Shoes for Thought Thursday- A Sweet Little Flat

J.crew Colleen Rose Flat (on sale for $139)

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Title: Breaking In Pointe Shoes

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Hi guys, I am a dance Physiotherapist (Physical Therapist) and as I was seeing so many of you guys with badly broken in shoes, I thought I would show you the best way to get them ready to wear! Try it, it feels so much better, and your shoes last longer too!

Title: A Beach in Baja (Sand in My Shoes- Dido)

This is one of my favorite videos, so enjoy!

I'm pretty proud of the first clip; that was me in the front! :D

~The pictures and videos were taken in Baja California by me(cheesecake2468) and my family members.
~Music: Sand in My Shoes by Dido
~Lyrics:

Two weeks away feels like the whole world should've changed
but I'm home now, and things still look the same
I think I'll leave it till tomorrow to unpack, try to forget for one more night that I'm back in my flat
on the road where the cars never stop going through the night
to a life where I can't watch the sunset, I don't have time, I don't have time

I've still got sand in my shoes and I can't shake the thought of you
I should get on, forget you but why would I want to
I know we said goodbye, anything else would've been confused
but I want to see you again

tomorrow's back to work and down to sanitation
should run a bath and then clear up the mess I made before I left here
try to remind myself that I was happy here before I knew that I could get on a plane and fly away
from the road where the cars never stop going through the night
to a life where I can watch the sunset and take my time, take all our time

I've still got sand in my shoes and I can't shake the thought of you
I should get on forget you but why would I want to
I know we said goodbye, anything else would've been confused
but I want to see you again(x2)
I want to see you again

two weeks away, all it takes, to change and turn me around I've fallen
I walked away, and never said, that I wanted to see you again

I've still got sand in my shoes and I can't shake the thought of you
I should get on, forget you but why would I want to
I know we said goodbye, anything else would've been confused
but I want to see you again(x2)

I wanna see you again
I wanna see you again



This song and its lyrics are by Dido, not me!

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Title: Paolo Nutini - New Shoes (US Version)

Check out the US version for Paolo's new single 'New Shoes' out to download now and to buy on 12th March. For more info head to www.paolonutini.com or to hear more tracks head to www.myspace.com/paolonutini

Title: Paolo Nutini - New Shoes

Check out Paolo's great video for 'New Shoes' - taken from the debut album 'These Streets'.

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Earth Day Tribute to Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson was a woman way ahead of her time.  She studied to become a marine biologist in the 20s, a time when women in science was not only unexpected, but scoffed at.  Her love of writing and of nature helped her create some of the most beautifuly written works about nature, including Under the Sea Wind and The Edge of the Sea.

What Carson is known for is her book, Silent Spring, in which she attacks the use of petrochemicals in farming and agriculture.  Published in 1962, this book still rings true today about caring for our environment and the adverse effects of using pesticides and fertilizers.  Any environmentalist should read her books, it will renew your love of nature and reinvigorate your resolve to protect the precious resource we have.

Have a happy Earth Day!

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Title: Ben - Earth Song Michael Jackson tribute (Carmen Monarcha)

Tribute to Michael Jackson by André Rieu, performed at Maastricht Vrijthof in July 2009, featuring "Ben" (instrumental) and "Earth Song" (Carmen Monarcha). André Rieu speaks in German, despite the concert being in the Dutch city of Maastricht. This is because the German TV station ZDF commissioned this concert. The concert also exists with André Rieu speaking in Limburgs. This version of the concert was broadcast on Dutch TV (with Dutch subtitles!) in early September 2009, a month after the ZDF broadcast on German TV, and 7 weeks after the actual live performance.

At 0:33, there's a woman with her child (which seems quite content, but not overly enthusiastic), and at 8:03, the same child is enthusiastically waving her arms in reaction to the Maastricht children's choir waving theirs!

And doesn't the moving image at 1:42 prove that Michael is right when he says: It don't matter if you're black or white? We all are one human race and share the same emotions.

A translation of the German text is provided by way of annotations of the video (accessible via the arrow in the bottom right-hand corner of the video if they don't show up.)

