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 Mysterious, independent, and often unseen - you always do things your own way. You are introverted, shy, and even a little secretive. People are dying to know you better, but you're a difficult person to know. A lot of your contributions to the world are left invisible and unfelt. Your greatest power: Blending in really well Your greatest weakness: Being too passive You play well with: Witches |
Friday, November 02, 2007
If I'm lucky, maybe Jennifer Love Hewitt...
...will whisper to me,
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Stop the press-who is that?
(Answer: Kate Winslet in John Turturro's Romance & Cigarettes.)
I think every single virtuous thought I have ever had just turned strictly to sin.
I think every single virtuous thought I have ever had just turned strictly to sin.
It's a miracle
I can enjoy a movie which is light on story but has well-filled-in characters, or sometimes (though this is more rare for me) vice-versa. David Nicholls' screenplay for Starter For 10 is miraculous. It has neither of those things.
It's well-acted by an attractive cast, but I have rarely disliked more characters in one film. It's like spending an evening stuck in a room with people who aren't as delightful and clever as they think they are.
The one exception was the politically-conscious love interest of the lead character.
Actress Rebecca Hall, whose face is new to me (she's the brunette above), manages to hint at wisdom beyond her character's years, but the story forces her into a stale romantic role.
One of the things I really want to believe the romantic relationships in my stories do is give audiences some reasons why the people in them love each other.
Starter For 10 is the story of an English "working class University student with something to prove," and is as predictable at that implies. There was scarcely a moment, a beat, a second that I didn't see coming.
Well, I tell a lie-there was one, but it only had the effect of confirming for me what a complete and utter prat the nominal lead character was.
It's well-acted by an attractive cast, but I have rarely disliked more characters in one film. It's like spending an evening stuck in a room with people who aren't as delightful and clever as they think they are.
The one exception was the politically-conscious love interest of the lead character.
Actress Rebecca Hall, whose face is new to me (she's the brunette above), manages to hint at wisdom beyond her character's years, but the story forces her into a stale romantic role.
One of the things I really want to believe the romantic relationships in my stories do is give audiences some reasons why the people in them love each other.
Starter For 10 is the story of an English "working class University student with something to prove," and is as predictable at that implies. There was scarcely a moment, a beat, a second that I didn't see coming.
Well, I tell a lie-there was one, but it only had the effect of confirming for me what a complete and utter prat the nominal lead character was.
How to give an OMD fan a fright
Okay, follow me on this. In 1980 OMD, one of the truly great electronic pop groups, released a single called "Enola Gay." Named after the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, it was their first international hit, often cited for its melodicism.
Five years later they made a video for their song, "So In Love," the first single from their album Crush (top 40 US). The video took as influence for its visuals and slight storyline the Mexican "Day of the Dead" festival, which is traditionally celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November.
Today, Paul Warfield Tibbits Jr., the man who flew the Enola Gay (and had named the plane after his mother), died.
On the Mexican Day of the Dead.
Cue Twilight Zone music...
Five years later they made a video for their song, "So In Love," the first single from their album Crush (top 40 US). The video took as influence for its visuals and slight storyline the Mexican "Day of the Dead" festival, which is traditionally celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November.
Today, Paul Warfield Tibbits Jr., the man who flew the Enola Gay (and had named the plane after his mother), died.
On the Mexican Day of the Dead.
Cue Twilight Zone music...
Cheerleader tries to save the dolphins
Hayden Panettiere attempted to play real-life hero, teaming with the Save Japan Dolphins coalition in trying to disrupt the annual slaughter of dolphins by Japanese fisherman, who kill an estimated 23,000 of the sea creatures each year.
Despite international outcry, dolphin hunting is still considered culturally acceptable in parts of Japan, where many locals believe the mammals should be treated like fish.
The 18-year-old Heroes star recently joined activists from the U.S. and Australia in paddling out on surfboards to try and reach a pod of dolphins before it was driven into a nearby cove and massacred.
But before the well-intentioned surfers could reach the cetaceans, they were intercepted by a fishing boat intent on blocking their path.
There's more if you can take it.
