Wordless Wednesday - The Halloween Series

Montjuic Cemetery Barcelona Spain

Such A Delicate Boy

Kidlet is still sick. I will be home Tuesday as well. Can't have her falling down the stairs in the middle of an attack of Uno Dos Tres ...Vertigo.

Made a new mix CD Monday, although it has been floating around my brain for the last month or so. Playlist is missing 2 songs from it though. Most annoying. One needs to insert The Wonder Stuff's A Wish Away between The Pogues and The Preachers and the Green Day cover of Like A Rolling Stone in between The White Stripes and Cage The Elephant. Have to say I likes it. Test driven and Starr and Kidlet approved I give you The Go Baby Go Mix.

1. Something So Strong - Crowded House
2. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
3. Just a Friend - Biz Markie
4. Fuck Me Pumps - Amy Winehouse
5. The Edge of Forever - The Dream Academy
6. Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) - Garbage
7. Tempted - Squeeze
8. Novocaine For the Soul - The Eels
9. Fireflies - Owl City
10. 4th of July - X
11. If You're Wondering If I Want You To (I Want You To) - Weezer
12. Call and Answer - Barenaked Ladies
13. Bad Things - Jace Everett
14. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues Ft. Kirsty MacColl
15. A Wish Away - The Wonder Stuff
16. Winterlovers - Manic Street Preachers
17. You Don't Know What Love Is - The White Stripes
18. Like A Rolling Stone - Green Day cover
19. Ain't No Rest For the Wicked - Cage The Elephant
20. Destination Unknown - Missing Persons.

Here be the missing songs!

Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan cover) - Green Day

Winners And Losers, Which One Will You Be Today?

Howdy Bloggy peeps. I have a sick kid and will be Mondaying at home with her. Half of her German class is down with the sickness currently and it looks like Kidlet and the BFF are the lastest.

Let's see, Football game was fun, her school lost. Someone needs to beat the line coaches. From what I could see Special Teams were dandy it was everybody else that had issues.

The dance was hysterical. All the girls running around in packs beating up on the guys they liked and all the guys in little huddles watching one dude texting. It's so weird.

One wonders just how all this text messaging and 24/7 availablity is going to effect how these kids navigate adult relationships. If 90% of communication is non-verbal it becomes rather clear why this generation seems somewhat tactless.

Whip It was really really good. It was a nice to see Ellen Page *not* play yet another version of Juno. She carried the movie quite well I thought and I love Juliette Lewis. She's bonkers. Let's see, good soundtrack, a few uber twee scenes that kinda made me roll my eyes a bit, but other than that it was just a really sweet story. I think that is what I liked about it the most. It was storytelling. Plus her dad was funny as shit. And our free T-Shirts were pretty damn cool too.

I am pondering another mix CD. Possibly tomorrow. We shall see. Today people pissed me off and it was a Con Red Agro day.

Speaking of music, this has floated around Facebook for a good while but I just got around to doing this one. Mostly because I resent limits on my choices. The purpose was to list out 25 albums that mean something to you. They might mark a time, place or person in your life. You get the jist, in some way they mark YOU. Consider yourselves tagged or leave a few choices of your own in the comment section =)

1. U2 - Joshua Tree
2. U2 - Achtung Baby
3. Iron and Wine - The Shepard's Dog
4. Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
5. Black Crowes - Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
6. The Clash - London Calling
7. Hole - Celebrity Skin
8. Metallica - Metallica (Black Album)
9. INXS - Listen Like Thieves
10 Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
11 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
12 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
13.Moby - Play
14 Nirvana - Nevermind
15 Nirvana - In Utero
16.Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
17.Social Distortion - Social Distortion
18.Social Distortion - Sex, Love and Rock and Roll
19.Green Day - Dookie
20 The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
21 The Cure - Disintegration
22 R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
23 Sugar - Copper Blue
24 Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
25.The Smiths - Meat Is Murder

26 - Yes I know :P - Urban Hymns - The Verve

No Pink Floyd available on Playlist so use your imagination and listen to Us and Them and Wish You Were Here on your own ;)

Dancing In The Deepest Ocean

Yawn. Seriously, early sucks.

