Tuesday, December 23, 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!


in case i don't post on Christmas, seeing as i will be in NEW YORK!!

i hope it snows...... *fingers crossed*


anyway, wishing you and yours, a verrrrrrry meerrrrrrrrrry CHRISTMAS!!!

whatever religion you may be......

aaaaaaaaand

i won't be back till January 4th 2009!!

so Happpy Newwwwww Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!!!!!!

well okay, maybe i will post on New Years day....but not eve....

lovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove

-AAG

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Call me a sucker....but...

these puppies are adorable ok?

you must be a dog hater to disagree....

and this past weekend they sold two, so now there are only 4 left.... :(


but check it out ok?

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shiba-inu-puppy-cam



just for a little puppy love

-AAG

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!



Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!!!

My Fiancee just gave me my Christmas present early..........






it's......................a..........................


BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER!!!!!!!





i was like *jaw dropping to the basement*

then............i was like "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!"

soo yeah....

i think he had an ulterior motive...he can come see me more often.....just to watch movies.....maybe....but once we are married and he moves in, i bet he will get tired of it.....maybe...
you know how much Blue-Ray dvd's cost...so he wants me to get them from Netflix, at least until we win the lottery :)

so anyway....talk to ya later.... maybe after i get my jaw back together...
:)
-AAG

Monday, December 1, 2008

Thanksgiving!!!! (a little late i know..)

yeah i was outta town for it, me and 'Tony' (we will call him) met in Dallas, and then flew up together to my parents (in New York), and my Grandparents from Cali flew in too, and we had the biggest turkeys EVER!!! (two that is...). My dad cooked some brisket too, while Grandpa kept his eye on the turkeys...and mom and Grandma cooked a bundle of mashed potato's, green bean cassarole, and rolls.....

*drools*

hah, just kidding,
but it was great...


so anyway, that's where i have been, while we were up there, we watched the Dallas vs. Seattle game, because the Detroit game wasn't worth watching....they were losing so bad...
but the Dallas game was pretty okay too, the Jonas Brothers (yipee....Not!) at half-time, were.......TERRIBLE!! maybe they were worn out from their looong tour, but whatever...
all you crazy girl fans out there.....GET OVER it, they WERE bad, and what is with their hair??
anyway.....they stunk, and then Dallas won, sooooo.....yeah...
and my Grandparents love playing Poker, so we did....about 5 games, in just 2 days...but it was great...hope everyone else had a good one!!

-AAG

Don't Forget


well now, this little lady seems to be the female 'Jonas Brother', her cd Don't Forget, is now out, has been for a while, my friend just recently told me about it, and i checked it out on iTunes.....it's pretty good.


ok, better than good, but don't take my word for it...here's what Amazon said...

"With producer Jon Fields at the helm, Demi teamed up with Jonas Brothers to co-write several of the album's 11 songs. It was a natural collaboration, since Demi counts Nick, Joe and Kevin among her best friends. Their inerrant feel for hook-laden rock helped Demi deliver on her vision. "If I were to write the album by myself it would probably have been a little more serious," she notes. "But I didn't want that. I wanted a fun album."

It's hard to imagine anything more musically fun than full-out rockers like "Get Back" and "Gonna Get Caught," both written by Demi with Jonas Brothers. Says Demi, "So many guys cheat and play games. I thought there needed to be a song about a guy getting caught. Nick said, `Can't it have a happy ending?' But I said, `No, no, no!'"

She balances the uptempo tracks with sweeping ballads like "Two Worlds" and "Believe in Me," the latter featuring a message Demi takes seriously. "Being a teenage girl you deal with insecurity," she says. "People think if you're in the spotlight, you're overly confident, but most of us deal with so much criticism, it gets to us. I'm the type of person who wants to take it with a grain of salt."

Demi's vulnerable side comes through on "Until Your Mine" and the title track, a touching ballad (co-written with Jonas Brothers) about a faltering relationship. She explores similar territory in "On the Line," an uptempo duet she co-wrote and sings with Nick(and Joe) Jonas. "We wanted to write a breakup song," Demi says, "and what better way to say it when you're breaking up over the phone than with the title `On the Line.'"

