GET OUT OF THAT BOX!

I took pictures of my friend in the library the other day that remind me of this video.

I feel good that I took them before I saw this.

Yeah!

Salvador Dali Movie Could Mean Death Sentence For Young Man's Career

Should Rob Pattinson Worry About Bad Reviews?

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R.Pattz's acting was awful in Twilight, so I really wonder about Little Ashes. Have you read any reviews? Is it any good at all? Thanks.

—ilariacapasso, via Twitter

Critics remain way underwhelmed by Robert Pattinson's channeling of artist Salvador Dalí in Little Ashes. Call it a lack of—tee hee—sparkle. A few were impressed—the London Daily Express calls Pattinson's take "a spirited performance." But most agree with MTV's Kurt Loder, who says, "As soon as Pattinson steps forth with Dalí's famous up-twirled mustaches pasted to his face, the picture collapses."

Well, meow to you, too.

That isn't necessarily bad news for Pattinson fans, however, especially if you're open to a long-term love affair...

Despite the mixed reviews, veteran casting directors are calling Pattinson's choice in films brilliant, especially if he wants a long career.

"Tween girls buy movie tickets but don't win you Oscars," says casting exec Lisa Hamil, who worked on The Notebook and Alpha Dog as well as the new film One-Eyed Monster. "Hollywood is very quick to typecast, and once that happens, an actor's career can flatline."

Here's where tweenie fans may feel a bit of panic.

"All of us would still attempt to cast him in tween roles, but I'd be shocked (and a little disappointed) if he took another one," Hamil reveals. "It's the same reason Daniel Radcliffe did Equus. These guys are in it for the long haul and have learned this elemental truth: You grow up with your audience."

In other words, once the Twilight franchise wraps, kids, don't look for Pattinson in another teen-candy role. Even vampires need to grow up sometime.

In my opinion, he's giving the people what they want.  

The type movies he has been cast in don't require the greatest acting skill because they are just personifying stories people already know...all people want is a pretty face to look at.

Apparently, his face is pretty enough for two HUGE series movies.

Sad Day.

I have my website ready to go, but not I'm-gonna-pay-60-bucks-to-post-it-for-a-year ready.

I will have it ready for Monday on a jump drive, but I just can't dole out the money for the web hosting right now.

This Is SO RAD!

Stop Motion | The Long Haul from DUMAIS on Vimeo.

A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Students hit by car

By AMBER POMPA

Two pedestrians were struck by a car, while trying to use the crosswalk on Culver Street Tuesday.

Around 8:48 p.m., Commerce Police and Fire Departments responded to an auto-pedestrian accident on Culver Street in front of Whitley Hall.

Officers arrived to find that a small four-door car traveling westbound on Culver struck two pedestrians in the crosswalk.

The driver of the vehicle stated he did not see the pedestrians as he approached the crosswalk.

Both pedestrians were transported by ambulance to Hunt Regional Medical Center, though it didn’t appear to first responders that those injuries were life threatening. The driver of the vehicle was not injured.

The pedestrians, as well as the driver of the vehicle are all students at Texas A&M-Commerce.

In response to the accident, university officials will hold a meeting with the Texas Department of Transportation this week regarding the the crosswalk.

David McKenna, A&M-C executive director of facilities and support services, said safety at the crosswalks on Highway 50 and Culver have "always been a concern of the university and, over the past few years, steps to improve the warning lights and crosswalks lighting have been taken."

"We continue to look at ways to improve the crosswalk notification system, and to that end, a meeting with TXDOT will be held this week to discuss additional enhancements," McKenna said.

The City of Commerce and TXDOT share control of Culver Street because it is a city street and a state highway, he said. "The City of Commerce has always supported our safety efforts there," McKenna said.

One of the guys was Josh from our class *if my information is correct*

Last I knew he was still in the hospital.

I almost hit him earlier that night, too...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

There are no words...

FORT WORTH -- Whatever happened to spoiling your grandchildren with cookies?

A gun-toting granny clad in pajamas and house shoes robbed an east Fort Worth convenience store early Thursday, telling the clerk, “I am doing this for my grandkids.”

The robbery occurred about 3:45 a.m. at the RaceTrac convenience store at 1840 Eastchase Parkway.

According to a police report, the woman entered the store, grabbed an orange drink, then told the clerk she needed two cartons of Newport cigarettes and two cigarillos.

The clerk said when he turned around from retrieving her items, the woman pulled a handgun from beneath her pajama top and ordered him to open the main register. She threatened to shoot the clerk if he did not comply, warning “this gun has a hairline trigger.”

