My Top 5 Movie Pilgrimages

Got to thinking today of movies and the places they were filmed that you can actually visit. Most movies film mostly in studios and send a crew out to do some exterior shots. When you find a film that uses a real site and actually films there with the actors it makes it more believable. These are Pilgrimage sites for movie freaks like myself. Here are my Top 5 Pilgrimage Sites:

Can you name the Movie on my list they were featured in?

1. Astoria, Oregon and Cannon Beach, Oregon
2. Temple of Angkor Watt, Cambodia
3. Santa Cruz Boardwalk, California
4. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
5. Hatfield house, KnebWorth House and Mentmore Towers, in England

I have been to one of these, and plan to see another one, hopefully this summer if I can swing it!!! Do you have any Movie Pilgrimage sites?

Answers Wednesday!

Thursday Thoughts

Thursday Thoughts is perfect on those Thursdays that I am busy but need to post a few things! Here we go again...

1. Today is my Friday. I am taking tomorrow off to take my niece Erin to look at a college she was accepted to but hasn't visited yet.


2. After the college tour, I will be headin up to my nephew's for a weekend of Tom Foolery and Rockin' out. That's right, I am schlepping Rock Band AND Guitar Hero...and I have to pack my car in daylight...hahaha!


3. My big project at home this week has been to lessen the noise from my elderly neighbors below (you know, when you're older things need to be louder) so I added a fan in my bedroom to create some ambient noise and that is working nicely. Next I bought a great pair of corless headphones and set them up for TV watching in the living room. I got them yesterday and they are awesome! Their TV is always so loud that I can't really relax and watch an hour of tv before bed most nights. These headphones not only have great sound and negate any noise from downstairs, but I can walk around my apartment and still hear the program, (or at least tell when the ads are over!) I LOVE THEM!


4. Another project I have been working on is "The Ultimate Lost Boys Soundtrack"!! This is a project that I have been dying to accomplish for decades!! (along with the Ultimate Goonies Soundtrack!, but that is provin extremely difficult...) I watched The Lost Boys Sunday night and decided to go and look online for any score music that was available, even tho the score is not very melodic and more background and sound effect-ish. I knew none had ever been published, but wondered if anyone had even separated soundtrack from film. At least it would be something! Within 15 minutes I found a chat forum and a link to download 17 tracks of the original Lost Boys Score by Thomas Newton. Clean and crisp sounding I was psyched that I now had the chance to make my Ultimate Lost Boys Soundtrack. The music will be in order as it appeared in the film so it flows through the story line. I haven't decided yet, but I might pull a "Cinemix" (as coined by my friend Dave P) and sprinkle in some sound clips as well...I will ahve to see if that will help or hurt the flow. I am just excited to have the opportunity to work on this pet project!!! If anyone is interested in a copy I would be glad to burn you one. Just email me at cclifeblog@hotmail.com and I will send you one! (complete with my watercolor cover design!!!)


5. I get to see all my animal friends tonight. I am traveling after work tonght to my sister's house so that Erin and I can leave early tomorrow for the college tour. If 4 cats, 2 dogs and a bird sounds crazy to you, you are right! But what a riot they are. I am looking forward to "Cats and dogs, living together" fun!

Frodo and a Freaky, Freaky Eye Patch!

Flight of the Conchords has become one of my favorites thanks to Big Geek. So now I will share a few parts from my two favorite episodes so far:


David Bowie visits Bret in a dream...





The Conchords make a music video for Lord fo the Rings ( since they are fom New Zealand):





What a RIOT!

I'm BAAAAAAAck!

Lamby is tired. SOOOO tired. And Lamby has had way too much coffee, so my hooves are shaking!

So, it's Lamby's turn to rant:

1. There's a sure sign on campus that student's have returned from spring break...they don't flush! (What is so hard about THAT?) And there is paper thrown all over the bathroom, too! We have noticed this is becoming a trend over the past couple of years. I really do like students, (or I guess I would not be here). But what is happening? PLease tell me they flush for themselves when they are at home. PLEASE tell me that their Moms are NOT doing that for them too!

2. What is up with this weather? Spring...my eye! I know I have a nice wooly coat, but I can't take much more of this! I have the CABIN fever!

3. Can you believe how unprofessional some people can be? OK. Can't even go there.

4. My computer is slower than Molasses in January (one of Mom's favorite sayings) today.! Not to be confused with "Mole asses"...

5. It's Monday. Nuff said.

Lamby Strikes Again!

Celebrity look a-likes...EEEEK!

OK, I had to do this, C. C. I must admit that I don't even know who most of these people are! The site gives you 10 possible "look a-likes" ...I was crushed when I had several men come up on mine! It must be that strong jaw that I have!





