Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Kevin Federline: Lose Control

Kevin Federline: Lose Control Official Music Video

Ok, I'll be the first...I'm going to put Kevin Federline on my blog, I may be the first gay blog to do this, but I like the song. He can dance and I like the song. Deal with it.

Kevin Federline: Lose Control

Kevin Federline: Lose Control Official Music Video

Ok, I'll be the first...I'm going to put Kevin Federline on my blog, I may be the first gay blog to do this, but I like the song. He can dance and I like the song. Deal with it.

Kevin Federline: Lose Control

Kevin Federline: Lose Control Official Music Video

Ok, I'll be the first...I'm going to put Kevin Federline on my blog, I may be the first gay blog to do this, but I like the song. He can dance and I like the song. Deal with it.

Halloween a Bust

Well both Harry and I were suppose to go to my friend Christopher's place for a Halloween party on Saturday night Oct. 28th, but with my roller blading mishap I managed to tweak my back and really wasn't up for going out. On Halloween night Oct. 31st Harry and I were suppose to go to our friend Tom's place for some cheesy horror movies. But this time Harry's had a major toothache and wasn't really in the mood for a party. So this Halloween pretty much was a bust... oh well there's always next year.

Monday, October 30, 2006

Heroes...

...I love this show. As I mentioned before, I am into the whole super hero thing. Fantastic 4, X-Men, The Matrix, even Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. I love the fact that these characters have these "powers". Ok, so tonight we know a little bit more about Niki (Ali Larter), I still do not know what her super power is though, I mean to me it's like she just has a split personality! Sorry I don't do recaps, but it was a really good episode and next week........... THEIR SECRETS ARE OUT! I think Niki's son also has powers...I'm sorry I mean "talents"...because his father does, yes Niki's husband is back in the picture and it seems he can blend into things or go through them. As usual, the trailer for next week gave me chills. For the first time....there is a pic of a very attractive woman on this blog...please don't boycott me. I have a room to clean, laundry to do and it's already late...so this is it, I promise better tomorrow! ;-) peace

Ali Larter

Heroes...

...I love this show. As I mentioned before, I am into the whole super hero thing. Fantastic 4, X-Men, The Matrix, even Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. I love the fact that these characters have these "powers". Ok, so tonight we know a little bit more about Niki (Ali Larter), I still do not know what her super power is though, I mean to me it's like she just has a split personality! Sorry I don't do recaps, but it was a really good episode and next week........... THEIR SECRETS ARE OUT! I think Niki's son also has powers...I'm sorry I mean "talents"...because his father does, yes Niki's husband is back in the picture and it seems he can blend into things or go through them. As usual, the trailer for next week gave me chills. For the first time....there is a pic of a very attractive woman on this blog...please don't boycott me. I have a room to clean, laundry to do and it's already late...so this is it, I promise better tomorrow! ;-) peace

Ali Larter

Heroes...

...I love this show. As I mentioned before, I am into the whole super hero thing. Fantastic 4, X-Men, The Matrix, even Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. I love the fact that these characters have these "powers". Ok, so tonight we know a little bit more about Niki (Ali Larter), I still do not know what her super power is though, I mean to me it's like she just has a split personality! Sorry I don't do recaps, but it was a really good episode and next week........... THEIR SECRETS ARE OUT! I think Niki's son also has powers...I'm sorry I mean "talents"...because his father does, yes Niki's husband is back in the picture and it seems he can blend into things or go through them. As usual, the trailer for next week gave me chills. For the first time....there is a pic of a very attractive woman on this blog...please don't boycott me. I have a room to clean, laundry to do and it's already late...so this is it, I promise better tomorrow! ;-) peace

Ali Larter

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Second "little" brother outing