...and I like this
The artist's name is Aaron Kraten; you can see more of his recently-posted work in his MySpace blog. From which I also glean that he's married, 33, and lives in costa mesa, CA, other than that I know absolutely nothing about him. I think I could learn to love his work, though.
Life force dying
Every week, I fall more in love with Life. And an ancillary reason why I do is that it lets me say things like that with a straight face. But seriously: It's getting to a point where I'm almost hoping, on some perverse level, that they'll do a bad episode.
Just so my sigh won't be quite as deep when the series is, as seems fatalistically inevitable, cancelled. I'm even thinking about doing one or two of the things that I routinely mock people for doing when their supply of whatever show they're addicted to is cut off.
Writing letters, etc...like maybe to NBC to suggest they actually try, oh I don't know, promoting it? You who are reading this, apart from my blog, have you seen anything about the series? Why hasn't
Damian Lewis or Sarah Shahi 
been on Late Night With Conan O'Brien or the Jay Leno show?
If those shows have any reason to exist, it's to whore for NBC series. So where's the service?
(Ironic, bitter aside: Link in Lewis's name leads to an AP article in which he says
Methinks you spoke too soon, Damian.)
A better night of the week or timeslot might be good, too. If it were my job, I'd have it swap nights with Law & Order SVU, which doesn't need protection and would do fine in place of Life. Or I'd at least move Life up an hour on Wednesdays.
Of course, there's probably good and sufficient reason why this isn't my job (although, given that L&O and game shows are NBC's only hits...). But you can't blame a guy for trying. Because every week, I go to check the television ratings and find:
Granted, NBC did order more scripts, but...
Just so my sigh won't be quite as deep when the series is, as seems fatalistically inevitable, cancelled. I'm even thinking about doing one or two of the things that I routinely mock people for doing when their supply of whatever show they're addicted to is cut off.
Writing letters, etc...like maybe to NBC to suggest they actually try, oh I don't know, promoting it? You who are reading this, apart from my blog, have you seen anything about the series? Why hasn't
Damian Lewis or Sarah Shahi 
been on Late Night With Conan O'Brien or the Jay Leno show?If those shows have any reason to exist, it's to whore for NBC series. So where's the service?
(Ironic, bitter aside: Link in Lewis's name leads to an AP article in which he says
“...the antidote to [the experience of American network TV] is to go and make an independent film for six or seven weeks, where you have a growing, artistic experience that nobody sees.”
Methinks you spoke too soon, Damian.)
A better night of the week or timeslot might be good, too. If it were my job, I'd have it swap nights with Law & Order SVU, which doesn't need protection and would do fine in place of Life. Or I'd at least move Life up an hour on Wednesdays.
Of course, there's probably good and sufficient reason why this isn't my job (although, given that L&O and game shows are NBC's only hits...). But you can't blame a guy for trying. Because every week, I go to check the television ratings and find:
-Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
Phenomenon (NBC), Kid Nation (CBS), Life (NBC)
Also at 10 p.m. was ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money (#2: 5.8/10), which held 76 percent of its Private Practice lead-in, and a series-low for NBC’s dying Life.
Granted, NBC did order more scripts, but...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Halloween treats
First, a little something to set the mood...
Now, the 10 best "horror" (as you'll see, I cheated-which is a horrible thing to do) movies I've ever seen:
(in no particular order)
Evil Dead. I know a lot of folks are fonder of the follow-up flicks, but I've always found this one to be finer. If only for the incredibly OTT acting.
Halloween.
"And kids, always remember: When in doubt, blame the druids. Good night, and god bless."
Shaun of the Dead. Brilliant daddy cool. Hot Fuzz has some good lines (the swan's escaped), but this is superior.
Rosemary's Baby.
Hey, this movie broke up Frank Sinatra's marriage. How much more disturbing can you get?
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 version). I've seen the first three versions of this oft-refilmed tale, and they all have something going for them, even if it's only one or two sexy bodies (1993 version).
But Philip Kaufman's had the best script (by W.D. Richter), and was the only one to really mess with my head...
