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July 1, 2010 | Life in General,Music Queue,Random Thoughts,The 4-1-1 on Me

Finally got around to redeeming the $25 iTunes card Babendude got me for my b-day. Downloaded some good stuff:

An oldie but a goodie – “Lonely Teardrops” by Jackie Wilson

Some alternative – “Hero” by Skillet, “Dragonfly” by Shaman’s Harvest, “Cry Little Sister” by Seasons After, “Smack My Bitch Up” and “Firestarter” by Prodigy, “She Talks To Angels” by The Black Crowes

A few Big Hair Bands – “18 and Life” and “I Remember You” by Skid Row, “Wait” and “When the Children Cry” by White Lion, “Nobody’s Fool” by Cinderella

A little 80’s and 90’s – “Nothing Compares 2 U” by Sinead O’Connor, “Listen to Your Heart” and “Dressed for Success” by Roxette, “How to Be a Millionaire” and “Be Near Me” by ABC, “Informer” by Snow, “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice.

Some show tunes – “Poker Face,” “Dream On”, and “To Sir With Love” by the Glee Cast

And an instrumental – “Requiem for a Tower Dream” by London Music Works and Clint Mansell (if you heard it, you’d recognize it. They play it a lot in movie trailers.)

I figured it was time to get some new tunes in the iPod. All the other stuff was getting a little stale. The majority of my music came from my CD collection, with several downloads thrown in for good measure. I keep it on shuffle so I can hear a different mix of music, but the same artists keep coming up a lot (probably because I have multiple albums). Hence the need for some new stuff.

There are tons more songs I want to get, and I’ve quickly learned how addicting iTunes can be. I went a little crazy with my first iPod (8GB…Babendude upgraded me to a 16GB for my b-day) and racked up a nice $80 bill in one day! Utter craziness, I tell you. As you can tell, I listen to a variety of music, with a few exceptions: No jazz (although I have one song by Michael Buble…and I have it because it sounds like a James Bond song), no country, and no every-other-word-is-a-curse-word type of rap.

So, who’s on your iPod?

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May 20, 2010 | A Royale Pain,Book One,Draven Atreides,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,How coolio is THAT?,Life in General,Random Thoughts,The 4-1-1 on Me,Writer Moment

On YALITCHAT, I submitted the first 25 pages of DA Book 1 for teen review. 3 responses so far and the feedback has been great. The best part is that one of the reviewers was a guy.

“…Through the whole story I just kept thinking. “Duuuuuude, I would love to read this book, it’s awesome!” I love how the Draven can relate to girls and guys (in a sense). Her life just seems exciting with even a few real details that some kids have gone through…”

Totally made my night.

What I’m loving about this group is that I’m not just getting a small paragraph on what the reviewer thought. I’m getting serious feedback. Feedback that could amount to a 1 or 2 pages worth of suggestions/comments, etc: what could be changed, what doesn’t make sense, what could be added. I LOVE it. These teens are serious about their reading and it shows in their comments. I wish I could submit more, but at least I know I’m off to a good start.

It’s been professionally edited and looked over by beta readers. Now I just have to insert all the feedback.

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April 28, 2010 | Life in General,Random Thoughts

Team Eric…temporarily

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Jason (Ryan Kwanten) and Bill (Stephen Moyer) are also on the cover of Details mag, but despite the fact that I’m all about Team Bill (I love the way he says “Sookie”), this cover called to me more. Go fig.

After reading the story on him in this mag, I now have to see the video for Lady Gaga‘s “Paparazzi”. Apparently, he makes an appearance.

Technorati Tags: Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Details, Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”

March 19, 2010 | Random Thoughts,Uncategorized

If you answered yes, I want to know why? Was it something you were taught to do by your Mom? Is it something you just did on your own? Leave your answer Comments.

March 12, 2010 | Life in General,Random Thoughts

I like the Shuffle feature on my iPod Nano, but realize it’s not much of a shuffler when you’ve got multiple albums by the same artist.

I hear a lot of:

Live
Gavin DeGraw
Linkin Park
Creed
Scott Stapp
Glee Soundtrack
Dishwalla
High School Musical (all 3)

I find myself shuffling past these artists–well, not Linkin Park–in hopes of getting a onesie-twosie-threesie song I downloaded.

Technorati Tags: iPod Nano, Live, Gavin DeGraw, Linkin Park, Creed, Scott Stapp, Glee Soundtrack, Dishwalla, High School Musical