Demi's inner rocker girl comes roaring back on "Party" and "LA LA Land," a droll take on SoCal life and all its attending artifice. Showing her songwriting skills Demi wrote "Trainwreck" all by herself. She wraps the album with "The Middle," a strikingly mature song about finding balance in love and life."

well that about says it all right??

naaaaaaah....
your very own American Girl is gonna examine each song just for you...

first off....

'LaLa Land'
here she is talking about how she is still 'real' even though she is a celebrity, "i'm not a supermodel, i still eat Macdonald's", and things like that.

'Get Back' it's her hit single, the title says it all, she wants to get back with this guy, and have a second chance at their love, "I wanna talk back and get yelled at, like we used to", man, if likes getting yelled at, this must be some guy....

'Trainwreck' is about this guy she likes, even though "he might be crazy", and how he "fled from medication cause it only causes pain", and other quirks like that...

'Party' is just that, its about this guy she meets at this serious party, lots of dancing, and that kind of thing, it apparently takes place in Dallas Texas, or something like that, because she mentions it near the end...

'On the Line', is my personal favorite, the way they blend her and the Jonas Brothers makes it sound a bit like a classic 80's song, it's quite catchy, and it's about her and her guy leaving their problems "on the line", and it's pretty good...

'Don't Forget', the title song, is about her guy forgetting about her, and about their relationship, and how their "love is like a song, and you can't forget it", and then " you've forgotten to sing along".... it is kinda sad, but it's pretty good...

'Gonna Get Caught', as seen above in Amazon's piece, is not a happily ending song, at least not for the guy... but it's about this guy who messes around, and has alot of girls he's has told "it's forever", and then when they are gone, goes and finds someone else, and she gives it to him straight, "i'm your number 1, or gone!"...

'Two Worlds Collide', is i gather, about her two worlds/two sides, and how she found balance, like the timid girl, was her before her fame and confidence, and then the more bold and strong girl, is her after her newfound confidence and such...

'The Middle', the most suggestive of all the songs, but is the most bold and big song, i didn't like it the first time, but now i have to put it in the top 3. It's mostly about this guy she meets at a party, and "the second i saw i just knew i'd found my ride, Bye" like she has been wanting to get outta there, but then she sees her white knight who can help her get away. But she likes it "i like it, i like it, somewhere in the middle with you!"

'Until You're Mine', here she really likes this guy, and her world is perfect, "with you i can't breathe...Until You're Mine..." and such... she can't "rest until you're miiiiine" and he becomes her 24/7, she can't "fight my mind, it keeps on coming back to you, always back to you". but it's actually a great song.

'Believe in Me' as mentioned above, Amazon touches on it, it's about her trying to believe in herself, instead of competing for the spotlight, "just being me" she says, is best, and she says things like "everyone's perfect in unusual ways", "the mirror can lie, it doesn't show you what's inside", "it's amazing what you can hide, just by putting on a smile"....it's a great end to a great first album...

go get it, it's not just for Teeny-boppers,

clearly......


love,
AAG

Thursday, October 23, 2008

A little bit longer a.k.a. new Jonas Brothers CD


well first off let me say, i am not the fan here
my lil' sis is.

seriously though, these brothers are quite talented,
props, plus they are proud wearers of purity rings, which is something i respect very much.

so on to business....
overall, 7.5 stars out of 10, because its completely clean, only slightly suggestive, and even then, you have to really be looking for it, perfectly safe for 10+ y.o.
but i must say, most songs, if not all, are about relationships, which it seems they might not focus on, being so conservative, but after seeing them posing on Rolling Stone, c'mon, you know the picture i am talking about, veery steamy, totally in-appropriate for so-called pro-purity guys. but here is my opinion on each song.....

BB Good: not about anything bad, its about being true to your boyfriend/girlfriend, and i like it a lot, the 'yeah's and 'whoo's got old fast though.

Burnin' Up: aah yes, the problem, a biiit suggestive, but nothing too bad. its mostly about the guy sees the girl, wants to get to know the girl, yada yada, they said they wanted it to be kinda like a Prince song, Prince, eh? not a big fan of him...

Shelf: weeeell its talking about the guy not wanting to be put on the 'shelf', and not wanting to be forgotten, its ok, not my favorite though.

One Man Show: this one, is the most anti-relationship, like "i don't need a girl, leave me alone", stuff like that, i like this song the absolute least of all of them.

LoveBug: the talking in the song is amusing, but the annoying thing is the 'acting' sounds really fake, yeah i know, a dumb thing to say about a song, listen to the very end, the 'i dropped my pencil' is hilarious!

