I am a nerd and rarely listen to music on the radio because I am either listening to Francene, Terry Miners or everything on NPR. I was on my way home from work sometime last week and Terry had some entertainment writer from here on his show. They started to talk about Tom Cruise's new movie (the Nazi movie) and I will, in my own way, describe the conversation from there. I don't remember her name so I will call her "Girl" for the sake of the story.
TM - Who won World War II?
Dead air
TM - Do you know who won the war?
GIRL - Oh, are you talking to me?
TM - Yeah. You know, it's kind of like the Olympics. You forget who won a few years after it happens.
Dead air
TM - Did Germany win?
GIRL - I don't know, I must have slept through that class.
Really. Really? WTF? It went on for a little after that but that's the meat and taters of the conversation. I could tell in his voice he really wanted to laugh. I was. She sounded like an idiot who really concentrated hard on who knows what but decided to check out when it came time to store relavent facts while she was in school.
I don't know.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Sarah's Greatest Hits
Dammit I can't put youtube videos on here. Here is the link anyway. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrzXLYA_e6E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrzXLYA_e6E
This just in from Daily Kos
Palin's Debate
by Hunter
Thu Oct 02, 2008 at 05:00:14 PM PDT
To be non-snarky about it (as opposed to, cough, my last post), I don't really expect this debate to be the car crash that her interviews with Couric have been. In the Couric interviews, she was asked a lot of questions, and had little way to prepare for them other than, you know, actually knowing what she was talking about. A debate is different. In general, you know what's going to be asked because you know the moderator doesn't have much time to spend on anything but the most essential points. And you're able to prep for those questions by spitting out the memorized phrases your advisors have drilled into you, and praying to God nobody asks a follow-up.
Biden, I think, needs to all but ignore her presence -- unless she makes a gaffe so egregious that he feels he really has to point it out. There's a real danger in coming off as overly aggressive and patronizing towards McCain's delicate flower of the Arctic, though heaven knows she might just deserve it.
Palin, on the other hand, will likely be as belligerent as possible, primarily going after Obama and fervently ducking the specifics of any and all questions. That's all she's got to work with. The danger to Palin is not that she will be a beginning-to-end catastrophe, unless she's much shallower than we've even been expecting in our worst suspicions. The true threat is that every question is opportunity for a Couric-style gaffe that would be repeated on television for days. To avoid that, I expect she's going to keep to painfully trite generics as much as possible.
This will cause spasms of ecstasy from the Republican base, since generic right-wing platitudes are exactly why she was added to the ticket, and exactly what Republicans seek in their leaders. They'll love her no matter what: she could trip and knock herself unconscious for the entire debate, and they'd still be thrilled with her performance. For other observers, it's an open question as to whether or not her usual word soup can manage to sound competent, or just silly.
Pre-debate thoughts from other Daily Kos editors:
DemFromCT: The usual pundit standard of "the aggressor always wins" is just wrong, and failed in the first Presidential debate. What the GOP base thinks does not matter, and what independents think does. She can't just go after Obama/Biden as liberals. Whether Palin gets off a zinger or not, what really matters to people is whether they can get a college loan for next semester. If she can't address that convincingly, and look Presidential, she loses.
BarbinMD: It's a sad day when the conventional wisdom is that the candidate to be a 72-year old heartbeat away from the presidency only needs to not come off as an idiot to "win" the debate.
Georgia10: Palin will be at her most brilliant, Limbaugh-esque best tonight. She'll toss out the facts and figures she learned at Camp Cramming on Cliff Notes Hill (a.k.a. McCain's ranch), and she'll at least sound like she at least thinks she knows what she's saying. Biden's goal? Have her defend McCain's policies. Repeatedly. Over and over again. And if he wants to go for the jugular? Ask Palin to name one substantive thing that the McCain-Palin ticket disagrees with President Bush on. One thing. As Couric would say...specifically. One striking moose in the headlights moment like that and the Biden-Obama camp can chalk it up to a win.
by Hunter
Thu Oct 02, 2008 at 05:00:14 PM PDT
To be non-snarky about it (as opposed to, cough, my last post), I don't really expect this debate to be the car crash that her interviews with Couric have been. In the Couric interviews, she was asked a lot of questions, and had little way to prepare for them other than, you know, actually knowing what she was talking about. A debate is different. In general, you know what's going to be asked because you know the moderator doesn't have much time to spend on anything but the most essential points. And you're able to prep for those questions by spitting out the memorized phrases your advisors have drilled into you, and praying to God nobody asks a follow-up.
