Valentine’s Day evening, the hubs & I snuggled together on the couch to watch The Fall, a movie I had been aching to see since I saw the beautiful trailer months ago. It was almost like a Dali painting had come to life on the screen. I had heard mixed reviews, but was very pleased that the story was just as great as the visuals. Some may disagree, but I am definitely a sucker for epic fantasy storylines. Click to read more about The Fall
All my lovin’…
Well, as promised, I am back with a recap of my amazing Valentine’s Day.
It actually all started Friday night when I returned home from a much needed Happy Hour with my bestie. As I walked in, I saw a beautiful arrangement of gerbera daisies (which are one of my favorite flowers) and a very appropriate card.
Valentine’s Day
I am your typical Valentine’s Day hater.
Back in my single days, I would bury myself in bed and not want to make eye contact with anyone in the outside world to avoid the flurry of red roses, candy hearts & general vomit-inducing behavior. Later, when I was in a relationship, I took to jumping on a plane and just fleeing the whole state entirely with my boyfriend to avoid the above. And now, married, my husband & I take to just cooking intimate dinners at home & watching one of our Netflix rentals to yet again, avoid the above. I’m sure you get the point. I do not subscribe to Valentine’s Day and all its little gimmicks. You cannot fool me, Hallmark. I am on to you.
However, this year my husband decided to throw a complete curve ball at me and state that he has a surprise for me Saturday night. So surprise, in fact, that I will be blindfolded to our location. And I can’t help but smile. Or obsess.
See, I love surprises a lot, but I drive myself completely insane until I discover what said surprise is. And this one has me stumped. My hints? Here you go:
1. You can eat there, but it’s not a restaurant.
2. It is grouped as one of my many fandoms.
3.Not a lot of people will be at this location on Valentine’s Day.
4. This would be the worst idea with anyone else, but absolutely perfect for me.
What could this be? At first I thought it was a concert or some sort of performance, but I bring my A game to Ticketmaster. I know who is coming and who is not. There is no way that a band I love is coming to town on Saturday and I don’t know about it. Impossible. But what else? What is this elusive surprise?
Although I have a no clue, I can say for certain that I have the best husband. Afterall, he’s managed quite the feat: I am now excited (for the first time in my life) for Valentine’s Day.
If it makes you happy
Who am I to resist a good tag?
The lovely Johanna has given me quite the task. Apparently I have to list 6 things that make me happy. Only 6? Seriously? Obviously she does not realize how even the slightest thing can make me happy such as not having any messages when I sit at my desk at work, getting a good parking spot or receiving snail mail. It’s all in the little things, my friends.
But, I’m going to try to tackle this meme to the best of my ability.
There is no one I love more on this planet than my husband. He is just the most amazing person I know. No matter what kind of a funk I am in, he always manages to make me feel better – even if he’s the one that put me in the funk! Sometimes I just find myself looking at him and wondering how I got so lucky. He is truly the ray of sunshine in my life.
They may drive me absolutely insane, but I can’t imagine my life without my family. They support me in everything I do and are my number one fans. Plus, I feel like I get closer and closer to them the older I get. My only complaint is that I wish they would realize that I am 27 not 17, but I guess that comes along with being “the baby” in the family.
I absolutely adore animals, but am mostly a dog person. Our 2 Boston Terriers, Brad-Pitt & Gwen (Stefani) have brought both my husband & I so much joy. I know we tend to sound like proud parents, but the truth of the matter is that they are really our children. They sleep in our bed, watch TV with us and go on doggy field trips. When they are not around, my life seems empty. The best part of it all? They only ask for love in return.
I have been lucky enough to be blessed with the best friends a girl could ask for. Granted, I went through a rough patch where I felt like I would never be able to have a “true friend,” but patience finally paid off. I can now honestly say that my friends are less like friends & more like family at this point. Instead of drama, they bring me so much happiness & warmth. I love every single one of you & now believe it is my life’s goal to get ALL of us in one picture together. Quite the feat.
My world would be void of any sort of feeling if it weren’t for music. Half of the time, I use a song to describe how I am currently feeling or how I felt at one particular moment in time so I am sure I’d be rendered incapable of thought or emotion if I didn’t have music in my life. It is my driving force. And I am going to go ahead and cheat & group seeing live music with this category. There is this rush, this indescribable feeling when seeing a band you love live. Nothing can come close to it. There have been moments when I have been moved to tears. I just feel a raw connection towards music & need it daily to keep my sanity on track. Music is my boyfriend.