Tonight: at first its reminiscent of Hannah Montana, well to me it was, (yeah i am not sooo out of the loop i don't know who she is, sheesh...) anyway, it was pretty good, another kinda anti-relationship one, which is ok, it had a nice beat and all, but

Can't Have You: is the BEST SONG ON THE WHOLE DARN ALBUM!!!!! whew, yelling over.... i loved it, and i am almost 20 ok? i cried, the first time through, then was singing along the 3rd time!! dude, i totally love it. its about the guy who wants the girl sooooo bad, but he is not sure he will win her, and the back-story is they based it loosely on the remake of 'the Body Snatchers' or whatever its called, the remake has Nicole Kidman, and Daniel Craig, and man, the song made me want to see the movie! but anyway, they joked about how it was dedicated to her, at least i hope they were kidding, seeing as she is old enough to be their mother.

Video Girl: hmmm, i really hate this song, even though its really good, i grant it that, but i can't help wondering who they wrote it about.......but i don't like it.... i am sorry it just bugs me...but its about the 'video girl' who uses them, and really has nothing but looks, and they don't like her...the end

Pushin' Me Away: i like this song, and didn't like it till i actually listened to the whole thing, the song is mostly about how the guy is losing the girl, and he wants her to stop pushin' him away, because he really loves her i guess, i dunno the back-story to this song

Sorry: well this one may sound like the guys apologizing to the girl, but its back-story is that they had a lot of promises they couldn't keep, because they were gone on tour and all that jazz.

Got Me Going Crazy: just like it sounds, the girl has the guy going crazy, because he is sooo in love with her, i liked this one, because its kinda reminiscent of, ok i can't think of it right now, but some old song, its cute though.

well the title song at last
A Little Bit Longer: the story; Nick Jonas, the little one, has diabetes, and he says this song is mostly written about how his life is with it, i personally, compared to the rest of the songs, think it is a bit slooooooooow, and its all Nick singing, and i don't really like his voice, its kinda wierd, Joe's (Jonas) voice is much smoother, and, just plain hot, speaking as an engaged woman, i must say, if my fiancee sang, i would love him to sound like that :) though, he does have a great speaking voice, smoother than melted dark chocolate. mmmm-hmm

heh-heh, sorry about that...

anyway, all in all, not a bad third album.

congrats boys, you have impressed an almost 20 y.o.

-AAG

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Major major


major a zilllion times!!!

sorry


sorry

to eternity and back


i have been veeery busy with school,

dumb excuse i know,

but let me explain

first i had a term paper, due for midterm
then my mid-term exams, THEN a visit home, then various parties...

:) no not really,

but i did have my bachelorette party!

twas fun, Star Wars II and III over and over!!

the second is the best!!!

weeeell not maybe for guys, but it is the most girly one!!

like chick-flick girly...

plus Hayden Christenson is quite cute!!

:) i know, all the girls said that at the party, it was very funny.

anyway, when i was visiting my family, my little sister, after saying hello, and a hug, she pulls me to her room, and guess what she shows me??

(let me just say, being at college means being out of the loop...)

a Jonas Brothers poster.
yeah, MY sister, the tomboy,

huh, not anymore,

but anyway, so she shows it to me, and begs me, "will you pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease write a review on their new CD?????"

the 'please' went on waaaaaay to long to write here.

so i says, 'uh, sis i am not a bubble-gum pop/rock fan'
but i finally gave in,

so unfortunately it will be my next review.....

maybe....
:)

lots o' love

-AAG

Thursday, September 11, 2008

9/11


Well, today is, to many, a day put behind them, because its uncomfortable to think anyone could do such a thing, it must have been George Bush, wanting to remodel the twins towers right?????

Or not,
to others, it represents the thought, that someone out there, may not like us one bit.

And to others still, it is a time when the majority of the world, remembers solemnly a day when peace was shattered, and a war began on this mostly unknown enemy,

But to me, it means, a day that brought America together, watching the towers colapse, and the many people that died those first few hours, and the still more that died trying to rescue everyone, Firemen, Police, and many more....

it means we need to wake up, we do not live in a bubble of peace love joy and happiness, we have enemies, they are real, and they must be stopped, before they destroy this country from the inside.

you know who I am talking about.

