I watched this documentary with my husband the other night and it rocked my world!
Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World
From Netflix: Filmmaker Cori Brackett’s riveting documentary probes the link betweenvarious health problems and the artificial sweetener aspartame. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Brackett set out to expose the toxicity of aspartame, prevalent in many foods despite warnings by the National Institutes of Health. Interviews with doctors, a former Food and Drug Administration investigator and other experts reveal controversial information about the sweetener.
If you already subscribe to Netflix you can watch this instantly on your computer or if you have one of those streaming boxes like “Roku”…or you can just add it to your que as per usual. It’s worth watching!
While I will admit it takes a few minutes to get used to the style of this documentary, it is the information discussed and shared that is just so valuable it will leave you angry-sad-speechless. It took me a few days to even talk about it and really let it all sink in.
I cannot tell you the amount of people affected by the effects of aspartame, but I can tell you that so many people I know imbibe in blissful ignorance (some even know and still ingest this poison)! It makes me so upset that we are fed nothing but lies and we all suffer for it! The health effects are alarming to say the least. And all in the name of “zero calories”! Stop the madness, stop the cycle and stop ingesting this poison!
PLEASE JUST WATCH IT AND YOU’LL UNDERSTAND WHY I AM
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but they also carry sizes 0-26!
R-A-D!
I have personally bought quite a few of their tops, one jacket and a gorgeous silk dress! All were of fine quality and the sizing (thanks to the custom option since I’m around a 28) was perfect!
A quick glimpse at their “Day Dresses” section should get your salivating for spring:
Okay, I just typed into my browser: www.pandora.com and it began playing my favorite Portishead song “All Mine” and it said that next would be Silversun Pickups…WTF?! I have never even seen this web site before. Heard of it, sure, but how could it just know what I love? Spooky!!!
So today I wanted to post about songs that I am or have been obsessed with. These are tracks that get the repeat button hoppin’ and endlessly loop until I’m either sick of them or I have absorbed all I can at that time and must move on. I’m not alone in this, right? Whether it’s a new pop single that is so sticky-sweet you secretly listen to it in your car alone or your fave band’s latest, some songs just stick in there and refuse to leave until they’ve been properly excorcized!
Pearl Jam “Just Breathe”: Oh my gawd, I cannot get enough of this song! I often sit in traffic and look into the sky and watch the birds fly around or the trees sway to this song and it just makes me feel so good. A far cry from their “Evenflow” days, but this song is beautiful and sweet and tender and a little sad and it’s just pure perfection! (Their new album “Backspacer” is fantastic, too!)
Lady Gaga “Bad Romance”: Because watching her videos is often more fun and exciting than just listening to her music. But this song? It (to me) is one of the greatest songs ever written. While it’s not intellectually stimulating, it does happen to activate a certain other part of my brain that I appreciate and enjoy. And I can listen to this song on repeat and never get sick of it! I sing a long (I’m a free bitch, baby!) and scream it and whisper it and it just doesn’t get old for me. The video is a masterpiece of art! I love it, I love the song and I love GAGA! (I could make 100 short films all with this song as the soundtrack and all would be slightly if not entirely different.)
Shiny Toy Guns “Le Disko”: THIS! This song, oh I love this song! While their album had such potential, it was an overall disappointment. But I have listened to nothing but this song for weeks and I love it still! It’s electro-goth perfection! I want to cover this song, but change it up and make it a little darker and more dramatic. It just makes me wanna dance and sing and rock the fuck out in a very gothish way. Ha-ha!
The Gossip “Love Long Distance”: This is my fave song off their “Music for Men” album, although I get stuck on other tracks for awhile, I always go back to this one. I love it so much a friend of mine made me a custom karaoke track so I could sing it…and I do! I may not be Beth Ditto, but damn do I love singing this song! Especially the “You’re makin’ me crazy…” part! Oh the best!!! (One hell of a cute video, too…and they’re filming a video for “Pop Goes The World” right now!!! Woot!) You should seriously own this album by now!
