Let me spare you the PAIN!

Inside Man - Denzel Washington, Spike Lee Joint, Christopher Plummer, and of course Jodie Foster. Should be good, huh? Yeah - not so much! This movie was PAINFUL. You know how I am about editing - well the editing was horrible. Spilled cups with nothing in them. Jodie's hair was pulled back tight in a low pony tail which is the new/old thing. People with long hair should wear it this way. If only I had the right hair without putting in extensions. Sissy and Masso can wear this. Anyway, Jodie's hair was pulled back in a band that looked like, and could have been, hair in one shot and then a thick band/hair thing in another and all disheveled which wasn't her character. She was a strong woman, a "magnificent C" as she was called by one character, and her legs are hot. But did she have work done? She seems pretty tight all of a sudden and looks just like she did in Little Darlin's (or was that tatum oneal) or Freaky Friday. The movie was like many Spike movies in that there was some race issues, odd angles, lots of city shots, some comedy, all strong personalities, but he didn't go overboard. There was diversity, even a gay boy couple and a lesbian. The music was overpowering and bizare for the movie. They should have asked me to co-star because the acting by the subcharacters was just horrendous. The movie was too long and painful and when I wanted it to end, it did not.

The alleged twists of the movie were easily decipherable by anyone in the audience. ANYONE! There was no mystery at all. And, come on, like we couldn't see Mr. high and mighty Captain Von Trapp, selling out in this movie. There were some great homages to other movies: cotton club, silence of the lambs, every hostage movie ever, serpico, and a nice subtle dig at our fearless bumbling leader, W.

Anyway, save the cash and catch Jodie's legs on Leno or Inside the Actors studio.

The great part of the evening was my rich and creamy (yes I ordered it just like that) from AC Petersens. THE BOMB! Sister could make a shake. MMMMMM!!!!

Ok enough tonight.

Everyone give a shout out to Li-Li for her birthday!

Sad Day for Husky Fans!

Well the girls lost. Sigh. Serenity. Hard to win when only 3 players really show up. But I am worried that Barbara Turner and Charde Houston will be in a depressed state for weeks. At least CH gets to come back next year and BT gets to play her heart out in the WNBA. Well. The season is over but who thought they would make it this far. It was a great tourney! The final 4 will be great!

Donde Esta El Choiceo de Cantar

NO one listens to me - I scream at them through the TV. They are in my living rooma and yet, nothing.

First let me say this. I actually liked Buffy an Elliot alone. Wait, whose Buffy!? The Vampire Slayer, yes, but I meant Bucky. He was good. Let me back up to Buffy for a minute - 7am you have two buffyverse choices, Buffy (currently running season one)on FX and Angel (running season 4 - my least favorite but this morning's was an ok episode) on the superstation.

How do you have a voice like Lisa and choose to sing Kelly Clarkson. Horrible!
Katharine - who you know I love - off key and weird.
Elliott - our own favorite funky white boy (is he really white, I thought he was latino) loved him.
Chris - done with red hot chilli peppers, etc. but think he will be in the final 2
Ace - boy do I hate him. Despise him.
Pickler - soap suds and what? bad
Mendisa - odd choice. not liking it at all. But love her to death.
Taylor - was good but so normally Taylor.
Paris - all she needed was a pole and some liquid latex.

Starting the show with that horrible song and video with the cars was just bad. Following with Shakira made me forget the horrendous song that started the show. I could watch her body move all day, all night, in stereo. I'll be iTuning that song in the morning - and hello maybe I need to join Vcast for my verizon wireless so I can watch the video over and over and over again.

What is wrong with Ryan - he looks odd. Is it just his metrosexualness? Did he get a facial peel? And my girl lost a bunch of weight and is looking less appealing. Lisa's brows are still perfecto.

Great choice to kick Lisa but she should have gone a few weeks ago. Why is pickler still here - she is cute and the judges like to make fun of her because of course pickler has no clue anyone is making fun of her. What is the word? Lord, I am losing it. Lisa needs to go star in Wicked or some other fab broadway show.

U - C - O - N - N! Uconn! Uconn! Uconn!