Long day today. We have the whole community celebration thing at her school, followed by the first home Football game followed by the Dance I get to Chaperon. I am still snickering about that. Get this..they are cramming them in the school Rotunda for some reason rather than the cafeteria. Because teens like to be "squashed" together. Not my words. Frankly if we are packing them in like sardines, chaperoning them seems somewhat pointless to me.

Also, what do y'all think about the term "Get a room" as a choice of words? I am guessing it is not tsk tsk-y enough to work as a chaperon. I suppose they would prefer I talk about the sanctity of marriage and all that crap. Like teenagers don't have sex.

/eye roll

Anyhow I will be out and about from 5:30 to at least 11:30 tonight and then I get to be up at 7 tomorrow and to work all day. Yippy!

Kidlet and I are going to see the sneak preview of Whip It tomorrow and I am pretty jazzed about that. We get a free t-shirt with the sneak promotion. Always a good thing with my jeans and t shirt wearing daughter around.

Sunday I think we are going to my parents house. I have been reading a really great book called Bones of the Master and my dad has the sequel to it. Really interesting read, "Though not as widely discussed as the Cultural Revolution, China's Great Leap Forward (1957-1963) also inspired an internal struggle among Chinese Communist Party leaders. As they argued about the pace and type of development best suited for China, famine settled upon the land, killing tens of thousands and affecting millions. In 1959, the monks of Puu Jih Monastery knew they had to leave in order "to keep Buddha's true mind alive." Tsung Tsai, the youngest, journeyed alone through the heart of China to Hong Kong, eventually settling in Woodstock, N.Y. The story unfolds in an engaging way as author Crane befriends his quirky new neighbor, Tsung Tsai. When Tsung Tsai proposes to return to China to find the bones of his master and build a shrine, Crane follows to record the event. Despite their abbreviated poetic nature, Crane's impressions of Chinese life are some of the richest and most vivid readers will encounter. His words float like silk prayer flags at a Buddhist temple, enticing readers to explore their own spirituality. This book is the best reflection on Ch'an Buddhism to appear in quite some time. Written on multiple levels, it will appeal to readers looking for a good story, armchair travelers who want to understand more about China and spiritual seekers with an interest in Buddhism."

Yes, Starr is all deep and shit and reads non-fiction :P

I am feeling the need for music today. Hopefully my bitch of an iPod has gotten over her sarcastic mode in time to leave me with a semi decent short shuffle for your listening pleasure. We'll call it Starrs Freak Friday Fifteen.

Somebody Check My Brain

It's Wednesday night, which means So You Think You Can Dance and Glee. It also feels like it should be Friday night. Or Thursday. And I am actually working Overtime this weekend for the first time in ages.

Back to School night was actually not bad. As I expected Kidlet and her friend were semi-there. They showed up during her Leadership class and kind of tailed her dad and I for the remainder of the trip. In between helping lost parents. Including her own :P

You know what sounds really really good? Molten Chocolate Cake. Know what I have to eat for dessert? Sugar free Popsicles. I feel cheated.

Oh guess what?! There is a sneak preview of Whip It this Saturday and Kidlet and I are gonna go. Yay! After I work for 8 hours of course.

OMG. Just figured out I will be out until nearly midnight Friday due to the whole Chaperon thing.

What does one wear to chaperon? Pearls, an A Line and an apron?

Added Kings of Leon - Notion and Alice In Chains - Check My Brain to the New Music list. I wanted to hate AIC. Cause Layne was, well, fucking amazing. This song? Fucking rocks. I suppose after naming my blog for lyrics from The Widow Cobain it was all over for me anyhow :P

Meet Me On The Equinox, Meet Me Halfway

Hey Peeps. So I slacked this week. Still trying to get back into the swing of things. Let's play catch up shall we?

