New Blog Features

I have added two new blog features that make my blog even better! First of all, I have added what the previous weeks #1 most listened to song for me was. It will also show how many weeks it has been at #1.
Second, you can now receive Breaking 'Mic' News on your cell phone. You will actually get a text message from MicVachon.com in the event of something major happening on my life. The text will give you the headline, and then direct you to my site to find out the details. I won't spam you. It's only for the BIG stuff, not little things, so you won't be getting texts daily or even weekly for that matter. Probably not even monthly lol. ONLY THE BIG STUFF. And if you ever wanna unsubscribe from the texting list, it's really easy. So go to my sidebar to the right and sign up!

Go Ravens!

Come on Ravens! Let's beat those Steelers! It's Monday night, it's in Pittsburgh, but we can do it! Let's stay undefeated!

UDPATE: We lost in overtime.

Perfection

The good stuff starts at the 2:00 mark... but the beginning is a must watch too.

Shopping!

Woot! I FINALLY went shopping! Yay! After the meeting I came home, then went right back out and picked up Marshall and we went to the mall and shopped for like 4 hours lol. We went to like every store. I wasn't really in the mood to shop for everything I need... but I did get some shoes! Woohoo! And I got a Aeropostale shirt and sweat pants. And also jean. Yay me! After shopping we went over to Outback and ate the yummiest food ever. Then we came back to the Island and went to Rita's for dessert. Then home. :-D An awesomely fun day!

OMG "Womanizer"!

6:08 AM: It's a little after 6 AM and I'm running around like crazy trying to get this song before work! Omg as I type this I'm reading that they are about to premiere it. Ugh. I cant sit here and wait!

OMG! 6:12 AM UPDATE! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG! I CAN'T BREATHE! I'M LISTENING TO IT NOW!

6:22 AM UDPATE: Here's the song! Friggin HOT! And yes it's HQ,not a radio rip! I'm awesome.
"Womanizer" - Britney Spears*

6:28 AM UPDATE: Here's me the first time hearing them play the song on the radio 2 minutes before they legally could this morning lol. Yes I recorded me freaking out. Even though I already heard it this morning, hearin it on the radio is different.


5:30 PM UPDATE: Ok so here's the final word on what's happening with "Womanizer". As you can see I had an interesting morning lol. I ripped the song online this morning and took it to work. It was moderate quality, but def. good enough to pump it ALL DAY in my ears. So that's what I did. However radio DJ's have been mean to her. They are just saying bad things about her and the song. I have to say that when I first heard it I was sooo excited, but not blown away. However, it's a grower. Trust me. It's good the first time you hear it, but it gets better every time you hear it, its AMAZING now. A masterpiece. I hope radio gives this a fair chance. Some stations are actually refusing to play it :-(. So sad. Anyway I love it. And have it on constant repeat baby. And I have it in HQ now too, yay!

7:30 PM UPDATE: Ok so maybe I exaggerated a bit. There are actually some really good reviews coming in now. The LA Times said some awesome stuff about it, and only about 50% of DJ's are knocking it. Internationally "Womanizer" is getting a lot more love than here in the States.

9:55 PM UPDATE: As far as requests go, today 'Womanizer is already topping charts! Tonight, like 12 hours or so after it premiered it's...
#1 in Washington DC on HOT 99.5
#2 in St. Louis on Z107.7
#4 in New York City on Z100
#1 in Seattle on 106.1 KISS FM

"Womanizer" Released Tomorrow!

So it appears that there will be no need to have a "Womanizer" Watch - Round 2. After Round 1 went, well a bit hay wire, lol, I'm greatful for that. It is definitely, 100% confirmed that "Womanizer" will be premiered tomorrow, Friday September 26th, at 6 AM on radio. Above is the official promo CD cover. The sound is described as "Toxic" mixed with "Ooh Ooh Baby". Critics that had an early listen to the song today said,

"It's a brilliantly executed mashup of 'Toxic' with the last album's more insane moments like 'Ooh Ooh Baby'. Most important thing: it doesn't fade at the end - the beat drops out while Britney trills the main "YOU'RE A WOMANIZER OH WOMANIZER OH YOU'RE A WOMANIZER BABY" hook. This track lays a really strong foundation for the fully-realised comeback that didn't quite happen last time and it's hard not to think of it as a late contender for single of the year. Like we said above, it's literally quite good."

