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Friday, April 04, 2025

R.I.P. Val Kilmer ...


"Real Genius" - one of my favorite Val Kilmer flicks!

"Top Gun", "The Doors", "Tombstone", and "Batman Forever"
 
For nearly 10 years prior to filming production of Oliver Stone's "The Doors", the project went through development hell after being considered by many studios and directors. Several actors, including Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Timothy Hutton, Steven Bauer, Gregory Harrison, Christopher Lambert, Michael Ontkean, Jason Patric, John Travolta and Richard Gere, were each considered for the role of Morrison when the project was still in development over the years, with Bono of U2 and Michael Hutchence of INXS also expressing interest in the role. Stone initially offered the role to Ian Astbury of the Cult, who declined the role because he was not happy with the way Morrison was going to be represented in the film. When Stone began talking about the project in 1988, he had Val Kilmer in mind to play Morrison, after seeing him in the Ron Howard fantasy film Willow. Kilmer had the same kind of singing voice as Morrison and, to convince Stone that he was right for the role, spent several thousand dollars of his own money and made his own eight-minute audition video, singing and looking like Morrison at various stages of his life. To prepare for the role, Kilmer lost weight and spent six months rehearsing Doors songs every day; the actor learned 50 songs, 15 of which are actually performed in the film. Kilmer also spent hundreds of hours with the Doors' producer Paul A. Rothchild, who related "anecdotes, stories, tragic moments, humorous moments, how Jim thought ... interpretation of Jim's lyrics". Rothchild also took Kilmer into the studio and helped him with "some pronunciations, idiomatic things that Jim would do that made the song sound like Jim". Kilmer also met with Krieger and Densmore but Manzarek refused to talk to him. When the Doors heard Kilmer singing they could not tell whether the voice was Kilmer's or Morrison's
 
"Top Secret"
"Willow"
 
"Batman Forever"
 
"The Doors"


"Tombstone"


"Heat"

Sunday, March 23, 2025

A Sunday smile


Greetings, friends and Blessed Ostara!!

Yesterday, I purchased an HP Elitebook (laptop) ...


Butterscotch gave me a HIGH FIVE!! lol ...

And, for a Sunday smile, the comedic genius of the late John Ritter!! ENJOY!!

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

The Cat Tarot Deck: A review

Last weekend, I purchased a novelty tarot deck - "Cat Tarot" written by Julia Smillle and illustrated by Megan Lynn Kott. The illustrations are amazing; however, the written meanings on the minor tarot cards between two and ten of each suite are NOT marked on the cards (as they should be) and therefore you must look up the IMAGE of each and every card in the manual to find out the exact meaning of each card. Quite annoying actually for beginners. I do not use this deck to do readings and I have learned the general meanings of each card through experience. But, it is very helpful for anyone new to the craft to be able to reference these minor arcana cards in the deck if they were marked as other decks are.

Example: These minor arcana cards which are not marked are: (L-R) the Five of Wands, Three of Swords, and the Six of Wands.

Not exactly obvious to most practitioners. 

As a novelty deck, it is cute, but as a go-to deck, not so much.

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Weekend Happenings

Greetings all. Just a quick post for today. Yesterday, I used a 1 in 4 earned day off from mandatory overtime to spend some time with my sister, Aurora Skye. After we had lunch, we went shopping here and there at our favorite places. One of them was. "Gem on Penn" where I found some beautiful pieces of gemstone jewelry ...

 A pair of garnet earrings ...

A pretty peridot pendant and earring set ...

Larimar studs ...
And also a pair of emerald studs ...

 "Gem on Penn" was letting all of their customers pick out a piece of jade to celebrate "St. Patrick's Day". ☘☘☘☘

I bought another novelty tarot deck of "Cats" (really cute) at "Barnes & Noble" ...

This is what the box looks like on the sides ...

"Ulta Beauty" gives you a little gift bag of three goodies when you spend a certain amount ...

And, finally at "Michael's" this book ...

This book sounds like another version of the motion picture, "The Cutting Edge" ... one of my FAVORITE movies!! ...

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Friday, March 14, 2025

Fun Friday!

 

 Happy Friday, friends! A Blogger friend of mine has been creating some wonderful AI art and sharing them on his blog, "Lone Wolf Concerto". This particular pic so reminded me of the song, "Tall Dark Stranger" by Buck Owens. THANK YOU,JON!

Have a great weekend everyone!! 

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Something new

Yesterday, I tried a new colored mascara from Colour Pop. It is a burgundy color called, "Wine O'Clock" and it is surprisingly pigmented for a burgundy mascara. As with all colored mascaras which I use, I apply the L'Oreal White Primer first before applying the colored mascara itself. I was admittedly hesitant to try this shade because I like my colored mascaras to "pop" and I find that most burgundy's tend to look more black in color than anything. But, I really do like this one! ...

The color as advertised on the Colour Pop website ...

 
My swatches  ...  


The only other burgundy colored mascara I have found that I like is L'Oreal's Voluminous Burgundy and I have worn it on a few job interviews in the past. I feel as though it might look nice on my bottom lashes when using the Colour Pop Wine O'Clock on my top ...

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In my opinion, if you are going for a rather bold and volumizing look then Wine O'Clock is perfect; however, if you prefer a more subtle, natural look then L'Oreal's Burgundy is pleasantly pretty.

Sunday, March 09, 2025

Odds 'n' Ends

 

Blessed Sunday, all! I hope you are having a pleasant weekend. The weather here is beginning to warm up just a bit. Yesterday, our temps were in the 50's and they are calling for them to get up to the 60's this coming week!

Yesterday, I had my hair cut and styled at The Girls Hair Studio. I love the way Amanda does my hair! ... ✂

On Tuesday, my supervisor presented me with these two WOW chip awards at work for catching a major mistake made either by a fellow employee when the order was set-up or at sub-assembly at the cutter station while being assembled. I also work in sub-assembly and my work comes directly from the cutter stations. While getting ready to begin a new order, I noticed that the order batch number on the labels (used for every single tray of work we complete) included in the work order traveler (packet of paperwork/documents) and the batch number on the packet itself did not match. This is a big deal because it is extremely important to check everything - label numbers and all components used in the assembly process). IF this type of mistake is not caught before the order is given to the lines to complete for assembly, the entire order will be pulled until it is confirmed that the order is okay to be released to the lines. 

The WOW chips are worth $5.00 each and can only be redeemed on the company website catalog page for cool items that will be shipped directly to your residence.

And finally, a gratuitous kitty pic at dinner time ...

(L-R) - Miss Ginger, Butterscotch, Charlie,, Teddy, and Lady Tabitha.
 
Have a great rest of the weekend, friends!