Your and You're

P

lease read this as many times as you need to for it to sink in.

Thank you.

Your is possessive. Like Mine. For example: Your illiterate blog.

You're is a contraction of YOU ARE. You're an effing idiot if you say things like "Your stupid." because it should be YOU'RE STUPID! If you cannot substitute the words "YOU ARE", then use YOUR.

Clear?

You're welcome.


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Listening to: Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
via FoxyTunes

Thursday Thirteen - 7/31/08

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ollowing are 13 of my favorite quotes & clips from A Bit of Fry and Laurie.

1. Stephen Fry as a Barber - Which of sir's manifold hairs would he care to place in my professional care for the purposes of securing an encutment?

2. Sophisticated Song

3. Stephen: You have a daughter, I believe?
Hugh: Yeah. Yeah, Henrietta.
Stephen: Did he, did he? I'm sorry to hear that.

4. I'm in love with Steffi Graff


5. Stephen Fry as a school Headmaster - I can't pretend to be much of a judge of poetry. I'm an English teacher, not a homosexual.

6. Hugh: Then I was Princess Anne's assistant for a while, but I chucked that in because it was obvious they were never going to make me Princess Anne, no matter how well I did the job. It was a question of who you were, rather than how well you did, you know, and I hate that.

7. Control & Tony - Lie Detector


8. Stephen: [General] What does it say on the name plate on my desk Jacobson?
Hugh: [Jacobson] "The Buck Stops At My Ass" sir.

9. The Word "Gay"


10. Stephen: I suppose if I am honest I, erm, I use my penis as a sort of car substitute.

11. Slightly Mad


12. Stephen: Secret vices? I don't know. Rather too fond of chocolate Hob Nobs. My wife tells me I overdo the heroin. Otherwise, not really.

13. Stephen: Well, I was born Mary Patterson, but then I married and naturally took my husband's name, so now I'm Neil Patterson.

Total Bee Ess. I'm not a Capricorn

Your True Birth Month Is January

Loyal Anti-Social Logical Easily jealous Loves children They obviously haven't met me! Rather reserved Highly attentive Do whut, now? Likes to criticize No, I like to help! Needs close friends No, not really. Ambitious and serious HA! Smart, neat and organized ROTFLMFAO! Hardworking and productive Loves to teach and be taught Nooooooooooo. I love to learn. On my own. Without anyone else breathing down my neck! Quiet unless excited or tensed Sensitive and has deep thoughts Knows how to make others happy Searches for the greatest romance ???????? Is searching for a mind blowing orgasm the same thing? Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds Multiple Sclerosis and I haven't had a cold in years. Romantic but has difficulties expressing love Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses I'm not looking, but they're so easy to see...

What's Your True Birth Month?

I'm technically a Libra, but I don't think that really fits me either.

Marnie

Y

esterday I recorded "Marnie" starring Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

It only had 2½ stars, but I think it deserved a much higher rating. It was so much better than Suspicion, North by Northwest and Rope, IMO. It held my attention the entire time! I wanted to know why Marnie was so afraid of thunderstorms and why she freaked out every time she saw the color red.

The movie starts out with a black haired Tippi Hedren working for a man named Sidney Strutt. While she's there, Sean Connery's character (Mark Rutland) meets her. Soon after, she steals money (maybe $10,000?) from Strutt's safe and goes to her hotel where she changes her hair color to blonde.

She leaves town to ride her horse and then visit her mother who comes across as a fundamentalist Christian who has no love for her daughter. Marnie has spent her life trying to gain her mother's approval, which is one of the reasons she steals. She always sends money home to mommy and buys her expensive gifts, but to no avail.

Marnie gets another job, another new hair color, and another fake name.

The new job is at Mark Rutland's office. He knows immediately who she is and starts paying particular attention to her habits (to ward off another robbery) while falling in love with her at the same time.

After Marnie is introduced to Mark's father and SIL she freaks out. Steals more money and tries to run away.

Mark finds her and basically blackmails her with "Marry me or go to jail." Of course, she marries him.

