• Wasteland Music. . .

    March 22, 2011 /


    SKILLET!

    Anyone who’s been following me on Twitter and Facebook for a while has seen me rave about this band. I’d heard them before, but about a month or so ago, I heard Awake and Alive and FELL IN LOVE.

    Even though I didn’t write Wasteland while listening to this song, when I heard it, I decided it represented the book pretty well!

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw-i8mtWPhU]

    (For the “official video” click here. They wouldn’t allow embedding into the blog)

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    There are a couple verses that really stick out:

    When my faith is getting weak
    And I feel like giving in
    You breathe into me again

    The girl signing that part ROCKS. On the official video, she’s pounding the drums like a maniac while belting out this verse like no other! Amazing.

    Another verse I love:

    I’m at war with the world cause I
    Ain’t never gonna sell my soul

    If you followed the blog last week, you learned a bit more about David while he hosted for a few days. His demon half works to overcome his human half, but David refuses to give in. Understandably, he gets tired.

    And a little testy…..Like here, in this interview with Kendall Gray’s character, Gavin.

    David’s giving the whole interview-thing another shot, though. He’s getting interviewed on Ciara Knight’s blog today.Her character, Alexander, is asking a few pointed questions….Come check it out (click here.)

    Happy Tuesday, everyone. Thanks for sharing my journey to publication with me.

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  • Cinema Sound off . . .I Am Number Four

    March 8, 2011 /


    My good friend,KM Wilsher, and I are heading out toHarkins Theatres each month to watch a choice movie.

    We’ll let you know if it’s worth you spending your hard-earned money or not.

    CLICK HERE for our rating system

    Now…onto the movie.

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    Synopsis from IMDB:

    John is an extraordinary teen, masking his true identity and passing as a typical high school student to elude a deadly enemy seeking to destroy him. Three like him have already been killed … he is Number Four.

    My Review:

    WOW!

    Really, WOW sums it up for me. I judge a movie by whether or not I’d buy it. And let me tell you, I think I might go see this one again in the theaters.

    Yep. THAT GOOD!

    Oh, and for sure I’m going to buy it. The movie kicked Avatar off my most favorite movie now.

    I know it didn’t get the best reviews or make a bazillion bucks like maybe everyone thought it would, but this movie is right up my alley.

    I don’t know this main actor, Alex Pettyfer, but I think he did really well. His eyes were so expressive. I love his inner struggles and he portrayed them well.

    Henri (Timothy Olyphant) cracked me up, too, with his expressions and one liners. The story was intriguing to me as well. then again, this is pretty much the kind of stories I write and love to read, so, I’m not surprised by how much I loved it.

    One of my favorite characters, though, is number six. She kicks some serious butt, has an attitude, oh, and she drives a cycle, so of course I love her!

    Here’s the trailer:

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5djHG3hPu0&w=640&h=390]

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    My RATING:

    5 tickets: A must see. Buy a ticket for everyone.

     

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    Have you seen it? What’d you think?

    Head on over to KM Wilsher’s blog and see what she thought of the movie.

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  • Throwback Thursday–One Night in Bangkok

    February 24, 2011 /


    Throwing you back to the mid-eighties with this one.

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    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlL0jB0j3YA]

    So, they wouldn’t let me embed this, but you can see it if you CLICK HERE.

    Classic Video

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    One little piece of trivia–The album where this song came from was called Chess. It was a musical written by two former members of ABBA.

    Gotta love 80’s music!! Have a great day, everyone.

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  • Throwback Thursday–Flash Gordon

    February 17, 2011 /


    Okay, yes. One of the more cheesy 80’s movies out there. . .

    But still. It’s FLASH GORDON!!

    I can’t even remember watching this movie in it’s entirety, but I remember the idea of it.

    I hear whisperings of a remake. Have you?

    Check out this movie trailer. . . .

    You just have to smile…..

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzHYG0UH2qg]

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    I really hope they do a remake soon, like they’re talking about on IMDB.

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