Had the Kidlet and the BFF Saturday night and took them to see Jennifer's Body. Which, I have to say, did not suck like I thought it would. Yes there were plot holes you could drive a truck through but other than that it was actually quite funny. And now everything is salty. And who knew Adam Brody could actually be funny?

Sunday and Monday kidlet had the Stomach Monster issues. But she recovered last night and is happy as a lark today cause I curled her hair on hot rollers and gave her Big 80's Hair. Yes, capitalization is required for that.

Lemme see, what else.

Tonight is back to school night. Her dad is going to pick her up after he gets off work and feed her dinner so that I can make it to the drug store and get her refills and still make the Open House on time. Then we get to do the meet and greet. Which should be interesting since the Leadership people are running it and Kidlet is in Leadership. I get the feeling she is going to ditch her dad and me.

Friday night is the School Community Celebration followed by the first Home game for Football. So going to that. Love watching High School football. Then we have the Welcome Back dance. Again Leadership is running it.

And guess who is going to be a chaperon. Moi. That's like letting the fox guard the chickens but hey :P

Who saw House last night? It was AWESOME. Love that show.

Looking ahead we have the AIDS Walk coming up in less than three weeks. Remember people 5 bucks becomes 10 bucks courtesy of my Employer and every penny counts. Charities are hurting badly this year. There is no donation that is too small =)

My Fellow Halloween Goddess Devilish Southern Belle and I are working on a HUGE Halloween play for Music Savvy Mom. Which you should check out, btw. We are funny and we have stellar taste in tunes and provide you with ready made giant play lists to ease your way through the day.

Speaking of tunes, The New Moon Soundtrack list was announced and other than that Flaming Asshole Brandon Flowers and his shitastic 80's new wave rip off band, I approve. Loving this song =)

AIDS Walk 2009

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Send Donations through Paypal. The account email address is starrchile@gmail.com. Big hugs and thanks to my Mom and Barb and Vinny The Groom for starting me off!

It's that time again folks. My personal goal this year is 300 bucks. Due to the economy CAP made 300k LESS in 2008 than they did in 2007. At a time when more and more people are losing health benefits this could not have happened at a worse time. The walk is a good 3 months away. Plenty of time to scrape up 5 or 10 bucks for a worthy cause! And remember, I hold a grudge ;)

Thursday Thirteen - 13 Movies I Am Looking Forward To Seeing

There are some great movies coming out in the next 2 years. Yes, I get excited for movies 2 years in advance. Cause I am a geek like that, mmk?

1. Alice in Wonderland - Kind of goes without saying cause I am a gigantic Tim Burton Fan Girl. Oh yeah...Johnny Depp =)




2. The Hobbit - Parts 1&2. These are not due out until 2011 and 2012. Now I am a big Tolkien fan and I can see why some purists are pissed Del Toro is splitting this into 2 movies. Personally, I am fine and dandy with it. Middle Earth is far to complex for a 2 hours movie. I'd rather have 4 hours of film split in two with excellent pacing. I am really excited about this one as the LOTR trilogy is one of my favorite all time movie experiences. Plus I love Del Toro.



3.The Orphanage - I admit, I am a tad nervous on this one. Still very few details other than it is New Line's project. I ADORE the Spanish version of this movie. Guillermo Del Toro really delivered on this one. It has that quiet creeping sense of dread to it. Plus it was visually beautiful. I have recently become quite fond of Spanish horror movies. I only hope that this remake is at least as good and the Quarantine version of REC. Mind you, REC was still better.



4. Let Me In - A remake of the really wonderful Let The Right One In. In English of course. Interesting how many of my favorite foreign films are being remade in English. While this is technically a vampire story, it's more a love story/revenge tale. With blood. I'd go so far as to call it touching. Yes I would.



5. If all of your dogs just ran barking from the room, it's an indicator that they heard my high pitched mega fan girl "SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" over this next one. Dracula/Dracula Year Zero is a retelling of the Dracula legend that mixes the life of the Real Vlad Tepes with the later Dracula the Vampire. The reason *why* I am excited as hell for this one, other than my natural affinity for the whole vampire genre, is that Alex Proyas is directing. Alex directed both The Crow and Dark City. Two of my all time favorite movies.




