My Two Addictions This Season

I haven't been blogging much lately. No, I'm not addicted to Mafia Wars all over again...and no, I haven't joined the Candy Crush Saga mania either. Actually, I've been addicted two other things - The Blacklist, which airs Monday nights on NBC, and reading post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels on the Kindle Fire HD that I received for Christmas.

Tuesday Thoughts about Reality TV

I am not much of a reality TV show fan, although I have watched a few in the past and here and then...the first reality show I remember watching was way back when MTV had The Real World.  (I think that's about the time MTV stopped playing music videos).  I only watched the first season of it though.  The next time I watched a reality show was when SURVIVOR came on and one of the contestants was a retired Navy Seal from Virginia Beach, VA.  I thought it was soooooo cool because I lived in Virginia Beach at the time.  So my friends and I were all rooting for our city neighbor - Rudy Boesch.  I also watched Rockstar: INXS and Rockstar: Supernova, which I've blogged about here on LiggyzDreamz a few years ago.

Nowadays, it seems like every TV network has some kind of reality show every day/night...like we can't get enough of our real lives that we have to watch everybody else on TV!  Yeah, I know! 

Two Thoughts about Two Former Child Stars

So I heard that Miley Cyrus claims she knows exactly what she's doing and has full control of herself, including her use of weed. Now, I'm not going to get into the debate about weed use and all that. My blog is about celebrities, art, and music, after all...

I will admit that I have listened to and enjoy some of Miley Cyrus' music.  And while I don't particularly care for her movies, I did think that her Hannah Montana Movie was pretty good and decent entertainment for young people. I also thought the soundtrack for the film was enjoyable, especially the song The Climb. That's one very inspiring tune!

Time for a Tuesday Tune...

It's Top Sites Tuesday at Blogdumps and I thought I'd share two short thoughts...

I've been listening to some of my old CDs and wondering how some of my favorite old bands are doing these days.  Many of them (if they're still alive) do have some new music out...and they're still rocking it!!!  One of my favorite classic hair band days rockers, Def Leppard, shows us in this music video that they are an ageless band.



Another band I really liked (back in the day) was this supergroup Damn Yankees whose members included Tommy Shaw (of Styx), Jack Blades (of Night Ranger), Ted Nugent (I always think of NRA when I hear his name), and Michael Cartellone (of Lynyrd Skynyrd. 

Really, Google?

Did you know that you if you have an image file, you can upload it to Google image search and Google will find the various websites that have that image?  Google can also search for visually similar images.  If it finds the exact same image, Google can also show you the image in all the various sizes that it has been published to the Internet.

My first thought is how cool this search feature is...but also somewhat funny, in my opinion. The other day, I found this caterpillar on the tire of my car and decided to take a picture of it. I was curious to find out what kind of insect it would become. So I uploaded the image to Google image search.  Here's the picture I took:

 Perhaps I should've cropped out the background with my tire showing because that must've really thrown off Google's search engines.  Instead of pictures of other similar caterpillars (which I figured would lead me to the type of insect it was) I got these:

Catching Fire Is Coming Soon

 

I don't know why but Jennifer Lawrence's performance as Katniss Everdeen in this new trailer for Catching Fire is making me want to cry.   Seriously...after this trailer was released a few weeks ago, I decided to reread the book just so I can visualize the movie (which I can hardly wait until November to see). 

Two Thoughts From Under The Dome

I must admit...while I do enjoy the stories written by Stephen King, I just cannot read his novels.  His writing style is as challenging for me to read as it is to read a Shakespeare play.  Yes, I get lost.  But the movie adaptations created from his novels are amazing!!!  I have watched them all and always find them suspenseful (and terrifying in a "crawling in your skin" way).  

The latest movie adaptation released, Under The Dome, is a TV miniseries.  It's still currently in progress so I don't know what'll happen next.  I've been watching the episodes on Amazon Prime because the network airs the original episodes so late at night, I'd have trouble going to bed with the heightened fear that the story elicits in the viewer (or is it just me?).  At least through Amazon Prime, I can watch anytime I want - commercial-free!

18 and Life with Sebastian Bach

So first thought this Tuesday - I am soooooo excited about this new video premiere on Monday on UltimateClassicRock.com's website.  It's a concert version of Sebastian Bach performing his old Skid Row classic, 18 and Life.  I've been a big fan of Sebastian Bach ever since his days with Skid Row.  He's one of those singers that I don't think heavy metal and hard rock could ever be without.

Two Thoughts...Two Exciting Things

Ok, so I've been getting a little lazy about blogging lately.  I have to admit...I feel like I don't have enough time to do everything I want to do these days.  I don't know if it's because the winter days are so short or if it's because I'm giving myself too many things to do.

