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-Marilyn Monroe</description><title>irenespiration.</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @twocentsorasixpence)</generator><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>makeuploversunite:

Giveaway!
This giveaway is featuring 5...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0c4uciPS81r309p1o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0c4uciPS81r309p1o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0c4uciPS81r309p1o3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0c4uciPS81r309p1o4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://makeuploversunite.tumblr.com/post/18696220179/giveaway-this-giveaway-is-featuring-5-products"&gt;makeuploversunite&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Giveaway!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This giveaway is featuring 5 products&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;MAC Lipstick - Cremecup (Light baby pink) 14.50$&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lancome Juicy Tube Lipgloss - Lavender Zen (Light purple/pink) 18$&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;TheBalm Bronzer - Bahama Mama (matte chocolate brown) 19$&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;TheBalm Blush - Hot Mama (shimmery peachy pink) 19$&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;TheBalm Lip stain/Cheek stain - Beauty Queen (cherry pink/red) 17$&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rules:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Must be 18 years old or have parent permission&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Must live in the US (sorry international followers this is my first giveaway so shipping is still new to me in future giveaways when i’m more experienced w/ shipping i will gladly ship internationally :) )&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You can reblog up to 10 times, likes will not count as an entry&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You must be following makeuploversunite.tumblr.com&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Giveaway winner will be chosen in two weeks from today on &lt;strike&gt;March 17&lt;/strike&gt;  Extended until March 25 at random using random.org :) Good luck you guys!! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/19562996602</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/19562996602</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:06:33 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>ROFL!! hot girl just posted her nudes on tumblr http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/ </title><description>&lt;p&gt;ROFL!! hot girl just posted her nudes on tumblr &lt;a href="http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/"&gt;&lt;a href="http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/"&gt;http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/13674093179</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/13674093179</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:01:25 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>catalogbeauty:

Pale.


i love that lace-up heels are so in for...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpb9y187g51qjgywyo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://catalogbeauty.tumblr.com/post/8533512127"&gt;catalogbeauty&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Pale.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;i love that lace-up heels are so in for fall! but especially these because the ribbon lace and blush nude color give it a ballerina feel! &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/9910757606</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/9910757606</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:22:37 -0700</pubDate><category>nude</category><category>pale</category><category>matte</category><category>high heels</category><category>heels</category><category>fashion</category></item><item><title>"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the..."</title><description>“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://whereintheworldisnancy.tumblr.com/"&gt;whereintheworldisnancy&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/9851704210</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/9851704210</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:13:41 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>waaytoofresh:

girls in bikinis can get 2345684321 notes but an...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpvw7zfjaJ1qfbir8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://waaytoofresh.tumblr.com/post/8877355046"&gt;waaytoofresh&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;girls in bikinis can get 2345684321 notes but an abused dog cant. i want to see how many people actually care. please reblog. people who don’t reblog just don’t want their blogs as ugly as their hearts&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/9781153637</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/9781153637</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:55:17 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>omgosh this is pretty much AMAZING!&lt;3 i especially love ariel...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpy2a0PonB1qayei3o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpy2a0PonB1qayei3o5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpy2a0PonB1qayei3o7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpy2a0PonB1qayei3o8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpy2a0PonB1qayei3o3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpy2a0PonB1qayei3o4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpy2a0PonB1qayei3o6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpy2a0PonB1qayei3o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;omgosh this is pretty much AMAZING!&lt;3 i especially love ariel and jasmine! &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/9780740903</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/9780740903</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:36:55 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>meeting people for the first time.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://kimcrosta.tumblr.com/post/6209160862"&gt;kimcrosta&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When guys meet for the first time:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmanb1mt4U1qzgbdl.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When girls meet for the first time:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmanbw4ygd1qzgbdl.gif"/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/6259287899</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/6259287899</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:51:52 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>love!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lls6maxWbk1qieehyo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;love!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/5992037132</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/5992037132</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 22:19:39 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>This sounds good to me. </title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Congressional Reform Act of 2011&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;1. Term Limits. 12 years only, one of the possible options below..&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;A. Two Six-year Senate terms&lt;br/&gt;B. Six Two-year House terms&lt;br/&gt;C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;2. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;3. Congress (past, present &amp;amp; future) participates in Social Security.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 10-1-11 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message. Maybe it is time..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4449362951</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4449362951</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:54:08 -0700</pubDate><category>congress</category><category>republicans</category><category>democrats</category><category>shutdown</category><category>tea party</category><category>retards</category><category>government</category></item><item><title>againstthecurrentt:

