Only Love Can Leave Such a Mark....

September 12th is drawing near and my excitement is building. I have seen stills of the concert in action, but I have refused to watch any video from it. I want to walk into Soldier Field experiencing the full force of the 360 tour, surprises and all.

Over the last few days I have been pulling out some of U2's older work. K had never heard Zooropa. As I drove and the music played I heard nothing but the sound of the music, a rare occasion in my car with a chatty 5 year old. I asked him if he knew who was playing the music, he said he didn't know so I told him it was U2. He didn't believe me LOL!

I said, "U2 made this album...." I paused realizing how long it had been since Zooropa released, "about 15 years ago...wow."

Anyway, I am starting to jabber on like my favorite Irish man likes to....lol

All this to say that in preparation of seeing U2 for the first time in three years I'm going to post daily (hopefully) about different songs. I hope it primes me for what I will experience. And I hope it might help those of you who do not understand my obsession to join me ;)

The song I chose to highlight today is Magnificent. One of my favorite songs off of U2's new album. In fact, it has sparked a new idea for my next tattoo....but I digress once again.

Today I was cruising around U2.com and watched the video for Magnificent for the first time. I had seen images of the shoot, but never watched the whole thing.

I wanted to link directly to the video but there it's not possible. If you want to see it click here then go to the third column and follow it down to the 6th row.

You won't be able to see the full thing, unless you are a member of U2.com, but you will get a good taste of what the video is like.

It amazes me how Bono still seems to woo the microphone as he sings into it. You can witness it for yourself in this video, with or without the membership.

I was right....

The opening scene in the next book described naked women and boobies.....yeah....good thing I braced myself lol

Thankfully it moved passed that.

Stone of Tears - Definitely written by a man

It was a good book, don't get me wrong. There were many times I found my eyes rolling up to the sky and reminding myself that a man wrote this book. Naked women, sexual violations of several kinds, gore of war.... Ok, the whole book isn't that way, but there are quite a few parts that are.

I have my audio version of the next book in the Sword of Truth series downloaded and ready to go. I will be keeping my earbuds in or close by so not to taint innocent, 5 year old ears.

I have a feeling i will be doing a lot of eye rolling again. But I gotta know what happens next!

Conehead Canine Strikes Back

Bleh. So our doggy has had some sort of itching issue since he got back from the kennel on Monday. This morning I woke up to huge clumps out of his fur (I will spare the gory details). I called the vet and they said they couldn't see him but to give him Benedryl and told me how much blah, blah, blah.

I am now thanking myself for saving that blasted e-collar that he had when his manhood was snipped away.

Right now I hear the poor thing trying to chew a bone with that blasted collar on. i would take it off but the moment I do he's right at his tail eating his fur.

I can't wait for Monday to get here so we can figure out wth is going on with him. As of right now I am not real happy having a dog ram into me every few minutes with his conehead.

An Ice cube is a cure all, who knew?

Last weekend our fam was out of town so we put the pooch in a kennel. He's been there before so no biggie.

We picked him up on Monday. He seemed super tired. He's 11 months old and is very active so it was odd to us. We just thought he was tired from the weekend like we were. The next day he slept, wouldn't eat or drink really anything, didn't play with K, didn't devour the rawhide I gave him when we got home. He was actually a really good dog! But it was not him.

Wednesday i realized by the middle of the day that he hadn't taken a drink that I knew of. He LOVES ice cubes. I grabbed a few from the freezer thinking ti would at least get some water in him.

Immediately after he ate two cubes he found his rawhide and started gnawing on it. Chased after K and became really annoying....yeah, he was back to himself.

Guess in this house an ice cube a day can keep the doctor away.

New Moon Sneek Peak from Comic Con

Don't watch unless you have read New Moon. You have been warned.

For those who have read, this is FREAKING awesome! I have already seen photos of the first scene. The second is AWESOME! They did an awesome job taking interpretation of the book.

November, come quick!

Rick Astley, New Lead Singer for Nirvana

Ok, I am not Rick Rolling - just wanted to make that clear

This video is freaking hilarious! It's Nirvana's song "Smells like Teen Spirit" while Rick Astley sings, "Never Gonna Give You Up." Make ya think that Kurt might have teamed up with Rick at some point ;)

Video of K's "Uncle Bono"

Prude

Today I watched a movie I hadn't watched since I was in college. Why? Because I always thought I hated it. Then I remembered, that I was offended by a playful scene that involved nudity. It was not sexual at all! Although apparently my prudish mind thought it was just horrid. I think I remember refusing to actually watch the rest of the film!

