Foreign Film Friday
I wanted to lighten things up a bit for my seventh Foreign Film Friday so I’m picking a kids movie “Kirikou and the Sorceress’ This is a French cartoon- so beautifully drawn it takes your breath away. It’s about a baby boy Kirikou who lives in a traditional African village- this means the kids are running around naked and the woman wear sarongs but no tops- this is in no way sexual, but simply how they live. Kirikou manages to outsmart the evil Sorceress who has been tormenting his village and...
We Are Not Alone–An Indie Cinderella Story (via Kristen Lamb’s Blog)
I need to buy some glass slippers- such a great post and such inspiration! Alica Welcome to WANA Wednesday, based off my best-selling books, We Are Not Alone--The Writer's Guide to Social Media and Are You There, Blog? It's Me, Writer. This is the day I dedicate to teaching you guys how to rock it hard when it comes to social media. Writing is hard. Building a platform is hard. Some days it will feel as if you are doing all this work, and yet it's all for nothing. So, today I...
Wise, Witty, and Wacky Wednesday
A year and a half ago I began to live my life from a place of fear and regret. A child in my care was placed back home- I knew it was the wrong choice, and I did what I could within the restrictions of my job to prevent it, as did my boss who is wonderful and listened to me rant and complain over and over again. The caseworker and the therapist were at odds (personally) and they both were more interested in their own egos then doing their jobs and this little girl suffered for it. She had...
Music Monday
In Demand- is a lovely song and an even better video- Alan Rickman Tangos *swoons* He’s so sexy!!!! Seriously- watch him tango- go now! Then tell me how hot he is!
Foreign Flim Friday
My sixth movie for Foreign Film Friday is sad get your tissues ready! It is a Bollywood which takes place in San Fransisco and is mostly in English. It stars Shah Rukh Khan- one of my favorite actors, and Kajol who I like a lot. This is a three hour epic which will have you laughing and crying tears of hope and sadness, joy and heartache. I’m not fan of sad movies, and thankfully the ending does bring everything together. I didn’t know it was so sad when I started watching it and then once I...
Wise, Witty, and Wacky Wednesday
Social media is a big deal and very scary, we don’t know what to post, where to post, or how often to post. So here is a GoCheeksGo video of things to NOT post on twitter- not work safe.
Music Monday
Here is another Eurovision find, Dmitry Koldun is Russian and you can still hear a bit of his accent. The video reminds me a bit of an 80's rock video- I like the bedroom eyes he keeps sending to the camera.
Foreign Film Friday
For my fifth installment of Foreign Film I have a British TV show for you- I love British tele 🙂 so I’m sure you’ll be seeing a lot more of these. Last weekend hubby and I watched “People Like Us” a mock documentary. In true BBC fashion the humour is dry and sarcastic. This is an adult show more because it would bore kids then there is anything inappropriate in the show. The whole series is on two disks- BBC is all about leaving viewers wanting more. Hubby and I laughed a lot, and enjoying...
Wise, Witty, and Wacky Wednesday
I wasn’t sure what I wanted to write about today. So I browsed a quote site looking over the names and found Maya Angelou. I, as do many, admire Maya Angelou she is fierce and strong and beautiful and I always feel empowered when I read her work. Reading over her quotes I found this one. “One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” - Maya...
Music Monday
Cellos make me swoon. Apocalyptica is a cello group that plays heavy metal cello. They started doing covers of Metalica songs- which are awesome and I recommend you check them out. This is one of my favorite songs of theirs.