Young Frankenstein
Psycho. If not for the fatal flaw of that deadly dull "This is why Norman did everything" scene at the end, this movie would be perfect. As it is, it's pretty good, with some great lines and a greater performance by Tony Perkins.
The sequels fall somewhere in-between Aliens and Jaws 3-D. If you can get past the fact that it never should have been made, Psycho II is perfectly enjoyable.
As director, Perkins made a good stab at it (ho ho, hee hee, ha ha) with III, but was tripped up by studio interference.
The less said about the made-for-cable IV, the better.
Now, the 10 best "horror" (as you'll see, I cheated-which is a horrible thing to do) movies I've ever seen:
(in no particular order)
Evil Dead. I know a lot of folks are fonder of the follow-up flicks, but I've always found this one to be finer. If only for the incredibly OTT acting.
Halloween.
"And kids, always remember: When in doubt, blame the druids. Good night, and god bless."
Shaun of the Dead. Brilliant daddy cool. Hot Fuzz has some good lines (the swan's escaped), but this is superior.
Rosemary's Baby.
Hey, this movie broke up Frank Sinatra's marriage. How much more disturbing can you get?
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 version). I've seen the first three versions of this oft-refilmed tale, and they all have something going for them, even if it's only one or two sexy bodies (1993 version).
But Philip Kaufman's had the best script (by W.D. Richter), and was the only one to really mess with my head...
Young Frankenstein
Jaws. This is one of those movies that any time it's on, I have to stop and watch. Even one or two of the worst sequels ever made couldn't tarnish it.
But have you ever wondered what it would look like as re-enacted by bunnies and trimmed to 30 seconds? Of course you have. Now, through the wonders of technology, you can know!
BTW, one day I hope to go scuba diving with the Jaws John Williams theme in my aqua-walkman...
Oh, and this movie did change Hollywood and not necessarily for the better. That's horrible, too.
Aliens. On the other hand, this is one of the best sequels ever made, actually better (IMO) than the one that preceded it. A great screenplay by James Cameron.
The Shining. Those horrible twins. Blood cascading out of an elevator. And
Psycho. If not for the fatal flaw of that deadly dull "This is why Norman did everything" scene at the end, this movie would be perfect. As it is, it's pretty good, with some great lines and a greater performance by Tony Perkins.
The sequels fall somewhere in-between Aliens and Jaws 3-D. If you can get past the fact that it never should have been made, Psycho II is perfectly enjoyable.
As director, Perkins made a good stab at it (ho ho, hee hee, ha ha) with III, but was tripped up by studio interference.
The less said about the made-for-cable IV, the better.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Emmy Rossum sortof kindof inaway standing in front of my favorite color
Ok, I grant it's a reach. I just thought she looked sexy. And that is kind of a greenish tint she's standing in front of, don't you think? Oh, and I'm sorry to say I've made no progress in my campaign to actually see Rossum act in anything...
classically-structured pop songs with new-fangled instruments
My Mann James sent me a Soft Cell Best-Of CD off my Amazon.com wish list a couple of years ago. Although, he assured me, normally it would be against his principles to further the spread of Soft Cell in any way.
I felt like such a failure as an "eighties man" without at least one of their CDs in my collection. But I had also always felt as though I should like Soft Cell more than I did...and then I did a complete 180. I fucking love the album.
One of the reasons is because Marc Almond actually sang. And rarely more brilliantly than in this song.
There is a man in my soul, and he's not buried all that terribly deep, that sometimes wants to act exactly like Almond does in this video.
I felt like such a failure as an "eighties man" without at least one of their CDs in my collection. But I had also always felt as though I should like Soft Cell more than I did...and then I did a complete 180. I fucking love the album.
One of the reasons is because Marc Almond actually sang. And rarely more brilliantly than in this song.
There is a man in my soul, and he's not buried all that terribly deep, that sometimes wants to act exactly like Almond does in this video.
Somewhere in my youth or childhood I must have done something good
Really, I'm just having an awesome week.
Now, what more could I ask for? You may well wonder.
Well, how 'bout this?
Britney Spears is pissing off the Catholics.
