Lindsey Stirling - yes son, that is a super star.

You know I have to say this because it is just one of the many things I respect about Lindsey Stirling. Something that so many other young female performers in Hollywood feel the need to do, but shouldn't because it isn't necessary.

 Lindsey, Thank you for keeping your clothes on.

Now don't misunderstand me. I have the greatest respect for women and especially women of singing, dancing and performing talent. Over the last 20 years there have been some absolutely phenomenal female performers and women with extraordinary music skills. Be it Singing or dancing or playing a instrument or all 3.  But I'm just tired of seeing so many young women feeling the need to expose themselves when it really isn't needed. There are some truly, amazing, talented and inspiring young women today. People of exquisite musical skill and beauty. Why do they take their clothes off? Why do they bring themselves to this level of exposure?
   They say it's them expressing themselves and their talent or breaking out of their shell into womanhood. I can understand wanting to do something that allows them to "Stand-Out" among the other talented women in Hollywood. Also I have no delusions of how difficult it is to succeed in that world.
  Lindsey Stirling has shown over the last 3 years that it isn't necessary to dress in skimpy outfits and exposing parts of her womanly body to be successful, talented and skilled. She hasn't swung naked on ball or worn a bikini out on stage or "Twerked" at all in her performances. She hasn't done acts of debauchery or talked down on other performers.   Yet she fills venues and sells out ticket offices every time she performs.
I truly respect Lindsey for showing real character and dignity in the entertainment world, by not stooping to the level some celebrities do. This is the kind of celebrity that kids can look up to and learn from.  I as a parent can feel safe knowing that there are celebrities out in the world that aren't exposing my son  to things he doesn't need to know about yet. Parents like me can point her out to our kids and say,"That is a super star."
Thank you Lindsey.

7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose - I KNOW!!!

7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose:

'via Blog this'

I know what I want to do.  The sad part is that I don't know how to do it.
  This is because I'm already doing it, just not how/what I want it to be.
Let me clarify this for you. What I want to do is video/audio editing, which I am doing right now at a tv studio in Chicago. The problem is that it's not the kind of editing I want to do. I'm technically stuck. What I really want to do is go out and shoot video then edit it together with sound and create something that will affect people. Now I don't really want to do all the graphics and animations and stuff, but I like taking life and re-producing it on screen for others to experience. 
 I want to work with people on projects that I'm passionate about. I want to create videos and edit them into something that will cause a reaction in another person. Doesn't matter if it's positive or negative. I just want to create it.
 For so many years I did that on my own with almost no budget at all. The problem is that it doesn't produce any money. I can't survive or support my family doing what I want to do. So I'm stuck doing what I need to do to support my family. Just going through those questions and thinking about the subject of those questions brought it all back to me. The drive, the cause, the need to create something.  
 I've seen and watched so many other people produce such great products and productions on minimal budgets and for almost no money.  I want to be part of that. I want to do that and find the drive that brought me into Video Production in the first place. I have the skill and I have the drive, but I need a path. I've lost my way and I need a way back on the path I had.  
 It's so weird that only now that I think about it, that's why the last few years have felt like I was in a rut. My passion and drive is stifled and lost, but I have moments when I work on small side projects that seem to bring that passion back to the surface. But again, those side projects can't make money. They just seem to fill a temporary need/want. 
 I must find a cause or project that can catapult me back into my creative mind and inspire me to get the work done.
How do I find it? 
 Man, these are the times when I wish my muse would jump up and hit me with a baseball bat of inspiration. 

A Tri-Force of Independent Music Women.

Lindsey Stirling, Amy Lee and Orianthi Panagaris.

 I personally have listed to all 3 of these incredible women over the last 10 years. Each in their own genres of music, they both dominate and inspire in every way of musical excellence.
 Through trials and tribulations against their art, they have shown the world that they are strong, talented and will not be silenced or shutdown.
  I can honestly say that I haven't heard all of their music, but I am making a firm effort to find and listen to all their music.
 Amy Lee was my first encounter in this musical force. Her singing with the band Evanescence hooked me from the first moment it hit my ear drums. I have been hooked on her music ever since. Her ability with a microphone and a piano gives me chills and raises the hairs on my back to new heights of enjoyment that makes me thankful that my ears function properly. The story of her beginnings and where she is now, is truly inspiring.
 I was introduced to Orianthi Panagaris through Michael Jackson's movie "This is it". I can only imagine what her career might have been if the King of Pop had gone on his final tour with her. Her ability with the 6 string guitar is truly Amazing. You can name off  on one hand the top female guitarist in the world. She by far towers high above them. To see and hear the beautiful rifts that come off of her fingers tickling the strings of a "axe", is something every pair of ears needs to hear and appreciate. Her tale of discovery and continued excellence is beyond words of Divinity.
 I discovered Lindsey Stirling last of the 3 women. I happened across one of her videos on Youtube quite by chance about 4 years ago. It was astounding at the time I didn't think it was real. Then just yesterday I heard her hauntingly Awesome violin again over Satellite Radio. When I arrived home and looked her up, I was amazed that it was the same woman I had seen 4 years earlier.  I began searching the web and discovered that her playing and style was not only REAL, but Magnificent. I'm still discovering all that she is and I can say I am thoroughly impressed, especially with the resistance she originally received. When reading about where she came from and how she has succeeded in her craft is incredible.
 
