The "Here and Now"

So, today's blog will cover several different things (you may want to take notes, there will be a pop quiz later!)....

First, I want to ask a favor: any small businesses out there that read, if you'd like to do some monthly advertising, please let me know. When the GigiToTheRescue version 2.0 rolls out, I want to have advertisers, and I KNOW of 2 major advertisers, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE supporting the little people (like myself), so contact me....we'll talk! ;)

Secondly, ANYONE willing to donate services or products for my "monthly give away" bin, I will LOVINGLY write a review for you or promote you in EVERY way possible as a "thank you"!

Ok, now for my "Piece of mind" segment:
I think I have a possessed doll! Yes, I said it; YES, I believe in that sort of thing; YES, I am a little freaked out by the following events!

Last night, I decided that, in order to properly "set up" a studio in our extra room/guest room, I would have to do some "cleaning". I have to get rid of some clothes and stuff....so Ebay will be my best friend for the next few weeks!

I have only one Blythe left from my collection. I wanted to sell her, but didn't get around to listing it when I got rid of the others. I pulled her out last night, brushed her hair and put on cute clothes. It was time to model her, take a few pictures to post on Ebay.

I stood her up on the kitchen counter (where I knew the lighting would be good), and snapped a few pictures with my dinosaur of a digital camera. Each frame was blurry? I changed the settings on the camera, adjusted the shutter speed, and snapped a few more. Still blurry; not good enough quality to list on Ebay....so I thought about my camera on my cell.

Those pictures turned out decent enough, so I emailed them to my gmail account. Camilla was getting fidgety, so I put the events in the back of my mind, and played with Loli....

This morning, I checked my email to get the pictures to post on Ebay. Nothing....not one picture came through. I checked my phone to see if the pictures had sent; they went through fine? I resent the pictures to my gmail, and waited with the email open to receive them. Nothing, except that my phone shut off and restarted, ON ITs OWN with NO PROMPTING???? I tried one more time, fearing that my phone was actually crapping out....the phone SHUT OFF again, and restarted! Each time I tried to email the pictures of this doll, my phone shuts off and restarts!

I sent a picture of Camilla to my FaceBook page, also emailing it to gmail, and it went through with NO problem!?!

I ended up plugging a USB cable to my phone to get this picture off, and then I DELETED the pictures off my phone! Something is WRONG with THIS doll! C R E E P Y!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Wanna buy her for your niece???? :)

~Ciao

I'm giving a gift away! WHOA :)

I've decided one of the best ways to gain readers is, of course, by word of mouth! In this crazy day of blogging heaven (and obviously, everyone's doing it!), it's hard to find your niche. If you're like me, you enjoy such a broad variety of topics that it's difficult to narrow your blog to one or 2 specific things. I love to do reviews ('cause I'm a girl and I LOVE LOVE LOVE being girly! So send those make-up and "hair stuff" samples my way folks); I love listening to music and partaking of other arts (see my cd review for Barnstormers Graveyard Town here) or my review of Lie with Me. I just refuse to conform, and I hope that doesn't hurt me in the long run.

In my quest to keep interest to ALL groups of people, I've decided that once a month, I'm going to have some sort of "give away", be it a gift certificate to a store (Amazon/Target/etc.) or to give a book or a piece of artwork...there's going to be something every month! Starting with December.....

Here's all you have to do....get your friends to follow my blog! or get your friends to follow me here. Tell each one of them to mention your name via THIS BLOG's comments, and the person with the most "recruits" by December 31st will receive a $15.00 gift card to Amazon! Yes, that's right....on top of your Christmas goodies, I'll be sending you a 15.00 gift card to shop online at Amazon! :) And of course, their motivation to follow my blog: next month they'll be eligible for the next give away!

So, start recruiting folks!!!! :)
Merry Christmas~

REVIEW-Barnstormers Graveyard Town

Upon downloading Graveyard Town, I wasn't sure what to expect. I had yet to make it to a Barnstormers performance, but the venues must tell of their talent (as these are no "hole in the wall" dives they play!).

I anxiously awaited the first track, and as "A Warm Welcome" began to play, I felt as if I had been transported to some little shack in the bayou! The beautifully eerie score enveloped my mind and left me wanting more.

By the time "Tin Roof" played, I was trapped in a dark seduction....I wanted to email Ronnie and ask if this was a score for the next big Anne Rice movie! This beautiful darkness left me mesmerized (and although there are no vampires around, I sooo felt like I had been glamored!).

While I will admit that there are one or 2 tracks that left me "hanging" (they didn't "WOW" me the way most did, but I am a finicky person), overall Graveyard Town is definitely entrancing! It just felt like Radiohead met up with Tim Burton and a band of blues musicians from New Orleans, and fathered an excellent score for the next blockbuster vampire movie! I felt honored to hear it before its official release.

Along with the album, make sure you check out their site, www.doomcountry.com! That in itself is another treat you're sure to enjoy!

AND, for your listening pleasure, Barnstormers is playing Saturday, November 28th, along with Gypsee Yo at Java Jaay on 6th Street. It's the Official Release Party!