Jekkyl & Hyde the Musical

Last night I had the fortunate experience of going to the Theatre and seeing the musical, "Jekkyl and Hyde". I will be the first to admit that I was more than a little leery going into this play, I had seen a production of it several years ago with a different star  in the lead role,  I don't want to name him, out of respect, and really insulting people is a little harsh, especially after twenty years. The current production is starring Constantine  Maroulis  and a singer named Debra Cox.

To say I was blown away is to put it mildly. All I could think during the show was this is like when I saw "phantom of the opera", it was that good. The show moves without any slow spots and the singing superb. I know that we were the first stop of the tour, but if I was in any of the other cities that it going to, get your tickets now. IT'S REALLY THAT GOOD.

A Shoe Salesman really?

Today they officially retired the #55 which was Junior Seau. The ceremony was emceed by Dan Fouts. The first time I met Dan Fouts, he was a shoe salesman. I got a pair of Pink Adidas, awesome!! He measured my foot and was so nice. My mom and dad knew who he was, I was 12, I could have cared less. In the next few years he emerged as a Superstar. I can only think it's because he sold me a pair of shoes.

Hunger Games

I'm reading the books of "The Hunger Games" , and I have to tell you that the books are a fascinating take of the future. Scariest scenario that you can imagine. When I was in the 5th grade I read a book with a similar theme, it was called The Most Dangerous Game. Has anyone else drawn a comparison to the two??

Regardless, I am addicted to this series. I have been staying up nights reading there books. I don;t want to see the movie until I finish the series. Absolutely fascinating.

pretty woman the movie

I know it's a fairy tale, no one ever comes to rescue the girl. prettyimdb.comJulia Roberts had it easy.

The Ballet

Did I ever mention that I had never been to the Ballet until recently? Well it's time to cross this one off of list. I have now been to the Ballet. My sister went to the chiropractor and he so kindly gave us tickets to see " Dracula" the ballet. Images were in my head of some really hot guy like Barishnokov dancing in his toe shoes, ballet going to be dark and romantic. No such luck.

They start off with about 5 ballerinas doing a little "ta da!!! number, which was amateurish at best. The oldest ballerina was around 14 years old.  It was slightly painful to watch. 

Now mind you, the setting has alot to do with the production. Right now you are probably thinking "Civic Center", Valley View Sports Arena, no wrong again. We drove to beautiful kearny mesa, about  2 miles from where I live and it was behind an industrial building.

They yanked the chain and the door to the Storage Space opened, we knew were in trouble (like my sister always says, "Ah boy"). There were 3 rows of carefully arranged folding chairs. No expense spared there!!

My sister says, "Let's go". But I feel bad because they will definitely notice if we leave, so we soldier on through and the 2 act "Dracula" begins.  

Picture this, the character homer simpson, with buck teeth wearing a cape, plodding along. OMG!! I had all I could do not to burst out laughing. This is there idea of Dracula?? Is there a hidden camera? Are we being punked? I mean, come on I'm not famous why are  you playing a joke on me? 

It continues for about an hour, and it's hot in there. Really hot, I'm sweating, trying not to laugh for an extended period of time has been a real exercise. But at least I can say I have now been to the Ballet.

Rolling in the Deep

I I was listening to Adele today, and I can totally relate to the words "you're going wish, you naver have met me, etc. Then I'm on facebook and people post these "jokes" that I know are directed at me, but the people think of them as innocuous humor, let me tell you, I offend very easily. I know I should stay off facebook, it's juvenile, and frankly I'm above it. But I play the silly games, and let;s face it, they are going to regret it. Really. They tear apart the man I love, they have no idea what the hell they are talking about. Silly little games, no to me. Words can hurt, but so can images  that don't relate to me that are meant to poke fun at me. I don't see the humor in calling me a fat black chick. I'd say EFF off to their face. i'd have no problem with that, come look me in the eye and say that. I'd tell anyone off at any time, I have no problem with it. 

I read this book

With some details of my life, basically it was someone pretending to be me. Honey let me tell you, my life has been far from a picnic, so anytime you want to trade places, be my guest. Seriously honey, Jenny the blogger, come spend one day here and you'll know what the definition of Hell is. Why plagarize? Have you no original thoughts of your own? It's really not hard to write, just be yourself and quit using my family as a reference guide. Take an x-ray and put that up on your site; that's one way we would know who's the fake. No one can have the same insides as me. No one. So get a life, and quit stealing my identity. Basically, go to hell..Her too, she can suck it.

