| I made my first podcast! |
[Jul. 15th, 2005|06:34 pm] |
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| | Pink Floyd - Eclipse | ] |
Yesterday I made my first podcast. It's for CleftClub.com. If you'd like to subscribe, here's the link:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/CleftClubRadio
You can also download the episodes by going to the Downloads section of CleftClub.com . I have both the mp3 of the forst episode and a zipped file of the show.
I hope to make it a weekly show. Getting it started takes the longest, but once I get established I expect it to be easier (though not easy). But always fun! :) |
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| Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore |
[Jul. 7th, 2005|05:13 am] |
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| | jubilant | ] |
| [ | music |
| | John Prine - Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore | ] |
I first heard this song on a voice chat room. Newver heard before but played it a bunch of times since :). It's a song by John Prine:
"While digesting Reader's Digest
In the back of a dirty book store,
A plastic flag, with gum on the back,
Fell out on the floor.
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside
Slapped it on my window shield,
And if I could see old Betsy Ross
I'd tell her how good I feel.
Chorus:
But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
They're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
Well, I went to the bank this morning
And the cashier he said to me,
"If you join the Christmas club
We'll give you ten of them flags for free."
Well, I didn't mess around a bit
I took him up on what he said.
And I stuck them stickers all over my car
And one on my wife's forehead.
Repeat Chorus:
Well, I got my window shield so filled
With flags I couldn't see.
So, I ran the car upside a curb
And right into a tree.
By the time they got a doctor down
I was already dead.
And I'll never understand why the man
Standing in the Pearly Gates said...
But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
We're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more."
It was written to protest Vietnam...and here I was thinking that flag decals were something neewer! LOL. But it's just as true today as it was then.
To find out more about John Prine here's a cool site:
http://www.jpshrine.org/
Until next time... |
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| Doctor Who series 1 is over...and I'm mentally distraught! |
[Jun. 21st, 2005|06:20 am] |
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| | ecstatic | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Beatles - In My Life | ] |
Oh my GOSH! What a way to end it....I've weatched it several times so far, favorite scene is when Doctor tricks Rose into sending her home, and the hologram message and the hologram doctor turns to Rose...ACK! Double goose bumps. How did he know where she would be standing?
Anyway, I also loved Confidential that went with it. I got choked up during that like I did with the episode itself. Great song pics for the montage clips, Pretenders singing "I'll Stand by You"... (getting choked up) and Snow Patrol's "Run" which I had never heard before but fits reallly gooodd (getting choked up more)...deep breath
Great series... and looking forward to David as Doc #10 :) |
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| I got Napolean Dynamite's watch! Sweet! |
[May. 26th, 2005|12:42 am] |
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| |  tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, Robert Heron, Yoshi DeHererra, David Prager, and Roger Chan | ] |
Ok, not the exact watch that you see in the movie, lol.
I was watching it today for the first time and in the scenes that he looks at his watch while waiting for his uncle, I thought "Hey that watch looks like mine!" . Paused it and looked at mine, back up to the screen. Same display, same four buttons on the side (top left set in).
Sweet!
Anyway, I had wanted to see the movie since my brother and cousin in law were constantly talking about it and qouting it. And I was listening to the commentary from Joan of ARcadia's "Recreation" and the cast is doing the commentary and they start talking how during the second season the kids would qoute the movie in between takes.
Speaking of which...
Joan of Arcadia's been canceled! WAAAHHHH!!! One of the best shows out there and CBS cancelled it without giving it another chance. They should have moved the time slot, or something. So I've been trying to keep up with the happenings at places like www.joanofarcadia.com . www.mysteriousmessage.net , Television Without Pity.
A good post was made by Amber Tamblyn (joan) herself on her forums:
"My dear Joan of Arcadia- she was too complex for mainstream television and alas, has seen her last fruition. To be honest, I'm not that sad. Yet. I would rather have been a part of a life changing show for just 2 years than be on a mediocre show that I am not very pleased with for like 8 years. Quality over quantity. Not to say it would have been NOT quality for a 3rd season, but I believe in everything truly happens for a reason. You leave one project with the insight and strength to know that change is the best commodity you can have in this business. I will miss everyone more than I could ever verbalize, but I was not raised to say my good-byes. I don't believe in them. So with that I say- until next time. It was a great ride:) "
And Barbara Hall still wants to at least tie up the loose ends:
http://www.tvguide.com/news/askausiello/050525.asp (scroll down about midway, beginning with "Ugh!")
"Question: Uggh! May 18 was a black Wednesday indeed with the cancelation of both Judging Amy and Joan of Arcadia (Entertainment News 5/18). Are they at least planning some sort of revival to tie up loose ends? Both shows had major plot twists dangling in the season finale! — Paula Graves
Ausiello: I'm not sure about Judging Amy, but Joan of Arcadia creator Barbara Hall conceded via e-mail that the show "deserved a [proper] send-off," adding, "I think the cast might be open to another possibility. I'm interested in furthering the story of Joan in any capacity." But when I asked if she's received any bites from other networks, Hall replied: "No, at this time I'm still fielding complaints." "
Ah well...time to go for now.... |
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| whew! |
[Apr. 13th, 2005|01:33 am] |
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| |  happy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | - Doctor Who Theme - Doctor Who 2005 - Chris Rice | ] |
Trying to catch up on posts at Outpost Gallifrey is impossible, especailly with my schedule, but I found this thread that explains about Eccleston leaving the show. Turns out that he was contracted for just one season but they were trying to keep it a secret:
http://gallifreyone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30096
which is responding to this BBC article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4410943.stm
I knew something wasn't wuite right when I saw the last episode title already set to be "The Parting of the Ways".