I hope you understand what it means to 'Support the Troops', and yet, be against the war,
it's not possible.

They fight everyday to protect us back home, and by wanting them out, to stop before it's finished, is just plain stupid.

There, I said it, now you know my bias....
I hope you can find the time to visit this site sometime.

http://fawstin.blogspot.com/

solemnly yours,
-AAG

Friday, August 29, 2008

Vanessa Hudgens 'Identified'



Her newest cd, along with the hit "Sneakernight",
has been a success, with tweens and teen girls,

and i must admit, it's not bad, but the so-called hit "Sneakernight", is actually my least favorite song on the entire album.

but i will look at some songs,

-First Bad Habit, i think it has a great beat, nothing suggestive in the lyrics of this one, and it's catchy,
-Hook It Up,
its by Rock Mafia, and the lyrics have a bit...
"...
You got the money, money
She's got the hottie body
We want to party, party
Hook it on up (hook it up)
You pick the song they're playing
She keeps anticipating
All the while the Dj's saying
Hook it on up (hook it up)..."

that Kinda sorta bugged me, and when i looked it up, that is the CHORUS, so you hear it about 4 times...not cool
here is the beginning..
"
...Cause I'm tired of all the boys
Who don't like to dance
And if you don't like to dance
You don't stand a chance
So why you standing in the corner
With your arms all folded?
When you know that she's ready to dance
Right up on ya..."
NO WAY, would i let my daughter listen to that, so, if you have Itunes or something, don't buy that song...
-Sneakernight
the "
Basically what we're gonna do is dance"
a million times gets annoying, but other than that, its an ok song, the video is a bit much, but not bad
-Amazed,
my absolute favorite song,
the Lil'Mama part is kinda worrying it sounds like she keeps saying the f-word, throughout the chorus, but it's really just clicks
'
Oh, get, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, Get, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, get, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, Get, oh
Oh, oh'
it just sounds like quick f-words, but other than that, it's a good song,
-Don't Leave,
it's kinda sad, and it gave me goosebumps listening to it,
nothing bad in it either, its great, with a good beat and all.
-Party on the Moon,
it's short but pretty good,
"
On the moon, whoa, whoa
Go astrologic
Meteor, Stop it, whoa, yea
It's like a rocket, rocket
You can't stop it, stop it
Once we blast off
Were on a lunar mission
This isn't science fiction
Leave your troubles on Earth
Take my hand
We're flying to space
We're defying gravity
Somewhere in the galaxy
There's a party on the moon
And you're invited
Bring your friends too
So excited
We're defying gravity
Somewhere in the galaxy
There's a party on the moon
And you're invited
Bring your friends too
Yeah, yea
Party on the moon (party on the moon)
Is anybody out there?
Oh, start racing
Fast stars are blazing
On the moon, whoa, whoa
I see major hotties
So beam me up scotty
Whoa, yeah
It's like a rocket, rocket
You can't stop it, stop it
Once we blast off
You got a hundred problems
And I know how to solve them
Leave your troubles on Earth
Take my hand
We're flying to space
We're defying gravity
Somewhere in the galaxy
Take my hand
We're gonna escape
We're defying gravity
Somewhere in the galaxy
There's a party on the moon
And you're invited
Bring your friends too
So excited
We're defying gravity
Somewhere in the galaxy
There's a party on the moon
And you're invited
Bring your friends too
It's so exciting"

anyway, i hope you will take the time to check it out!

<3>

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Iron Man


Well,

i recently saw it, as aforementioned...

and it is one of the few comics about a self made hero,

i.e.

he doesn't have superpowers, like Superman, or Spiderman,

but is much like Batman, or Nick Fury, whose power, really is slow aging, not anything to help such as extreme strength, or flying


but i would recommend for children/teens, ABOVE the age of 10 or so, but defiantly,

NOT UNDER 10,

there were a few rugrats there, who may not have been paying attention, but were still waaaaaay too young to be at a PG-13 movie,

but it depends, maybe you think your 10 yo is mature enough, so be it.

but it was violent, and bloody to a point, but you can only go so far with pg13, like i said...

anyhoo,
it was pretty good, i think better than.....

dare i say...........

*coughBatmancough*

the Dark Knight that is...

the first was good,
but that's another review.... :D

anyway, go see it for sure with 13+ kids!

enjoy!