Isn't that awesome! OMG! And to limit my posts on "Womanizer", cuz I know you're pretty much sick of it lol, here's some new info about her music video for the song that has already been in production, as said by one of the people working on the video...

"She dances throughout most of the video, the choreography is INCREDIBLE, she looks amazing. She was totally professional the entire time. NOW FOR THE DETAILS. It is definitely 'Toxic' #2. The same blonde guy is in it again, same director etc. She wears a long dark wig, and was wearing a total dominatrix outfit. A patent leather vest with super tight pants was another outfit. There's a bar scene in which Britney is dancing around and whatnot. Also there's an office scene in which Britney had a short dark bob and was dancing so hard that she ripped her leather skirt and had to get a new one!! The old Britney is totally back in full force and the video is going to be incredible. There was a little bit of shooting with a blonde wig and there will be more shooting going on tomorrow."

COME ON BRITNEY! YOU CAN DO IT!
And since I have spent soooo much time on "Womanizer"... and how couldn't I? Lol, I have made it's own label. I will debut the song for MicVachon.com readers BY 6:00 PM tomorrow.

Nasty Weather On The Way!

The past two weeks or so have literally been perfect in the weather department here. Like as perfect as perfect gets. Autumn has gradually been easing itself into our area and is pretty much here in full force with cool, crisp days and chilly nights. So that's all the nice things I have to say about the weather, cuz' starting tomorrow and continuing through the weekend, right into Sunday we are gonna have rain and wind! We are gonna have winds possibly gusting to 60 MPH tomorrow and heavy rains, then it tapers off Thursday late night. Then the heavy rains move in again on Friday and stay with us into Sunday. Here's the break down from a meteorologist from Accuweather.com in the form of a map.

Britney Spears Guitar Pick

Haha, this is perfect timing considering all the Britney stuff going on with her comeback and all. This is really cool though. There's this awesome guy at work, his name is Lenny, and he always has the inside track with all of our artists and stuff. Well one time when he was working on a guitar for Britney Spears' guitarist, Skip Dorsey, Skip actually as a thank you I assume, gave Lenny a guitar pick that he used on tour with Britney! Well Lenny knows how into Britney I am, so he brought the pick in today and gave it to me! Can you friggin believe that! I have the ACTUAL guitar pick used for the ACTUAL Britney Spears tour! So awesome! See it below. On the back it had Skip's signature. This is the front :-D

This Past Weekend

So as you know, all weekend was worthlessly dedicated to Ms. Britney Spears and her new single "Womanizer". Well it never was freaking released. They are having "issues" and it is now delayed until next Monday, the 29th. So that's that. What else happened this weekend? Well the Ravens won, woot! I'm lovin' the Ravens this season! Woohoo! :-D Also I can't completely get rid of my cold... I mean I feel 100% bettah, but I'm still hackin' up mucus. Nice huh? Lol. Work was out of this world last week... can't say too much but because of "customer confidentiality, but it was filled with a lot of celebs and a lot of security lol. I felt special being able to have access there. :-D Anyway, I guess that's all for the updates.

On "Womanizer" Watch - Round 1

10:45 AM: Rumors are running rampant on websites, blogs and fansites all over the net that Australia will debut "Womanizer" to their audiences at 7:30 AM Melbourne, AUS time. That's 5:30 PM our time today (Eastern USA)! Now you can pretty much assume that radio stations have the song around the world and are now just waiting for the legality to play it (certain radio stations bought the right to play it first, everyone else has to wait til they get the chance to play it). So any hour now, IF the rumors are true, "Womanizer" will be made public!

11 AM UPDATE: There is a lot of talk that it will NOT be premiering in Australia now. However there are "papers" confirming it will be. If not, Z100 in New York will be premiering it at 1:30 AM tomorrow.

