Hi, happy holidays. Not much going on here. I survived the holidays. Well, at least Christmas. Jewel was fucking atrocious. I have to be there tomorrow from 11-5 or something. Shirley was a pain in my ass, and Dawn wasn't that helpful either. We didn't have enough carts, you couldn't move, the lines were endless. In our glory days, this would have been typical. Now it is just bullshit. I offered all my cameras though...I think ;)
I didn't offer up a list to my family for what I want. It's kinda stupid now to do that. I ended up making money and buying what I wanted. I got an M necklace in all silver. I'm not sure if I'm happy with it. I feel like I'm cheating on my diamonds. Plus the chain is a bit of a pain, ha ha ha. Dammit, I had a million things to say. Oh yeah, I bought sims, the complete collection. My computer will be crashing before I can hit publish, i'm sure. I also bought Story to Story : The Official Autobiography of INXS Reading it slowly. Very interesting. For some random reason I have also taken up playing the origional Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version of Zelda. Link is the better game, and years ago Dude almost passed it, but I never could. This is more my speed lol. Oh well. Naptime. The past 2 nights I have been at bff's house till about 2 am. We saw Mr. & Mrs. Smith the other night. Awesome lol. I totally understand why those 2 are together now lol. Ok well happy new year if I forget to type by then.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Monday, December 19, 2005
happy happy happy
I'm creative today!!! I woke up and didn't want anything for breakfast, but found a thing of brownie fudge mix and wanted to make that. I was delayed cuz I'm stupid and everyone kept bothering my mommy. I need supervision when I work in the kitchen. I'm really 3 years old, ya know? Hell, I know 3 year olds that are more acomplished than I am.
Oh well I made brownies all by myself (meaning I harassed mom to death to help. She was so pissed.) :) I made a nice dark chocolatey mess all over my nice white top, too :D Oh and instead if just following directions, we added white chocolate/dark chololate mixed chips to the mix, should be interesting. Time to go cut them. I think they will be gooey.
Oh I failed to mention my mother looks like a palm tree :D
Creatively Excited,
Melissa
Oh well I made brownies all by myself (meaning I harassed mom to death to help. She was so pissed.) :) I made a nice dark chocolatey mess all over my nice white top, too :D Oh and instead if just following directions, we added white chocolate/dark chololate mixed chips to the mix, should be interesting. Time to go cut them. I think they will be gooey.
Oh I failed to mention my mother looks like a palm tree :D
Creatively Excited,
Melissa
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Ah, the games people play at Jewel
Yup, I'm back with another exciting edition of the adventures of 'the bad things that melissa does at jewel.' Today, for instance, I got zinged again for an extreme value buy giveaway. This was actually a big one. Russell Stover chocolates. B1G1F @ 15.99. Some asshole woman did the same damn thing that another asshole woman did to me. She had this cupon, and that raincheck, and this price inquery, bleh. I didn't say the extreme value. I had said it 150 times already, but she saw a high priced item that she wouldn't buy if I offered it to her, but if it's gonna be free....*smack, crash, bash, attack, KILL* This is like the billionth time this has happenned, but I have only been written up once before for it, yet, somehow, the Jewel gods were smiling on me. I only received a note to file. How do I manage to be this fucking lucky. I should have been fired lol. Someone is gonna look at my record one day and just go OH SHIT!!!!
Making Messes,
Melissa
Making Messes,
Melissa
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
title :D
SO I'm writing my final. It's a take home final and it's due by 11 pm tonight. I want to go to bff's so I have to finish this. It's quite strange to type it rather than to sit down for 2 hours and fill up 2 pages. This looks so short. Guhduhbuhduhduh!!!! I'm still stinky. This is like day 4 without a shower lol. The plumbers are workin on the house today so I should be alright. My hair is gross. I managed to cover up with lotion and deoderant. I acutally smell quite nice. The most dirty thing on me is my hair. Hm, this green is too bright. Too bad. I have 1 and 1/2 eyebrows :) I naired them lol. One came out great, the other is still too thick. I've been very hyper lately. Eating lots of sugar, running around the room, losing weight lol. Hmm, I did actually have something important to say. Oh I got $67 for reselling my books back today. I'll sell the spanish book back tomorrow. I must go finish my final. Then go eat sugar lol.
