Lauren’s birthday:

“I’m tipsy, but not drunk, I think. Or, I couldn’t write an essay, but I can dance!” – Lauren

Alex: Hello.
Keeren: Hello. [Looking at the full glass of Baileys she just poured herself] Oh, I’m not supposed to have this much, am I?!
Alex: Probably not?
Sabrina: [Introducing Alex to Kereen] Well, this is Kereen – the alcoholic!

Overheard in the Shakespeare seminar, or how Lauren and Dan are unable to communicate properly:

Lauren: What are we going to replace “creeping wind” with? Murky?
Dan: Erm…
Lauren: …
Dan: Did you just say “lurking”?
Lauren: No! I said “murky”
Dan: Oh, I thought you said “lurking” and I wondered how it would be. The wind just blowing in from the ocean, standing still, lurking, then grabbing some children and returning to the ocean again…

“Did you just say ‘daffy’? Daffy duck?!” – Lauren

“Why does everything I read turn into a musical in my head?!” – Dan

Lauren: The Picture of Dorian Gray was awful.
Alex: They made him heterosexual…
Dan: How is that even possible?
Alex: I know, I mean; it’s Oscar Wilde!
Dan: He’s probably being all [rolls his eyes] right now. Just like Shakespeare when we translated his speech today.
Lauren: You know, that’s probably what the director and scriptwriter did; use about an hour in a café scribbling down something on the back of a sandwich carton.
Dan: They knew nothing about Oscar Wilde and just watched that Blackadder episode where he’s described as “the terror of the ladies” and then went “oh! That’s true!” It would explain a lot.

“My essays are like, first they are really academic and then the conclusion is just… It’s like an old, bespectacled, sweet man who goes “it’s like this, and this and this” and then he suddenly catches fire! That’s what my essays are like.” – Dan

“Oh, and then we loaded the truck with all our luggage and alcohol and stuff and we didn’t know how low it was until we drove over a speed bump and the whole bottom of the car got smashed! It was hilarious, not to the guy who owned the car, but to us because we were listening to “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen and being gleeful in the back seat. It was great.” – Dan

Lauren: And we stayed at this hotel, which is the best gay hotel in the country and they must have believed that Mara and I were lesbians as we slept in the same bed. […] …because she’s from Frankfurt and they don’t have boys. Or, I’m not saying that there are no boys in Frankfurt, but…
Dan: [Interrupting] Frankfurt, the great lesbian city!

Lauren: My former teacher used to model during his spare time.
Dan: Oh, I thought you said “muggle” and I thought “wow, you must have gone to a magical school or something” and that your teacher liked to pretend that he was a muggle.

March’s releases were officially announced this morning, it’s kind of anti-climatic as they were leaked earlier in the month by a European company that sells pullips. All three releases are collaborations, the pullip is based off of another character portrayed by Audrey Hepburn this time the title character of Sabrina, the dal is based off of the Disney classic Pinocchio and the byul is based off of the Disney classic Dumbo.



Sabrina is pretty but perhaps a bit too close to Princess Ann for my liking. I can not get over Jun Planning/Groove Inc’s fascination with Audrey Hepburn, her proportions are perfect for pullip but do we really need three pullips based off of her? She does actually come with two full outfits like Princess Ann did.

I am not very excited about Pinocchio, she has a lovely tan skin tone but I am not fan of her face up. I am not sure what dal’s fascination is with cross-dressing.

It’s a bad sign when the thing I am most excited about for the month’s release announcements is the byul’s stock. I loved the movie when I was a kid so of course I will need the Dumbo stock for one of my pullips/dals, I will not be going to the dark side and actually buying a byul though.

All in all, I am a bit disappointed with the March releases mainly because my birthday is in March and I was hoping for more exciting releases.

Black Lagoon Products is announcing a new latex webbed glove. I have had the opportunity to work with Roy, owner and inventor of DarkFin Gloves. He is great to work with and incredibly enthusiastic about his product. He developed the idea of these gloves over ten years ago and is thrilled to have finally perfected them! He found that there were several products out in the market that were designed to help you swim faster and train harder in the water, but the neoprene material made the wearer lose dexterity. Roy’s unique material allows for durability, comfort, and full movement for the user. By cross-marketing the product for not only tri-athletes and swimmers in training, but also for divers, skydivers, and as a hydro-therapy tool, Roy has been able to maximize the use of his product on many levels.