-AAG

Sunday, August 24, 2008

I am back!!!!


Tada!

i have returned, i know, some of ya'll may be wondering



why did it take so long to get back,

well, the answer is

I AM ENGAGED!!

yeah, we met at choir about 4 years ago....

and i just remet him in New York when i was up there,

we had dinner a few times, and went dancing....

haha, jk, he hates dancing, as do i...

we DID go to the theater, as in Movies...

at last i have seen Iron Man,

i know, "dork", because it came out about 2 months ago right?
but i have been busy.

we are planning for late July, next year, i can't wait!!!!!


the ring, is well


GORGEOUS!!
i will post a picture as soon as possible.....

if thats not too silly.

And my next review will be Iron Man of course!

We are planning on moving to Dallas, which is where his company is centered,
so i can't wait to see Texas!

lots of love!!

-AAG

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A break at last!!!


This weekend i am headed off to visit some family in New York,

yeah yeah i know, my carbon footprint will expand as i fly, but oh well...

and i will not be posting while i am gone,

so please excuse my absence,

and i will be back soon!!

with love

bye for now
-AAG

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Good Girl Gone Bad: Rihanna


Well what can I say??

the title says it all, but i will try....

-Umbrella, well as in most of her songs, it is suggestive from the first lines, but also the video would be better in a Gentlemen's club, but it is catchy, and i suppose the regular version is somewhat better than the clean one, i dunno why there even is a clean one, seeing as there is no language in it, but still....
"
No clouds in my stones
Let it rain, I hydroplane in the bank
Coming down with the Dow Jones
When the clouds come we gone, we Rocafella
We fly higher than weather
And G5’s are better, You know me,
an anticipation, for precipitation. Stacked chips for the rainy day
Jay, Rain Man is back with little Miss Sunshine
Rihanna where you at?
[Rihanna]
You have my heart
And we'll never be worlds apart
May be in magazines
But you'll still be my star
Baby cause in the dark
You can't see shiny cars
And that's when you need me there
With you I'll always share
Because
[Chorus]
When the sun shines, we’ll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
Under my umbrella
Under my umbrella
These fancy things, will never come in between
You're part of my entity, here for Infinity
When the war has took it's part
When the world has dealt it's cards
If the hand is hard, together we'll mend your heart"


-Push Up On me,

yeah weird title, and baaaaad song, the title says it all again, but also the lyrics, here is a taste, so you know to avoid it
"...
The way that you stare, starts a fire in me Come up to my room you sexy little thing And let's play a game, I won't be a tease I'll show you the boom, my sexy little thing..."
aand...."...
[Chorus:]
I wish you would push up on me
I wish you would push up on me
I wish you would light me up and say you want me
push up on me..."

yeeaah basically reading the lyrics makes you sick right?? me too, and i had to right this... :b
but it gets worse
"....
Baby there ain't nothing to it
Baby, who you think you're fooling?
You wanna come get me outta my dress..."
nuff said....

-Don't stop the Music,
the line between
dancing and intercourse is a thin one,
"
It's getting late
I'm making my way over to my favourite place
I gotta get my body moving
Shake the stress away
I wasn't looking for nobody when you looked my way
Possible candidate, yeah
Who knew
That you'd be up in here looking like you do
You're making staying over here, impossible
Baby, I must say your aura is incredible
If you don't have to go, don't

Do you know what you started?
I just came here to party
But now we're rocking on the dance floor, actin' naughty
Your hands around my waist
Just let the music play
We're hand in hand, chest to chest and now we're face to face
[CHORUS]
I wanna take you away
Let's escape into the music, DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the, please don't stop the music
I wanna take you away
Let's escape into the music, DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the, please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music
what more can i say??

-Breakin' dishes
just read
"
I don't know who you think I am

He been gone since 3.30 (3.30)
Been coming home lately at 3.30 (3.30)
I'm super cool, I've been a fool
But now I'm hot and baby you're gonna get it
Now I ain't trippin', I, I ain't twisted
I ain't demented, well just a little bit (huh)
I'm kicking a--, I'm taking names
I'm on a flame, don't come home babe

[CHORUS]
I'm breakin' dishes up in here
All night (uh huh)
I ain't gonna stop until I see police lights (uh huh)
I'm a fight a man (tonight)
I'm a fight a man (tonight)
I'm a fight a man
A man, on a m-a-a-a-aan
A man, a man, on a m-a-a-a-aan
Oh

I'm still waiting, come through the door
I'm killing time and I'm bleaching ya clothes
I'm roasting marshmallows on the fire
And what I'm burning, is your attire
I'm getting restless, I'm getting tested
And I can't believe hes always out every night and never checks in
Is he cheating? Man I don't know
I'm looking round for something else to throw"

Honestly, what more can i say??

