Fallen Princess series

I find thid fascinating, and awesome
http://www.jpgmag.com/stories/11918
By Dina Goldstein
8 June 2009
These works place Fairy Tale characters in modern day scenarios. In all of the images the Princess is placed in an environment that articulates her conflict. The '...happily ever after' is replaced with a realistic outcome and addresses current issues.

The project was inspired by my observation of three-year-old girls, who were developing an interest in Disney's Fairy tales. As a new mother I have been able to get a close up look at the phenomenon of young girls fascinated with Princesses and their desire to dress up like them. The Disney versions almost always have sad beginning, with an overbearing female villain, and the end is predictably a happy one. The Prince usually saves the day and makes the victimized young beauty into a Princess.

Fun with Sparklers

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She's Crafty

Pictures from the craft day
The Sewing table

My desk

Lil Seats quilt

Brown Bear and the Batcave invade

Brown Bear painting

Finally quilting

A Sad day for Nashville

Yesterday was a sad day for Nashville as I still cant get over it. My parents have been PSL holders since the team was still the Oilers. I cant remeber how Sundays i have sat in that stadium. How many days i got sunburnt, just on one side of my face. How many times i worked night shift on Saturday and did all i could to struggle thru the day. How many times i yelled and chanted "Eddie Eddie" and "Steve" at the top of my lungs. How many times did i watch Steve pass it down the field to let Eddie run it in..... I dont know, too many times to count.

What i remeber about Steve was his relentless when it came to the game. How many times did he play with a hurt toe, hip, knee, shoulder, whatever, The man NEVER gave up and NEVER gave in. He was an inspiration and a hero to this town. He will be missed.....

Best Year Ever

Where to begin, i dont even know

7 shows

7 cities

5 road trips

15 plane rides

15,178 miles travelled

3 best friends doing it together

Best effin year ever....heres to celebrating 20 years of friendship the best way we know how

Thursday cant come soon enough

The last New Kids show for awhile...Balls to the wall....Get the bail money ready, we are gonna blow up this joint

The End of an Era

Before I turn on "Michael Jackson" tv, before i gaze at Perez or TMZ regurgitating what little tidbits of gossip they know, and before all my magazines come flooding in with tributes and diatribes about his death, i think i will sit here a minute and reflect on my personal tribute to the "King of Pop."

I remember sitting in my Strawberry Shortcake flannel nightgown holding my own copy of "Thriller." I remember trying to do the Moonwalk, and failing, miserably. I remember wanting my own red "Beat It" jacket, coveting my dads work glove, and yes, owning a pair (or 3) of parachute pants. I remember "Thriller" both scaring the shit out of me, and my wanting to be the girl in the video at the same time. I remember Sam getting a case of Michael Jackson trading cards and attaching a pack to everyones christmas present, and the taste of that stale, break your teeth hard gum that came in the pack. I remember Bubbles the Chimp, and the start of Neverland. I remember the outrage of him taking Brooke Shields to the Oscars.

I dont think i have owned a Michael Jackson cd since "Thriller", but i know every word to every song. I have seen every video, every interview and read every scandelous rumor. "Man in the Mirror" still makes me cry, and is one of my fave songs of all time. "We are the World" still gives me hope after 20 something years. And "Thriller" still makes me want to get up and shake my ass. And yes, i am old enough to remember, with vivid detail, that kiss. The one between him and Lisa Marie at the MTV awards, still one of the best "Kiss my ass" moments ever caught on tape. But along with most of the general public the words "Michael Jackson" are more synonimous with pedophile, child molestor, messed up childhood, and plastic surgery. And that saddens me. What the media and public in general can do to a person is truly frightening.

So i am gonna try and not think about what his life turned into, or what the public and the media thurned him into. I am just gonna think about his legacy. Without him there would be no New Kids on the Block. No justin Timberlake. No Ne-Yo, or any other r&b act to come about since the 70's. He is a member of the musical elite, a group so small that their numbers fit on one hand.

I am gonna remember the chubby faced member of the "Jackson 5". The badass that was too cool for 2 gloves, and the musical visionary that set the world (not to mention his hair, sorry i couldnt not do one pun) on fire. You'll be missed Michael, more than i think even you would have ever guessed.