Well, that makes me feel better :) |
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| New Doctor Who is awesome! |
[Apr. 6th, 2005|01:13 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  nerdy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Various Artists - Max Pommer; Neues Bachishes Collegium Musicum - Pachebel: Canon & Gigue In D Major | ] |
I just got done watching the second episode of the new Doctor Who series, "The End of the World". That was intense!
HEre's a good thread talking about the destruction of Gallifrey that the Doctor only briefly mentions:
http://gallifreyone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29625
I also saw the first episode. Saw it several times in fact...so much happening at a fast pace, much faster than the old series. I showed Kristi some of the new Who and she said "That's not the Doctor!". She's spoiled with Tom Baker and Sylvester McCoy :). But waching some of it today, she seemed to be more interested in it.
What stinks is that Christopher Eccleston who plays the Doctor now has already quit! Less than a week after the first episode airs I find out about it. Really stinks because I was liking him. The look was very different from the previous Docs but the personality was "spot on" as the English would say :) |
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| Rockin' in the Free World |
[Apr. 5th, 2005|12:00 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  good | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Fahrenheit 9/11 Original Soundtrack - Gibbs, Jeff - The Un-President | ] |
With a bonus from work, I went a little hog wold in buying stuff I've been eyeballing for a while:
In the game department I got:
- Battlefield Vietnam
- Call of Duty +United Offensive expansion pack
- Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
- Sims 2 (waiting later to get University expansion)
- Medival Total War Battle Collection
- Grand Theft Auto III
Hey, a mom can be a gamer too! ;) I love Call of Duty...man. Great graphics! I got through the American section without any cheats, but after that I wanted to try God mode >:).
I also got an updated graphics card. Battlefield Vietnam barely runs on my PC. MoH Pacific Assault won't play at all. Pops up wih a message saying my video card wasn't good enough...LOL. So I threw some money into a newer card.
Here's some CDs that I got
- Michael Jackson's Thriller, special edition
- Fahrenheit 9/11 Original Soundtrack
- Al Franken's The O'Franken Factor Factor (lol, yes that's the real title)
- The Beatles white album
- The World of Nat King Cole
- Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music 1685-1928 (10 CD set I got for $10!!)
- Sherlock Holmes by Patrick Gowers (from the awesome Granada series starring Jeremy Brett)
And in the book area:
- The New Annotaed Sherlock Holmes by Leslie Klinger(this thing is huge! And doesn't even include the novels! great addition :))
- Michael Moore's Adventures in a TV Nation, Downsize This!, and the Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader (I think that completes my MM book collection...so far)
- God's Politics: What the Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It by Jim Wallis (terrific book!)
- Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema by Jeffrey Vance
There's also some books that I'm still wating to get that are The Intimate Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin: A Photo Diary, Bending the Willow (about Jeremy Brett and him playing Sherlock Holmes), and Starring Sherlock Holmes (similar to above)
And an update on the cupcakes, that went over very well... I had enough for everyone including the teacher and his two 5th grade helpers, and me! And all the kids gobbled them up :). The coloring didn't survive though but they still tasted good.
That's it for now.... |
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| Who wants a cupcake? |
[Mar. 4th, 2005|12:40 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | John Williams - Star Wars - Duel of the Fates | ] |
Kristi and I made cupcakes last night and I'll be bringing them into class. Nope, not store bought but actual home made cupcakes... ok so I did buy the frosting but only because I didn't have enough time. Kristi had lots of fun... she loves to help in the kitchen.
The cupcakes are for her birthday. It was last week but she had a bad flu that has been going around here. Mark got it bad to. I was somehow spared..only got a little runny nose and a little light headed. The plan was to bring the cupcakes in last week but since Kristi didn't get back to school until Wednesday, we just waited until today to take them in.
I'll be leaving in a little bit to head over there..hope the kids like them :). It's yellow butter cake with vanilla frosting... she doesn't like chocolate. Maybe I'll get around to sriting to results of my adventure :) |
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| Oh my gosh, Mike won!! |
[Jan. 12th, 2005|01:49 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  shocked | ] |
| [ | music |
| | John Prine - Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore | ] |
Ok, not new news, but new to me. Just found out that Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 won Best Picture for the People's Choice Awards! Awesome. I'm almost as excitied as I would have been if Kerry won in November.
I thought that Shrek 2 (great movie, though I liked the first better) would win, maybe Spiderman 2, but wow F911 winning was as much as a surprise for me as Bowling for Columbine winning Oscar back in 2003.