After watching it today, I actually enjoyed the movie. I enjoyed seeing some actors I like in their younger years. And the storyline was a good one. Of course, the only thing I remembered about it before was that it was a horrid film. I couldn't remember what the movie was actually about!

Just another point to show that as I have aged I have matured and broadened my mind. Oddly enough, some friends of mine from way back and even family members expect me to the prude and end up in shock of facts like, I have tattoos and will use the occasional cuss word (gasp, at least that is what I would do in the past).

I guess just like wine gets better with age, so do some people. Some might spoil and become tart but others become rich with the flavor as it ferments and evolves from everything around it. There is much to be said from seeing things from the other side of the street.

You know you have exposed your child to....

images of Bono and U2 too much when he sees a commercial and says "Bono" before I could even tell him anything.

I am so proud of my 5 year old ;)

My Summer Guilty Pleasure

Big Brother 11!

The first show premiered last night. I have yet to peg someone that I think might win. I am interested in the tattooed woman, Lydia, she seems interesting to me. And of course the guy from Chicago is HAWT!

Not so sure how the teams will play out, as of right now i'm siding with the Nerds and Outcasts. Probably because I fit in those two categories.

The one person I am not real keen on is Ronnie the video gamer. Yeah, apparently he doesn't have a job? As my Sweetie is a video game designer, I am afraid it's going to make him look like a complete and utter nerd. In truth is a is a geek (I'm one too so it's ok for me to say that ;) He does actually work. He works hard and no he doesn't play games all day long. I guess we will have to see what happens as the season goes on.

Another obsession to add to the list...

Kenneth Branagh as Iago in Othello

Today I was playing a trivia game and there was a question that had Kenneth Branagh in it. Since I have been watching a lot of movies lately, I realized that there were probably quite a few of his movies that I haven't seen. I now have them waiting for me on my library request list ;)

One of the first movies I ever saw him in was Much Ado About Nothing. Since then I have seen quite a few of his other movies. I especially like his Shakespearean pieces. He recites his lines with such ease, as if he lived in Shakespeare's time. He's a brilliant actor who can morph into whatever his role demands.

Oh yeah, and it doesn't hurt that he's Irish and has auburn hair ;)

This auburn haired Irishman (well Northern Ireland)

Buh-Bye 17 Pounds

I saw my doctor yesterday for a follow up visit and he commented saying he thought I lost weight (nice comment to hear :)

Sweetie has been telling me he thought I was losing weight. I honestly don't weigh myself so I didn't know for sure.

Well, the doctor looked back at my records and calculated that I lost 17lbs in the last 6 months! And my actual current weight, I haven't been at since I was pregnant with K (sad, but true). It sure does feel good though!

Supermassive Black Hole

Great song by Muse that's on the Twilight soundtrack (if you watched Twilight, it's the song they play during Vampire Baseball).

The song came on and my 5 year old says from the car seat, "I really like that song." I look at him through the kiddie mirror that sits below my rear view mirror and see him bobbing his head.

Wonder when people will think if he starts singing Supermassive Black Hole - if he did say it, I'm not sure anyone would understand him lol! That's quite a mouth full for my 5 year old lol

Happy Birthday, America!

Fittingly, Sweetie and I finished watching the John Adams HBO mini series this week. If you haven't seen it you really should. It opened my eyes to the sacrifices that were made so we could be free and remain free. Before the movie, I only knew of John Adams as being the 2nd President. He really was so much more and sacrificed a lot to conquer the goal of America having independence from Britain.

On this July 4th, I think about the men who left their families for years to guarantee that America's independence would last more than just a few years. I think about the men and women who are deployed and face danger every day. I think of those who are stationed around the world, miles away from family or have uprooted their family to live in a foreign country. I think of those who have been injured in anyway from the wars that have been fought over our country's sort life. And I think of all of the men and women who have given their lives so we could all could live free today.

New Moon Trailer

I have already watched this a few months ago, it was time for me to revisit the New Moon trailer. Check it out :)