This show begins the second half of the third season friday on Syfy (formally SciFi, they rebranded). It's a silly, fun, heart warming show about a small town full of geniuses. Check it out.
I am constantly amazed by actors and actresses. I really enjoy television and movies and the way that someone can completely be consumed by a role (or at least good actors anyways.) One of the things I enjoy most is when people take on characters that are from a different place than they are and therefore assume and accent of this place.
I am not an actress. I think at times I can be entertaining, and I sometimes can mimic movements or the pace of someone's speech. But I can not assume any kind of accent than what I originally have (and who knows what that is.)
I read a lot of websites and blogs about the entertainment industry and E! Online has a really great survey and photo gallery called Sham Yankees. It gives some of the most notable performances and asks you to vote on whether they are Apple Pie or Crumpets. I'm not sure exactly what they are asking for, as crumpets I would assume refers to England but it doesn't actually say that. And furthermore not all of the comparisons are between England and the US. It's entertaining none the less. And you may learn a few things about the actors from your favorite shows. Check it out!
I am so glad that I am able to eat dairy in controlled amounts again. Last year at this time I started realizing that eating ice cream and cheese was causing some serious gastrointestinal disturbances. So I stopped eating dairy and a few weeks later stopped eating any kind of gluten. After about a year of not eating dairy I am able to eat small amounts again, and it has been so wonderful.
From what I understand from my readings, people with any kind of gluten intolerance can suffer other sensitivities because their system is damaged from the irritation. Diary is usually one of the first things that people become sensitive too. Because the cause and effect was noticeable when I ate dairy it wasn't a hard thing to give up, but I did miss ice cream and cheese quite a lot. I started drinking soy milk right away and I really enjoy unsweetened Silk, it has a great taste and some very essential nutrients. Since I have been completely gluten free and have no desire to ever go back to eating gluten I decided to try eating some ice cream. It's been so good, I appreciate it so much more after not being able to eat it for a year.
Today I walked to the Dairy Queen. It was such good incentive to get me out of the house and walking as I am suppose to be getting exercise. And I had been craving a hot fudge sundae so badly. So I got my fix and will be good for a couple more days. It's officially summer, and I've had my official summer sundae. :)
The past week or so has been horrendous for me. The warm weather has made me nothing but miserable, irritable, and exhausted. I normally welcome summer, the sunshine, the warmth, and the chance to go swimming. But this year it has been rough. With the fibromyalgia it has just been too much to bare.
I grew up without air conditioning and never really cared much for a cold room when it was so nice and summer out. But not having air conditioning in an apartment that gets full sun all day is pretty rough. I sit in front of the fan and sometimes all I can do is sleep.
I don't really mean this to sound all whiny like it is coming out. I just can't really think of much else to say, and I feel I should write something. Hopefully soon, maybe in the middle of the night when it is much cooler, I will write something of substance. I will update you on what is going on in my life. And maybe share some good entertainment news with you while I'm at it.
Recently I've been thinking about the rare availability of quality cartoons. As a kid I rarely watched TV but some of my favorite things to watch were cartoons. I remember watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the mornings, but mostly I remember watching cartoon specials. My older sisters or Mom would tape the specials for me on our VCR so I could watch them again and again.
I watched them so much that I wore some of the tapes out. I had three favorites. The first was "Snoopy: The Musical." I can still sing most of the songs from this wonderful gem. The second was a tape that had several different Garfield shows on it. My mom especially liked Garfield.
The third is the reason I'm writing this post. I use to LOVE the Looney Tunes. Most of what we had on tape were season specials that played classic Looney Tune segments. Bugs Bunny was my favorite and I remember more than one shopping trip in the Warner Bros. Store in NYC. Last night I watched The Bugs Bunny RoadRunner Movie. It had some of my very favorite segments in it and it's hosted by Bugs Bunny himself. It really made my day, made me laugh like I was seeing them for the first time, and also made me smile to remember how much I loved them as a kid.
Below is a short trailer for the film.
When Ryan and I first started dating, we enjoyed "Dexter's Laboratory." It was a story about a boy genius with a secret lab in his basement. He fought evil villains as well as dealt with his older sister DeeDee. It's been awhile since I've seen it, so I can't really remember what we liked about it so much.
Some cartoons that are being produced today are quality, but most are obnoxious and not all that funny. Last summer I spent six weeks at my sisters house and had a lot of time to watch cartoons with my nephew who was 5 at the time. He watched some things that weren't really aimed at anyone but his specific age group and I didn't mind them, but I didn't really pay much attention either. "Ben 10: was one of these, it wasn't bad I just didn't care for it much. "The Fairly Odd Parents" on the other hand are extremely obnoxious and happen to be
on the list of things my sister does not care for my nephew to watch. They promote bad habits and obnoxious noises, and of course kids find them funny but there is never much of a story.
My favorite from the summer had to be "Chowder." This was a cartoon about a "bear-cat thing" who was an apprentice to a chef. They live in this imaginative and colorful world of food and cooking. The things they make are all made up and there are always great stories about adventures and misadventures. Perhaps one of my favorite parts of the show is the theme song which I enjoy sining with my nephew.
If you click above you will be taken to the Team NESPAC page for the 2009 Tour de Cure, Westerville. The tour is a bike ride of various milage with riders of skills who raise money for their ride. The money raised goes to the American Diabetes Association.
The ADA is committed to caring for and curing diabetes. This is especially important to me because many friends and family are dealing with diabetes daily, including Team NESPAC captain Bruce Weaver.
Please consider donating to Team NESPAC's ride as they are a driving force in the central Ohio's fundraising and they are very close to their team goal and cool prizes. Since I am unable to ride I feel I must make the way to raising funds easier for them. The ride takes place on Saturday so get those donations in please.
Green Day had a kick ass performance on Conan's second night hosting The Tonight Show. When Conan introduced the band he said our very close friends, and they proved that friendship by presenting Conan with a guitar at the end of their performance. Many of you may not know that Conan actually plays guitar and does so fairly well.
I've been a fan of Green Day since middle school, thanks mostly to my good childhood friend Becki who introduced me to them. We would watch MTV in her basement and she even ordered VHS tapes of Green Day concerts that we would watch to learn even more of their songs. We also spent summers crushing over the guys in the band and dreaming of meeting them someday. One of the most amazing things I ever saw, and I still remember how I felt, was a t-shirt on the boardwalk in Seaside Height's, NJ. The entire front was airbrushed with Billie Joe Armstrong's face. What a fun time.
I'm sure we knew little about music at the time, but we did know we dug Green Day and their amazing sound. Not much has changed about them since then and they have a new album, 21st Century Breakdown. They may be older than they were back in the mid 90s when I liked them so much, but so am I. They have grown up, their sound has grown up, and I believe their lyrics can speak to anyone in America.
I may not be a music genius, but I enjoy a good sound, a good performance, and I love to be entertained. Green Day has always done just that. They don't appear to be coming to Columbus anytime soon, but when they do, I hope to be there.
I am a wife, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, and a friend. I care deeply about God's Creation. I've recently been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and several other conditions connected to Fibromyalgia. I also have been spending time dealing with mental illnesses, including a tentative diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. I hope to become who I was made to be and I trust daily in God who is working in my life through the Holy Spirit.
I write here in this blog in hopes of helping other people on their journeys, both spiritually and illness related.
on the list of things my sister does not care for my nephew to watch. They promote bad habits and obnoxious noises, and of course kids find them funny but there is never much of a story. 
