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** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A fascination for the stars, a friendship with the darkest night; a search for adventure, a longing for the light; a journey to the edge of the universe, a wonder in my eyes... I have strong convictions, I love to sing and dance, I hate sham, lies and guise. I love life, people, oceans, pens, dreams, cats, chocolate, and I'll stand for what is right. You can tell me what I should be, Everything I lack. But at the end of the day just take me back to where the stars still shine at night. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You're welcome to read, follow, comment, listen, laugh and cry. ![]() ![]() ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ® Bragging Rights Reserved |
*clicks on "Reviews Pending Response"* Reaction: ![]() I am so rude! To think I haven't replied to 125 reviewers. ![]() Missing Gaby ~ Quiet contemplation ![]() ![]() Sorry nangwaya left. ![]() But...I'm enjoying editing my novel, listening to Ben Howard and updating "Give It 100!" ![]() ![]() |
I got tired of my shortcut icons looking the same (a million documents with the same icon can get a bit confusing!). So I went searching online and found a great site where you can download icons (such an incredible variety!). Check it out: www.interfacelift.com Now I am happily looking at a clean, tidy and visually appealing computer screen. Makes me feel good. ![]() |
Wow, I can't believe all the depressing newsfeed posts today! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] ![]() [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] Please! Count your blessings! Be grateful every day! Smile as much as you can! Do RAOKs, indulge yourself, try something new. Be productive, be passionate, be inspiring... And don't you just love this emoticon: ![]() ![]() |
I am delighted by all the support I am receiving for my secret project! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Patience, my loves. :-[ You will find out what all this is about eventually...those of you who don't know already, that is. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ain't WdC the best place to be?! :-[ No place on earth is quite the same...if it is on earth. I'm thinking it's more like heaven. ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() since 2010 ![]() ![]() ...and skyrocketing towards 500! If my calculations are correct and I continue to write a poem every day as I have been since the 26th of January, I will have reached 700 by the end of this year! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I have been looking forward to 400 for a while, now, but I didn't realise that I had actually reached this milestone until I was talking with Elle - on hiatus ![]() "Oh," I thought; "I'm only at 188. I must have miscounted." Then there was a moment of ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is huge for me, and I am so excited. Somehow 1000, my dream...doesn't seem so far off! In fact, if I continued writing a poem a day next year, I would reach it by the end of 2015. ![]() ![]() Actually, it's a bit of an experiment: I want to know if I can rely more on discipline, determination and devotion, rather than just inspiration, for my creativity; if I can train myself to sit down and write something good just like that (it's far-fetched, I know, but I wanted to give it a go). So far it has been about 60% crap, 39% half-decent and 1% good (in my opinion, of course ![]() Wow, wow, wow! *happy dance* I can't believe this! I need to celebrate. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Oh, oh, oh, can't stop jumping around. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I'll see you in 2015... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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It's got to be bad when you spend a full minute staring at your latest MBs with the warm fuzzies inside. ![]() I absolutely love them!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Most underused emoticons ever... ![]() That epic moment when you get a massive plot breakthrough. Lately, with my novel, I haven't just had writer's block, I've had writer's constipation. And this morning I was out walking in the rain when... bingo! and there it was, my beautiful, clean, smooth, lovely, logical plot twist right there in front of me. It's totally perfect, and I'm over the moon. I've never had such a great Monday before in my life. ![]() And I came up with a really cool quote (at least, I like it :-[): ![]() ![]() I think I'll use this for a new "Give It 100!" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And while I'm blabbing, I may as well share my excitement at Elle - on hiatus ![]() ![]() ![]() She asked me today which poem I reckon she should enter into a contest, "Invalid Item" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
So keep it up, Elle. ![]() ![]() [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] ![]() ![]() ![]() |
