Goodbye my little Friend

Published April 28, 2015 by lorimuma

Last week was a tough week. It was a really sad week for me. I had to say goodbye to a family member. She was 16.

Sixteen years ago my parents told me they were getting a dog. A Shih Tzu they named Mikayla. I was not a fan of dogs. I didn’t want to pet them, I didn’t want them to jump on me and I didn’t want them waking me up in the morning. I was convinced that my parents were having some sort of mid life crisis. I was not looking forward to this new “family” member at all.

Then we met. She was all of 3lbs and could fit into my hands. We stared at each other and she won me over in about 5 min. Miki as she was going to called melted my heart. I now would come home just to see her. Within days she became the diva of the house. We did what she wanted. When she wanted to sleep she did, when she wanted to go for a walk she did, when she wanted to bark at the neighbourhood squires my father drove her around so show she could.

Mikayla didn’t act like most dogs, she slept on pillows, not a dog bed. She only ate the best dog food, specially bought for her at the vets and it was severed on a plate, never a dog bowl. She wouldn’t have any of that nonsense. People made her customized one of kind dog coats and everyone knew her name on the street. She would try and kick guests out of the house when she grew tired of them. Really this is a thing she used to do. If you were in the house after 7:30, look out Miki would be at your feet telling you to go.

She grew to be a whole 8lbs but had the attitude of an 80lbs dog. Over the last year she started to slow down. Her hearing and sight had diminished and so did her appetite, but not her personality. I thought we had still had time with her.

I was visiting last weekend and she was slow, she slept most of time, but still knew I was home.

On Tuesday I got message from mom, Miki hadn’t been eating and had a rough night. They were taking her to the vet to see what to do. But I knew what they were going to do. It was that cold and and rainy morning that we all said goodbye to my little Miki.

Thank you Miki for everything that you gave us. I will miss you forever.

Ghostown

Published April 13, 2015 by lorimuma

First off, everyone knows that I would never not like this video, so I will admit I am completely bias and I don’t care.

I love this song, I love video and I love whole Madonna doesn’t give a shit how old she is vibe the most. The last part is for a whole other rant.

Ghostown is the second song off on Madonna’s “Rebel Heart” album. I think it is the best song overall on the album and probably should have been the first single.

Little know fact about this song, Madonna worked with Michael Keaton’s son on it. You know the one he when on and on about when he won the globe this year. Yep same guy.

The video is takes place after a nuclear bomb has destroyed most of the cool cities in the world. Madonna thinking she is alone, decides to channel Stevie Nicks and go outside and see what has happened.

While walking through the rubble she is noticed by a man, that man is Terrence Howard. At first he wants to kill her, but then they become mesmerized with each out and do what I would totally do in the same situation. Tango.

While this is going on, a young boy, that looks strangely like one of the Jolie-Pitt kids appears and taken under the wing of these two dancing rebels. Lucky kid.

Again Madonna delivers stylish video that I have already watched multiple times. I can’t wait to see her perform this in October.

Neil Diamond – Air Canada Centre Toronto

Published April 13, 2015 by lorimuma

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Neil Diamond concert at the ACC. Now I admit, I don’t know too much about Neil Diamond, I just knew that has a huge following and that jokes about “seas of grey” being all over the entire concert floor.

I spent 20 min with my friend Patricia trying to name a song other than Sweet Caroline, she rhymed of about 10 songs, while I could only remember a song about bringing flowers and something called “I am I am” I think . Turns out it called “I am. I said” and was a pretty big crowd pleaser when he sang it.

While working at the VIP event, I was talked to the attendees and was surprised that not only were they the nicest people I have ever dealt with at a concert, they had seen Neil multiple times, like eight,nine plus times. Some were well into the double digits. To my surprise I totally enjoyed this show. He is the constant performer and at 74 has maintained his voice.

Oh and take note Adam Levine, Neil spent a good 10 minutes introducing his band and he is a solo act. Neil sang and danced, well more like walked around the stage while pointing and holding his guitar over his head, but hey he is 74 and has a bad hip. At one point he bent down to kiss a fan in the front row. I was worried that he wasn’t going to be able to get back up.

He did and played for well over 2 hours without taking a break. Proving to this skeptic why he is still selling out areas.

Overall Neil delivered with the flare and showmanship that was lacking with Maroon 5. A well done show.

3.5 out of 5