Ah, Bill Donohue and the Catholic League.
Bill? Britney Spears is entertaining. I'm sure you're not comfortable with that, given the way in which she's entertaining often involves exploiting her own breasts and other sex parts with legs akimbo...but she's entertaining!
Sure, she's a big blow-up sex doll, and she may not be that talented (or smart, or a witty conversationalist)...but damn, she's entertaining!
The new record and video are kindof irresistible, in a slightly guilty pleasure sort of way. But even if they weren't...
Peculiar thing. Bill Donohue is one of those jackasses who if you've pissed him off-you can be fairly certain you've done something right.
I could list any number of reasons why. But my current favorites are his equating of Catholics in America with blacks in Apartheid South Africa, and telling 15-year-old boys that if they're molested it's their own damn fault.
As far as I'm concerned, Britney's standing a lot taller and prouder (pert chest thrust out...sorry) as a result of this.
- Viva Laughlin gets cancelled.
- I trade a few emails with an insanely sexy woman.
- I get to watch people falling all over themselves dissembling that their reaction to Dumbledore being gay isn't homophobic at all.
- Giants squeeze past dolphins in London.
- I even found common ground with someone from Knoxville, Tennessee, which I think would have pleased Molly Ivins.
- I found out I'm quoted on the web site of a prominent songwriter and producer.
- Mana pays me the compliment of including this blog on a list of her faves.
- I find another YouTube video seemingly made just for me.
- And a picture of Jennifer Connelly in a leopardskin top.
- The "breasts/for brains" thing.
- And a show I like is doing well enough in the ratings to get picked up.
Now, what more could I ask for? You may well wonder.
Well, how 'bout this?
Britney Spears is pissing off the Catholics.
Kinky photos of a half-naked Britney Spears perched on a priest's lap and leaning seductively against a church confessional sparked outrage among Catholic leaders.
"This is all the puzzle pieces coming together. This girl is crashing," said Bill Donohue, president of the New York-based Catholic League. "She's not even allowed to bring up her own kids because she's not responsible enough. Now we see she can't even entertain."
Ah, Bill Donohue and the Catholic League.
Bill? Britney Spears is entertaining. I'm sure you're not comfortable with that, given the way in which she's entertaining often involves exploiting her own breasts and other sex parts with legs akimbo...but she's entertaining!
Sure, she's a big blow-up sex doll, and she may not be that talented (or smart, or a witty conversationalist)...but damn, she's entertaining!
The new record and video are kindof irresistible, in a slightly guilty pleasure sort of way. But even if they weren't...
Peculiar thing. Bill Donohue is one of those jackasses who if you've pissed him off-you can be fairly certain you've done something right.
I could list any number of reasons why. But my current favorites are his equating of Catholics in America with blacks in Apartheid South Africa, and telling 15-year-old boys that if they're molested it's their own damn fault.
As far as I'm concerned, Britney's standing a lot taller and prouder (pert chest thrust out...sorry) as a result of this.
Something has gone terribly wrong in the grand scheme of things
"Samantha Who?"--a funny, well-written new sitcom which I actually like-has been picked up for a full season and is doing better and better in the ratings. This isn't how things are supposed to be at all.
The ratings for shows I like are supposed to be so bad that I'm in constant danger of "losing" them. I just don't know how to handle this turn of events.
The ratings for shows I like are supposed to be so bad that I'm in constant danger of "losing" them. I just don't know how to handle this turn of events.
Pride
This blog is currently the number-one choice if you do a search for
come for the breasts stay for the brainson German Google.
My god. The perfect YouTube video.
Here are some things you know about this blog and blogger by now, and some you don't.
Put all those things together, and what do you have?
A song from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, sung in the movie by Susan Sarandon, here mimed in funny style by three lovely 17-year-old girls in green, with a picture of The Powerpuff Girls in the back.
Well, some of the time they're in green...as you watch, notice that they seem to keep switching tops. And try not to think about what might have gone on between "takes," you pervs.
- I like the rock musicals of the ’70s and ’80s: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Xanadu, Little Shop Of Horrors...