12:16 PM UPDATE: Britney's record label just came out with more info, they said that "Womanizer" will be officially added to Australian radio playlists from 7 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time. That's 5 PM US Eastern Time. Most Australian breakfast radio shows start at 6 AM. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT AUSTRALIAN RADIO STATIONS WILL OFFICIALLY HAVE "WOMANIZER" IN THEIR PLAYLIST FROM THIS TIME, BUT MAY STILL BE UNDER FURTHER INSTRUCTION NOT TO PLAY IT.

12:32 PM UPDATE: Radio station Nova 100 in Melbourne, AUS is said to be the radio station that will premier "Womanizer" in Australia. To listen to the radio station, just click the link and give it a moment to load, they are saying that literally MILLIONS of people are online just for the purpose to hear "Womanizer" the moment it leaks. I have been bouncing all over the net and I can definitely attest to that. It is so crazy that numerous websites have actually crashed! By the way, I find it highly amusing that I've gotten all caught up in this lol. It's pretty funny. Anyway to start listening to Nova 100, just click the link to the right :-) Click Here To Stream Nova 100 Live.

2:20 PM UPDATE: Ugh. This is just crazy. There's so much happening at once online with this and it's leading no where. Two radio stations in Australia, one in England, one in Germany and two here in the US all claim that they will premiere it at 7:30 AM their times, except the US stations, they say it will be 1 AM their local times. But, the buzz in the last few hours have shifted from an Aussie release back to a New York release at around 1 AM tomorrow morning. However, to add more confusion to the mix, an email has been leaked from an Australia media outlet showing that they HAVE indeed received the final finish mp3 file of "Womanizer", and that it is LOCKED until 7 AM their time. It also stated that Australian radio stations will receive instructions on what to do no later than 7 AM.

5:14 PM UPDATE: It's 7:14 AM Monday, September 22 in Australia, they are 14 hours ahead of us, and nearly 15 minutes after all radio stations in Australia received and added "Womanizer" to their playlists, they have not played it, nor has there been a leak. This means that there is most likely a virtual "lock" remaining on the mp3 file until past midnight eastern USA time. It appears that New York does indeed still have the legal right to play the song first. BTW, I am listening to Nova 100 in Melbourne, Australia right now in hopes that maybe they will play it. Lol. So sad.

5:44 PM UPDATE: The Australian premiere is NOT happening. The Edge FM in New Zealand announced "Womanizer" is being delayed with its premiere in New Zealand/Australia. Looks like we have to wait until tomorrow when it debuts on Z100. Here's what they had to say on the radio.
The Edge FM Talking About "Womanizer" Delay

9:21 PM UPDATE: I'm totally done with this tonight. It looks like 1:30 AM is the premiere time. Still on Z100. I'm sooo not staying up for that. Guess I will wait until the morning. The fansites are all going crazy. People are drinking coffee and Red Bulls worldwide staying up into the wee hours of the morning waiting to hear this thing. So crazy!

10:50 PM UPDATE: Z100 premiering "Womanizer" at 7 AM. I will be at work :-( hopefully it leaks before.

MONDAY 4:28 PM UPDATE: Long story short, the single will now be released next Monday, September 29. I will start a new thread then. This concludes "Womanizer" Watch Round 1. Round two starts Sunday the 28th with a new post/thread then.

Walking In The Almost Dark

I'm totally walking our path and its getting dark real fast! There are bats and the crickets are chirping! I wasn't expecting it to get so dark so fast lol.

New Banner!

So I finally made a new banner! Hope you like it! I plan on changing the banner up a bit more now and in the future. You can actually see the pictures now! Lol.

Why All The Music Posts?

So you are probably coming to my site wanting to see updates, pictures and videos of my life... and instead you see a boatload of music posts. So whats up with that!? Well there are two parts to that answer.

1) My life is very uneventful lately since I have practically become a hermit lol. It will pick up in a couple months... but until then there really won't be, I don't expect, anything much. So that leaves me with music.

2) Music is my life. So therefore it affects me everyday in every way. Therefore I want to share with you what my "Life's Soundtrack" is at the moment. And also a year or two from now, I would like to look back and see what I was diggin and how it was affecting me then, which is of course now at the moment lol.

So that's why I am posting a lot of music posts right now. Other than work, it is my life right now.

