TFT: The Highwaymen

Link: [The Highwaymen]

Not every song thatwill be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian”in the eyes of this world.  For some willbe anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviouslyferverent rants of rebellion. Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (inone way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear themessage.

Link: [On YouTube]

Highwayman

The Highwaymen

I was a highwayman

Along the coachroads I did ride

With sword andpistol by my side

Many a young maidlost her baubles to my trade

Many a soldier shedhis lifeblood on my blade

The bastards hungme in the spring of twenty-five

But I am stillalive

I was a sailor

I was born upon thetide

And with the sea Idid abide

I sailed a schooneraround the Horn of Mexico

I went aloft andfurled the mainsail in a blow

And when the yardsbroke off they said that I got killed

But I am livingstill

I was a dam builder

Across the riverdeep and wide

Where steel andwater did collide

A place calledBoulder on the wild Colorado

I slipped and fellinto the wet concrete below

They buried me inthat great tomb that knows no sound

But I am stillaround

I’ll always bearound

And around

And around

And around

And around

I fly a starship

Across the universedivide

And when I reachthe other side

I’ll find a placeto rest my spirit if I can

Perhaps I maybecome a highwayman again

Or I may simply bea single drop of rain

But I will remain

And I’ll be backagain

And again

And again

And again

And again

And again

And again

Link: [On YouTube]

Born and Raised in Black and White

The Highwaymen

The wind blows hard

Across the Texasplains

Makes some people

Go insane

While othersquietly

Pray for rain

That’s where wecame from

Two boys playin’ inthe burnin’ sun

One with books

One with guns

Mama calls

But just one comes

The other one runs

In a crystal sense

Of wrong and right

We were born andraised

In black and white

One learned to pray

One learned tofight

We were born andraised

In black and white

We were born andraised

In black and white

Brother took to theGospel road

Spent his wholelife savin’ souls

When he looked atme

His blood ran cold

He didn’t even try

I had no dreams

I had no plans

But a gun felt good

In my right hand

The warden asked

How come you killedthat man

I said I don’t knowwhy

Welcome home

Said the hotmoonlight

We were born andraised

In black and white

One lives to pray

One prays for life

We were born andraised

In black and white

We were born andraised

In black and white

Someone handed me acigarette

They offered me mylast request

I asked my mortalsoul be blessed

By someone close tome

He came to me withtremblin’ hands

He swore he’d neverunderstand

I said it’s justwhat life had planned

It’s destiny

Don’t waste yourtears

On me tonight

We were born andraised

In black and white

I chose the dark

You chased theLight

We were born andraised

In black and white

We were born andraised

In black and white

The wind blows hard

Across the Texasplains

Makes some people

Go insane

While othersquietly

Pray for rain

Lyrics From:[Cowboy Lyrics]

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Faking Autumn

(Anarchy Street Boyfriend Sweater, C. Wonder Shirt, Alexander Wang Silk Balloon Skirt, Theysken's Theory Wedges, Rebecca Minkoff Clutch, Cartier Watch, Bracelets by Anarchy Street, CC Skye, Jules, Low Luv, C. Wonder, Anarchy Street Bracelet worn as Anklet)

I wanted to pretend that it was chilly by layering but who am I kidding, it was over 80 degrees in California and I was secretly burning up inside. Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for this beautiful weather, but I just simply really wanted to wear this sweater.

Come Monday...Some More Fresh Air

“Come Monday…” is aweekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about,  websites, movies, documentaries, televisionshows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time.  Be assured that these reviews will begenerally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “ComeMonday.”  This is subject to change,however.  In fact, I would be mostderelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while.  For rants promote change, and change can begood—right?  Therefore, since good isgenerally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the paralleluniverses that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as beingsomething positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

Earlylast summer, I was asked to publish something about [The Fresh Air Fund].  It can be read [here], and I hope this willbe a timely follow-up piece, which [Grace] helped to prompt.

Yes,it well past an opportune time to actually host a child in desperate need ofbreathing some fresh country air, but giving to worthy causes never goes out ofseason.  Be assured that The Fresh AirFund is indeed a worthy cause in a number of ways.

