Category: Entertainment

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Movies at home

I’ve been thinking about checking into Direct TV packages for the movies mostly. I don’t watch much television since I really don’t have time, but when I see clips of movies that are out now, and I find them interesting or they are ones that I want to see, I’d like to be able to kick back at home and watch them. I’m not happy with the service I have right now, so I indeed do what to check this out.

While watching the news the other night, it totally blew me away at how many break ins, robberies, and other crimes there are because of security reasons. My friend Diane’s home had gotten vandalized and broken into three times and the landlord refused to put in any security precautions or let her even pay and have it put in herself. So she moved. She then  immediately had home security sierravista installed and now has peace of mind when she goes out or even while she is at home.

I don’t live in a bad neighborhood, but I’d like to get a new television to watch my movies on,  so an alarm system is definitely in order. Because of where I park, people can’t tell if I’m home or not and when I’m watching a movie I like I get really engrossed in it, so unless the dog barks, I don’t know if anyone is around the house. He indeed is a great, matter of fact, and awesome little watch dog and protector but that isn’t enough for me now with the crime rate the way it is.

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A very good book.

I know most every one has heard of the movie with Julia Roberts in it, called Eat, Pray, Love. Well, I saw the movie and didn’t think it was very good. Then I got the book. To me, books are always better than the movie. I was right about this one. I literally did not want to put it down. If I were a book critic I would give it a five star rating. Do yourself a favor and read it. I can’t begin to tell you all how much I got out of it personally.

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Little girl games

My niece has been staying with me for a few days, because we had some major storms and a tornado pass through. I have power now, but it was out for sometime. My sister doesn’t have power yet, as a tree landed across the power lines by their home. It’s kind of strange having a young one around the house again, and to be honest, I didn’t really know how to entertain her. We exhausted the dressing up in my clothes game, so I gave her my laptop to use. Heck, she can use the computer better than I can…which isn’t really saying much since I’m not that great at it. LOL! She showed me this site link that I guess all the girls her age are using.

I guess girl games are what she and her friends are into now. It’s pretty cool for younger girls. Lots to do on the site and of course I had to participate in what she was doing on the laptop.

I can’t say that I was thrilled about the kissing games on the site though. Seems to me that young people are growing up too fast and 8 year old’s don’t need to learn kissing at that age, but then of course, it seems harmless enough as long as she doesn’t get all boy crazy while she is here. I’ll have to make a mental note to ask my sister to keep an eye on my niece. She’s already a little knock out, but doesn’t need to grow up quite so fast.

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Music and Videos

I’m a great fan of You Tube. I love to find the music I haven’t heard in a long time and watch the videos that remind me of the concerts I used to go to. Lately my geeky little brother has been telling me about video converter software. Now, I have no clue what he is talking about, but he indeed does and if he says I would love this, I no doubt would.

I’m told by my little Geek that he could do You Tube to video converter and I can watch and listen to what I want to all the time, instead of having to keep going back and typing in what I want and then finding it and clicking. I guess from what he says, it saves lots of time and is a pretty cool thing. Me of course, as stated in previous posts and totally ignorant about all this tech stuff.

The great thing, is he can download free You Tube downloader and wella…it would be done and he said it was really easy. When I hear the word, “free” that is always a good thing too! So I’m going to trust my little brother and see what he’s going to do to my faithful computer so I have my videos and music. This should be rather interesting. I might even learn a thing or two about being a geek myself. Okay…that is pushing it, but one never knows!

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Jr. Prom!

My niece has asked me to help her get ready for her Jr. Prom. I checked with my sister and my sister is thankful. It’s tomorrow. Because my sister has lots on her plate right now, she can’t afford to really go all out like she wants to, and I’m totally happy to help. I love her and this kid is the bomb, (using a young person’s slang) as she is such a beautiful and happy young adult. Tomorrow we go to get her hair done, and even though it’s last minute, we’ll get shoes, nylons, and pretties that will all sync together. I think I’m looking forward to this more than my niece, LOL! Times have changes so much. She’s going with a bunch of her girlfriends, instead of a date with a guy. I personally think this is really cool. My sister of course will be here at my house for the photos. I’m excited!

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At the movies.

I’m not a movie critic, but recently I saw a movie that was made in 1995 called, “Two for the Money.” I had read the regular review then watched the movie trailer, and because of the actors who starred in the movie, I decided to watch it on my movie night.

