Monday, May 28, 2007

My Memorial Day Weekend


For those who don't know, this year will mark the final year of Coney Island's Astroland Park. After the summer season, the park is being closed down and from the word on the street (a ticket guy at the Pirate Ship ride), is being replaced by a casino/resort...something like Mohegan Sun.


The reason: the previous owners of the property sold it.


My family and I showed our Memorial Day spirit and ventured out to Coney Island yesterday. We had fun! We went on the Scrambler, Pirate Ship, the Bumper Cars (in which this white man had it out for me!), and walked on the boardwalk. My aunt and cousin rode the Cyclone, which can't be torn down since it is a national landmark, but without Astroland, I really don't see the purpose, ya know?. I hadn't been to Coney Island in at least 10 years so yesterday was a real treat.


I will be back out there before the summer is over! It is a shame that the new owners don't realize what I treasure Astroland Park truly is. But like everything in this world, change is the only constant.


To CONEY ISLAND! *cheers* TO ASTROLAND PARK! *cheers*

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Could it be?



What ever happened to 702?


I was on TST board browsing the music section when the question was posed why weren't there any fics about artists other than Justin Timberfake (sorry, I am having a love/hate relationship with him at the moment) and Beyonce (another person I am loving and hating at the same time, but anyway...). So I thought to myself and I said, "Self, why don't you write a music fic?"


Now I know I shouldn't start another damn piece of fiction. As it is, I have 1,2...carry the 4...7, that's right seven stories that are (you guessed it!) unfinished. But the ideas have already started forming in my head to the point where I woke up last night and just had to write. So I did, and I have a tidbit, a beginning of a story between these two music stars, Irish Grinstead of 702 and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte.



I know they are an unlikely couple, I mean seriously, look at them! But with them both being twins and both being in the music biz (well at least Irish was, I can't vouch for sister-girl now, which led to the aformentioned question of whatever happened to 702, but I digress...) I figured, why not?
Maybe no one will read my story, or maybe those who will read it won't like it, and then maybe there will be those who will read and love the fic. I don't know. But their story has begun unfolding in my mind, I figured I'd share it with some and see what they say...