Insharp contrast, we have had some fairly recent encounters with charities rifewith uncharitable aggression and apathy. Since I am very hopeful that those encounters have been exceptions insteadof the rule, the names of the organizations involved will not be given.

Thefirst encounter involved a solicitation for a donation over the phone by acharity that we were able to give to last year, but our funds are not nearly asplentiful this year.  So, when my wifetold the caller that we would not be able to donate anything this year, heasked, “Why not?”  He even went on to askwhat was different about this year, since we were able to give before, whichwas very upsetting to us both.

IfI remember right, it was later in that very same week a little over a month agothat she received another almost identical telephoned solicitation from anothercharity that we had given to last year. This “inspired” me to find out what I could about what was going on, andI soon learned that both of the calls came through a third-party callcenter.  I was unable to find out if bothcalls came from the same place, but since the script was almost identical, Isuspect that they were.

Afterfinding out about the third-party call centers, I sought to get into contactwith the actual charities, and the one I was able to get into direct contactwith via email immediately began an investigation of their own.  Within a couple of days, they informed methat they had tracked-down who had made the call to us on their behalf, and afterreviewing the recordings of several other calls that he had made to others, he was fired.

Beassured that I did not want to see anyone lose their job.  For all I was looking for was an emphasisbeing made on there being a big difference between soliciting charitable donationsand collecting debts, but anyone with a semblance of common sense(naturally-speaking, of course) should already realize that—right?

Itwas a very different story with the other charity using a third-party callcenter to solicit donations, however. For they did not list an email address on their website.  So, I called the telephone number that waslisted, and the one answering the phone offered to take our names off of theirlist after evidently ignoring what I had told him about just wanting to helpthem right an ongoing wrong.  Afterrepeating my intentions a couple of times more, he finally put me on hold forthe director, and after almost an hour of waiting, I gave up.

Oh,but wait—there’s more!  For the secondcharity did have the name of the call center they were employing listed on thefront page of their website, and I was able to send an email to them.  Twenty-four days later, I received an emailfrom [MacRae’s Blue Book] that they had decided to not pass on my email to thecall center.  When I sent a reply back toMacRae’s about it looking like they were as serious about providing goodcustomer service as the call center was, it came back as undeliverable.

No,we are not quite done yet.  For when mysister-in-law went to donate their old couch after getting a new one, she hadto go to three different charity outlets before finding one that was willing toaccept it.  Now, I can understand if it hadbecome the home for a bunch of militant squirrels bent on the destruction ofall man-made items, but the only thing wrong with the couch was a very small(we’re talkin’ teeny-tiny here) tear in the fabric on one corner of the back.  Evidently, at least some beggars can affordto be choosers.

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Andong Agimat - animated short by Arnold Arre

This is astig!!!! you must watch this animated short created by comic creator Arnold Arre, from his graphic novel Andong Agimat... galeng!!!

"As a graphic novelist, I've always been frustrated with the limitations of the static comic book page. I wanted to see my drawings in motion and have the luxury to set them to sound and particularly music. Armed with experience from the many flip books I made as a kid, I managed to make my very first animated film, Andong Agimat: Kanya ang Kalye ("The Streets are His").. It's only 4 minutes long but it took around two weeks to make. I really had fun working on this and I hope you'll enjoy watching it. :)

*Andong Agimat is a character from my graphic novel Ang Mundo ni Andong Agimat (http://arnold-arre.com/ang-mundo-ni-andong-agimat/). He is a Pinoy superhero I created who wears a talisman that makes him invulnerable. - Arnold Arre"

Baseball Attire

Loving both of these outfits from head to toe! Especially the varsity jacket with the embellished cropped sleeves (possible DIY?!) and what about the matching houndstooth clutch and pumps?

The second image (need that sweater and the satin pumps!) reminds me of Sex and the City when Carrie dates the Yankee player and the girls are all dressed up to the max at the stadium.

Olga Maliouck by David Burton for Elle Italia September 2011

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A Sunday Drive

Back during mychildhood, our parents would often load up my brother and me after Sundaymorning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived.  Even though we were seeing mostly familiarsights, it was still good to see them, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” soundedabout right for the name of a weekly series revisiting familiar sites that arewell worth seeing again and again.  Thelink below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the postit was first included in here.

