Hello,
It's been a while since I did this, but I am just dropping a note to state that my licensed store, Healthy Handy Happy is currently offering a signup promo for customers from now until May 1st 2011-
What it is: a 5% discount on Beauty /Health products purchased through Healthy Handy Happy Store.
What you need to do :
1) Register as a customer (be sure to register as "open" and not "private" otherwise I cannot verify and complete the discount)on the link posted to the left sidebar.
2) Comment here so I know you've registered and submit the discount.
3) Check out the newly discounted beauty and health products!
I got hooked originally through my mono recovery in 2010- I had a really bad liver complication (I can't donate blood for this reason still) and for the several weeks I was flat on my back, recuperating. I drank lots of tea and at the same time, my mother and sister were shoveling all types of holistic remedies down my throat-
intestiflora (a probiotic supplement for people recovering from antibiotic prescriptions).
milk thistle - for strengthening the liver
double-x vitamin supplement- a three-course vitamin supplement of phytonutrients, minerals, and vitamins
The bed rest and vitamins made a huge difference, and I was walking and even going to the gym by mid-April. And since I got healthy again, I lost ten pounds because I could finally exercise and move. Not a bad thing, especially as we get closer to summer. Happy Spring, everyone!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
New Year's, 2011: Resolutions for the Blogosphere
1) I will only post constructive and positive things and use my little voice on the 'net to brighten the day of others.
2) I will avoid slangy nonsense.
3) I will not attempt to imitate Cracked.com, even though the list format would be ridiculously easy.
4) I will post at least 2x a week.
Anything is possible, especially as the new year always fills me with renewed hope: It has been 1 week, with 51 more to go. I may even travel to foreign countries and produce literature before this is over. Here's to everlasting optimism!
2) I will avoid slangy nonsense.
3) I will not attempt to imitate Cracked.com, even though the list format would be ridiculously easy.
4) I will post at least 2x a week.
Anything is possible, especially as the new year always fills me with renewed hope: It has been 1 week, with 51 more to go. I may even travel to foreign countries and produce literature before this is over. Here's to everlasting optimism!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Clockwork Gingerbread Steam Engine: Too Showy?
Hello again, all. The title is a reference to Girl Genius and the short Cinderella story. Regardless, I am contemplating a gingerbread house. My siblings have asked multiple times, "Why?". As you cannot eat them, the attraction is somewhat lost on a 13 year-old boy who is more interested in guns and the military.
I appealed to my cousin to help answer as I was knee-deep in plans. Her answer was simple: "Because it is awesome." Yes, we do awesome things, and the showiness is part of the fun- as I speak we have placed several jolly ranchers in the pre-cooked molasses cookies and they are melting into glass panes.
I appealed to my cousin to help answer as I was knee-deep in plans. Her answer was simple: "Because it is awesome." Yes, we do awesome things, and the showiness is part of the fun- as I speak we have placed several jolly ranchers in the pre-cooked molasses cookies and they are melting into glass panes.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Anyone Know A Good Blank-punk Movie?
I was reflecting last night on the confusion that surrounds the term "steampunk" and "cyberpunk" as the family was watching "City of Ember", a film that perhaps would have needed a lot more fx and more advertising spent than the entire film budget, in order for it to be success. Not surprisingly, as clockwork boats moved out on an elaborate track in one of the scenes, my brother said, "Wow. I bet the steampunk enthusiasts went nuts over this."
I pointed out that it was a big difference between steampunk and cyberpunk. Steampunk: shiny, new, brassy and leather and clockwork gizmos that are impossibly advanced for their time; Mary Shelley wielding a raygun and HG Wells jumping into a commandeered Martian tripod. Cyberpunk: Grimy, plastic, vents, tubes - extremely clunky old equipment side-by-side with advanced tech, in the future, and The Matrix is a good example, when Neo wakes up in reality. The easiest way to tell cyberpunk is the forty tons of grime and dirt that seem compulsory.
Speaking of movie examples, I am looking for a good one to review- ideally something that is mainly steampunk. Stardust, probably.
I pointed out that it was a big difference between steampunk and cyberpunk. Steampunk: shiny, new, brassy and leather and clockwork gizmos that are impossibly advanced for their time; Mary Shelley wielding a raygun and HG Wells jumping into a commandeered Martian tripod. Cyberpunk: Grimy, plastic, vents, tubes - extremely clunky old equipment side-by-side with advanced tech, in the future, and The Matrix is a good example, when Neo wakes up in reality. The easiest way to tell cyberpunk is the forty tons of grime and dirt that seem compulsory.
Speaking of movie examples, I am looking for a good one to review- ideally something that is mainly steampunk. Stardust, probably.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Halloween Track: War of the Worlds
Uuuuuuuu-laaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!
This is my ultimate Halloween music- innovative, creepy, and melancholy by turns. Jeff Wayne put together a dramatic album based on HG Wells' The War of The Worlds and using the talents of Richard Burton, Justin Hayward, Phil Lynott, Julie Covington, and Chris Thompson.
The chances of anything coming from Mars were a million to one, they said. But come they did, and Jeff Wayne's utilization of Moog synthesizers and dramatic horns and woodwinds is the perfect way to portray the terror and call to bravery for humanity. More on this later!
This is my ultimate Halloween music- innovative, creepy, and melancholy by turns. Jeff Wayne put together a dramatic album based on HG Wells' The War of The Worlds and using the talents of Richard Burton, Justin Hayward, Phil Lynott, Julie Covington, and Chris Thompson.
The chances of anything coming from Mars were a million to one, they said. But come they did, and Jeff Wayne's utilization of Moog synthesizers and dramatic horns and woodwinds is the perfect way to portray the terror and call to bravery for humanity. More on this later!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
M-more Madeira?