For The First Time This Year

I have mixed feelings about this. For the first time this year I am wearing a hoodie. I tried holding off until October to wear one, but it's just too cold in the house not to lol. So i gave in and am wearing one as I type this. It's just a sign that cold weather is right around the corner. I love summer. I miss waking up and walking outside to the warmth and even the humidity. But the seasons change and I guess I just have to deal with it lol. This is the first year ever that I haven't gotten tired of one season, and wasn't excited about the change.

Clip Of Britney Spears New Song "Womanizer"

OMG! I'm so excited! Britney's new song "Womanizer" will be released to radio on Monday, and hopefully it will leak before then. However, if you are dying to know what the song is gonna sound like... YOU GOT IT! I got my paws on a 37 second clip of the song. It very low quality, but you can definitely hear Britney's parts and some of the music and it darn catchy! I can't wait for the whole thing to leak! But for now, hit play and enjoy the 37 sec clip of "Womanizer"!

September 20, 10:40 AM UPDATE: Jive released a statement to MTV stating that this clip is from the "rough mix" of the track, not the finalized single. It was apparently recorded by the radio station via a telephone. KIIS FM in L.A. and Z100 in New York have paid for the rights to be the first two official "world premieres." Any station who plays the track without consent will be fined $250,000 for playing it as a "world premiere."

"Womanizer" clip*

Today Was A Pretty Spectacular One; Social Hibernation

Wow! Today was just randomly awesome! Lol. No particular thing happened or anything, but I feel like today was pretty darn good! I'm exiting my cold thankfully. It's not all gone though by any means, I'm still coughing and have nose issues, but other than that it's all good. Everything else was great today. I don't know what it was/is but I like it! Now I'm at home and pretty darn bored. I'm not gonna go to the meeting tonight because I am "contagious". So it's better to stay home and just spread my germs here and at work lol. I really wanna go out though. Oh btw, I'm trying something new into the autumn... and that is I am in "social hibernation". What is that you may ask? Well I will tell you lol. Since the end of August I have not gone out or done anything with anyone except immediate family... and that's even limited. Why? Well to make a really long story short, to stay out of trouble. Again, not that sort of trouble that you would think of. I'm not a "get in to trouble" kinda guy. It's all relative. Lol. It wouldn't be "trouble" if it were anyone else, but for me it is so therefore I'm trying at all costs to stay out of it. :-) So yeah, I plan on being in this state of "hibernation" until everything gets fixed and corrected that needs to be, both spiritually and personally. I will probably make some exceptions though. Like next week, I plan on going to the mall and shopping like crazy with Marshall. That will be a rare situation that I make an exception. Anywho, I guess that's it for now.

The World Wants New Britney NOW!

So the world wants the new song from Britney Spears so bad that radio stations world wide fell hard for a "joke". An unsigned artist named Myah Marie made a song called "Candy From Strangers". Innocent enough right? Well someone had to go and take her song and send it to radio stations around the world and they said that it was Britney's new song! The world is so impatient (as am I lol) to get their hands...er... ears on her new song that the radio stations started playing "Candy From Strangers" on heavy rotation today. Again, that's a big problem because IT'S NOT BRITNEY SPEARS! Her new song WILL be released on Monday, and it WILL be called "Womanizer". Phew! This was exhausting to type! Lol. Anyway, Myah Marie's song "Candy From Strangers" that fooled almost everyone today, is pretty darn catchy. Wanna hear it? Of course ya do! Just click the play button below to hear the now infamous tune. Can you belive Z100, New York City's hit music station, the most listened to radio station in the world played this non stop all day? I can't believe they too were fooled!

"Candy From Strangers" - Myah Marie*

Awesome New "Live" Blog Feature

Ok so as if me constantly updating you almost everyday wasn't enough, now you can see what's goin on with me in between each post! What happens between one post and the next? Well now you will know, thanks to Twitter. It's simple. Just look over to the right at the sidebar, and now you see the very first thing at the top is "Live Twitter Updates". Under that will be the last 5 updates from me on Twitter. They will be from my phone and super simple to understand. And it will be the small things, like I said, that happen in between posts... something as simple as "Getting ready for the meeting" or "Eating dinner" or just to say that "it's snowing!" or even if I just wanted to share a thought like "have you ever wondered why the sky is blue?". Got it? Good. Now you can keep even closer tabs on me than before! Lol. Like you needed that!? This is in the experimental phases still for about a week to see how often I want to do it. We shall see!