 Link: [2012 Earth]

 Link: [Angel, Kirby, Mac, and Forever, our Wizard]

 Link: [Baker's World]

 Link: [Bluewater Rangerbreds]

 Link: [Some Assembly Required]

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Terracotta Warrior

Aka : Qin yong
Réalisé par Ching Siu Tung
Avec Zhang Yimou, Gong Li, Yu Rong Guang
Hong Kong
Aventure, Comédie, Fantastique, Romance, Wu xia pian
1990

Sauvant la vie de l'empereur, Mong Tienfong (Zhang Yimou) devient son garde personnel. Mais le souverain n'a qu'une obsession en tête : trouver la formule de l'immortalité. Tienfong tombe de son côté amoureux de la belle et désespérée Tong Yi (Gong Li), et devra choisir entre elle et sa loyauté envers l'empereur...

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Vivre

Aka : To Live, Huozhe, Lifetimes
Réalisé par Zhang Yimou
Avec Ge You, Gong Li, Guo Tao
Chine
Drame
1994

La vie de Xu Fugui, chef de famille, tout au long du XXe siècle en Chine, traversant les différents évènements qu'a connus le pays : la création de la République de Chine, la guerre civile qui précède la République populaire de Chine, le Grand Bond en avant, la Révolution culturelle...

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The Betrayal

Aka : Daisatsujin orochi
Réalisé par Tokuzô Tanaka
Avec Raizô Ichikawa, Kaoru Yachigusa, Shiho Fujimura, Ichirô Nakatani
Japon
Chambara
1966

Un homme rentre dans un dojo afin de défier le maître des lieux, mais absent, il n’y aura pas de combats. Sur le chemin de son retour, il se fait lâchement assassiner par deux élèves du Dojo tout juste défié. La mort de cet homme provoque la colère de son clan qui va chercher à trouver le tueur du côté du dojo qu’il était venu défier. Mais les tueurs vont être protégés pour le bien de leurs familles, le maître du dojo va donc demander à son assistant de porter la responsabilité du meurtre en s’enfuyant une année...

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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (HD)

Réalisé par Wayne Wang
Avec Bingbing Li, Gianna Jun, Vivian Wu
Chine, États-Unis
Drame
2011

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan est l’histoire de deux femmes de la Chine du XIXe siècle. Snow Flower (Gianna Jun) et Lily (Bingbing Li) sont élevées dans le respect des traditions: pieds bandés, mariage arrangé et soumission totale à leur famille et à leur mari. Elles sont aussi des «laotong», c’est à dire des âmes sœurs, des amies au sens le plus noble du terme, liées à jamais. Un siècle plus tard, les descendantes de Snow Flower et Lily, Sophia et Nina, se rencontrent enfants et se sont, elles aussi, liées comme «laotong». On suit donc en parallèle, les histoires de ces femmes...

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Paprika (HD)

Réalisé par Satoshi Kon
Japon
Animation, Sci-fi, Thriller
2006

Dans le futur, un nouveau traitement psychothérapeutique nommé PT a été inventé. Grâce à une machine, le DC Mini, il est possible de rentrer dans les rêves des patients, et de les enregistrer afin de sonder les tréfonds de la pensée et de l'inconscient. Alors que le processus est toujours dans sa phase de test, l'un des prototypes du DC Mini est volé, créant un vent de panique au sein des scientifiques ayant développé cette petite révolution. Dans de mauvaises mains, une telle invention pourrait effectivement avoir des résultats dévastateurs.

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photo coverage: Mario Maurer For Penshoppe @ Philippine Fashion Week 2012

Here's my photo coverage of Mario Maurer walking on the runaway of Philippine Fashion Week 2012 Spring Collection. Mario Maurer is the new endorser for Penshoppe. I have lots of photos in my album, but I'll share here first.some of my okay shots of Mario. I'm glad that I got another winning shot of Mario on the runaway of PFW, he stared and smiled on my lens again. Congratulations again to Penshoppe.

more photos below