- I like Susan Sarandon.
- I am "experimental" in my attitudes (if not actual experience-well at least not for years) towards sexuality.
- I like posting pictures of lovely, hot girls.
- But whenever possible I like there to be more to it than that. Especially when:
- Sometimes these girls are dangerously, almost illegally young.
- I've been trying to think of things to post for Halloween, but so far all I found was that photo for the "If this doesn't raise the dead..." joke.
- I also like posting videos by amateur singers, and homemade videos of girls moving to a beat and miming the words to a song.
- Dang, I'm funny.
- Green is my favorite color.
- I like The Powerpuff Girls.
Put all those things together, and what do you have?
A song from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, sung in the movie by Susan Sarandon, here mimed in funny style by three lovely 17-year-old girls in green, with a picture of The Powerpuff Girls in the back.
Well, some of the time they're in green...as you watch, notice that they seem to keep switching tops. And try not to think about what might have gone on between "takes," you pervs.
Monday, October 29, 2007
I'm getting bouquets from left and right today
Maybe it's because my phone number is (apparently) very close to that of a local bridal shop. But first Jim Vallance; now in Skepticum, my sometime commenter Mana listed Dictionopolis In Digitopolis as one of her Ten Best Blogs To Notice.
I appreciate the mention!
I appreciate the mention!
So you want to see "The Rainbow Connection" played in a sort of a stop-start rendition and sung by a lovely student singer/pianist
I know you'll find this hard to believe, but...we here at Dictionopolis In Digitopolis have anticipated your every need.
I dig the beautifully goofy smile at the end.
And the song, of course, is a classic. Someday we'll find it...
I dig the beautifully goofy smile at the end.
And the song, of course, is a classic. Someday we'll find it...
Get me, I'm quoted on Jim Vallance's web site
Vallance is a Canadian songwriter and record producer who has collaborated with artists such as Aerosmith, Heart, 38 Special, Alice Cooper, Bryan Adams, Glass Tiger and Jimmy Barnes. On his web site, he's "compiling a list of all the albums, CDs and singles I'd contributed to between 1977 and the present day."
On the page for 38 Special's Anthology, he used a review I wrote about six years ago, in its entirety, for the comments section.
Here's "Teacher Teacher."
On the page for 38 Special's Anthology, he used a review I wrote about six years ago, in its entirety, for the comments section.
Here's "Teacher Teacher."
Sunday, October 28, 2007
I like to think Molly would've found this funny if she'd known me
I just posted an Amazon review of the final book upon which Molly Ivins worked prior to her death, Bill Of Wrongs, written with Lou Dubose. As I write this blog post, there is only one other review of the book posted to the Amazon page, and it's at least as positive as mine.
The author of the other review is from...is from...(I can't say it!)...
The author of the other review is from...is from...(I can't say it!)...
God bless the intelligence and common "horse sense" of the noble masses
An article in the Chicago Tribune argues that since J.K. Rowling never wrote Dumbledore's sexuality into any of the Harry Potter books, she cannot now say that he was gay. Which is wrong, of course.
Many of the more than 150 comments posted on the article so far see that. There are exceptions, but (when they're not doing the "I'm not a homophobe, but..." bit) they do the neat trick of defusing their own points.
One (from Birmingham, AL ) uses the screenname "GayRights EQUALSRacism." Another writes,
Nu, I supose she cnt, cn she?
Many of the more than 150 comments posted on the article so far see that. There are exceptions, but (when they're not doing the "I'm not a homophobe, but..." bit) they do the neat trick of defusing their own points.
One (from Birmingham, AL ) uses the screenname "GayRights EQUALSRacism." Another writes,
She cannot make something up after the boks (sic) have been writen.
Nu, I supose she cnt, cn she?
Random Flickr Blogging: 2571
This picture so clearly wants to be some sort of political metaphor, that I'm just not going to give it the satisfaction.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Dreams stay with you
Craig Zadan is the producer of theatrical films including Chicago and Footloose, and the TV biopics The Reagans, Beach Boys, Martin & Lewis and The Three Stooges. He is also openly gay.