Melissa
Melissa
Monday, December 12, 2005
Four letter words
~Shit
~Fuck
~Crap
~Damn
~Rats
~SNOW!!!
Yes, I said snow! Snow is another one of those lousy four letter words that just shouldn't be said. Snow comes in the cold and it makes a snowy icy wet mess. It causes pipes to freeze, gas to go out, and everyone to get pissed off. I hate snow. It's pretty when its fresh and you go to bed and leave the drapes open so it's nice and bright in your room, but that is only temporary. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind. Speakin of which, I wonder when the Munster HS choir concert is...HA IT'S THURS THE 15TH. I can go! No I can't! Yes, I can, wait, I'm not sure. Grrr I hate snow. So anyway, we are currently very cranky at the Falgier house. The water in our kitchen sink won't work and the water in our bathtub upstairs won't drain! It's a minor nightmare. We all smell. Supposedly a plumber will come and look at it tomorrow. Nana lost her gas because her meter is outside and its freezing and thawing and freezing and thawing so she was cold all night long. Dammit, she's gonna be staying here. Grrrr. I did get most of my christmas shopping done. bff has a present, Megan has a present, mom has a present. That's about it lol. Melissa got a present. I got a new coat last week and a new sweater. It's brown and it zipps up and has beautiful bold colors all over it. I have worn it for about a week straight with different color tops underneath lol. I was also very lucky while shopping for presents for ppl the other day. I found a pair of jeans that had blue decorations all over!!!!! Very happy Melissa. This is finals week at school. I only have to go 2 days. Wed and thurs. Technically I don't even have to go Wed. but I will. So things are stressful. My holiday tip for the next few weeks is instead of cussing just say SNOW! It kinda works like Smurf, but smurf isn't a four letter word :D
Mumbles & Grumbles
Melissa
~Fuck
~Crap
~Damn
~Rats
~SNOW!!!
Yes, I said snow! Snow is another one of those lousy four letter words that just shouldn't be said. Snow comes in the cold and it makes a snowy icy wet mess. It causes pipes to freeze, gas to go out, and everyone to get pissed off. I hate snow. It's pretty when its fresh and you go to bed and leave the drapes open so it's nice and bright in your room, but that is only temporary. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind. Speakin of which, I wonder when the Munster HS choir concert is...HA IT'S THURS THE 15TH. I can go! No I can't! Yes, I can, wait, I'm not sure. Grrr I hate snow. So anyway, we are currently very cranky at the Falgier house. The water in our kitchen sink won't work and the water in our bathtub upstairs won't drain! It's a minor nightmare. We all smell. Supposedly a plumber will come and look at it tomorrow. Nana lost her gas because her meter is outside and its freezing and thawing and freezing and thawing so she was cold all night long. Dammit, she's gonna be staying here. Grrrr. I did get most of my christmas shopping done. bff has a present, Megan has a present, mom has a present. That's about it lol. Melissa got a present. I got a new coat last week and a new sweater. It's brown and it zipps up and has beautiful bold colors all over it. I have worn it for about a week straight with different color tops underneath lol. I was also very lucky while shopping for presents for ppl the other day. I found a pair of jeans that had blue decorations all over!!!!! Very happy Melissa. This is finals week at school. I only have to go 2 days. Wed and thurs. Technically I don't even have to go Wed. but I will. So things are stressful. My holiday tip for the next few weeks is instead of cussing just say SNOW! It kinda works like Smurf, but smurf isn't a four letter word :D
Mumbles & Grumbles
Melissa
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
SWITCH - INXS NEW ALBUM REVIEW!!!!!!!!
INXS went through their whole rockstar show and said J.D. Fortune was "riot for our band INXS" Together the 6 of them came up with a FANTASTIC album in just 6 weeks. Here's my review.
1 - Devil's Party - This is a nice upbeat way to start the cd. This whole song is deserving of a music video. This could be their next single. JD sounds really good. The refrain is really kewl. "Dreams of yooouurrrsss ... dreams of aaaalllll..." is a great strong part and the saxophone is awesome. I like the way JD is playing around welcoming us to the party. I also appreciate the lyric "why don't we take a little less, then we can give a little more."