Today I had my second little brother hang out. We went to Balboa Park. We first started with feeding the ducks which he really liked. Second was bike riding and since my bike tires were flat I had to roller blade with some really old roller blades. He was a beginner when it came to biking so I tried to help him as much as I could without killing myself being on roller blades. He hit a fence once but was doing pretty good until we hit a slight hill. He couldn't slow down so I tried to jump and help but releazed that I was no help since I was rolling backwards and into some bushes. He managed to stay up and made it down the hill but I did some great balancing tumbling act and managed to tweak my back a bit. After that I was done roller blading. We decided to walk around the park a little and he saw that there were paddle boats and wanted to ride. We had to walk all the way around the lake to get to them. While we did that we played some kick ball. We get to the paddle boat office and he says he wants to do a full hour. I tell him that we can do a half hour and if he want's to continue then we can extend it. Luckily I did that, because no more then ten minutes paddling around the lake he tells me that he is not feeling well and wants to go back. We paddle back and I tell him that it's time for lunch so we start the long walk back to the jeep. As we are walking back he tells me that he has to go to the bathroom, I tell him "oh that's fine thereb are bathrooms here" well come to find out that my "little" doesn't like to go to the bathroom #2 anywhere but home and he had to go for the past two hours and if he could just go home instead of lunch. So I took him home and only spent about 2 1/2 hours with him. The outing started out fun but ended abrubtly. Our next outing is going to be a movie outing.

Friday, October 27, 2006

An excerpt

Hey everyone! Guess what? My editor just sent me the excerpt they’ll be using to promote my very first teen book THE SPECIALISTS: MODEL SPY. I also found out the exact month it’ll be in stores. May 2007! Yippee!

Here’s the excerpt…

The entire greenhouse brightened with white light, and a shrill siren went off.

David grabbed my hand, and we took off down the path. Metal grids began unrolling from the ceiling, securing the greenhouse’s glass panes and prohibiting anyone from exiting. We cut through hedges and greenery and slid through a spiny shrub to our entrance hole.

TL was right there, waiting for us. I glanced up to see a metal grid grinding toward us. David grabbed the back of my shirt and pants and shoved me through, then dove after me. A split second later, the grid slammed over our hole, shutting us out.

We bolted across the open frosty lawn to where Jonathan waited. In the distance we heard the pack of Dobermans. Jonathan dropped to his hands and knees at the base of the wrought-iron fence. Using him as a step, David bounced onto his back and over the ten-foot tall barrier. I went next with TL giving me a helpful push up and over. David caught me, TL landed beside us, and Jonathan quickly scaled the fence.

With Jonathan safely on our side, we took off across the road and into the woods.

A mile later, we burst through the trees on the outskirts of an Ushbanian town, a different one from where the modeling school and hotel were located. I knew from our preoperations session that we would split up if something like this happened. David and I in one direction, TL in another, and Jonathan in yet another.

A police siren pierced the air. David grabbed my hand and yanked me down an alley. We ran past a Dumpster and skidded to a halt when a police car pulled in the opposite end. David backed me up against the side of a building and plastered his body to mine. Our chests heaved against each other with winded breaths.

He buried his mouth against my ear. “Wrap. Your. Arms. Around. Me.”

I did as he instructed, my heart hammering, keeping the police car in my peripheral vision. It slowly rolled toward us. “It’s coming,” I hissed, desperately trying to think of what to do next.

“Sorry,” he mumbled right before crushing his mouth to mine.

Oh my God, I’m sixteen, and I’ve never been kissed. Please let me be doing this right.

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Today's Weather...

...has been windy!! And with wind, you need something to calm that wind...so...I bring you Joseph Sayers...some of these pics you may have seen, but...does it really matter?? (ok, there ARE some new ones) ;-) peace





Today's Weather...

...has been windy!! And with wind, you need something to calm that wind...so...I bring you Joseph Sayers...some of these pics you may have seen, but...does it really matter?? (ok, there ARE some new ones) ;-) peace





Today's Weather...

...has been windy!! And with wind, you need something to calm that wind...so...I bring you Joseph Sayers...some of these pics you may have seen, but...does it really matter?? (ok, there ARE some new ones) ;-) peace





Monday, October 23, 2006

Our new Refrigerator

Well here it is.. our new Refrigerator... it's a beauty.

Car repairs

Well I took my Jeep to Midas to have the brakes checked and I know by the sound they were making that it wasn't going to be cheap. I left it there and walked to work and a few hours later the guy called and gave me the bad news. Both back brakes are fine.. but the two front brake pads and brake rotars needed to be replaced and they also wanted to flush out my brake fluid. When it comes to places like this you never know if they are really telling you the turth or not but since I haven't not dealt with my brakes since I have had the Jeep (over a year) I figure it wouldn't hurt to take care of it now. So I paid $500.00 to have my brakes fixed... man this was an expensive weekend.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Wall of Serenity


