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 Dear Santa...Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! Last Saturday I gave jadebalfour a kidney (1000 points). Last Monday I gave change to a homeless guy (19 points). Last Friday I helped darkken hide a body (-173 points). Last week I turned kotoshin in for tearing the tag off a mattress (3 points). In June I had a shoot-out with rival gang lords on the 5 near LA (-76 points). Overall, I've been nice (773 points). For Christmas I deserve an XBox 360! Sincerely, |
I don’t have cable so I miss a lot of the buzz and hype over things that happen on live shows. I know I could just go internets them but often you cant find a copy (shakes fist at Dick Clark Productions), and when you can, the quality isn’t the best.
Luckily, I have a fabulous mum with a wonderful VCR who loved to record performances and highlights. So when I finally have time, I can go over to her home, sit comfortably and ejoy the show.
There were three incredible performances that night that I want to talk about.
I’ll get the Adam Lambert performance out of the way first. Not because I didn’t like it mind you, but because I feel there’s been too much of a negative focus on it. To all the people out there who are criticizing him, did you even listen to the words of the song? He is a performer. A real one.. not a cookie cutter mass produced card board cut out lip syncing puppet, but a real performer. If there’s anything people should blog, tweet, post about in regards to performance, it should be about the amazing ending note he sang that i held my breath through. It should be about the courage and balls it took to say, You want it? You got it. Let me entertain you.
He was very much in character, giving a fantastic show. The kind of show you get in concert maybe, in the passion of the moment. Was it a little too sexy? I don’t think so. When I look at what’s on the telly these days.. how can we even pretend to still be offended by this? Have you seen Trublood? It has a huge following, and there’s more sex in that than I’ve ever witnessed on television. It has Jason banging some girl doggy style on dirty garbage and cabbage leaves. But because it’s male/female no one really blinks twice. I can think of other televised moments (ie. Madonna/Britney/Christina kiss or the Justin/Janet boob moment) that have cause a stir and died down. But as soon as it’s boy/boy…. call the fire department! Panic! wah!
It’s just what the media and the tabloids and the “scene” thrive on. At the end of the day, all that matters to me was the vocal quality.. the fire, the heat…it was a fantastic performance. The end.
Whitney Houston was so beautiful. I cried. I did. I was just short of balling. It’s so uplifting to see someone struggle against the darkness and come outside the other end. To never give up. The words of her song are so meaningful for everyone. Life is full of challenges.. and to see her over come them, and learn that she was not made to break. It was a beautiful moment. The sad thing about it, is that i heard nothing! I didn’t even know she was performing until my mum played it for me. It was very touching to me as I’m sure it was for a lot of people who have either gone through something, or had to watch someone they love fight that battle with darkness. It reminds us, that there is light at the end. It was a beautiful moment.
This is turning into quite the post!! Last night my twin and I were talking, and sometimes in conversation I get carried away with my thoughts on what ever subject we happen to be discussing. I just love conversing with people!
Any who, I’ve saved the best for last. The most profound and unique and creative and imaginative and stunningly beautiful performance of the night was Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance/Speechless set. I don’t even know quite how to describe my feelings on the subject. After I watched it, i had to take a moment to breath. To stop, and think. To appreciate the talent and creative force in the universe that Lady Gaga has become.
I’ve never been an avid fan, i’ve liked her and i listen to her songs when they come on the radio, they’re catchy, up beat and i love the videos. I love blasting Let’s Dance when I have to do my dishes and sing along. I started to pay more attention when I heard Paparazzi . Her performances are always so creative, and always something I’ve never seen before. (Something that really puts it into context is watching J’Lo’s song right after… zero creativity. Cheese and Lip syncing in all it’s glory… no offence J-Lo.) I remember her at the Mtv awards was it? With the crazy dress that looked like dripping blood? I love it. I love how organic and alien she was in the Bad Romance set, but nothing could prepare me for the second part of her performance.
When she broke the glass and climbed up to the piano, i was mesmerized. Her voice was beautiful. I can’t believe people have accused her of not being able to sing. The notes so pure and so full of emotion. I felt every inch of her journey in that song.
I feel like I’m doing it an injustice by trying to describe it. I’ll leave it with this quote by Kahlil Gibran; For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.
Lady Gaga puts her heart and soul and mind out there for all the world to see. Creating a space that tells us directly to our hearts without reservation or concern.. that it’s ok to be anything and everything.
You do have have to fit the mold. You make it.
I very much admire and respect her.
There you have it.
Originally published at Crumpled Paper. You can comment here or there.
cosmosin_strife with ♥| Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! Last Wednesday I broke singloom's X-Box (-12 points). In September I invaded Iraq, broke it, and couldn't glue it back together before Mom got home (-1012 points). Last month djhiem and I donated clothes to the needy (11 points). In January nicehandsfeet and I robbed a bank (-50 points). In July I bought porn for scribblesitm (-10 points). Overall, I've been naughty (-1073 points). For Christmas I deserve a lump of coal! Sincerely, |
As I’ve mentioned a few times already this year, I am just brimming with Holiday cheer. So it was only the next logical step in my Christmas to-do list that I would attempt to make a Gingerbread house from scratch!I hadn’t made one since I was a wee youngin’ with my mum so I decided the time had more than come!
My enthusiasm was so infections that Andy was inspired by the Christmas Spirit and thought of a great idea to bring to his Staff party. My hunnyb works in telecom so his grand idea was to make a gingerbread phone! A very ambitious project for our first time making ginger bread but I knew we could do it! Constant Vigilance!!1
After 12 cups of flower, half a liter of molasses, and enough icing sugar to sink a boat, here are our results.
Isn’t it super awesome??? Come here little birdies!! Tweet tweet!
My bird perch started to droop a little and both my mum and my sister told me it looked a little.. umm.. you know! 
There’s my boy in all his cuteness. The hat says Christmas cook! A super cute find i purchased from the dollar store.
And there’s the final results of the Ginger Phone! Totally awesome eh?
His staff party was on Wednesday and I heard it was a great hit! More pics, or larger ones can be seen on my flicker page here. Oh! We also watched Trading Places while we worked! If you haven’t seen it, I super recommend it.
Originally published at Crumpled Paper. You can comment here or there.
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