It's happpening again

I think that my life is falling apart again, and no one can help me. I'm retiring from liberty, actually cashing out of my 401K rolling it over. I hope that maybe the results will be different than they were last year. My poor dog can't see right now and I feel like that's my fault. If I go away, maybe she'll be ok. I don't know, I'm not a vet. I just hate when people tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to her. I know best.

if people feel so bad for the victim...

of Jerry Sandusky.... Why can't I get a job?

on the street again

When we were around 6 or 7, I had a tape recorder and I was a jr. reporter, I would do little interviews of my brother and sister, the neighborhood kids, cory fowler, and my favorites Jeffrey and Kevin Keller.. I don't know if they remember this. I would ask them random questionsd ,  and once in a great while wdecide to put on a play for each other, or get a club going.This led the GREATNESS!!!!! OMG!!! WE CREATED THE YOGURT CLUB!!! Everyone got a cup of yogurt and sat around and read to each other how good it was for you, and sampled different flavors, you have to remember, this stuff was really new back then. After we were done with the Pamphlet, we branched out and you guessed it...took a field trip to TACO BELL it was only one short mile away by foot, anyway I devised the permission slips; I was very official. Jeff Graff was there too, can't leave him out. After I had all of the signed slips, we were off to Taco Bell, we had maybe $5-$10 in the yogurt club kitty, (from our dues???) who came up with this??? hilarious. all of us kids walked to Taco bell in the 90 degree heat - the yogurt club had it's field trip to Taco bell, we also had our weekly meetings in our garage on my street. Very warm in there....I also used to be the jr. chemist, it's a miracle the fumes from the mixtures of chemicals didn't kill all of us. I used to make quite the concoctions, bleach and detergent, little puffs of smoke used to happen. it was really kind of awesome. I actually wonder if I had got to go to college when I was 18, right after high school and went to a real college if I could have made a difference in the world? Discovered cures for diseases, but the world will never know. I'm not well. and I'm sick of fighting a  losing battle. No one seems to care, no one ever contacts me, calls, writes. I get no emails, no phone calls, I don't exist. I'm invisible.

On the street

Retirement from Golden Eagle/Liberty..

This is weird. Everytime I go to Costco, I run into someone I used to work with at Golden Eagle/ Liberty Mutual and they pretend not to know who I am. I worked there for almost 20 years, and I was like really popular. Not in a snobby way, but everyone knew who I was. I was everyone's friend. From the Claim's Examiner's, the Accounting Department and tht I e mailroom too. I loved all of my friends. They were the greatest. I have some of them on my facebook friends still. I wish I was still there. I really do.But to think that I can't remember what you look like, Stuart N. and it was Kim j., or another claims manager I ran into last month is an insult; please. Just because I'm sitting on my ass most of the time doesn't mean I can't remember what people looked like. I know people want me out of this house, but give me a job so I can get some cash together to get a place. Seriously, do they think I have any money? I have about $20. Maybe. What's that gonna get me? Not even a tank of gas. And I like Sabre Springs. So really I'm looking up a dead horses ass. Last time I checked my funds I get a whopping $400 a month from my retirement., where would I spend it first? Hum....I could buy that tank of gas, and maybe get the dog her medicine and mine, go to the neuro, then what's left, to the movies, get some popcorn, settle in, couple packs of gum, and go home, and I'm out of cash for the month. That's called broke. How do people live on $400? That's why people panhandle. And I have two degrees, wasted degrees. A bachelor's and a Masters. What a waste of time. No one will hire me, and I just wasted my time, because they said it was guaranteed to get me a job. Right....Not ONE JOB!!! NOT ONE!!!! I've been rotting in this house, for ten years. doing the Cinderella bit, and I'm not good at it. I  resent it. And I get told how nice they are to me. That's why I beg anyone PLEASE GIVE ME A JOB, I will work my ass off for you. Just let me leave this place. The day is coming, and you will regret it.

The Titanic-the exhibit, 2012-May 6

Today went to museum that was having the viewing of the Titanic. It will be in San Diego until  the end September, and I highly recommend it. I was not expecting to be as emotional as I was today just viewing what was on display at a "museum". But what was there was so much more than a few plates. What was there represented "lives". You could feel these people's souls seep through the walls of the images etched onto the walls. People marched through there basically as silent observers, only to stop and read the walls. If you paid a few extra dollars, you received the audio version of the tour, I liked that. It gave you a different sort of perspective. Possibly what the different classes may have been thinking. At one point of the tour there was a giant wall of ice and you got to feel it, just to see what they may have been going through. Just a little taste of a night of terror. You were given a name on your "boarding pass" and at the end of the tour you checked the wall of list of "Survivors" or the other list, the larger list of the deceased. My sister and I both were on the latter. It was an experience I will never forget. I urge everyone to go.