About To Have Music Overload!

Ok, so music is my life. And the music of my life includes Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. They are my women, along with Rihanna. Well guess what my peeps. Kelly Clarkson is about to release her new single any day now. Christina just release her new song that is getting insane play on my iPod, and the comeback Queen Ms. Spears? Well her label just confirmed today that her new song will be release NEXT WEEK! And if that wasn't enough, Hilary Duff just released her new song from her new album and it's so friggin catchy! I can't take it anymore! Lol. September is now officially the most exciting month this year for music! Oh and BTW, you will get to hear both Kelly's and Britney's new songs as soon as I get them... which almost always is weeks before the public. So keep checkin' back for that!

7:13 PM Update - Kelly Clarkson's management and label may be considering delaying the release of her new single and album due to the news of Britney's new music coming out. Kelly was supposed to release her new song this month, and her new album December 2... well that's exactly the same plans Britney Spears has. I wouldn't blame Kelly's team putting it off. Either way, I really don't care. I have so much music right now that's hot in my world it's just unreal.

7:30 PM Update - Um yeah... another update lol. Sorry but today has been crazy in the music world. I just heard the new Pussycat Dolls album "Doll Domination" and it's awesome! Some genuine, catchy pop. The best music I have heard since Britney's last album! "Bottle Pop", "Magic", "When I Grow Up" and "Whatcha Think About That" are all the hottest tracks on the album. This is crazy!

Totally Got Worse; Oil Prices Plummet

Ok so first things first, last night I said my throat started getting pretty sore... well today I'm pretty much miserable. :-( It got worse and my toxic snot that feels like hot lava is burning my throat! This really sucks. I'm trying my hardest not to call outta work cuz this week is really important. Anyway, I barely made it through today.

Now to oil/gas prices... I'm all types of confused lol. Oil PLUMMETED today to $94.21 a barrel. That's the first time oil has been below $100 since March. The market price for gas also plummeted $.22 to $2.58 a gallon. Now here is where I get all confused. You would think that because of all of this gas prices at the pump would plummet too right? WRONG! Let me put things in perspective before I go on. The last time oil was just below $100 a barrel, gas at the pump was in the $2.90s. Today, gas is at $3.68 - $3.77! What's up with that!? And furthermore, we have about a $.40 gas tax here in Maryland, so our prices really should be in the $2.90s like they used to be when market gas price and oil were this low! So I'm a bit ticked about this and confused.

All Is Good... Not Well

I'm home! Safe and sound. The assembly was great. Gas prices were so cheap there, at least right before Ike hit Texas that is! On Friday the gas in New Jersey was $3.23 on Saturday they shot up to $3.58! I hate when hurricanes do that. Anyway, as you can tell in the title, all is not well. And by that, I mean me. I believe I am getting sick. My throat is getting pretty sore from what I call "toxic snot drippage". Lol. It's not bad yet, but it barely started yesterday, and now from a 1-10 it is a 4 on the soreness level. I'm really really hoping it stays this level and goes down. I can't afford to get sick this week because we are preparing for this huge event at work and all week I need to be in tip top shape! Well I guess I'm gonna go and eat some waffles! It's good to be home baby! Oh yeah and on a side note, I didn't do any shopping that ended in purchasing anything this weekend... so I'm till in dire need of shoes!

I'm At A Mall In New Jersey... And Scared

Um yeah, so here in New Jersey, I'm currently in the mall and it is the most insane place ever! I have never seen so many adolescents in my life! And of course it's late in the evening Friday night and its jammed! I'm not looking anyone in the face lol.This is crazy! Anyway I wanted to post this just in case I die lol. If I post again, you know I survived. If you don't hear from me by Monday... well... you know. :-P

Leaving For Circuit Assembly Tomorrow

So this weekend is the Circuit Assembly. Since our Assembly Hall has been torn down and is the process of being rebuilt, we have to travel to a different Assembly Hall until ours is done. So the one we have been assigned to is the one in Turnersville, NJ. So tomorrow afternoon after work I will be headed up there to the hotel. Other than the Assembly program on Saturday and Sunday, I plan... PLAN... lol to go to the movies and do a heck of a lot of shopping while up there. But we shall see. I don't expect to post from up there. If it's something that I feel is worthy or special enough to be posted then I will, other than that don't expect a post again until atleast Sunday night when I get home. Monday is almost certain to get a post if not Sunday.

