Tuesday, September 28, 2010

I'm addicted to an E Book

I've found a book that is being written live, great story but the only draw back is I have to wait until the author completes a chapter to read it. At the moment I'm patiently waiting for Chapter 19 to be posted and it's been a long wait,well a few days actually but it feels like an eternity.
Brooke Leben the author of this book is telling his story, a story of love that has a lot of complications- like he lives in Brisbane Australia and the object of his affections lives in Indonesia so they are dealing with distance and cultural differences along with the fact Brooke has to deal with his own inner turmoil.

It's pretty gripping stuff,I'm surprised. I've read free e-books before and found them far from attention holding.This book has even gotten me to message the author telling him what a great piece of work I think it is.
At times i was to grab Brooke and shake him but at other times I totally understand his actions.
Heaart is a great read that actually makes you feel like you know the characters personally.
http://www.brookeleben.com/

But be warned because as I said it's an addictive read but you will find yourself growing impatient for the next chapter to be written and released.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Is it real?





I'm sitting here watching Letters to Juliet and suddenly it hits me, "Does true love really exist?"
I always hoped that it might but is it a figment of an over active imagination or a legend that's been past down through the ages to give people hope?

If you see it portrayed in the movies or in books it's always means going to the ends the earth to be with that someone that is perfect for them. So far I can't even find someone willing to go to the end of the street for me. Some people spend their whole lives searching for The One, others are willing to settle for something that's not quiet love, more of an affection or a willingness to put up with anything not to grow old alone.

Is love only hormones or is it something deeper, a connection with a soul mate maybe?I know Romeo and Juliet didn't end on a happy note or did Cleopatra and Marc Antony but still they all ended up together in the end.

Sacrifices have been made for love throughout history Prince Edward gave up the throne to be with Wallis Simpson and the game designer Brian Wood  gave his life to save his wife and unborn child.
Love truly seems to have no barriers, it is something that has united the human race throughout the ages.

Even Scarlett O'Hara never gave up hoping Rhett may love her again after her fickle nature drove him to the point of no return.Sometimes we don't realize what we have until it's gone.
I am always driven to believe in love when I watch or read Nicholas Spark's The Notebook where Noah sits and reads to his elderly wife who suffers from Alzheimer's , the faded notebook he reads from is the story of their lives together. Noah reads to Allie everyday although she does not know him anymore until she has a good day and remembers him before retreating back into herself. This for me is an undying love.


I know it is said for everyone there is a someone but what happens if we don't find our other half do we settle for less or die looking. All the broken hearts of today make we wonder if technology is making it harder not easier to find The One.
It seems to be a never ending search that human beings are compelled to go on what happens if we thing we have found our someone but then meet The One , the one we know that was always meant to be.What do we do?

Friday, September 10, 2010

Following the Heart

I've found my heart wandering off on it's own over the sea to someone I've never met.
It sent itself off to someone I've spoken too, told secrets too and want to see the world with.  My brain says " Stop being silly you can't conquer the ocean" my heart said"Well damn I'm leaving even if you won't come too" and set off on it's own adventure.

Yes I know sounds ridiculous I've tried making it come home but like a wayward child having a tantrum, it refuses to return.

I'm sure my heart has visited a lot of places the rest of me wants to see,been there when it's needed and broken with whoever it's decided to hang out with at times.I think it's sung and flown over deserts and oceans,been led high up into the mountains,danced on beaches ,seen insides of bars.

I have a plan though within the next two years  I will jump on a plane and head off to find my heart and experience a few more adventures. If I don't do it with in 24 months from today I probably never will and shall remain a Heartless, you know like on Kingdom of Hearts.

So as of today all extra cash will head into the find a heart travel fund.

Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky oh my, baby I'm trying
Yeah I hear you in my dreams
I hear your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard...................

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Is Elvis Presley still with us?



I have been an Elvis fan for as long as I can remember.
I have always thought that he died when I was two years old and have held that belief up until recently.
I'm not sure what made me question Elvis's death because I've always heard the rumors that he had faked his death with help from the family.I accepted these rumors as just peoples wishful thinking.

Over the last month though I have been asking myself a lot of questions


Why did Vernon tell a man Elvis was upstairs when clearly his body was on view in Graceland with mourners passing by?


Why were long time employees and friends cut off just before his death?

Why did Elvis say to his stepbrother Rick "Know what Rick? I may not look good for my television special tonight,but I'll look good in my coffin"?


Who is the old guy they wheeled into Graceland last month and when a tourist caught it on camera she was politely escorted from the grounds?

If the Presley family want the media to leave this alone why can they not just exhume the body and be done with it or maybe release a photo of the man on the slab?

What about the photo that was taken months after Elvis's death that Kodak deemed to be true and not tampered with?






These questions have been bugging me for a while now and I just can't seem to shake them.
I guess if I was famous and over the industry and being kept prisoner in my own home I'd probably work out a way of escaping too.
To me the fact that there were a lot of personal items missing from the deceased's inventory  makes me wonder.If I was leaving my home I'd take my favorite things with me too. I'm just trying to put myself in Elvis's place.

I guess the insurance was never collected because if he is alive and wants to resurface one day no one wants to to be facing fraud charges.
I turned the place upside down and have searched for a copy of Orion for years and finally I found one, I fail to understand why this book was removed from sale as it was a good fictional story about a superstar that faked his death.While other fictional books that seem even more inspired by the Elvis phenomenon but do not mention a fake death scene are so easy to access.
 All sounds a little bit sus to me...............

The rumors abound and I'm starting to think where there is smoke there maybe fire.Yes call me insane but maybe just maybe Elvis faked his death and you know what if he did I'll applaud him because leaving a life that was so large that the whole world knew your face would take a hell of a lot of hard work and a lot of changes in life.

All the hints like the photo maybe just his way of enticing us to ask questions as Elvis himself was a seeker of answers.At the moment his death seems to be shrouded by smoke and mirrors but I guess it helps keep the image alive and the cash rolling in.
My personal opinion is dead or not that was not Elvis in the box.

I'll admit Priscilla has did a kick ass job of making the money expand,but hey if she was still supporting Elvis after his death she would of had to that guy spent money on others like it was water.


OK I've voiced all the strange things running through my mind and if Elvis died on the crapper so be it, but if he went off to live his life the way he wanted to even better and I hope the guy is/was happy whatever the the truth is.


Elvis but if you are alive and still talk to Priscilla I hope to hell you've told that woman to lay off the plastic surgeons it's gone beyond a joke ,she used to be hot and now she's just not.Oh and put on your big boy pants and tell the world your alive even though at your age you may have one foot in the grave,you don't have to say where you are just make a youtube clip and go viral easy as that.

Here's some cool links for any fans
http://www.elvis.com/graceland/vtour/gracecam.asp
http://www.linkydinky.com/graceland/

OK OK I'm really getting off my soapbox now...................