I got these awesome pictures of the Firefly/Serenity Characters last year and they have been sitting up in my toy room for the longest time. They were an odd 10x10 and I couldn't find frames and they cost to me much money to not be protected. I finally found 10x10 frames on Ebay and bought them for a fair amount. I got the frames and they were great but they forgot to give me the glass for them so that took another week or so to get that and after months and months of waiting I finally was able to put up these beautiful pictures.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Poltergeist and Wil Wheaton

After reading Wil Wheaton's Blog ( for those who don't know he played Wesley Crusher from Star Trek The Next Generation ), he mentioned that he was a huge fan of Poltergeist and that it was playing at a local theater in South Pasadena at Midnight. I have only seen Poltergeist in the Drive in back in 82 when it came out and thought it would be great to see it again in a movie theater. So my friend Bruce, Harry and I went to see this classic horror movie. Not many people were there about 30 or so and I expect many more but it was a lot of fun. An extra surprise was that Wil Wheaton and his wife sat right in front of us. Both Bruce and I held back our geeky fanboy reaction and enjoyed the movie. I was so tired but it was well worth it... great fun.

When it Rains it Pours

Well today has not been a great day. Woke up and had breakfast with my friend Christopher. Planned on relaxing all day. Breakfast went great and as I was driving home I noticed that my brakes were making noise. My brakes have been sqeaking the past few weeks but now they are starting to grind (that's not good). So now my weekend was going to be spent getting my brakes fixed. I get home and go and ge a soda and realize that our fridge is not working.. yep.. the fride died last night sometime and everything has been slowly defrosting. So Harry and I went to Best Buy to buy a new fridge and since I was going to buy a new one I wanted a side by side one with water and ice in the door. We found a decent Wirlpool for $900 but on sale for $799.00 so we got that one but since it was past 7pm they can't deliever it till Monday. So we are trying to rescue our frozen foods and hope we can keep them semi cold till then. And if that wasn't bad enough I was hanging some pictures up and standing on the side of the couch and guess what.. it cracked and broke. So one side of our couch in now broken. So this nice relaxing weekend turned into a money pit. And just when I had enough money to put some into my saving.. guess I should be happy that I have the money to buy a new fridge and brakes.. the couch is going to have to wait.

Friday, October 20, 2006

Check it out

What a great review I just got for Laura’s Secrets. Check it out!

You can run from your past but you can not hide. Laura Genny tries to keep firmly focused on the present and the future, but memories are harder to control and well up unexpectedly. When friend and mentor Ed Barslow gets Laura an audition with Tourist, she lands the job of her dreams. Being Head Sound Engineer for the international rock group will mean traveling with the band. There is a downside. Keeping secrets is never easy, especially when consorting with those in the spotlight.

The rocker lifestyle has long palled on Will Burns, lead guitarist of Tourist. The groupies and hangers on are a far cry from what he wants in a woman. Their new sound mixer is shy, professional and seems to be impervious to his charm. The intriguing woman is keeping her distance, but Will just wants to draw her close.

Ms. Greenland does a spectacular job on this wonderful love story. Not an easy thing to do when keeping such a disturbing topic as abuse in the background. We are given a sensitive portrayal of the effects long after the reality of abuse has come to an end.

Readers will love Will for his patience and support of the heroine. His is not the emotional battering ram technique to a relationship, but the real wooing that we as women adore.
There are few heroines that one aches so wholeheartedly for in the journey to love and healing. Laura’s tentative reaching out to Will and to happiness is an emotion filled thing to watch.
Laura’s Secrets is crafted thoroughly to fulfill the reader’s need for multifaceted characters, mystery, suspense and most of all romance.

Flashes of humor, fun episodes and tender scenes make this offering something far from being maudlin. Plot twists keep us on our toes, though foreshadowing keeps us from finding anything unexpected.

Fans of romance need only read this book to remember why we first fell in love with the genre. This is one for the keeper shelf.

~Love Romances And More

Thursday, October 19, 2006

The Internet...

...is evil! So I'm home, long day at work and I'm watching Ugly Betty (I'm so late on jumping on this bandwagon!) and I realize, I haven't ate much today. So I check the fridge and cupboards and nothing looks appealing, so I sit back in front of the TV...and I see a Papa Johns commercial...more importantly, I see "order online" in the Papa John's commercial. *sigh* Ok so my pizza is on it's way.
#1) There is no reason to be eating pizza after 7pm before bedtime!
#2) While I'm paying $23.00 for this pizza (and chicken wings) I could have driven my
lazy ass to Jack in the Box and got two tacos for .99 cents!
#3) I should not EVEN be eating pizza!
#4) You don't get six pack abs from ordering pizza online at 10pm. at night!!
just doesn't happen!