6. The Wolfman Oh I am SO there for this one. Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving...this is a Go To The Midnight Opener kinda movie. I love love love the Wolfman legend and Benicio is freakin perfect for this role.




7. Sherlock Holmes - What is Santa bringing me for Christmas this year? This!!




8. The Last Station The final year of Leo Tolstoy's life. Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, Paul Giamatti, James McAvoy star in it. I love Tolstoy and his life was as colorful as anything he wrote.



9. The Young Victoria - The first years of Victoria's reign. Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, and Paul Bettany. My were they complimentary to the Royals!



10. The Men Who Stare At Goats George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, and Kevin Spacey? Sign me the hell up! Here's your summary: "A reporter, trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails, gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, psychic military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. The founder of the unit has gone missing and the trail leads to another psychic soldier who has distorted the mission to serve his own ends."




11.Boondock Saints II - All Saints Day. OMG, I am dying for this movie. I have only one thing to say. Don't. Fuck. This. Up. Boondock Saints is in my Top 10 cult movies off all time. And Julie Benz is in this and she's badass again! Welcome home, Darla!!



12. The Beautiful and The Damned. This is a biopic of the Fitzgeralds, not an adaption The Beautiful and Damned novel. So far we have Keira Knightley cast as Zelda. Casting for Scott is going to be interesting, maybe Jude Law. I'd say DiCaprio but I am hearing rumbles that Gatsby is going to be remade and Leo is the only one who I want to see play Jay.




And at lucky #13 we have Dark Shadows! Simply put, Johnny Depp as Barnabas. Tim Burton to direct. Do you know this means, children? It means there *is* a heaven and it got a Sisters of Mercy soundtrack, an absinthe bar and lots and lots and lots of cobwebs! I have dreamed about this for 25 years. Dreams really do come true!

Wordless (Kinda) Wednesday - Mail Drive for Afghanistan Soldiers!

Yeah. Not so wordless but for a damn good cause. Hope over at Hope Radio has started up a MP Mail and Donation Drive for soldiers in Afghanistan. Read below the picture how you can help and please click on the above link to let these soldiers know that we care.




Here's what Hope has to say:

"I'm looking for:
TIME- links on your website, blog posts, email forwards to get the word out, time taping TV shows or ballgames, writing letters or collecting recent magazines or paperbacks, time with the kids drawing pictures and making cards with your kids or friends' or families' kids.
TALENT- contacts with possible suppliers who will donate goods, contacts with community groups, churchs or schools
TREASURE- $4.95 to $13.00 will get a care package in the air and we all find ourselves in a Walmart or a Target on any given week picking up groceries and household goods. Throw in a bag of jerky, a video, or some insoles or cushy socks when you pick up things to take care of your own family. Still too much? Stamp a letter and send some words! I bet you can find that kind of moolah in the couch cushions."


Click Here to help!

The Look Mimi I Did It On Time!! Post

Mimi is going to be so proud of me =)

1. Are you a Rolex watch, a Mickey Mouse watch, or a pocket watch? Oh pocket watch. Vintage for the win.

2. Can you think of a time when you couldn't see the forest for the trees? ROFL..yeah that would be called virtually every relationship I have.

3. Can you think of a time when you were on the outside looking in? That would be school.
What did you see? The obvious, other people. I used to feel like I was a freak, now I just think the vast majority of people spend a whole lotta time not being very true to themselves. Which makes them the freaks, imho.

4. Go back in time. Maybe a long time ago, maybe today. Pick an hour you'd like to freeze frame forever and tell us why. It doesn't have to be THE most important hour of your life, but make it a good one. I have too many too choose from and frankly I think it's more productive trying to make each day worth remembering.

