Tomb of Ligeia Coming soon.  Idea from http://bigbadbaldbastard.blogspot.com/2012/03/horror-movies.html

Nothin' says Lovin', like Prozac in my Oven!

Welcome to Weird Wednesday!

My husband wins the bread and brings home the bacon, but I am the grocery shopper for our household...  We take turns cooking.  As the gatherer for our small tribe, I find myself gravitating toward chicken, as opposed to other sources of meat (Pork is fatty and causes high blood pressure, and Beef...  well, Mad Cow, anyone?)  On occasion, I'll treat the family to cuts of meat, but chicken and fish are our go to for nearly every evening meal.  I am sure that a  lot of you are the same way.  After all, Chicken costs the least, and it is the most filling...  and everything "tastes like chicken," so why not just buy chicken?

However, NYT recently ran an article about the wonderful things they feed those chickens that we all eat...  Arsnic, Benadryl, Illegal Antibiotics, Tylenol, Prozac, Coffee Pulp...  No Wonder we're all getting cancer or dying from H1N1!  (the illegal antibiotics they feed the chickens are out-laws because they are notorious for causing Antibiotic resistant infections.)

Wait a minute!  Didn't I just say the reason I chose chicken was because I was trying to avoid wacky illnesses for which there is not cure?

I am soooooo going organic, from here on out!  You know, cage free/free range/no pesticides....  All those words that mean my chicken will be a bit smaller for the same price.  Why stop at chicken, when I don't know what their putting on/in anything else?  I think I am a new Organic Convert!

Now, if I could just figure out where to get water that's truly fluoride free....  (I mean, how sure are we, really?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/opinion/kristof-arsenic-in-our-chicken.html?_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120405

Governmental Food Conspiracies not enough for you?  How about this Creepy picture.

Quite a while back, I down loaded this picture and used it for an old blog of mine.  While searching for something interesting for Weird Wednesday, I got distracted by the pics. I've up loaded from my phone, and began perusing my own pictures.  In doing so, noticed something that's not quite right with this picture...  Creepy, even.

original image provided by http://www.freefoto.com

And so, I present you, my readers, with the challenge:  be the first to notice the "weird/Creep Out" factor.  (*shivers...  looks away*)

For today, that will be all, I suppose.  However, stay tuned tomorrow for YouTube Thrusday!

Insanely Your's,
V.

Music Monday: Jason Yang

Last week Music Monday brought you hip hop with a bit of politics on the side.  Now, I bring you classical music with a bite...  or would it be rock (or one of its sub genres) with a little class?  On any account, let the ear candy begin!!!

For my Game of Thrones fans, I thought I'd put this vid. first.  Hope ya' like it

A little driving music, for those who liked the hip hop feel of last week's post.

Audio Substitute for my video game addicted friends

For those who like acoustic songs:

And my fav. of all:

May your next few days be filled with music and moon light...

V.

P.S.--  Stay tuned for To-Do Tuesday, Tomorrow...  12:01 AM is when the post will show up.

ALSO!!!  for More Jason Yang, check out http://www.jasonyangviolin.com

Taking a stand against the depressed stance

Soulful Sunday

~This is my “depressed stance”.  When you’re depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand.  The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you’ll start to feel better.  If you’re going to get any joy out of being depressed, you’ve go to stand like this.   – Charlie Brown~

Since leaving my job of nearly three years, and becoming a stay at home wife and mother again, I've used only one full tank of gas, and it's been three months.  I've not left the house for anything that wasn't dire.  There has been the rare occasion when I've gotten out for Church or for a family get together that only lasted a few short hours, but each time I opted to ride with my mother or my husband.

I've not been out to the library (Lord knows I need to go there, with this cash of over due books I've got), the book store, the park...  I've not gotten coffee or spent an evening with the girls...

The longer I spend in the house with only the kids and my husband, and Mom who stops in every couple of days (Susie visits a couple times a week, also), the more I want to board up the windows and close out the rest of the world for good.  I've been perfectly happy to give my husband a short list of groceries that we need, and allow him to get them on his way home from work.

My point is:  I think I'm slightly depressed.  The last few days have been difficult on me, since my back would barely allow me to get out of bed to tend to my bowels, because I've not been able to get caught up on my house work.  The feeling of 'why bother' has dripped into the rest of my health, as well.  I don't get out and exercise, and I've just stopped taking my Metformin (before I could ever get it started up).  My doctor has retired, and he didn't even let me know (I had been in his office in February, and two wks. later I called to see why they had canx. my appointment but the answering service said he'd retired).

See that up there? /\  That is my "Oh, why me?!!" moment.  It's the same one I've been having since mid February.  After a month and a half, I'm ready to stop having a pitty party for myself.  It takes away from my time and energy, so that I've nothing left for my kids, husband, home, or self...  There isn't even anything left for God.

You can do this with me.  I'm deciding that I'm not going to allow myself to feel depressed any more.  Spring is here, I've two beautiful children, a husband who loves me, a God who hasn't forgotten me, and a home that I can turn into a sanctuary.  I've the capability to get out and get some exercise, which is what I'm going to start doing (maybe a little walking will help with my back problems).

I'm going to organize my home, be nicer to my husband, and pay better attention to my children.  (The saying "If Mamma ain't happy, no body's happy," really is true.)

I'm going to do all this, and start feeling better about me.  And I'm doing it all because I've DECIDED to. I'm not waiting for the feeling to just come!  I've been doing that, and the only thing I've been feeling is worse.  Now, it's time to MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Let's Do This,

V.

Hereby reserving Saturday as a Grab Bag day...

I am hereby reserving Saturdays as my grab bag day...  A day when I may post anything on any topic...