The description has been added above my blog address- and the quote is from the bbc series QI which, if you'll follow this possesses the distinction of being, according to America's BBC, far too intelligent for Americans to appreciate.
In one of the segments (look it up in ten seconds on Youtube) Phil Jupitus accuses Fry of having not beer goggles, but "madeira pince-nez". As Fry in all his splendiferous loveliness and fluffy Dickensian charm is one of the best rallying-points for the re-Victorianizing of culture, I had to include a reference to his Madeira pince-nez. I like to think of it as a movement towards"good-natured intellectual froth, seasoned with charm and upheld by strong aesthetic and moral principles". That being said, I hope to instill more gentility amongst the steampunk going forward- there's been too much confusion in the modern era between authentic gaslamp/steampunk fantasy and other cultures. Let's keep it classy, shall we?
In one of the segments (look it up in ten seconds on Youtube) Phil Jupitus accuses Fry of having not beer goggles, but "madeira pince-nez". As Fry in all his splendiferous loveliness and fluffy Dickensian charm is one of the best rallying-points for the re-Victorianizing of culture, I had to include a reference to his Madeira pince-nez. I like to think of it as a movement towards"good-natured intellectual froth, seasoned with charm and upheld by strong aesthetic and moral principles". That being said, I hope to instill more gentility amongst the steampunk going forward- there's been too much confusion in the modern era between authentic gaslamp/steampunk fantasy and other cultures. Let's keep it classy, shall we?
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Prelude to All Hallows: Musings on Monsters
"He ate my heart, he ate-ate-ate my heart, he ate my heart out...." - Lady Gaga
"The nineteenth century dislike of Romanticism is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass." - Oscar Wilde
"I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart." - Victor Frankenstein
Ah yes, what story of perverted natural philosophy would be complete without an abomination of science?
Monsters- why do we have monsters? Why on earth does it make sense for a large portion of the population to put on a rubber mask and run around shrieking? And why does an equally large amount of people obsess with them?
A little backstory on this- my brothers have worked at the Colonial Gardens' Haunted Hayride for several years now. I joined last year and work in an undisclosed segment of the Haunted House portion, which is a pitch-black maze where the only people allowed to have lights are the monsters that are waiting at every dead-end stop to jump at you. The odd part about this job is that it provides me with a unique post for observing how people react to evil. In a lot of ways, monsters are tangible symbol of evil- cancer, disease, death, cruelty- the monster is a walking talking shouting menacing form of things that shouldn't be allowed to exist in a rational, God-created world. And because they are evil, how people deal with them (even the garden-variety Haunted House characters, which they know are just trying to entertain) can be quite telling.
One mother with her kid leans in and coos at the front-door. "See, Briana, that's not a real monster, it's just a mask, see?" (Note: this is horribly embarrassing for the monster). Message: monsters aren't real. Things aren't that bad. The kid remained unconvinced and tried to get even more behind her mother.
There are those whose first reaction (regardless of their best intentions) is to swing at a monster that jumps out at them. This type of unfortunate has a very boring experience, because once that happens, he'll have a hellish time getting out, at which point the manager will be waiting to kick him off the premises.
Shockingly, the ones who curse the most are fifteen-year-old girls, who apparently decided the best way to deal with evil is a steady stream of foul language.
The fathers (bless 'em) go through the house laughing most of the time, and seem happier the more scared their kids get- they love it when one monster catches a kid's name and repeats it, until it seems like the entire house knows who little Connor is and wants to meet him. These wise men have decided to acquaint their children early with evil, and prepare their kids for a life of dealing with real monsters.
"The nineteenth century dislike of Romanticism is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass." - Oscar Wilde
"I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart." - Victor Frankenstein
Ah yes, what story of perverted natural philosophy would be complete without an abomination of science?
Monsters- why do we have monsters? Why on earth does it make sense for a large portion of the population to put on a rubber mask and run around shrieking? And why does an equally large amount of people obsess with them?
A little backstory on this- my brothers have worked at the Colonial Gardens' Haunted Hayride for several years now. I joined last year and work in an undisclosed segment of the Haunted House portion, which is a pitch-black maze where the only people allowed to have lights are the monsters that are waiting at every dead-end stop to jump at you. The odd part about this job is that it provides me with a unique post for observing how people react to evil. In a lot of ways, monsters are tangible symbol of evil- cancer, disease, death, cruelty- the monster is a walking talking shouting menacing form of things that shouldn't be allowed to exist in a rational, God-created world. And because they are evil, how people deal with them (even the garden-variety Haunted House characters, which they know are just trying to entertain) can be quite telling.
One mother with her kid leans in and coos at the front-door. "See, Briana, that's not a real monster, it's just a mask, see?" (Note: this is horribly embarrassing for the monster). Message: monsters aren't real. Things aren't that bad. The kid remained unconvinced and tried to get even more behind her mother.
There are those whose first reaction (regardless of their best intentions) is to swing at a monster that jumps out at them. This type of unfortunate has a very boring experience, because once that happens, he'll have a hellish time getting out, at which point the manager will be waiting to kick him off the premises.
Shockingly, the ones who curse the most are fifteen-year-old girls, who apparently decided the best way to deal with evil is a steady stream of foul language.
The fathers (bless 'em) go through the house laughing most of the time, and seem happier the more scared their kids get- they love it when one monster catches a kid's name and repeats it, until it seems like the entire house knows who little Connor is and wants to meet him. These wise men have decided to acquaint their children early with evil, and prepare their kids for a life of dealing with real monsters.
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