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Shirley Manson inspired Hair

Carrie — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:00:10 +0000

I’ve always been inspired by Shirley Manson’s “Beautiful Garbage” era haircut, as well as Rihanna’s cool shaved cut. Last year I went to Change’s in Ghent to attempt the cut, but chickened out. Honestly, I just don’t think the hair dresser was qualified enough to do the cut.

So one year later, with pictures in hand, I went over to Ron Paul Salon in Chesapeake to get it done. My friend Jaycen referred me to his stylist there, Paula, and she did an amazing job! I walked out of that salon glowing! That haircut made me feel brand new.

The inspiration:

The final product:

Hole – 6.26.10 – Norfolk, VA

Carrie — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:47:31 +0000

Almost a month later, I finally got around to posting my pictures and videos from Hole (or, as I would say, Courtney Love and her lame studio musicians) at the Norva.

It was a great show! My 5th time seeing Courtney Love live (make that 2 Hole shows, and 3 Courtney Love & The Chelsea shows). She was totally sober and coherent, and talked to the crowd without too much name dropping – which she is so infamous for.

The night started by getting to the Venue at 6:30 pm, and waiting for my VIP laminate. In the process, I met some really awesome Hole fans. This one girl had waited 12 years to see Courtney, and was a total obsessive fan like myself. That was refreshing. And 2 hot boys who I discover live right next door to me! Once we got into the venue, we ended up taking over the entire front row.

After the show, we waited outside the venue near a back door, which a crowd of 10 of us were sure Courtney would make an exit from. We wait there almost an hour, and figure out she is actually going to come out the front of the venue — where about 50+ fans are already waiting. We literally run around the street block to make it to the front, being sure not to miss her! We ended up getting a spot right next to the door of the Tour Bus.

Sure enough, Courtney comes out and starts signing autographs for dozens of fans. When she got near us, I promptly stuck out my Sharpie marker and poster – which she signed! It looks like a scribble, but none the less, it was signed and in person! Then we started to ask her to take a photo with us. Which we got and I am so happy to have a photo of me with her! Dream come true!

Me & Courtney Love

And what made me laugh is right after she finished with the photos, she said “Where’s the door?!” to the Tour Bus, as she was literally staring right at it. Oh Corky, what a kook!

View the full photo set on Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smaha/sets/72157624547641434/

View all 7 videos on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/royaltyrate

Skin Cancer is not cool

Carrie — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:24:22 +0000

The summer is here and so is the sun. I ask everyone who reads this to please make sure wear your sun block daily – face, neck, chest, hands, everything! If you’re going to hang out by the pool or at the beach, bring that 80 SPF cream with you! What I’m trying to say is SKIN CANCER is not cool. Neither is your red skin tan… or your wrinkled saggy leathery flesh.

Us humans… we’re not supposed to have red skin. Our flesh wasn’t designed for us to sit under the sun for 3+ hours just to burn it — and for what, beauty? What’s so beautiful about burned skin? “Hey, look at me. My tan is so cool. I’m red like a lobster.” Wow, way to go. That’s not a tan, that’s your flesh burning.

The last time I checked, the sun is a gigantic burning ball of fire!!! By exposing unprotected skin to it, you’re asking for burned skin! Now what’s so attractive sounding about UV-Radiation? Skin cancer? Melanoma?

Now I’m not saying “Hey, don’t go the beach, or don’t go outside.” All I’m saying is please wear sunblock that’s at least 50 SPF. And don’t over-expose yourself just because you want to look “tan.”

Constant Contact vs. Mail Chimp

Carrie — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:43:20 +0000

Simply put, Constant Contact sucks. I don’t even understand how this piece of crap site is still around. People, if you want to do email marketing, Mail Chimp is the best one out there. Clients and agencies, please take note.

Google rules the world

Carrie — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:35:58 +0000

Check out this hilarious video!

Sun-bathing kitties

Carrie — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:28:20 +0000

Nothing says “the weekend is here” better than a bunch of sun-bathing kitties in the living room. I wish I could be a cat sometimes.

be yourself

Carrie — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:01:52 +0000

be bold. be thankful. be quiet. be original. be spontaneous. be punctual. be a star. be young. be crazy. be loud. be random. be adorable. be unique. be daring. be obnoxious. be yourself.

Brokenkites

Carrie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:24:20 +0000

My friend Brokenkites makes music – really good instrumental music. And he’s a non-stop music making machine. Check out one of my favorite songs and videos by him.

Brokenkites “Mintaka”

Wireless SD Cards

Carrie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:43:37 +0000

Wow… I had no idea that there were wireless SD cards for your camera. How long have I been under a rock? A company called Eye-Fi (http://www.eye.fi) creates the cards. Here are just some of the features:

4GB memory. Store up to 2,000 photos or 90mn of video.
Wireless. Upload JPEG photos & videos through your home Wi-Fi networks and more.
HotSpot Access. Upload on-the-go through one of 10,000 HotSpots.
Geotagging. Lifetime, automatic Geotagging service helps you organize and share photos. View, search and share your latest trips on a map.
Effortless sharing. Wirelessly send your JPEG photos and videos to Flickr, Facebook, Picasa, MobileMe, and YouTube.
Automatic back-up. Wirelessly upload JPEG photos and videos to folders of your choice on your computer, or even directly into iPhoto for Macs.

Wow. I gotta get one of these.

CKY

Carrie — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:38:45 +0000

I went to the CKY show August 11th at the Norva (Norfolk, VA). It was an OK show compared to when I saw them in Atlanta a couple of years ago. The Atlanta show was stronger, edgier, and the set list more diverse. This time, I think because of the small venue, small crowd, the fact that it’s Norfolk, they didn’t play as well. What irked me what the fact that their set list was mostly all the stuff from their first 2 albums. All the stuff the kiddies know. I wanted to hear more songs from “An Answer can be Found” and their new album. I was disappointed by this. I felt like they were selling out.

The highlight of the show: someone threw a Michael Jackson t-shirt up onto the stage, so the band broke out with a rockin’ version of “Beat It”.

The band who played before CKY was a Swedish band called Graveyard. They were definitely talented with their melodic strings… very reminiscent of Led Zepplin. I was definitely grooving out to this band.