*sigh* I'm only eating one piece and two chicken wings!!!
;-)
peace



The Internet...

...is evil! So I'm home, long day at work and I'm watching Ugly Betty (I'm so late on jumping on this bandwagon!) and I realize, I haven't ate much today. So I check the fridge and cupboards and nothing looks appealing, so I sit back in front of the TV...and I see a Papa Johns commercial...more importantly, I see "order online" in the Papa John's commercial. *sigh* Ok so my pizza is on it's way.
#1) There is no reason to be eating pizza after 7pm before bedtime!
#2) While I'm paying $23.00 for this pizza (and chicken wings) I could have driven my
lazy ass to Jack in the Box and got two tacos for .99 cents!
#3) I should not EVEN be eating pizza!
#4) You don't get six pack abs from ordering pizza online at 10pm. at night!!
just doesn't happen!

*sigh* I'm only eating one piece and two chicken wings!!!
;-)
peace



The Internet...

...is evil! So I'm home, long day at work and I'm watching Ugly Betty (I'm so late on jumping on this bandwagon!) and I realize, I haven't ate much today. So I check the fridge and cupboards and nothing looks appealing, so I sit back in front of the TV...and I see a Papa Johns commercial...more importantly, I see "order online" in the Papa John's commercial. *sigh* Ok so my pizza is on it's way.
#1) There is no reason to be eating pizza after 7pm before bedtime!
#2) While I'm paying $23.00 for this pizza (and chicken wings) I could have driven my
lazy ass to Jack in the Box and got two tacos for .99 cents!
#3) I should not EVEN be eating pizza!
#4) You don't get six pack abs from ordering pizza online at 10pm. at night!!
just doesn't happen!

*sigh* I'm only eating one piece and two chicken wings!!!
;-)
peace



Teenage Writers

Great fun over the weekend. I spoke to a group of library patrons. Now, I know that doesn't sound all that exciting, even though they WERE an interested bunch. The really cool part was getting to talk to two teenage friends who are avid, enthusiastic, fantasy/fiction writers!! They had tons of questions, and are certain they WILL be published and famous some day. There's not a doubt in my mind, either.

They are both writing series books, and one has ten books planned already. They write every day, and help edit each other's work.

The self-confidence these two displayed was contagious! I hope every teenager reading this has an equally awesome dream to latch onto. It was a blast talking to them.

I also was excited to find out that "Cynthia's Attic: The Magic Medallion," was a finalist in the "Children's Fiction" category in the USABookNews 2006 Book Awards.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

It's all about The Eyes...

...so purty!! So my boss is out of town this week, which is good because I can get more done...on the other hand...she generates work for me....it's Wednesday, slloowww! It's a good thing though, I can kind of go and meet other people in the company and find out who is who. Other than that, not much to report OK! I sooo thought there would be more to talk abou, moving back to CA , but no...nothing so far. To entertain myself, I've been checking out places in Denver. You know I can't stay in one place TO long! ;-) peace



It's all about The Eyes...

...so purty!! So my boss is out of town this week, which is good because I can get more done...on the other hand...she generates work for me....it's Wednesday, slloowww! It's a good thing though, I can kind of go and meet other people in the company and find out who is who. Other than that, not much to report OK! I sooo thought there would be more to talk abou, moving back to CA , but no...nothing so far. To entertain myself, I've been checking out places in Denver. You know I can't stay in one place TO long! ;-) peace



It's all about The Eyes...

...so purty!! So my boss is out of town this week, which is good because I can get more done...on the other hand...she generates work for me....it's Wednesday, slloowww! It's a good thing though, I can kind of go and meet other people in the company and find out who is who. Other than that, not much to report OK! I sooo thought there would be more to talk abou, moving back to CA , but no...nothing so far. To entertain myself, I've been checking out places in Denver. You know I can't stay in one place TO long! ;-) peace



New Motto


Save the Cheerleader.... Save the World

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Fast and Freaky Fiction Contest Winner

I would like to officially congratulate the
Winner
of our first official
Fast & Freaky Fiction Writing Contest
October 2006.