 Then it struck me. 3 women, 3 string instruments, A tri-force of Music Power the likes of which no ear has ever heard.
 To combine Amy Lee's Piano, Lindsey Stirling's Violin and Orianthi Panagaris' Guitar, would be to possibly bring into creation the most epic music machine that has ever existed on this earth. If the talent of these three incredible women could be brought together for a song, a single, an album, a concert, a tour; could we possibly see .... Dare I say it... Music to tame the savage heart of mankind!

Oh what a incredible melody that could be.

Take these words as you will. Just the thoughts of a fan struck by these 3 amazing women of music.

Lindsaey Stirling - Shatter Me feat. Lzzy Hale

Orianthi Panagaris - Right Now

Evanescence - The Change

REMEMBER, REMEMBER, THE ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER - the Senate's treason and costs!

These are the names of the Senate Representatives that voted down the "Democracy Restoration Act"or S.J.Res.19 & H.J.Res. 119 - A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.

In social standings it is known as the #GetMoneyOut of politics. Proposing that large contributions to political campaigns for election can no longer be accepted by politicians running for office. Therefore preventing Corporations and upper level citizens from buying political favors. 

Remember these names this coming November. Do NOT allow them to continue destroying our government!

Lamar Alexander, Tennessee

Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire

John Barrasso, Wyoming

Roy Blunt, Missouri

John Boozman, Arkansas

Richard Burr, North Carolina

Saxby Chambliss, Georgia

Daniel Coats, Indiana

Tom Coburn, Oklahoma

Thad Cochran, Mississippi

Susan Collins, Maine

Bob Corker, Tennessee

John Cornyn, Texas

Mike Crapo, Idaho 1

Ted Cruz, Texas

Mike Enzi, Wyoming

Deb Fischer, Nebraska

Jeff Flake, Arizona

Lindsey Graham, South Carolina

Chuck Grassley, Iowa

Orrin Hatch, Utah

Dean Heller, Nevada

John Hoeven, North Dakota

James Inhofe, Oklahoma

Johnny Isakson,

Mike Johanns, Nebraska

Ron Johnson, Wisconsin

Mark Kirk, Illinois

Mike Lee, Utah

Mitch McConnell, Kentucky

Jerry Moran, Kansas

Lisa Murkowski, Alaska

Rand Paul, Kentucky

Rob Portman, Ohio

Jim Risch, Idaho

Pat Roberts, Kansas

Marco Rubio, Florida

Tim Scott, South Carolina

Jeff Sessions, Alabama

Richard Shelby, Alabama

John Thune, South Dakota

Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania

David Vitter, Louisiana

Roger Wicker, Mississippi

The Struggle

How can one person save his family, his friends, his town, his county, his state, his country? What must they do when all governing opposition is set against change for the benefit of the whole? Why is faith they believe in perverted for the gains of a few, when it can open all to equality? Where does one start on a campaign to create change & equality for all & not just a few?

I ask myself this every day. The truth is, one person can only make change happen if others are willing to go along. We all have our view of a perfect life for ourselves & the people we love. Where they have what they need, but what about everyone else?
  Too many settle into complacency because they get what works for them & only them. They don't think about the person next door, down the street or on the next block south.
Does that make them a bad person?
Of course not.
Democracy was created to make all people equal under the law. Especially in the U.S.A. A war was fought for that equality. A Civil War was fought to preserve it. Does another war need to happen to restore the equality that has been fought for?
No one wants that, but the current political system in the U.S.A is corrupt. It took a long time to develop into this, which is why it wasn't stopped. It was subtle things that started years ago. It seemed harmless at first, but slowly it spread to the point that those in power are not working for the people's benefit as a whole. They only act to benefit those that give them the means to care for themselves and their families.
This cannot remain the Status Quo. Too many people are suffering from this. The rules that are in place that govern those who govern the people, are not sufficient. A new Justice/Policy system must be created to prevent  the corrupting of politicians, allowing them to make the proper decisions for all people, not the select few that can afford it.
This must be handled like treating a virus. You can either cut out the infected organs & hope the body can recover. Or you develop a vaccine that removes the infection & allows the body to function properly.
The governments infection is in the Presidency, Congress, Senate, House of Representatives and individual State Governors.
A new policy must be enforced on these offices to remove the corruption and preserve the offices that govern the people of the U.S.A. Most likely a branch of the Justice department that is independent of government bureaucracy and can thoroughly investigate all those in decision of political means that effect the people.