Title: Charice - The Earth Song,Tribute to MJ, David Foster Manila Philippines Oct 23 2010

The One and Only Hit-Man David Foster and Friends ("DFF") comes to Manila's Araneta Coliseum on October 23 2010. This is David Foster's first ever concert in the Philippines and he really loves and enjoys it. The show features Peter Cetera, Natalie Cole, Ruben Studdard, the Canadian Tenors, and our very own Charice. Charice sang "Power of Love", "To Love You More", "Pyramid", "The Bodyguard Medley", "All By Myself" and "Earth Song"

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♥ Please Follow Charice in her official sites at:
http://www.youtube.com/charice
http://www.charicemusic.com
http://twitter.com/OfficialCharice
http://www.facebook.com/Charice
http://www.myspace.com/charice

♥ Charice's self-titled debut album is available now at:
iTunes: http://wbr.fm/chariceitunes
Amazon: http://wbr.fm/chariceamazon
and http://www.charicemusic.com/store

♥ Please also Visit her fan sites at:
http://charicemania.com/
http://iam.charice.tv/
http://forum.charicediva.com/
http://www.chasters.us/buzz/
http://diva.charicemusic.ca/
http://chariceworld.com/

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Downtown Santa Cruz Events

Happy Monday!

 I am sure you know by know how much Heidi and I love our local community and do as much as we can to support it. With that being said, last week we had two amazing events (we either helped plan along with a committee or got to attend)  both showcasing the awesome downtown area we have here in Santa Cruz.

First was Cruzin' Courses, an annual celebration of women socializing together in downtown Santa Cruz. At its core is a strong commitment to the city itself, promoting the wonderful dining and shopping available, and supporting local treasures like our Museum of Art and History. Cruzin' Courses is a progressive dinner, where 60-70 women (dressed to the nines) stroll from course to course throughout the evening. Each year a different group of restaurants and shops are selected and work out sumptuous menus and special offers with the business owners to make the evening fabulous!

Beautiful Edith Meyer and her lovely Mom enjoying our salad and soup course at Center St. Grill

Getting our sorbet course from the yummy Penny Ice Creamery

The fun times at our dear friends Stripe Shop

 Heidi and I had a blast and enjoyed meeting some new and amazing women as well and tearing up the dance floor with our good buddies at the end of the evening.. 

To see the different restaurants and shops we went to this year,check out the Cruzin' Courses website cruzincourses.com

On Saturday The Downtown Association of Santa Cruz hosted it's 50th anniversary Gala at The Top of The Ritt.

With a Barber shop Quartet welcoming guests as they arrived to 7 come 11 opening up the evenings music to Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers headlining the entire event we were covered in awesome entertainment!

The heavy hors d'œuvre were provided by The Red and they were fantastic! Our sweet and dashing handsome friend JP of  VinoCruz provided the bubby for guests to sip upon arrival. It was a lovely event and a wonderful success.

Top of the Ritt prior to guest arrival

My sweet friend Emily Bernard the President of The Downtown Association and I enjoying the success of the evening.

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Title: Night Court - Santa Goes Downtown (part two of three)

Michael J. Fox guests in this episode from Season One of Night Court. You'll also recognize Jeff Corey, who played killer Tom Cheney in True Grit, as Santa.

Title: Discover Los Angeles - California (Santa Monica & Downtown) HD

Discover the Santa Monica Beach of Los Angeles & some video about LA !

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Crunching your wedding budget and making it work

Photo from Martha Stewart

Budgets, budgets, budgets. Yes, Brides and Grooms To Be, I know you hate this part of planning. I get it. But as soon as that ring is on it needs to be discussed. Can I tell you how many couples come to me and Karissa without a realistic thought to the cost of the wedding. "I want my dream wedding, but I want to keep the cost down." or my favorite "We don't really have a budget". Darling, even Donald Trump has a Budget! So what are wanting to spend on this dream wedding? To some it's $30,000 others $100,000 and still others couldn't imagine spending more than $15,000. As a professional Wedding Planner, I have to remind myself that my clients have no idea what a party of this magnitude will cost. So the first thing we do, except for with our "Month of" client, is crunch those numbers. We want them to see on paper the "average" spent on each part of the event. Below is an example of where the money will go. This is a very generic example, but one that you can plug your numbers into to get an idea of how much you can spend on your reception- site, rentals, caterer, or your photographer.