Devito’s got the right idea.
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj9tczUyg51qaetcjo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://againstthecurrentt.tumblr.com/post/4411445947"&gt;againstthecurrentt&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Devito’s got the right idea.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4412516081</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4412516081</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:03:26 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>"To have a broken heart means you have tried for something."</title><description>“To have a broken heart means you have tried for something.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’m really enjoying this movie “Eat Pray Love”. I didn’t think I would, but I am! I forgot how &lt;em&gt;attractive&lt;/em&gt; Julia Roberts is! And can’t neglect to mention Javier Bardem. He’s hotttttt. &lt;3 &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;p.s. Why does he look so much like Denny Duquette (aka Jeffrey Dean Morgan)? It’s uncanny! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4411369941</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4411369941</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:05:00 -0700</pubDate><category>Eat Pray Love</category><category>Denny Duquette</category><category>Jeffrey Dean Morgan</category><category>elizabeth gilbert</category></item><item><title>GROOVE MONSTERS: Surviving [and thriving at] Coachella</title><description>&lt;a href="http://groovemonsters.tumblr.com/post/4409276396"&gt;GROOVE MONSTERS: Surviving [and thriving at] Coachella&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://groovemonsters.tumblr.com/post/4409276396"&gt;groovemonsters&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj9m0rKgFd1qc1fro.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We’re down to single digits in the countdown everybody! Hope ya’ll are ready. If you’re not well, that’s what this post is for! Figured it wouldn’t hurt if we gave you some insight on how to maximize your 3-day experience. These are just our suggestions, so take em’ or leave em’.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tip #1:&lt;/strong&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4410004216</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4410004216</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:19:49 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>"It feels like a precious wound, a heartbreak you won’t let go of because it hurts too good. We all..."</title><description>““It feels like a precious wound, a heartbreak you won’t let go of because it hurts too good. We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living in misery because we’re afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Then I looked around in this place, at the chaos it has endured – the way it has been adapted, burned, pillaged and found a way to build itself back up again. And I was reassured, maybe my life hasn’t been so chaotic, it’s just the world that is, and the real trap is getting attached to any of it. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.””</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4394441393</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4394441393</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:34:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Can’t wait to see Neon Trees at Coachella on Sunday! :) I...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JCNS3mR-pho?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can’t wait to see Neon Trees at Coachella on Sunday! :) &lt;br/&gt;I seriously think Sunday will be the best of the three days. But to be clear: it &lt;strong&gt;won’t&lt;/strong&gt; be because of Kanye.  &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4368085017</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4368085017</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:00:06 -0700</pubDate><category>kanye</category><category>Coachella</category><category>neon trees</category><category>justin bieber</category><category>baby</category><category>coachella valley music festival</category><category>music festival</category><category>animal</category></item><item><title>LA Scenester:  VIP Coachella tickets and how to get tickets to Coachella </title><description>&lt;a href="http://lascenester.tumblr.com/post/4334944050"&gt;LA Scenester:  VIP Coachella tickets and how to get tickets to Coachella &lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lascenester.tumblr.com/post/4334944050"&gt;lascenester&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It’s the time of year.&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The time of year that gets everyone talking about it more than any celebrity breakup or drug bust, preparing for it more than for holidays like Easter by planning what to wear over fasting, and planning as if it’s spring break.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It’s Coachella 2011!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;If you missed the…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4335426556</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4335426556</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:28:54 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>missmelaniefaye:

1…2…3… Blow.