So some of you have been asking what my new job is. I'm doing a morning delivery truck run, which I started a couple of weeks back. It has been good so far, but today was a pretty bad day. ![]() It was the Queen's Birthday Weekend, so I had Monday off, but it seems that a few places expected me to deliver that day. Then I messed one of the orders up and one of the dairy women ranted at me, while the other one muttered and mumbled that "if she'd known, she wouldn't have ordered for Monday"...then another place I had to deliver to closed its doors at 9am so I had to wait an extra half hour for them to open again. {e:sigh} Then at one place the mussels I delivered got rejected, so I had to take them all the way back to the depot, and at another place I got told off by one of the other drivers for parking in the way. I hit the 8:30am traffic and got home much later than usual. Just a bit much for one day, especially when I was trying to be cheerful and polite and asking after their weekend, etc. And on Sunday my best friend told me some devastating news, which I was still recovering from and hoping for a better week. (No such luck. ![]() The only good part of the day was when I saw one of my friend's driving to work and he gave me a big wave, toot and grin. And my brother wrote on my hand yesterday "keep smiling's" (the "smiling's" part was a joke...I was reading through a Real Estate magazine and groaning and wincing over their spelling and grammar mistakes, and correcting them, much to my brother's amusement, so he wrote that on my hand), and it lasted, although a little faded, as a reminder for me to smile! ![]() ![]() Drama. ![]() So if I'm a bit...scratchy today, there's my excuse, sorry as it is. ![]() Oh, and I want to say to everyone: A smile can truly, really, actually make someone's day. If you see someone without a smile, please... give them yours! ![]() ![]() CJ Reddick ![]() ![]() ![]() And Escape Artist ![]() ![]() |
I am overwhelmed. On Saturday night my brother came over and said, "I have a surprise for you." And you know what? There was my laptop, sitting on the table... on! ![]() He fixed it! ![]() ![]() The only thing that isn't working is the back-light for the keyboard and some of the keys are a bit sticky (space bar, delete and enter especially), but I am so grateful and happy that I don't mind. He says he may even be able to fix them. You should feel honoured to hear that this is the first (large) amount of words that I have typed on this beauty since it started up. ![]() I still can't believe it. The hard-drive is intact - I lost no information and all of my writing is fine (thank God! ![]() ![]() What an amazing brother he is. ![]() PS. I want you all to know that I'll do my best to get things under control more from now on, but don't count on it. :-[ The last couple of weeks have been hectic not only without a laptop but out in real life, especially with a new job. I am going to be limiting my activity on WdC more from now on to focus on what is most important to me, online and offline. ![]() So excited right now! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I love my brother. ![]() Never take 'em for granted. ![]() |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() I finally got around to watching it, and it exceeded my expectations in every way. Yes, I'm talking about the one and only: If you haven't seen this movie yet, you absolutely must! First of all, it's based on a true story, and it is my conviction that one should see as many true-to-life films as possible. And this true story is very true, with almost every minute detail factual. It is highly realistic, perhaps one of the most realistic films I have seen. Secondly, the suspense and action is so intricate and intense that the plot will keep you riveted from beginning to end. It's a story that will leave you thinking about it for days, weeks even, to come (at least, I haven't stopped thinking about it since I watched it) and leave you inspired and hoping again in mankind. Thirdly, and most important and riveting of all, are the characters. Each actor (except for Tom Hanks, perhaps ![]() Tom Hanks ![]() ![]() I like it how the makers of the movie collaborated with the real Captain Phillips and based the film off his book, A Captain's Duty ![]() ![]() Kudos to the director, Paul Greengrass ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This movie is a new favourite of mine. ![]() [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() This is John Cleese ![]() In this comedy show, he plays hotel owner Basil Fawlty, whose incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. I love it how it has a careful balance of characters, with Manuel, the ignorant Spanish waiter played by Andrew Sachs ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Set against the classic backdrop of post-war England, the the humour is very British, so I'm not sure if many of you Americans would enjoy it, and it can be painful at times, how stupid Mr. Fawlty is and how everything culminates in disaster for him at the end, but it is hilarious and I never fail to get a good laugh out of it. I highly recommend it. ![]() |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() Since I'm winding myself up in knots, having already blogged about my favourite comedy movies, Johnny English ![]() ![]() The Billy T James Show ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274166/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1634122/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 See "Invalid Entry" ![]() |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() I wish I could see all the prompts before they turn up and inform me that, after straying off topic, I've already dedicated a previous blog post to their subject. ![]() ![]() Only