2 - Pretty Vegas - Well, if you are reading this review, you most likely know the song PV and I refuse to talk about it lol. Great song, wonderful video, I love when Jon just randomly does his little hoot or whatever sound that is lol. "The party's over and the road is long..." is a great part, but I kinda miss the 'yeah yeah yeah' that he was doing on the show. Ah well.
3 - Afterglow - I believe this song is written for Michael Hutchence. Such a great song. I love it. Again, deserving to be a single, and there is quite an obvious music video. This is a slower song, beautiful way to kinda take it down a notch. Perhaps there is a bit of a european feel to it? Indian? JD sings with such heart and is so sensitive. I think he can relate perfectly. He is living in the afterglow of MH. Beautiful and sensitive. Wonderful. I must admit that if this song did become a single, it could get lost on the radio.
4 - Hot Girls - This is quite the opposite of the previous song. It must be a statement. It's about the dancers at a strip club or something. I don't really care for this song content wise, but I have to admit the way JD annunciates 'biting it, biting it' and stuff, it's kinda hot. The sex sounds may not be suitable for children...or some adults lol. I don't want this on the radio.
5 - Perfect Strangers - Again a sex song, written by Gary Beers, the hot bass dude lol. I think he's adorable. I origionally heard this song and the first line made me think of JC Chasez's song "One Night Stand" but this song is much nicer in content and the refrain is wonderful musically. Plus the song lyrics have the bonus of being polite. "Won't you look in my eyes?" "Thank you for spending one night with me." I like this song. Hope it's a single.
6 - Remember Who's Your Man - Another slower song. Nice. Nothing spectacular. I listen to it. They could replace this with something else and I wouldn't care. Actually I would, I wanted Easy Easy, but you have to get the album online at msn or something to get the extra tracks, boo.
7 - Hungry - INXS has done this song over the past few years with other singers. It's a hard rocking track. JD can probably relate to this song a bit. Talks about leaving home. The first time he sings the refrain he does it lower. The second time gets more exciting. It's pretty kewl. Listen to it yourself to find out :D
8 - NEVER LET YOU GO - THIS IS THE BEST SONG ON HERE!!! Thanks to Jon Ferris, the hot drummer dude! If this song does not become a single over the next year and half, you know INXS is getting hate mail lol. It's a calypso type song. So nifty. You just sway to it and the words are so easy to memorize. I don't really have a video concept in mind, probably a sandy beach somehwere.
9 - Like It Or Not - Kirk wrote this. It's a very INXSy track. Starts off by talking about sex again, ug lol. Not my type of song. I like the rhythm of it all though. You can almost hear Michael Hutchence's voice within JDs voice. Very kewl. I don't really care for this song, but it could make a kewl video of INXS just rocking out. The message of the song is very INXS as well.
10 - Us - The cd is starting to wind down and this is a slower song that is kewl and respectful. I encourage you to look at the words to this song. Very wonderful. "try a little kindness because it shouldn't be that hard" I didn't care for this song when the 5 or so rockers were doing it with the band, but it's prettykewl now. The message of the song applies a lot to the band. It may be kind of a shot at the critics who said that RS was a bad idea, but it is also a shout out to the people that stood with them in their decision. Then again, this song probably has a bigger meaning than that, but I'm a literal person.
11 - God's Top 10 - Ok I can't listen to this and write so, hang on a few minutes...
Yeah it's a personal song written for Michael's daughter, Tiger Lily. Very personal. Very poetic. Most everyone likes this song, but a lot of people have a hard time with it because of how personal it is and they feel like they are intruding when they hear it. JD does a great job with it. "Sweet" Suzie McNeil also sings on the track. Beautiful song. I don't know what to do with it...should it go to radio? Probably not, should it be done live? I wouldn't think so. Then again, if INXS wants it on the album to share with the world...ya know?
Overall, this album has really made me a fan. I have even looked into the older albums of INXS with MH. Very nice. The guys, including JD, are in Australia now working and rehearsing for the almost completely sold out North American leg 1 Switched On tour.
1 - Devil's Party - This is a nice upbeat way to start the cd. This whole song is deserving of a music video. This could be their next single. JD sounds really good. The refrain is really kewl. "Dreams of yooouurrrsss ... dreams of aaaalllll..." is a great strong part and the saxophone is awesome. I like the way JD is playing around welcoming us to the party. I also appreciate the lyric "why don't we take a little less, then we can give a little more."