I’m gonna do this at...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhi3ha823T1qc78uuo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://missmelaniefaye.tumblr.com/post/4187048788"&gt;missmelaniefaye&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;1…2…3… Blow.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I’m gonna do this at Coachella. Done. :)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4249447303</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4249447303</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:42:59 -0700</pubDate><category>glitter</category><category>fairy</category><category>Coachella</category><category>tinkerbell</category><category>fairy dust</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lioww16NpJ1qausq3o1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4155486850</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4155486850</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:44:32 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Hello! I've been waiting for you!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I got my Coachella festival &lt;strike&gt;passes&lt;/strike&gt; wristbands and camping &lt;strike&gt;pass&lt;/strike&gt; decal/sticker today!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="coachella wristband ticket car camping pass" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/babyxirene/DSC06666.jpg" width="400" height="300"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="coachella wristband ticket car camping pass" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/babyxirene/DSC06667.jpg" width="400" height="300"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="coachella wristband ticket car camping pass" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/babyxirene/DSC06665.jpg" width="400" height="300"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="coachella wristband ticket car camping pass" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/babyxirene/DSC06664.jpg" width="400" height="300"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="coachella wristband ticket car camping pass" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/babyxirene/DSC06661.jpg" width="400" height="300"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="coachella wristband ticket car camping pass" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/babyxirene/DSC06657.jpg" width="400" height="300"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;April 15-17&amp;#8230; COACHELLA HERE WE COME! :)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4115707242</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/4115707242</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:48:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Battle: Los Angeles </title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ajwz1FVsQSE/TSAuMhdAabI/AAAAAAAADEI/bY1pg1r5OMM/s1600/battle_los_angeles_poster.jpg" width="432" height="592"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you know me, then you know that sci-fi flicks are not really my cup of tea. I&amp;#8217;m more of an indie, rom-com, drama, thriller (sometimes even angsty vamp movies haha) kinda gal&amp;#8230; I don&amp;#8217;t dig the aliens-take-over-the-world-but-have-to-beat-out-predators-too(or two)-while-realizing-that-humans-can-fight-back-with-their-nukes-and-f16&amp;#8217;s movies. Totally not my thing - but, alas - it is TOTALLY my boyfriend&amp;#8217;s thing.  John is ALL ABOUT the sci-fi films!  So is it really a surprise that we went to see the new film, &amp;#8220;Battle: Los Angeles&amp;#8221; the day that it came out? &lt;em&gt;Nope&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;br/&gt;(In my defense, I did make a valiant effort to convince him to watch &amp;#8220;Red Riding Hood&amp;#8221; instead, but he won me over with a cupcake :( no fair.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Imagine my surprise when the lights turned on and John says to me &amp;#8220;we should have watched &amp;#8220;Red Riding Hood.&amp;#8221; (!!) Normally, I would have said &amp;#8220;I told you so!&amp;#8221; but I couldn&amp;#8217;t, because I actually GENUINELY enjoyed &amp;#8220;Battle: LA&amp;#8221; waaaaay more than I thought I would! For an aliens-vs-humans kind of movie, I thought it was really well-written.  Given: the dialogue was awkward sometimes, the jerky first-person camera scenes gave me a headache, and the acting could have been a bit better&amp;#8230; Not to mention, this movie is also HIGHLY reminiscent of &amp;#8220;Black Hawk Down&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;Independence Day&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;Saving Private Ryan&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;Skyline&amp;#8221; (which is one movie I ABSOLUTELY HATED), and probably some other war and alien films I have no interest in seeing&amp;#8230; But at the end of the film, as the credits rolled and the lights came on, I realized what I enjoyed the most about this film was that it didn&amp;#8217;t revolve solely around the action, the fighter jets, the tough-guy marines, and the oh-so scary aliens.  