To whom it may concern,
My desire for Christmas would be a unicorn. I don't mean a stuffed one, or any inanimate form of one. Also, I will not just "glue an ice cream cine to my horse's head" as has been suggested by some people. I want a REAL LIVING unicorn.
My unicorn most first and foremost be a legitimate, magical one. No rip off imports. Secondly, it must sparkle. It need not by "glitterly" but it's gotta have that signiture unicorn shimmer. I'm not fond of matte unicorns (though I suppose it would be better than no unicorn). It needs to have a long mane and tail, that remains free of tangles by unicorn magic, and the horn must by visible from 500 feet. It should look pretty, and let me ride it so I can train to run people through with it's horn for our mutual defense.
Ideally, this unicorn would be purple. I understand the birth rate of purple sparkly unicorns has dropped considerably in the past five years, so a blue, white, green, orange, yellow, gold, silver, or rainbow one will do. I don't like red or black unicorns, but again I'll take any unicorn over nothing.
Another detail that would be nice but not necessary would be for it to NOT be a stallion. I can't show a stallion for two more years, and I would like to show my unicorn, most likely in show jumping or dressage, depending on it's talents, and I'd like to rope off it too.
I understand that unicorns are relatively scarce, but rest assured I take very good care of equines, both mine and others, and the unicorn would be provided for in all it's housing, feed, exercise, vet, and farrier needs. It would have frequent, almost daily attention from me, and would be monitored by other trustworthy persons when I am not on sight.
Thank you for your kind consideration.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
The Creepiest Show Ever
Have you ever heard of or seen H.R. PuffnStuff? Well I hadn't either until my mom found it on netflix and decided to show it to me just for kicks, so I could see how bizarre it was. She was wrong. It's not just bizarre, it's downright CREEPY.
For those of you not familiar with this freak show, let me give you a rundown. Jimmy is a boy that's skipping in the meadow with his flute, when a boat, yes a boat mind you comes by the shore and calls "come and play with me Jimmy." Talk about creepy.
Now Jimmy is a total dodo brain and gets in the boat! I'd be really unnerved if a boat just pulled up in front of me and told me to get in it. I would have grabbed my magic flute and bashed it, then high tailed it out of there. I thought your parents told you never to go anywhere with a stranger? Apparently Jimmy didn't get the memo, or thought it didn't apply if the stranger was a mode of transportation.
Big surprise when he finds out the boat was a trick from the witch "Witchipoo" (I kid you not), who wants Freddy (the magical talking flute) so he/it can play her music. Jimmy is almost in her clutches when he is rescued by "H.R. PuffnStuff" the mayor of "Living Island" where everything can talk and/or move. Unfortunately Jimmy is stuck there until they can find a way to get him off, though I don't understand why he can't get home. The premise of the series is Witchipoo, and her henchman (A giant yellow vulture (looks like a nightmare version of big bird) and some crazy looking orange thing that's fuzzy and has four arms) trying to get Freddy, only to be foiled by Jimmy and PuffnStuff.
You thought that was bad? That's only the theme song! Puffintuff is supposed to be a dragon, though he looked like a giant green, yellow, and red demented salamander. Living island is full of eye scorching clashing colors and patterns, and trees that can follow you and talk with Russian and Jamaican accents. In the episode I saw, Witchipoo and company dressed up in orange garbage bags and sunglasses, and sang about oranges in an attempted Freddy napping. Yeah. I think I am seriously scarred for life.
I'm sure it's crossed your mind "PuffnStuff? Talking boats, idiot children with talking flutes? Man these guys must be on crack or something." Well here are the words to the last bit of the theme song
H.R. Puffin Stuff
Who's your friend when things get rough?
H.R. Puffin Stuff
You can't get a little 'cause you can't get enough
Need I say more?
PuffnStuff, Jimmy and Witchipoo
The el-creepo talking trees
P.S. The show was canceled after one season (surprise, surprise) and Jimmy never gets off the island. Poor kid, he'll live the rest of his life as a perpetual drug trip.
