5 on Friday - Set 134

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

Woo hoo! Still on vay-cay!

Hope you're having a great week!

1 - Nature Boy -  Kalan Porter

2 -  Tenderness -  General Public

3 - Ghost Dancing - Simple Minds  

4 - Chance - Big Country

5 - Mystify -  INXS

2012 Movie Madness Challenge - August Report

Time for my eighth status report for the Movie Madness Challenge.

Here is my code for the films:

New to me - N
Repeat viewing - R

I'll also be including how I viewed the films:

DVD
VHS (yes, we have a lot of those, and a VCR)
Network TV
Pay TV
Internet
In theatre

Cowboys and Aliens
Pay TV
N

Gnomeo and Juliet
Pay TV
N

True Blood Season 5
Pay TV
N

The King's Speech
Pay TV
N

Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project
Pay TV
N

Battle Royale
DVD
N

The Dark Knight Rises
Theatre
N

Best in Show
Pay TV
R

The Princess Bride
Pay TV
R

The Pink Angels
DVD
N

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Total movies for August - 10

Total movies for 2012 - 60

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This is the updated list for August.

As I headed off to work Fan Expo last month, I'd only had time to add three films to my August total.

Once my vacation started, I quickly added seven more films to my Movie Madness Challenge.  

25 Movies: Movie Newbie

50 Movies: Movie Fanatic

75 Movies: Movie Critic

100+ Movies: Movie Master

5 on Friday - Set 133

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

I'm currently on vacation--if my comments are sporadic for the next little while, I'll be back soon.

Until then, here's this week's set:

1 - Vacation - The Go-Go's

2 - Holiday - Madonna 

3 - Night Boat to Cairo - Madness

4 - Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones

5 -  Holiday - Green Day

I'm blogging at The Popculturedivas today

I'm over at The Popculturedivas today, talking about Big Cities and how they feed my creative muse. 

5 on Friday - Set 132

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

This time next week, I'll be sitting at my booth

A 49

at the Indie Artist Alley, Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario signing copies of SAINT SANGUINUS and BOUND BY DRAGONSFYRE. I'll also have prints of my mom's watercolor ink piece, Stare of the Dragon available. 

If you're in the Toronto area from Aug 23-26, hope you can join me at Fan Expo!

Thurs - Aug 23 - 2:00 to 9:00

Fri - Aug 24 - 9:30 to 7:00

Sat - Aug 25 - 9:30 to 7:00

Sun - Aug 26 - 9:30 to 5:00 

In the spirit of Fan Expo and dark fantasy heroes like Scorpius, my falconer's apprentice fighting to stay one step ahead of deadly political intrigue, here's a set of my favorite fantasy film themes.

1 - Harry Potter theme - Hedwig's theme - composed by John Williams

2 -  Game of Thrones theme - composed by Ramin Djawadi

3 - Lord of the Rings theme- The Bridge of Khazad Dum - composed by Howard Shore  

4 - 300 theme - Message for the Queen - composed by Tyler Bates

5 - Xena: Warrior Princess theme - composed by Joseph LoDuca

5 on Friday - Set 131

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

In two short weeks, I'll be sitting at my booth

A 49

at the Indie Artist Alley, Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario signing copies of SAINT SANGUINUS and BOUND BY DRAGONSFYRE. I'll also have prints of my mom's watercolor ink piece, Stare of the Dragon available. 

If you're in the Toronto area from Aug 23-26, hope you can join me at Fan Expo!

In the meantime, there's one more chance to vote for A Piece of My Mind for the Fascination Award. Click on this link for instructions on how to vote. Contest closes Fri the 10th at midnight EST.

In the spirit of Fan Expo and superheroes like Peredur, my Dark Ages vampire, here's a set of my favorite superhero themes.

1 -  Batman theme - composed by Danny Elfman

2 - Robocop theme - composed by Basil Poledouris  

3 - Animated X-Men theme - composed by Shuki Levy and Ron Wasserman

4 - Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior theme - composed by Brian May

5 - Iron Man theme - composed by Ramin Djawadi

Vote for my blog!

Voting ends tomorrow, Aug 10th--if you'd like to add your support for A Piece of My Mind, here are the instructions:

Click on this link to get to the voting

Scroll down to the Creative Writing Teacher blog section.

Go to Comments and click on the little down arrows beside the word 'comments'.

The links for the nominated blogs will appear. My blog is listed as 'julia-mindovermatter' and is the 20th one down.

You should see a + number figure in red. At this point, if you have upgraded to Google Plus, you'll also see a + 1 beside the first number. Click on the + 1 to cast your vote.

If you can't see the + 1, upgrade to Google Plus and then vote.

Thanks to all who have taken part and shown your support!

I'm also over at The Popculturedivas today, talking about where I'll be in two short weeks:

5 on Friday - Set 130

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

My set this week is a companion piece for the release of Summer Passions (Seasons of Love), a set of 'three delicious Regency short stories' by Michelle McMaster, whose wit had me literally laughing out loud within the first ten lines.

If these stories came with a soundtrack, I do believe it would sound something like this: 

1 -  Impromptu Opus 90 No. 2 composed by Franz Schubert - Krystian Zimerman

2 - Sonata for fortepiano and mandolin in C major composed by Johann Hummel -  Sofronitsky (fortepiano) and Walz (mandolin)

3 - Mit einem gemalten Band (With a painted ribbon) composed by Ludwig van Beethoven -  Peter Schrier (tenor) and Walter Olbertz (piano)

4 - The Miller-Wizard, Trickster and Match-Maker composed by Mikhail Sokolovsky - Vladimir Philharmonic chamber orchestra

5 - Hole in the Wall composed by Henry Purcell - from Becoming Jane