnamon 
• sugar and...
• water

Put them all together and this is what you get

Seeing as I can't remember the recipe off of the top of my head I'm going to link you to the lovely Giada De Laurentiis's recipe. I've made these 4 times and each time I only got like three before whoever was in my house descended upon them and only left me a small pile of cinnamon sugar

This dandruff looking pile is all I get for my efforts

Let me know how it works for you.

And you have made it to the end. It's time to check out the shiny stuff. Now I have been visiting this site religiously lately. Perhaps it is due to the fact that I need something to laugh at now that I have sent my facebook page to the internet graveyard. No matter the reason. I present to you the hilariously informative CRACKED. 

Okay what are you still looking at this for. Go try all this stuff out. NOW. GO! SHOO! Of course...check out the song first. Your regularly scheduled rants and stuff shall return when someone new pisses me off.