Being Jane Austen

Being Jane Austen, the modern day Keira Knightley classic is on E! right now and I can't help but think, why was it so easy back then? I think it's so much harder now. At least for me, mainly because I'm stuck in this house. I mean really stuck....It stucks. ano one will hire me because, my last experience is...sitting home...not my fault. I was made to sit at home by my sister. But at least this movie is on. I read the book years ago. It was really good. Here's something weird that happened to me today, i logged on to my computer and Bill's name was on MSN, Then Michael Damian's was on another, weird.... Strange. I haven't seen either one of them in such a long time.

LA Riots-has it been that long ago??

The anniversary of the LA riots is today, I think it's twenty years. or twenty-five. Whatever, it went by so fast, doesn't matter, here's my story, my friend Annette, it was her birthday and she wanted to go see " Phantom of the Opera in LA for her birthday, at the I think Schubert? or Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, I can't remember where we saw it, but I have the stub somewhere, $40. back then that was really expensive. So, this must mean this is Annette's birthday, I have to see if I can find her and wish her a happy birthday, okay, back to my little tale.   We got the tickets and low and behold, the verdict of the cops on trial for the beating of Rodney King, well that came out that day. The city was set on fire. Businesses were destroyed, I'm not sure if anyone was killed. But I do know that my family asked me not to go see this play. My answer, "And waste $40.00, no way!!"   So I was off to Los Angeles with my friend Norma, Annette and her mother. It wasn't until we reached  the City of Commerce that you could see the impending doom.  This may not be the smartest idea I'd ever had,   what the hell, you only live once, right, as far as we know anyway!! I had driven too far to turn back, and I had a ticket, I was going to a real play, even though I wasn't really looking forward to it. I was really a wild child at the time. To look at me now, you would never know it. I was really really wild. HONESTLY. I had fun. I used to go out dancing a lot with my friends and we had fun. That was the extent of it though. I used to drink a  bit too.  Anyway, The play, is still amazing, I love it so much, it's part of my soul. , then we get outside, and the national guard is pointing their RIFLES at us, and threatening to SHOOT US. I felt safer walking on the sidewalk. They were nuts. I got up early and drove home just in case they were going to wake up early and set the city back on fire, and was at work the next day at 8:00.  Didn't miss a minute. I worked a saturday.  I needed the money. I would today if I  had a job. Well Goodnight, hopefully the city will never  burn again, I haven't been there in at least 5 years. No one notices me anyway.

Marilyn Monroe is on Tv

I love her,  I feel my life has a parallel to her. It's freaky at times. I don't want to continue...I think that I may have been related to her. Just maybe

make a soldier smile

I just saw a story on HLN, to make a soldier smile in IRAQ, get a gift package together of gag gifts of sorts, you know whopee cushions, I don't know puzzles, hand held video games, maybe ipods, that can be shipped to IRAQ, that would be great, anyone that could help is a saint. Soldiers give up their lives for our freedom, take that into consideration everyday!!

one night on ashford: I need to move

one night on ashford: I need to move: As soon as I get a job, the first thing I need to do is move. That's the first thing on my list is MOVE. Not buy clothes, but MOVE. I hate i...I was in a bad mood last night, Once I get a job I really want to move, I'm not sure where yet, but I want to be on my own, get some independence. That would be really nice. It's way past due. Then I'd have to change the name of my blog, but that's not a big deal. I think my sanity is a bigger deal.

The Darryl Hall Show

I hope that everyone watches the Darryl Hall show that he has on cable, today I saw his performance with Finger 11. What a great show. He is one of my all-time favorites anyway. I can remember him back to "Sara Smile" when I think I was just 10 or 11. That was in the 70's, and it was on "American Bandstand. Kids nowadays don't have anything but American Idol to see artists  live, or what we thought was live, mainly lip-syncing. I still love that show anyway. Most of the crap they have on there I could do without,back to Darryl Hall, I would walk through fire to see him sing, he's that good. And it's real music, no electronic WA-WA crap, just honest music, like Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, you know it's them singing no overdubs, you get what you are paying for, real music. I love some of these people I'm not naming them, cause I've bought some of their CD's, (yes I did) and they are fun, and they have star power, but talent...is marginal. Give me Darryl Hall any day of the week.

Rest In Peace Dick Clark

As far back as I can remember, I have watched Dick Clark.  American Bandstand was on Saturdays, and it was on and I found this singer named Andy Gibb and OMG I was in LOVE!!!! He wasangel, then Abba, singing SOS, what a group! Peter Frampton! Leif Garrett, I could on and on, then there was New Years Eve, I never went out back then, because I was a goody two shoes, let's face it, I still am. But Dick made it, Ok for me to stay home. I will be forever grateful to him for the gift of song. Rest in peace you genius.