Homeworld: the game that Could be TV/Film/Webseries?

 Lets just start by saying I have no connection with the game or the companies currently owning the rights, I'm just a major fan.
  Now I played Homeworld when if first came out back in 1999. I LOVED the game. Not only did I play and finish the game I went back and replayed it 10-20 times. I loved figuring out new strategies for winning and searching online for tips and other strategies. I still own the game but since they stopped supporting the multiplayer, I haven't loaded it for a while.
  I played the additional games in the series, (Cataclysm and Homeworld 2) But I got stuck on Homeworld 2 and had to put it aside, though I never lost interest in the game.
 I followed along all the drama when THQ had the rights, as well as when the game was up for auction and now in the hands of Gearbox Software.
  Now there is a remastered version of the game due out this year and I am very excited to see what they come up with in ways of improving the game and making it as visually stunning as the great story in the game (though it would be cool to have a different story for the Taiidan campaign in the single player mode that is opposing the Kushan people.)

Now, onto the meat of the matter.  Anyone who has played this game, knows and loves the story of the Kushan people and their plight.  Based on this, I could see a very successful film/TV/Web-series being done using this story.
  To start you do something similar to Battlestar Galactica in aspect of drama and interpersonal stories, but the primary thing that I personally want done is to NOT have the characters be human. What would truly make this series unique and special is to have the two character races/species involved to be Alien. Which was one of the reasons I really enjoyed the game is that you don't get the impression that either race is human. They are alien creatures of two separate species. This would also allow the show to separate itself from previous shows like Battlestar Galactica.
  The base story of the game works perfectly. You have an alien race that makes a discovery on their home planet and use it to create a new interstellar and scientific/technological advancement, allowing them to explore space. Just as they test out their new Mothership's hyperdrive, the come under attack. This reveals that they have enemies that they didn't even know existed.
 The Kushan people that survive then come to find out through the events that there have been spies and movements working against the people but instead of stopping them from advancing, they have encouraged them. This encouragement was put in place so that The Kushan people could be exterminated when they violate a treaty that has existed for thousands of years, but no one knew about. The story proceeds from there as originally planned that they surviving Kushan people travel to their origin homeworld of 'Hiigara'.  Intermingling with the drama of losing loved ones and family, the crew of the mothership, especially of scientist Karan S'Jet, must deal with the realization that they have become outlaws in the galaxy and that they have enemies all around them.  The story goes into their development of new technologies and ship designs as they go along their journey home.
 Sampling from the games storyline, the story can include specific characters from multiple parts of the crew; Military, Scientific, Command, Political and Construction. This then plays into the interpersonal relationships of the different branches as well as the religious beliefs they have and how they are challenged to have faith in their leaders and where they look for hope.
 
 From a fans point of view, this could be a really great series that could span several seasons or films depending on how it's done. You could go Live Action or Animated depending on the budget as well as include computer generated characters or hand-drawn animation. The shows cast could be constantly changing(similar to that of Walking Dead) where you never know who will live and die. Honestly the first season could have the entire cast wiped clean for the next season. The only character that is integral to the series is Karan S'Jet. Or you could focus on just a specific set of characters per episode/Film. For example the pilot show/Film is about the command crew of the Mothership. The next episode is about the construction crew. The third is about the pilots of the fighters and corvettes defending the ship. The next could be about one of the crews of a frigate in the fleet. There is no limit to the options you could go with. The stories, drama and characters you could do is wide open.

I personally would love to see this done as a long series either on the web(Netflix, Hulu,Youtube, Crackle, etc) or on network tv. I think in a Animated/Anime form would be excellent or as Live Action series. The ability to go beyond the game and tell the stories of the crew and the Kushan people is the real challenge.
  In essence, there is an opportunity to create a new Sci-Fi drama series that could rival Star Wars.

Homeworld - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: 'via Blog this'
Gearbox Software Homeworld.
Homeworld Game and Art

Support my AVON WALK TEAM

I am supporting  the Avon Walk For Breast Cancer on May 31st & June 1st.

I am unable to participate in the walk this year, but  I want to continue my support of the event. We are raising as a team which will allow us to assist each other in hitting our fundraising goals.

Your contribution will help to support medical research into the possible causes of and cure for breast cancer, education and early detection programs, and clinical care and support services for women with breast cancer in communities across the country. There is a special focus on helping medically underserved women, the poor, minorities, the elderly, or those with inadequate health insurance. And much of the money granted by the Foundation goes back to the communities where it was raised, supporting everything from local grassroots programs to national organizations.

Whatever you can give will help! I truly appreciate your support..

Please donate at:

http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR/Walk/Chicago?px=1001798&pg=personal&fr_id=2363

Thanks Again for your support.

TJ Shields.