Its redeeming quality was that this was an action film with serious character development.  Obviously, you can&amp;#8217;t really fit an ongoing epic battle of humans vs invading extraterrestrials and ample character development in two and a half hours, but I think the filmmakers did a damn good job with what they had.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;John thinks that I only liked this movie so much since I went in with absolutely no expectations. &lt;strong&gt;Honestly&lt;/strong&gt;, I thought it was going to suck monkey balls.  So I guess it could only have gone up from there. But I was also happy to see Jim Parrack from &lt;em&gt;True Blood&lt;/em&gt; and Noel Fisher from &lt;em&gt;Shameless &lt;/em&gt;on the big screen, since those are two of my absolute FAAAAVORITE shows :) Aaron Eckhart was none too impressive, but he wasn&amp;#8217;t horrible either&amp;#8230; I think he makes a better district attorney than a staff sergeant. And um, hello? Did anyone else know that Ne-Yo was going to be in an alien film?! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I guess the point is that I learned a lesson&amp;#8230; Not all sci-fi/action flicks suck.  Some are kinda good. :) &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/3879066492</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/3879066492</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:00:08 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>TWICE THE IMPACT. </title><description>&lt;p&gt;#helpjapan #prayforjapan &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whether you are American, Italian, Egyptian, or Japanese&amp;#8230; we are all citizens of humanity.  To be a citizen of humanity, you don&amp;#8217;t have to pledge your allegiance to a color-specific flag, eat a certain kind of food, or speak a particular language. Being a citizen of humanity simply means that you have flesh that wounds and heals like my flesh does and emotions that can be hurt but rebound like my feelings do.  Being a citizen of humanity also gives you inherent rights - like the right to life, liberty, and security of person; as well as the right to freedom of thought, opinion, and expression&amp;#8230; And these are called HUMAN RIGHTS, because everyone who is HUMAN is entitled to them. They&amp;#8217;re not rights given to you because of your skin color, or because of the God you believe in, or even because you have a penis.  These are your fundamental rights just for being a citizen of humanity.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And as citizens of humanity, I believe that we have a responsibility to each other.  Our Japanese counterparts have lost so much in the recent earthquake and tsunami: their houses, their homes, their businesses&amp;#8230; and even more tragically, they&amp;#8217;ve lost their loved ones.  It&amp;#8217;s estimated that 10,000 people are currently missing, while there are at least 4,000 who have already died. I can&amp;#8217;t imagine the devastation and absolute heartbreak that these people must be feeling&amp;#8230; So the only thing that I can do is help, even if it&amp;#8217;s just a little bit. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m working my usual shift tonight at Jitlada, and will be working one more tomorrow night as well. I pledge to donate 50% of all my tips from both shifts to the American Red Cross through &lt;a title="Citizen Effect" href="http://citizeneffect.org/projects/japan-earthquake-relief-fund"&gt;&lt;a href="http://citizeneffect.org/projects/japan-earthquake-relief-fund"&gt;http://citizeneffect.org/projects/japan-earthquake-relief-fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  The reason I am using this vehicle for contribution is because Eric Schmidt, the CEO and Chairman of Google, has pledged to match up to $100,000 in donations.  The great thing about using a site with a matching donor is that you can make &lt;strong&gt;twice the impact&lt;/strong&gt;. Your $5 is now $10, $25 is $50, and $50 is $100.  That&amp;#8217;s pretty amazing, right? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I encourage you all to donate to the Red Cross through Citizen Effect so that your money will be working double time for you.  Instead of buying two venti caramel mocchiatos from Starbucks, give $10 to help your fellow citizens of humanity in need.  &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/3856358022</link><guid>http://twocentsorasixpence.tumblr.com/post/3856358022</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:13:35 -0700</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