Biden, I think, needs to all but ignore her presence -- unless she makes a gaffe so egregious that he feels he really has to point it out. There's a real danger in coming off as overly aggressive and patronizing towards McCain's delicate flower of the Arctic, though heaven knows she might just deserve it.
Palin, on the other hand, will likely be as belligerent as possible, primarily going after Obama and fervently ducking the specifics of any and all questions. That's all she's got to work with. The danger to Palin is not that she will be a beginning-to-end catastrophe, unless she's much shallower than we've even been expecting in our worst suspicions. The true threat is that every question is opportunity for a Couric-style gaffe that would be repeated on television for days. To avoid that, I expect she's going to keep to painfully trite generics as much as possible.
This will cause spasms of ecstasy from the Republican base, since generic right-wing platitudes are exactly why she was added to the ticket, and exactly what Republicans seek in their leaders. They'll love her no matter what: she could trip and knock herself unconscious for the entire debate, and they'd still be thrilled with her performance. For other observers, it's an open question as to whether or not her usual word soup can manage to sound competent, or just silly.
Pre-debate thoughts from other Daily Kos editors:
DemFromCT: The usual pundit standard of "the aggressor always wins" is just wrong, and failed in the first Presidential debate. What the GOP base thinks does not matter, and what independents think does. She can't just go after Obama/Biden as liberals. Whether Palin gets off a zinger or not, what really matters to people is whether they can get a college loan for next semester. If she can't address that convincingly, and look Presidential, she loses.
BarbinMD: It's a sad day when the conventional wisdom is that the candidate to be a 72-year old heartbeat away from the presidency only needs to not come off as an idiot to "win" the debate.
Georgia10: Palin will be at her most brilliant, Limbaugh-esque best tonight. She'll toss out the facts and figures she learned at Camp Cramming on Cliff Notes Hill (a.k.a. McCain's ranch), and she'll at least sound like she at least thinks she knows what she's saying. Biden's goal? Have her defend McCain's policies. Repeatedly. Over and over again. And if he wants to go for the jugular? Ask Palin to name one substantive thing that the McCain-Palin ticket disagrees with President Bush on. One thing. As Couric would say...specifically. One striking moose in the headlights moment like that and the Biden-Obama camp can chalk it up to a win.
I love my car!
I got her back today and she purrs like a cat. After driving my mom's car and hitching rides, I forgot how much I love to drive it.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
VW reborn
So after not having my car for a week and one day, I will be getting it back soon. I've missed her tremendously. I have the money (in a day or two) and told them to order the parts and work on it. You go McCormick Motorsports!
The Office
I was bored tonight and wanted to watch something funny. I got onto Netflix and decided to watch The Office (the BBC series) and forgot how much I loved it. The first series is much better than the second series. They're both funny but I like the first one more.
Plus I love the theme song and unlike American shows, BBC shows are 29 minutes or a full half hour instead of 21-23 minutes.
Plus I love the theme song and unlike American shows, BBC shows are 29 minutes or a full half hour instead of 21-23 minutes.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
The Darjeeling Limited
What a movie. It's great. Wes Andersen makes some darn good flicks is all I'm saying.
The folowing is from stuffwhitepeoplelike.com -
#10 Wes Anderson movies
January 20, 2008 by clander
White people love Wes Anderson movies more than they love their kids. If a white guy takes a white girl to a Wes Anderson movie on their first date, and neither of them have seen it, they will immediately commence a relationship that is reflected in songs by Ryan Adams and Bright Eyes.
Wes Anderson movies have this way of being sort of funny and a little clever, so white people in the audience will laugh like crazy. Also, if they don’t get the joke and other white people start laughing, they’ll all join in. It’s pretty much the case that if one dude with glasses laughs, the entire theater will be in stitches within 15 seconds.