AVOID LIKE THE PLAUGE!!!!

THANKS ya'll

-AAG

CD review: Dignity Hilary Duff


Hilary Duff, better known to some as Lizzie McGuire, but now is a pop singer equally as major as Britney Spears, minus the raunchy clothes and suggestive language in her music, here is Amazon's take, with minor edits,
"Dignity isn't for sale. It comes from within. Hilary Duff has always carried herself with dignity, from her 2001 TV debut starring in "Lizzy McGuire," through big screen hits like "Cinderella Story" and "Cheaper by the Dozen," to her career as a multi-platinum recording artist, with more than 13 million albums sold to date. Now Hilary brings her customary class and splash to her new Hollywood Records CD "Dignity. At 20, Hilary has matured into a sophisticated singer and songwriter. Hilary has co-written all the songs on 'Dignity', always aiming high and ultimately creating an album of depth and consequence. To realize her vision for the new CD, she teamed with Grammy-Award winning Kara Dioguardi, as well as top producer/songwriters like Chico Bennett & Richard Vission, Tim & Bob, Vada Nobles, Rhett Lawrence. In the title track, she talks about her experiences and observations of living in Los Angeles ("Where's your dignity/I think you lost it in the Hollywood Hills"). "Danger" explores the suspect advances of an older man, while "With Love" turns the world's most common song topic upside down. ("I can take your honesty/All your words weigh heavily/I'm listening to you all the time"). The song 'Stranger' reveals a relationship that is picture perfect in public, but cold behind closed doors. With every track, Hilary probes life and love more intensely, and with more vulnerability than she has before."

so to business, my favorite songs reviewed below....

Dignity, Hilary's newest cd, but she may have a new one this fall, but here goes...

-Stranger
a song about her estranged relationship with ex-boyfriend Joel Madden, and how he is sweet in public, but ignores her at home, and it has a catchy beat, and is pretty good,

-Dignity, the song that the album is titled for, and is supposedly about her odd friend/enemy Nicole Richie, who ended up 'stealing' her boyfriend, then getting pregnant with him too... but that's another story... it is okaaaay, but no the best song on the album,

-With Love, aah yes, the song with the first racy video, then Stranger picked up the slack as well, with her living with her 'boyfriend' in it, but in With Love, i think she mostly talks about sticking with her boyfriend, no matter what, if, at the end of the day, he still shows her his love...

-Danger, it is mostly about her having feelings for an older man, a waaaaay older man, she mentions the year '74, but she was born in '88, so, yeah a biiiit older, and how she knows its wrong, but she can't resist,

-Happy, is about her getting over a bad relationship with a boyfriend, and how she knows he may not happy with it, but how she forgives him, and hopes he moves on,

-Play with Fire,
here she basically tells her ex, that, he can love her, or pretend to, as much as he wants, but she is not falling for his lies anymore, and how she has someone that really loves her, and keeps her safe, and is the only one who will play with fire, aka her...

thanks for reading,

-AAG

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Books, hmmm i guess...: Twilight


With the movie just months away, ha, some fans may be in agony waiting though,

i thought a review of the book would be in order... so here we go...


it starts out with Bella moving to rainy Seattle from Sunny Phoenix, where i happen to be now :D

and she just wants to spend some time getting to know her dad, who is the sheriff in the small town of Forks, and yes, her parents are divorced, naturally, because it is the cool way to be right??

NOT

but anyway,

she starts at her new high school, after seeing the old beat up pick-up her dad buys her, but amazingly she likes it,
and she sees this beautiful family, beautiful as in ethereal, serene, perfect,

and of course as fate would have it, the youngest boy sits next to her in biology, but oddly, he seems to be, the entire duration of their first class, restraining himself, from touching her in the slightest, and after class, she goes the principles office to finalize something for her studentship or whatever, and she overhears that he wants to switch out of the biology class they are in together, but she has done nothing to make him act this way....

and without giving too much away beyond that, it becomes a thrill ride to the very end, so please, please please......read the book before you see the movie, i have a bad feeling, that the book will still be the best of the 2.