Happy Friday, ALL!

Thursday Thoughts

The return of Thursday Thoughts!! Lets see how short and sweet I can make all of these!

1. You all know how annoyed I am by the latest news that the Sequesl to one of my favorite movies EVER is coming out on DVD this summer. Yes, the Lost Boys: The Tribe. ARG. Interesting bit of info noone seems to be talking is about the Vampire who is the head of the gang. Anyone know who plays him? IMDB lists the actor's name as Angus SUTHERLAND. Um yea, that would be Donald Sutherland's son and Keiffer Sutherland's half brother...LAME!
   
2. I have never been to a comedy club before. Tomorrow night I am going with a bunch of friends. It should be fun. And I promise I will refrain from taking over the stage with my own jokes...haha.


3. Have you ever sneezed and instantly got the feeling (that taste at the back of your throat) that you are getting sick? That just happened to me while I was typing. Not Good. Not Good!!


4. Over the last three weeks I have become re-addicted to a PC game I have had for about 7 or 8 years. I've never had a computer powerful enough at the the time to get the full impact, but now that I have my own computer, I am really enjoying it! It is called Pharaoh and it is a city building game. In grabbing that link I just posted, I found that in 2000 they had released an expansion pack called Cleopatra...Oh yea, that is going on my wish list on Amazon right now
   
5. OMG~ Anyone remember me telling about the USA Network show called "The Big Easy"? I just got an email last week (how weird that I was just blogging about it!) from TV ON DVD that the first season is being released this JUNE!!!! I am totally getting that y'all. I mean, Remy McSwain is my man!!! BTW, that site is awesome. You can look up ANY TV show or nominate any show in hopes that it will be put on a DVD release schedule...I am still hoping for the 1990's Mission Impossible, another one of my favorites!

Ahh...Thursday Thoughts. It's been a while! Tonight after work I meet my friend Chantal for dinner and I am so looking forward to it. It's been a few weeks since we hung out and it will be great to catch up!

I leave you with my latest Celebrity Look-Alike results. Lynda Carter (Wonderwoman!!) and Jessica Alba!!?? Two of my favorite gals!! That site is crazy BUT too much FUN!:)

WhY So SeRioUS?

http://www.atasteforthetheatrical.com/

http://www.whysoserious.com/

http://www.thegothamtimes.com/

http://www.wearetheanswer.org/

An Irish Blessing (sorta)

It's a Friday FREAKOUT!

It's a Friday freakout, where I post pretty much anything I have had hanging around. Random things to put a little more CRAZY into your day! HAPPY FRIDAY! ENJOY!

You Are Cinnamon Flavored Gum

You are daring, active, and a little outrageous. You crave adventure and novelty. You like to mix things up. Your personality is extra spicy and larger than life. You love to have fun, and you are passionate about everything you do. You're definitely a fiery person, and you don't back down from a fight. Most people love your fire - but you can be a bit too intense at times!

What Flavor Gum Are You?

The Recipe For CC

3 parts Happiness 2 parts Uniqueness 1 part Sensitivity Splash of Dignity Finish off with a squeeze of lime juice

What's the Recipe for Your Personality?

Now THIS is hysterical and I had to post even tho I had sent via email last week to some:



And just to add a little CREEPy to all the CRAZY around here:

Just When I Thought My Week Couldn't Get Any Worse...

About 3 months ago I had read some disturbing things at DVDSequels.com about plans for the DREADED "The Lost Boys" and "The Goonies" sequels. I wanted no part of either of these as too much time has passed and talent for writing and acting is non-existant to do either any justice. What is more disturbing is that they are both mentioned in Warner Bros "Straight to DVD Marketing Extravaganza"...and in the immortal words of Chunk: "I think I lost my appetite".

Not only does straight to DVD tell me that someone greenlighted a poorly written script and idea just to try and cash in on nostalgic fans of these cult classics, but also tells me that they have NO respect for the fans of these films. We only wanted them done 15 years ago, and done right or not at all.

So Tabbi sends me the link where The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe is being discussed (and the trailer, yay.)at a blog called "Mollygood". Yea, I watched the trailer, curiosity killed this cat. And Yes, I posted a comment...I couldn't resist.

IMDB lists this crap as starring the Coreys and including the other Frog Brother. Way to sell out for a few bucks assholes. Oh, and how cute! The director also plays none other than a Garlic Salesman!!! How witty!!! WTF people? Is someone TRYING to make my head spontaneously combust??? How low can they go? Apparently very.

Tabbi, if I worked closer, we would have gone to lunch today and commiserated!! :)

Where Do We Go From Here?