He came to the studio first for basic product shots on a white background for the website, however he needed to have the gloves photographed in action! Last Friday, we went down to Ft. Sanders Health and Fitness Center and jumped right in. My son-in-law, Matthew, and assistant, Danielle, helped out by modeling for me. We had such a good time seeing these unique gloves cut through the water. They truly do propel you forward rapidly and the unique webbed design trains the swimmer to hold their fingers closed against the resistance of the water. Roy even put together a short video from the day, a parody of the gloves against the ‘evil cankerpotomus.‘ You can find many instructional and informational videos about the gloves on DarkFin’s website or on youtube. Keep an eye out for all the exciting things that are to come with this new product!

Here is the video with the ‘Evil Cankerpotomus’

Photography By Sabrina

Japanese sticker photo studio attack! Spent 2 hours there designing our pictures and spending about $40 bucks on F U N. Recession my ass.

1380 S Fullerton Rd
Ste 202
Rowland Heights, CA 91748
(626) 810-9980
www.cuephotostudio.com

Reportagem de Beatriz Mota no site do jornal O Dia fala sobre a influência do reality show “A Fazenda” em outros programa da TV. Alguns trechos:

É a uma questão agrária: a propriedade é das grandes e está dando bons frutos, mas já tem um bocado de gente correndo atrás da parte que lhe cabe neste latifúndio. Com boas marcas no Ibope desde sua estreia, quando teve 15 pontos de média e ficou em primeiro lugar por 29 minutos, o reality show ‘A Fazenda 2’ está ganhando ‘sócios’ de seu sucesso e, a exemplo do que aconteceu com edições do ‘Big Brother Brasil’, vem dando carona para a audiência de outros programas da Record e até mesmo para emissoras concorrentes.

No último domingo, o ‘Pânico na TV’, da Rede TV!, estreou o quadro ‘Xurupita’s Farm’, uma referência escancarada ao concorrente. Sabrina, as Panicats, Zina — o ‘fazendeiro’ oficial — e metade do elenco de humoristas ficaram confinados por dois dias numa fazenda em Espírito Santo do Pinhal (SP) para a gravação de uma versão bem-humorada.

(…) Mas a exploração do programa começa já na própria Record, quando os assuntos de ‘A Fazenda’ são abordados em programas como o ‘Hoje em Dia’ e ‘Geraldo Brasil’, e são transformados em paródia no ‘Show do Tom’, que exibe ‘O Curral 2’.

(…) Também semelhante ao que aconteceu em edições mais polêmicas do ‘BBB’, ‘A Fazenda’ virou alvo de programas que investem em fofocas, como ‘A Tarde É Sua’, da Rede TV!.

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I have a couple of things to say now as I’m taking a break from packing. I’m packing to go to MO to see my family for the thanksgiving break. My school gets the whole week off so my family and I are taking advantage of that. Now it’s thanksgiving, so we should all be thankful and in the comments, let’s start a trend – write what you feel thankful for there. I’ll go first – I’m thankful for my friends, the opportunities I’ve gotten this year, and for the music that’s helped me through alot too. Now we’ll start on that list of things I said I have to say. 

First off – I may or may not have internet for the next week while I’m gone. I’m not sure whether my aunt has wireless in her house, but I’m bringing my laptop just in case. If anyone needs to reach me, they can try my facebook or phone because my facebook is connected to my phone. if you cant reach me through either, try contacting one of my friends to contact me for you. You probably find this all irrelavent because no one really needs to reach me, but still. 

Second off – My nanowrimo never really took off too well. I was so wrapped up in school work and theater that I never had time to write so I only have 4000 words. I’ll be trying to write like crazy during the travel day tomoro. 16 hours in the car spent writing and sleeping. 

Third off – I propose a question and random thing to comment on for you all. So recently at school I’ve gotten two new nicknames from two completely unrelated things. 1. Scooby doo because those are my initials and 2. Yoshi because I apparently looked like an anime character one day so my friends thought of the first thing that popped into their heads. I love how random my friends are. So also in the comments again, post a nickname you’ve gotten through your friends and the story behind it. Thankful memories. haha. 

I think thats all i have to say for now because I better get back to packing my bags for the trip tomoro. Though I will say that the fall play, Charley’s Aunt (see post below) is going great. Our last performance is tonight. I’m excited though sad that it’ll be the end. 

Happy thanksgiving everybody!!!

~Sabrina

It’s dark in here.
I can’t see.
Please let me out.
I’m lonely.

Now that you’re here,
Please stay?
I need your kindness and understanding.
I am falling apart.

I don’t know up from down.
Left from right,
I can’t determine anything.
All I know is hurt.

