I was a child of the early MTV age. Michael was one of my idols from
the age of 6. I wanted to be him. I wanted to be a boy so I could be
him. I wanted to dance and sing like him. He was probably my first
celebrity crush (along with Prince). I had his doll and I would dress
him up. I learned how to moonwalk and I sat through Thriller I don’t
know how many times. My first record was Thriller. The cassette was
sold out so my Mom bought me the vinyl. I had that record for so long.
I also remember getting a poster from one of those Scholastic book
orders in elementary school. It was the cutest picture of him. In the
third grade I had a MAD crush on a boy who wore the Thriller jacket. I
believe the crush was totally over the jacket.
Even as my music tastes have changed I have always remained a fan of
and respected Michael Jackson. I had even started sharing Michael
Jackson’s music with my daughter. She started watching his videos on
you tube nonstop. She learned some of the Thriller dance. She then
spread the word to her daycare. These kids are ages 4 to 9 (my
daughter being the oldest at 11) and they are dancing to and singing
Michael Jackson! It was something that showed me that this man and his
music are legendary.
Even though it got a little weird, it was to be expected with a superstar.
RIP Michael. You changed and enriched so many lives. You were always
relevant, larger than life and will forever be the King of Pop.

So a couple posts ago I wrote how I was so incensed at the fact Guitar Hero existed. The I got to thinking about it. Then I decided If we were going to get any game it would be rock band. I heard there were better songs. Most songs are the same, but there are a couple classic rock tracks I could do without.

So I purchased one and the three of us (myself, the kid and my husband) are now a regular family band. LOL. I play guitar, my daughter sings and my husband is on drums. We have been going at it for almost 2 months now. It is fun to say the least, or hella tight, if you will.

Oh and I recently acquired the original Rock Band game since we came in to this with Rock Band 2. It has Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden and In Bloom by Nirvana!

My wrist is sore, but we are getting better at the medium level. The hard level is a whole different story. I guess we will just have to keep rockin’ to find out.

Oh, and I am still dead set against Guitar Hero because I am for Rock Band all the way :)

bring rain

bring all the greatness

sing all their pain

give me your beautiful blonds

the tracks on their arms

growl to me baby

scream me your sadness

you burned out on us baby

just sing me your song

i can only press play

so you wont fade away

I wrote this post back in 2007. It was quite immature as far as lashing out at Bush or totally irrelevant people. But the sentiment still stands. Yeah, even though Bush extended funding and Obama has passed a bill to approve 32.8 billion in funding. I realize we are in a better place as far as children’s medical insurance. Although I probably don’t qualify for it anymore.

I am now employed full time and have medical insurance for myself and my daughter. It is a Blue Cross plan that has plenty to be desired. My employer hasn’t offered us anything spectacular. Its really just a cushion in case of an emergency. Instead of paying ten’s of thousands of dollars, we would only pay a couple thousand.

I am happy that state funded children’s insurance will be funded. Although I am concerned, just about as much as every other American, about our nations medical insurance. We need a universal plan and make medical services available to all for a low cost. Now how that is going to work out is going to take some government regulation on medical services. I realize doctors have student loans to pay, but what they charge is ridiculous.

I hope for the sake of children and the rest of us, the Obama administration will come up with something we can all live with.

Just today the kid and husband bought Guitar Hero for the xbox 360. I always thought these games were ridiculous anyway. Kind of a laugh in the face of what the music really means. I seriously don’t know if I should get excited when I hear Rage Against the Machine or Smashing Pumpkins.

Anyway my daughter thinks shes some guitar god (even though we don’t even have the Guitar Hero guitar, they play with the controller) because she just beat Tom Morello in a battle. Whatever. She came in my room and basically did the ha ha dance because I said she would never beat him.

One thing that bugs the BEEP out of me is the fact that they have this big Neanderthal lead singer singing all these tunes. When I saw this sorry excuse for video game graphics, and Billy Corgan’s voice coming out of it, I started uncontrollably yelling at the T.V. and laughing frantically. My husband was getting upset and defending his game and purchase.

I can’t believe it really. And for the musicians involved, I hope your happy. You let them use the music, you could have let them use your faces too

Its almost spring. This is a picture of the old fishing hole in spring of 2007. We don’t go there a lot anymore since we moved to Stockton. This place was just outside of Tracy. Right across the county line. I was thinking of going there again to check it out. I believe we actually went one time last year. I know my husband wants to check out other spots, but we will have to cruise by here soon.

(If you click on the picture you will be redirected to my facebook profile.)

I had heard so much about this movie. Then of course I am an Angelina fan. Then she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as Christine Collins. I adored her performance and the costumes. I am seriously thinking about getting a bob haircut complete with a perm. I love it. Anyway this story was horrible, as well as encouraging. I found myself yelling at the T.V. and watching in disbelief with my mouth wide open.

Angelina’s performance was lovely. She acted the perfect lady until she realized she needed to be a bit more aggressive. Also she knows what it is to be a mother and i’m sure any mother could invoke the feelings of a woman who has lost her child. She has played this part well.

I also enjoyed John Malkovich, although I can’t remember the character’s name, he was a reverend… who came to Ms. Collin’s rescue. He was a brash and disagreeing as ever. I love him.

Then of course the movie is direct by Clint Eastwood. It really doesn’t get better than this folks.