Some good comments from that last post.

Wiccachicky made so many excellent points:

"But I also have come to learn that no job I have is going to be TOTALLY fulfilling" Definately. Everyone has parts of their job that they hate. I enjoy most parts of my job. My issue is that the few that I hate are realy starting to bother me and are weighing heavily on me at the moment.

"If you can find some things with your job that you enjoy, focus on those and don't sweat the other stuff." Unfortunately I am sweating the other stuff recently. This one Coworker who thinks he is the ONLY division I market (I have 3 others that require my attention and time as well) is really affecting me. I think I am stressed out because he is on me so much. For instance: I had 4 emails waiting for me this morning from him, on 4 different subjects! My sleep pattern is off, I am tired because I am constantly running to put out fires he creates (and most aren't even fires, he just blows them out of proportion. I am exhausted and frustrated.


"I think the important part is to make time for things you are actually interested in...You should do that stuff because it might open the door to where you actually want to be!" I had entertained volunteering at a local museum because of my love of museums, but I seem to be so tired by the end of the day that I just want to go home and eat and veg. I know, I need to want to do it, but for now I am happy taking baby steps and buying some books on subjects that interest me to see if any hobbies come out of that. I do have a guitar teacher waiting to give me lessons, I just need a guitar. I guess I just need to Flamingo Up..."Get off my Ass!" and just go buy one.

Lamby says:

"We all need other things in our lives that bring us joy." Right on. The hard part is finding those things. I love to hike and mountain bike, but those are not things you can do alone. My current groups of friends are not into those things and I am not the type who will join a group on my own not knowing anyone. Maybe I should get over that. Maybe I rely on other people too much.

"Maybe I’m at a point in my life where I just don’t want to add stress to my life. But am I then missing out on fun and excitement?" Sorry Lamby, I had to steal this from an email you wrote me today! I think it speaks perfectly to how I feel right now. I am stressed from work situations and don't wish for anymore so I want to go home and get comfy and watch La Femme Nikita every night because right now that is my comfort zone.


So Where do we go from here?

Comfort Zone. That is the thing. We all like to sit back in our comfort zones like turtles hiding in their shells. Change. Stress. It's all outside, and that's all we can focus on. There are other things outside as well. Excitement. Adventure. We just focus on the fact that stepping outside into the cold world is going to be painful. It doesn't have to be.

I am just as guilty for feeling that way. Getting out of your comfort zone and daily routine is hard. It shouldn't be stressful to plan a trip, it should be EXCITING and FUN. I think a change in Vocabulary is in order! Hey, I realize the reasoning from Lamby is different than me, she has a family, I have only myself to plan for and hence the stress. Maybe I should plan her next vacation for her and her family, take care of everything.? I get to come along tho, expecially if you are going someplace like Atlantis or Disney... Just sayin'!

Focusing on what's important. I need to keep reminding myself of that. I tend to get carried away with my impatience and blow things up larger than they should be. Like this BLOW at work. I let my boss know today that this person has been a bit needy lately. My boss is cool, he knows this guy and he said he would take care of it. Hey, I don't want to be known as running to my Boss everytime, but I tried to deal and my plan didn't work, so I guess this was the next step.

The BLOW doesn't matter. My health, mental state, sleep patterns and happiness do. I am one person, I do more than anyone I know around here, and I do my best in the time alloted. I have to stop being an overachiever and stop trying to do everything to prove to this asshole that I am worthy and can do whatever he throws at me. I have to be realistic, because I KNOW I can do anything he comes up with, who cares if he knows? He would just continue to pile it on because he would never admit that a woman can run (and think) circles around him.

I bring it on myself and I have to take it off of myself as well. I don't have to carry the weight of the world on my shoulders. None of us do. We just feel like if we don't noone else will. Therein lies the rub.

Tomorrow I have some silly posts...Gotta get the karma running the right way around here.

Going Through the Motions...

As I sit here on my lunch munching on fresh brocoli, califlower, snap peas, cheese and hummus (yes, less food, more healthy options) I am thinking about where I am and where I am going. I sort of feel like I am the rat in the maze, but I never reach the end. Is this really what work is meant to be? A never ending maze of annoyances, projects, and duties? The "rat race" analogy comes to mind... something I have dreaded but have obviously begun to experience only now. I can't even seem to enjoy watching a project come to fruition because 40 other projects are knocking down my door! Most days I feel like a song from one of my favorite musicals: "Once More With Feeling": "Going through the motions, losing all my drive. I can't even see, If this is really me. And I just want to be alive"

This pattern is nothing new and is obvious to my readers, I know. Every so many months, depending on how busy I am being kept, I get this urge to explore and break away from the grind. Maybe it's because the winter is long here in upstate NY and I have "cabin fever" (tho Lamby literally has "cabin fever"! haha). I find myself thinking of how trapped I feel and that I might never get to see the places I want to visit. Is that the commitment phobe in me, or just that I haven't found my niche yet?