Al Pacino, Renee Russo and Matthew McConaughey are the actors in the film. I  like Al Pachino movies, even though they most are pretty much the same. You know…a guy who sort of apprentices or does the bad deeds for higher up guys or thugs, drug lords, and guys who are so called, beating the system and are a unsavory, then gets into the greed of money and living the high life, and that is his downfall. Renee Russo is one of my favorite actresses, and I’ll watch anything she stars in.

This movie is basically about sports betting. A sports hero knows the inside story of the game and then has an injury and can’t play, then turns a pro betting person until greed and “the good life” takes over, but then ends up in the gutter. To be honest, I thought the movie as a B grade, even though the acting was good. The story line just didn’t make a person want to keep watching, but I watched because I wanted to see if it would pick up. Perhaps the book is better? It’s actually based on a true story of collage football player who had an injury and yet had an incredible handicap. He became a consultant of the largest firm in the United States.

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A very nice date

I went on my date with Michael and I was quite unprepared for him to know exactly where I wanted to go, as he lives out of State and I didn’t know he was familiar with the city I live near. Heck, I’m not even really that familiar with it, to be honest. When we got to the restaurant I had wanted to go to because of the food they served,  I discovered we needed reservations, or would have to wait. He gave the lady his name and we got a table right away.

I was curious as to how he knew directions, hours, the fact we needed reservations, and darn near everything about this city, if he hadn’t been familiar with it. At first he joked a bit and said things like, “psychic”, “magic” and what not. But then he admitted that he had got on the computer and looked it up in what he liked to call a city’s local yellow pages. I had never even knew a service like this existed.

Our date went really well. The food at the restaurant was delicious and our conversation was just the same as it had been when we last had gotten together. We’ll see what happens. When I got home,  I did however, get on my computer and look at the link he had given me, so find out what it was all about what he had been talking of, and was impressed with it. If I need any information for local businesses or darn near anything one could find in the yellow pages, I can just go online. I hate looking up things in the phone books. My eyes aren’t as they used to be, and it is a pain in the butt. All I have to do is type in what I want and it comes up. This I love a lot! We’ll  have to wait and see about Michael.  To be continued… 😉

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The excitement of Award Shows!

Thanks for the article from Robin Woodard

Every year hundreds of award shows are shown on networks across the world. Many of them have derivatives of the same shows and have special events that tailor to the fan experience. If you have satellite TV from www.directstartv.com, you can sometimes access special interactive content for a specific shows, like The Tony Awards and the Video Music Awards, along with countless others, depending on if the provider has interactive content available. This feature is normally found on Dish Network channels.

One of my favorite award shows is the Grammy awards because of the prestigious awards that are given and the wild performances that happen every year. At the 2011 Grammy awards when Lady Gaga performed her new single “Born This Way,” I was quite amazed at her performance because she seemed to have energy and eccentric taste when it lead up to her performance. She was the most talked about celebrity of the night because of her creative stunt to arrive in an egg like shell to help promote her performance and her new single. I found this stunt very inspiring but some others found it weird however,  because it was something people didn’t understand.

Fashion at the Grammy awards is usually very elegant attire; though sometimes it can be a bit over-the-top. This years Grammy awards (2011) had beautiful attire worn by Miley Cyrus,  the girls from Glee,  Jennifer Hudson,  and even Ryan Seacrest was looking rather nice.

Ryan Seacrest is usually a good host and this year, he did well, like he usually does. In my view,  I would recommend watching award shows because they are entertaining, but also very inspiring. For those out there like myself who love music and are trying to get into the music industry, these award shows provide a sense of hope that one day,  we can achieve awards and the gift of walking on a stage with other stars for the work we have done.  So next time an award show comes on,  watch it. You’ll be glad you did.

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Surprise, surprise…

I didn’t read the whole article, but gee…what a surprise, (sarcasm added) Lindsay Lohan is already out of jail after being sentenced to a mere 120 days, last week. This is justice? Pfffttt!!!

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Lohan AGAIN??

Catching up on the news I read her new outcome in court. I’m not going to go into it. Just to say, if a regular person like you or me were to pull the crap she has, we’d have gone to jail for quite some time with out passing go. No get out of jail free cards and a much stiffer sentence. Go figure…money and cleavage