If you find yourself in a situation with a white person, and an awkard silence falls over you. Mention any of the movies below and you will have something to talk about, and they will like you. Here are some approved comments:
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) “It’s so great to see that he’s back, Owen Wilson is just fantastic.” Hotel Chevalier (2007) “Can you believe Natalie Portman got kind of naked?”
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) “I know a lot of people said they didn’t like this film, but I thought it was fantastic.” (Note: it is acceptable to be critical of this movie).
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) “This movie changed my life.”
Rushmore (1998) “This is when Bill Murray really changed in my eyes, he’s so fantastic in the movie, and Jason Schwartzman is a true star.”
Bottle Rocket (1996) “I saw this movie in 1994″
The folowing is from stuffwhitepeoplelike.com -
#10 Wes Anderson movies
January 20, 2008 by clander
White people love Wes Anderson movies more than they love their kids. If a white guy takes a white girl to a Wes Anderson movie on their first date, and neither of them have seen it, they will immediately commence a relationship that is reflected in songs by Ryan Adams and Bright Eyes.
Wes Anderson movies have this way of being sort of funny and a little clever, so white people in the audience will laugh like crazy. Also, if they don’t get the joke and other white people start laughing, they’ll all join in. It’s pretty much the case that if one dude with glasses laughs, the entire theater will be in stitches within 15 seconds.
If you find yourself in a situation with a white person, and an awkard silence falls over you. Mention any of the movies below and you will have something to talk about, and they will like you. Here are some approved comments:
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) “It’s so great to see that he’s back, Owen Wilson is just fantastic.” Hotel Chevalier (2007) “Can you believe Natalie Portman got kind of naked?”
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) “I know a lot of people said they didn’t like this film, but I thought it was fantastic.” (Note: it is acceptable to be critical of this movie).
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) “This movie changed my life.”
Rushmore (1998) “This is when Bill Murray really changed in my eyes, he’s so fantastic in the movie, and Jason Schwartzman is a true star.”
Bottle Rocket (1996) “I saw this movie in 1994″
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Ha ha ha
I found a few pictures I took of myself post tooth removal/pre percocet and post percocet. Besides the fact the left side of my face was numb, hitting part of the trigeminal nerve really jacked up the palsy. The left side of my face looks more f-ed up than the right side and both sides have equal amounts of pain meds flowing through them. A mouth full of gauze and a pain pill later I was not feeling too bad. So while I was washing my hair tonight, I thought about a few weekends ago when I went to see my friend's band play. I had just washed my hair and put it up because I didn't want to dry it. A friend walked in the bar later on and said something about how my hair smelled. "Aveda?" she asked and I said, "No, Suave." I don't use expensive shampoo and conditioner. I don't think my hair cares that much. When it comes to the product I put in after washing I do care what that is.
That's all.
Monday, September 01, 2008
I hate slow days
Our volume is next to non-existent today and I'm still going to be here until at least 3. Stupid sort.
Have I mentined I love McSweeney's?
HAMLET (FACEBOOK NEWSFEED EDITION).
BY SARAH SCHMELLING
- - - -
Horatio thinks he saw a ghost.
Hamlet thinks it's annoying when your uncle marries your mother right after your dad dies.
The king thinks Hamlet's annoying.
Laertes thinks Ophelia can do better.
Hamlet's father is now a zombie.
- - - -
The king poked the queen.
The queen poked the king back.
Hamlet and the queen are no longer friends.
Marcellus is pretty sure something's rotten around here.
Hamlet became a fan of daggers.
- - - -
Polonius says Hamlet's crazy ... crazy in love!
Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Hamlet are now friends.
Hamlet wonders if he should continue to exist. Or not.
Hamlet thinks Ophelia might be happier in a convent.
Ophelia removed "moody princes" from her interests.
Hamlet posted an event: A Play That's Totally Fictional and In No Way About My Family
The king commented on Hamlet's play: "What is wrong with you?"
Polonius thinks this curtain looks like a good thing to hide behind.
