The Stuff I Live For

‘The Dark Knight’ Looks Great, But… July 21, 2008

…they don't make movies like this anymore…

The Labyrinth with David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly. It's from 1986 and is still one of my all-time favorites. Complete with Jim Henson's muppets, how could you not love it? Is it weird that I think David Bowie is the coolest ever? His voice is amazing and he's just timeless. He is absolutely the only musician or celebrity I'd love to meet. If you've never seen it, don't rent it, just buy a copy. I must've watched it a zillion times as a kid and wish I had the DVD right now. Here’s a clip with the awesome song Dance Magic Dance and David Bowie of course!

Playlist Added For Your Listening Pleasure May 5, 2008

I added a Playlist to my blog. Couldn't get it to fit on my sidebar, so it's at the bottom of the page if you want to pause or skip a song. I put my wedding song on there. A New Day by Celine Dion. I just love that song, it's so beautiful it give me the chills. There are lots of other songs I'd love to have on my Playlist but I'd probably drive all my visitors away, so I kept it pretty chill.

So I'd like to hear, what was your wedding song?

Matchbox Twenty Concert at Madison Square Garden February 15, 2008

Last night was the Matchbox Twenty concert at MSG and it was GREAT!

Alanis Morissette opened up and Eric thought she was awesome. Her voice sounded really good, but they changed up the music to some of the songs, and I didn't like that. Jagged Little Pill is one of the best albums ever. The songs are perfect they way they were originally and I didn't want to hear them so different. But, she still rocks, and those songs bring back so many great memories.

That was the fourth time I've seen Matchbox Twenty and I can't wait to see them again. It was Rob Thomas' b-day and 15,000 people sang "Happy Birthday To You", minus Eric and I (sorry, Rob, I love ya but I don't think our relationship is at the level where we sing Happy B-day to eachother). About 80 bazillion pieces of confetti shot out over the audience in the floor seats to celebrate Rob's b-day, and I was really wishing I was sitting down there for that. It looked awesome.

Our seats were all the way near the top and completely on the side of the stage. I think people at the top must be bummed about their bad seats because almost no one up there was standing. They opened with "How Far We've Come," ended with "Push" and played ALL my favorites between those,  and I hardly sat down at all. To all the people in Section 407 at MSG last night who were sitting behind me while I danced the whole time: Sorry! Too bad! And get your asses up next time!

Matchbox Twenty ROCKS! January 5, 2008

I had a couple of hours to myself tonight - thank you to my wonderful husband Eric. Took a ride to Joann Fabrics down in Delaware. I listened to the new Matchbox Twenty Exile on Mainstream I got for Christmas - from my wonderful husband Eric. I found myself actually only driving 70 mph because I didn't want to get home too quickly! By the time I got back to NJ, my jaw hurt from yelling the songs so loudly, and I could hardly contain myself with anticipation for the Matchbox Twenty concert!!! I got tickets for Christmas to the show in Madison Square Garden - from my wonderful husband Eric (Eric: that's enough praise to you for a while now, huh?). The CD came as a double disk set, with one album of new songs, and the other as all their singles from previous albums. So happy about that because all of my old Matchbox CDs are beat and scratched and skip so much they're about inaudible. Every song is fantabulous (if that's not a word, it should be). I highly recommed Exile On Mainstream, if you couldn't already tell. The show is February 14th. What a great Valentine's Day - going to NY with my hubby and seeing my favorite band. Our seats aren't too close, but they are seats 1 & 2 in the row we're in, so I hope I don't embarrass Eric too much when I dance my butt off in the aisle! I'll be sure to post about how amazing the concert was/will be.

I Hope You Dance November 30, 2007

Do you? You should! It's one of my favorite things to do. I dance when I'm happy, and especially when I'm not. It helps. A lot. I love club music, and I know that I don't share the same taste in music as too many other people I know, especially my husband. He things it's like 'noise.' Funny, isn't that what our parents said about our music when we were kids? I'll have to remind him again that he's getting old.

The Quote Garden is a neat site I have visited recently for a certain project idea I have. Related to dancing, I found these so-true quotes there:

There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good. ~Edwin Denby   

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanese Proverb  nbsp;    

There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. ~Vicki Baum

Next time you're mad, try dancing out your anger. ~Sweetpea Tyler

I consider driving somewhere alone in my husband's car and listening to Channel 81, BPM, on XM Radio cranked all the way up like a mini (OK, very mini)-vacation. I am the queen of car-dancing (did I just invent a new term?). I get lots and lots of stares, smiles and laughs and I couldn't care less.

Here's one of my favorites - Damaged by Plummet. Not sure what the video is all about. Just listen, if you dare.