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You’ll never get today back

scrInk — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:04:57 +0000

Did you fall and drop your latte today ;) Did you wake up late? Did your kid spill a full cup of milk on the carpet? Did someone call you in hysterics…again…looking for answers to questions they aren’t ready to answer themselves? “You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking how you’ll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.” All these beats / Workin’ down the street / Jumping, jacking / Gimme some time / ‘Cause if you don’t, I won’t / You’ll never get back, yeah Look. You can’t get back this morning or last night. There will be ups and downs, laughs and fights and it’s all just a part of fleeting moments. All you can count on right now this breath and your next step. Standing still, looking over your shoulder is a sure fire way to get you nowhere. John Steinbeck...

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Bass that Boomz in the palm of your hand; BB Bass

scrInk — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:50:08 +0000

The bass really does boom. The kids were very excited about receiving a BB bass boomz speaker! At first glance I wondered how it would sound, It’s very tiny, but it has some weight to it when you pick it up. Now the iPod Touch does not have very good speakers. If you turn it up you’ll hear that static scratchy sound. But this speaker takes the music to a whole new level. You have the option to plug it in directly to you MP3 player or into your computer. But Brae’s iPod has blue tooth capability and so we turned that on in the phone settings and within a minute it had found and activated the speaker as a new device. All you have to do once blue tooth is activated is to put on your playlist. Braeden normally listens with headphones because he’s drowning out all the other noise in his life, like his 6-month old sister and four-year-old brother… and me. But he really was impressed with...

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Oh no, don’t tell Finn, RIO 2

scrInk — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:45:09 +0000

Finnegan, our four-year-old, absolutely loved the movie Rio. We must have watched it 80 times in a one week span once… okay that’s probably not possible, but either way we have watched it A LOT! I even downloaded some of the soundrack for him because he loved the music as well. Well everyone it’s time to shake your tail feathers again! Your favorite feathered friends are back in RIO 2, and this time with more samba moves and flare! Tropical lovebirds, Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) and Jewel (Anne Hathaway) return in this highly anticipated sequel, along with newcomers Kristen Chenoweth, Bruno Mars and “‘The Hunger Games’” Amandla Stenberg. Check out this newly released teaser trailer from Twentieth Century Fox‘s highly anticipated RIO 2 and get the party started! SYNOPSIS: The entire cast of the animated smash RIO returns in RIO 2, and they are joined by a new flock of top actors and musical talents. Rich with grandeur, character, color and music, RIO 2 finds Jewel (Anne Hathaway), Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) and...

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Always feels like I’m waiting for something

scrInk — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:30:12 +0000

New music from Nada Surf? Maybe… You might remember the band’s hit in 1996 “Popular” and think that perhaps they were a one-hit wonder, but they still have quite a following after all this time. In 2012, the band released The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, an album which included the single “Waiting for Something” and introduced former Guided By Voices guitarist Doug Gillard as fourth band member. Nada Surf announced their first ever show in the Philippines will be on May 18th as part of the Wanderland Festival.

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Discover the secret to immortality

scrInk — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:52:47 +0000

In the battle between good and evil, an immortal holds the key. Check out the exclusive first look of I, FRANKENSTEIN straight from the Cannes film festival! The dystopian thriller, from the producers of UNDERWORLD, pits gargoyles and demons against each other in the ultimate battle for immortality. Starring Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, and Yvonne Strahovski, this modern day epic will have you on the edge of your seat! SYNOPSIS: Set in a dystopic present where vigilant gargoyles and ferocious demons rage in a battle for ultimate power, Victor Frankenstein’s creation Adam (Aaron Eckhart) finds himself caught in the middle as both sides race to discover the secret to his immortality. From the creators of the hit supernatural saga, UNDERWORLD, comes the action thriller I, FRANKENSTEIN, written for the screen and directed by Stuart Beattie based on the graphic novel “I, Frankenstein” by Kevin Grevioux, and brought to life by a cast that includes Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, Socratis Otto, Mahesh...

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My life, my destiny, my worth

scrInk — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:02:41 +0000

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote: ‘All are architects of fate… so look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again.’” I dropped out of college when I found out I was pregnant with Braeden. All I had left to complete was student teaching and a few late in the game education courses about teaching for the state tests. But you can’t student teach when you are a single mom and need a full-time job with benefits. The winter after Braeden was born I started taking classes online to get my Associate’s Degree in Interactive Media Design. I worked all day, came home, took care of my heart and once he was asleep I studied all night. If he woke up in the middle of a project, which he often did, I would turn on music and dance my baby back to sleep, whispering the lyrics into his ear. I would not change one moment of any of those long days and nights. Not one moment. I was doing it...

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