Polonius is no longer online.
- - - -
Hamlet added England to the Places I've Been application.
The queen is worried about Ophelia.
Ophelia loves flowers. Flowers flowers flowers flowers flowers. Oh, look, a river.
Ophelia joined the group Maidens Who Don't Float.
Laertes wonders what the hell happened while he was gone.
- - - -
The king sent Hamlet a goblet of wine.
The queen likes wine!
The king likes ... oh crap.
The queen, the king, Laertes, and Hamlet are now zombies.
Horatio says well that was tragic.
Fortinbras, Prince of Norway, says yes, tragic. We'll take it from here.
Denmark is now Norwegian.
- - - -
BY SARAH SCHMELLING
- - - -
Horatio thinks he saw a ghost.
Hamlet thinks it's annoying when your uncle marries your mother right after your dad dies.
The king thinks Hamlet's annoying.
Laertes thinks Ophelia can do better.
Hamlet's father is now a zombie.
- - - -
The king poked the queen.
The queen poked the king back.
Hamlet and the queen are no longer friends.
Marcellus is pretty sure something's rotten around here.
Hamlet became a fan of daggers.
- - - -
Polonius says Hamlet's crazy ... crazy in love!
Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Hamlet are now friends.
Hamlet wonders if he should continue to exist. Or not.
Hamlet thinks Ophelia might be happier in a convent.
Ophelia removed "moody princes" from her interests.
Hamlet posted an event: A Play That's Totally Fictional and In No Way About My Family
The king commented on Hamlet's play: "What is wrong with you?"
Polonius thinks this curtain looks like a good thing to hide behind.
Polonius is no longer online.
- - - -
Hamlet added England to the Places I've Been application.
The queen is worried about Ophelia.
Ophelia loves flowers. Flowers flowers flowers flowers flowers. Oh, look, a river.
Ophelia joined the group Maidens Who Don't Float.
Laertes wonders what the hell happened while he was gone.
- - - -
The king sent Hamlet a goblet of wine.
The queen likes wine!
The king likes ... oh crap.
The queen, the king, Laertes, and Hamlet are now zombies.
Horatio says well that was tragic.
Fortinbras, Prince of Norway, says yes, tragic. We'll take it from here.
Denmark is now Norwegian.
- - - -
This always gets me
Why is it so freaking hard to fold a fitted sheet? I was putting up some sheets and towels yesterday and of course here comes the fitted sheet. I usually fake fold it and it ends up in a wad but last night I made one of my attempts to actually fold it but it didn't work.
I hate them. I truly hate them.
I hate them. I truly hate them.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Some of my favorite episodes of "This American Life"
The list, while I'm sure it will grow, includes: "Fiasco!", "Mind Games", "Auto Show", "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time", "Tough Room" and "Something for Nothing".
I am glad I can get the podcasts on iTunes because I always miss it on the radio.
More to come later I'm sure.
I am glad I can get the podcasts on iTunes because I always miss it on the radio.
More to come later I'm sure.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
You'll shoot your eye out!
We decided to set up a small target range in the garage to shoot the Red Ryder gun on Saturday. After getting it set up, putting a couple chairs out there and a radio to listen to we were ready to go. We are true Germantown now baby!
This is Christine with her first attempt ( I think) at shooting a gun of any type. She did pretty good. BTW, it's junk week and that is why there is a couch outside of our garage. We aren't that redneck to just have a couch in the alley. 
I've shot real guns before but only a bb gun once before this. Not like it's that hard but it's a lot different.
Time for the smoke and beer break.
We got lazy. This is where Christine experienced a true "A Christmas Story" moment. There were more bb's on the floor that in the target box which means some of them ricoched out. I felt one hit me in when I was standing. No biggie, it didn't hurt. When we decided to get lazy and change the angle at which we shot, one must have come back and it hit her on her right cheek below her glasses. We laughed.
Lazy.
This is Christine with her first attempt ( I think) at shooting a gun of any type. She did pretty good. BTW, it's junk week and that is why there is a couch outside of our garage. We aren't that redneck to just have a couch in the alley. 
