Have you heard about Project Book Babe? Ten authors have gotten together to help raise money for a local book seller who has breast cancer. Three of the ten are some of my favorite authors, Stephenie Meyer, Janette Rallison (both Arizona girls, holla) & Shannon Hale. I think it is so nice to see people use their acclaim for a good cause. Besides the panel of authors there are also going to be artist who will sketch you. Maybe I will have this guys sketch me, did you see his bio? I just can't decide me as Jem, an X-Men, or a vampire. There will also be two acoustic musical performances and check out the list of items up for auction, Hunger Games anyone?
If that is not enough to get you to go, I will be there as a volunteer. That is right all my internet stalkers you can come see me or even come and buy raffle tickets from me. I think the event is going to be awesome, I can't wait.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Born To Rock
It all started with the music video for the song "My Eyes" by my favorite band Travis. In the video Fran (the lead singer) is wearing a t-shirt that says Born To Rock. As soon as I saw it I wanted a shirt of my own. 
To my joy they had the t-shirt for sale when we saw them in concert in LA. Here I am wearing my Born To Rock t-shirt standing next to Dougie from Travis.
To my joy they had the t-shirt for sale when we saw them in concert in LA. Here I am wearing my Born To Rock t-shirt standing next to Dougie from Travis.
Well a few months after the concert I was signing up for an online forum and needed a screen name, I choose Born To Rock. While looking for a signature one day I stumbled upon this cartoon by Tony Carrillo aka F Minus. 
It was just so perfect, I had been a fan of F Minus for years. Tony Carrillo the cartoonist is a Arizona native and will soon be a brother in law to my brother in law Russ's brother (did you get that?).
Well today Changing Hands (the bookstore) was having a Super Hero Day. Where Tony was going to be doing drawings and there would be other super hero stuff. I went with Debbie, Russ & the kids, William dressed up in his Super Man PJ's. Russ caught up with Tony as Tony drew a picture of the family, William was the super hero of course. When it was my turn I told Tony about how I had found the born to rock cartoon and how all my friends had loved it. I did not tell him about why I picked the name & had a t-shirt. So you can understand my surprise as I watched him write on my picture Born To Rock just like my t-shirt. It was such a magical moment, and so cool to have a drawing of myself done by the artist of my favorite comic strip.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Led Zeppelin to Romeo & Juliet
In January I went and saw the Phoenix Symphony perform with a Led Zeppelin tribute band. It was a good time. 
Then in February I got to hear the Phoenix Symphony perform again, when I went and saw the ballet of Romeo & Juliet. One of my favorite dances was to Dance of the Knights, it is at the Capulets party and all the guests are dancing. The moves are very dramatic and were performed with exactness.
Never mind that I already new and loved the song...
Dance of the Knights - Muse Haarp
Just one more reason to love Muse.
Then in February I got to hear the Phoenix Symphony perform again, when I went and saw the ballet of Romeo & Juliet. One of my favorite dances was to Dance of the Knights, it is at the Capulets party and all the guests are dancing. The moves are very dramatic and were performed with exactness.
Never mind that I already new and loved the song...Dance of the Knights - Muse Haarp
Just one more reason to love Muse.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Happy Birthday Debbie
With five older brothers we were destined to become friends...
Thank you for not only being my sister but my best friend, I love you. Happy 25th Birthday
We always shared everything, from clothes, a cell phone, a car, our friends and...
maybe even a few crushes along the way...
We share a strong love for our family.
A strong love of singing and dancing.
