HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

This zombie make-up was done by a professional movie effects make-up artist 2 years ago (it was awesome and was slowly trickling blood throughout the night). I was the lucky person in the audience who got picked to demonstrate the make-up artists' talents at a convention. It looked much grosser in person. It looked so disgusting that people wouldn't look at me in the face. It also took several hours to be completed. Seemed Halloween appropriate.

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Happy Halloween!

"The Walking Dead"

This is a new series coming out on AMC. Based upon a comic book series of the same name. This might be my new favorite show, we'll see. I love anything that contains undead zombie goodness. The show premieres on Halloween (how appropriate). It looks like it is going to be pretty short, only about 6 episodes or so.

This is the plot synopsis (taken from Wikipedia)"The Walking Dead tells the story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse and follows a small group of survivors traveling across the United States in search of a new home away from the hordes of zombies. The group is led by Rick Grimes, who was a police officer in the old world. As their situation grows more and more grim, the group's desperation to survive pushes them to do almost anything to stay alive."

Kanye West on SNL

A friend showed me this clip. It's an interesting performance, for some reason I kept thinking about it afterward. Why is he wearing a crown like Julius Caesar at the beginning of the performance? (Oh, I get it now, the song is called "Power.") His ego is way out of control, but he never fails to surprise. Definitely one of the strangest performances that I have seen on Saturday Night Live.

Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair"

I expected this to be much worse, it's actually kind of cute (if you are nine years old). Who knew Will and Jada's kids would be talented? It kinda sounds like Rihanna, her look is also Rihanna. I'm sure my nieces will love her. Ever since I have listened to it, it has been stuck in my head. "I whip my hair back and forth..." LOL.

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

This takes me way back. It was my favorite cartoon when I was a child, I would rush home to watch them. Apparently, there is still some interest in them. There are new seasons in production that are going to be airing in early 2012 according to Wikipedia. The theme song was real groovy, then and now. I remember that it didn't have an ending, they only found one of the seven cities and then they just stopped airing new episodes. Very exciting, I had almost forgotten about them and for some reason they recently popped into my head. Whenever I would mention this cartoon to any of my friends, they would think that I was crazy. No one seemed to remember it, glad to know that I am not crazy and that someone else does remember. The entire series is out now on DVD. I skeptically purchased this set recently, thinking that the episodes might not be as exciting as I remembered. Surprising, they were much better than I remembered (they may have even been a bit complex at times for a six-year child at the time). So glad I bought this. Their adventures are so exciting (Mayan tombs, secret passages, ancient primitive cultures, hieroglyphics). I couldn't stop watching them once I started. a very satisfying aniamted series to watch. Please check it out if you can.

Michaele Salahi Barbie doll

Does Mattel not have anything better to do? It seems silly to me that Michaele Salahi, Real Housewife of DC and notorious White House Crasher, would have her own doll. Who is going to buy this? What mom is going to pick this up for their little girl? I have to say that it really does look like her though, at first I thought it was a real picture of her and not a doll. Seems to be in poor taste, she might be slightly famous (or infamous) but no where near worthy of having a doll made in her image. Give me a break! I would just like to see who is going to buy it.

Les Nubians "Nu Revolution"

The Afropean French sister duo Les Nubians have a new EP titled "Nu Revolution." It is their first musical offering since 2003's "One Step Forward." I am excited to hear new music from them, but the new music is only sold online through their official website. The website offers almost no information as to what songs are on the EP or what they sound like (they do offer a free download for one song called "Liberte" which sounds pretty nice). Download link:

http://www.lesnubians.com/liberte.zip

EPs generally only have about 5 or 6 songs, but the price is listed as $15.99 (seems slightly expensive for only a couple of songs that they won't give you any information about). I'll probably wait until I can tell what is on the EP before I purchase, but here is the first single "Liberte."

Update: I took a chance and purchased the CD anyway. I was glad that I did, their new music is great. The E.P. has seven tracks:

"Nu Queens Intro"
"African For The Future"
"Les Gens"
"Fraicheur Souhaitee"
"Liberté"
"Veuillez Veiller Sur Vos Reves"
"Nu Revolution"