Long Time Comin'

Its been a while. I'm sitting here watching Terms of Endearment. I am sure it means something that not only am I watching this but I was up til 3am watching Practical Magic the other night. LOL! Great movies. And Flap? werido. I wonder what happened to those kids. We need a where are they now: Most depressing movies of all times episode.

Anyway its been a while. Someone is the new American Idol - who remembers. Jordin. Right. She was awesome. Someone told me that Ali didn't win Dancing with the Stars and Burke and Sandra Oh didn't get married on Grey's Anatomy. Come to think of it, there was no wedding on Bones either. And Sopranos. Don't get me started.

OK I can't help myself. Sopranos was simply horrible. Well it was better than last season but gads this sucked. Of course they should have ended it with Paulie sunning himself outside of Straile's and then BOOM!!! That would have been an ending for sure. And all this talk of a movie coming out of it. How do we have a movie without Christopher and Bacala? Tony and family, a coma'd Sil and Paulie. Completely disappointing - but of course I watched hoping something better would happen. And Cleaver with the miscellaneous Baldwin! Honestly.

I think I saw a bunch of movies but I can no longer remember all of them. HOwever, the most recent:

The Cleaner - with Cedric and Lucy Liu. FRIGGIN Hysterical - slow and painful in parts but so very funny. Some great lines: Cedric "I feel like a black Rambo." Lucy: "Ok Blambo." And that woman from Reno 911 was in it and she was just simply hysterical. What was the movie about you ask? Cedric wakes up next to a dead body and has no memory of why. So, he believes that he is a CIA agent with code name The Cleaner. Turns out he is a janitor. But he gets mized up in FBI espionage stuff. Funny.

Employee of the month with Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson. Jessica had her boobs done, I think, and she is quite a horrible actress. Even more horrific than she was in Dukes of Hazzard. So, to amuse myself I of course said things like Hubba Hubba and Whoa and Tittie lamour, etc. The movie was set in a BJs type place and it was about becoming employee of the month. It was actually pretty funny.

I read Plum Lovin', Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum between the bumbers book - amusing. Some classic Stephanie. How do we not love her? I like Deisel as a character. LuLu ROCKS!

Christopher Moore, whom you know I love - Lamb, Sequined Love Nun, et al. Well his new book You Suck which is basically a sequel to Blood Sucking Fiends. Of course like the other books he pulls in other characters - one from the last fun book he put out. what was the name Rach? Anyway, this book sucked - pun intended - I could not even finish it. HORRIBLE. I love sarcasm. But this was completely over the top and just painful to read.

I am however reading a book called Covering which is about "covering" (i.e. hiding) our identities. The notions of acting straight, white, masculine, etc. Assimilation vs. covering. Great book - I will be assigning this in my class.
I'm also reading Isabel Allende's Ines of My Soul. Not a true page turner but I like her writing.

Pirates of the Carribean 3. The third installment. I loved the first and the second I thought was weak and merely a bridge to number three. This version, I really liked. Of course I would have tweaked the screen play a bit and shortened it up but the story was tied up nicely. It took a bit to get there but it was great. I adore Johnny Depp and Calipso - great character although I would have given her more of an ethereal beauty - transforming her into something much more beautiful than attack of the giant pissed off goddess. but hey, that's me.

OH MY GOD - speaking of screen plays I should have been called in on..The BIONIC WOMAN is coming back to TV. It is not Jamie Somers but another bionic chick. Check out the new line ups on NBC and watch the video clip. Amazing - it looks just great. And the show seemingly explores the emotional trauma involved in waking up bionic. I have dreamed of that day but alas it is not in the cards for me.

If you haven't listened to it - definitely check out Justin Timberlakes album. If I haven't recommended it - get Corrine Bailey Rae's cd. I'm not thrilled with Joss Stone's new one but really like John Mayer's Continuum.

Dream Girls is out on video and anyone who loves motown, anyone who loves girlbands, anyone who loves high drama, great acting, and musicals must own this film.