Salt ‘N Pepa “Shoop”: A blast from the past for sure, but a tried and true classic for my personal soundtrack. I’m sort of re-aquainting myself with my fave rappers of all time (for real!). They were fresh and fierce and I just loved them. The first thing I bought with my paper route money at age 11? Their “Hot Cool & Vicious” cassette! Oh yeah! I remember when this video premiered, I was working at Contempo Casuals (Ha!) and we had a lot of those striped tees and bodysuits and everyone was buyin’ ’em up! And those sock hats? Loved them! I love the second verse, the best in the entire song! Maybe even their entire catalog! Ha-ha! (And don’t tell anyone, but I did sing this one at karaoke this week! So embarrassing!)
“Ummm, you’re packed and you’re stacked ‘specially in the back
Brother, wanna thank your mother for a butt like that
Can I get some fries with that shake-shake boobie?
If looks could kill you would be an uzi
You’re a shotgun – bang! What’s up with that thang?
I wanna know how does it hang? Straight up, wait up, hold up,
Mr. Lover Like Prince said you’re a sexy mutha-
Well-a, I like ’em real wild, b-boy style by the mile
Smooth black skin with a smile
Bright as the sun, I wanna have some fun
Come (come) and (hmmm) give me some of that yum-yum
Chocolate chip, honey dip, can I get a scoop? (please)
Baby, take a ride in my coupe, you make me wanna… “
What songs are you obsessing over? Tell me all about it!
After watching a recent episode of “The Simpsons” where Lisa buys a Wii for the senior facility where Grampa lives and all of the old folks actually get movin’ and have a blast (until a nurse “acidentally” put it in the dishwasher because the residents became too active and demanding), I thought more senior centers and senior care facilities should have a Wii. But a playground? RAD!!!
Save Money! Seriously, y’all know I am a bargain huntress and general penny-pincher, but this article offers some tips I had long forgotten about (hey, when things become 2nd nature you forget they exist!):
Buy Generics! Use Internet Coupons! Increase your deductible on your Insurance! Stop buying Bottled Water! All things I have done and have seen the savings, personally! Check it out and hey, if you see something cool, let me know!!!
M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender”: the buzz is building on this one! I’m a long time fan of the Oscar nominated director and after seeing a trailer I knew I had to see this film based on the popular kids animated series “Avatar.” An effects and action driven adventure that is certainly a step in a different direction for Shyamalan, but definitely one I am very excited to be seeing.
Wow! It’s been quite a long time since I did a new music post. Finding new music is something I love to do, but it takes time and that is something I don’t have a lot of these days. But fear not my lovelies! I shall do my best from this day forward to post more frequently on all topics, but especially MUSIC!
Girls: A couple of easy-going, rockin’ dudes making good tunes for a decent day! (Okay, that’s just my impression.) Wiki: Girls is an indie rock band from San Francisco, California. The band’s lead singer, Christopher Owens, is a former member of the Children of God cult. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_(band)
Galt Aureus: we’re a rock band. But you’ve never heard anything like us before. (From their facebook page…love it!) Piano flourishes in a big-rock song? Yes, please! =0)
The Avett Brothers: Low-key but solid! (from Lala.com:) The Avett Brothers () are a folk-rock band from Concord, North Carolina. The band is made up of two brothers, Scott Avett and Seth Avett, who play the banjo and guitar respectively, and Bob Crawford who plays the stand-up bass. They are often joined on tour by cellist Joe Kwon. Risen from the ashes of Seth and Scott’s former rock band Nemo, the Avett Brothers combine bluegrass, country, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, honky tonk, and ragtime to produce a sound described by the San Francisco Chronicle as having the “heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly, the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the Ramones.
Retribution Gospel Choir: Y’all know how much I love a driving rythm! (from Lala.com & Wiki:) is a band based out of Duluth, MN that plays short, driving songs that often start out poppy melodic and then turn into psychedelic improvisations and drum and bass-heavy dub. Current members of the band include, Alan Sparhawk (guitar, vocals, sampler), Steve Garrington (bass), whom are both also in the band Low, and Eric Pollard (drums, vocals). Until 2008, Matt Livingston played bass for the band.