The men - ugh! But the women - rock on! I cannot believe BT pulled it out of the air with that 5seconds left three pointer that by historical analysis and odds just should not have gallen in. Unbelievable! I am not getting too too excited but man am I pumped for the Duke game.

Tomorrow night will be a great night for ball - the final 4 will be unbelievable too with Maryland being there already, and Stanford or LSU (on now with Stanford leading). Tomorrow night 7pm on ESPN - Tenn vs. UNC and then Uconn v. Duke at 7 and 9pm respectfully.

Rock on ladies. I'll be reading files and watching - or just watching, if you are interested in stopping by. Just let me know so I can at least vaccuum the tufts of cat hair that are multiplying all over my house.

Waiting

I decided to add a quote of the day. Mostly to prompt discussion, spark some self reflection, or maybe appreciation for some new and exciting work. I promise the quotes will not all be from my Bushisms 2006 calendar.

One of my favorite books is Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God." There are many great passages - and the book is a must read in my opinion. So, in the words of ZNH (and clearly I am not following any proper citations here) I give you the following:

"This singing she heard that had nothing to do with her ears. The rose of the world was breathing out smell. It followed her through all her waking moments and caressed her in her sleep. It connected itself with other vaguely felt matters that had struck her outside observation and buried themselves in her flesh. Now they emerged and quested about her conscious." (p.10)

"She searched as much of the world as she could from the top of the front steps and then went on down to the front gate and leaned over to gaze up and down the road. Looking, waiting, breathing short with impatience. Waiting for the world to be made." (p.11)

Many moments in my life have pushed me to not sit and wait. And I am not cognizant of this particular feeling/momentum until the next instance and then the next and the next. And in between these moments, it gets easier to live, breath, and make life happen. To feel those vaguely felt matters within my conscious, within my soul. To live and love and be.

BARRY!

I adore Barry Mannilow. I am a Fannilow and yes one of my ultimate dreams (besides meeting ALL of the Charlie's Angels original cast members) is to be the woman Barry picks out of the crowd to sing one of his songs with him. I LOVE HIM! Weekends in New England. Mandy. COPA! Classic. AND he worked with Bette in the Bathhouses. AND he wrote the Dr. Pepper ad and many others and is rocking with Love is a many splendored thing. I LOVE HIM. At his concert I was 1. the darkest person in the room and 2. I jumped out of my seat to dance to Copa an was literally the only person to react in this manner. Alas, Leon laughed until he turned beet purple.

Anyway...
Pickler - was great tonight - perfect song, great outfit, for her it was excellent
Paris- Finally we saw the spark we saw in the auditions
Taylor - ok
Bucky - WOW he was horrible. HORRIBLE. Beyond bad.
Chicken Little - I teared up. I love that song. And he is so goofy cute.
Lisa - I am so done with her, but still love the eyebrows.
Elliot - I just did not see the greatness in tonight's performance. I just didn't love it
Ace - He needs to go
Chris- Ok but I love him - he totally rocks the house with his rocker style but Johnny cash is hard to sing - its like trying to do Allanias Morrisette.
Katherine - great song, well done. the only issue I had was the outfit. The song was so sexy and she is sexy and should have work a red (or black) gown, long of course with a slit up the side and serious cleavage - hair back so we can see it too. That would have sealed the deal.
Mendisa - THE BOMB! How much more can I say about her. She and Chris should be the final two.

Tonight Bucky needs to go - he was horrible. Kevin, Lisa and Buckky are the right choices for the bottom three. Why is paula wearing a wig. that is just odd - Bucky's shirt is great and the design would make a great tattoo.

I am so sad. He should never have made it this far in the competition but Bucky was really really bad! Horrible.

Strong Enough

So, my girl is the BOMB! She has come out of this process a trouper. She looks great and everything is going very well. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

Of course there was some humor last night....

We were walking in a common area and a heavily botoxed, big haired woman, stops me and says , with a mouth resembling the Joker from the first Batman movie, "Are you coming to the lecture." I say, "No but thanks." Her reply as she took a bit of a stumble sideways - the silicon in her breasts must have shifted - and said with a intonation of consternation and suprise "But its open to everyone." BIG PAUSE "Its on gastric bypass."