I Miss My Friends

So I'm really missing my friends. My real, true, genuine friends. It's been forever since we've been able to talk, hang out or do anything and I'm ready. It sucks not being able to do all that stuff. But I'm working really hard so that hopefully really soon we can hang out and goof off again like ol' times :-D I hope we can pick up right where we left off. Until then, the meetings and conventions/assemblies will have to do for now, atleast I get to see everyone. It gets me by. That's all I can ask for right now I guess. But, I WILL NOT let this get me down! I'm a happy person, on the right path and I plan on staying on it! :-D Anyway, just wanted to vent. No worries!

I Gots A Splinter Mommy! Lol.

Got a splinter under my pinky finger nail. My mom got half of it out with tweezers, the other half remains in there lol

Review Of The VMA's

So last night as you all know was the 2008 MTV VMA's. After a few sucky years, MTV finally brought the heat! There weren't really and scandalous shockers or surprising performances, it was just a consistently good show. What can I say? Britney didn't perform, but she did win all 3 awards she was nominated for. She is definitely back. :-D She look so good too! As you can see in the picture lol. However Ms. Spears wasn't the only hot mama, in more ways than one, to shine bright last night. Her former Mickey Mouse Club buddy Christina Aguilera performed her new song "Keeps Gettin' Better". All in all the night was awesome. Good performances, good awards, good everything really. In case you missed it, here are the two best performances of the night.

Pink DEFINITELY took the cake as far as performances. She looked hot, sounded good, and put on an AWESOME show. This is a MUST SEE. Pink rocked it baby!

Also doing a good job last night was Christina Aguilera. Although she lipsynced her whole performance, which is really unlike her, it was still good. I do have to say though, she really didn't look like herself though, lol. And what's up with all the "Head twitching" in the performance. Watch and you'll see.

I'm Gonna Be Exhausted Tomorrow!

The VMA's were tonight and lemme tell you something... IT FRIGGIN ROCKED! But it made me stay up late. And of course after all the awesome performances, I had to download some cool songs I heard for the first time tonight. Now it's almost midnight and I'm so tired. I'm actually typing this on my phone as I get ready for bed. I hate to imagine what tomorrow is gonna be like. Lol. Hopefully with all this new music jammin' in my ears tomorrow I will be wide awake.

Tomorrow Is The 2008 VMA's!

So is anyone else as stoked about the VMA's tomorrow night as I am!? Well I know a few of you are. I can't wait. Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and a lot more will be there! I can't wait. Oh and look at this video of Britney just a few days ago doing a dance rehearsal. She looks amazing. Like the old Britney is finally back. And the song in the background sounds awesome! I can't wait for it to leak! Wonder if she will surprise us and actually perform tomorrow night after all.

Bye Bye Hanna

So as I type this Hanna is exiting our area. Above is a picture I took of one of our traffic signs that read "Tropical Storm Warning In Effect". It was pretty cool. Anyway Hanna did nothing lol. Well I mean she dumped a decent amount of rain, but nothing like they were calling for, atleast here. And we had some breezy conditions, but I doubt you could call it "windy". I'm a bit bummed. Oh well. Anyway, now we get to watch Hurricane Ike. Already having been a Category 4 hurricane, Ike will enter the Gulf Of Mexico late next week, and this time next week a Category 4 or 5 hurricane will be making landfall right near New Orleans. Lovely.

New Music Like You've Never Heard!

Ok so I have two songs that aren't even released to the public yet, radio hasn't even seen, heard or touched these tracks yet. However, somehow I have managed to get my hands on these suckers. Are you ready?

First up is Fall Out Boy. I didn't even know they were coming out with a new album anytime soon, however this is their brand new song "I Don't Care". It will be on their new album "Folie à Deux" which will be released November 4. Despite the French title of their album, all of their music is in English, as it should be since they are all American lol. Anyway, I got my hands on this gem of a track yesterday and it's been on heavy rotation on my iPod since. It is definitly their best song to date.