He's quoted in an article on gay films (and how the success of Brokeback Mountain hasn't led to many) in the November 2 issue of Entertainment Weekly:
I hope to test that theory.
A little fight music, pls, boys...
He's quoted in an article on gay films (and how the success of Brokeback Mountain hasn't led to many) in the November 2 issue of Entertainment Weekly:
"...if there were projects that were visible and good, people would make them...No one's brought them to us."
I hope to test that theory.
A little fight music, pls, boys...
I eat about falling in love?
Observations: Once again we see that I just can't get away from the queerbait. "Imagine Me And You" is the name of a (poorly reviewed) lesbian flick. Then a few lines later they're telling me I shouldn't have skipped someone up for the hot guy next door. But how did they know?
Your Score: Category 5
You Are 63 SoulMate Bound!
You are a hopeless romantic. You eat, dream, and think about falling in love. You definitely believe in soulmates, and cry when watching movies about love. You are constantly falling in "love", but watch out, the one you skipped up earlier for the hot guy next door, is the one for you....
| Link: The Who Is YOUR Soulmate? Test written by agbc_14 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test |
Thursday, October 25, 2007
I guess Planet Terror is about as well made as you could expect such an homage to be, but...
(contains a spoiler or two)
I watched Terror, the Robert Rodriguez part of Grindhouse, on DVD. I decided to give it a try because I had read that he intended it as homage to the movies of John Carpenter, which interested me.
But I was always less surprised that the Grindhouse films didn't perform well at the box office than I was that anyone ever expected them to. Whatever made anyone think that an homage to exploitation films of the '70s and '80s would play for a mainstream audience in 2007?
The whole thing, to me, always had a whiff of smug arrogance like the smell-their-own-farts guys in that episode of South Park. I wonder if anyone ever said: Hey, just because our friends like it (especially when they're drunk or stoned)...
Even with appearances by real lookers like Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton, and Stacy Ferguson's breasts (in a bra); no matter how well made the homage is...
I watched Terror, the Robert Rodriguez part of Grindhouse, on DVD. I decided to give it a try because I had read that he intended it as homage to the movies of John Carpenter, which interested me.
But I was always less surprised that the Grindhouse films didn't perform well at the box office than I was that anyone ever expected them to. Whatever made anyone think that an homage to exploitation films of the '70s and '80s would play for a mainstream audience in 2007?
The whole thing, to me, always had a whiff of smug arrogance like the smell-their-own-farts guys in that episode of South Park. I wonder if anyone ever said: Hey, just because our friends like it (especially when they're drunk or stoned)...
Even with appearances by real lookers like Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton, and Stacy Ferguson's breasts (in a bra); no matter how well made the homage is...
I just keep coming back to the question of: Why? (I should say I haven't seen Death Proof)
I can't call myself an expert on Rodriguez films, so I may be completely off-base about this. But from what I've seen (some of which I've liked), a thought occurs to me. The problem is, by limiting himself to the restrictions of pretending he's a low-budget filmmaker in 1980...Rodriguez may have revealed something about his work. Something that would have been better kept hidden.
I suspect it's more about amazing visuals than it is about funny, smart scripts. Because denied one, he shows how impoverished he is when it comes to the latter.
But then, I've never really understood what is supposed to be so stimulating about movies that are about other movies. This also gets in the way of my appreciating the fantastic-ness that is Quentin Tarantino (I still can't sit through either part of Kill Bill).
I listened to Rodriguez's DVD commentary, and a signifigant portion of it is devoted to his saying he got this from that movie, this from that one, and so on.
I have a lot of fond memories of the movies and TV series I watched when I was a pre-teen, too. But I have yet to want to write a story about a Jedi Knight Ghostbusting Time Lord.
I also question just how fine is the line between making an "homage" to the values of exploitation pictures...and just making one, and thus embodying those values, yourself. When Tarantino plays a guy who is creepy to Rose McGowan in Terror, he ends up with a broken piece of wood in the eye (and worse) for his troubles. That fact doesn't erase for me the suspicion that he was getting off being creepy.