Sincerely,
-AAG

DVD review: Penelope


Finally!!!

I just recently saw Penelope on Dvd, rented from Netflix o'course...

so here goes....
possible Spoilers too,

-Rating PG,
however, i must say, it was quite tame, considering what they could have squeezed in it with that rating, there was however a fair bit of Blasphemy you could say, at least 3 uses of G-d, and 1 Oh my G-d, but as for others, not so bad,
a couple passionate kisses, but nothing else, and then one at the end,
but all in all, not bad for a family movie, so i do recommend it, with 8.5 stars out of 10,
merely for the the shortness of the movie, longer in this case would have been better!! Much like Stardust... in that, longer would have not hurt it.


Sorry so short, but go watch it!!

-AAG

So, first thing first, a cd review


Most recently on the market for young girls is Miley Cyrus's possibly long awaited new album.
"Breakout", i wouldn't know, since i haven't been eagerly awaiting it....but
In this album, she veers from the "Hannah/Miley" aspect, and declares her independence, with the exception of a remix of "See you again", a "Hannah/Miley" song, with many new songs, here in my review, i am going to look at the songs that most stuck out in my mind...

-"Breakout" her title of the cd, and the first song, first says "...
Every weeks the same Stuck in school so lame My parents say that i'm lazy Getting up at 8 is crazy...", hey guess what Miley, most of us public schoolers got up at 5:30-6am, so guess what?? Your life is not sooo hard. Then also she says many times, in the chorus, "... Were gonna Breakout Let the party start Were gonna stay out Gonna break some hearts..." gonna break some hearts?? Okay she is what 16?? Talking about breaking hearts for fun?? Uh no, not what you want your middle-schooler listening to. Plus, in about every song about partying, she says, something like "we're gonna lose control", but you know, thats not always so great,

-"7 things", Her most recent chart topper, a song which may be confusing the first time through, because she talks about 6 things she doesn't like, and then the 7th is that "you make me love you", which she doesn't feel is so bad, at the end of the song, the chorus changes to "...7 things i like about you...", and she repeats the second part of the original chorus, with "...you make me laugh, you make me cry...", then the part about how he makes her love him, but most scary is in the music video, all the young girls singing with her about their ex-boyfriends, all of them look under 12, girls that young should defiantly not be in a relationship like that, especially coming from Christian homes,

-"Wake up America", is mostly centered on Global Warming, and how we need to listen and take care of our earth, which i can't totally argue with, don't make extra trash or waste gas, but you don't need solar panels in your roof to save energy, but she also says "...
I know that you don't want to hear it, Especially coming from someone so young...", because you might get offended when she, who is only 16, starts to rant and rave about how she CAN afford solar panels in her roof, and even on her car/RV roof, and buys green credits or whatever, but ya know, not all of us pull in $5,000 a week Miley, soorry. Then at the end she says, "... But in the backseat, yea, they want to hear it (yeah you wanna hear it) So come on, turn it up Come on, turn it up So come on (turn it up)..."
so yeah, i am slightly agitated at this song...

-"Girls Just wanna have Fun", if you didn't know, this was originally sung by Cindi Lauper, and Miley's remake is ok, still is slightly edgy in that, the phrase, "girls just wanna have fun" sounds wrong for girls under 21-ish, to be singing, and still sounds slightly sped up in the beginning. But all in all, i see no reason for her to do this song, when her "G.N.O." was quite enough... I don't know about you, but i am tired of her slight repetitiveness, and poppy/teeny-bopper sound, so this cd is slightly refreshing, but still, be cautious of your kids.


i give it 4.5 stars out of 10
enjoying at times, but still slightly boring.

-AAG

My first post

Hello and welcome,

my blog will be about many different things, I will be reviewing various movies, cds, and even books,

with a Christian view point, i may be inclined to "unrecomend" certain things,
maybe because i or another Christian may not want younger audiences reading, watching, listening etc... I also am slightly a political junky, so i may have articles i find interesting, and put my opinion with them, so beeeeeware..... :)

so please feel free to read and comment...

and i may get lazy, and not write for extended periods of time, seeing as college takes up a bundle of time...

thanks,

-AAG