This and That

Greetings all. In case you have been wondering where I have been lately, they are forcing (yes, forcing) 8 to 10 hours of mandatory overtime on me at my job for at least the next few months. Yup, we don't work hard enough so they feel the need to work us to death not only during the week BUT every single Saturday now! I truly hate it, but no choice since I  have had no luck with finding another job at my age. At any rate, I have not had much time to do anything that I enjoy including posting on my blogs.

Moving on, I decided to take a PTO day yesterday to try and get SOME things done. One of the things I did was drop off these Sterilite containers at the Sinking Spring VFW. They were giving them out at work for some reason - I assume because they purchased them and no longer have a use for them? So, I donated them ...

The last stop I made yesterday was at Boscov's Department Store and bought these pretty pieces of jewelry on sale ...

And, I found a new shade of mascara - ColourPop limited addition "Roar!" ...

Well, now off to work - UGH!!!!

Have a good weekend everyone!

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"

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!!

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.

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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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!! 

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.