It reminds me of the kinds of guys who tell sexist, gross, and homophobic (there's a big example of The Lesbian Cliche in the film, Rodriguez's second in a row to include it) jokes. And then fall back upon a defensive "jeez, man, it was only a joke!" if anyone is offended.
Or the guy who hits just a fraction too hard when "roughhousing."
This calls for a hearty "You GO, girl!"
As you've almost certainly seen elsewhere, Harry Potter author J.K Rowling announced recently that the character of Dumbledore, in her beloved series of books, was intended to be gay. This has kicked up a fuss among conservatives and other people who are obsessed with homosexuality.
I haven't said anything about it here before, largely because I've never read the books (though I do know the character from the movies). So I didn't think I had anything to say that you couldn't probably guess if you've been reading this blog for any period of time.
And then I came across this quote from Rowling responding to critics of her announcement:
As a "straight, for the rainbow" (I think I just made that up) but also as a writer and maybe especially as a writer who's written about gay people in love...I like that quote. I like that quote a whole, awful lot.
Keitha: Look who's talking about people who are obsessed with homosexuality.
Annabel: Shh!
I haven't said anything about it here before, largely because I've never read the books (though I do know the character from the movies). So I didn't think I had anything to say that you couldn't probably guess if you've been reading this blog for any period of time.
And then I came across this quote from Rowling responding to critics of her announcement:
"He is my character. He is what he is and I have the right to say what I say about him"
As a "straight, for the rainbow" (I think I just made that up) but also as a writer and maybe especially as a writer who's written about gay people in love...I like that quote. I like that quote a whole, awful lot.
Keitha: Look who's talking about people who are obsessed with homosexuality.
Annabel: Shh!
Rik-bloody-Ocasek.
He managed to marry an actress/model who not only got sexier as she got older, but can actually write. All that and he made hit music, too.
As you may remember, sometimes I dream about songs. Last night, for instance, I dreamed about this one. I've always really liked it, and the video is simply one of the coolest of all time.
As you may remember, sometimes I dream about songs. Last night, for instance, I dreamed about this one. I've always really liked it, and the video is simply one of the coolest of all time.
Life is too good to lose
But the way the ratings are going, it looks like I'm going to. So I'm willing to try to appeal to your prurient interests. I mean, what I like about the show is its genuinely offbeat (as opposed to Pushing Daisies, which gives whimsy a bad name) feel and individual character. As well as a lead performance by Damien Lewis which I'm slowly starting to suspect is some kind of great.
But perhaps I've been remiss in not telling you that the casting director really has an eye for lovely women who don't seem quite as "Hollywood" as many that we see on TV (I'm thinking of two or three Desperate Housewives).
Lewis' co-star, of course, is Sarah Shahi, who as I believe I've mentioned is very good-looking. She's also doing really rich work on the show.
An episode or so back the beautiful Meredith "Natty Gann" Salenger popped out of the "where are they now" file and into a supporting role.
BTW, Salenger's IMDb page tells me that she graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1992 with a degree in Psychology, something they list as "trivia."
I'd say that sounds a little something more than trivial, wouldn't you? To quote the best joke from this week's The Big Bang Theory, come for the breasts, stay for the brains...
Getting back to the ladies of Life, last night's ep featured a guest-star turn by Jessica Paré,
As well as a small role played by an insanely sexy woman with the great name of Jennifer Lee Wiggins (who has a B.S. In Criminal Justice Administration, would you believe). Are you beginning to get an idea of what you're missing?
I'm not proud of the above, but damn it, if shows I like go off the air it's not gonna be because I didn't do everything sane in my power to hold onto them.
But perhaps I've been remiss in not telling you that the casting director really has an eye for lovely women who don't seem quite as "Hollywood" as many that we see on TV (I'm thinking of two or three Desperate Housewives).
Lewis' co-star, of course, is Sarah Shahi, who as I believe I've mentioned is very good-looking. She's also doing really rich work on the show.
An episode or so back the beautiful Meredith "Natty Gann" Salenger popped out of the "where are they now" file and into a supporting role.