To borrow from John Lennon, " A day in the life"

I read the news today, Oh boy... I'm so sad. One of my all-time favorite singers is in a coma and not expected to make it. His Wife Dwina and brother Barry are holding a beside vigil. I've been in their situation and let me tell you it is the worst place in the world to be. The waiting is the hardest part, you know that death is inevitable, but are always hoping that maybe their will be some sort of miracle, they happen sometimes, I'm proof that they do. But for the most part, it's the other way around. Cancer sucks. I don't know if that's what he had, because I'm getting second hand reports, of course I'm not family so I have no way of getting reports any other way would I??  I forget that I'm not that special....Whoops!!! Silly me!! It's kind of like when I was a little kid, I had a thing for Snow White, so now that I am an adult all these Snow White movies are being made, just like when I was a kid, everything was that way then too. Snow White and Rose Red, Snow White and The 3 Stooges, that was miserable!! I have to go see the Julia Roberts movie, but what I really want is just a JOB!! To make some money, cash so I can move out!!! Get a new car!! Get a life!!

Marc Anthony - Rent This Movie!!!!

For those of you who Aren't Marc Anthony fans, Get with the Program!!! OMG!!! WATCH THE MOVIE EL CANTANTE!!! HE'S FRIGGING GENIUS!!! He sings his ass off as hector Lavoe!! Great!!! I love that movie!!! I should be a critic, that way people would actually see the real movies that count!!!

Does Anyone Else have the HOTS FOR BLAKE SHELTON???

OMG THIS MAN IS HOT!!! If you haven't watched "The Voice" due to you hate singing shows, shame on you. Watch it just because it has two of the most gorgeous men on the face of the earth. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. It's an interesting concept too. I'm not going to explain it, you have to watch it. But it's different than American Idol, and I haven't wanted to throw a brick through the TV when they send someone home on this show. I take their word for it. Yes I'm still pissed. That kid with the hair could SING his ASS off!!! You will be hearing from him, take my word for it!!!

the South African

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.  I'm not talking golf.  Okay, he carried a briefcase wherever he went with a bottle of El presidente brandy in it. We knew him for a short while. A friend of my sister. No name necessary. Anyway. He carried a fetish for let me tell you...penises...he would cut out pictures of them and paste them on pictures of ladies. Freaky city. My sister found out before she married him, he was on websites like penisville...pack a lunch kids, we're going to penisville.

Parade Magazine-titanic style

The other day I went to see the Titanic in 3-D, and it kind of overwhelmed me. The flood of emotions hit me, and I wanted to cry. But I didn't. I've seen it before, so I knew what was coming, so I was prepared and I didn't cry and just thought, yes this is really sad and it's a tragic love story. So, today, in the Parade magazine there is a news story on the couple that was the couple that was the one in the bed in one of the last scenes of the movie, you know the one where the shipe is going down, and they were in bed, so I was like OMG! I have to tell my sister, so I rny down the hall clutching this magazine. Bust into the bathroom, where she's at. Ok, I'll set the scene, she's in a towel. just in a bra, I have zero regard for anyone when I'm on a mission, I just have to show you this story, so I precede to show her this article, and act it out for her, clutching the paper to my heart. After I completely depress her, she asks, "Can I get dressed now?" I guess. Happy Easter everyone, I'm going to go see the exhibit this week, it's reduced to $19.12. for the anniversary price. I'll report back to give you a review.Love and kisses.

Bullying

I'm watching Dateline right now, and it's about bullying, and I can think back to times I've been bullied, both at home and at work, school, and at work. I can remember names of people all the way back to when I was   3 years old.   People think it doesn't shape a person's life, well think again.

Streisand movies rule!!!

I watched What's Up Doc? tonight and it's still so funny. If ever I get to talk to a screen writer, that's a play I'd like to see made - timeless!!!

 I always know I've been insulted when my sister asks me if I'm going to either flat iron my hair or scrunch it. I thought it was fine, so obviously it needs help/eff it. I'll just flat iron it. I really need to move.

those were the days

One Christmas eve. my mother and father were painting my room, and told me not to shut my door no matter what I did, so not listening to them I shut the door and of course I got stuck in the room.  It was stuck. I was I think about 7 years old. These things happen to 7 years old children. and all I could think was Santa is gonna be mad. He's not gonna bring me any toys. I have no idea how long I was in there before they noticed I was stuck, cause I was crying, which wasn't anything new. I was a major league weeper.  The color of the room was a lovely shade of lavendar, I remember that..  and I remember that Santa did come.to a very good little girl.

I saw a magical movie. . .

I love Emily Blunt, not in a lesbian way, but she is one of my favorite actresses, and Ewan McGregor, OMG!!! I love him!!! The movie is Salmon Fishing in Yemen, and it's wonderful!!!! I hated for it to end!!!!i saw it in La Jolla,, CA at the Artsy cinema, with the good popcorn, I love Landmark cinemas!!!!