"I Don't Care" - Fall Out Boy*


And even BIGGER news is the fact that I somehow freaking managed to get Christina Aguilera's extremely anticipated new song. Up until about 3 hours ago nobody had any idea what the song was like, called or when it will be released. However, like I said, I managed to get a hold of it and lemme tell you something. This song is unlike anything you have ever heard. Her last album was a nod to the 50's genre of rockabilly pop from the 50's. This time around, she's jumped into the future. The song samples heavy futuristic sound effects, and it works awesomely. The song is called "Keeps Gettin' Better". She will debut this song when she performs it Sunday at the VMA's, and the song will be released to radio on September 22. Guess what... you don't have to wait weeks to hear it! You get to hear it today before the rest of the world! Whatcha waitin' for!? Click the play button!

"Keeps Gettin' Better" - Christina Aguilera*

Preparing For Hanna

Hanna is going to make landfall in North Carolina around midnight tonight. She probably will make it back to hurricane strength before hand. So what can I expect right here at home? Well here are the expectations from the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center for my area.

• A Tropical Storm Warning Is In Effect
• A Flood Watch Is In Effect
• Winds Sustained At 25 MPH- 35 MPH, Gusts Up To 60 MPH
• Heavy Rain Totaling 3-5 Inches+
  
• Power Outages Are Likely
• Worst Of It Hits Tomorrow Around Noon

Here are some pictures of me bringing in and securing our lawn furniture in preparation for Hanna's winds, and laying out the drain spout to guide all the heavy rains away from our house.








Thought I could get one last swim in before the pool got slammed with debris... it started raining right when the picture was taken and got kinda chilly so my feet were the only thing that made it in the pool lol.

8:10 PM UPDATE: Officials say that they may be closing the Bay Bridge tomorrow morning because of the winds. We would be stuck here, since we live on an island lol.

Hello Hanna!

Woot! Hurricane party time people! Looks like Hanna (now a Tropical Storm, soon to be Hurricane) will be moving up the east coast this weekend. In short, my weather gets interesting tomorrow evening when the rain bands from Hanna start spinning in. Then Saturday it gets windy and rainy. Just how bad is still to be seen, but it shouldn't get too bad, however power outages are likely. I will keep you updated. Right now I'm under a Tropical Storm Watch. I LOVE IT! :-D

Making Grape Juice

We have a small grape vine and we usually make some jelly or desserts or something out of them every year. Well it is that time of the year again. So here is a quick video of us picking the grapes, and then later me grinding the grapes into juice for canning or something later. Oh and did I mention that there's dancing? Lots and lots of pop, lock and droppin baby!

I Just Won A Guitar!

OMG you guys! Moments ago I won a PRS SE Guitar! It's a drawing we do once a month for people who had perfect attendance the previous month and I won! OMG! I'm so excited! When I get home I will take pics and show you all! I'm so stoked! :-D

Update: Here's the pic!

Hurricane Gustav

This is a look at how things evolved with Hurricane Gustav from right before landfall, during landfall and afterwards. It was my first attempt to do a "Storm Alert Mode" continual posting of breaking news regarding the storm. I don't know if I will do it again, but it was pretty cool to do it once.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 - 6:00 PM NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST STORM ALERT POST FOR GUSTAV
Strength: Category 1
Winds: 80 MPH
Central Pressure: 966 MB
Location: 15 Miles N of Lafayette, LA
Moving: NW 16 MPH
Expected To: Continue To Weaken

Comments: Hurricane Gustav is continuing to hammer inland Louisiana. New Orleans was spared that brunt and the levees seem to have held up to the challenge, despite being topped by a few feet. Gustav has spawned 100's of tornadoes and continues to do so. Gustav is still expected to stall over northwestern Louisiana and eastern Texas. As of now 2 million people in Louisiana are without power. Oil prices plummeted by $4.16, down to a closing prices of $111.30 a barrel.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 - 11:45 AM
Strength: Category 2
Winds: 110 MPH
Central Pressure: 955 MB
Location: 70 Miles SW of New Orleans
Moving: NW 15 MPH
Expected To: Weaken