Ceremony                              $500.00               5.00%
Fashion                                  $1,000.00            10.00%
Flowers                                 $500.00                5.00%
Hotels/Transportation             $300.00               3.00%
Miscellaneous                        $500.00                5.00%
Music                                    $500.00                5.00%
Photography/Videography     $1,000.00             10.00%
Reception                              $4,000.00             40.00%
Stationery                              $200.00                2.00%
Wedding/Event Planner         $1,500.00             15.00%

Totals: $10,000.00

We have our own software, but if you aren't a client of ours a great resource for planning documents such as a budget template is- http://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-planning/wedding-budget.html

OK, so now you have an idea of what you can spend. But lets say you have $20,000 and 300 guests. You fall in love with a site with a site fee of $3000 which leaves you with $5000 for the rest of your reception costs. You soon realize that the sit down dinner you envisioned is never going to happen. What to do? Here is my advice. GET REAL! 33 guests- $20,000 is not going to equal a traditional sit down dinner with a big cake and an open bar. Those insanely beautiful centerpieces you saw on your favorite wedding blog are going to cost 3x what you can afford. But you say you have to have it? You have to have what? What that Bride had and this Bride had. It is your wedding. You have your own personality, taste, style and yes- Budget. So listen up Bride's and Groom's to be! Sit down and make a list of what you really want on your wedding day. Pretty flowers, yummy food, a photo booth, a garden ceremony.... whatever. Then crunch the numbers. What you want is way over your budget? Consider some of these suggestions-

-Have a cocktail or dessert reception. No one says you have to feed your guests dinner (except maybe your Mom, but it is your wedding not hers).
-Have your wedding at Home, or at a friend or family member's home. Saves you the site fee and gives your wedding a more intimate feel.
-Have your Wedding off season, or on any day but a Saturday.
-Have a small destination wedding with just your family and closest friends.
and my biggest suggestion-

CUT YOUR GUEST LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't afford your wedding with 300 guests? Cut that list to 150 of the people you really know and love and Viola! That wedding is starting to look doable. Get out there and get creative. Make your wedding feel like the two of you, take care of guest comfort, and be REAL! It's your wedding, not the girl who's wedding was featured on that favorite wedding bog today.

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Title: please stop crunching your chips.

Title: Enter Shikari-No Sssweat (parody)

Made this becasue i was oh so bored! dunno how funny people will find it :/ lyrics below so you can understand it more :)
Dont for get to rate and sub you enjoyed it!
Lyrics:
Where's your respect? (Where's your respect?)
Why bite the hand that feeds you
It's not over yet(not over yet)
Plenty more fingers for you to nibble
I'd like to see you get your teeth round this
I'm sure your jaw will sorely be missed

Not even salt can make your hands taste good
I'm still crunching your lifeline
Not even salt can make your hands taste good
I'm still crunching your lifeline

You do this every fucking time
No sweat (no tears) no guilt

You do this every fucking time
No sweat (no tears) no guilt

Not even salt can make your hands taste good
I'm still crunching your lifeline

Lifeline, lifeline, lifeline,
Blood fills your palms,
Lifeline, lifeline, lifeline
Blood fills your palms,
Lifeline, lifeline, lifeline
Blood fills your palms,

Where's your respect? (Where's your respect?)
Why bite the hand that feeds you
It's not over yet(not over yet)
Plenty more fingers for you to nibble
I'd like to see you get your teeth round this
I'm sure your jaw will sorely be missed

Not even salt can make your hands taste good
I'm still crunching your lifeline
Not even salt can make your hands taste good
I'm still crunching your lifeline

You do this every fucking time
No sweat (no tears) no guilt

You do this every fucking time
No sweat (no tears) no guilt

Do this one more time and I'll bite your fucking fingers off!!

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Reality Bites

Whew. Like really.  

How hard is it to get back into the swing of things in "real life" after a vacation?  I was with a difficult client yesterday and it took EVERY BONE IN MY BODY to not ponder what I had been doing exactly a week before.  But, of course, I still did.

