Thanks to my lovely guest blogger, Elissa, Melificent had a pretty cool giveaway last week for a copy of Dreamwork’s newest release, How To Train Your Dragon. I’m happy to announce that Miss Eliss has chosen a winner and I’m here to share the good news:
Congratulations to Nick M.!
You are the winner of How To Train Your Dragon!
Thank you to everyone that participated in the giveaway – hope to be kicking these up a notch in the near future.
Any of you that follow me on this blog surely know by now that Bush has been and continues to be one of my favorite bands. At times I am mocked for loving bands from my youth, but I can’t help it. I’m loyal. Once I loved you, I will always love you. Both a character flaw and strength, if you ask me.
I’ve been lucky enough (along with all the other members of the Bush Army) to foster an online relationship with the guys in the band over the last year, which has made my love for the band grow more. They are so down-to-Earth and very appreciative of their fans. I had a wonderful time a couple of weeks ago at Epicenter enjoying their first gig together as a unit in 8 years from atop the stage, which was a completely surreal experience, but I think this past week’s show at Tampa managed to supersede all that.
Nothing says Halloween like arts and crafts. And when I say arts and crafts, I mean the queen of them herself, Martha Stewart. Sure she’s creepy, a low-talker, and yes, she may even look like she’s ready to snap on a sweet gingerbread man at any moment. But she certainly knows how to host a party. These pumpkin faces are just adorable, and are easy to do for any Halloween occasion. All you need is a jar, candy to fill the jar, a pumpkin and soft candy to mold however you please for the silly/scary faces.
For the first day of my Melificent.com takeover, I’d like to first say hello to all of Meli’s friendlies and hope that you all dont hiss and scowl as you read my posts. So to really loosen things up, I’m doing a giveaway. (Who says money can’t buy readers?)
A giveaway for what you ask? A giveaway for a fantastic movie. As some, if not all of you may not know, I’m a freakazoid for all things animated, and tomorrow DreamWorks: How To Train Your Dragon will be released on DVD and Blu-ray.
So here it goes… Please comment on this blog post and tell me what your favorite animated movie is and we will choose a winner by random on Monday morning. The winner will receive the wonderful movie in either the DVD or Blu-ray version (whichever one they decide).
Good luck everyone, and make sure to check out the Lovable Friday post tomorrow.
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– misseliss
Thanks for the reminder, Ticketmaster!
Tomorrow morning I’ll be hitting the road with a few girlfriends on my next ROCK-ation – this time, we will be Tampa-bound to see Bush headline their own show at The Ritz Ybor. Although I was present for Bush’s first show back together a couple of weeks ago (I’m getting so spoiled), I am even more excited to see them headline in an intimate setting rather than in a festival-style setting. I am super curious as to what their set list may entail (although G leaked that Alien was played in rehearsals yesterday – ::sigh::), but know they are going to put on a great show (as always).
I’ll be in Tampa for the remainder of the week so I will be leaving the blog in the hands of another guest blogger. This time around, the baton is being passed to one of my best friends, Elissa! So make sure she feels comfortable and welcome around these parts, ya’ hear?
Also, feel free to follow my travels via Twitter!
I’ll make sure to update the blog on Monday with a full review complete with photos and videos!
…Till then!
I absolutely love wall hooks. I think they can spice up a room without too much effort and can also help organize. Two birds, one stone. Lately I’ve been on the hunt for some hooks after seeing how fantastic they worked in the hubs’ office space, but have had kind of a tough time. I was floored over the weekend when I window shopped at Anthropologie – I could not believe that some of their wall hooks (one beautiful octopus hook in particular) were almost $50! That’s just ridiculous. I became a little downtrodden and thought I may never find an affordable and kitschy wall hook for both my purses and necklaces – that is, until I found the Monkey & Squirrel Etsy store last night!
Cast Iron Deer – $18
Long Horn – $9
Mermaid – $16
Ye Royal – $16
Lil’ Kitty – $9
Cast Iron Horse – $18
These prices I can definitely live with – and how cute are they??? Plus, the store has other really cute items such as headbands and paperweights. Cute organization is mine! Eureka!
Friday night both the hubs and I met with friends for dinner at Smoke’t BBQ in South Miami. I had only heard great reviews of the place so I was really excited. Something else that made me really excited? The fact that it is one of the only places in South Florida that carries Rogue’s Dead Guy Ale on draft. Sold! My only beef with the place was their parking situation – it was entirely too cramped causing me to resort to metered parking (which I hate with a passion). However, otherwise, I had a great night – not only due to the food, of course, but to the company as well. I had the BBQ Pork Redneck Rolls, which simulate a sushi roll and are way more delicious and way less disgusting than they sound. I paired the rolls with their jalapeno mac ‘n cheese and was pretty sure I had died and gone to lactose heaven. The hubs decided he wanted to risk a mild heart attack and try the chicken and waffles. Although I didn’t give it a whirl, he seemed pretty satisfied – as did all the other boys that ordered the same. I can definitely see myself going back in the future to watch a game or just have a great time catching up with friends over some quality beer and food.
It had been some time since I had compiled together a mixtape and what better time than for my favorite time of the year, Fall! This collection of songs is comprised of both old and new songs that have been on heavy rotation on my iTunes recently. They either make me want to put on my dancing shoes (or rock out Risky Business style) or mean something to me lyrically.
I already have a copy in my car, which is really helping my long days on the road. I hope it can do the same for you because, in the wise words of Empire Record’s Eddie, this music is the glue of the world.
Although I have yet to watch one episode of White Collar, I know that Matt Bomer, who plays con-man turned FBI consultant, Neal Caffrey, is quite the looker. The Texas native had one hell of a social circle growing up. He went to high school with fellow hottie, Lee Pace, and then college at Carnegie Mellon with bestie, Zachary Quinto. He began his acting career on soaps before landing bigger roles on Chuck and finally, White Collar. He’s also big into sports, but has most recently been backhanding rumors rather than tennis balls that mainly revolve around his sexual orientation. Honestly, does it even matter with a face like that? You tell me after feasting your eyes on the picspam below. 
…I just might give you cupcakes…
As most of you know, I work with therapeutic foster children as my full-time job. However, I used to (& still occasionally) work with autistic children. My time teaching them and being a part of their lives was a very special time for me and eventually, I would love to work with the population again in some shape or form. Aside from my personal experience, I also know many brave mothers (biological and foster) of children with autism that have shown to me what unconditional love and sacrifice really are. For these reasons and many more, I dedicate almost all of my charity work to Autism Speaks and this year will not be any different.
Well, maybe a little. Rather than doing the Broward Walk, I will be participating in the Miami 2011 Walk Now for Autism Speaks event, which will take place on Sunday, February 27th in Key Biscayne. I’d love to raise as much money as possible for the cause as well as get a large group to walk with me the day of. I’ve been lucky enough to receive very generous donations in the past, but hope that the amount of walkers can compete with those donations this time around! I am planning on making team shirts for us as well if enough people show interest.
So if you are one of those interested parties, please visit my team page: Team Melificent.
On that page, you can join the team as well as make a donation.