2 - Pretty Vegas - Well, if you are reading this review, you most likely know the song PV and I refuse to talk about it lol. Great song, wonderful video, I love when Jon just randomly does his little hoot or whatever sound that is lol. "The party's over and the road is long..." is a great part, but I kinda miss the 'yeah yeah yeah' that he was doing on the show. Ah well.
3 - Afterglow - I believe this song is written for Michael Hutchence. Such a great song. I love it. Again, deserving to be a single, and there is quite an obvious music video. This is a slower song, beautiful way to kinda take it down a notch. Perhaps there is a bit of a european feel to it? Indian? JD sings with such heart and is so sensitive. I think he can relate perfectly. He is living in the afterglow of MH. Beautiful and sensitive. Wonderful. I must admit that if this song did become a single, it could get lost on the radio.
4 - Hot Girls - This is quite the opposite of the previous song. It must be a statement. It's about the dancers at a strip club or something. I don't really care for this song content wise, but I have to admit the way JD annunciates 'biting it, biting it' and stuff, it's kinda hot. The sex sounds may not be suitable for children...or some adults lol. I don't want this on the radio.
5 - Perfect Strangers - Again a sex song, written by Gary Beers, the hot bass dude lol. I think he's adorable. I origionally heard this song and the first line made me think of JC Chasez's song "One Night Stand" but this song is much nicer in content and the refrain is wonderful musically. Plus the song lyrics have the bonus of being polite. "Won't you look in my eyes?" "Thank you for spending one night with me." I like this song. Hope it's a single.
6 - Remember Who's Your Man - Another slower song. Nice. Nothing spectacular. I listen to it. They could replace this with something else and I wouldn't care. Actually I would, I wanted Easy Easy, but you have to get the album online at msn or something to get the extra tracks, boo.
7 - Hungry - INXS has done this song over the past few years with other singers. It's a hard rocking track. JD can probably relate to this song a bit. Talks about leaving home. The first time he sings the refrain he does it lower. The second time gets more exciting. It's pretty kewl. Listen to it yourself to find out :D
8 - NEVER LET YOU GO - THIS IS THE BEST SONG ON HERE!!! Thanks to Jon Ferris, the hot drummer dude! If this song does not become a single over the next year and half, you know INXS is getting hate mail lol. It's a calypso type song. So nifty. You just sway to it and the words are so easy to memorize. I don't really have a video concept in mind, probably a sandy beach somehwere.
9 - Like It Or Not - Kirk wrote this. It's a very INXSy track. Starts off by talking about sex again, ug lol. Not my type of song. I like the rhythm of it all though. You can almost hear Michael Hutchence's voice within JDs voice. Very kewl. I don't really care for this song, but it could make a kewl video of INXS just rocking out. The message of the song is very INXS as well.
10 - Us - The cd is starting to wind down and this is a slower song that is kewl and respectful. I encourage you to look at the words to this song. Very wonderful. "try a little kindness because it shouldn't be that hard" I didn't care for this song when the 5 or so rockers were doing it with the band, but it's prettykewl now. The message of the song applies a lot to the band. It may be kind of a shot at the critics who said that RS was a bad idea, but it is also a shout out to the people that stood with them in their decision. Then again, this song probably has a bigger meaning than that, but I'm a literal person.
11 - God's Top 10 - Ok I can't listen to this and write so, hang on a few minutes...
Yeah it's a personal song written for Michael's daughter, Tiger Lily. Very personal. Very poetic. Most everyone likes this song, but a lot of people have a hard time with it because of how personal it is and they feel like they are intruding when they hear it. JD does a great job with it. "Sweet" Suzie McNeil also sings on the track. Beautiful song. I don't know what to do with it...should it go to radio? Probably not, should it be done live? I wouldn't think so. Then again, if INXS wants it on the album to share with the world...ya know?
Overall, this album has really made me a fan. I have even looked into the older albums of INXS with MH. Very nice. The guys, including JD, are in Australia now working and rehearsing for the almost completely sold out North American leg 1 Switched On tour.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
grr blogger
i was gonna post a review of switch by inxs, but it will have to wait, since ... well just grrr on blogger.
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