It’s dark in here.
And no one wants to feel lonely.
Loneliness hurts…
It hurts the heart and soul of me.

I cry for no reason at all now.
I was happy before this.
And now, it’s dark in here,
And I’m lonely

Please don’t go?

Film: Tum Haseen Main Jawan (1970)

Language: Hindi

Slide Show Link:

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I met Amanda and Josh over a year ago and was thrilled that their wedding is finally here!  They are the sweetest couple and I feel so blessed to be a part of their special day.  They got married at the beautiful Whitestone Country Inn on Oct 18th, 2009.  Whitestone is a romantic getaway in Kingston, TN with a 200 seat Chapel of the Good Shepherd and the Lion & Lamb Conference Center sit atop a hill overlooking a majestic view of Watts Bar Lake, a beautiful setting for both indoor and outdoor weddings.  Amanda and Josh had perfect blue skies for their outdoor ceremony under the pavilion as their seated guests look on.  Whitestone makes wedding planning simple by offering services of a minister, musicians, wedding director, horse-drawn carriage, florist, and and their renown in-house food service.  Amanda chose to have all the details in motion of her wedding story captured by Ryan Sutton of Ryan’s Production. Amanda and Josh had a blast as they danced the night away with friends and family with help from Jim Ogle with Ogle Entertainment.   Looking for a professional musician or DJ for your wedding?  Contact Special Notes for music for any occasion!  Make sure you check back later on for their video of the entire wedding day!

Photography By Sabrina

How do I meet SABRINA? That’s the question that’s occupying my mind at the moment.

Not the Teenage Witch – well not especially. No, actually it’s SABRINAs (plural) of either gender. By which I mean Spiritually Active But Religious-Institution-Non-Affiliated. Another way of putting it is SBNR – Spiritual But Not Religious.

I hope that’s a self-explanatory term. I’m looking to hook up with people who are interested in spirituality or actively engaging their spirit, but who – as some of my publicity for my Sunday night pub conversations says – don’t do church.

Why?

Well first off, let me state clearly and categorically, not to convert them. It’s not my business to convert anyone. That’s not because I don’t think ‘conversion’ can happen in the conversational space I’m trying to create. But if, as I believe, the mystery we call ‘God’ is going to be active in that space then conversion is something that can and will happen for all and any of us. To put it more simply, I’m not trying to meet people and open up a conversation in order to persuade people to become christians. I’m not trying to gather an audience to hear me preach. This isn’t backdoor Alpha. There’s no programme or agenda that includes a vision of moving people from one place to another along a particular route. I just want to open up a conversation and see what happens.

So that’s why not. It still leaves the question of why?

My answer is to do with the mission of the Church but also something more personal. As you’re reading this, you might discover that what I’ve said so far seems more designed to answer the question for people who don’t have explicit christian faith than for those who do. I’m trying to reassure SABRINAs that I’m not out to get them. I’m genuinely interested in their experience and to create a space for genuine conversation.

That’s because as I’ve said before, what I’ve often encountered in churches is that people can be infantilised by learning a language that shapes and to a degree controls their world view. It’s very difficult to articulate in that space real doubt or struggle or, perhaps more subtly, to celebrate real moments of grace. I think we often miss them because we’re conditioned to look for them in very specific, structured ways that doesn’t help us to recognise the Spirit blowing where she pleases. Speaking personally, I find conversation with people who haven’t been conditioned in that way more stimulating, challenging and real. So one aspect of why is, to be honest, for me. It’s part of the attraction of working outside the bounds of what normally constitutes church.

But I am being paid by the Church. This isn’t just about me having the sort of conversations I enjoy and want to stimulate. So if it isn’t about getting bums on pews, what does it do for the Church’s mission? Well, it is possible of course that some bums might find their way onto pews through this. I’m not setting out to make that happen, but that doesn’t mean it can’t. I would celebrate if someone who was regularly part of the conversation found faith where they wouldn’t have said they had it before. I would celebrate too if there emerged from this a little community of people who were wanting to take a Jesus-shaped life more seriously. But again, I don’t think it’s even possible for me to make that happen, so I’m certainly not seeing it as my job. That allows me to relax and let God do whatever God does in the midst of that. I hope it allows others to relax too and not worry that they’ll come under any sort of pressure to adopt any particular belief system.

