Skeptickle » Entertainment http://skeptickle.com Seeker of authenticity. Lover of adventure. Sharer of things. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:52:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Music Therapy http://skeptickle.com/music-therapy/ http://skeptickle.com/music-therapy/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 19:50:14 +0000 sophia http://skeptickle.com/?p=1772 I haven’t posted in the last few weeks because I’ve been so darn busy! Work, volunteering, participating in events, and friends have taken up so much of my time that it has made for a stressful month for me. I’m usually a pretty healthy person (as in, I don’t get sick very often), but two days ago my body started giving up on me and I felt so tired for no reason. I started sneezing a lot which I thought was my allergies coming back. Then yesterday during work, my head felt really stuffy  and I guess I was running a fever that broke sometime during work because I was drenched in sweat when I got home. Fun times. So the lesson here kids is to not get stressed out for too long cuz you’re basically inviting the germies in with a big dancing sign on the street corner.

Anyways, one of the things that helps me cope with stress is listening to music. Not just any music. Alvin and the Chipmunk songs actually make me more stressed. Anyone else have that problem? Maybe it’s just me…

Here are some of the albums/songs on my playlist now:

  • Glee albums (my current fave show now that Lost is gone forever! *Sob*)
  • Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster
  • The Killer’s Day & Age
  • Kings of Leon’s Only By the Night
  • “According to You” by Orianthi (for some reason I think of my ex when I hear this song. Just sayin’…)
  • “Run” by Benton Paul (I was one of the people who got to weigh in on this guy’s work before it came out on iTunes. I like this song in particular.)
  • “Melody” by Kate Earl (such a happy song and I think most of us can relate to the lyrics)
  • “Change” and “Temporary Home” by Carrie Underwood (keeps me going when I’m disheartened about what I do and what I want to do)
  • “Better in Time” by Leona Lewis
  • “Hey, Soul Sister” by Train (loved this band from San Francisco ever since high school. Represent!)

Any recommendations for songs and albums that help when one needs a pick-me-up? And if you say “Single Ladies” from the Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel album, I shall hunt you down and destroy you. Most of us have heard by now that “Asian vampires are the most vicious of all vampires”. Don’t tempt me.

]]> http://skeptickle.com/music-therapy/feed/ 0 Halloween 2009 http://skeptickle.com/halloween-2009/ http://skeptickle.com/halloween-2009/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:39:20 +0000 sophia http://skeptickle.com/?p=1366 I had so much fun this Halloween :) . Rob and I went up to the City to hang out with our friends M & G and danced the night away. The only sad part was that M was sick so he had to go home early, but other than that it was one of the best parties I’ve ever been to.

Pictures:

Vampire Bill (from True Blood).

Vampire Bill (from True Blood).

A very sick Santa, literally.

A very sick Santa, literally.

Keepin' it together.

Keepin' it together.

Scary tooth-fairy.

Scary tooth-fairy.

I was a Renaissance pirate wench.

I was a Renaissance pirate wench.

Much needed H2O after a tiring night of dancing.

Much needed H2O after a tiring night of dancing.

Hope you had a fun Halloween too!

]]> http://skeptickle.com/halloween-2009/feed/ 1 Heath Ledger’s Final Film http://skeptickle.com/heath-ledgers-final-film/ http://skeptickle.com/heath-ledgers-final-film/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:40:49 +0000 sophia http://skeptickle.com/?p=909

R.I.P. Heath. You did great work and we will surely miss it.

]]> http://skeptickle.com/heath-ledgers-final-film/feed/ 0 Best Wedding Entrance Evar! http://skeptickle.com/best-wedding-entrance-evar/ http://skeptickle.com/best-wedding-entrance-evar/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:19:13 +0000 sophia http://skeptickle.com/?p=806 I’m reposting this video that I found on Mrs. Shortcake’s blog. It’s too cute not to share!

]]> http://skeptickle.com/best-wedding-entrance-evar/feed/ 0 Things to do in the summer, a photo journal: Part 1 http://skeptickle.com/things-to-do-in-the-summer-part-1/ http://skeptickle.com/things-to-do-in-the-summer-part-1/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:30:28 +0000 sophia http://skeptickle.com/?p=726 Sew a quilt with Joel Dewberry fabric from thefabricoutlet on etsy. Take lots of dragonfly pictures. DSC09234 DSC09270 Hike uphill in 102℉ weather. Enjoy the hike even though it's way too hot. Make body pillow...apparently for the cat. Dine outside in South Lake Tahoe on the 4th of July. Enjoy a delicious Greek salad and a cider. Take in the view of Lake Tahoe, a lake I've been visiting since I was a little kid. Make friends with the locals. Surprisingly friendly folks. Watch the sun melt over the mountains. DSC09380 Bask in the beauty of Lake Tahoe before the light fades away. Admire the double wisteria vine emblem at the SJ Buddhist shrine. My first time inside of a Buddhist shrine. San Jose Taiko rocking out! Observe a traditional Japanese Obon dance. Pick out ripe Japanese eggplant for dinner at local farmer's market. Enjoy local musicians. Buy as many heirloom tomatoes as one can haul home. Discover a new type of cucumber at the Happy Boy Farms booth. Marvel at the size that heirloom tomatoes can get! Read interesting new books. Watch the sailboats race in SF Bay. Stop and smell the sweet peas. Fort Mason, SF. Acknowledge the random (and true) writing on a bench. Attend the Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco. Withhold from buying all the colorful posters you see there. Get inspired by mixed media crafters. In this case, paper and thread make cute cards. Expensive blast from the past. Wanted to buy these for Rob. DSC09534 Great designs at Dutch Door Press. Rob bought me one of the antique glass lockets from Sasha Bell Jewelry. Drool over the cute animal letterpress cards at Dee & Lala. I need that unicorn zebra pillow from Pop Junkie. Obsess over the colors and textures at Spincycle Yarns. Love their logo. A new spin on the Keep Calm series. More gorgeous letterpress from Lucky Bee Press. Wish for this clever embroidered heart necklace. Wouldn't know who to buy this BART ticket onesie for, but I wish I did. Beautiful day. Beautiful view. This is the bird version of Rob! From The Mincing Mockingbird booth. I would trade an arm for that avocado scarf. Unfortunately it costed more than an arm. That machine sure is sexy... That scarf is made up of yarn and put together with a sewing machine. Cool laser-cut wood necklaces too. Can you believe this U.S. map is made from the block-printing technique? At the Tugboat Printshop booth. Block-printing wood blocks from Tugboat printers. Terrariums! Waiting for a table next door to the Blue Mermaid Chowder House. Document the beginning of a blackberry. ]]> http://skeptickle.com/things-to-do-in-the-summer-part-1/feed/ 0