I feel like that girl in the picture, surrounded by so many books she doesn't know where to start.  LOL!

Hmm...maybe I just need to take some things off my to-do-today list and drop them into my bucket list for later.

Anyway, I did get two exciting things happen this past week-end.  First off, I got to see Bruce Willis's most recent Die Hard movie - A Good Day to Die Hard.  That was one really LOUD film!!!

Two Thoughts on Art

I was going thru the news feeds on Facebook when I saw this really uniquely carved watermelon.  My first thought is it just amazes me to see how creative some people can get with the most unexpected materials.  Imagine every year we carve pumpkins for Halloween and maybe try to get really fancy with it.  But imagine carving a watermelon!  I think works like these are just awesome! 

To Tweet or Not To Tweet

Okay, my first thought this Tuesday is not just a thought but a gripe! I just don't get it. Why do former child stars find it necessary to pose half-naked for the world to prove they are not children anymore? Do they think we're such a stupid society that we can't tell a grown up from a child in other ways than seeing their private body parts?

Another Two Thoughts on Tuesday

Here's Thought Number One: There's another series of books that I've gotten hooked on reading this year.  I've been reading Lauren Kate's FALLEN series which is a love story about a mortal teenage girl, Lucinda Price, and a mesmerizingly handsome fallen angel, Daniel Grigori.

Two Movies I Look Forward To In 2013

First of all, I hope everyone had a safe New Year's Eve celebration and getting 2013 off to a good start.  What a year we had in 2012, didn't we?  The year was very full of activity for me outside of my "dreamz" blog which resulted in less frequent posts compared to previous years.  (Sorry, fans - didn't mean to keep you hanging).   But it's been great - and I'm very thankful to have the opportunities I've had to do the things I got to do in 2012, thankful for the people that have faith in my abilities, and thankful for the moral support I've received in the process.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Season's Greetings

To LiggyzDreamz™ readers around the world - I wish you the very best of the season!  Thank you for your continued support this past year!  You guys rock!!!

Two Thoughts Tuesday

My first thought this Tuesday is what an great-looking kid Channing Tatum and his wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum are going to have!  Did you hear the news?  Yes, People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive is gonna be the Sexiest Daddy, too!

Speaking of having children, I hope it'll be a long while before this young star decides to have children.

Two Short Thoughts for Tuesday

First of all, I wanted to say - Tuesday is going to be a warm 71 degrees  in my area.  Can you believe that?! Just when we got some nice new log racks to hold our winter-long supply of firewood in the backyard!  We were so looking forward to being able to use up that firewood this year.  We have so much leftover firewood from two previous winters that didn't end up being cold enough to use them. Oh well, it isn't officially winter yet, so I guess I should give Mother Nature more time to let us use up that firewood! 

Two Thoughts on Election Day Tuesday

My first thought this day is that it's Election Day Tuesday here in the United States. And since this is an entertainment blog and not a political blog, I won't talk about my political views, but I do want to remind all my readers who are eligible to vote, to GO OUT THERE and CAST YOUR VOTE! It's your citizen's duty and a privilege to take part in shaping our government and society.  Don't be silent...let your voice be heard.  And please remember to vote responsibly.  Our future is at stake.

Two Thoughts About 710 Oil

Photo Source: Facebook.com/Seventenoil

Back in 2008, I published a short post about one of my favorite local bands, 710 Oil.  I have to admit, lately, I've slacked in posting about them and other very talented local bands.  But I've been keeping up with them on their Facebook page and their band website.

My first thought this week is that it's pretty cool seeing how much national exposure 710 Oil's been getting lately.  See the pic above where they posed with KISS?  That's not just a Meet and Greet picture.  That's the real deal when they were selected to be one of the opening bands for a recent KISS concert in Hampton Roads, VA.

Two Thoughts For Tuesday

This week, I want to talk about two things that annoy me - maybe about celebrities, maybe not. Read on to find out what I'm thinking.

First of all, what's your first thought about that picture of Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher?  That there's just too much PDA going on there?  Maybe...but my first thought is how annoying to see someone (here it's Mila Kunis) who is sooooo attracted to this guy (Ashton Kutcher) but he obviously cares way more about his cell phone than paying attention to the person he's with.  I think that's rude and insulting - and Mila Kunis is short-changing herself by sticking around with a guy like that.

Two Thoughts for Tuesday

First off this Tuesday, I wanted to share that I recently started using a website called Pinterest.  Before I could even gain access to the site, I saw that a lot of my friends were already "pinning" pictures on that site and sharing them on Facebook.  It looked pretty cool to me - the idea of having an online bulletin board for pictures (and videos) wherein you can save things and/or share things.