Like I wasn't or am not distraught enough.

CFMFAHDBCSFWB!

Final 12

Well the consensus is this: I am in love with Katharine. How sexy did she look last night? And Paula - well I do have an old school forever your girl crush on her but she was actually coherent last night.

The Pick - horrible horrible song but so loveable that she will stay.
Chicken Little - horrendous performance but also cute
Paris - so talented but so horribly bad but we still remember her Billie Holiday song
Lisa - has great eyebrows but she is crazy bad at the song choice
Elliot - he was on the fringe but I love him.

Overall the show was weak but Chris, Mendisa, Katharine, Hicks, Bucky, and even beannie boy performed well. I even liked El Slutto, Melissa.

On performance Chicken Little and Pickles need to be booted but I since America is voting perhaps Lisa, Paris, or Elliot are booted.

We shall see.

Chap obsessed?

Are you Chapstick obsessed?

1. Do you have chapstick in each room in your house?
2. Do all of your coats have a tube of the lip balm in one pocket?
3. Do you purchase Chapstick every time you go into the CVS?
4. Have you purchased at least one jumbo pack of Chapstick at BJs?
5. Is your nickname Suzie Chapstick?
6. If you lost your chapstick while skiing would you fall into a deep depression?
7. If you returned to the same mountain the next week and while skiing a friend found the same lost Chapstick, opened and soiled from a week's worth of melting snow and debris, would you pick it up?

If you answered yes to one or more of the following questions...the answer likely is YES!

The Losers

Well the first loser is Bo Bice. Now, I loved Bo. But one, he looks like he's been takin the needle. honestly he lost about 30lbs. Next, it is not suprising that the horrible cowgirl is off the show. And Will - I am psyched that the 14 year olds were not rigging the votes- although hello Chicken Little. Ayla should have chosen Melissa Etheridge - THAT would have gotten her in. And she is crying! Poor thing - but daddy-o is a politician so its not like she is going home to abject poverty or something. Get over it. Good news is this: we don't have to wait another year before we watch her play for BC. Gideon, his fate was sealed when Simon said he hated G's smile. Poor thing. He rocked last week.

Top 12:
Paris - who I think flashed her business to everyone else
Katharine - I think I love her
The Pickler - the Minx. I think I love her now but still HATE Ryan
Mendisa - OF COURSE. I adore her but not the hats
Lisa - youngest contestant? I thought that was Paris
Melissa - the whore

Body Lurch - Whoo whoo Whoo
Ace - Dirty Beanie Boy
Chris - Rocker boy - I love him.
Chicken Little - he is cute and we'll see him on the American Idol tour. I teared up when he was called. that is how pathetic I am.
Elliot - he made it whoo hoo. The Brittenum twins are convicts and I ask you..why are they there??
Bucky - I love him

Well America, you voted. Now the real competition starts and I will start dialing! whoo hoo!

What you gonna do with all that junk? I love that song!

OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!
March 24 - new Denzel and Jodie movie. ROCK ON!

I need to be smarter

I am on a consummate quest for knowledge but I have grown lax. Knowledge does not only mean that which I learn from People, US Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, or Time magazine. There is much more in the world, right? I have officially decided that I need to be much smarter than my current state. I am dumping the trashy romances, the mindless blather that I read, and subscribing to the newspaper (sound bits aren't enough) and going to read more historical, critical, philosophical pieces. My goal: to be a cooler, smarter, academic type. I know you are saying how can Kar possibly be cooler than at this particular moment. But its possible. Any suggestions - except of course for anything Dickens, Austen, British - I will take.

What sparked this? A conference on Race in the New Millenium. Thinking about these issues always sparks me but I want to be able to sit down and write an article on any subject that piques my interest and in my current state, that cannot happen! I am ON IT!