Here's a couple places to watch the video clip:
http://homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/movies/pcafahrenheit911.html
http://michaelmoore.com/_media/pcaawardslong.mov
Ah, there is hope for this country yet! :) |
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| Happy belated birthday to The Master! |
[Jan. 7th, 2005|11:05 am] |
| [ | music |
| | J-Five - Modern Times | ] |
I was to busy to post that yesterday marked Sherlcok Holmes' birthday :). I watched "A Scandal in Bohemia" to celebrate, without my deerstalker, alas! |
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| A cool quote from Walt Disney... |
[Jan. 7th, 2005|10:36 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  mellow | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Everly Brothers - Coca Cola | ] |
I recently found this quote from Walt Disney :
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible" |
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| 10 years on the internet! I really am feeling old! LOL |
[Jan. 6th, 2005|12:13 am] |
| [ | music |
| | The Chordettes - Lollipop | ] |
This month marks 10 years that I have been on the internet. It started through a class at college I was going to then, Introduction to Philosophy. The teacher said that to get reviews for our tests, we will have to get online and read them in our email boxes. She wasn't going to hand them out in class. And she talked about how great the internet was and that she talked to a teacher in South America in real time and there was soooo much infomation out there.
I remmeber siting there and being amaed with the stories she told about what you could do. I was nervous about connecting and excitied at the same time. Hey, I could find other Chaplin fans to talk to! And maybe find some other people that were born with a cleft lip an dpalate like me! Wow!
I remmeber the text browsing. Yes browsing the internet without pictures.... ALL text. Ahh the good old days, before banners and pop-ups! LOL.
For readiong email, the college used a program called PINE. There was also a live chat that I never quite understood. All of a sudden I would be chatting with someone in Brasil. Or Daytona Beach.
There was also ARCHIE, GOPHER, VERONICA, that I spent a lot on. Usenet, my gosh I spent hours on that. There were MUDs and MOOs. And as I said before, text browsing :).
Back then most ISPs were by the minute that you paid. But my account was free through the college so I didn't worry about cost. It was fun :). |
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| My LiveJournal RSS feed |
[Dec. 29th, 2004|04:01 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | mellow | ] |
| [ | music |
| | John Williams - Duel of the Fates | ] |
Here is my RSS feed for this journal...
http://www.livejournal.com/users/calvero/data/rss
in case you cared ;)
I also have an RSS feed for CleftClub.com:
http://www.cleftclub.com/backend.php
And for Comedy Classics forums:
http://www.comedyclassics.org/ibf/ssi.php?a=out&f=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16&show=25&type=rss |
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| So bummed :( |
[Nov. 3rd, 2004|09:13 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  disappointed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Beatles - Across the Universe | ] |
What a disappointment... and not without suspicion...
I live in Flroida...touch screen voting.... created by a close friend of Bush...yeah, you know where this is going....
I also heard about this aerticle on Air America about 25 million... yes MILLION votes :
http://www.vindy.com/basic/news/281829446390855.php
And if you don't know what Air America is, here's their website:
http://www.airamericaradio.com/
I like The Al Franken Show (formerly The O'Franken Factor), especaillly watching it on the Sundance channel.
Anyway, listening to this classic Beatles song... one of their lesser known songs but one of the most beautiful.. makes me feel better and more at ease...
-sigh-
Well, the fight goes into Round 2, as Al Franken says in his blog today.... |
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| I voted today!! |
[Oct. 28th, 2004|09:39 pm] |
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| | jubilant | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Steve Earle - The revolution starts now | ] |
I live in one of the states where we can vote early. Put in a vote for Kerry :)
WOOT!
It was my first time voting, did it on the touch screens. Pretty easy. I did have to wait in line for 2 1/2 hours but it was all worth it. I had researched on the admendments for my state and wrote down my answers beforehand, so all I had to do was touch the screen with my answers rather than reading through them.
Now I just play the waiting game... keeping optimistic for Kerry/Edwards winning but still am anxious. Maybe THIS year we can have a democratic election rather than appointed :).
I just saw someone's avatar that had </bush>.... LOL. That's a little HTML humor there. When you want to end a HTML tag, like a font color, size, whtaever, you put </> at the end. Here's to ending Bush's presidency and bringing in responsible leadership :) |
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| Sherlock Holmes fan fiction |
[Aug. 29th, 2004|10:42 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  creative | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Cold Play - Clocks | ] |
This is something that I have suddenly been inspired by. I'm a huge Holmes fan and had stayed away from the stories until recently when I caught the classic Granada series on the Biography Channel. To watch the late Jeremy Brett again! Smile and Sigh...
Can't forget David Burke and Edward Hardwicke though :)
Anyway I just started to read some fan fiction and I got an itch to write something of my own. I have a few SH episodes recorded so I watch some to get back into the swing of their mannerisms. Also been getting screen shots for a wallpaper idea.
Anyway, the story is going along pretty good. I'm going back and forth with the idea of me meeting the duo, but haven't made up my mind. This is bouncing off another idea I had a few days ago about traveling back in time and meeting Charlie Chaplin.
Also been playing this song "Clocks" by Cold Play over and over and over. Somehow it helps keep me focused :). |
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