Little Darling's Opinion Nation
April 21, 2008
Sigh
Recently I friend mentioned not seeing me blog for a while and I commented being discouraged about things, which were keeping me from concentrating or wanting to concentrate on blogging. Then she mentioned blogging about my discouragement. This wasn't a new concept to me, but it seemed a different idea when she mentioned it. So, about a week ago, I began working on that blog post.
So where is it? Lost. I had five or more paragraphs, which was kinda long, but I was getting it out there. Then my computer fubared on me.Fubared with a blue screen of death "fatal error" message. I got my husband to help me with it, I gave up on the post, and went to bed. Talk about adding more to the discouragement.
Oh, and right now, qumana is having issues with me too. I do hope this blogging stuff decides to be nice to me soon. I really do like it when things work for me.
I make no promises, but hopefully I will get back to it soon and get it written and posted.
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December 21, 2007
I Am Legend
Oh My God
Oh My God
We just got back from seeing this movie!!!!
It was awesome!!!!!
I love Will Smith, therefore, he was one of the reasons I wanted to see it, but I hate horror movies. I thought it wouldn't be that bad as I've seen movies like Underworld, Interview with the Vampire, the Blade movies, etc and I was fine watching those. Plus, I like most vampire movies and werewolves were in Underworld, so what is the harm?
I Am Legend is not really gory, but Oh My God was I scared out of my skin!!! My nerves are shot yet I'm totally singing the praises of this movie. It was awesome!!!! The sound effects were the killer part of the movie. I now understand why my cousin would cover her ears when we watched some movies, like jaws, as she said it was the sound that freaked her out. I never got that because it was always the imagery that got me. I now understand where she was coming from.
If you think you can stand it then go see it...if not then don't see it.
Begin the disclaimer portion: This is for major horror fans...
...this is really not a horror movie, at least not in my opinion. Zombie movie? Yes. Do I feel it would live up to the standards of major horror movie fans? I'm not sure. You could always let me know if it did, but for me, who hates horror movies and prefers thrillers then this movie totally rocked. This movie is also making me stretch out of my bounds by claiming the love of a movie that kept me on the edge of my seat with FEAR. I like the edge of my seat with suspense like the Bourne movies, Hitman, Shoot 'Em Up, etc...but not from FEAR. So I Am Legend had me where I wanted to be from suspense and from fear, which is something I prefer not to do. Give me the suspense and take away the fear. Suffice it to say that I like my sleep.
Will I own it...I have no idea.
Labels: Blade, Bourne Identity, Hitman, I Am Legend, Interview with the Vampire, Underworld, Vampires, Werewolves, Will Smith, Zombie
December 03, 2007
Josh Groban: Noel
I am a big Josh Groban fan. If you saw my musical collection you might find this odd as I like groups like Linkin Park, Evanescence, Rob Zombie, etc. There is just something magical, miraculous, and awe inspiring about Josh Groban's voice. I was in love and in awe the first time I heard him on Oprah.
This year I put Josh Groban's Noel CD on my Christmas list, but after seeing him perform a couple of songs on the Oprah's Favorite Things show I had to purchase it NOW in order to listen to it for the holidays.
It is a very good collection of Christmas music. There are a few songs that are duets with performers like Faith Hill, Brian McKnight, etc. All the songs are great and have Josh Groban's resounding voice throughout. I highly recommend this CD if you like Josh Groban at all.
Note: Things have gotten into the hustle and bustle of the holiday season so the travel series I mentioned in a previous post will take place shortly after the new year. I recall mentioning it and didn't want anyone to think I forgot.
Tags: Josh Groban, Oprah, Oprah's Favorite Things, Oprah Winfrey, Josh Groban's Noel, Faith Hill, Brian McKnight, Linkin Park, Evanescence, Rob Zombie, Christmas list, Christmas music
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November 19, 2007
Travel series
Since being back from Hawaii I've thought about doing a series of travel posts about our visit to the Big Island, Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort, Dolphin Quest, Kona Hawaii, and the Volcano National Park, plus others. So I'm planning on starting that soon and I hope you will enjoy them. Let me know if there are questions or things you would like me to add posts about.