So do I bring anything to the table other than creating a space for this sort of conversation? I think so. Because the church isn’t all bad news as far as spirituality is concerned. That’s the great shame of our (somewhat deserved) bad press. The christian tradition does have a wealth of resources to offer those pursuing a spiritual life – particularly one earthed in real, everyday experience. What I can do, therefore, is to put those resources, indeed christian faith itself back on the agenda in the broader conversation about spirituality. At least for those who join me. There’s also a gentle challenge that I can offer to people to think about the value of being in the stream of a broad tradition, rather than simply being a free-floating individual. There’s something about the ‘bigger-than-usness’ of faith that means there’s value in negotiating faith in the midst of a community that includes not just those immediately present but those who have gone before too. (In the language of the Church: the Communion of Saints.)

So far, the group, being mostly people I know already, is numerically dominated, by people who would call themselves ‘christian’. (As I’ve said before, that’s a descriptor that is not always helpful.) I say numerically, because I don’t think that so far, those people are dominating. They have got it when it comes to the attitude to different viewpoints that I’m attempting to cultivate. And I value them all being there. But if I’m just gathering interesting/ed christians together, then it does kind of defeat the object.

So I’m going, somehow, to try and make contact with SABRINA and her friends. Perhaps a website, perhaps some cards to give out, perhaps some media stuff. And just some of that providence sort of stuff that can happen when you just hang about and meet people. I’ll let you know how it goes…

Since when did “I love you” become a security blanket?
Something I must say to you to keep you sane but every time I say it, I cringe because I’m not in love with you.
I know that’s what you think I mean.

How can I lay with you if I don’t like you?
How can we live in peace when all I know is to fight you?
I want to be loved,
but not by the person I am beginning to hate.

I’ve never watched this programme before but i’m gonna indulge just to support Sabrina Washington

She’s been called a Z-list celebrity in the tabloids, but she was the LEAD singer of Mis-teeq, its weird how they’ve never called the mic-man Alesha Dixon Z-list, but anyway…

Sabrina is making sure this gig works for her, she is already tipped for some jungle fever action with one of the contestants – Stuart Manning (think he played Russ in Hollyoaks) – apparently he has been following her around like a puppy dog!

All Sabz has to do is shower in her bikini, lips up this Stuart guy and sing out round the campfire and she should have couple TV deals when she gets out.  She’s the biggest ‘eye-candy’ competition for Jordan so she may end up with some beef on her hands too.

The one question we all want answered is – HOW THE HELL IS SHE GONNA MAINTAIN ALL THAT HORSE HAIR IN THE JUNGLE?

Maynardville’s Milan Baptist Church was filled with love during Lauren and Jacob’s heartfelt ceremony.  They decided to see each other before the wedding to get the pictures done quickly so they could go directly outside for their go-away shower of bubbles and birdseed.  It was brisk, but beautiful day full of laughter.  I had a wonderful time photographing these two!  Lauren’s shoes were too cute with her new name scrolled on the bottom!  Red Gate Farm decked out their tent to match Lauren and Jacob’s fall theme.  We went over to their bright red barn for some fun and gorgeous pictures of the two of them!  I love the contrast of the bright red and the crisp white of Lauren’s dress!  Make sure you check back later to see their full wedding video recap!

Check back later for the video!

Photography By Sabrina

I put your picture on my mirror,
No, really, your picture is on my mirror.

I stare at it for hours at a time some days,
Then, I get the nerve to blush when I realize you’re smiling at me.

I love you.
I love who I think you are.
I love who I want you to be.

You make me feel like a butterfly when you look in my direction.
When you smile at me, my knees buckle.
You are beautiful.

I secretly watch you.
The way you speak to others; with such charisma.
How I yearn to kiss you.
To press my cheek against yours.

I can’t express to you how I feel about you.
It’s unhealthy how much I think about you.

I love you.
I love who you are.
I love who you want to be.

Depois de uma semana tumultuada com, apagão, caso UNIBAN ainda repercutindo, bolsa de valores oscilando, nada como um programa humoristico para relaxar, então hoje (domingo 15/11) depois de assistir a um programa em que o entrevistado era o nosso presidente Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, resolvi emendar com o Panico, programa também exibido na Rede TV.

O que era para ser um momento de descontração, virou momento de reflexão mais uma vez, sobre o caso Geisy Arruda e UNIBAN, Sabrina Sato reporter do Panico resolveu ir até uma faculdade, para buscar entender o porque daquela molecagem, preconceito por causa de um vestido curto, o resultado foi mais demonstração de preconceito e ainda não conscientizaram de seus erros, onde a culpa da instituição está com o filme queimado é exclusivamente de Geisy Arruda, e na visão dos alunos quem a chamaram de puta e colocaram a imagem da colega na internet ou estava no ato de preconceito e intolerância são inocentes e todos que tentam protestar contra aquilo tudo leva logo o grito de: “Fora, fora fora !!!”  ou vaias, quem diria justamentes estudantes que antes lutavam pela liberdade de expressão, agora lutam pela mordaça, mas agora os alunos da UNIBAN, estão sendo chamados por ai de universiotários a faculdade ganhou o apelido de UNITALEBAN em fim a imagem da UNIBAN é de seus alunos está destruída.

