Buzz Aldrin is my favorite Astronaut.

Buzz Aldrin is the second person to set feet on the Moon & he is not afraid of the public spotlight:

Seems like such a nice guy.

How can he not be the coolest?

Here he is, Singing out the word, "Science!" with Thomas Dolby. He's like your favorite Grandpa, rocking out in an endearing fashion at a family wedding.

He's not afraid to have fun, or to be real. In a few of his books, he shares his struggles going to & returning from the Moon. He's 83 years old & he ventures out to walk the red carpet for blockbuster premieres & says Star Trek is better than Star Wars-based solely on the ship designs.
He also punched a man for antagonizing him about whether or not the Moon Landing was real.
Retirement is nowhere in sight for this guy, how can you not respect & admire all that gumption?

Have you read his book, "Encounter With Tiber"? Even in tackling the Science Fiction genre, Buzz wants to keep things as real as possible so that one day it could become possible! Watch this short video of him explaining how his book came about.

He has dedicated himself to many space projects, & will be giving a talk on his book he wrote about getting Earth people to Mars, which you can watch on June 11th via YouTube. This man just loves Space Exploration.

Go ahead & promote your new TV series Mr. Aldrin, America loves you & we'll be sure to tune in.

Music Videos of Men standing Still.

On my commute to work, I will usually start my day off in search of a song to send to my little sister, who is currently at college at AMDA. The following are some of the gems I've found.
Coincidentally, they are all songs preformed by men standing still.

Gotta love the little kid!

Vampire Weekend is my go to band to feel like I'm back home, driving the 101 through Encinitas.

And I just really enjoy this video.

Have you heard this? It's really quite something. The isolated tracks of David Bowie & Freddy Mercury singing their parts of how they thought 'Under Pressure' should be sung. 

Read the article here, from Openculture.com. 

My husband wants a Cat.

Remember that viral video of that one cat? I know, there are millions of them, but this is the one I'm talking about:

This was my first introduction of how fun cats can be. Other than for the sake of making viral videos of cats getting stuck in jars or being terrified of the toaster, I've never wanted to adopt a cat.
In my lifetime, my family has adopted 7 dogs & now my husband & I adopted ours:

She's been a lovely dog for our apartment & I cannot imagine a sweeter dog we could own. That's because I'm a dog person. I see a dog out on a walk & I immediately wish I were 7 years old so it wouldn't be weird for me to ask its owner if I can pet it. I've pulled my car over to the side of the road to go chasing after a dog that's wandered out into the middle of the street. Dogs are sweet & goofy. Cats...are just not my thing.

If you're a cat owner, my apologies. I am trying to appreciate this feline breed as my husband will drag me over to the kitty section of our local pet store to entice me to get us a cat.
Until I give up my resolve of never owning a kitty, I share these little gems with you, if you indeed be a cat person:

Mental Floss, a must website to explore, has an article about Cats & the part they've played in history. Who knew a cat was the reason for an international crisis or for discovering a continent?
Also: This website is a great time killer--It loads a song & Cat gif.  As life hack ninja puts it, "Cats & Music, what more do you need?"

Super.

My all time favorite Superhero is Superman & I am counting down the days until 'Man of Steel' release.



Are there anymore like you back home?

Not to say I do not love & respect all other heroes (yes, even Aquaman), but Superman is the greatest in my mind. Although, many tend to disagree with my take on this manly alien & here's why:

Superman is difficult to find interesting--his story is that he is a Boy Scout.

 

 
He stands for Hope, Justice & the American Way (sorry all other countries).

This is what decent public education will get ya.

 

He can save the world, but he will disappoint us time & again because he will never be able to save all of the world all the time, every time. He still tries though.
Except to write a movie about a man who is just as an upstanding a character at the end of the movie as he is in the beginning is not what the mainstream media wants. Society wants struggle, wants pain for gain, & seeks to find flaws to overcome. Superman has no flaws. He has no inner turmoil, he even has no personality for movie-viewers to find endearing:

Even though he begins as an orphan, an outsider to the people of Earth, nothing develops along that storyline as the characters Batman & Spider-man have. This is why he does not captivate a well deserved audience.

IMDB.com lists ten reasons why humanity doesn't care about Superman  and Cracked.com agrees,stating in its article that Superman is Boring. 
 
I have hope though that the new Superman film will change all of this:

 

Director Zack Synder, writer David Goyer, & producer Deborah Snyder aim to reinvent Superman for modern day audiences. 

 

I believe they will create for Superman purpose. They create his homeland, they create his turmoil of growing up with hidden talents, his search of who he should be in our world. They create philosophical dilemmas & give him a villain to weigh his choices against.  This film creators know how Superman has been limited in the past & they have brought brilliant solutions to re-inventing this long-time hero.