Level 42 30th Anniversary DVD viewing party - 6/10/11 The Ricciardi's apt, Burbank, CA

Ever since the Level 42 concerts I've attended this past summer, I've met quite a few new friends, who love the band as much as I do (if not more), on Facebook, mostly. I'll even go out on a limb as to say that I'm FB friends with most of the band members as well (a couple of them have requested me to add them on Myspace years ago). Last night, I was able to meet and spend time with a few of the So Cal LevelHeads (yes, that's what we call ourselves) at Mark & Angel's crib in Burbank. They were gracious enough to host a viewing party of Level 42's 30th Anniversary DVD, which the band filmed last October at the indig02 in London, UK. Great fun was had by all, and we even watched some other live concert DVDs the band have released before. What I've noticed is that, majority of 42's fans ARE musicians - who are/have been, at one point or another, playing/gigging regularly. My kind of people.

Here we are, well, mostly all of us, rep'n the SoCal contingent of LevelHeads. I mean, we ARE from the West side after all. Straight up gangsta, flashin' our "42" sign. haha

"Oh, what a beautiful morning! Oh, what a beautiful day...!"

I woke up to a wonderful surprise today! Very unexpected. It's the object of my affection! He totally made my day! *sigh* I wish it keeps going. Thank you, Lord, for allowing me to enjoy such little things, which really are big things for me. :)

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"Peace was never an option.."

X-Men: First Class - AMAZING! Didn't know what to expect, but was very pleased with what I saw. James McAvoy as Charles Xavier (a.k.a. Professor X) and Michael Fassbender as Eric Lensher (a.k.a. Magneto) were a brilliant pair. I've loved these 2 for a very long time, James in Shameless and Rory O'Shea Was Here, and Michael in Hex. And they were also in Band of Brothers. I'm glad they're in a movie that is such a box office success, people are going to start knowing them. I want to be selfish and keep them to myself, but it's inevitable that they become known. I suppose I can be fine with that.

Lots of wonderful surprises. But there's one surprise that really stood out and made me LOL! You'll know when you see the movie. I thought that was way cool.

Zoe Kravitz (Angel) Given and I have decided her pretty is watered-down pretty. Nicholas Hoult has come a long way from being that awkward weird kid in About A Boy with Hugh Grant! He's sooo cute as Hank/Beast. He was also in BBC's original series Skins.

My recommendation: definitely go see it.

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