The woman fled with the money, cigarettes, and cigarillos. She is described as black with a light complexion, 40 to 50 years of age, 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8-inches tall, 160 to 190 pounds. Anyone with information about her identity is asked to call the robbery unit at 817-392-4370.

It Was Just One Of Those Days

Car plows through Commerce store

By DANIEL WALKER

A trip to pick up a pizza ended with a car plowing through the front of the Liberty Bonds next to Pizza Hut on Live Oak Street Wednesday night.

Loyd Field said that he was coming to pick up a pizza at about 7:40 p.m. when the accelerator stuck on his Mercury Grand Marquis. “It just wouldn’t stop,” Field said. “The tires were still spinning when the car stopped in the building. I was able to put it in reverse and back out, and then stop.”

Commerce fire chief Brian McNevin said fortunately no one was injured despite the accident occurring in a strip mall with two crowded restaurants. “The car went into a vacant business, between the two restaurants — Subway and Pizza Hut,” McNevin said. “It looks like the accelerator stuck and he couldn’t get it to stop.”

The car and the building suffered extensive damage.

After the accident, firefighters loaded Field’s groceries in their fire engine and then transported Field, his pizza, and the groceries home.

F.T.P. ?

I heard about this the other morning while driving back to school.

The video is more frightening than I thought it would be.

This just goes to show that just because we are a democracy and have a 'stable government' doesn't mean the people in charge can be trusted all the time.

This article/video is from after a concert involving bands such as We The Kings and Forever The Sickest Kids.

Suffice it to say, this is pure prosecution without justification.

The lady at the end of the video is the final kicker... she's more worried about people standing on the street outside her apartment (to document the brutality so they can back up their pending complaints to the city with physical evidence such as this video) than the fact that people are getting the crap beat out of them for no reason by the Philadelphia police.

What is this horrible world coming to?

Whipped. 

When In Paris...

These are just a few shots from Paris today.

Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman.

This makes my soul smile.

Every day should be 'Talk Like Shakespeare Day".

CG...I'm talking to you.

Shakespeare Day

New Definition of Stupid.

This is shear stupidity.

Sometimes, I wonder what people are thinking when they attempt records like these.

And then I wonder where they get all the free time to just text away.

If you spend all your time texting, how do you have time to do anything worth texting about?

Read this crap.

Gah.  Stupid people...

Statements on Art

    After discovering my love for photography in middle school, I have aspired to do something important with it.  Working with people to preserve their memories, and create a few of my own along the way, is a large contributer to my success as an artist, and as a person.  Mainly, I like to focus on portraiture, but am always looking for outlets to expand my horizons.  My interest in all forms of art including orchestral music, painting, theatre, and films has greatly influenced my style and outlook on life.

Coming Attractions And Days Gone By

Oh goodnes, this weekend went from crap to awesome.

I experienced my first concert by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

And, may I say, I am now an addict.

I have always wanted to go, and so this weekend, we saw Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 for Organ.

Oh my gosh...

I cannot even describe to you the joy that overcame me when Strovinsky and Saint-Saens organ music pulsed through my whole being.

I swear, the woman playing that giant, beautiful pipe organ had 30 fingers.

It was fantasmal.

Yeah, that's right.  

It was so awesome, I had to make a new word for it.

We sat in the Choral Terrace so we could see all of the musicians music and look up behind us to see the woman playing organ.

I loved looking under the keyboard to see the keys moving.

It was like watching Fantasia.

I pictured all the colors of the rainbow.

There was a lot of red. :O)

But that probably will not compare to this coming weekend.

I looked in the program to see that they are playing Mozart's Requiem...one of my favorite classical pieces of all time.

So,  I have convinced my mother that after we finally see the Tut exhibit on Saturday, we should have a nice dinner in Dallas and then enjoy a lovely evening at the symphony.

I am too excited for words.

Jubilant would probably best match my emotion.

AUGH!  CULTURE!

Web Map

Home Page

Contact Info with About Me Blurb

Albums Page with links to Current and Past Work

Not much, but I suppose it's a start.

When Ya Got Soap, You Can Wash.

The Pond--Moonlight by Edward Steichen was the highest priced photograph ever sold.

$2,600,000.

Oh the things you learn from Genius of Photography....

Banging In My White Tea.

Today is April 15th.

Do you know what that means?

TEA PARTY!

Strategically planned on the due date for filing of federal income taxes, thousands of Americans across the United States have been staging modern-day tea parties to protest Obama's stimulus plan.