Tags: Hawaii the Big Island, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Dolphin Quest, Volano National Park
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November 09, 2007
One hour photo
Is it just me or does it seem that one hour photo processing has become nonexistent? Not only is there customer disservice throughout America now, but we have to deal with getting unadvertised services too. I've been hoping to do more entries about things I like, but this got under my skin and needs to be mentioned.
The last photo processing center I attempted to use was through Walmart. This was before I quit my job; therefore, it was work related. I needed photos put on CD and preferred to have them back in an hour. I was told that it would be 2-3 hrs and please check back as their machines were down at the time. I obliged, but upon checking back was told to come back the next day. So I did. CDs were ready then.
Since then, I thought that maybe it was a one time fluke until now when I went to Meijer's one hour photo center. We used three disposable cameras on our honeymoon to Hawaii and I wanted to get them on CD in order to get all the photos online to share with friends and family. I went to the one hour photo center and told them what I wanted. When I mentioned getting them done through one hour I got the following comment, "Not going to happen. The machines are down and it takes three hours to change the chemicals. You will have to come back tomorrow."
Oddly enough, I was ok with this and went on my merry way, until today. I have the CDs with photos on them and I'm sitting here rotating all photos as they are upside down. Oh, and at least one photo has a sliver of another photo attached to it.
I can understand needing to work on the machines, but the more it sits in my mind I keep wondering how it can take 3 hours to change chemicals. It was around 4pm when I dropped these disposable cameras off. And from my understanding most one hour photo centers don't close until 9pm. Then, when I do get my CDs, all the photos are upside down. How hard is it to put the photos on there correctly? And I don't want to hear crap about the machine doing it that way and "we" have no control over it.
All I have to say is "whatever."
I hope to God that America gets back to caring about others in the very near future, because all this disservice is starting to ware on me.
Tags: One Hour Photo Center, Walmart, Meijer's, Customer Disservice, Disposable Cameras
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November 07, 2007
Revamping
I've been in the process of revamping my blogs. I'm sure you've noticed the new template. Also, please check out my blogroll under my links. I hope it will keep growing.
I can say that I've been enjoying married life, which I have.
I now hope to get back into blogging. I've had many ideas and just not sat down to put them to fruition. I plan on changing that.
We just got back from our week long honeymoon to Hawaii, the big island, and I have lots of opinions about the trip so look for posts on Hilton Waikoloa Village, Dolphin Quest, Hawaii Volcanoes, Driving in Hawaii, Plane etiquette (oh my god there a doozies to that one), etc.
Tags: Honeymoon, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Dolphin Quest, Hawaii Volcanoes, Driving in Hawaii, Plane etiquette
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July 22, 2007
I'm MARRIED!!!
I remember all of the wedding day. I can only thank my wedding planner for that because she took care of everything and i just had to get ready.
The hair appt was at 10 AM. I set the alarm for 9AM. Yes I was able to sleep after finally getting my mind to shut off. I hit snooze several times when the alarm finally started going off. My floridian friend, Christie, was staying with me and came in the room about 9:30AM to make sure I was getting up to get married. I laughed and got up shortly after. My bloodsugar was low so I had to eat some breakfast and wait for it to go back up to normal. Then, and this is probably TMI, I started the trots to the potty. We finally took care of those with Imodium AD at the hairdressers.
The hair styling didn't take too long so we had a bit of time to kill before we had to be at the church. Christie and I went back home to just sit and talk. I could have gone back to sleep at that time, but I didn't. We got to the church at 1PM to meet the make up lady and the make up getting ready process began.
The flower girl was adorable but wouldn't go down the aisle. So we got the wedding drama of at least one child freaking out. I'm pretty sure we still have some good candid pictures of her though as I told the photographer that she wouldn't take photos with me and may not go down the aisle.
The whole day seemed very surreal and even more so once they had us waiting in the little room off the side of the sanctuary. Oddly enough I didn't cry. I guess I was concentrating too much on the ceremony going right and for me not to cry so that I could talk. Plus, I had my boohoo moment when I picked up my dress after alterations because it was totally mine at that point.
Everything was wonderful...the ceremony, the photos, and the reception....best of all of course that I am now a WIFE and I have a HUSBAND.
I can wait to see pictures and to share them with you all. And all of those that were able to make it in from out of town thanks so much. It was great to see you and I want to see you so much more now. So we will have to plan trips sometime.
