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English Rock Group member Queen ’s guitarist & sometimes vocalist Brian May made an interesting quote and observation in his website a few days ago. My husband is a long time fan of Queen and their music and he has been reading Brian May’s blog in his website and told me about it. Here's Brian May's quote . " One needs to find a balance between art for art's sake and art for an audience. That's where the magic happens. Because if you stray too far from that line on either side, the result is not very useful. If you're doing things purely to get famous or to make money, they tend to be very empty. But on the other side of the line is, if you do things purely for art's sake and nobody ever gets to see them or appreciate them, then you're not using your art as communication — which I believe it should be. " This is an interesting point of view about success and Brian May is a member of one of the top legendary rock groups, ...

Recently, I’m into Lady Gaga and her music in my free time . I knew about her through Johnny’s popular skating number “ Poker face “, and until then I didn’t know about her. If Johnny didn’t perform Poker face, I would not pay attention for her much. Even though I loved her Poker face and Bad Romance which Johnny performed, I didn’t think to buy her CD until last week, I just enjoyed her music video when it was on. I happened to see her interviews twice on TV lately, and one of them was with Larry King. She looks so unique and interesting. We were laughing their communication between her and Larry King. Her interview made me and my husband getting into her as a person. So we decided to buy her CD last week. Ray is usually very strict and picky for music because he plays musical instrument and love to write a song and create music for fun. And he is more respecting singer song writer than just a singer. And Lady gaga is a singer song writer , so he was interested in listening to he...

I purchased a new vacuum cleaner last week. Because our old one was finally broken. The new one is similar to Japanese style which is small and light. It was limited quantities for this special design as called Pink Bouquet and we thought it beautiful. The photo can not show clearly but it’s actually more shining and the color is more beautiful wine red. The power is 10 AMPS. Our old vacuum cleaner was heavy and it was difficult to clean in small narrow spaces, so now I love to vacuum our place with the new one.

I’m a little late, but am SO Happy to hear this news ! US Figure skating site has announced Johnny Weir as the winner of 2010 skating magazine Readers choice skater of the year on July 21,2010 . Each spring, SKATING magazine readers are asked to vote for the eligible skater in any discipline whom they believe is most deserving of the award, based on the accomplishments of the past season. This vote’s deadline was around June 5 at first ( if my memory is correct ) but somehow it was postponed to July 15. This Award is given annually by SKATING magazine, the official publication of U.S. Figure Skating. Johnny Weir also won this award in 2008, ( by winning world bronze medal ( he was the only US skater to win medal in that world championship ), two gold medal s at Grand prix competitions, and also tie breaker at Nationals competition. ) This year, I believe Johnny won by people’s heart. By giving the most memorable performance at Olympics. Because so many people were inspi...

I came across this article “ Anti-Aging Advice from a 96-year-old Hottie “ and found there are some important points to live healthy, live longer and look younger. Here is the article below, ______________________________________________________________________ "Don't spend a lot of time with old people, they just make you feel older," my 96-year old grandmother told me at our latest luncheon. After finishing off a large Caesar Salad and her second glass of Ice Tea, she stood and pointed to her new three inch caramel-colored Ferragamo heels she bought on sale. "Aren't they just darling?" she asked. "They match my sweater set just perfectly," she said as she skimmed her body like a Miss USA contestant. This continual zest for life and fun is just one trait that makes my paternal grandma the most youthful and hip person that I know. Still driving around town in her shiny red Lexus, she continues to maintain her sassy, coiffed hairdo...

Finally Johnny made an announcement about not competing this season ( 2010-2011). Here are some articles about it. Weir's statement on taking off 2010-11 skating Figure Skater Johnny Weir Just Called Us From Japan To Discuss Why He Wants To Reinvent Himself Like Madonna Did Figure Skating - Weir Is Taking Year Off I would be surprised if he said he will compete this season. He made this statement in Japan. There was also a video he talked about his taking time off this season. But somehow it disappeared and can not see it anymore. Here is his statement below, ______________________________________________________________ “ My dearest fans, I would like to officially announce that I am withdrawing my name from the 2010-2011 competitive season. My decision comes after months of weighing the pros and cons of competing this season, and I have decided that I need a year to explore and reinvent myself as an athlete and artist. There are many projects that I'm ...

Johnny’s live twitter chat was held through @Bluefly_com for the Closet Confession premiere from Noon to 1:00OM EST on June 29. Johnny’s closet confession video and his favorite Bluefly pieces are in the links below, Johnny's closet confession video His favorite Bluefly pieces I also joined the chat during this time and would like to say thank you to Bluefly.com and Johnny for doing this and answering one of my questions. He answered many questions ( 107 questions !!! ) from his fans during the time. I tried to pick up all the questions and answers from it except for a few questions which I was unable to find. If there were missing Q&A or if question and answer were not fit together, please let me know. (I didn’t list all the usernames of twitters and picked up only questions and Johnny’s answers for easier reading.) It was so much fun to read all the Q & A, and I thought many of his answers are hilarious and enjoyable and all of them are interesting ...