Sometimes I feel compelled to break out into spontaneous song. Today is one of those days!
The premise of my first CD SHELLY RYAN: Seriously Weird! is a retro blast to the past that leaves audiences laughing happily ever after. It begins as all fairy tales do...ONCE UPON A TIME...and reveals how a young girl growing up in the 1960's was influenced by the popular role model of the naive fairy tale princess.
So today is my Snow White day. Okay, so the "dwarfs" are my son and a multitude of his friends, all of whom are far from vertically challenged. They're cool...and have enough respect not to greet me as "Hi, HO!"
IT'S THE FRICKIN' CRITTERS...How did Snow White put up with that little bird that flitted about. My issue is not with bird poop in my hair, but the woodpecker that WILL not leave my front porch. This MUST be an omen...no wait...that was the Raven...never MIND!
But wait: THERE'S MORE: the bird's trusty sidekick Mr. Chipmunk who seems to have burrowed a HUGE tunnel underneath my front porch. SHOO SHOO GO AWAY ALVIN!
I'm rewriting this happy flora and fauna story and probably should replace the often-depicted deer with something more indigent to the South: the possum!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
A Seriously Weird! Week
Whenever things get wacky in my world and I ask WHY? the answer is often in the stars. I don't get obsessed checking my daily horoscope but am intruiged by overall themes like the impact planetary configurations can have on our life. If it wasn't for that excuse, the best explanation I could come up with is the whole world is simply going freakin' looney.
This past week was a double whammy with the Full Moon AND the fact that Mercury, the planet that rules communication, was in retrograde (going backwards). So THAT explains it a little better than my standard joke about ANOTHER planet, as in "Hey, what's the deal with Uranus". Because it seemed a lot of people had their head up their butt!!!
And that is why I'm thankful for my sense of humor, not only for my own sanity but to help friends endure equal (and oftentimes worse) insanity. It's been a while since I've perused the unusual goings-on in our world, but not counting the political scene in the USA, I can only imagine it's been a weird news week.
On that note, I am excited to announce I'm working on production of my second comedy CD, which will be a compilation of Seriously Weird! news reports that fans the world over have come to know and love (or scratch their head while wondering if I'm making this stuff up). Examples can be found on MySpace, ReverbNation and YouTube. Stop by and get some comedy love!
This past week was a double whammy with the Full Moon AND the fact that Mercury, the planet that rules communication, was in retrograde (going backwards). So THAT explains it a little better than my standard joke about ANOTHER planet, as in "Hey, what's the deal with Uranus". Because it seemed a lot of people had their head up their butt!!!
And that is why I'm thankful for my sense of humor, not only for my own sanity but to help friends endure equal (and oftentimes worse) insanity. It's been a while since I've perused the unusual goings-on in our world, but not counting the political scene in the USA, I can only imagine it's been a weird news week.
On that note, I am excited to announce I'm working on production of my second comedy CD, which will be a compilation of Seriously Weird! news reports that fans the world over have come to know and love (or scratch their head while wondering if I'm making this stuff up). Examples can be found on MySpace, ReverbNation and YouTube. Stop by and get some comedy love!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Update on Sophia: The Hopeful Princess
I'm reposting this blog from Peggie Hoskins. Sophia Langford is the inspiration for a project of Momentum Productions, The Hopeful Princess CD; a read-along story with bonus music tracks about children who fight the bad dragon of cancer (available at INDIE MUSIC FOR LIFE). She may have lost the physical battle, but Sophia's spirit will prevail in those whose lives she touched!
SOPHIA WILL BE GAINING HER ANGEL WINGS
I have found out today that we are going to lose our dear sweet little baby girl Sophia. She has fought a long 2 yr battle with brain cancer. She has dealt with more at age 2 than most of use will deal with in a lifetime. She is the strongest and bravest little girl I know. I am blinded by tears as I type this. I am lost. I don't know what to say. I am lost. I was hoping and praying for a miracle. Making daily wishes for mercy upon this child. I am devasted.
Sophia is the daughter of my long time friend and musician Wayne Langford. I can not even fathom what he & Shirley and the rest of the family must be feeling at this moment. Please pray for all of us for strength and for mercy as Sophia lives out the rest of her life. Please pray for her family as they face this devastation. I pray that God will have mercy and spare her as much pain as possible. She has been given several weeks/months to live at the most.
Thank you all who have followed Sophia's journey and have loved her. Thank you for your prayers and good wishes. On behalf of her family.....simply...THANK YOU. I believe we can all agree that our lives will never be the same without her and those of us who have been blessed to know her will be forever grateful for the time that we did have with her. Sophia we love you and will never forget you.
SOPHIA WILL BE GAINING HER ANGEL WINGS
I have found out today that we are going to lose our dear sweet little baby girl Sophia. She has fought a long 2 yr battle with brain cancer. She has dealt with more at age 2 than most of use will deal with in a lifetime. She is the strongest and bravest little girl I know. I am blinded by tears as I type this. I am lost. I don't know what to say. I am lost. I was hoping and praying for a miracle. Making daily wishes for mercy upon this child. I am devasted.
Sophia is the daughter of my long time friend and musician Wayne Langford. I can not even fathom what he & Shirley and the rest of the family must be feeling at this moment. Please pray for all of us for strength and for mercy as Sophia lives out the rest of her life. Please pray for her family as they face this devastation. I pray that God will have mercy and spare her as much pain as possible. She has been given several weeks/months to live at the most.
Thank you all who have followed Sophia's journey and have loved her. Thank you for your prayers and good wishes. On behalf of her family.....simply...THANK YOU. I believe we can all agree that our lives will never be the same without her and those of us who have been blessed to know her will be forever grateful for the time that we did have with her. Sophia we love you and will never forget you.
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