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29 March 2009 @ 05:04 pm


There is a new Jim Sturgess website out there! Its a fully interactive multimedia site for ALL things Jim Sturgess related -- including News, Videos & Art!

http://www.jimsturgessonline.com

More info and sample photo..... )
 
 
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Gomez
 
 
beatleowl
Ok, as I promised I have purchased several more of MMJ releases.

It Still Moves
At Dawn
The Tennessee Fire
Z

Honestly, the only one I have seriously sat down to listen to was Z. Which I love. Just a fantastic release. The other three I have listened to a few times, but I cannot tell them much apart at this time. It is sort of like old R.E.M. All the tunes sound the same, and sound very organic. Not that that is a bad thing! But it seems that the last two releases from the band (Evil Urges, Z) are going to be my favorites. I enjoy the bit of funk they have injected lately as opposed the the creepy sleepiness of the first releases. Not that all the tunes are like that, but there are no stand out songs like Dondante on the first three releases I bought. To be fair, I have not listened to those as much, I've needed some upbeat tunes thanks to the hellish tone at work, but they are nice to relax to on the weekend.

Moving on - Got to see Ryan Adams for the first time when he came to town Oct 3rd. He played a really cool old theater downtown that I had never been to. The hubby and I really enjoyed the venue, and had great balcony seats! Ryan was just what I imagined him to be - energetic, funny, and an all out rocker. An American treasure for sure. The crowd was much more DeadHeadish than I expected. Even got a compliment on my Dead hat. Sure miss those Dead days. My husband probably only recognized two songs he played (and one doesn't count since it was Oasis' Wonderwall - which ROCKED better than Oasis ever did it) but still had a good time. SO he says! I know I did :)
 
 
Current Location: Home on the range
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Ryan Adams Goodnight Rose Live In Cincinnati
 
 
beatleowl
22 September 2008 @ 07:23 pm

Purchases for the week! Had good luck this time. Instead of browsing within the brick and mortar of my beloved Borders, I ordered some things from Amazon. Read more... )
 
 
Current Location: Home on the range
Current Mood: tired
Current Music: The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
 
 
beatleowl
08 September 2008 @ 07:30 pm

September is the month that we begin shutting down the plant. I had a rude emotional smack across the forehead this morning when I cut thru the stair shop to the UPS receiving dock.

'Foreman says these jobs are going boys...and they ain't coming back - to your hometown' )
 
 
Current Location: Home on the range
Current Music: Aimee Mann - Great Beyond
 
 
beatleowl
03 September 2008 @ 06:18 pm
Jerry Reed died over the holiday weekend. Jerry was great. A fantastic guitar player and singer/songwriter, but best known as an actor. His most famous role was Snowman in Smokey And The Bandit - one of my favorite movies. You could not grow up in the seventies and not love that movie (along with Jaws and Star Wars but that is another post). Everyone had a crush on Burt Reynolds, but I loved Jerry Reed. He was funny and down to earth. And he had the dog.

Named him after a man of the cloth....Called him Amos Moses )
 
 
beatleowl
02 September 2008 @ 06:06 pm
Holiday weekends are sort of a drag. You end up getting your chops busted for that day off. This Labor Day weekend was no exception for me. I ended up volunteering to work on Saturday to do some painting in the new offices. I quite enjoyed hanging with the guys and yucking it up. It didn't seem like work at all. The rest of the weekend was a bust , having to do some actual work from home for the end of the month accounting close. Holidays always fall near the end of the month, really mucking things up for those of us in information services!

Music stuff )
 
 
Current Location: Home on the range
Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: John Prine - The Missing Years
 
 
beatleowl


The 32-year-old Pennington, who was the Jets' first-round pick in 2000, ranks first in NFL history among quarterbacks with at least 1,500 attempts with a 65.6 completion percentage. In all, he is 1,259-for-1,919 with 13,738 yards and 82 touchdowns along with 55 interceptions in 70 games (61 starts). 

He won NFL Comeback Player of the Year in 2006 as he threw for a career-high 3,352 yards with 17 touchdowns and 16 interceptions while leading the Jets to the playoffs and starting every game for the first time. 

“I’m excited about the opportunity to lead this team,” Pennington said. 
“We’ve worked extremely hard over the last two weeks, and I’m proud to be a Miami Dolphin.”

YEAH!!!!!!!

 
 
beatleowl
25 August 2008 @ 10:35 am
We had the draft for the fantasy football league Friday after work. I am the only woman in this league, but its just a bunch of great guys I work with (or used to work with). Hubby went to the draft with me. We had it in a garage this year and it was only, oh, 89.9 degrees in there! Still had fun though. Here are some of my favorite picks...


 
 
 
Current Location: Home on the range
Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: Gnarls Barkley - Surprise
 
 
beatleowl
Good news and bad news, of course. Couldn't have just good news, nooooooooo.  So, lets get the bad news out of the way. Three more folks lost their jobs in the last three days. Roll call is getting shorter and shorter. The housing industry can kiss my big toe, ya greedy bastards.

 
 
Current Location: Home on the range
Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl
 
 
beatleowl
18 August 2008 @ 06:33 pm
Bought a refurb 80GB iPod on eBay the other day. I am soooo ready to upgrade. I've had an old monochrome screen mini for a few years now. It is only 4GB, and I was getting frustrated by constantly having to edit a playlist that would fit on it. I've been ripping some of my favorite music videos in order to get them ready for that nifty little color screen.

All Genesis so far, but these are my favorite videos EVER:

Follow You Follow Me
Duchess
Turn It On Again
Abacab
Keep It Dark

Now I just need to find a way to get Phil's I Missed Again video and I'll be set!! Bought two of my other all time faves on iTunes - Kasabian's Shoot The Runner and Tapes 'n Tapes The Insister. AWESOME videos both!

Yeah!
 
 
 
Current Location: Home
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Sam Phillips - My Career In Chemistry
 
 
beatleowl
16 August 2008 @ 05:15 pm

What a hellish four weeks! I am amazed that much time has passed. Well, bad news burdens me. I work in the home builder supply industry. Probably the worst job to have besides a mortgage loan officer at this time. It was announced that they are closing my location and I must transfer. I am one of the lucky ones. Many lost their jobs. Folks that I have worked with for YEARS. I have been with this company for 21 years, so I pretty much know everyone. I am very sad and heartbroken about the whole ordeal. Working in a location that is closing down is a strange feeling. Half the people are working their jobs away. Basically cleaning and packing things up for the move, then they are gone. Others, like myself, are working like mad trying to make the transformation happen smoothly enough that it doesn't affect our customers. Not much luck of that happening! Anyway, That is the latest hailstorm I am dealing with. A really sucky, heartbreaking ordeal. Just happy shit happening all the time anymore.

 
 
Current Location: Home
Current Mood: sad
Current Music: The Good, The Bad, & The Queen
 
 
beatleowl
14 July 2008 @ 09:26 pm
I had all intention of keeping up with this damn online journal stuff. That was May. Now it is July! No activity - no posts! No one even noticed! Ok, I'm back on it, I swear. I need the therapy.
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Current Mood: lazy
Current Music: Glen Hansard
 
 
beatleowl
27 May 2008 @ 07:22 pm
 Back to work today. Thank goodness.
 
 
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Coldplay
 
 
beatleowl
25 May 2008 @ 08:10 pm
Sundays can be unbearably dull. Sometimes they seem to last forever. Since this is a three day weekend holiday, I am excessively bored. Therefore, welcome to my first post! John Prine did a great song regarding the Sunday-Night-Syndrome.  
 
 
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: British Sea Power
 
 
 
 

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