Shug and I had been sitting in the park by the Louvre enjoying a bottle of Côtes du Rhône wine that was cheaper than our bottle of water.  We had stopped at a Monoprix market and scored some of the stinky cheese Shug and I had been fantasizing about stateside.  It was a lovely, lovely afternoon.

See how easy it was to not listen to my client?  The client that made me go back to Wendy's and get her more fries because hers weren't hot enough?  But she still managed to eat them all??  Gah.

I'm on a pretend retreat.  I'm going to imagine I get to spend all day on this Marina Abramovic installation that was at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.  The headrest was carved completely out of quartz.  Pretty amazing.

I hope you all have a restorative and restful fall weekend!  What will you be doing to recharge?

xo.

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Title: Reality Bites - Patience - GunsN'Roses

I fall asleep thinking about her, and wake up missing her. There is still no one I rather wake up next to.


Shed a tear 'cause I'm missing you
I'm still alright to smile
Girl, I think about you every day now
Was a time when I wasn't sure
But you set my mind at ease
There is no doubt you're in my heart now
Said woman take it slow
It'll work itself out fine
All we need is just a little patience
Said sugar make it slow
And we'll come together fine
All we need is just a little patience
(inhale) Patience...
Ooh, oh, yeah

Sit here on the stairs
'Cause I'd rather be alone
If I can't have you right now, I'll wait dear
Sometimes, I get so tense
But I can't speed up the time
But you know, love, there's one more thing to consider
Said woman take it slow
Things will be just fine
You and I'll just use a little patience
Said sugar take the time
'Cause the lights are shining bright
You and I've got what it takes to make it
We won't fake it, Oh never break it
'Cause I can't take it

...little patience, mm yeah, ooh yeah,
Need a little patience, yeah
Just a little patience, yeah
Some more pati... (ence, yeah)
I've been walking these streets at night
Just trying to get it right (Need some patience, yeah)
It's hard to see with so many around
You know I don't like being stuck in a crowd (Could use some patience, yeah)
And the streets don't change but maybe the name
I ain't got time for the game
'Cause I need you (Patience, yeah)
Yeah, yeah well I need you
Oh, I need you (Take some patience)
Whoa, I need you (Just a little patience is all we need)
Ooh, this ti- me....

Title: Ethan Hawke and Winona Ryder in Reality Bites

Music fanvid about Ben Stiller's movie Reality Bites, litteraly "comedy about love in 90's". Starring terrigly young Ethan Hawke and Winona Ryder. Used song - Shocking you by Shocking Blue

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Adoration Design

Adoration Design in Green and White Orchids
Amaryllis

Love Hearts

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Title: Allure by Ryan Farish

MAGIC MUSIC → The pictures design by Guedes -
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Title: Agathodaimon - Near Dark (Part I)

It was too long about 15 min. so i had to divorce it into 2 song. Original its one song.

Album : Blacken the Angel 1998
Label : Nuclear Blast Americ

Lyrics :

[Part One]

This is a world blessed by the victims
Of carnal tragedy
The humans ritual of love and adoration
Dense-woven history

Sentiments decide existance, the artwork that I've bled
Bizarre she defined her presence
With the lament of the undead
When her eyes have bathed in danger
And the moon had new design
In the cradle of our desire all the blood has turned to wine
But the love no longer remained than just a stir to survive
In this labyrinth of perfidity for my mistress to recover
I'll forever strive...

[Part Two]

Dem Sterbenden - die Hoffnung
Dem Propheten - Der Fluch
Der Liebe - die Dichtung, die dem Sterben entsprung...

The night is crystal clear - words are sent from pictures
Sounds that I can't hear - as weakness wins my body
Selling cheap my soul - and its bleeding heart
Eclipsing the whole - planet, history and light...

[Part Three]

Sometimes, when the sun hides in the back of the earth
When the hungry souls, to whom pain gave birth
Embalm their coldness with the blood's warmth... then
I can clearly hear the calling of a lonely and distant star

In the shade of the abhorrent
Yet in the still of the nights - In the still of the moment
When the moment dies
There she gently approaches
With the new meaning of life...

