Musical theater

Saw one of my favorite musical movies this afternoon. (Ghod I love TCM.) West Side Story, voted one of the best ever by Entertainment Weekly, may lack in many elements - Natalie Wood not singing (or, for that matter, looking like a Puerto Rican girl), weak overall plot - but it makes up for those shortcomings in so many other ways! The score is fantastic, incomparable. Russ Tamblyn powering through "Gee, Officer Krupke" is one of the best numbers in the picture. He really pulled focus while on screen. The same goes for Rita Moreno. Jerome Robbins' choreography, while not as sharp as Fosse's, is still just wonderfully energetic and enjoyable.

This gem came on after I had watched "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" courtesy of FYE and Hawk. Which put me in mind of a recent acquisition: "Zombie Prom" starring RuPaul (who doesn't love Ru?) and Sweetie's cousin, Katie Von Till. Katie was kind enough to send a copy of the film for our collection. Talk about fun! The 50s, high school love, nuclear power, singing zombies - yeah!!




How can anyone have a bad day when there is so much fabulous musical entertainment available? I think it's time to pull out "Auntie Mame" for another viewing...

Japanese-style backpiece

Every once in a while the ModBlog shows something mind-blowing. This gorgeous piece is, in my opinion, one of them.

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Oh yeah!


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Say it ain't so, Gil!

I just read that William Petersen will be leaving CSI mid-season this coming year to do other projects. Man! I was just fine when they got rid of Sara because she always irritated me, and the relationship between her & Gil was ... oh, I dunno, yukky. I was shocked and disappointed when they killed off Warrick but the potential for story plots surrounding his death kind of made up for it. (Although I am going to miss his superior hotness to look at!)

But no more Grissom? Damn!! He's always been my favorite. I remember way back when seeing To Live and Die in LA in the theater and falling for him. So brooding and mysterious... and that fabulous Chicago accent! Trying to imitate the way he says "car" has been a fun little pasttime for the past seven years. I just don't see how they're going to replace him.

I'm going to miss him a lot. There's no other character quite like Gil Grissom.

I laughed and laughed and laughed

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Wherefore art thou, Barack?

Still quite angry with Obama over him caving to whatever influence drove him to vote for FISA, especially after he promised to vote against it. (Hillary voted against it, in case y'all didn't know. Just saying.)

I'm removing my endorsement. But I will most likely still vote for the Dem candidate because it is infinitely more important to me to maintain the Supreme Court under a Dem administration for the benefit of women's choice rights than it is to shoot us collectively in the foot by throwing away my vote and taking a chance on McBush being elected.

Politics in a Democratic society is a lesson in how much of the shit sandwich you can swallow before puking.

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Shocking news of the day

My faith in my candidate is truly shaken to the core today. Obama voted in favor of FISA! I am stunned, disappointed, confused. Sweetie is convinced Obama is in someone's pocket. What a terrifying thought... Our future president is already purchased...? Oh man, this is sickening.


The Boulder County DA issued a letter of apology to the family of JonBenet Ramsay - 12 years too late. Apparently DNA evidence has finally cleared every one of them from being the suspect, including that creepy motherfucker John Mark Karr. It is so sad to think of how badly that case investigation was botched, how upsetting the suspicion must have been for her mother & father for all those years, how Patsy is never going to know she was cleared. I admit that for an extremely short period of time I harbored a small notion that John & Patsy could have possibly done it, but I never really took that seriously. It is really too bad that the authorities in Boulder never did give that poor baby the justice she deserved. Most nauseating of all is the fact that that botoxed faux-news hag Nancy Grace is most assuredly not going to take the evidence as given and will continue spewing bile about their guilt, no matter what.

I am thoroughly disgusted. Gonna go watch the Food Network and head for bed early. Hmph.

YANJ

I love acronymizing things. :D

Your hostess, dear readers, is the proud holder of Yet Another New Job. Just in time too; the coffers are running mighty low these days. This one will probably be the one I hold until we move away from here. Preferably to Ireland. With plenty of jaunts to the Continent thrown in. Heh

I'm working for an attorney service, one of those places that does the court runs and process service and messengering for law firms. The people are relaxed, the dress is casual and I don't have to fall on my sword on a daily basis. Looking forward to ramping up and making a contribution once again. It's good to be useful. This one has the feel of a keeper.

Really should quit reading this $#!&

The gossip blurb reports that Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban spewed forth a baby. (Ewwwwwwww.) Her name is Sunday Rose. (Oy vey.)

And in news from the you-can't-make-this-shit-up department:

" Kidman has said she was "yearning" to have a baby with Urban. Early on in her relationship with Cruise, she had suffered a miscarriage.

She told July's Vogue that she cried when she saw her unltrasound.

"I didn't think I'd get to experience that in my lifetime," she said. "I like the unpredictable nature of it. To feel life growing with you is something very, very special, and I'm going to embrace that completely."

The actress said being pregnant "taps into that thing in human nature that is universal and collective and beautiful." "

That's almost touching; even poetic. Certainly a lovely sentiment.

Wait for it...

" Urban shared her enthusiasm.

"Well, God, yeah!" he told Us. "






(The female, having successfully given live birth, prepares to kill and consume the male.)

Yay for Independence Day!

I adore the 4th of July! Picnics, play, 3-day-weekend. Everyone is happy, even the people who have to work. And FIREWORKS!! I looooooove me some fireworks. I remember when both my children were old enough to kind of grasp the concept - both of them were frightened by the noise but I'm such a ginormous kid when it comes to a fireworks show that they soon relaxed and got into the spirit of it. I am not entirely sure exactly how they feel about fireworks shows to this day, but they've let me drag them to some pretty interesting places and put up with my infantile behavior, so they must enjoy some element of the experience.

I wake up on the morning of the 4th with little more in mind than how to get through the next 12 hours or so before the big show. I second-guess my choice of the primary show all day long, wonder how I can take in as many displays as possible without missing anything. This year we're going to a show put on by the Grucci's of New York (Oh yeah, I have their site bookmarked, you betcha) at the Station Casinos; we are going to the Sunset Station. But Sweetie's dad made a suggestion of driving out to this remote 4WD road and trying to see all the shows across the valley from a ridge out there - as ridiculous a suggestion as that sounds, I've been contemplating it almost seriously ever since he said something. I'm just that much of an addict.

Ooooo, the anticipation... HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!

Hmmmm...Tempting...

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