For those of you not familiar with this freak show, let me give you a rundown. Jimmy is a boy that's skipping in the meadow with his flute, when a boat, yes a boat mind you comes by the shore and calls "come and play with me Jimmy." Talk about creepy.
Now Jimmy is a total dodo brain and gets in the boat! I'd be really unnerved if a boat just pulled up in front of me and told me to get in it. I would have grabbed my magic flute and bashed it, then high tailed it out of there. I thought your parents told you never to go anywhere with a stranger? Apparently Jimmy didn't get the memo, or thought it didn't apply if the stranger was a mode of transportation.
Big surprise when he finds out the boat was a trick from the witch "Witchipoo" (I kid you not), who wants Freddy (the magical talking flute) so he/it can play her music. Jimmy is almost in her clutches when he is rescued by "H.R. PuffnStuff" the mayor of "Living Island" where everything can talk and/or move. Unfortunately Jimmy is stuck there until they can find a way to get him off, though I don't understand why he can't get home. The premise of the series is Witchipoo, and her henchman (A giant yellow vulture (looks like a nightmare version of big bird) and some crazy looking orange thing that's fuzzy and has four arms) trying to get Freddy, only to be foiled by Jimmy and PuffnStuff.
You thought that was bad? That's only the theme song! Puffintuff is supposed to be a dragon, though he looked like a giant green, yellow, and red demented salamander. Living island is full of eye scorching clashing colors and patterns, and trees that can follow you and talk with Russian and Jamaican accents. In the episode I saw, Witchipoo and company dressed up in orange garbage bags and sunglasses, and sang about oranges in an attempted Freddy napping. Yeah. I think I am seriously scarred for life.
I'm sure it's crossed your mind "PuffnStuff? Talking boats, idiot children with talking flutes? Man these guys must be on crack or something." Well here are the words to the last bit of the theme song
H.R. Puffin Stuff
Who's your friend when things get rough?
H.R. Puffin Stuff
You can't get a little 'cause you can't get enough
Need I say more?
PuffnStuff, Jimmy and Witchipoo
P.S. The show was canceled after one season (surprise, surprise) and Jimmy never gets off the island. Poor kid, he'll live the rest of his life as a perpetual drug trip.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Awesome Sauce Composers: Alan Menken
Who doesn't love Disney? And what's the best part about Disney? The songs of course! Have you ever considered the genius behind these songs? Though there are many composers that have graced the Disney scene, it's most certainly arguable that Alan Menken has got to be the most influential and popular.
Alan Menken has composed the scores for Beauty and the Best, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, Tangled, Enchanted, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pochantas, Aladdin and The Newsies. He has also done scores for other lesser known Disney movies such as Home on the Range.
He is also the composer for the additional songs found in the live musical versions of Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and The Newsies. In addition he composed the score for Little Shop of Horrors.
It surprises me how very few people actually know his name.This guy has the most Oscars of any living person, but a majority of people will go "Alan Menken who?"
Alan Menken has got to one of my favorite composers. He's right up there with Bach. I know he's no where near the utter musical genius Bach is, but who is? His songs are memorable, fun, and moving and are in a variety of styles. You got the touching, moving and/or sad songs like Santa Fe, God Help the Outcasts, Home and Part of Your World, The Inspirational, feel good songs (though you've got to question the validity of the logic/theories of the lyrics sometimes) like Go the Distance, A Whole New World, I See the Light, Someday, and Seize the Day, and then the totally fun ones like Under the Sea, I Won't Say I'm in Love. Friend Like Me, That's How You Know, and Be Our Guest.
He most often collabrated with the (late) Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Stephen Schwartz.
It's time this guy gets the attention he deserves. Now go pop in a Disney movie and belt out some Disney tunes in appreciation for this truly amazing composer. If you don't have time for a movie, why not sing along with one of these?
Alan Menken has composed the scores for Beauty and the Best, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, Tangled, Enchanted, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pochantas, Aladdin and The Newsies. He has also done scores for other lesser known Disney movies such as Home on the Range.