Mas ainda bem que a UNIBAN tem universitários que são a excessão e não a regra pois na UnB (Universidade de  Brasilia) os estudantes protestaram contra os Unitalebanenses, e o Panico em uma matéria ousada colocou mulheres circulando por universidades com minisaias super curtas, o resultado foi cantadas, olhares, mas agressão não houve nenhuma, não consegui identificar a universidade que foi visitada pelas atrizes do Panico a não ser a Gasper Libero, então de ante maão meus parabéns para os alunos da Gasper Libero, UnB e a outra universidade que apareceu esses sim são universitários realmente.

Slow motion. Flashback

La prima volta che si credette innamorato era all’ultimo anno del liceo. Stava prendendo coscienza dell’incertezza dell’avvenire e, saprattutto, dell’amore nelle sue fascinose e ambigue pose: mai diritto, si capovolgeva secondo movimenti prima frenetici e subito dopo pacati.
Si chiamava Sabrina ed era bella come solamente poteva esserlo agli occhi di un’infatuazione adolescenziale: affascinante in modo ingenuo e inconsapevolmente perfetta.
Marco non la guardava, ma la ammirava. La respirava. La divorava. La interiorizzava.
Tutto durò finchè non si accorse che era semplicemente l’iniziazione a un futuro di conquista e passionalità.
La lasciò, sacrificandola in nome  di un personale cambiamento.
Quando si rividerò tre anni dopo, lei gli rinfaccio, per l’ennesima volta, l’onta subita.
Dopo Sabrina arrivò Alice e, con essa, la certezza che l’amore fosse tutt’altro rispetto a ciò che aveva ritenuto fino a quel momento.
Le prospettive legate ai sogni e alle speranze  nel futuro persero ogni tipo di connotazione individuale e si legarono indissolubilmente al concetto di “coppia”.
Capitò, istintivamente, nei meccanismi di un’esistenza raddoppiata. E ne era irrimediabilmente felice.
Se non fosse stato per quello scherzo d’autunno. Per quell’inversione di propositi e pensieri. Per quella pioggia dopo l’allenamento di calcio.
Se non fossero state le sue mani a tremare e non fosse stato il suo cuore a contrarsi in spasmi e rigurgiti di dolore.
Se non ci fosse stata lei in quello scherzo d’autunno, sotto quella pioggia dopo l’allenamento di calcio, con un’inversione di propositi e pensieri tra mente e e parole e, ancror di più, se non gli avesse dato un sacchetto con dentro due CD e una maglietta, dicendogli: “mi ero sbagliata. Non ti amo come pensavo. Perdonami se puoi…”
Se tutto questo non si fosse inserito all’interno di una sorprendente, quanto sconvolgente, concatenazione reale e razionale, probabilmente ora Marco sarebbe altrove, senza essersi mai seduto a un tavolo da poker, con Alice al suo fianco e una luccicante promessa di matrimonio in una tasca della giacca.
Questo era ciò che aveva sempre pensato, attraversando svogliatamente nuove ed eccitanti storie d’amore e di sesso. Nessuna era Alice e bastava per legittimare gli abbandoni inflitti o subiti.
Ma la vita ci insegna che la logica supportata dal nostro pensiero non sempre riflette quella che penetra i pertugi della quotidianità.
Come poter far conincidere la ragionevolezza dell’intelletto con il caotico mondo delle pulsioni?
L’inatteso era la risposta per Marco.

Ecco quindi l’inaspettata Giulia, figlia del peccato e di una sconosciuta faccia dei sentimenti.

Now. I’m here…

“Non me ne andrò senza di te…”

In continuarea editiei de guest-entry, astazi voi scrie eu pe blogul ei. Cine sunt eu? Nu conteaza, pentru ca acest entry este despre ea. Cum care ea? Sab tha Glam.

Sab este acea tipa glam, care stie mereu ce e la moda, este mereu la moda. Face parte din putinele persoane care stiu cum si ce sa adopte din moda, pentru a arata bine. Ea e tipa care poate tine un an seminarii si conferinte despre Dior, Jimmy Choo, Dolce et Gabana, Gucci si alte nume mari, fara sa repete niciodata nimic. Ea este tipa pe care o remarci intr-un Bucuresti gri. Si nu pentru ca nu ar purta negru si gri, ci tocmai pentru ca stie cum sa le poarte.

