Football season, that is. It just wouldn’t be right if I didn’t rep my alumni, Fresno State!

OK, enough with the college pride. Anyone else like video games? How about sports games? I don’t play personally, but I do love watching. Madden 11 has some awesome graphics. I alway wish I could go back in time and just blow some one’s mind from the 50s who can’t even imagine graphics close to Madden 11 (or COD: Black Ops:). My weekend is going to be filled with FSU season opener, watching the boys play Madden 11 and more football!

I can’t promise that this will be my last football related post, but I can promise no more FSU fight songs. While you’re here, you might as well check out this Madden 11 review…

Pretty awesome, right?

♥, CT

Ya, this is old school, but this song always gets me pumped for the weekend.

Enjoy your weekend, I know I will (I deserve it!) (:

♥, CT

Typically, I love Digg.com, but lately that hasn’t been so true. It’s music section has been lacking so much this week. There isn’t a recently “dugg” item on there! All of the post are three days or older! Really, Digg community, really? The music world hasn’t seen any changes in three days? No silly YouTube sensations? No problems with the mix of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll? This morning when I logged in for my daily music scan I was baffled to see the same nonsense I saw yesterday. Come on Digg lovers! There’s gotta be something awesome out there!

I really do love Digg, so seeing it lack in my favorite section saddens me. If you use Digg, I’m sure you have similar emotions, if you don’t, you should check it out. It’s a great source of information, highly entertaining and (other than recently) updated regularly.

That was my Digg rant, thank you for listening! Haha!

♥, CT

Wondering what Pinnacle College can do fo you? Listen to what former students of Pinnacle College have to say, learn about where they are today and how PC has impacted their careers and their lives!

From student to teacher to working full-time at an editing studio. Pinnacle College graduate Tony Krajchir is Head Engineer at Mercury Sound Studio.

Here’s another former student of Pinnacle College, graduate Gil Tamazyan, now the owner of Capsule Labs.

Looking for more information about what Pinnacle College can do for you? Check out our website or leave me a comment and I can direct you to the right people!

♥, CT

In case you’re like me, and your hometown is no longer doing the big Forth of July fireworks display, here is a great firework display to replace it. (Damn budget restraints!)

Please have a HAPPY and SAFE holiday… Make sure all of your fingers make it through the weekend!!

♥, CT

For most of you, this is old news, but for some this is going to change your life (as a friend just explained to me that it had this life-changing effect on her.) A friend of mine, obviously well behind the times, was introduced to Pandora Radio on Monday. I was shocked to see the excitement on her face when she explained to me all of the components of Pandora (something I’ve been using on my Droid, in the office and in my car for… ever.) At first I sat there in awe, thinking “is she really this excited” but then I remember when I broke my Pandora cherry, and the excitement that ran through me. I let her explain to me all of the greatness that I had already known, smiled, and told her “did you know you can get it on your phone?” She about freaked out.

May seem like a silly story, but it reminded me that some people just flat out don’t hear about something, or never take the time to look into something. For me, Pandora is life, for her, Pandora never existed until this week. I share in her joy as I sit back and play with my new stations, although the old stations will always be my favorite. I even made a Justin Bieber station (don’t judge me), mostly because I wanted to know what they would assume someone that listens to JB also listens to.

In short, if your friends (or you) aren’t using Pandora, start… now. Its amazing. You don’t even have to be a music lover to enjoy all the Pandora offeres at click of a mouse. If you know of people who don’t use it, tell them. I should have never let my friend go so long without using Pandora - it makes me feel like a bad friend. (Haha

There’s my rant/Pandora shout out.

Thank you, Pandora, for endless hours of music, for fine tuning my stations so they are geared to just me, and for being flat out fantastic!

♥, CT

Michael Jackson’s estate earns $250 million since his death, according to lawyers.

A breakdown suggests that MJ’s fortune will be even bigger than could have been previously thought:

(The detailed information below was taken from www.telegraph.co.uk)

“* A posthumous deal to sell unreleased Jackson recordings with Sony Music guaranteed $200 million over seven years. It has already brought $125 million to the estate.

* The film This Is It, based on his final concert rehearsal footage, grossed $252 million worldwide. Sony Pictures paid the estate $60 million in advance, with an undisclosed amount more to come from DVD sales.

* Licensing deals on merchandise sold by Universal Music Group’s Bravado unit and a new dance game by Ubisoft Entertainment brought in $26 million in advances. More is possible if unit sales are high.

* The Mijac Music catalogue of copyrights, on songs that Jackson wrote, generated $25 million in the past year, thanks to heavy airplay on radio stations and song and album sales.

* Music publisher Sony/ATV, the copyright holder of the Beatles’ and other artists’ songs, posted double-digit percentage revenue gains in the year through March. That netted Jackson’s estate, which owns a 50 per cent stake, $11 million.

* Other income, including from a re-release of Jackson’s autobiography, Moon Walk, and sales of commemorative tickets to his cancelled concerts, brought in another $25 million.

The tally does not include a deal with Cirque du Soleil for shows inspired by Jackson’s music, in which the estate will share half the costs and profits when the performances begin in late 2011. Nor does it account for a deal in the works to nearly double the estate’s income from Sony/ATV. That cash goes to pay down most of Jackson’s remaining debt.”

Now that is a LOT of money to be making in the afterlife! I’m glad to see that MJ’s estate is still doing well, he was a pop ICON after all!

♥, CT

Smile
Songwriters: Bose, Jeremy; Daly, Blair; Harding, J; Shafer, Matthew

You’re better then the best
I’m lucky just to linger in your light
Cooler than the flip side
Of my pillow, that’s right

Completely unaware
Nothing can compare to where
You send me, lets me know that it’s okay
Yeah, it’s okay
And the moments where my good times start to fade

You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed
Sing like bird, dizzy in my head
Spin like a record, crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool, forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile

Even when you’re gone,
Somehow you come along just like
A flower pokin’ through the sidewalk crack
And just like that
You steal away the rain, and just like that

You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed
Sing like bird, dizzy in my head
Spin like a record, crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool, forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile

Don’t know how I lived without you
‘Cause every time that I get around you
I see the best of me inside your eyes
You make me smile

You make me dance like a fool, forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild

You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed
Sing like bird, dizzy in my head
Spin like a record, crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool, forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile
(Oh, you make me smile)
Oh, you make me smile
(Oh, you make me smile)
Oh, you make me smile

♥, CT

I was a skeptic in believing this (because stories about celebrities are typically just that, stories) but this one is really looking like its going to be true… Once again the rumors claim that Mariah Carey is pregnant. If true, this would be first child for both Mariah Carey and husband, Nick Cannon.

When Nick was asked about the “rumor”, he said “I’m pretty sure that when my wife is ready to make any announcement it won’t be to the media, to the public, first,” he said. “She’ll tell her family, she’ll tell her friends, and then, you know, when she’s ready to share with the rest of the world, who is her extended family and friends, then she’ll let everybody know.”

Since the two became a couple, they have made no secret of wanting to start a family together… and it looks like that is finally happening! I’m happy for Mariah and Nick, you know that is going to be one cute, stylish, talented kid!

♥, CT

This is a list of the top five ” Free Bird” references: The Five Best “Free Bird” References for Those Who Won’t Stop Yelling It at Concerts the best of which, in my opinion, was at the bottom of the list. It might just be because I have a soft spot in my heart for Flight of the Conchords.

Once you’ve looked over this list, I think you’ll agree with my number one pick.
♥, CT