Mark's SIL, Lil Mainwaring, is jealous/suspicious of Marnie. She learns that not only has mark spent $42,000 on a new diamond ring for Marnie, but he's also sold some stocks (or a bond) and withdrawn a substantial amount of money to pay off some man named Strutt and to pay for his South Seas honeymoon after his whirlwind marriage to Marnie.

While they are on their honeymoon, Mark finds out that Marnie has some serious sexual hangups. She claims that she doesn't like to be touched. After a couple of weeks, he eventually gets tired of his sexless marriage and...I don't know if he raped her or not, but the next morning, Marnie tries to kill herself by jumping into the pool on the cruise ship.

Mark - Why didn't you just jump into the ocean?
Marnie - The idea was to die, not to feed the damned fish.

I'm paraphrasing, obviously.

Anyway, I think there is some witty dialogue in the movie. Tippi Hedren is a much better actress than I had previously given her credit for being after seeing "The Birds". Her voice (reminiscent of her daughter, Melanie Griffith's, voice) is a little irritating, but maybe that's just me.

It was nice to see a young Sean Connery, even though I prefer the older "Hunt for Red October" version. ;-)

I really liked this movie. It's up there with Rear Window for me as an Alfred Hitchcock great.

Definitely check it out if you see it on your schedule at TCM.

You can watch the original trailer (which pretty much gives away the ending, if you ask me) to see if it's something you'd like to watch. :-)

I can't wait until Friday to post this!

I

don't know about you, but I'd never heard of Saartjie Baartman until yesterday when I was returning Entrecard Drops.

I ended up at Kitty Cleopatra's site and saw this post which contained the following video:

I get so sick of watching women, ALL WOMEN, be whores for a money or 15 minutes of fame. As a black woman, it embarrasses and enrages me when my "sistahs" are in music videos shaking their ass or signing up to be on "Flavor of Love" just for "fame".

Show some pride. If not for yourself, then for all the women who came before you, and all the women who will come after you.

If you want to be a whore/video vixen/half naked pin-up girl, I can't stop you. But I will not applaud or endorse your decision either.

There are better ways to get out of the ghetto than shaking your ass in a 50 Cent video. Your continuing to perpetrate the stereotypes about black women is disgusting and you should be ashamed.

For women of any race, the continuance of perpetrating the belief that women will do anything for money is disgusting.

It's women like that who are changing the entire culture in America to think that it's ok for 13 year old girls to give blow jobs to any little boy who smiles at them at school.

It's men who leave their young children, without a male role model (to tell their daughters what the guys who hear about your slutty acts are really thinking about you and/or tell their sons how to treat & respect a woman), that share the blame.

Shame on all of you!

But I thank Kitty Cleopatra for bringing this part of my history to my attention and to the attention of all of her readers!

2 Things

I

have slept ALL DAY today. I didn't get to sleep last night until 11:30 am.

Get it?

I didn't sleep at all last night.

When I was awake earlier at 10 am, I woke Evan up (school starts NEXT WEDNESDAY!) and happened upon Scour, the new search Engine that PAYS YOU to search.

After I woke up from my coma-like sleep at 4:30 pm, I started using it, LOL.

Earning the points is slow. It takes 6500 pts to get a $25 payout and I only have 158 so far. But, I've only used it 4 times.

After I installed the toolbar, it made itself my primary search engine. Good! I don't have to go to the website to do a search.

You can see below what your search screen will look like. (Click to enlarge)


I'm loving it so far! I do searches all the time (how to spell words, to answer a question that Evan has asked, etc) so I might as well get paid for it, if I can!

So go install Scour so that I can get some referral points from you & get my little $25 (Large Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza delivery + tip!) sooner. Thanks. :-)

Eureka Premiers Tonight!

I

have been sleeping through watching the marathon on SciFi all day today!

If you've never seen Eureka before, it's a show about a single dad (16? year old daughter) who is Sheriff of a little known town (I think it's in Oregon?) where all the smartest scientists live & work. Crazy things happen all the time and watching Sheriff Jack Carter figure out those mysteries with his relatively low IQ of 111 (in comparison to the other citizens of Eureka) is hilarious! Looking at Colin Ferguson is an added bonus. :-)

Check it out! New episodes are Mondays at 9 pm EST.

Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh

Y

ummy! :-)




A bit of House News from Omar Epps. On another website I learned that they have shot or are shooting an episode that focuses on Chase & Cameron's relationship. *sigh*

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Listening to: Prince - Hot Thing via FoxyTunes

Bikini or Bust

Y

esterday, I was about to watch one of my recorded programs & I happened to see a bit of "Ashley Paige: Bikini or Bust" (FYI - I didn't see anything on that page until I switched from Firefox to IE on my browser.) I had heard of her in passing, but since fashion isn't one of my "things", I wasn't really interested in seeing the show before. I don't remember what the clip was, but it was interesting enough for me to watch the rest of the episode.

For those of you who don't know, Ashley Paige is THE bikini designer for A-list celebrities. She makes knit bikinis.

I had a perception that fashion designers with celebrity clients have lots of money. (Especially when one of her bathing suits can sell for $700.) But Ms. Paige is apparently not good with money, LOL. I ended up watching all 4 of the episodes that were on that day and in one of them, her landlord said that she would have to start paying her rent on time.

Ashley loves designing bikinis, but she says she does it so that she can rescue more dogs. She owns a non-profit dog rescue business. That, she says, is her real passion. In another episode, they didn't have any more dog food for the numerous rescue dogs that she has living in her house. She owed her vetrenarian over $5000, so she held a bikini dog wash to raise money to pay him. She had a pet psychic there.

The show is about Ashley Paige, not necessarily about fashion. Being a Bikini Designer is what she does, but it isn't who she is, nodamene? She's just so...bohemian (for lack of a better word). I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the season and finding out if she ever learns how to manage her finances, find a BF for her mother (who lives with her) or herself, pays her rent on time, etc.

I don't know how old she is, but she is a fascinating work in progress, LOL.

Check it out on TLC Fridays at 10pm EST! :-)

Pfeh!

You Have a Fairly Strong Willpower

Temptation doesn't get the better of you all that often. If you set your mind on a goal, you'll do your best to achieve it. And while you don't have a perfect record with willpower, you do okay. If you fall off the wagon with something, you're usually not off the wagon for long.

Is Your Willpower Strong?

I don't agree with this. I happen to think that doing a job (read: when I'm getting paid) is totally different from getting up an hour early "just because".

Rope

I

was doing a search on my DVR schedule for movies by Alfred Hitchcock and I found "Rope" with James (Jimmy) Stewart, so I recorded it.

The plot, according to IMDb.com is:

Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

Before the movie, the 'TCM Guy' said that Hitchcock had wanted to do a one take movie, but at that time (1948) movie cameras only held about 10 minutes of film so he had to do 10 minute takes and cut them together. After the movie, the 'TCM Guy' said that 4 or 5 takes had to be re-shot because the color of NYC's skyline didn't match that time of day. (The story takes place from late afternoon to early evening.)

I would be interested to know how long it took to shoot that movie since all the actors had to do steady 10 minute takes. You'd think they could do it in a short amount of time. Like a week as long as the weather cooperated? It looks like a play because there is just one setting.

Anyway, the movie was okay. I wasn't familiar with any of the actors except Jimmy Stewart. Maybe that's why I'm kind of lackluster about it? Not enough Jimmy Stewart, LOL.

It starts with a view of the street, then it moves to a window with the curtains closed. We hear a man scream.

Then we are inside the apartment and 2 men, Brandon & Phillip, are strangling a third man. They kill him because they believe that David, the 3rd guy, is inferior to them and because they believe that they can commit "the perfect murder".

They put the body inside a trunk and hold a dinner party. They serve dinner buffet style on the trunk containing David's body.

Among the invited guests are David's father, aunt & fiance. Also, David's former best friend and old teacher of all of theirs, Rupert Cadell (Jimmy Stewart). Rupert is the teacher who taught them the idea that there's nothing wrong with murder if the person being killed is inferior in some way. There is a long & spirited conversation about this theory at the dinner party.

