Big Easy Part II: Electric Boogaloo

Sittin' on a sack of beans

Sittin' down in New Orleans

You wouldn't believe what I've seen

Sitting on that sack of beans

Apache Rose Peacock – Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields

Sold in a market down in New Orleans

Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright

Hear him with the women just around midnight

Brown sugar how come you taste so good?

Brown sugar just like a young girl should

Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot

Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop

House boy knows that he's doing alright

You shoulda heard him just around midnight

Brown sugar how come you taste so good, now?

Brown sugar just like a young girl should, no

Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones

Note: Fun little fact, this song was recorded in a local studio

 just over the bridge from where I currently live. 

The soul and heartbeat of music is strong here in Alabama.

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There's a man in New Orleans

Who plays rock and roll

He's a guitar man

With a great big soul

He lays down a beat

Like a ton of coal

He goes by the name of King Creole

You know he's gone, gone, gone

Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole

You know he's gone, gone, gone

Hip shaking King Creole

King Creole – Elvis Presley

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Did you see him on the street?

Did you pass him at your feet?

Did you think aloud,"how dare they

even look me in the eye'?

And he loves the girls.

And he loves the boys.

Going to make twenty dollars

before the weekends over.

So set him up,

Let him fall.

Turn him over in your hands.

God save the King of New Orleans.

King of New Orleans – Better Than Ezra

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It's Mardi Gras Time!!! I hope you all enjoy it in one way or another!

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez!!!

More songs about the great city of New Orleans!

happy valentine's day.

I just thought I'd write a little something today to say Happy Valentine's to you, my loves! Thank you for your support and friendship!

I had an amazing early Valentine's Day with Mike yesterday. We enjoyed Adam Sandler's new movie Just Go With It [extremely cute, just not the usual Sandler, I was a bit disappointed in that] and had an amazing dinner that he made including chicken stuffed with crab meat - AWESOME!!! I hope you all have a wonderful day! May it be filled with warm fuzzies, lots of hugs from friends, family and loved ones and above all good wine and chocolate!!! Things I had more than enough of yesterday!

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And for all my anti-valentine's day pals....

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Fixation Friday: romance flicks

It's hard to believe that Valentine's Day is right around the corner - where did January go, where did the first two weeks of February go? For those of you who didn't realize how close the holiday of LURRVE is, it's on Monday, and you're welcome for the reminder. No one likes to spend that day or any day in the dog house. Anycupid, I'm not here to talk about Valentine's Day, but instead I want to talk about movies, more specifically, movies about LOVE.  My favorite all time heart-fest movie isn't really that romantic, it's more realistic I suppose. I've never been very sappy, well OK I can be sappy but I'm not mushy... at least not in public. I was the little girl that grew up watching all the Wonderful World of Disney movies about princesses and their prince charmings just like most of you [as well as Transformers or He-man n' such like the other half of my readers not sporting vaginas on the daily] but in watching these films I could never truly relate to the princesses, or main characters. Maybe it was my own personal insecurities or the fact that I knew I would never be locked up in a tower, sentenced to a coma after eating a poisoned apple, or be caught dead in a pink dress or tiara, at least not at that age. I have never felt like I could relate to the main female character roles in most romance movies, or any others for that matter.  I have always been one of the boys, or the girl that was never considered the 'hot one'. Even in high school my guy friends would tell me how hot my best friend was, and expect me to relay the message to her. Nice right? Basically I've always been more of a Corey Flood than Diane Court.

He gave her is heart and she gave him a pen.
Lloyd if you're listening, bring your ghetto blaster to my house!
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"The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy." - Corey
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All that being said... Say Anything isn't my favorite romantic movie of all time, but it is a very close second. Needless to say I'm not in high school anymore, thankfully. I am however in my 30's, and if I had to pick my favorite all time "romance movie, hands down it would be the 1992 "Classic" [and I use that word loosely - I hate referring to anything from my youth as classic, this includes hair metal, don't go there!] ... the movie would be SINGLES!

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Singles to me is hands down the best and most realistic depiction of dating after you've gone through the drama of high school, the crazy years of college and your faced with the real world. Not just in the sense that you're working 24/7 or struggling to become a rock star [Love you Cliff], but also in terms of finding a soulmate or hell even a friend to hang out with on a regular basis. Let's face it the older we get the harder these relationships become. Singles to me embodies all these fears, all the turmoil 20 and 30 somethings deal with not only in trying to find love, but also trying to make it in the crazy time we call adulthood. If you haven't seen this flick yet - I highly recommend it. If you loved the Seattle music scene of the 90's you'll be excited by cameos of some of your favorite bands of that era [and today] *coughpearljamalicenchainscough* - you'll enjoy this movie, trust me. And if you ever need a great use for a t-shirt that an ex left behind at your house, this movie has the perfect solution for you. Also, for the record, the soundtrack to this flick is freaking amazing! So there you have it, my favorite love story of all time... 

So tell me - what is your favorite cinematic love story?