Boston Legal is on DVR. I love this show. I love David E. Kelly. He is really a genius when it comes to tv shows. He also has a problem of dumping a show somewhere right around the height of success for said show. William Shatner and James Spader are also brilliant in their respective roles. Spader is a nympho maniac and great at it. His comedic timing is perfect. Candace Bergen, how do you not love her, also stars and is also great. Kelly also takes actors from prior shows and uses them as guest stars or characters in his shows. For instance right now the woman who played the young female doctor from Chicago Hope is a new character (not the doc). Chi from Boston Legal reprised his role from Boston Public. Goober from Boston Public has a recurring role. Excellent show.

OK that's it. I am going to bed now! Not sleep but to bed to watch Seinfeld and Futurama. Wait a minute, maybe I need to watch different shows too. Lord, let's not go crazy!
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Again with the song choice....

The AI MEN!

Gideon: When a Man loves a woman. He was pretty good. Sort of karaokesque but he did ok. He was much better last week but this week was just ok.

Chris: Started shaky. Song choice bizare in the beginning, but he pulled it out. He reminds me of Creed meets Red Hot Chili Peppers meets rocking out Train. Just ok for me. Despite tonight, I actually really like him and think he will be in the top 4.

Chicken Little: He looks like he is about to be run over by a speeding train. I love vincent. What a great song. He did well and I am in tears. The lisp and the blinking freak me out but he is cute in that nerdy way. But honestly, is this competition about cute?

Bucky: I can't stand to look at him and he should wash his hair more frequently. But I love listening to him sing. And when I think of all the hideously ugly singers out there, he is not so bad. ROCK on Bucky. I am voting him into the top 4 with Mendiza, and Chris but who will be my fourth?

Will: I didn't like him last week and I do not like him now. He does have the young girl cute thing but he reminds me of a young Fred Savage but not as cute. Get over yourself Will.

Taylor: How can I forget my 4th - Taylor Hicks. I love him. This song was perfect for him - but he is just so unattractive that he should not try the smouldering. And didn't Ray Charles get away from his freakiness because he was blind and sort of disabled by the heroine. Taylor needs to leave that freaky link stuff at the door and just rock out. At least there is no body lurch with the whoo whooo whoooo whooo thing thrown in.

Elliot: He was better last week. This song is just lame. OK I love this song but still it is not a good song choice. He is actually pretty bad tonight. I am disappointed because he is in my top 8 but I may need to rethink that.

Ace: I am done with this joker. The song was too high for him and he sounds like a bad version of Michael Jackson when he was Michael Jackson, 98 degrees, backstreet boys, new edition, boys to men. Horrible. Honestly he thinks he is the hottest bomb that ever walked the earth. he is giving me butterflies - but ones that mean I am nauseated with that dirtyass beanie, the scruffy face, and his smoldering eyes.


So my bottom three men: will, elliot, gideon. I think Chicken Little will make it because of the cute dork factor.

Top Heavy?

Story of the day:

Ri-Ri's boss, Hagzilla, has been out of work for the past three days. Why you ask? Well the poor thing threw her back out. How you ask? Well she was innocently shaving her legs when all of a sudden, the weight of her breasts caused her to stumble forward a bit - much like Jennifer Gardner at the Oscars. Unfortunately for Hagzilla, because of the monstrosity that is her chest, she couldn't get a grip on anything and the added weight made her tumble too far forward. In hoisting the girls back up - she threw out her back. HOW FUNNY is that? Ok the image is kind of frightening and gads who needs to imagine her naked - but HYSTERICAL! And since she is telling everyone, I thought it was my duty to spread the word more globally. LOL!

So, the lesson here is if you want balance while shaving - junk in the trunk is better than a gargantuan rack.

Song Choice Song Choice Song Choice

Another night of horrible singing on American Idol - the women.

Paris: She can sing anything but she needs to go. She cannot BRING IT! And she forgot the words! How do you forget the words to a song by Gloria Estefan? Honestly, she is talented as we all know - she will get a contract regardless. She is too young and nervous and shouldn't be. I do love her but she does need to go but wait - I haven't seen the rest so, she could be the best. Scratch that, she may be the least annoying.

Lisa: Wow! She is good and she just has unbelievable eyebrows. Carol you need to hook up my brows like that again! Anyway, she rocked with that run. Again, young & not the right song choice but she did belt it. Needs a fun song. I love her parents.