In a haze of hazard, in the withering chill
Baleful's the passion, when hearts stand still

A flood of sentiments entwined
Rattle thru my falling soul
I slumber against the spirit of time
Like a stranger in a foreign world!

In a park, along the alleys, stained with blood and tears
In the hour, when dusk disperses
Its colors on the white statues

Then I'll wander as a phantom of the posthumous regrets
And my fiery lips I'll freeze
With the kiss of these unrivalled statues

"Si-n asta noapte sfirsese printr-un sarut
Poeme - agonizate de-un infinit si-un inceput"

[Part Four]

"The all-engulfing dawn of habitude shows his claws again-
Do you still remember our oath? - Til light do us part!?"

Come forth, Feline
Mere moment of melancholy
Drink deep of my desire
The quenchless fire
That unites our tameless embers...

Come forth, Feline
Tortured by our final duet
Let thy pale fingers slide on the petals of the flowers
That thee stained with mortal, coagulated blood...

On the walls, midnight closes even the stoical eyes
Of the unsleeping portraits
And the white-eye of a lonely candle falls asleep
Into its own startling solitude...

[Part Five]

Silent heart desires
The balm that drives away the human waste
Oh come, infidel duchess
Shrouds of frost fall furiously down... of thee I taste again

Deciphering eternity of its ruined scripts
Of the tenebrious river I pleasantly sip
Upon lifeless leaves autumn has banished
Arises my lovelorn aura's odyssey

"Un ornic cu rostiri funebre, suna amiaza-ndirjit
Iar ceru-mprastia tenebre, peste parcul amortit"

...Returned into that park as a whole
Under the questioning eyes of stars and heavens
Dreaming away on the lost love I've recovered

Death suddenly rises
Annoyed that he couldn't save me
He turns pale from envy

The seasons vanish and so does this story
As the same poets hand raises the pen
He pictured this spectacle with...

The actors fade on the dreary alleys of that elder park
Only two nightshades remaining -
Celebrating the sunset of ages while their sullen laughter
Lustfully haunts the mortal seeds of ruin...

Nights were crystal clear - words were sent from pictures
The colors have seared - these pages, whereas
The darkest hour revealed - the mysterious hand
Which dutifully sealed

This episode's arcane End.

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Birthdays!!!!

My 5th birthday party (almost 30 years ago!), photo by my awesome Stepmom Arlene

It was a lovely day! Thanks for all the Birthday wishes and love. I truly felt like a princess.

So now to plan Heidi's party, anyone have any suggestions? It's only a few weeks away!

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Title: Happy Birthday - The Beatles

A rare recording of Happy Birthday done by the Beatles.

The recording is from an appearance on the BBC's 'Saturday Club'...which is who/what they are singing Happy Birthday to.

Title: Birthday by the Beatles

Happy birthday to you

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Having a DIY Moment Over Here

Over the weekend Shug and I had the opportunity to hang out with his two little sisters, 13 and 9.  They are as bright and lovely as can be, but also very, very, very bored with everything about five minutes after we arrive/make a plan/choose an activity.

To combat this killer boredom, I bought a pom pom maker so the girls could make holiday wreaths to bring home to Shug's and their mom.  It was the BEST IDEA EVER.  We made pom poms for ten hours straight, only breaking for hot chocolate and the parts of Labyrinth where David Bowie dances in his tights.

I now have pom pom plans, people. PLANS!

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Title: JANEANE GAROFALO having a moment of brilliance

Sometimes she has these really bright moments of inspiration before she says something totally unrelated or silly, but that's exactly why I love her ;)

DISCLAIMER:
I WILL REMOVE ALL AD HOMINEM OFFENSIVE OR OFF TOPIC REMARKS.

I strongly believe that the political culture in this country has gone down the crapper. Those who are unable to stay on topic and have nothing but empty insults to throw around will be banned from commenting on my video posts. This is not to stifle dissent on the contrary: this is necessary to get an intelligent conversation going even if participants disagree on substance.

Title: It was a Gift

Wedding Crashers, Vince tied up to the bed when a 2nd unwanted guest comes in

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