Thank you for not only being my sister but my best friend, I love you. Happy 25th BirthdayWednesday, January 21, 2009
Something Very Important
A few month back my ear phones broke, I could not have that so I ran to the apple store to get some new ones. I can not remember how much they cost but it was ridiculous (I just tried to look it up online it doesn't even say, because they are ashamed). From there I headed over to Best Buy and called Mimi to ask her how much her green ear phones or ear buds as she calls them cost. She couldn't remember but was sure it was no where near the ridiculous price of the apple store. I found the JVC Gumy earphones and decided to go with the blue ones at 9.99. Then a little less than a months ago my friend Jenny wanted me to listen to a song so she pulled out her ipod and ipod earphones. I put them in my ear and almost cried out in pain, they were huge and hurt my ear. And a few weeks ago I let Debbie borrow my ipod but she forgot that I had given her my ear phones so she pulled out her ipod ear phones. She discovered after listening for hours her hears would hurt, until she found my blue ear phones. Russ did not believe there could be a real difference so we held them to each other, the difference was significant. So all you ipod owners it is very important that you know that your ears don't need to hurt by the overly large standard ipod earphones. I am sorry I did not tell you sooner.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Connie's 2008 Book Awards
These are books I read in 2008 not that necessarily came out in 2008.
I may have actually started hitting the book repeatedly on my bed as I realized it was the end of book one. I would recommend this book to anyone.
And
"Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment." Owen - Just Listen
Can I just say that I have read three of Sarah's books...she writes the best guys, I love Wes, Owen & Dexter.
**Spoiler Alert** In the book one of the character starts getting attacked by birds hundreds of birds no matter where he goes. Well while I was reading about the birds attacking I am sitting in my aunts house in Utah in front of their window. When I notice a couple birds on the telephone wire I look up again in a minuet and there are like 10 more birds and they just kept coming and coming. It freaked me out a little bit. Then on the way home from Utah we stopped in Flagstaff to pick up some of Debbie & Russ' stuff. It had been raining all day it was wet outside and still drizzling a bit while I was moving stuff to the truck this crow or some loud bird kept cawing loudly. Birds are not out when it is raining. Yep freaked me out a little bit more. Then while Debbie and I are driving the truck home (the truck which window does not roll up the whole way) a bird flies like it trying to fly through the little crack in the window. Seriously no joke it flew right at me. And all this happened with in two days. So yes I now have a sort of fear of birds.
I just have to say that I LOVE Jacob's book, even the titles for the chapters had me laughing. There was a lot more humor in Breaking Dawn, I mean Bella even quoted The Simpson's, it was great. The banter between Rosalie & Jacob had me laughing out loud. And when Jacob kicked her in the stomach in his human form...it was awesome. I love Jacob. I can't not mention Emmett's "Go Gators! About time someone scored around here." I laughed so long over that, maybe it was the lack of sleep or maybe the drugs.
Janette Rallison wrote a book I loved when I was 15. This past year I discovered she had a lot more books out and I have almost read all of them. But this book has been my favorite so far. Her books are clean, fun reads, seriously you will laugh out loud. I brought one of her other books "It's A Mall World After All" on a trip to Utah, it had everyone in the car laughing out loud.
And
The Truth About Forever, by Sarah Dessen
This is going to sound bad, but when I first read City of Bones I actually had to put the book down and could not pick it up for almost a month. You find out some distressing news in the book and every time I thought about picking the book back up it made me feel sick. But thankfully I finished and read City of Ashes. City of Ashes is so good, completely sold me on the series and gave me yet another fictional crush (oh Jace). I am also just going to add City of Glass in the mix even if I read it in 2009 and technically does not come out till March. I love all the books and they all caused me emotional distress. If you are wondering how I already read City of Glass I mentioned it already in a blog. But we made a video and took second in a contest and won an Advanced Readers Copy.
The book that made me want a sequel the most:
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins.
I may have actually started hitting the book repeatedly on my bed as I realized it was the end of book one. I would recommend this book to anyone.The book(s) with the best male characters who love music:
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, by Gabrielle Zevin
Will made the best mix CD's!!!
And
Just Listen, by Sarah Dessen
"Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment." Owen - Just Listen
Can I just say that I have read three of Sarah's books...she writes the best guys, I love Wes, Owen & Dexter.