I HATE the fact that every job ends up being "just a job" to me. It's not that I don't try, it just never seems to parlay into something I can get excited about for too long. I envy those people who knew what they wanted and now have it. I knew, I was just too immature and never had the guidance to point me in the right direction. I guess it's too late now.

Look, I like my job and do well enough at it, but I don't feel fufilled by it. I work for a good company, and they treat me very well, I am just not sure if this is the end all be all of my life of careers. Maybe that is normal, and maybe only those lucky enough to 'know' ahead of time feel fufilled by their work.

Most people I see just come to work to pay the bills, but then again most of them are doing just that. They pay their bills. What else does it afford them? Are they truly HAPPY with that? I know I am not, and it's NOT the money I am concerned with. If I was truly passionate about my work here, it wouldn't matter.

I guess my quandry is that if you are lucky enough to do what you love you don't necessarily look for many other fufilments in your life. But if you don't (or can't) do what you are most passionate about, do you settle for 'just a job' and hope you make enough to do what you love outside of work?

Sometimes I have these thoughts of drastic measures: Selling my car and storing my stuff and traveling around in order to see things and places I have never seen or visited before. Again, the idea that I am a late bloomer is so evident. I think I should have postponed College for a year, and worked and traveled. Maybe I would have grown and gotten it our of my system.

You cannot change the past, you can only learn from it. I get that. But where do I go from here?

Out Like a Lamb!

I am the great Lambini. I have journeyed far to bring you good wishes! (and maybe some better weather!)

(See how dirty my face is? You think being a travelling Lamb is EASY? My hooves are killing me! Nobody ever offers me a ride, and the grass is always greener on the OTHER side of the road, you get the picture...)

Unfortunately, I did not arrive in New York State for the beginning of the month. So I hope to usher out the month of March!



So , as Sam the Sham sang….”Woolly Bully!”

These Dreams...

I was in Europe, without a passport. But how did I get there? I had an overwhelming urge to travel to Africa, but how could I get around (and eventually home) if I didn't have a passport? Panic.

Then I realized I was in Vegas standing in front of The Paris Hotel and the Eiffel Tower, not actually in Europe at all. A sigh of relief.

Then I see my sister Linda is with me. "Hey! While we are here in Vegas, I want to show you where Criss Angel's place is!"

We arrive at the Luxor. It's a small booth in the center of the hallway, and Criss Angel is there doing magic tricks for passers by, the type birthday magicians do...

"Awesome! He's here! He wasn't here last time I came. of course I had my carmera that time and this time I don't." bummed.

Now my sister Anne is with me and we approach the booth. There are only 4 other people there. He asks our names and performs some disappearing hankerchief tricks. More people arrive, now the crowd is larger.

"Carol" He points to me "Will you help me with this trick?"

I nod and walk into the booth. Annie watches from the crowd.

He puts my feet into these shoe boxes and when I take them out I have a pretty sparkly heel on my left foot, but a flip flop on the right. He hands me a note that reads something like this: (can't remember all of it but it's pretty close)

Dearest Carol,

"Will you be able to walk home in these? I know I was going to give you a ride home, but something has come up. I realize my magic tricks are not what they used to be. I don't know what happened. Please come back and visit me and I will have a better trick next time.
Hi Love,
Criss Angel"

I tuck the note into my pocket and tell him I forgot my camera but wanted a picture with him. Anne says "Use your cell phone camera!" So I try, but I can't get it to work, and my window of opportunity is lost.



No wonder I am tired every morning! With dreams like these who can get any restful sleep???

Any dream interpreters out there? I was playing solitare with my Criss Angel playing cards last night before bed so that might explain it. I always seem to have a celebrity in my dreams, but at least I know where he came from, sometimes it's extremely random. There are the obvious stress triggers in there as well.

Hump De Bump

It's Wenesday. I hate it when people call it "Hump Day". That's dumb. So I named the post after a Chili Pepper song.

I haven't posted since Gerry last Friday and so even tho I don't have a blog post in me I will try. But be warned:


Work steady. Me tired. Need hobby. Fell asleep last night by 8:30 p.m. on the couch. BORING! Need to find a gym or classes of some sort.

Visiting my nephews this weekend. Bringing Rock Band. We will rock out. Haven't seen them in a while. Looking forward to catching up with everyone.

I'm done. Beer bad. Tree pretty.