Melissa: She comes off like a total slut. What is that outfit - Madonna in that horrible movie post Material Girl meets Tammy Faye meets Joan Jett meets way bad hair day. The jewlery is horrible and she is SCREAMING into the mike. It just sounds like bad karaoke.

Kannik: After dry heaving over the thought of someone eating chitlins...I thought to myself why would anyone try to sing Alicia Keys. AK has this unbelievably raw talent that is really had to match. She has this sas and style and heart and soul that is immediately and innately infused into her songs which makes it impossible for others to replicate. Anyone, including Kannik. Horrible. Just sounded like she was reading the lyrics. At least she didn't dress like a cowboy.

Katharine: I did not hear the rumors about Kathy being pregnant or leaving the show. And isn't this show supposed to be about people who are not trained. She went to the Boston Conservatory. Sister does have a girdle on today because she wasn't that thin last week and honestly the "smoldering" look is not working. She can belt out this Freedom song although something about it is just a bit off. IS NO ONE HAPPY about being on AI - is meodricity acceptable. Although this young group likely thinks they rock even when they look and sound horrible.

Alya: she thought her father was Elvis? Wow. What a jock. WHAT is this song. Impossible song to sing well. Alanis Morrisette is another tough one to sing - and this is a great song but GADS. Ok she is trying to pull it back. Failed. She needs to be singing Melissa Etheridge, Indigo Girls, et al.

Mendiza: LOL on the thumb sucking. She can really rock out - I'm every woman. I love this song - a little Chaka Kahn - even the Whitney version is great. And the girl can rock and dance which is a feat even britney spears can't pull it off - so for a big girl even more impressive. ROCKED The house. I think she will be the winner of the women - and in the top 4. She may have a shot at the top 2. Maybe Paula's problem is that she cannot focus with people who stink. She just struggles to find the words so she sounds drugged. Because she was really able to articulate over Mendiza which was a miracle.

Kelly: Wait a minute - Melissa Etheridge, this is the song Alya should have sung. The Pickler should not move when she sings, she does not have a rhymythic bone in her body. SHE IS ON THE GROUND right now. This is NOT a pole dance. And STOP screaming. Please! She may be able to stick to country but please go on that LeAnn Rimes Country Star show. What's a minx? Like Calamari! I want to hate her but she is just so young, naieve, I'm a minx. She should invest in a dictionary. Honestly. Sal - mon. This is just mean.

My picks for kickage: Melissa, Kinnik, Alya will be in the bottom and it will be a race to see who gets kicked.

Note: Gauchos are back!

Amazing Race 9

First, for those who don't know the surgery was cancelled today and was rescheduled for next week. So, keep praying.

Amazing Race 9 has begun. 11 teams started out last week in Brazil (I need to go there minus the 20 million people) - we are now down to 9. The show is basically a race around the world. Typical teams include a parent/child, long distance daters, long term married couple, gay couple or at least one gay person in a team, married couple with one dominant angry spouse, dating couple with issues, dating couple close to marriage, best friends, best friends with issues, slutty couple, siblings, etc. It is a show where once again you get to know and love some teams and really despise others. Right now for instance I love the hippie best friends - they seem like they just love each other and have great fun together. And everyone has a nickname. I hate the frosties (who were eliminated this week) because they are weird screamers. I love the caliente mom and daughter team and the sex crazed guys. One of the many interesting things - in addition to the dynamics between and among the teams (racism, sexism, misogeny, chauvanism, homophobia, etc all comes out) - is how intolerant some people are of other cultures. How unaware people are about their privilege in the universe. It is amazing.

Ri-Ri and I need to go on this show. We would be the most beloved Amazing Race couple EVER! Who couldnt love us? Ok we couldnt' necessarily lift our bodies up a rope, and we would need gallons of purel and portable toilets as well as packs of food and snacks and diet coke - but we would be awesome! We need to make that tape Ri-Ri.