5. If you were a cuckoo clock, what would others say about you? That clock is hung crooked!

6. Can you think of a time when time stood still? Not really. I think to much to feel like time stands still.

7. Watch this! You are a stopwatch. What would you stop? Anything? Poverty.

8. Imagine you were just born and have infinite wisdom. After the doctor smacks your newborn dust ruffle you look around and say to the Universe: "Give me a whole lifetime to do "this" and I will bless the day I was born."
What did you choose? Help others. It's the best feeling out there.

The Who What Why I Want Out Of The Dungeon Meme

I am finally doing Mimi the Queens Meme #9.

Cause I prefer to be out of the dungeon :P

The Who, What, When, Where, Why Would You Meme

Who ....

is easy to love? Duh, my daughter! Cause the kid just kicks ass.

do you just wanna smack? I have to limit myself?!

do you trust? Very few people. Very few.

do you talk to when you're alone? Myself. And my cats.


What....

dangerous things do you do while driving? Um, I guess drink coffee. If you know me you know how dangerous that can be.

are you allergic to? Yuppies.

is Satan's last name? Palin :P

is the last thing that moved you? Like made me cry? I bawl like a baby over those humane society ads with the puppies asking why someone hurt them. Then I wanna find the people who did it and ram my foot up their asses.

is the freakiest thing in your house? Me :P

When.....

is it time to turn over a new leaf? I find daily beneficial ;)

will you be all that you can be? WTF...never. To quote Lloyd Dobler, I could never work for that corporation.

is enough enough? Well for the couple I am watching on Property Virgins enough was enough for me when Susie Homemaker brought out her quilted scrape book and matching pen to rate homes. Gag. Me.

do you go to the dark side? PIE!!!

Where....

are your pants? ROFL...man I wish I could say "on the floor!" but alas they are on me :P

is your last will and testament? Err...in my head.

is your junk food stash? On my coffee table.

is Carmen Sandiego? Who cares?


Why.....

was the Lone Ranger alone? He hogs the bed.

was The Scarlet Letter scarlet? Cause Hawthorne was a prude :P

are musicians sexy and plumbers not? Really? Dude can play music or dude can snake a turd clot. You do the math.

are there no seat belts on school buses? Cause the government runs public schools.

Would you....

swim the English Channel for a doughnut and coffee? If not that, what? I'd freakin die trying to swim the Channel. Now if we want to move to never never land where I could make it alive, I'd do it for a cannoli in a heart beat.

forgive someone who deliberately hurt you? It depends. Probably. I have too short of an attention span to hold a grudge.

rather believe a lie if it hurt you less than the truth? Anyone who says they wouldn't is so lying.

you still be alive if you were sucked out of an airplane window? Would you just float around in space for while? Ok - Space and I are not sympatico. It freaks me out. And I highly doubt anyone would live after being sucked out of a window of a plane :P

13 Things I Am Looking Forward To

1. Glee!!




2. Angel's Game - Sequel to Shadow of the Wind




3. The first fall drive that is sunny and crisp and smells of woodsmoke



4. The Blink 182/Weezer concert!


5. The announcement of the dates for the second NA Green Day tour ;)




6. Alice in Wonderland!!




7. New Moon - Just to get it out of the way. Sucky ass Jacob. Yuck. Ok and *maybe* to ogle Rob Pattinson. Maybe.



8. Last Night In Twisted River - John Irving. My favorite living author =)



9. The new Joe Hill book - Horns. Stephen King's kid kicks ass.



10. The Resistance - MUSE!!



11. The Muse Tour announcement. C'mon guys, show a girl a little love and please please please please please please ....play Portland.

12. Whip It!!



13. HALLOWEEN!!!!



More Thursday Thirteen Here: Thursday Thirteen

Wordless Wednesday - Political High Jinks

All You Zombies Hide Your Faces

Want to know what highbrow, art house movie the Starry One is most looking forward to? Well there are several but this one is right on up at the top of my list. Cause seriously what goes better than peanut butter and jelly, Hall and Oates and Bob and Astro Glide all put together?

Comedy and Zombies. Oh yeah.