Many are upset because they don't feel they should be charged with other people's failed business ventures.  This is understandable.  I, myself, do not want to pay the consequences for other people's decisions.  But at the same time, it is sad to see the little 'Mom&Pop' shops go down due to our failing economy.  But change is inevitable, and everything cannot be expected to be bright, cheery and positive all the time.

Also, parents with young children are afraid for their children's financial futures.  Yes, the stimulus seems like a good idea now, but really, what are we doing?  We are just pushing debt back so we don't have to face it and deal with it now.  Some parents even took the day off and checked their children out of school to go protest the stimulus plan holding signs stating 'Keep your hands off my piggy bank'.

These are scary times, but we have gotten through them before i.e. The Great Depression.

Hopefully, the voice of the people will be heard, and these bailouts will be retracted.

Bottom's up, mate.

Jacko Went Whacko...er...

Recently, an auction of Michael Jackson's possessions from Neverland Ranch was cancelled.

After a preview of the show had already happened in LA, Jackson's production company sued the auction house to halt the sale.

Auction items included the infamous crystal glove, a golden throne, and the gates of Neverland Ranch themselves.

After the highly publicized child abuse cases Jackson was acquitted in, Jackson was forced to move away from his ranch and sell partial ownership due to financial insufficiencies. 

People are actually sad that they aren't going to be getting a 'piece of Jackson' after all.

Crazies...

Bo Bo

THE WORLD CAN SPIN AGAIN!

THE OBAMAS HAVE FINALLY FOUND THE FIRST DOG!

Bo is a 6 month old Portuguese water dog.

Obama was given the dog as a gift from Senator Ted Keneddy, Democrat from Massachusetts.  If you ask me, lil Ted there is fishing for brownie points.

Nevertheless, the Obama girls are over joyed and all is well in the White House (dog-wise at least). 

On a humorous note, it is called a Portuguese WATER DOG.  One of the only comments from the girls was that they were worried about the dog not knowing how to swim.

Do they plan on tossing it in the Reflecting Pool?

Wow...

I amaze myself.

I've already lost count of how many time's I've seen the afore mentioned movie.

Tonight, my friend brought over the director's cut.

Oh gosh, this was a mistake to start watching at 9:30 p.m. when I have a 7:30 math  class...

Amadeus. Not Falco.

Recently, I have acquired what some would call an unhealthy obsession with the movie Amadeus.

I love everything about it.

The plot.

The history.

The characters.

The music. *duh*

And the actors.

When I really like something, I envelope myself in it.

As soon as I went home for Spring Break, I scavenged our family CD collection for any classical music I did not already have.

Yes, I have always loved Vivaldi and Beathoven, but I wanted something more.

There was not near enough Mozart to fill my craving.

I went and bought a 4 disc set of Mozart's piano sonatas.

I bought a compilation album from popular artists who picked their favorite instrumental classics.

I still want more.

Requiem, to be more specific.

Along with my scavenging for music, I have been researching the discrepancies of the movie and the real life of Mozart.  

For instance, Amadeus depicts Mozart and his wife Constanze as having only one child.

This is a falsehood.

In reality, Mozart his wife welcomed 6 children into the world, of which only 2 survived longer than a year.  Neither married, and neither had children.  Neither did Mozart's sister, Nannerl, ending the blood line of the Mozart family. :O(

Mozart was not murdered by Antonio Salieri either.

His untimely death has been concluded to be due to rheumatic fever, an immune system disease.

Though there was some tension between Mozart and Salieri, it did not go farther than that.

Also, ensuing my curiosities, I wanted to know more about Tom Hulce, the man who played Wolfgang in the movie.

Looking at his past and present work, I was really excited to see that I have been supporting him for a few years now.

He was the voice of Quasimodo in both Disney Notre Dame movies, the crazy office psychologist in Stranger Than Fiction, AND (this was exciting for me), he was the lead producer of the Tony Award winning best musical of 2007, Spring Awakening.  

That was awesome for me because I went to Houston with my best friend this January to see the last production of the musical before it closed forever.  

In addition to his work with Spring Awakening, Hulce was the original 'Daniel Radcliffe' in Equus, which, me being a girl, obviously did not hurt my feelings. ;O)

Oh my gosh, there is so much more...

I can't stand it.

I hope I keep with this current obsession for some time.

At least I'm learning a lot that actually matters.

I've been listening to my Spring Awakening soundtrack for the majority of the day.

When I heard about S.A., I threw myself into the history of the play *Written in 1890 and banned because of mature content* and the story of how the modern musical came to be.

I read the book in an hour.

GAH!

I LOVE CULTURE!