I've shot real guns before but only a bb gun once before this. Not like it's that hard but it's a lot different.
Time for the smoke and beer break.
We got lazy. This is where Christine experienced a true "A Christmas Story" moment. There were more bb's on the floor that in the target box which means some of them ricoched out. I felt one hit me in when I was standing. No biggie, it didn't hurt. When we decided to get lazy and change the angle at which we shot, one must have come back and it hit her on her right cheek below her glasses. We laughed.
Lazy.After we were finished, we went to Deanna and Cheryn's house and hung out for the rest of the night. Good times.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Why do I always need a title? Or do I?
So I sprayed Off on myself earlier because I was sitting outside watching the kids next door play kickball and trying to read for school. I think I wiped some on my face because I can taste it. Is that bad?
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
I love spicy things but...
They are just as spicy going in as they are coming out.
TMI? Maybe but I don't care. I had to get it off my chest.
TMI? Maybe but I don't care. I had to get it off my chest.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
I hate humidity
It is sooooo hot right now. I need some ice packs to put in my clothes or something.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Old things
I just found some things I wrote the day after my brother died and a few months afterward. I can't read them.
I also found what I wrote when I was tripping on acid. Quite a study of the drugged mind.
I also found what I wrote when I was tripping on acid. Quite a study of the drugged mind.
Some things I've written
This is a copyrighted work I wrote. It's from 2003 and it's about an ex.
These feelings that I feel
Pretend or if they're real
Wish I knew how to let you go
The past is still the present
And everything I see
Represents a part of you and me
And I wonder
When will it change?
Why do these feelings still remain?
And as small as they are it's still really hard
To move on
To ba able to be with you
And not be so confused
By the things in my head
While I lie in bed dreaming
Dreaming of you
Because I am holding on
To a memory that has already gone
And you say you still love me
That's another empty promise you plan to keep
Just another empty promise you plan to keep
I'll get there in time
And time is all I need
To feel complete again
And you'll be my friend
The scars you've left behind
Have yet to heal
Can you see them?
Are they not real?
While I lie here screaming
I don't know what I'm feeling
Am I dreaming?
When will I be free of you and me?
I can't be who you want me to be right now
I can't do what you ask of me
You've changed but you don't see
You're like a different person to me
Let me heal at my own pace
My emotions are not in some kind of race
In order to be who I was
I need to figure out who I am
I've lost track of myself
I'm in one thousand different pieces
Today I'm confused
But that's nothing new
My mind is a wreck
My emotions are in shambles
I wish you could see
What you have done to me
If it was gonna be this way
Why did we ever say
Yes to another chance at this lovely dance?
A short blurb from that time -
What makes you think I'm ok?
Is it the way I smile at you?
The way I laugh with you?
Time hasn't healed my wounds
Do you really know how I feel?
Something else copyrighted and from a happier time -
Under the sheets is where I want you to be
Under the sheets lying next to me
I want to feel your heartbeat with mine
As we make contact time after time
Grabbing and moaning you beg for more
The room gets hot as our clothes hit the floor
Reaching for each other in the dark
Our inhibitions left right from the start
Moving with my body your hand holding mine
I've wanted this moment for such a long time
As your breath whispers my name
You're letting me know that this isn't a game
Reaching and pulling you bring me to you
I know exactly what you want me to do
Don't say a word cause I already know
That I'm the one in charge of the show
A little tease here and a little tease there
I want to run my fingers through your hair
Your back will arch and goosebumps you'll get
I know you're ready but I'm not finished yet
I'll kiss your neck I'll kiss your ear
I know you want to bring me near
My hands are travelers
Your body my map
It's your fine ass I'm about to tap
This was for a movie that never got filmed. We called it the stalker song - it never got a title.
I see you
I see you but you don't see me
I know you
Want to be free of me
Don't try to get away cause you won't get far
You're trying way too hard
I see you're running and running but you can't hide
Can't get away from me
I see your tattoo
I love your new hairdo
Yeah I've been watching you
And I've memorized your every move
You know I want
I really want
I really want
You
And another for the movie that never happened.
Hey Boy
I know you're looking at me
Hey boy
What are you trying to see?
