Lovable Friday

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1. New Moon Premiere!
1. New Moon Premiere!

Although I figure a lot of the die-hards hit up the theaters last night at midnight, for the rest of us less brave souls, it’s a New Moon kinda weekend! As I’ve mentioned several times already (can’t help it, I’m excited!), I’ll be going with a group of girlfriends to check out the movie at Cinebistro Saturday afternoon. Cinebistro is for adults only (21+) and provides food and drinks as you watch the movie. I’ve never been because I had been saving it for a special movie (I’ve heard it can be pricey) and I this fits the bill! I don’t have the patience nor the energy to deal with hormonal teenage girls screaming every time Robert Pattinson’s mug comes onscreen so this was my best bet. Not to say that 20-something year olds can’t be just as fanatical, but I’d like to think we know how to class it up a little better. Afterwards, I am hosting a Twilight-themed party at my pad complete with board games, specialty drinks and fangtastic treats. I hope the rest of my little twi-hards enjoy the movie – I’ll make sure to give my two cents on Monday!

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Weekend Highlights

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Saturday finally brought Augi’s 28th birthday! We worked hard to get the kickball theme right and were kind of worried when we saw the ominous clouds floating round as we were preparing to head to the park. In typical Miami fashion, not only did it rain but it was torrential. Thankfully, it decided to stop for the 4 hours or so that we had the field reserved – perfect! We were amazed at the number of people that showed up and how much fun we had. Our custom team shirts looked great and were a complete hit with all our friends. We had quite a close game, but the Black Robocops took it 4 to 2 in the 9th inning! I don’t know about everyone else, but I noticed how horribly out of shape I was afterwards and am definitely paying for all my antics in the form of some nasty soreness. Maybe we should play more often? ;)

Anyways, thanks to everyone that came out and joined in on the fun (and those that watched from the sidelines). We love you all!

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Weekend Highlights

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On Friday night, the hubs and I played house with our little nephew, Lucas. Since Where the Wild Things was premiering and we obviously couldn’t make it, we decided to crown our nephew as our own Max and have a wild rumpus right in my sister’s home! We had a great time with him racing around the house, playing with his extensive car collection and taking photos (obviously). He didn’t even give me a hard time when it was bedtime. Such the cutie!

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New Moon Soundtrack

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I realize that this poster is fan made, but I think it’s lovely and really sets the tone for the film. In this case, I think Twilight fans should be hired on as art directors! Anyways, the release of New Moon is almost a month away but to help us Twihards make it through until then, they were generous enough to release the soundtrack tomorrow! To wet our appetite even further, Myspace released the album on Twilight’s official page yesterday. However, not all songs were available in their entirety, but I was able to get a gist of what we can expect to hear. Here is the tracklisting:

Meet Me On The Equinox – Death Cab for Cutie
Friends – Band of Skulls
Hearing Damage – Thom Yorke
Possibility – Lykke Li
A White Demon Love Song – The Killers
Satellite Heart – Anya Marina
I Belong to You (New Moon Remix) – Muse
Roslyn – Bon Iver & St. Vincent
Done All Wrong – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Monsters – Hurricane Bells
The Violet Hour – Sea Wolf
Shooting the Moon – OK Go
Slow Life – Grizzly Bear
No Sound But The Wind – Editors
New Moon (The Meadow) – Alexandre Desplat

For those of you not familiar with the books, New Moon is the darkest of the four. Edward leaves Bella for what he believes is her own good, rendering her comatose. That’s when Jacob Black swoops in for the kill, so to speak. That is, until he discovers a secret of his own which causes him to pull away from Bella as well. This leaves Bella feeling ultimately abandoned by both the love of her life and her best friend. Basically, not fun stuff. So I was expecting music that set that kind of mood: dark and emo. I’m really happy to say that they did a pretty good job. The Thom Yorke track is spectacular and really lends the album some sort of music credibility. Slow Life by Grizzly Bear also seemed perfect to me along with The Editors’ slow & haunting track. But something that got me really horribly upset? Muse’s remixed I Belong To You. First off, this is one of my favorite tracks off their new album, The Resistance, so I was already weary when I heard it was getting remixed for this movie. Ugh, I just think it’s terrible. It honestly sounds like I opened Garage Band and put random sounds at random moments throughout the song not even bothering to make it flow in any way, shape or form. They totally massacred it!