Sab are o fire placuta, este girly, te injura cu stil, il adora pe Costel si il admira pe Teo. Vogue menthol si Jos Nadragii sunt parti din ea. Isi iubeste prietenii, respecta pe toata lumea (in afara de cateva persoane) si este mereu cu tine la cumparaturi cand ai chef de o sesiune de shoppingul este pasiunea mea. Si sa fii sigur ca nu da o groaza de bani pe haine, pentru ca stie si de unde sa le ia. Fan al accesoriilor mari si glittery, le adopta la fiecare tinuta, fie ea casual, business sau de seara. Ar fi cea mai fericita daca ar avea toate perechile de pantofi creati de Jimmy Choo.

Fiind o fire creativa, are idei marete si proicte multe pe planuri diverse, pe care cu rabdare si stil, mult stil, le va pune in aplicare, iar tu, uimit, vei ramane cu gura cascata si vei intreba: “Wow! Dar cum a reusit?”, dar tu raspunsul il sti deja, pentru ca o sti pe ea, Sab tha Glam.

Va spun la revedere de pe trotuarul dilatat

Empezó como una coña, como un sitio donde reflejar gustos y piedras. Donde dar apoyo a los proyectos de amigos, y buscar nuestro pequeño espacio en la red. Y lo sigue siendo, pero desde hoy, ya con más de 100.000 visitas. A algunos les parecerá una mierda, pero nosotros somos el Alcorcón de los Blogs. Humildes, y haciendo bien el trabajo. Gracias a todos los que diaria,semanal o esporadicamente  se pasan por aquí a mirar y dejar opiniones. Gracias a los amigos que nos dan apoyo en sus blogs. Gracias a Amber Rose, por las casi 3000 visitas en un día….en definitiva… GRACIAS!

Esta parte by: Stylean

Pues vaya,si que ha crecido esto.Como bien dice Stylean,la intención inicial y actual de Ciudad de Soul no es otra que divertirnos y mostrar nuestras pequeñas neuras y grandes pasiones a quienes nos rodean.Digo a quienes nos rodean porque Ciudad de Soul se erigió al principio como una aldea de chabolas, y poco a poco y gracias a vuestras visitas y apoyo ha ido cogiendo forma,hemos dado forma a nuevas construcciones y cada día tenemos mas habitantes.Sin lugar a dudas tenemos que agradecer a Amber Rose su paciencia y sus dos grandes LOLA* y su gracioso CUL* pero nos llena de orgullo y satisfacción que guardes unos minutos al día para visitar este rincón de tu Ciudad……De momento ni Jobs ni Gates han llamado al fijo de casa para dejarnos una oferta de compra de la Ciudad pero la verdad que tampoco es la intención LOL. Mil Gracias a tod@s!!!!!!!!

Esta parte by : Álvaro Cardona Jazz2nite

Creo que ya está todo dicho, después de año y medio esto sigue funcionando cuando pensábamos que a los dos meses nos cansaríamos y daríamos de lado este proyecto. Unos días nos cansamos de postear y otros no posteamos nada (posiblemente causa de una resaca), pero bueno, sigue ahí y sigue vivo, eso sí, ya nos podían haber dado un euro por visita por lo menos.

Esta parte (y no la menos importante por ser la última): Sony2k

Conheço essa música tem uns 20 anos…mas nunca tinha vista o clipe…bom, tirando o fato de ser mais um dos vários clássicos dos 80, o que me chama a atenção é a quantidade de vezes que a cantora deve ter dito “ops”…rsrs

Football tonight! In about fifty minutes, pretty exciting!

I’ve not played in too long, and I’m not too confident that tonight will go great, my hand is still sore and I’m a bit fluey again, feel unfit as hell too. Eurgh. Fingers crossed it’ll go okay though, we’re playing five a side which is a bit better at least.

After football me and Arwell are going to watch some Dating In The Dark hopefully, one of the best premises for a tv show ever, not quite as good as Who’s The Daddy/Rape Island but good none the less. Then it’s NFL after, Thursday Night Football! Bears at 49ers, should be quite a good game, I’ve not seen much of either team this year. I fancy Bears to take it.