Hey boy
Yeah I'm talking to you
Hey boy
You better pick up your shoes
Hey boy
You better turn around
Hey boy
Cause it's all going down
Hey boy
I know you like what you see
Hey boy
Stop staring at me
Hey boy
You know you're not my type
Hey boy
You don't know what I like
Hey boy
You better do what I say
Hey boy
And just be on your way
I have other things for a different movie that didn't happen and they are on my dead computer. One day I will retreive them.
These feelings that I feel
Pretend or if they're real
Wish I knew how to let you go
The past is still the present
And everything I see
Represents a part of you and me
And I wonder
When will it change?
Why do these feelings still remain?
And as small as they are it's still really hard
To move on
To ba able to be with you
And not be so confused
By the things in my head
While I lie in bed dreaming
Dreaming of you
Because I am holding on
To a memory that has already gone
And you say you still love me
That's another empty promise you plan to keep
Just another empty promise you plan to keep
I'll get there in time
And time is all I need
To feel complete again
And you'll be my friend
The scars you've left behind
Have yet to heal
Can you see them?
Are they not real?
While I lie here screaming
I don't know what I'm feeling
Am I dreaming?
When will I be free of you and me?
I can't be who you want me to be right now
I can't do what you ask of me
You've changed but you don't see
You're like a different person to me
Let me heal at my own pace
My emotions are not in some kind of race
In order to be who I was
I need to figure out who I am
I've lost track of myself
I'm in one thousand different pieces
Today I'm confused
But that's nothing new
My mind is a wreck
My emotions are in shambles
I wish you could see
What you have done to me
If it was gonna be this way
Why did we ever say
Yes to another chance at this lovely dance?
A short blurb from that time -
What makes you think I'm ok?
Is it the way I smile at you?
The way I laugh with you?
Time hasn't healed my wounds
Do you really know how I feel?
Something else copyrighted and from a happier time -
Under the sheets is where I want you to be
Under the sheets lying next to me
I want to feel your heartbeat with mine
As we make contact time after time
Grabbing and moaning you beg for more
The room gets hot as our clothes hit the floor
Reaching for each other in the dark
Our inhibitions left right from the start
Moving with my body your hand holding mine
I've wanted this moment for such a long time
As your breath whispers my name
You're letting me know that this isn't a game
Reaching and pulling you bring me to you
I know exactly what you want me to do
Don't say a word cause I already know
That I'm the one in charge of the show
A little tease here and a little tease there
I want to run my fingers through your hair
Your back will arch and goosebumps you'll get
I know you're ready but I'm not finished yet
I'll kiss your neck I'll kiss your ear
I know you want to bring me near
My hands are travelers
Your body my map
It's your fine ass I'm about to tap
This was for a movie that never got filmed. We called it the stalker song - it never got a title.
I see you
I see you but you don't see me
I know you
Want to be free of me
Don't try to get away cause you won't get far
You're trying way too hard
I see you're running and running but you can't hide
Can't get away from me
I see your tattoo
I love your new hairdo
Yeah I've been watching you
And I've memorized your every move
You know I want
I really want
I really want
You
And another for the movie that never happened.
Hey Boy
I know you're looking at me
Hey boy
What are you trying to see?
Hey boy
Yeah I'm talking to you
Hey boy
You better pick up your shoes
Hey boy
You better turn around
Hey boy
Cause it's all going down
Hey boy
I know you like what you see
Hey boy
Stop staring at me
Hey boy
You know you're not my type
Hey boy
You don't know what I like
Hey boy
You better do what I say
Hey boy
And just be on your way
I have other things for a different movie that didn't happen and they are on my dead computer. One day I will retreive them.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
I can't stop
Oh my god, I can't stop blogging on this stupid thing. I'm neglecting my MySpace blog for this one. Oh well.
Stupid oil
"Carol or Stephanie."
"Go."
"Unload, lane 1."
"Copy"
Here I am in the can in the unload.
Thinking it's just water on a box or a Mopar box with an oil spot I walked into the can to this suprise. The packages were on my cart in this pic. I had to clean this crap up all day long b/c there was oil in every package I responded to and they were all loaded sideways so the oil was leaking out.