Today, I'd like to ask my readers what they think?  What would you all like to see more?  More music, more weird news?  What do you think of Horror Movie Fridays (my fav. by far)?

Also, I'd like to introduce myself to those of you who don't know me.

I'm a stay at home mother of two lively boys, and a wife to a pretty quiet SecretAsian man who specializes in computers and home science experiments, while he holds down a job in a local factory.

I have a close relationship with my mother; love to talk and read.  I'm an aspiring writer (today is not a good day to ask about my work in progress), and I love music, movies, and all things youtube (as I'm sure you've all figured out, by now).

Your turn.  How about some of you introducing yourself to me?  What types of things do you enjoy?  What do you hate?  Can you do any weird human tricks?

Comment, comment, comment!
V.

Fifth floor... Women's apparel, b-movies, severed heads, and evil elevators.

Nothing says Fear Fridays like a good ol' horror movie.  Except a B-Horror.
This week's movie is originally titled Farstuhl des Grauens (a.k.a. The Lift, a.k.a. The Elevator), filmed in the Netherlands, the movie is in Dutch.  The only version at my disposal (in other words, free) is on Youtube.  It's dubbed in English, which adds to the hilarity of the script.  The writing of this movie is so funny it's frightening.

"Take the stairs... take the stairs... for God's sake, take the stairs... "

I would like to say, however, that there's a mother in this movie who is more frightening than the elevator, and I found myself hoping she'd get trapped/killed.

Have you all seen any interesting B-Movies lately?  Any good horrors?  I'd love to hear about them, and will probably watch any I can get a hold of.  So, leave some titles in the comments!!!

Going Up,
V.

Would you like Fry with that House?

Today is YouTube Thursday, and in honor of the filming of the last episode of House, I'd like to post A Bit of Fry and Laurie...  Well, probably a little more than a bit.

"Peanuts?  Plums?..."

"Oh, it's very easy to knock, isn't it?  You with your snide university ways...  Or wherever it was that you went."

"You can't say that, it's jiberish!!!"

And now, in closing:

"I don't give a flying toss....."

I Did Go To Winchester,

V.

After a long day at the office, some men want their wives to meet them at the door with their slippers...

And now, my dear [In]Sane readers, I bring you Weird Wednesday.  Yes, it's that time, folks, to be presented with some pretty weird shtuff.

This being my first week back, after an unplanned break from Blogger, I decided to post this particular picture...  No matter where you go, no matter what you do, your best friend will always love you...

Has Man's Actual best friend been found?

http://www.thedailyweird.com/wp-content/uploads/part-dog-part-woman.jpg

She sits, she stays, she fetches a beer from the fridge without getting saliva on it (because she's got thumbs)!

I, personally, am totally against this type of breeding.  It's unusual and cruel...  Or, perhaps, this is what we end up with when people are a bit too friendly with their pets?  OR, maybe the next time one of your guy friends says his ex-girlfriend is a dog, you'll believe him, instead waiting for him to pull this picture from a shoe box in the closet.

Okay, that's enough making fun of the stronger sex!  Perhaps next week I'll make fun of the weaker one.

Until Next Weird Wednesday...

Shake?...C'mon, shake Girl,

V.

Shortly after getting my taxes back, I purchased the necessary items needed to make a blanket for each of my sons (didn't have any sewing supplies, so I got those, as well).  Their blankets will match, but I'll also be making an assortment of small pillows (BabyJ loves to cuddle, and Jr. really likes sleeping on pillows) that will match their reversible blankets.

Here are pics. of what I've gotten done, thus far.

Also, I am bouncing around a few ideas in my head.  My brother-in-law is building a sun room onto his house.  I asked for a few of the larger scrap pieces from the screens he made for the large windows.  I've got three strips, and I'm trying to figure out the best crafty thing I can think of, to do with them.  I've been thinking:  use them for something like cross stitching?  I've found some designs for Christmas Ornaments (cross stitching involved) that I think I'll use.

I'm still trying to decide, however, if that's what I really want to do with them...  We shall see, I suppose, once the blankets and pillows are finished.

See You Next Tuesday,

V.

First Music Monday post in quite a while?.. Watsky up to, these days?

It's Music Monday, April 2, 2012, People!!!  That's right, it's time for me to introduce you to some of the stuff I spend my time listening to.

"01010110!  01010110.  01010110!  01010110.  0101"  This is a quote from Watsly's Love Poem.  He reminds me of my nerdy friends that I play D&D with.  He's down to earth, but he's far out (excuse the hippy speak).  Seriously, this guy is someone to watch.  I only wish I'd discovered him sooner, under this rock which I reside.

Yes, he may have a vast vocabulary, and wield it with amazing skill, but he's got rhythm, and he's got a message.

Great sense of humor, quick witted, and fast talkin'...  George is a play write, t.v. star, stage actor, rap star, poet sensation.  Most of you know I don't usually get excited about rap, but this--  This smooth talkin' fella can spit some rhymes for me any time.

This is for the politically minded...

Does all his own stuntin'.  No steroids...!  This is the "I got swag" part of "A New Kind of Sexy".  Love it.

Like every musician, I may not always agree with every view point this guy has, but he says it with such style and conviction that it's hard to be mad at him for putting his opinions in my ear.

George, you're amazing!  We'll be watching, and listening...  We Love You (that's from the groupies who are standing at the door, waiting to be let inside)

So, in honor of those groupies, I'll also post this vid.

For more George Watsky related news, you could always check out his site:  http://georgewatsky.com/

In closing, I'll leave you with Dr. Seuss VS Shakespeare...  I so think the bard won, but am interested in your opinions.

Peace Out!

V.