BTW, Salenger's IMDb page tells me that she graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1992 with a degree in Psychology, something they list as "trivia."
I'd say that sounds a little something more than trivial, wouldn't you? To quote the best joke from this week's The Big Bang Theory, come for the breasts, stay for the brains...
Getting back to the ladies of Life, last night's ep featured a guest-star turn by Jessica Paré,
As well as a small role played by an insanely sexy woman with the great name of Jennifer Lee Wiggins (who has a B.S. In Criminal Justice Administration, would you believe). Are you beginning to get an idea of what you're missing?
I'm not proud of the above, but damn it, if shows I like go off the air it's not gonna be because I didn't do everything sane in my power to hold onto them.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
So you want to hear the Doctor Who theme mashed up with Eurythmics
We here at Dictionopolis In Digitopolis have anticipated your every need.
Doctor Who is a great TV series, with an all-synthetic score for most of the '80s, and Eurythmics were a great synth act. So this? This is great.
Thanks to birthday boy CK for the link. I couldn't get it to embed.
Doctor Who is a great TV series, with an all-synthetic score for most of the '80s, and Eurythmics were a great synth act. So this? This is great.
Thanks to birthday boy CK for the link. I couldn't get it to embed.
The bad news is, I'm going to turn into a godlike baddie, the good news is...(or do I mean that the other way around?)
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Behold, the awesome power that I wield
Four days ago, I referred to the new CBS show Viva Laughlin as one of the biggest waste[s] of proven talent I've seen on TV. Today, the series was cancelled by the network after only one more episode had aired.
Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Now, if only I can use this power to keep Life alive, and keep the Friday Night Lights on...
Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Now, if only I can use this power to keep Life alive, and keep the Friday Night Lights on...
And Gina Phillips thought her characters were cursed
In 2001, Phillips and Justin Long appeared together in the film Jeepers Creepers. Half a decade later, Long is well known from those "I'm a Mac" ads; starred in Dodge Ball & Live Free Or Die Hard.
He is also said to be dating Drew Barrymore.
Half a decade later, last night I saw Phillips in a straight-to-cable "suspense" movie called Ring Around the Rosie. It's your basic young-woman-inherits-old-house-which-has-secrets movie. I admit, I fast-forwarded through much of it (I'd selected it from On Demand because I enjoyed Phillips' work in Jeepers).
But I think it would have been confusing even if I hadn't. Confusing, sloppy films are usually the work of four or five different credited writers (I couldn't believe it either).
But somewhere before it was over I really started to think: If ever there was proof that there aren't enough good roles for women (or if anyone really needed any), the post Jeepers careers of Long and Phillips is it.
I'm certainly glad he saw through the sham that her entire career is based on
The first review of Britney's new album says
I don't know about you, but I'm simply shocked (even moreso than I was at the Madonna/Christina/Britney kiss) that Mr. Farber is suggesting Britney might be using her sexuality on her records.
Next thing you know, they'll be saying that she may not actually be all that smart, or that her vocal talent didn't actually have much to do with her success. Or even that some (not all) of her fans may in fact be, you know, kind of...idiots.
And them's fightin' words.
Criticizing Britney Spears for sounding like a blowup sex doll is like criticizing Leonard Cohen for writing emotionally heavy songs.
"She comes off like some machine that bleeps and bloops out an airy array of oohs, ahhs and groans," Jim Farber writes in the New York Daily News. "If a blowup sex doll could sing, this is what she'd sound like."
I don't know about you, but I'm simply shocked (even moreso than I was at the Madonna/Christina/Britney kiss) that Mr. Farber is suggesting Britney might be using her sexuality on her records.
Next thing you know, they'll be saying that she may not actually be all that smart, or that her vocal talent didn't actually have much to do with her success. Or even that some (not all) of her fans may in fact be, you know, kind of...idiots.
And them's fightin' words.
Criticizing Britney Spears for sounding like a blowup sex doll is like criticizing Leonard Cohen for writing emotionally heavy songs.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
My sexuality, like my taste in music, was defined by the Postpunk years of 1978-1984
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