The book that created a new fear for me:
Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman
**Spoiler Alert** In the book one of the character starts getting attacked by birds hundreds of birds no matter where he goes. Well while I was reading about the birds attacking I am sitting in my aunts house in Utah in front of their window. When I notice a couple birds on the telephone wire I look up again in a minuet and there are like 10 more birds and they just kept coming and coming. It freaked me out a little bit. Then on the way home from Utah we stopped in Flagstaff to pick up some of Debbie & Russ' stuff. It had been raining all day it was wet outside and still drizzling a bit while I was moving stuff to the truck this crow or some loud bird kept cawing loudly. Birds are not out when it is raining. Yep freaked me out a little bit more. Then while Debbie and I are driving the truck home (the truck which window does not roll up the whole way) a bird flies like it trying to fly through the little crack in the window. Seriously no joke it flew right at me. And all this happened with in two days. So yes I now have a sort of fear of birds.The book with the ending I waited the longest for:
Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
I just have to say that I LOVE Jacob's book, even the titles for the chapters had me laughing. There was a lot more humor in Breaking Dawn, I mean Bella even quoted The Simpson's, it was great. The banter between Rosalie & Jacob had me laughing out loud. And when Jacob kicked her in the stomach in his human form...it was awesome. I love Jacob. I can't not mention Emmett's "Go Gators! About time someone scored around here." I laughed so long over that, maybe it was the lack of sleep or maybe the drugs.
The book with the cutest endings:
How To Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend, by Janette Rallison
Janette Rallison wrote a book I loved when I was 15. This past year I discovered she had a lot more books out and I have almost read all of them. But this book has been my favorite so far. Her books are clean, fun reads, seriously you will laugh out loud. I brought one of her other books "It's A Mall World After All" on a trip to Utah, it had everyone in the car laughing out loud.
And
The Truth About Forever, by Sarah Dessen
Cutest might not be the best word but it is really really good.
The books that caused me the most emotional distress:
The Mortal Instruments (City of Bones, City of Ashes, & City of Glass) by, Cassandra Clare
This is going to sound bad, but when I first read City of Bones I actually had to put the book down and could not pick it up for almost a month. You find out some distressing news in the book and every time I thought about picking the book back up it made me feel sick. But thankfully I finished and read City of Ashes. City of Ashes is so good, completely sold me on the series and gave me yet another fictional crush (oh Jace). I am also just going to add City of Glass in the mix even if I read it in 2009 and technically does not come out till March. I love all the books and they all caused me emotional distress. If you are wondering how I already read City of Glass I mentioned it already in a blog. But we made a video and took second in a contest and won an Advanced Readers Copy.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Out With The Old In With The New part II
My top 5 favorite movies in 2008 were...
Penelope
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
"HE IS MAGNIFICENT"
The Dark Knight
The Fall
Thank you Debbie & Russ for Clearplay
Chaos Theory
Movies I want to see in 2009
Terminator Salvation
I Love Christian Bale
Wolverine
I first saw this trailer last summer at Comic Con and at the last couple of movies I have gone to see & everytime I clap when they show Gambit.
Public Enemies
This will most likely be R so I will have to wait for it to come out on DVD but come on, a movie about gangsters with Johnny Depp & Christian Bale who doesn't want to see that? You can read about it here.
Penelope
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
"HE IS MAGNIFICENT"
The Dark Knight
The Fall
Thank you Debbie & Russ for Clearplay
Chaos Theory
Movies I want to see in 2009
Terminator Salvation
I Love Christian Bale
Wolverine
I first saw this trailer last summer at Comic Con and at the last couple of movies I have gone to see & everytime I clap when they show Gambit.
Public Enemies
This will most likely be R so I will have to wait for it to come out on DVD but come on, a movie about gangsters with Johnny Depp & Christian Bale who doesn't want to see that? You can read about it here.
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