No one knows where David is. His father had said that David was coming to the party early and he should have already been there. His fiance says that she had spoken to him earlier and he told her that he would meet her at the party. Brandon & Phillip claim they hadn't heard from him since inviting him to the party.

After the dinner party, Cadell is handed a hat that looks like his, but has David's initials on the inside of it. It is then that he begins to suspect that Brandon (the arrogant one) and Phillip (the jumpy one) have done something with David and that is why dinner was served on the trunk instead of the dining room table.

It's an interesting premise. I suppose that it was executed well considering the limitations (technology & actors) that they had in '48. I'd be interested to see a remake of this to see if I would be more excited about it than this.

Watch it if it happens to be on, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it if I were you. I don't need to see it again.

You can see the original trailer for Rope at TCM's website. :-)

I stole this meme from

R

eyapot. :-)


First Now and Last



First


* First name: Angelika

* First screen name: Idunoh

* First funeral: My father's

* First kiss: 3 inch penis dude

* First love: He who shall not be named



Last


* Last beverage drank: White Grape Crystal Light

* Last food consumed: Fruity Pebbles

* Last phone call: Probably MD

* Last time showered: Yesterday

* Last CD played: I don't play CDs, except for the "Mixed Tape" ones that I burn.

* Last website visited: Fragments of thought...A piece of life :-)


Now


* Single or taken: single

* Gender: Female

* Birthday: 10/10

* Sign: Libra

* Shoe size: I wear an 8.5, but a 9 feels so good I buy a 10.

* Thinking about: Waking up The Boy


Participants:

1.) Me and Mine
2.) Creative in Me
3.) Little Peanut
4.) For the LOVE of Food
5.) Pea in a Pod
6.) SugarMagnolias
7.) Blogsilog
8.) Captured Memories
9.) Cherry’s Comfort Zone
10.) Thinking Out Loud
11.) Wishing and Hoping
12.) Buzzy Me
13.) My Precious Niche
14.) Just Me.. Eds
15.) Eds Mommy Life
16.) Can of Thoughts
17.) Designs By Vhiel
18.) Vhiel's Corner
19.) Anything and Everything in Between
20.) Sheng's Simple Thoughts
21.) Emjei Says
22.) fragments of thoughts..a piece of life
23.)Angelika

High Five Fridays - 7/25/08

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ere are this week's High Fives, in no particular order.

Divorce Drama for their Crazy Divorce Signs post.

Skirmisher for the KFC's Secret Ingredient post.

Mottekaero jDonuts for their Engrish T-shirt post.

My Blog Rules for the "Why you shouldn't eat with your eyes" post.

Amy Oops for her WTF post.

Monique for her "Why must you make me be mean?" post. Amen & Hallelujah, girl!

Live, Laugh, Blog for the "Lesson not soon Forgotten" post. I am ALL FOR embarrassing kids/people if it keeps them from breaking the law!

Celebrity Today for the "Let's do the Time Warp again" post. Did you know that they were thinking of remaking "Rocky Horror Picture Show"? I say NO! Leave it alone. It's a classic!


The Why File. Read any post. They're all interesting!

I'm just a girl.

You Are 70% Boyish and 30% Girlish

You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch. Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes. You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them. You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.

How Boyish or Girlish Are You?

I fall down, go BOOM!

Y

esterday I had a migraine. I was also sore from Tuesday's couch moving. So I took a Xanax & an Excedrin Migraine.

I think there are some things I should tell you first...

1. I hadn't taken a Xanax in a while. Like a couple of weeks.


2. My thumb hurts. I don't know why. It's like I jammed it or something


3. My right knee (the one that isn't "special") was hurting like you wouldn't believe (Arthritis). Burning & whatnot. It was very hard for me to get up the stairs to go to the bathroom.


4. My back was hurting so bad that I was walking in a hunched over posture, like a caveman.

So, I'm standing at the TV stand, changing the DVD from Hard Candy to "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" for when I lay down because Hugh Laurie's voice relaxes me. Even when he's speaking in his British accent. I was also arguing with Evan about hooking up the Gamecube so I could play Lego Star Wars II.