George Clooney could get together such a stellar cast! ![]() ![]() I love war films, especially those based on true experiences, and this one cracks into a story as-yet untold. And I knew it had to come eventually. Humankind has too much appreciation for art to ignore the tragic loss of thousands of paintings during World War 2. I am looking forward to watching this film, more than any other in 2014! ![]() |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() Erm, well, I said before that I haven't seen Game Of Thrones ![]() Her brutal murder at the Red Wedding shocked viewers all over the world. And that was the purpose. George R. R. Martin wants the audience to feel with every fibre of their being that none of the characters are safe. In fact, it's quite the opposite: everyone one of his characters is in danger, one way or another, and it's unlikely that they will survive his ruthless and gruesome world. As if the death of her husband, her father, her two youngest sons, and likely her youngest daughter, plus the marriage of her other daughter to one of her family's tormentors, isn't enough, she had to go mad and slash her own face before she got her throat cut. {e:shiver} It was even more shocking than the death of her husband...and everyone else in the damned show. ![]() |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() I have already blogged about my top choices, The Lord Of The Rings ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274166/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1634122/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 Oh, I could laugh myself inside out watching these! ![]() ![]() These are by far my favourite comedy movies, and I could watch them a thousand times and never get sick of them. :-[ |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() Hmm...I can't think of any. I guess I'm not the rebellious type. ![]() ![]() ![]() Another time I remember being told I couldn't watch Titanic ![]() Pathetic, I know. ![]() |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() Screenwriters definitely deserve more acknowledgement than they get! All movies are born through their pens, yet their hard work and pains are rarely recognised at all, let alone half as much as they should be. I'm ashamed to say that I don't know of many screenwriters or even what it involves (I know vaguely, but not specifically), and perhaps this is the reason why I think we need to change this. Screenwriters should be put up with the big names. Although we never see them, they are one of the most necessary gears in the movie-making process. On the other hand, the recognition they don't get is because their role is smaller, like a costume-designer or cameraman or soundtrack composer, and not as (dare I say it?) movie-oriented as the roles of directors and actors. I mean, perhaps it's better to be just an author? :-[ That way, you're totally in control and you get all the credit. ![]() But yes, screenwriters are talented and hard-working people who make the movie possible, and therefore deserve more credit for what they do. :-[ My favourite screenwriter? I have Philippa's autograph! ![]() I just had to get that out first. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() ![]() There are quite a few cartoons I have enjoyed, but there is one timeless cartoon that will always have a special place in my heart: ![]() ![]() http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105616/?ref_=nv_sr_1 (the above link isn't the exact link I was looking for, since I own the entire collection of Tom & Jerry films) The only cat and mouse! I love their antics and the hours of fun and laughter I have enjoyed while watching this cartoon for all ages. I still puzzle over how the makers of these cartoons managed to make the audience sympathise with both the cat and the mouse, yet come away satisfied when Jerry always (or nearly always!) won. The ongoing conflict between the two animals is never serious – they remind me of the kids you see who are best friends and spend all their time tormenting each other. And the music! ![]() It's also clever how you only ever see the legs of the humans and nothing above, showing that the world of animals is so much smaller and almost oblivious of us. Tom and Jerry are immortal to me. ![]() |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() The easiest of all! ![]() ![]() PJ is a Kiwi and New Zealand is proud of him!! {e:kiwi} I love his splat-stick humour, as shown in Bad Taste ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I especially love it how he gets all of New Zealand involved, from Air New Zealand to a friend of a friend who is going to audition to play a minor part, to the next door neighbour's horse (good pun, huh? ![]() ![]() Doesn't he just look crazy? ![]() Way to go, Peter! ![]() ![]() |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ![]() I haven't seen any, yet! ![]() My most anticipated 2014 movies are God's Not Dead ![]() ![]() ![]() Only George Clooney could get together such a stellar cast! ![]() ![]() I love war films, especially those based on true experiences, and this one cracks into a story as-yet untold. And I knew it had to come eventually. Humankind has too much appreciation for art to ignore the tragic loss of thousands of paintings during World War 2. I am looking forward to watching this film, more than any other in 2014! :-[ |