I watched Sabrina last night, with Bogart/Hepburn quite the two leads, it was okay but dragged a little, it featured a great song called ‘We Have No Bananas Today’ does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s weird, in Funny Face she’s involved with Astaire who’s thirty years older but it’s the same in Sabrina, but it doesn’t seem weird, I guess it’s because Bogart looks dignified, Astaire looks like a fruit cake.

I like Humphrey Bogart, not in a gay way. It is full on mental that he was born before the 1900’s though.

Great Track Repeat!

Nome: Sabrina Sato Rahal

Peso: 58 kg
Busto: 94 cm
Cintura: 63 cm
Quadris: 100 cm
Altura:1,69m

ATENÇÃO ,A PARTIR DE

AGORA O BAGULHO É

BARRA PESADA TA

MANJANDO

SÓ SE TU TIVER MAIS

DE 18 ANOS!!

POIS É, SE NUM VAI

TER CORAÇÃO PRA

AGUENTAR ISSO NÃO

RAPÁ!!!

I had that thought the other day while I was cooking. (“One, two, three, crack!  New egg.”) . . . and then it reminded me of when my grandmother Mamacella, Mom, and I watched the remake of Sabrina in the theatre.  Julia Ormond’s hair is so 90’s!  Let’s just say it won’t prove to be as timeless as Audrey Hepburn’s.  Though the new version is good, nothing compares to the original of course.  Anyway, as we sat in the audience watching 1994 Sabrina make out with her Paris boyfriend, Mamacella leaned over and whispered to fourth-grade me, “Now don’t you do that!”

I said, “OK,” and then she started giggling.  I don’t know why that’s such a vivid memory.

But back to the thought– I remember Sabrina and the French chef every time I crack an egg to make brownies, and I feel grateful, especially to Mom, for allowing us to be carried away in stories when we were young.  Not just movies, either (though John watched Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines every day one summer, I’m pretty sure), but books– oh, the books.  The Great Brain series, Mary Poppins, the Little House series, Narnia. . . those were the worlds to which I traveled as a child.  And certainly the ability to mentally and emotionally travel like that is something that’s valuable as an adult; helping one imagine what’s possible (now called “strategic thinking”), what type of world you’d like to live in, what kind of environment you want to create for yourself.

Beyond that, it’s easy for me to embrace the idea that I am part of a greater story; and a grand one.  It’s OK now that I’m not the main character.  But processing and living all those stories. . .  it gave me a framework to process life.  I know there will be conflict (crucial to the story!), there will be character development, and ultimately there’s going to be resolution.

As a little girl I squeezed my eyes tight and prayed that there would be a world like Narnia that I could go to, that I could open a closet door and be there.  Of course, it didn’t happen for me like that.  And even though I am not in fact Jo March from Little Women or Sacagawea the Indian Guide, or Christy teaching mountain children to read and write in a one-room schoolhouse, I want to be bold like they were.  And I want the story to end well.  It’s got to!

So, even as an adult, it’s not silly to pray now.  It’s not silly to enjoy what’s beautiful and hope for what’s good, and hope, knowing, that what’s good has got to win in the end.

We introduced Sabrina Starke back in April and she’s had a lot happen to her since then. She had a hit album and a string of hit singles including this one. She changed her album cover for the better and managed to conjure up quite a following in her home of the Netherlands. Her album is out now and it’s called Yellow Brick Road (no relation to the Elton John classic). She is a talent to watch!

Here are the women’s Results

Vault
1 247 RAISMAN Alexandra U. S. A. 14.700
2 246 CAQUATO Bridgitte U. S. A. 14.238
3 214 PEGG Dominique CANADÁ 14.075
4 211 COSTA* Leticia BRASIL 13.900
5 233 MORENO Alexa MÉXICO 13.600
6 213 UNICK Anysia CANADÁ 13.463
7 212 CARDOSO Ana Carolina BRASIL 13.363
8 241 VASQUEZ Nicolle PORTO RICO 13.175

Uneven Bars
1 245 ROSS Kyla U. S. A. 14.150
2 248 VEGA* Sabrina U. S. A. 14.100
3 230 YOOL Monica GUATEMALA 13.425
4 221 SANDOVAL Marcela COLOMBIA 13.375
5 228 GOMEZ* Sofia GUATEMALA 13.275
6 213 UNICK Anysia CANADÁ 12.675
7 211 COSTA* Leticia BRASIL 12.150

Balance Beam
1 245 ROSS Kyla U. S. A. 15.000
2 228 GOMEZ* Sofia GUATEMALA 13.875
3 213 UNICK Anysia CANADÁ 13.225
4 230 YOOL Monica GUATEMALA 13.125
5 248 VEGA* Sabrina U. S. A. 13.100
6 212 CARDOSO Ana Carolina BRASIL 13.050
7 232 SALAZAR* Karla MÉXICO 12.975
8 214 PEGG Dominique CANADÁ 11.775