While trying to pick my last “happy item,” I toyed with sunshine, adventures, traveling, and other simple pleasures, but then I thought I knew the answer. It’s always right in front of me: FOOD. I truly love food. And not because you need it to survive. I find it to be so enthralling. It is a true hobby of mine. The hubs & I are constantly looking for new places to eat, new food to try. We are obsessed with Anthony Bourdain & always make a point to make of list of amazing eateries featured when we go to a new city or country. Now, for someone that loves food so much, I know this will come as a shock, but I don’t know how to cook. At all. I can make rice. That’s about it. It’s kind of embarassing. So I have made it one of my new years resolutions (who keeps those things anyways?) to finally learn how to cook. Nothing insane. Nothing on par with my amazingly talented friend, Camero, but be somewhat competent in a kitchen. I’m hoping the Food Network will help.
I tag:
Are you there, God? It’s me, Melificent.
Hi, blogosphere!
After years of having a very tightly locked Livejournal account and several months of attempting the blogger route, I finally have my very own spot on the world wide web. And it’s Melificent!
Although it feels very strange to make an “introductory post” after I’ve imported a few of my blog posts from my previous blogger account, I figured it may be helpful to those that will decide to jump on board now with this new site. For the rest of you, just bear with my temporary (ha) narcissism.
- I’m a 20-something.
- I am married to my best friend.
- I work in the Mental Health field.
- I have 2 Boston Terriers. They rule.
- I puffy heart the Internets.
- I adore music. All kinds. But I am a rock & roll girl at heart.
- I think any reason is a good enough reason to throw a party.
- Rock Band lets me live out my rock star fantasies.
- I’m not your typical girl: I like comic books, videogames & fast cars.
- I believe strongly in retail therapy.
- I’m impulsive, passionate & obsessive. And I like it.
- I keep up to date with celebrity gossip more so than current events. Opps.
- I watch a ridiculous amount of TV. I’m sure it’s unhealthy & my DVR agrees.
- I fit the bill for an embarassing babbling fangirl. You’ve been warned.
- I refuse to believe growing older means growing up. I still act like a little kid.
- I love to travel. I want to see the whole world one day.
Hi, I’m Melificent.
Nice to meet you.
Inappropriate?
Check!
I love Lily Allen (a lot actually), but she probably should have thought twice before getting her barely covered naughty parts so close to such a grabby crowd.
Talk about an intimate concert experience …
A-Heroes-ing
Photo credit: El Sanchez
So what if I have a preference? 
Last night was the premiere of Heroes Volume 4 & I loved every second of it. OK, well maybe not when the words “to be continued” appeared on the screen, but every other moment was great. I know it was basically a “set up” episode so not a lot of action really happened, but I can’t wait to see the way this volume
plays out.
There have been rumors that due to huge rating drops, Heroes may not be on the air after Volume 4 if those ratings don’t increase in the next few months so if you are a fan or even teetering on fandom – please watch! Let’s help Heroes stay on the air or I don’t know what will become of my Monday nights.
What do you guys think? Still a fan? Think the show sucks now? Think I’m a delusional fangirl? Leave me some comment love, whatever it may be!
Monday Conundrum
Although this happened on Saturday, I figured it would make for a perfect Monday tale. The hubs, myself and all our friends were very excited when Ticketmaster issued us an alert that Girl Talk would be coming to Miami in April. So happy we were willing to drop the cash back in October to secure our spot in the crowd.
Sidebar: If you are unfamiliar with Girl Talk, they were one of my favorite albums of ’08 – & can be found in this post.
While shopping on Saturday afternoon, we received a text from one of our friends that the tickets we had bought for April were not for the artist, Girl Talk, but rather the gospel play. That’s right. Gospel Play. All of a sudden, things started to come together: the cheap ticket price, the venue deep in the heart of Overtown, etc. We were dupped.
Thankfully, Girl Talk is still coming to Miami next month but with the Langerado festival. This is good news for some, but not for me as I am only buying a one day ticket for Saturday & Girl Talk will be playing on Sunday. Boo freaking hoo.
Worst part? I don’t think we’ll be able to get a refund as it was just confusion on our part & not a postponed or cancelled event.
A part of me wants to attend the play in my best indie attire and stage a riot when the play begins. But I think I’ll just settle for making an angry fist of fury in Ticketmaster’s general direction.
Melificent in a nutshell of words
Friday Treat
How The Day Sounds from Miky Wolf on Vimeo.
My lovely friend sent me a link to this video earlier this week & I figured I would
share it with all of you. She knows I have a long standing Elijah Wood crush &
although I loved the fact that he was in it, I’m happy it turned me on to a new
artist & amazing new song to love.
I also love that this was shot at Galco’s Soda Pop Shop in Los Angeles, a store
devoted to carrying rare glass-bottled sodas. It sounds like a place that I would
love to visit.
Enjoy & have a great weekend!
♥