Stupid people make me angry.
R.I.P.
Goodbye Sophia.
Estelle Getty of The Golden Girls dies at 84
Posted: July 22, 2008, 2:02 PM by Mark Medley
Television, news
Estelle Getty, the actress best known for her role as the feisty Sophia on The Golden Girls -- though we'd like to remember her work as Sylvester Stallone's mother in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot -- has died at the age of 84, according to reports.
On The Golden Girls -- which from 1985 until 1992 -- and its less popular spinoff, The Golden Palace, she played Sophia Petrillo, the mother of Bea Arthur's character Dorothy. She won an Emmy in 1988 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and won a Golden Globe for the same role in 1986 (though she also won a Razzie Award for her work in 1992's Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot).
In a 1995 interview, the tiny Gettty -- she was under five feet tall -- admitted that many of her biggest fans were children.
"I think they look upon me as an old child, because I'm so little," she said.
It took Getty decades before she found fame on The Golden Girls -- which also starred Betty White and Rue McClanahan -- and in the same interview she pointed to her height as a reason.
"Being tiny has been difficult for me in a business that regarded physicality as the most important part of your life," she said. "And I always had to fight against the fact that I could do things even though I was small. And eventually I proved to them I could play mother to six footers."
She proved that size isn't everything when she appeared alongside Sly Stallone in the infamous action-comedy Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot -- directed by Canadian Roger Spottiswoode -- as a gun-totting mamma.
Her last role, according to IMDB, was an episode of the short-lived TV series Ladies Man, in 2000. Her other film and TV credits include: Stuart Little, Mad About You, Touched by an Angel, Blossom, and Tootsie.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Weird
I had a dream last night that I had the palsy on the right side of my face. It started to get numb, more numb than the left side has ever been, and it drooped really bad. I was freaking out and all kinds of stuff. Not sure what that was all about but I didn't like it.
The left side gets a little numb every now and then but it's never too bad. Actually it just tingles. When I get tired it starts to drop in my mouth and I'm not sure how noticeable it it but it feels pretty droopy. I also get muscle spasms (that's what the neurologist called it) in the muscles above my left eye and it crunches the side of my forehead up. That happens when I am tired and when I drink.
As long as my dream doesn't happen I can deal with this but if it ever came back like it was in the fall and got worse I'm not sure what I'd do.
The left side gets a little numb every now and then but it's never too bad. Actually it just tingles. When I get tired it starts to drop in my mouth and I'm not sure how noticeable it it but it feels pretty droopy. I also get muscle spasms (that's what the neurologist called it) in the muscles above my left eye and it crunches the side of my forehead up. That happens when I am tired and when I drink.
As long as my dream doesn't happen I can deal with this but if it ever came back like it was in the fall and got worse I'm not sure what I'd do.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Random pictures from my phone
The Cure.
This was in the parking lot this morning. 
I stand around at work a lot and look confused. Pictures are not allowed so I could get in trouble for taking these if I were caught.
Some stupid signs from work. They were on the safety board so I think they were supposed to be funny.
Thunder over Louisville from I-64.
No. 2
So something I hate is when people use an apostrophe incorrectly. Something else that bugs me is when people say things wrong like pin. Some say pen when they mean pin and it bugs the crap out of me. I am a stickler for correct grammar and have a nasty habit of proof reading things too many times.
Are you enjoying the personal blog I am writing for you Cougy? I hope so b/c I am sure no one reads this thing. You're my biggest fan!
Are you enjoying the personal blog I am writing for you Cougy? I hope so b/c I am sure no one reads this thing. You're my biggest fan!
Crap
I got word from Emily that she's linked to this blog. She expects "cool shit on" here "missy." Well so she knows (and I've already told her) I do most of my blogging on MySpace. Maybe I'll cut and paste some of those blogs...she might never know.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
hello world wide internet
i am posting for the first time in about 100 years. i do most of my blogging on myspace now but i can't forget about the little blogspot. who's a nice blogspot...you are!
that's all.
that's all.
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