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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Self-Indulgence: 30 Day Music Meme: Day 4: Your Favorite Male Singer

Occasionally, I have odd taste in music and singers. I don't think this will be a case of that, however.

Day 4: Your Favorite Male Singer.

I love a lot of voices. Most people have, at best, one song stuck in their head at any given time; I have usually four different versions of the same song, all by different singers, trying to decide who I like the best. But if I have to narrow it down to one singer, I'll pick Gavin Rossdale.

The Various VMA Flaps

Pictured: TEH HORRA!

So if you didn't watch the MTV Video Music Awards last night, everyone is OMG SO OFFENDED/SHOCKED because Lady Gaga wore a dress made from meat. She had previously done so on a magazine cover and caused a rather minor stir. Now, though, she had the effrontery to wear such a thing IN PUBLIC!
C'mon, people. Get past it. The woman is out to be provocative and controversial. She's modeling herself on every controversial pop star of the past 30 or 40 years.

Self-Indulgence: 30 Day Music Meme: Day 3: A Song That Makes You Dance

This is gonna be a bit of a blast from the past. Just warning you now.

Day 3: A Song That Makes You Dance

I don't dance very much, but I am capable of it, even good at it. And the one song that can get me dancing without fail is "How Bizarre" by OMC.

The Insidious Technological Plot to Destroy Life As We Know It; or, Lela Thinks All That Terminator Stuff Might Come True

Ever since I was a young girl (I played the silver ball!)

Ha ha. Oh, I am a caution.

Seriously. Ever since I can remember, I've loved science fiction. Books, movies, whatever. If it smacked of technology and THE FUTURE, I was probably all for it. Robots I loved especially.

Pictured: Your best friend and your
mom. Time travel and the impending
robot apocalypse tend to make people
somewhat careless.

And then, when I was around eight, I saw both The Terminator and Terminator 2 for the first time. And I was sore afraid. Not that I'd never been introduced to the idea of machines turning on their owners (that's a big part of the backstory of Dune, and Dune was, is, and probably always will be a big part of my life), but this...they were stopping at NOTHING to destroy this one guy BEFORE HE WAS EVEN BORN! Also, I learned that time is really a mess (long before I got so fully immersed in the world of Dr. Who), Arnold Schwarzenegger is more than just a buzzard-biting barbarian, and that sometimes, the best friend you send back from the future to save your mom so that you can be born really turns out to be your dad. Talk about confusion!

Self-Indulgence: 30 Day Music Meme: Day 2: A Song That Makes You Cry

Memes don't suck...until a saddish bit comes up.

Day 2: A Song That Makes You Cry

"Wild Horses" is the song. Hands down. Normally I'd say "Wind Beneath my Wings" or "In My Darkest Moments", but the first only makes me cry if it's the Bette Midler version (due to the Beaches association) and the second doesn't ALWAYS make me cry.

Self-Indulgence: 30 Day Music Meme: Day 1: Your Favorite Song

I always swear I won't get sucked into memes, but I always do...a friend was doing this one over on LiveJournal, and I decided to transplant it here...because I am a sick, music-loving monkey...

Day 1: Your Favorite Song
I go all 'round on this, always hearing another song or a new song and thinking "oh, this is my favorite" and then thinking the same moments later on another. But "Milk" is one I go back to time and again.

Danielle Cormack

Danielle Cormack got her start in theater in her native New Zealand and first came to real prominence as a teenager with a role in the soap opera Gloss. She's compiled quite the list of credits since then, with her abundant talents for both comedy and drama making her a natural choice for a rich variety of roles in television, film, and theater.

Karl Urban

Karl Urban is one of New Zealand's stars who has managed to start getting some real footing in the entertainment industry outside of his homeland as well. Though he is primarily a star of action-type films where Americans are concerned, a review of his career shows an actor also adept at comedic roles, and at deep drama.

New Zealand Week: Day 6: Star Profiles: Rena Owen

Rena Owen

As one of New Zealand's top female stars, Rena Owen has taken on many roles through the years. From her beginnings in theater to breakthrough roles in film and television, she has shown herself to be among the top acting talents around. She's also overcome personal problems and addiction, never letting life beat her down.

New Zealand Week: Day 5: Star Profiles: Temuera Morrison

Temuera Morrison

Temuera Morrison is one of New Zealand's biggest stars, known at home and abroad as an amazing actor capable of handling everything from comedy to intense drama to action with ease. In a career that has thus far spanned over 20 years, he has proven himself a powerful performer who can enfuse almost any role with true feeling and heart.