Floor Final

1 247 RAISMAN Alexandra U. S. A. 14.400
2 245 ROSS Kyla U. S. A. 13.800
3 232 SALAZAR* Karla MÉXICO 13.550
4 214 PEGG Dominique CANADÁ 13.500
5 213 UNICK Anysia CANADÁ 13.350
6 228 GOMEZ* Sofia GUATEMALA 13.300
7 201 PEREYRA Valeria ARGENTINA 12.625
8 212 CARDOSO Ana Carolina BRASIL 12.400

Sunday.  The day of respite before the last week for the first quarter of school.  So much to do and so little time to get it done in.  I got up this morning and got the kids up so we could all get ready for church this morning.  Luckily we didn’t need to get there early at all because I didn’t have to do sound and the kids didn’t have to do anything special during the service either.  We all ate some breakfast and took turns taking showers and watched “Sabrina” while others got done.  We finished up getting ready and then were out the door to church.

We got to church and had a nice service.  Although Heather and I were not a fan of the sermon this morning.  For several reasons.  It was pledge Sunday, which I realize that all churches have to do in order to try and budget on their next year.  However, I think Heather and I have a negative feeling about it after attending “Pearce Memorial Church” while we lived in Chili.  The church is affiliated with Roberts Wesleyan College and when we were there, they were constantly asking for money to keep the church going and every other Sunday was a sermon about tithing for the church.  They are doing this to a church that has a majority of college students who are broke anyway!  That’s why we decided to go back to my hometown church in Webster.  Less drama.  Well, today we had the exact same style of sermon.  I don’t know if it’s a Methodist thing or what is going on, but we are starting to get turned off by this chruch now too.  I suggested to Heather that we find another church again, but she thinks we need to just stay for the sake of the kids.  It will be interesting to see what we do once the kids are no longer around.  So, we weren’t totally happy with the sermon at church but made it through.

We got done with church and came home.  Heather and I changed clothes and got ready for our FanForce meeting today and then we went back to the church and picked up the kids.  We brought them home and dropped them off and then headed to Denny’s on the Vestal Parkway and had our Binghamton FanForce meeting.  The meeting went well.  I was worried that no one would show, but a few did show up a little ways into the meeting.  We had a good meeting and I was happy with how things went.  There wasn’t much to talk about, but we did discuss some upcoming events and then we finished up with the meeting and my wife pushed me out the door to get home.  We got home and I watched some football while I took a nap.  After I took my nap, I conintued to watch some NFL football on Fox and then worked on trying to catch up this blog as well as editing out the last three episodes of “Galaxy Cast” that Ian and I recorded last night.  I got done with that just in time to eat some dinner with the family.

After dinner I played a little “Call of Duty 4″ on my PS3 and then watched two episodes of “Family Guy” the Seth McFarlane almost live show, and then I watched “Stargate:  Universe” online.  After that, Heather and I went to bed.

Okay, so let’s talk about Part 1 of Chapter 14 of “Star Wars – Medstar I:  Battle Surgeons, A Clone Wars Novel” by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry…..Chapter 14 (Part 1):  Dhur asked them if they wanted to see something interesting as Jos, Zan, Tolk, and Barriss entered the bar.  It had been four days since their insane day-long moment of triage.  Jos offered him a seat as he pulled out of his pocket a metal ball that was glowing and Jos said he was not impressed.  Barriss said it looked like a military cam droid and Dhur said she was right.  Dhur said he got it from a harvester that found it in his field after a recent skirmish.  He said it was pretty much dead with no functions working and Jos sai that it still wasn’t anything to write home about.  Zan guessed that it wasn’t the droid they were interested in and Dhur said he was right as he put the droid on the table and activated it.  A holoprojector scene appeared of a video taken in a force with dead troopers lying around.  Then a trio of humans arrived wearing black and purple thinskins and carrying slugthrower carbines.  Barriss said they were Salissian mercenaries and that she had heard that Dooku had hired some and dropped them off to help scavenge for droid parts.  Dhur said that the Seperatists had hired the Salissians to do the things that the droids could not, and the Salissians would do anything as long s they got paid for it.  As they watched them scavenge some more, Dhur explained that the droid was able to get these images because it was on power reserve.  They the video showed the three Salissians dropping their rifles, raising their arms and backing away as Tolk noted that they were caught off-guard…..