When I tried to stand up, I knew instantly that I was going to fall.

I'm pretty sure that my eyes were open wide and I had an "Oh shit!" expression on my face. I remember reaching for Evan, hoping that he could pull me in the opposite direction and I wouldn't actually fall.

No such luck.

I think he was more "frazzled" like "Oh No! What am I supposed to do?" than anything. Why didn't he inherit my "Calm in an emergency situation" trait instead of my "Smartass at all times" trait???

Anyway, I fell down on top of the carpet steam cleaner & landed on my arm where the carpet meets the linoleum. The gold bar (or whatever) that they put down at the end of the carpeting felt like it had broken my arm.

After 10 minutes on the floor I was finally able to move my wrist, so I know it wasn't broken.

It wasn't fun.

So, once again, I had to rub Icy Hot all over everything. Back & knees & I rubbed some on my right arm for good measure.

I took another Xanax & some Tylenol.

...

I woke up today at 3.

Thankfully, I don't feel sore as long as I don't try to walk, LOL.

I hate summer.

I always have my worst falls in the summer.

*cries*

Ok, no more furniture moving for me.

Y

esterday, while Evan was out with his Nana, I moved the couches & vacuumed behind and under them.

Now my shoulders feel like I tried to pick up a car.

And my knee hurts.

I'm done with moving furniture!

That is all.

Now I hafta cut ya!

You Are Scissors

Sharp and brilliant, you can solve almost any problem with that big brain of yours. People fear your cutting comments - and your wit is famous for being both funny and cruel. Deep down, you tend to be in the middle of an emotional storm. Your own complexity disturbs you. You are too smart for your own good. Slow down a little - or you're likely to hurt yourself. You can cut a paper person down to pieces. The only person who can ruin you is a rock person. When you fight: You find your enemy's weak point and exploit it. If someone makes you mad: You'll do everything you can to destroy their life

Are You Rock, Paper, or Scissors?

HA HA HA! That's so funny...NOT!

T

he other day MD asked me if I could take her to her dr appointment. She told me that it was today at 9 am.

She even came over yesterday to make sure that I remembered.

Today Evan & I pull up in her driveway at 8:25 because I said I'd be there at 8:30 and I knew she'd be calling at 8:30:01 if I wasn't there.

I had to wake Evan up.

He's evil when he has to get up. Especially in the summer.

Anyway, she walks out with this happy smirk on her face.

Me - What?! I don't like that smile on your face.
MD - You know, when I went to bed last night, something told me to look at my calendar. I had written down that my appt was today, July 22 at 9 am. But when I looked at the appointment card, it was yesterday! So I missed my appt. Ha Ha Ha.
Me - *frowning* Oh, that's hilarious.
MD - Did you have to wake Evan up?
Evan - YESSSSSSSSS!
MD - Oh, well I was wondering why he was looking so upset. Anyway, I'll take y'all out to breakfast at Shoney's to make up for it if you want to go.
Me - I'm sitting here already feeling like I have to shit for the second time today, so NO, I don't want to go, but Evan might want to. (Shoney's always gives me the trots.)

So she took Evan out for breakfast.

Because he was home.

Because he quit the band.

....

Yesterday when I took him he came back out and had an expression on his face like someone had died.

Apparently, none of his friends from last year are still in band.

But maybe they didn't know about it. Just like I didn't know about it and wouldn't have if we hadn't run into the band teacher at Wal-mart.

Anyway, he said that she said that if he didn't come to Band Camp, that he was out of the band.

We will see about that.

When I went to school, we had a Jazz Band. This was up North, of course, where no one gives a shit about football.

When I moved here, I quit the band because I was not going to be required to be at effing Football games in a hot ass uniform.

I will sue, I swear to God. They need to realize that not everyone wants to be in the fucking Marching Band. Not everyone in this fucking town cares about Football more than they care about God & Country.

It's discriminatory.

Why shouldn't he be able to be in BAND because HE LIKES PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE and not because he loves football but doesn't want to play the stupid sport? It's an extra-curricular activity that will look good on his transcripts when he applies for college!

This seriously makes my blood boil.

School starts 8/6. You'd better believe that I will be down at that band building talking to this bitch if she tries to say that Evan can't be in band unless he's in the Marching Band.

I just had to post this!

I

was catching up on messages today since it seems like everyone else at JJHF is in Las Vegas fornicating with each other. (Or whatever they do when they get together.)

I saw this post. (Click to Enlarge)

Hard Candy

I

found this in the $5 bin at Wal-Mart. Ebert & Roeper gave it 2 thumbs up, so I figured "Why Not?"

I've read some of the reviews on Amazon.com. At least one person said it was too preachy.

I disagree.

I enjoyed it immensely! Could be because I'm twisted. But let's assume that I enjoyed it because it really is a great movie.

It starts out with Hayley (Ellen Page), a 14 year old girl, IMing with Jeff Kohlver (Patrick Wilson) who is a 32 year old photographer. They set up a meeting.

Jeff meets Hayley at a nearby coffee shop where he buys her a t-shirt. And lots of chocolate. She flirts with him in her 14 year old way. She finally gets him to agree to take her back to his house.

I don't know anything about Ellen Page as an actress. I haven't seen Juno. I'll probably watch it when it's on TNT or something. But she kicks ass in this role!

Hayley is really smart. Smarter than Jeff thought/hoped, really. She puts Dexter to shame!

Yeah, Dexter the serial killer.

:-)

I don't want to tell you anything about this movie because every new twist surprised me, and I want you to be surprised too if you watch it.

I was, literally, on the edge of my seat towards the end. I kept looking at the time remaining wondering how the hell is Hayley going to get what she wants in only 8 minutes??

Buy it. Rent it. Put it in your Netflix queue or whatever. You should see this movie! Ellen Page is awesome & scary/creepy.

I'm going to watch it again.

Ta!

*Images are from Imdb.com. Click to enlarge.*

Bravotv: Reality Shows

O

kay, I had been planning to do individual posts for each of the reality TV shows that I watch. But then I realized that the seasons might be over before I actually get to it, so I'm just going to tell you the ones I watch regularly by network (and remember at this particular moment).


Flipping Out is about house flipper Jeff Lewis and his employees. Lewis is seriously OCD. He also has a very dry sense of humor. His humor is so dry that you might get the impression that he has no sense of humor. But you just have to pay attention! Lewis himself has said that you either love him or you hate him, there is no middle ground.

So if you, like me, enjoy watching crazy people so that you can say to yourself "At least I'm not that bad." then you should definitely watch this show. :-)


I probably started watching Shear Genius last season because nothing else was on. I probably still watch it for the same reason.... I do not recommend this show with the same enthusiasm with which I recommend Flipping Out. Watch it if it's on and you have nothing else to do.


I LOVE My Life on the D List! I have watched every season. I watch all of her specials. I enjoy Kathy Griffin's sense of humor. She's trying to become the "White Oprah". In the last episode she "fixed up" a library at a middle school in Mexico and named it "Kathy Griffin's Leadership Academy". I don't think she's as D list as she says, but she will never be the "White Oprah". Bless her heart & THANK THE LORD. I'd have to start hating her then, on principle. ;-)


I started watching Project Runway in the 2nd season, I think. I probably started watching it because everyone else was talking about it and I wanted to be "in the loop". I watch it now because, frankly, I enjoy hating on the designs. I enjoy yelling at the judges (in my head) for picking people who are talentless in my opinion. (I don't know from fashion, and I don't care.) I love Tim Gunn. He's hilarious. By the end of the season, I've usually picked a favorite, but I don't remember if any of my favorites have ever won. I'm not invested in their futures. I don't even know why I still watch it, LOL. I know I loved the season that Santino Rice was on, even though I hated his designs.

I guess I watch to see the people cry. Because I'm evil like that. I got it from my mama.

That is all because my back is hurting!

Ok, I'm cool with this one

I am 31% like Reese Witherspoon

Movie Reviews

Better Reese than Amy Winehouse. Or Tara Reid. Or most of the whores in the tabloids!

High Five Friday - 7/18/08

H

ere are this week's High Fives, in no particular order.

Regretful Morning for the "Blame it on the Dog" post. I don't know if it's true, but it amused me! :-)

Cracked.com for their "13 Things You won't Believe are Against the Law Somewhere" post.

Skirmisher for their Funny Signs in Third World Countries post.

Amy Oops for her funny Signs post & her Look Alikes post.

Lofty Matters for this Informative Post.

Becky for this post. I love the girl, but she's slightly insane. ;-)

Caption This for this post.

That is all!

Thank you, Craig!

D

o any of you watch The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson?

Well, he was in reruns for 2 weeks. When he came back on Monday, he had a mustache.

I sent him an e-mail. Which he did not read on air (I think he hates me). When he was reading the e-mails on Tuesday, he said "That one's rude." Evan thinks that was mine...

All I said was

"Dear Craig,
Thank you for growing a mustache. Now my 12 year old thinks he's a man because he has more hair on his upper lip than you do."

That wasn't rude, was it?

Anyway, last night he came back on and he'd SHAVED IT OFF!!!!

Thank you so much, Craigypoo. You really looked like a Spanish Porn Star with that 'stache.

I tried to find some pictures of him with the thing that looked like he'd drunk some chocolate milk & forgotten to wipe his lip, but there were none. There are, however, several youtube clips of him with the quasi 'stache.



I'm so glad it's gone!

Cary Grant

L

ast week I watched Suspicion, an Alfred Hitchcock movie with Cary Grant. I didn't like that movie, so I wondered if I'd like Grant in something else. I had seen "Operation Petticoat" listed on TCM's schedule, but it's a comedy and comedies aren't usually my cup of tea. So I had to wait for a drama or suspense to see if I'd like him. I know I like looking at him, but I mean if I liked his acting, LOL.

BTW, I found The Ultimate Cary Grant Pages. Go there for hundreds of photos, a bio, etc. if you're really a fan. After watching Suspicion & North by Northwest, I couldn't help but wonder if Grant was a closet homosexual. I mean, the way he moves his hands & whatnot is very effeminate, IMO. Not that it matters. He's dead. And even if he were still alive, he'd be too old & too famous & too far away for me. I still wanted to know. Diane Cannon says he's not. She's slept with him & borne a child with/for him... I still have my doubts.

Anyway.

North by Northwest is another Hitchcock movie.

Grant plays Roger Thornhill, an advertising executive in Manhattan. He's mistaken for an FBI (or CIA) agent by some bad guys and is kidnapped. They repeatedly try to kill him, in various ways. Thornhill alternately runs from the police and to the police because he's accused of a murder that he didn't commit. When the bad guys are near, he willingly gets arrested just to get away from them.

So...there are some unbelievable things in this movie. Like Thornhill is forced to drink an entire bottle of bourbon (or something) and is still able to drive. Not well, mind you, but well enough not to drive off a cliff and kill himself.

Thornhill meets a woman named Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint) when he boards a train with no ticket and 1) she helps him hide from the police 2) she lets him spend the night in her room & makes out with him.

This movie was released in 1959. I didn't think they had such open sexuality back then. There was one line that Miss Saint had to dub. I tried to mute it and read her lips to see what she had really said, but no success. Something about having sex with a full stomach.

Anyway, there were some funny bits. There were some lines that made me say "Damn!" and "Oooh, burn!".

Overall, I liked the movie. I'd watch it again. But the ending, once again, was a letdown. I guess after 160 minutes, Hitchcock decided just to wrap it up even if the ending was a little too neat & cutesy.

My major question has been answered, though. I like Cary Grant. Even though he has an odd accent. It's not British, and it's not the kind of "Almost British" accent that a lot of actors had in the black & white movie days.

Whatever.

I'm writing this yesterday & my back is hurting so I'm out!

Watch it if you want to. Or don't.

:-)