He is also the composer for the additional songs found in the live musical versions of Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and The Newsies. In addition he composed the score for Little Shop of Horrors.
It surprises me how very few people actually know his name.This guy has the most Oscars of any living person, but a majority of people will go "Alan Menken who?"
Alan Menken has got to one of my favorite composers. He's right up there with Bach. I know he's no where near the utter musical genius Bach is, but who is? His songs are memorable, fun, and moving and are in a variety of styles. You got the touching, moving and/or sad songs like Santa Fe, God Help the Outcasts, Home and Part of Your World, The Inspirational, feel good songs (though you've got to question the validity of the logic/theories of the lyrics sometimes) like Go the Distance, A Whole New World, I See the Light, Someday, and Seize the Day, and then the totally fun ones like Under the Sea, I Won't Say I'm in Love. Friend Like Me, That's How You Know, and Be Our Guest.
He most often collabrated with the (late) Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Stephen Schwartz.
It's time this guy gets the attention he deserves. Now go pop in a Disney movie and belt out some Disney tunes in appreciation for this truly amazing composer. If you don't have time for a movie, why not sing along with one of these?
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Awesome Sauce Composers: David Lanz
David Lanz has got to be one of the greatest modern composers of piano music. I discovered him earlier this year by accident. Here's a sample of his awesome music
He composes in the "New Age" genre. He says his pieces are supposed to make people enlightened, but I hate to it break it to him that I don't feel enlightened, though I do enjoy playing and listening to his music.
I love his style, I'd call it "Ornately Simple." The pieces are complex, yet there not. They also are very attainable in playability. The sound absolutely fabulous and impressive, and are rather simple for a player of modern attainments. I recommend every pianist to have "Dark Horse" in their repertoire. It knocks peoples socks off, and flows very nicely, easy to learn and memorize, I had it pretty much perfect in a little over a week. As long as you can play comfortably in octaves, it's easy.
The simplicity aspect of his pieces is lovely. It gets the point across, and emotions are protrayed clearly. It touches the soul and impresses the listener, but in a subtle way, unlike some pieces that try to knock you over the head and say "look at me! I'm trying to be impressive and emotional."
He composes in a variety of styles, from more "classical" sounding to jazz and blues. His pieces are very creative, and many of them are a type of tone poem. I'm blown away by the fact that he composed an entire album (Skyline Firedance), and almost every song was entirely triplets, but they all sounded completely different! Now that's skill.
I strongly encourage you to check him out, and as a pianist to learn some of his pieces (if any one is interested, I have the sheets for the songs above,and many more that I could make a copy of). He truly is a great composer, though he really needs to do something about his hair.
He composes in the "New Age" genre. He says his pieces are supposed to make people enlightened, but I hate to it break it to him that I don't feel enlightened, though I do enjoy playing and listening to his music.
I love his style, I'd call it "Ornately Simple." The pieces are complex, yet there not. They also are very attainable in playability. The sound absolutely fabulous and impressive, and are rather simple for a player of modern attainments. I recommend every pianist to have "Dark Horse" in their repertoire. It knocks peoples socks off, and flows very nicely, easy to learn and memorize, I had it pretty much perfect in a little over a week. As long as you can play comfortably in octaves, it's easy.
The simplicity aspect of his pieces is lovely. It gets the point across, and emotions are protrayed clearly. It touches the soul and impresses the listener, but in a subtle way, unlike some pieces that try to knock you over the head and say "look at me! I'm trying to be impressive and emotional."
He composes in a variety of styles, from more "classical" sounding to jazz and blues. His pieces are very creative, and many of them are a type of tone poem. I'm blown away by the fact that he composed an entire album (Skyline Firedance), and almost every song was entirely triplets, but they all sounded completely different! Now that's skill.
I strongly encourage you to check him out, and as a pianist to learn some of his pieces (if any one is interested, I have the sheets for the songs above,and many more that I could make a copy of). He truly is a great composer, though he really needs to do something about his hair.
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