Comments: I slept in :-P Anyway, Gustav has officially made landfall in south central Louisiana. There are widespread power outages as you would expect. The levees in New Orleans are holding up well as of now, however the water has risen to a point that it is overflowing in some areas. Also, there is a barge loose in one of the cdanals, and the fear is that it will crash into the side of the levee and repeat the situation that happened in 2005. As far as oil/gas prices go on the markets, it pretty interesting to say the least. Everyone was saying that it was going to skyrockect, and that would make sense. But oil prices have plummeted more than $4.50 a barrel, and gas price futures are trading down 10 cents a gallon. All of this will change of course if we hear of damage to oil rigs or refineries. Just FYI, I am now watching Tropical Storm Hanna in the Bahama's. It is expected to become a hurricane Wednesday and make landfall on the Georgia/South Carolina coast Friday. Also Tropical Depression 9, soon to be Tropical Storm Ike has formed way out in the Atlantic. That will be our next major hurricane, and it just may enter the Gulf of Mexico way down the road.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 - 11:00 PM
Strength: Category 3
Winds: 115 MPH
Central Pressure: 954 MB
Location: 220 Miles SE of New Orleans
Moving: NW 16 MPH
Expected To: Stay Same Strength

Comments: So Hurricane Gustav has held steady at 115 MPH. It is still a dangerous Category 3 Hurricane barreling down on Louisiana's coast. The forward speed has started to slow, and is expected to continue that trend and when it makes landfall and moves into north western Louisiana and eastern Texas, it could stall and cause catastrophic flooding. The first deaths have been reported here in the USA from Gustav. 3 critical care patients in New Orleans who were being evacuated from their hospitals died en route to their destination. Media coverage of Hurricane Gustav is extreme, non stop on every network. I am going to bed, and will update you tomorrow morning.


SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 - 10:10 PM
Strength: Category 3
Winds: 115 MPH
Central Pressure: 952 MB
Location: 260 Miles SSE of New Orleans
Moving: NW 17 MPH
Expected To: Slightly Strengthen

Comments: Hurricane Gustav was a Category 4 when it made landfall this time last night in Cuba with winds of 150 MPH. After reemerging into the Gulf of Mexico it had a hard time regaining the strength it had lost over land. However, it seems that the latest satellite images show it regaining good shape and the central pressure has steadily been dropping at a slow pace. I am pretty sure winds will atleast slightly increase when we get our update from the National Hurricane Center at 11 PM. This info that I have is from 8 PM. Hurricane force winds extend 70 miles out from the center and Tropical Storm force winds extend out 220 miles from the center. 96% of all oil in the Gulf have been shut down and evacuated. 95% of New Orleans residents evacuated. Hurricane Gustav has lead to the largest evacuation in Louisiana history. At one time, The Weather Channel's Mike Bettes was reporting live and a rain band came through and he saw rotation as tornado sirens blared. If that makes it to YouTube I will post the link.

Censoring The Bible?

Well, we knew that this was coming sooner or later. And now we can see how it can happen and how quickly it can happen. Just shows where we are in the stream of time. Here's an interesting news article.

Christian leaders gathered in Denver Tuesday in opposition to an anti-Christian censorship law that could open the door to censoring the Bible.

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed the state bill, SB 200, which aims at silencing all publications that discriminate against homosexuality.

"Section 8 of Senate Bill 200 is a wide open door for any judge to censor anything that condemns homosexuality, including Scripture," Colorado State Rep. Kevin Lundberg said.

Many Christians fear that one day the Bible will be considered illegal in America.
"I do believe that the Bible is banned, under the plain language of this new statute," Steve Crampton, general counsel of the pro-family Liberty Counsel, said, indicating he believes that day is already here.

Section 8 reads, "No person, being the owner. agent, or employee of any place of public accommodation. shall publish. distribute, give away. except as provided in this section, any communication. book, pamphlet, writing. or advertisement of any kind. intended or calculated to discriminate. against. sexual orientation, marital status (which) is unwelcome."

It is titled, "Publishing of discriminative matter forbidden."