On October 21, 2006 Echelon Press Publishing will make

THE WITCH TREE
by
C.A. Verstraete

Available for sale as an e-book download.

Congratulations and check back on the
First of each month for the new theme for our
Fiction Writing Contest!

No Season Two of Gene Simmons For Me

I just got an email informing me that my services were not going to be required for Season Two of Gene Simmons Family Jewels. Seems that the new Co-Ep of the show is going to bring his "own" Post Production Supervisor. I don't know why.. but I had a feeling I wasn't going to be asked back if there was a second season.. not sure why. Oh well.. life goes on. I'm here at Curl Girls until the end of Dec. and then I'll move on to bigger and better.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

"Little" Outing

Entry for October 15, 2006 - "Little" Outing

Well today was my first outing with my new "little" brother Nico, he's 8. The funny thing is his older brother also got a new "Big" brother the same day and we both got there at the same time to pick up our "little’s".

Nico and I went to Sherman Oaks Castle Park. He loves golf and video games so I thought this would be the perfect place. We played two rounds of miniature golf, and he isn't bad. He got the only hole in one shot of the day. After golf we went inside and played a few video games, we played some ice hockey and then a two player X-men fighting game. We decided to take a break from video games and had some lunch. I got a burger and fries and he wanted pizza. You could buy it by the slice so I asked for one slice for him.. but he said he wanted two. I knew there was no way he was going to eat two slice, they were pretty big slices, but I also knew he didn't get breakfast. Well I was right.. he ate half a slice and wanted to take the rest home. Oh well .. now I know how much food to get him while we are out. After lunch we decided to play games that would give up tickets, you get enough tickets and you can redeem them for small prizes. We played and played and amassed about 465 tickets. So Nico had fun spending all of them and of course got a bunch on small toys and tootsie rolls. It was a fun time and a great first outing.

Southern Festival or Books

Hey everyone! I’m giving you a shout out from Memphis, TN.

I’m here right now participating in the Southern Festival of Books. It’s been going on all weekend.

I’ve met some really awesome people like Ashley and Jessica from West Memphis. Hi gals!

I’m staying with my sis-in-law and her family. Hi Cathy, Jacob, and Max!

I’m sharing a booth with some cool authors like Sam Morton, Grace Howell, and Linda Prather. Hey guys!

I ate at this neat place called North Town with the world’s best hot fudge sundae. (I didn’t eat the sundae) But they have tasty wild rice bowls.

That’s about it except for the fact my sis-in-law makes the best freaking coffee in the world. Its like having Starbucks right here at my disposal.

Sandstorm...

...is the best techno song ever! Ok, I know it's old, been around for years...but I just can still just dance my ass of to it! Does anyone know how/if I can post songs to this blog? I have this great mix to Sandstorm that I want to share. Oh, ok NOT liking CA any better..but today, tonight, I went to the Sacramento gay and lesbian film festival and saw a film by Q. Allan Broka called Boy Culture, I liked it. I think I liked Eating Out better, but this was also a good film. ;-) peace
Some pics from Eating Out, which I saw at the Fresno Gay and Lesbian Film Festival...a few years ago.




Sandstorm...

...is the best techno song ever! Ok, I know it's old, been around for years...but I just can still just dance my ass of to it! Does anyone know how/if I can post songs to this blog? I have this great mix to Sandstorm that I want to share. Oh, ok NOT liking CA any better..but today, tonight, I went to the Sacramento gay and lesbian film festival and saw a film by Q. Allan Broka called Boy Culture, I liked it. I think I liked Eating Out better, but this was also a good film. ;-) peace
Some pics from Eating Out, which I saw at the Fresno Gay and Lesbian Film Festival...a few years ago.




Sandstorm...

...is the best techno song ever! Ok, I know it's old, been around for years...but I just can still just dance my ass of to it! Does anyone know how/if I can post songs to this blog? I have this great mix to Sandstorm that I want to share. Oh, ok NOT liking CA any better..but today, tonight, I went to the Sacramento gay and lesbian film festival and saw a film by Q. Allan Broka called Boy Culture, I liked it. I think I liked Eating Out better, but this was also a good film. ;-) peace
Some pics from Eating Out, which I saw at the Fresno Gay and Lesbian Film Festival...a few years ago.