Write your Congressman

This is a call to action. We must all stand together in this tragic time. We have all sat through many remakes, as pointed out during the Oscars, War of the Worlds, King Kong, Walk the Mile. But there is only one that is the subject of this pending bill - Pride and Prejudice.

Over the course of one's lifetime we have been subjected to many forms of literature - American, British, Rennasainace, Poetry, Tragedy, Drama, Civil Rights. Admittedly British Lit is not my favorite - Shakespeare, Wolfe, Austen, and the insufferable Dickens. Be not mistaken, this call to action is not to ban the entire genre of British Literature. However, we do ask for a specific ban, namely for the reproduction, reprint, recasting, rerecording, or redevelopment of yet another movie version of Pride and Prejudice.

We acknowledge the accomplishments of Ms. Austen. We lauded her when we were in the 6th grade and forced to read Pride. We laughed and cried over Mr. Darcy and the trials and tribulations of all the characters. We even sat through countless versions of the play - in parks, small theatres, and high school drama class. We even saw the first movie. I ask you, do we really need to subject our selves, and our children, to another version of this movie? Take a stand! Please call your friends, neighbors, Congressman, Senators, and Oscar Nominating Committe.

Oscar Night!

Well folks it was Oscar night! Jon Stewart from the Daily Show hosted. He is hysterical and was a great host. The movie started with interesting clips with all previous hosts: whoopie looked sexy - something about her is just grand. Billy Crystal and Chris Rock had a brokeback mountain thing going on. It was funny.

Here are some of my most memorable moments:

There was a great Brokeback montage of old cowboy movies that was GREAT! At the end Jon said something like "Charlton Heston was ripped! He looks like he was really lifting...20 commandments." HYSTERICAL!

Dolly Parton performed a great song from Transamerica which was something like Walking the world or walking over America. Rockin song actually. However, Dolly, poor Dolly. I am not sure but it looked like the islands had dried up the stream and that 9 to 5 job clearly got her down because she is now just a caricature of herself - but without thighs. She had sticks for thighs and then the waist. Do I not remember correctly that she had reduction and then implants on the boobs. They were immense which may have been more about the lack of waist and the really bad wig and the tightened up face which pulled her lips and eyes back so tightly that the rhinestone cowgirl looked plain old bad. Now, she's no comparison to Joan and Melissa or even Goldie Hawn in the surgery department. But...hey, she's Dolly.

Lauren Bacall - love the voice but grammy needs her hips replaced and should have worn her coke bottle glasses or contacts. Poor thing. And who knew she wasn't dead? Speaking of actors who I thought were no longer with us: Andy Rooney, Christopher Plummer, etc. Wow!

Many of you know that I despise George Clooney. Why? Because he did not come back to ER when his best friend Marc Green died! But tonight, I forgave him. I really did. His speech for best supporting actor was amazing. He really laid it out there and thanked his co-nominees, the academy, and made a great speech about being a part of a community who talks about the hard issues before anyone else. Awesome. I love him again. Thee screenwriter for Crash made a similar speech and I love him.

The bizarre bowties the Wallace and Grommet people wore were strange. But admittedly I am not a W&G fan.

The president of the academy was completely incomprehensible and if we cut him we might have finished at 11pm. He was yabbering about the "state of the heart" when referring to movies and it was just again incomprehensible.

I am, (in homage to George Clooney who wakes in the morning and says...World's sexiest man, 1997) going to call myself, lesbian stud 2006!

Funny montage about the ad campaigns for/against best actresses - One was by the Dames against Judy Densh - one of them was called Dame Smith-Smythe-Smithe. Funny! Another was anti-Charlize because she was nominated simply for "haggin it up." Whereas Kiera Knightly had cheek bones sprinkled with God's dust - funny. But the best was...Instead of voting for a bunch of letters that make no sense (Felicity, Charlize, Dame, Keira) vote for someone American. Vote for Reese! HYSTERICAL!!!!

The hotties: Selma Hayek - yum! Queen - double yum! JLo looked great except her makeup looked worse than Will Farrel's who was almost close to blackface and therefore almost offensive. Meryl Streep and Lilly Tomlin looked great. Whoopie looked cute. Mostly disappointed in the skinny waif like women like Jessica Alba and Hilary Swank. Charlize - lord that outfit had to go...speaking of outfit, funny joke - While dressing for the Oscars, Bjork was shot by Dick Cheny! LOL!!!!