Now before you laugh, please note that Bill Murray is in this. Haters take that! And Woody Harrelson. And Little Miss Sunshine...oh yes. This is not your daddy's zombie movie.

Not that I have anything against your daddy's zombie movie.

Plus it gives me the opportunity to play The Hooters! The movie opens Oct 2nd and you can count on a Starr review =)

No One Has The Guts To Shut Us Out

Another holiday weekend -nearly- finished. Rained here. Of course. I am working Monday and taking Friday off, post Blink 182/Weezer concert.

Kidlet is having one final summer is over sleepover and I am watching Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Love this movie. Truly celebrates the power of a great mix tape. Kat Dennings makes my girl crush list. She's just awesome. And yes, Cera always seems to play Cera, but fortunately for all of us, he is adorable.

Went for a nice long drive today and enjoyed it tremendously. Would have been nicer without the downpours but hey. It is what it is.

Or so I keep telling myself.

I may or may not be playing HIV Conference Stewardess next Saturday. Waiting to hear back from the CAP peeps. If I do I will be directing traffic at the Event Center this weekend. I fully intend to perform the Exit Door To The Front, Back and Rear shuffle.

And of course we have The Walk coming up. Kidlet and I are running The Kid's Booth. I need to replace my condom sticker I had on the Corolla. It was a robot holding a condom and it read "Condoms don't promote sex, they prevent mucus membranes from touching fluids. Duh" It was awesome.

Oh and of course Greek Fest. And my personal favorite holiday, Halloween. Planning to take the Kidlet, The Semi Step, and The BFF to Rocky Horror. Or at least that is the plan. Might have to participate in Zombie Walk 2009 as well. So many choices so few days in October.

I leave you know with my happy dappy little playlist inspired by N&N's Most Infinite One. Hopefully some of these bands will be new to you!

Cause I Get A Thousand Hugs From Ten Thousand Lightning Bugs

Couches are under-rated. Cause let me tell you, couches kick ass. Especially when your ass has been kicked by your day. And this freakin cold! Grrr.

Watching Iron Chef America. Secret ingredient is Alaskan King Crab. I am jealous.

I have had a hard core jones for Eggs Benedict lately. Going to have to do something about that asap.

School starts next week. Bah humbug. I am a shitty parent. I like summer vacation. We *both* get to sleep in later.

This is one seriously sad ass post and I know it.

Oh! A very dear blog buddy is getting married on Saturday. If you get a chance head on over to The Big Leather Couch and give Vinny and Nancy a big wedding day congrats.

Oh My God am I addicted to this song. I freakin this love this song. And no, it ain't Ben Gibbard but they sound a lot alike. And seeing as how I love love love Death Cab this was a natural for me to get hooked on.

Owl City is the name of the one man band. The One Man would be Adam Young. The song would be Fireflies. Lyrics follow the player. Adam credits his insomnia for his music. We should all be so lucky to get something like this out of insomnia.

You would not believe your eyes,
If ten million fireflies.
Lit up the world as I fell asleep.
'Cause they fill the open air,
And leave teardrops everywhere.
You think me rude,
But I would just stand and stare.

I'd like to make myself believe,
That Planet Earth turns slowly.
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,
'Cause everything is never as it seems.

'Cause I get a thousand hugs,
From ten thousand lightning bugs.
As they try to teach me how to dance,
A foxtrot above my head,
A sockhop beneath my bed.
The disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread).

I'd like to make myself believe,
That Planet Earth turns slowly.
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep).

Leave my door open just a crack (please take me away from here),
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac (please take me away from here).
Why do I tire of counting sheep? (please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep.

To ten million fireflies,
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes.
I got misty eyes as they said farewell (said farewell),
But I know where several are.
If my dreams get real bizarre,
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar.

I'd like to make myself believe,
That Planet Earth turns slowly.
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep).

I'd like to make myself believe,
That Planet Earth turns slowly.
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep).

I'd like to make myself believe,
That Planet Earth turns slowly.
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams.