Just joined a wedding band, which is cutting edge enough to play AC/DC, Rihanna, James Brown, etc. I love being in a wedding band. I love playing AD/DC and Metallica on the violin in a wedding band. I also play solo weddings, and go to great lengths sometimes for them. On Halloween, I played "Thriller" and "Monster Mash" solo for a cocktail hour. In August, I played 4 hours of Irish and Scottish music for a reception. I learn stuff by ear. My colleagues in the area, specifically my mandolin and flute playing friends, are awesome, too. I have a lot of fun.
This is all nothing compared to my South Indian violin teacher, Adrian L'Armand. He's getting older and I'm his last Indian violin student. I get up at 5 in the morning every week, travel by train to Swarthmore PA for a lesson, then take the train back home. Adrian gives me everything he has. And I mean: everything. Every rhythm trick, every song, every discussion is from his whole heart. I have never had a teacher like him. In India, they call your teacher your guru. Adrian is that for me.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Why Do I Like Twilight? Part 3 (movie)
The movie was shot in an unusually dark range of tones. Over saturated color, like the photos from the mid 90s. Overdone look, and we've been done with the goth thing since 1997. I know it's a teenage vampire movie, and there's little sunshine in Forks, but come on! Try to use some artistry in the cinematography, OK? Yuck. Like staring at a Joel Peter Witkin picture, or old Trent Reznor video. OVERDONE, people!
That said, I loved the stupid movie. I got caught up in the "romance" aspect again. Thank god for Kristen Stewart. She didn't say all the maudlin crap, which spared me from the worst dialogue. I was amazed at how fresh the plot felt. They tightened it up a bit, made some plot points different for the sake of tying all the strands together (which Meyer didn't really do, OK?), which made the movie flow better. I was also amazed at how I wanted to watch the love story unfold. I'd read the thing, so I knew what was going on in everyone's heads, so maybe Pattinson's constipated angry face didn't register as being stupid because I knew what was happening. I was like a little kid who can't read yet who is happy to go to a movie to see how Curious George plays out, something like that. Like I was just happy to see the thing brought to life.
I loved the scenes where Edward ran/flew with Bella on his back, and where he repelled the van. The audience gasped along with me. I laughed a LOT at some of the dialogue. Couldn't help it. But it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Would I naturally pick Pattinson as a romantic partner? Definitely not. He's not my type. But I can see why the 16 year olds are into him. I get it. Because he's not my type, though, the kiss didn't do so much for me. But please, not Jeffrey Dean Morgan as a ghost! God, I hate Grey's Anatomy SO MUCH now.
OK, enough of this! On to other things.
That said, I loved the stupid movie. I got caught up in the "romance" aspect again. Thank god for Kristen Stewart. She didn't say all the maudlin crap, which spared me from the worst dialogue. I was amazed at how fresh the plot felt. They tightened it up a bit, made some plot points different for the sake of tying all the strands together (which Meyer didn't really do, OK?), which made the movie flow better. I was also amazed at how I wanted to watch the love story unfold. I'd read the thing, so I knew what was going on in everyone's heads, so maybe Pattinson's constipated angry face didn't register as being stupid because I knew what was happening. I was like a little kid who can't read yet who is happy to go to a movie to see how Curious George plays out, something like that. Like I was just happy to see the thing brought to life.
I loved the scenes where Edward ran/flew with Bella on his back, and where he repelled the van. The audience gasped along with me. I laughed a LOT at some of the dialogue. Couldn't help it. But it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Would I naturally pick Pattinson as a romantic partner? Definitely not. He's not my type. But I can see why the 16 year olds are into him. I get it. Because he's not my type, though, the kiss didn't do so much for me. But please, not Jeffrey Dean Morgan as a ghost! God, I hate Grey's Anatomy SO MUCH now.
OK, enough of this! On to other things.
Why Do I Like Twilight? Part 2 (book)
The whole "Bella is so beautiful and dazzling" thing is annoying, and IMO, Meyer's Brigham Young training seeps into the non-premarital-sex thing, and the whole "girl is beautiful and everyone is throwing themselves at her" mantra. I scared some Mormon boys off once, telling them that I was so feminist that their brains would bleed around me. But sometimes the devotion is worth it, I guess? Tradeoffs of security in life? I see too many tradeoffs in the world. On the flip side, I guess it could be argued that it's OK for teenagers to have an example finally of teen characters who don't jump in the sack like animals. There's that, too.
Do I really like the Bella/Edward romance? Yes and no. I'm tired of it by the end of the second book. I mean, really weary. You cry through one whole book for some monster, then try to kill yourself? Run off with Jacob, for God's sake! He's hot! God, I'm middle aged, and it's pervy to say this, but Taylor Lautner in the movie is the best-looking part of the whole thing. I digress. I feel tired for Bella, like she must herself be jaded by all the adoration. Really obnoxious and overstated after a while. I wouldn't want it for myself, so obvious and in-your-face all the time. People that have to say it constantly are usually the biggest con artists of all, you know? What is said is itself and its opposite, yadda yadda.
I was annoyed by the plot outline of the books. Like it was plotted out over a 4 book story arc, just to string me along so I would buy 4 books. Not organic at all. Yes, Meyer loves Bella like a daughter, I get it. But I feel like the kid marketed to for a Happy Meal. I'm vegetarian anyway, but you know? It's not art. It's commerce, cold commerce, cold cash. Kitsch, greasy like French fries, maudlin, sentimental, and laborious. I love it, but there it is.
Do I really like the Bella/Edward romance? Yes and no. I'm tired of it by the end of the second book. I mean, really weary. You cry through one whole book for some monster, then try to kill yourself? Run off with Jacob, for God's sake! He's hot! God, I'm middle aged, and it's pervy to say this, but Taylor Lautner in the movie is the best-looking part of the whole thing. I digress. I feel tired for Bella, like she must herself be jaded by all the adoration. Really obnoxious and overstated after a while. I wouldn't want it for myself, so obvious and in-your-face all the time. People that have to say it constantly are usually the biggest con artists of all, you know? What is said is itself and its opposite, yadda yadda.
I was annoyed by the plot outline of the books. Like it was plotted out over a 4 book story arc, just to string me along so I would buy 4 books. Not organic at all. Yes, Meyer loves Bella like a daughter, I get it. But I feel like the kid marketed to for a Happy Meal. I'm vegetarian anyway, but you know? It's not art. It's commerce, cold commerce, cold cash. Kitsch, greasy like French fries, maudlin, sentimental, and laborious. I love it, but there it is.
Why Do I Like Twilight? Part 1 (franchise, book)
Hey, movie making America! I'm going to pick my fevered female brain for 5 minutes to find out why it ticks! Fun for you, maybe fun for me!
Why do I like Twilight, the book(s!), the movie. OK, where's all the darned merch for the ladies, people? Bath salts, dresses, vampire makeup, colored contacts, Quileute jewelry, books on vampire lore, framed prints of the characters? I know they're on it, OK? I feel like a 6 year old, with new Happy Meal toys targeted relentlessly to them, helpless to the tractor beam. Scares me, actually. Already spent, what? 50 bucks total on the stupid franchise, and I want it to stop!
Anyway, Meyer got something with Bella's clumsiness/shyness. The girl every single teenage girl can relate to, especially if the growth plates in the bones aren't finished with their job yet or the hormones haven't calmed down. First love, do I even remember anymore? I had my heart broken by a bassoon player, people. Do I want to remember this? But it's nice that it works out for Bella. Edward, well, he's stuck in 1918 mentally, morally, which is also interesting.
It's good in a work of literature, when a topic is fresh and ripe for invention. The vampire thing is wacky already, and then Meyer made up her own rules on top. Endless. The mind reading, skin glittering, the superhuman movement, the interactions between 4 groups (human, werewolf, good vampires, bad vampires). And let's not forget the vampires that are neither good nor bad! Then there's the moral world the vampires are trying to dissect. Are they part of heaven anymore?
Why do I like Twilight, the book(s!), the movie. OK, where's all the darned merch for the ladies, people? Bath salts, dresses, vampire makeup, colored contacts, Quileute jewelry, books on vampire lore, framed prints of the characters? I know they're on it, OK? I feel like a 6 year old, with new Happy Meal toys targeted relentlessly to them, helpless to the tractor beam. Scares me, actually. Already spent, what? 50 bucks total on the stupid franchise, and I want it to stop!
Anyway, Meyer got something with Bella's clumsiness/shyness. The girl every single teenage girl can relate to, especially if the growth plates in the bones aren't finished with their job yet or the hormones haven't calmed down. First love, do I even remember anymore? I had my heart broken by a bassoon player, people. Do I want to remember this? But it's nice that it works out for Bella. Edward, well, he's stuck in 1918 mentally, morally, which is also interesting.
It's good in a work of literature, when a topic is fresh and ripe for invention. The vampire thing is wacky already, and then Meyer made up her own rules on top. Endless. The mind reading, skin glittering, the superhuman movement, the interactions between 4 groups (human, werewolf, good vampires, bad vampires). And let's not forget the vampires that are neither good nor bad! Then there's the moral world the vampires are trying to dissect. Are they part of heaven anymore?
Why I'm Obsessed, Part 2
What BIs am I obsessing over now? I love the blog community. The BIs are all getting answered over time. And Lainey keeps dropping hints. So I am content for the moment, or I just forgot.
I like the BIs because you get to see the real person behind that US/Star/In Touch lie. I am grateful for this. Plus it gives me something to do besides obsessing about my problems. Plus, I think observing how others succeed or fail based on their merits, and what they are, is an innately prehistoric feminine skill. You don't want to get banished like Tara Reid or Luke Wilson, so please show up for work sober and try to have some respect for yourself and not sleep with anything that walks. Hilton, anyone? It's good advice, really. The breathless way this crazy culture praises fame and material success makes everyone crazy for fame. You have to be really super careful. So it's good to see how those people eventually fall on their rears, and keep yourself humble.
I like the BIs because you get to see the real person behind that US/Star/In Touch lie. I am grateful for this. Plus it gives me something to do besides obsessing about my problems. Plus, I think observing how others succeed or fail based on their merits, and what they are, is an innately prehistoric feminine skill. You don't want to get banished like Tara Reid or Luke Wilson, so please show up for work sober and try to have some respect for yourself and not sleep with anything that walks. Hilton, anyone? It's good advice, really. The breathless way this crazy culture praises fame and material success makes everyone crazy for fame. You have to be really super careful. So it's good to see how those people eventually fall on their rears, and keep yourself humble.
Why I'm Obsessed
Why do I get so obsessed? I hate the polished patina that celebs present the world. I hate the way their agents lie to the press about their relationships. I mean, cmon. How long was Beyonce NOT officially in a relationship? And why not? Jay Z is a catch, OK? Weird. And Rihanna? Cmon! And I HATE that Aniston's rep lied so many times. I hate that Jessica Simpson's dad is such a tool and has so much power over her, which is destroying her life. I know the celeb thing is hard, OK? But it's like knowing your eye color, knowing if you're in a relationship. Right? I hate PR machines that string me along. I hate that Lohan's PR said she was drinking "kombucha" a year or so ago. I am addicted to Kombucha. Lohan is NOT a kombucha drinker, OK? Just not! I hate that Lohan is lying to the press now, claiming that she's clean, and that the press can enable her to stay sick. Once upon a time, back in the Bennifer #1 days, I read US Weekly religiously, and I got sick of reading what Benny Medina wanted me to know about her. Her weekly schedule! How early she gets up in the morning! What she cooks for Ben, and how normal she is! Puleeze. JLo was entirely PR manufactured, but in the process, she became oversaturated everywhere and it pissed me off. Don't get me wrong, there's the "glow" and she's charming and she has some innate rhythm/singing thing. But now she's a clotheshorse married to a spider monkey, OK? Boring! And I was bored in 2002, reading about every freaking bowel movement she made. Ugh!
Blind Items, Musings
Not surprised by the Body or Baby BI. Lainey's always ripped Messing's red carpet work to shreds. Thought it was the girl from Felicity. Lainey keeps mentioning her skeletal figure.
SHOCKED to hear about the IV diet. Lohan, Duff, Ashlee, and some others have done this? Nasty.
I don't mind Kidman's botox. Look, it's a competitive business, OK? She's aging and scared. Hell, I'm aging and scared, too. She's worried she won't work again. Freaking out over it. OK, so she lies about her life some. And Urban was tight with Kid Rock before, which is never a good sign. So she went from Cruise to Booze? Sorry, couldn't resist. But I don't mind Nicky's face. It's fake, yes, but it is beautiful. Why doesn't anyone say this? Shame about the nannies, though. Why doesn't she take some time off and relax? Can't rest on the laurels of her oscar? Worried about getting old and never working again if she falls out of the spotlight? Still, it's a shame.
Still can't get over Chase Crawford. Faith, too! Also mulling the Coke for the pain. Look, I'm confused by a woman with such a fine rear end, who's so into her body in all these other ways, taking hormones and cocaine! Just a weird thing to accept. Also trailer visits! But I must say, I wasn't convinced by Jada's kissing photos. It's like watching pandas in a zoo, right? Raising the bar was a shock riddle reveal, too. Was NOT expecting gilbert grape #2. But I saw him in Titanic and elsewhere. I always imagined the smell of sweaty gym socks, and something too fleshy and down-haired in the face. Like, also, some immaturity that can never grow up. Expecting others to do all the work. Just show up and act, kid, and you'll pay our bills. As an adult, it goes sour!
SHOCKED to hear about the IV diet. Lohan, Duff, Ashlee, and some others have done this? Nasty.
I don't mind Kidman's botox. Look, it's a competitive business, OK? She's aging and scared. Hell, I'm aging and scared, too. She's worried she won't work again. Freaking out over it. OK, so she lies about her life some. And Urban was tight with Kid Rock before, which is never a good sign. So she went from Cruise to Booze? Sorry, couldn't resist. But I don't mind Nicky's face. It's fake, yes, but it is beautiful. Why doesn't anyone say this? Shame about the nannies, though. Why doesn't she take some time off and relax? Can't rest on the laurels of her oscar? Worried about getting old and never working again if she falls out of the spotlight? Still, it's a shame.
Still can't get over Chase Crawford. Faith, too! Also mulling the Coke for the pain. Look, I'm confused by a woman with such a fine rear end, who's so into her body in all these other ways, taking hormones and cocaine! Just a weird thing to accept. Also trailer visits! But I must say, I wasn't convinced by Jada's kissing photos. It's like watching pandas in a zoo, right? Raising the bar was a shock riddle reveal, too. Was NOT expecting gilbert grape #2. But I saw him in Titanic and elsewhere. I always imagined the smell of sweaty gym socks, and something too fleshy and down-haired in the face. Like, also, some immaturity that can never grow up. Expecting others to do all the work. Just show up and act, kid, and you'll pay our bills. As an adult, it goes sour!
Hugh Laurie!
OK, I loved Hugh Laurie as Jeeves. I loved him in Blackadder. I caught some episodes of Fry and Laurie on Youtube.
House, the character and the show, is the most beautiful thing ever. It's like a present every day, thinking of this. There are blogs which pick the diagnoses apart, which I wouldn't know squat about. I'm a little sad, really, hearing that the medicine is flawed sometimes. But I love the way House talks to his patients in that crabby way, but really gets to the heart of the matter and gets them on track again. It's like having a very surly jockey whipping the poor horse, but somehow they win the race.
I have a major crush on Robert Sean Leonard. Too good-looking, really. Is he involved with anyone?
I absolutely love the way House looks at Cuddy. When he's sure no one's looking, he ravishes her with his eyes. I don't even care if this affair happens right away, you know? I'm hoping Mira Sorvino comes back from the South Pole and shakes things up, too! Or the brainless CIA lady. Oh ladies, everyone knows House is a jerk, but someone please make the first move on this show and ask him out this season! Hahahaha I love this show! I even glanced at Ausiello's preview files to make sure the characters all lived through the hostage crisis! LOL x 100!
House, the character and the show, is the most beautiful thing ever. It's like a present every day, thinking of this. There are blogs which pick the diagnoses apart, which I wouldn't know squat about. I'm a little sad, really, hearing that the medicine is flawed sometimes. But I love the way House talks to his patients in that crabby way, but really gets to the heart of the matter and gets them on track again. It's like having a very surly jockey whipping the poor horse, but somehow they win the race.
I have a major crush on Robert Sean Leonard. Too good-looking, really. Is he involved with anyone?
I absolutely love the way House looks at Cuddy. When he's sure no one's looking, he ravishes her with his eyes. I don't even care if this affair happens right away, you know? I'm hoping Mira Sorvino comes back from the South Pole and shakes things up, too! Or the brainless CIA lady. Oh ladies, everyone knows House is a jerk, but someone please make the first move on this show and ask him out this season! Hahahaha I love this show! I even glanced at Ausiello's preview files to make sure the characters all lived through the hostage crisis! LOL x 100!
Because you will ask!
When you're a girl in your thirties, birthdays cease to be fun. 2:01 am, a LONG time ago, I came screaming into this world. It's 3:19 am already and I'm still going. I'm typing through the whole thing, and it feels good because I'm not thinking about it! Plus I don't write enough. But that's an excuse. So happy birthday to me! Yuck!
Rambling seems to be my style, too. Forgive me, please?
Rambling seems to be my style, too. Forgive me, please?
Real Issues?
I have enough food to eat and my only real concerns are those of self-actualization. Or not, with me obsessing about gossip and all. I look at movies like Jackass, which is a clear case of sheltered children crying out for meaning and help. (OK, also very funny!) My country is propped up on oil money, and looks on the verge of economic collapse. Meanwhile, how many people are hungry and diseased in this world? I think of how sheltered I am, with clean water and food and a warm house, and feel off-balance, sad, guilty, ashamed, and bothered by it all. This could be solved, yes? I could drive a car which emits water vapor, and have a solar powered house, and live a simple life so others did not have to die to maintain ecological balance with my evil habits.
I guess my blog is one huge ramble, but it's not just gossip anymore. It can't be. I'm too worried about the future, and I worry all the time. Please no one say the Americans are a bunch of clueless dolts. It's not true. It's just that there's not much any of us have felt we can do about things for a long time. How do you convert the automobile market into a non-emission source? You don't. That's the sad thing right now. Everyone I know wants a zero emission car, or a Prius, and solar power. We either can't afford it, or it doesn't exist yet. Does the market correct itself? How many polar bears will die for my cars? When will Antarctica collapse into the sea (today's news is predicting the split), and how much precious coastal real estate will remain? Will "they" listen then?
I guess my blog is one huge ramble, but it's not just gossip anymore. It can't be. I'm too worried about the future, and I worry all the time. Please no one say the Americans are a bunch of clueless dolts. It's not true. It's just that there's not much any of us have felt we can do about things for a long time. How do you convert the automobile market into a non-emission source? You don't. That's the sad thing right now. Everyone I know wants a zero emission car, or a Prius, and solar power. We either can't afford it, or it doesn't exist yet. Does the market correct itself? How many polar bears will die for my cars? When will Antarctica collapse into the sea (today's news is predicting the split), and how much precious coastal real estate will remain? Will "they" listen then?
Blind Items, Personal Experience
I love that P Didsquaddle is on Lainey's dirt list. Love it! Love it because he stood me and my pals up; we waited for him in a recording studio all darned day once and he stood us up. No one stands me up, OK? Forget it! Once that happened, he was on my personal dirt list. P Didsquaddle made my year. I laughed very hard at "I Am King"! I tell ya, I KNOW Obama would show up somewhere if he said he would, and P Diddlysquat is a stupid NUTBAG! No, I don't hold a grudge, sure!
I could swear that the private plane hopping, little people abusing guy was going to be Tom Cruise, or someone like that. Seriously, too. What would it be like to live with Tom Cruise? I actually know a couple of fine former Scientologists, but I dated an active one for 2 weeks and he was a horrorshow. Wouldn't discuss his religion with me, threw me out of the house for meditating (?), and cut me off in that cold way they're taught to do. Also hated my gossip habit and yelled at me for it. Anti-IRS and anti-psychiatry. He needs a shrink, though. Abandoned early by dad. Ripe for exploitation. Nasty! I bet Cruise is constantly getting auditing, and using ALL scientology-speak in the house. Every other phrase is an acronym, right? And he's all about auditing, the bridge, "purif", LRH, etc. Poor man. He really thinks he's saving the planet. He needs to let his demons out, and this is making him a walking Rain Man. Hypermasculine, driven, top-heavy, frightened of the "other", loud, pushy, repetitive, inauthentic, overreaching. What a mess! Wouldn't want him in my house.
I could swear that the private plane hopping, little people abusing guy was going to be Tom Cruise, or someone like that. Seriously, too. What would it be like to live with Tom Cruise? I actually know a couple of fine former Scientologists, but I dated an active one for 2 weeks and he was a horrorshow. Wouldn't discuss his religion with me, threw me out of the house for meditating (?), and cut me off in that cold way they're taught to do. Also hated my gossip habit and yelled at me for it. Anti-IRS and anti-psychiatry. He needs a shrink, though. Abandoned early by dad. Ripe for exploitation. Nasty! I bet Cruise is constantly getting auditing, and using ALL scientology-speak in the house. Every other phrase is an acronym, right? And he's all about auditing, the bridge, "purif", LRH, etc. Poor man. He really thinks he's saving the planet. He needs to let his demons out, and this is making him a walking Rain Man. Hypermasculine, driven, top-heavy, frightened of the "other", loud, pushy, repetitive, inauthentic, overreaching. What a mess! Wouldn't want him in my house.
More of my celebrity obsessions
I actually love the entries on the Lainey Lurv facebook account, in which the members recall meeting celebrities, and what they were like.
It's even more interesting in some ways than the straight gossip, because it's from the gut and real. I met Willie Nelson, who really is THAT nice. He kindly brought me in to play fiddle with his band, and he was generous with me and pushed me take the entire stage. Made him sing anyway! Haha! Best time of my life. I met Matt Damon, and although he's good and all, he WILL be unhappy when I am awarded the Nobel Prize for literature and he remembers turning me down for a role in my student-written play. And then I give the movie options to someone else. Dream on, you say! Ha!
I think it must be wicked hard to be a celebrity and to be under all these pressures. Just discussing Stevie Ray Vaughn the other day, how it's so easy to slip into addictions when you live in a fishbowl. Can't even IMAGINE Linsay Lohan/Miley Cyrus/Britney Spears/Jonas Bros. Good lord. To be young and wanted everywhere. Robert Pattinson, will he ever have a normal brain again? They say you can hear the thoughts of all the people across the world who are thinking of you. Yeesh. That must be a mess for Tara Reid and Misha Barton!
On a lighter note, I am absolutely OBSESSED with Hugh Laurie as House. I was nuts over Russell Brand until he made fun of the Jonas purity rings. Yikes. So now it's the Englishman with the perfect Yank accent, fake limp, and endless bile with a human heart underneath. I'm dying to know if he ends up with Cuddy soon! The kiss, the suspense is killing me! Aggggghhhh! They have a word for it behind the scenes, "URST," unresolved sexual tension. Used it throughout Friends' run. Keeps the show going, I guess. Maybe that's why Grey's Anatomy fell down dead? I don't care what the ratings say, how can their writers look at themselves in their mirrors every morning? Kill off the gorgeous gay character, make a domestic scene with Meredith, and have sex with ghosts? WT-?
On an even sillier note, I read a Twilight book to see what the fuss was about. Horrible writing, and the worst plot outlines I have ever seen. Sooooo formulaic, and designed exactly to fit into 4 ginormous novels. Ack! I blasted through all 4 of them in 2 months...I have to admit, I was infected with the vampire virus! I thought I could resist. I even read "Midnight Sun" online to see inside Edward's head, and sat there entranced for an entire afternoon. Stephenie Meyer! You have some evil talent there, lady! Yeesh. What's worse: I went to the stupid movie and really loved the whole thing. I got caught up like some teenybopper. I even investigated the requirements to become a Twilight Mom and I qualify with my middle age. What has my life come to, that I would get this obsessed over Young Adult fare? Good lord. I was even completely entranced and happy at the final book's ending in "Breaking Dawn." LOVE how things work out for Jacob, LOVED Bella's honeymoon, LOVED how noone vital died, LOVED how the battle worked out at the end. And I consider myself a serious author! Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
It's even more interesting in some ways than the straight gossip, because it's from the gut and real. I met Willie Nelson, who really is THAT nice. He kindly brought me in to play fiddle with his band, and he was generous with me and pushed me take the entire stage. Made him sing anyway! Haha! Best time of my life. I met Matt Damon, and although he's good and all, he WILL be unhappy when I am awarded the Nobel Prize for literature and he remembers turning me down for a role in my student-written play. And then I give the movie options to someone else. Dream on, you say! Ha!
I think it must be wicked hard to be a celebrity and to be under all these pressures. Just discussing Stevie Ray Vaughn the other day, how it's so easy to slip into addictions when you live in a fishbowl. Can't even IMAGINE Linsay Lohan/Miley Cyrus/Britney Spears/Jonas Bros. Good lord. To be young and wanted everywhere. Robert Pattinson, will he ever have a normal brain again? They say you can hear the thoughts of all the people across the world who are thinking of you. Yeesh. That must be a mess for Tara Reid and Misha Barton!
On a lighter note, I am absolutely OBSESSED with Hugh Laurie as House. I was nuts over Russell Brand until he made fun of the Jonas purity rings. Yikes. So now it's the Englishman with the perfect Yank accent, fake limp, and endless bile with a human heart underneath. I'm dying to know if he ends up with Cuddy soon! The kiss, the suspense is killing me! Aggggghhhh! They have a word for it behind the scenes, "URST," unresolved sexual tension. Used it throughout Friends' run. Keeps the show going, I guess. Maybe that's why Grey's Anatomy fell down dead? I don't care what the ratings say, how can their writers look at themselves in their mirrors every morning? Kill off the gorgeous gay character, make a domestic scene with Meredith, and have sex with ghosts? WT-?
On an even sillier note, I read a Twilight book to see what the fuss was about. Horrible writing, and the worst plot outlines I have ever seen. Sooooo formulaic, and designed exactly to fit into 4 ginormous novels. Ack! I blasted through all 4 of them in 2 months...I have to admit, I was infected with the vampire virus! I thought I could resist. I even read "Midnight Sun" online to see inside Edward's head, and sat there entranced for an entire afternoon. Stephenie Meyer! You have some evil talent there, lady! Yeesh. What's worse: I went to the stupid movie and really loved the whole thing. I got caught up like some teenybopper. I even investigated the requirements to become a Twilight Mom and I qualify with my middle age. What has my life come to, that I would get this obsessed over Young Adult fare? Good lord. I was even completely entranced and happy at the final book's ending in "Breaking Dawn." LOVE how things work out for Jacob, LOVED Bella's honeymoon, LOVED how noone vital died, LOVED how the battle worked out at the end. And I consider myself a serious author! Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Blind Item Obsession Defined!
So I'll start with my own goofy story.
To distract myself from my own life last year, I went crazy looking for the answers to 2 Lainey Gossip blind items: Cheap and Crafty; and Mute Stones. Since both appeared to relate to the Oscars, I looked up all the female Oscar winners, and then with mates who also won Oscars, cross-tabulating with the full list of actresses that Lainey eliminated.
So for Cheap and Crafty, since Lainey said the woman in question was married, this is what I came up with:
To distract myself from my own life last year, I went crazy looking for the answers to 2 Lainey Gossip blind items: Cheap and Crafty; and Mute Stones. Since both appeared to relate to the Oscars, I looked up all the female Oscar winners, and then with mates who also won Oscars, cross-tabulating with the full list of actresses that Lainey eliminated.
So for Cheap and Crafty, since Lainey said the woman in question was married, this is what I came up with:
Probably: (maybe too old for stroller/car seat? 5 yrs and 3 yrs) Geena Davis (On September 1, 2001,
Daughter too old. Emma Thompson (In 2003, Thompson married actor Greg Wise (who starred with her in Sense and Sensibility) with whom she has a daughter, Gaia Romilly, born in 1999.)
No kids no man. Marisa Tomei
3 yrs one year. Mira Sorvino (She met actor Christopher Backus—fourteen years her junior—at a friend's charades party in August 2003: "He walked into the kitchen looking for silverware. We saw each other and something made us want to talk to each other more". She told People. They were engaged within a month. On June 11, 2004, they married in a private civil ceremony at a
Not married. Helen Hunt (Hunt was married to actor Hank Azaria from 1999 until 2000. She has been in a relationship with Matthew Carnahan since 2001 and they have a daughter, Makena'lei Gordon Carnahan, born in 2004.)
4 years. Jennifer Connelly (Connelly is a vegan. She is married to well-known English actor Paul Bettany (born 1971), whom she met while working on A Beautiful Mind. The couple's son, Stellan (named after actor Stellan Skarsgård), was born on August 5, 2003. She also has a son, Kai (born 1997), from her relationship with photographer David Dugan.)
Not married. Rachel Weisz (Weisz is engaged to American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. They have been dating since 2004. They have a son, Henry Chance, born on May 31, 2006 in
11 yrs 6 yrs. Diane Keaton (Diane Keaton is mother of two children: a girl named Dexter (adopted 1996) and a boy named Duke (adopted 2001).
9 years and 3 years. Marcia Gay Harden (Harden is married to Thaddaeus Scheel, with whom she worked on The Spitfire Grill (1996), and the couple have three children: a daughter, Eulala Grace Scheel, and twins Julitta Dee Scheel and Hudson Harden Scheel. She and her husband, Thaddaeus Scheel, have three children: a daughter, Eulala Scheel, born in September 1998, and twins, a boy named Hudson Harden Scheel and a girl named Julitta Dee Harden Scheel, born on 22 April 2004 in
Son adopted in 1994; 13 yrs old. Frances McDormand (McDormand has been in a relationship with director Joel Coen since 1984, and the two married in 1994, as well as adopted a son from Paraguay, Pedro McDormand Coen.)
Not married. Juliette Binoche (Binoche has two children: Raphaël (born on September 2, 1993), whose father is Andre Halle, a professional scuba diver, and Hana (December 16, 1999), whose father is French actor Benoît Magimel, with whom Binoche starred in the 1999 film Children of the Century. Binoche is currently romantically involved with Argentine writer/director Santiago Amigorena.)
No mention of kids. Linda Hunt
Seriously! I actually did this. I know, I know. But if this is my worst habit, I think I'm doing OK. I went on a wild goose chase, though, because Rachel Weisz is engaged, not married! Yeesh.
And Mute Stones was funny; I guessed at Phoebe Cates/Kevin Kline and Rachel Miller/Daniel Day Lewis. Can you imagine? Really it was the race car world for the awards. The Judds don't look the same anymore. I've heard that they treated the youngest like Cinderella, literally. What a shame!
If any of you would like to see the original blind items, they're easy to find on Lainey on a quick search, but I will repost them if you're desperately curious. I'm figuring that, if you're here, you're looking for the answers like I am and know the blind items already! LOL is overused, but what else can I say? LOL! I am so obsessed with gossip that I started my own blog? Craaaazy AND lol!
(P.S. - All info from this posting comes from wikipedia, from separate entries on each actress. Thank you, wikipedia! 97% of what I see makes sense, which is a miracle in a user-written encyclopedia. Also, all Lainey references are from www.laineygossip.com. Thank you for a wild new hobby, Lainey! -n)
Wow! I love the celebrity bloggers!
I am laughing, because I added 4 celebrity blogs to my automatic reader service, and they are ALL top-notch! And I think to myself, I really don't have ad revenue, or insider hints, or any of THAT in my back pocket. So the best I can do is try to solve blind items that are still out in the ether. Or maybe start working on the great American novel, and stop procrastinating.
So, gentle readers, what are you still trying to figure out? Let's have some fun here!
So, gentle readers, what are you still trying to figure out? Let's have some fun here!
Welcome all celebrity gossip lovers!
Do you spend wayyy to much time following the lives of people you not only don't know, but probably would not want in your house! Ha! I know I'm in this category.
I am a fanatical follower of Lainey Gossip, dlisted, and the Lainey Lurv facebook account.
There's a troll on facebook, and some gracious blogger on blogspot just made their account private, so I say: I'll do my own blog, and you guys can join my party!
Let's have some silly gossiping fun, people!
I am a fanatical follower of Lainey Gossip, dlisted, and the Lainey Lurv facebook account.
There's a troll on facebook, and some gracious blogger on blogspot just made their account private, so I say: I'll do my own blog, and you guys can join my party!
Let's have some silly gossiping fun, people!
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