Jon Stewart introduced Jennifer Gardner and I said - whoa JLo is shooting daggers at that momma. As I say that I get distracted by Jennifer's breasts which apparently were jiggling too much and threw off Jen's balance because sister friend almost hit the dirt. She did one of those slip forward and then catch yourself byu going backwards. HYSTERICAL I nearly puked from laughing so hard. I rewound it over and over. HYSTERICAL! Just classicly funny.

Now for the winners:
Supporting actor: George clooney. Best oscar speech in a long time. I forgive him for missing his friend's funeral.
Supporting actress: who can remember. Someone other than Francis McDormand won.
Actor: Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote. I haven't seen it but hear he is phenomenal. Jake Gyllenhal and Jaquin Phoenix were crying when the award was announced. get over it!
Actress: Reese Witherspoon. Now this is a tragedy. Absolutely. You have seen my trashing of this movie. And now she won the Oscar for her June Carter Cash performance. Over Felicity Huffman? Judi Densh? Goodness that was a MISTAKE!
Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain. Julia tells me this is one of the best short stories she has read - every! So, glad it won.
Screenplay: Crash. Unbelievably awesome movie
Producer: Ang Lee - Crash.
Movie: Crash. I am psyched this movie won. Yes, I liked Brokeback - don't kill me for not believing it should win over Crash.

Who knows the drama between Sandra Bullock and Keaneau Reeves. I ask because they presented together and she was clearly ticked off. I need to know!

It was a fabulous oscar night! Best I remember in a long long time. I hope you watched.

One L-Word comment, maybe 2 - can they think of anything that has not already been done on Queer as Folk. And the editors are slacking with their horrible editing. And then the tattoo scene from a couple weeks ago - anyone who has a tattoo knows that there is no way a tattoo artist would work on one person and then another without changing needles or doing a reset of equipment/ink etc. UGH!


lesbian stud 2006

Gotta Love Netflix

Netflix managed to release and send me Walk the Line - and before the Oscars. I adore Jaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. But this movie is annoying me. Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Orbison, and a mess of other artists of the time - horribly acted. I enjoyed Ray - liked the transformation of Jamie Foxx and the story. But this one, not so great. Another movie about a rock star that is involved with lots of drugs and sex. Amazing (read sarcastically). Now, I ask you, why can't admissions work yield the same results? Minus the drugs.

This movie is just lame and hopefully there is something great coming up but I am in the 57th minute. Is it my mood or is it just horrible. The acting is not stellar. The love story of it all is lost simply because he comes off as a big old prick - which is maybe what he was. True love twice? Defintitly possible. Reese is just adorable but she cannot sing neither can Jaquin for that matter. Maybe its cause I am not a June Carter or Johnny Cash fan. That could cloud it a bit.

I get the issue of things being different from men and women in show business. Women in 1952 couldn't be divorced but men could certainly screw around a lot. And drugs so make you strong and crazy. But I am not sure that is the point of this movie. The whole "I'm in love with you" thing didn't work between the two of them. And if he listened to her when he was a kid - she should be about 10 years older and she looks 15 years younger. I don't get it.

Reese's singing at the one hour eleven minute mark is better - more serious and less country camp. And you know how I feel about bad editing - well, playing the guitar is an important part of many of the scenes so they should have been careful in the edits. And maybe not had these two hacks sing together. Lord the music is just bad.

The whole peanut in bed scene was horrible. No sympathy here for his detox or the love story - which I found unbelievable at best. Could be my mood but I cannot imagine why anyone is up for an Oscar!

Now Practical Magic...there is a movie that should have yielded best supporting actor for Stockard Channing and Diane Weist.

Here's Your Sorry!