However, I’m still really excited for this one because I truly believe it is going to be light years better than the first film. I’ve decided to re-read the book in preparation because it’s been some time since I read the entire saga and some details are a bit hazy. I want to make sure I can be annoying enough to spot all the little differences as well as appreciative of the moments they get dead on.

What do you guys think of the soundtrack?
Are you excited for the premiere of New Moon or am I the only nerdly fangirl?

Halloweenie

Halloween is my most favorite holiday ever. What other holiday allows you to tap into your inner child and revel in a fantasy world? In fact, one of the main moments I am looking forward to the most when we get our own house is when I get to decorate it for Halloween and host the most amazing parties ever (well, that one is in general). Since the “big day” is only 18 days away, I figured I would gather some of my favorite Halloween party decor and ideas! I can’t wait to put them to use one day in the near future (gotta stay positive!).

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Comic-Con 2010 Jitters

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So I woke up this morning to news that Comic-Con 2010, yes 2010 people, has run out of 4-day passes with preview night. What?! This is quite the problem. You see, I already got my plane tickets to San Diego but not my passes. I also leave tomorrow to Tampa and Orlando for both the Muse concert and Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival – leaving me with no extra money to spend on buying the remaining 4-day passes (these without preview night).

Good lord, what the hell happened? I remember Comic-Con not selling out until March this past year. This is ridiculous! Here’s to hoping that some will still be available next month when I’ll be able to snatch them up. If not, I guess it wasn’t meant to be!

Like I mentioned above, I’ll be leaving tomorrow for our rock ‘n roll road trip so there won’t be any blog posts for a few days – be good and I’ll be back next week with tales of our journey!

Are you laughing, biyatch?

No time to put together a Lovable List for today, so I leave you with this hysterical video.
I hope this video helps you get in touch with your ghetto side, just in time for the weekend!

Have a great one, kids!
<3

Weekend Highlights: Labor Day Edition

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Unfortunately, I couldn’t enjoy my long weekend to the fullest because I came down with a pretty nasty cold mid-week. Thankfully, resting all Friday by calling in sick from work helped me feel well enough to hit the road Saturday night to attend the grand opening party for Pink Ghost, a great vinyl toy and art store (among other things). The store used to be located across the street from my hubby’s office in Las Olas, but recently made the move to Hollywood Circle, which from what I hear (I’m not that familiar with the area) was a good choice. We were so happy for the owners (we’ve developed a close relationship with them) and were blown away with the turn out! I picked up an adorable autographed “chubby book” illustrated by Helena Garcia, who was gracious enough to attend the party and sign her work. For those of you who dig this kind of merchandise and are local, definitely make your way over to Pink Ghost – the items are fun, the people are friendly and the location is ace! All win, all the time. Their new location is:

1888 Polk Street
Hollywood, FL 33020

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Lovable Friday!

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1. Billy Corgan & his Spirits in the Sky
1. Billy Corgan & his Spirits in the Sky

Billy Corgan’s latest venture is being labeled as a “supergroup,” but I just like to think of Spirits in the Sky as a group of talented musicians that got together to have a little fun. The Spirits got together in remembrance of Sky Saxon, the Seeds’ singer/bassist that passed away earlier this year from an organ infection. The group includes Dave Navarro, Linda Strawberry, Mike Byrne (the Pumpkins’ new 19 year old drummer) and former members of other psychedelic 70’s bands. They decided to play to small crowds in tiny venues (such as Muddy Waters Coffee Shop) around Southern California and from the footage I have heard and seen, it was quite the show! Corgan premiered a few new songs, which can always be a little scary for a big Pumpkins fan like myself, but I was beyond impressed. The new material sounds great! I just wish they would have decided to mosey on over to our neck of the woods. Why does California get all the good stuff? Anywho, I’m happy for Billy because I know at this point in his life, what he wants to do more than anything, is just play good music for the fun of it. And he definitely seemed to achieve that with Spirits in the Sky.

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