This story is not for the faint at heart. I realize that my nephew might actually be mortified by my retelling but it is one of the most horrifying yet hysterical stories I have heard in a long time. And you know how I get with a good story - I must Sing it from the rooftops. Plus, if my convincing him that I am Spiderman (anyone who can figure out how to create a gizmo to shoot some web from my wrists let me know - I told him I would show him that trick this summer) isn't going to send him to therapy, telling this story certainly won't. Ok here it is.

Picture it: Sicily, 1919. Ok no, 2006, Connecticut. A sleep over party with my 10 year old niece and her friend and my 6 year old nephew and his friend.
The girls are watching TV, chatting, playing in one room while the boys are in the other room playing video games. The boys argue. DJ goes into the girls' room and pouts.
Mom - "What's wrong?"
DJ - "I'm mad a K"
Enter K
DJ, shouting at K - "You don't have a right to be in my house watching my tv and coming into my room."
Mom, horrified - "DJ. You apologize right now! You are friends and that is not right!"
K, apologetically - "I'm sorry DJ."
DJ - "Here's your sorry." and he didn't just say this. He said this while pulling out his penis and wagging it at his traumatized friend. After which Alyssa screams "DJ stop showing my friend your penis!"

CAN YOU IMAGINE?!

Idol: The Men and the Rejects!

Taylor Hicks - excellent. definite pitch problems but LORD can he stop with the Whoos with the head thing. It is on my last nerve - although if it is turrets or something I do apologize.

Elliot - Excellent song. I cannot believe he hit all those riffs successfully. He was awesome. and I like that he just dresses normally.

Ace - Gads I cannot stand to look at those bushy eyebrows and I want to stick that beanie up his arse. I see the appeal with the young girls but he needs to get some originality. Just because you wear a beanie does not mean that we cannot figure out that you want to be Constatine.

Gedeon - ROCKED tonight. I cannot believe he pulled this song off and he had such a good time. I do not really like him but he can actually sing.

Chicken Little - Kevin - I am not sure he was on key at all and I still can't figure out why he is still on but he was cute with his little trying to be cool self.

Sway - Overjoyed. Oversung. Thank god he is over!

Will - Lady. Honestly he would have been better if he chose a classic like Islands in the Stream and sung the Dolly Parton version.

Bucky - He is annoying to look at and who can understand any of the words emitted from his voice? But he can rock out and I think he will be in the final 4.

Crooner David - I despise this kid and am DONE looking at his weird mug (unlike looking at Paula's cleavage which is rockin!). He is actually awful - there is nothing redeeming about him at all.

Chris - the rocker. I love him. He is cute, and totally loves to sing which comes out. He doesn't necessarily pick songs that I know (which by the way IS a hidden requirement that most forget) but he ROCKS!!

If Ryan says throwing it down one more time I will puke.

Leon's top 6 include: Paris, Mendisa, Chris, Taylor, Bucky, and that sultry freaky guy. With the top 4 being men.

I have to put my girl Kathy in the mix. Mendiza, Paria, Kathy, Bucky, Taylor, Chris.

The Goodbyes.....

The group song has got to go at this point. Especially those blonde girls. gads. Too many bad people in it. AND WHAT IS PARIS WEARING? Are those spandex workout shorts with a flashdance top? Plinker, pickler whatever - hate her. Where is mendiza - HOLY CRAP. She is a big girl. I love that she got her grove on with that outfit - I think now I can wear things like that. She's opened the door for the big girl - maybe. The closeups in the camera are horrible because it looks like they are looking into a peephole. They ruined the song for me.

The girls do weird things - namely, weird outfits, weirder songs, weird head moves, dances, etc. Anyway. Who is going tonight?

Carrie Underwood was she really the winner? That was horrible.

Heather should have been kicked off because of the crinkle perm alone. Honestly. Hero? That was a mistake! Clearly! I liked Kannik's sass but she really could not sing and the Thelma Hopkins wannabe didn't work. The Crooner should have sang the love boat theme song - that might have gotten him another week. And I'm so over Sway so I am glad he is gone.

Well, that's it folks.


One question: What you gonna do with all that junk all that junk inside your trunk? What a great Black Eye Peas song. If you haven't listened to Elephunk or Monkey Business by them please let me know. Deb Funke does a great rendition of several MB songs.