Rebirth of Thick

Like I Do Every Night Mr Frodo

FELLOWSHIP! WINS!!!!!!!!


"Fellowship!" has officially WON LA Weekly Awards for Best Comedy Ensemble and Musical of the Year!!! This just cracks me up to no end... I guess they be redoing the show then?

The WGA's 101 Greatest Screenplays of All Time?

1 CASABLANCA

Screenplay by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. Based on the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison.

2 THE GODFATHER

Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo.

3 CHINATOWN

Written by Robert Towne

4 CITIZEN KANE

Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles

5 ALL ABOUT EVE

Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based on "The Wisdom of Eve," a short story and radio play by Mary Orr

6 ANNIE HALL

Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman

7 SUNSET BLVD.

Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman Jr.

8 NETWORK

Written by Paddy Chayefsky

9 SOME LIKE IT HOT

Screenplay by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond. Based on "Fanfare of Love," a German film written by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan

10 THE GODFATHER II

Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather"

11 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

Written by William Goldman

12 DR. STRANGELOVE

Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel "Red Alert" by Peter George

13 THE GRADUATE

Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb

14 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence

15 THE APARTMENT

Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond

16 PULP FICTION

Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary

17 TOOTSIE

Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart

18 ON THE WATERFRONT

Screen Story and Screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Based on "Crime on the Waterfront" articles by Malcolm Johnson

19 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee.

20 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Screenplay by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett & Frank Capra. Based on short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. Contributions to screenplay Michael Wilson and Jo Swerling

21 NORTH BY NORTHWEST

Written by Ernest Lehman

22 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King

23 GONE WITH THE WIND

Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell

24 ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth.

25 THE WIZARD OF OZ

Screenplay by Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. Adaptation by Noel Langley. Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum

26 DOUBLE INDEMNITY

Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain

27 GROUNDHOG DAY

Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin.

28 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard

29 SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS

Written by Preston Sturges

30 UNFORGIVEN

Written by David Webb Peoples

31 HIS GIRL FRIDAY

Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur

32 FARGO

Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

33 THE THIRD MAN

Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene.

34 THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman

35 THE USUAL SUSPECTS

Written by Christopher McQuarrie

36 MIDNIGHT COWBOY

Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy

37 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry

38 AMERICAN BEAUTY

Written by Alan Ball

39 THE STING

Written by David S. Ward

40 WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

Written by Nora Ephron

41 GOODFELLAS

Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book "Wise Guy" by Nicholas Pileggi.

42 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman

43 TAXI DRIVER

Written by Paul Schrader

44 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. Based on novel "Glory For Me" by MacKinlay Kantor

45 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST

Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey

46 THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE

Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven

47 THE MALTESE FALCON

Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett

48 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle

49 SCHINDLER'S LIST

Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally

50 THE SIXTH SENSE

Written by M. Night Shyamalan

51 BROADCAST NEWS

Written by James L. Brooks

52 THE LADY EVE

Screenplay by Preston Sturges. Story by Monckton Hoffe

53 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN

Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward

54 MANHATTAN

Written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman

55 APOCALYPSE NOW

Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola. Narration by Michael Herr

56 BACK TO THE FUTURE

Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale

57 CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS

Written by Woody Allen

58 ORDINARY PEOPLE

Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel by Judith Guest

59 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams

60 L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy

61 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris

62 MOONSTRUCK

Written by John Patrick Shanley

63 JAWS

Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley

64 TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

Screenplay by James L. Brooks. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry

65 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

Screen Story and Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green. Based on the song by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown

66 JERRY MAGUIRE

Written by Cameron Crowe

67 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

Written by Melissa Mathison

68 STAR WARS

Written by George Lucas

69 DOG DAY AFTERNOON

Screenplay by Frank Pierson. Based on a magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore

70 THE AFRICAN QUEEN

Screenplay by James Agee and John Huston. Based on the novel by C.S. Forester

71 THE LION IN WINTER

Screenplay by James Goldman. Based on the play by James Goldman

72 THELMA & LOUISE

Written by Callie Khouri

73 AMADEUS

Screenplay by Peter Shaffer. Based on his play.

74 BEING JOHN MALKOVICH

Written by Charlie Kaufman

75 HIGH NOON

Screenplay by Carl Foreman. Based on short story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham

76 RAGING BULL

Screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin. Based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage

77 ADAPTATION

Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean

78 ROCKY

Written by Sylvester Stallone

79 THE PRODUCERS

Written by Mel Brooks

80 WITNESS

Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley. Story by William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. Wallace

81 BEING THERE

Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. Inspired by the novel by Jerzy Kosinski

82 COOL HAND LUKE

Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce.

83 REAR WINDOW

Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich

84 THE PRINCESS BRIDE

Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on his novel.

85 LA GRANDE ILLUSION

Written by Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak

86 HAROLD & MAUDE

Written by Colin Higgins

87 8 1/2

Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi. Story by Fellini, Flaiano.

88 FIELD OF DREAMS

Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson. Based on the book by W.P. Kinsella

89 FORREST GUMP

Screenplay by Eric Roth. Based on the novel by Winston Groom

90 SIDEWAYS

Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Based on the novel by Rex Pickett

91 THE VERDICT

Screenplay by David Mamet. Based on the novel by Barry Reed

92 PSYCHO

Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch

93 DO THE RIGHT THING

Written by Spike Lee

94 PATTON

Screen Story and Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North. Based on "A Soldier's Story" by Omar H. Bradley and "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" by Ladislas Farago

95 HANNAH AND HER SISTERS

Written by Woody Allen

96 THE HUSTLER

Screenplay by Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis

97 THE SEARCHERS

Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. Based on the novel by Alan Le May

98 THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck

99 THE WILD BUNCH

Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. Story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner

100 MEMENTO

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Based on the short story "Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan

101 NOTORIOUS

Written by Ben Hecht

Really? Sadness

INGO CHECKS OUT OF HOSPITAL
Scoop! Ingo Rademacher will definitely leave General Hospital when his contract expires in May. What's more, TVGuide.com has learned that the role of Jax is being recast. The ABC sudser has sent out a casting call for "Hugo," a handsome bloke in his thirties who speaks with an Australian accent. An extremely reliable source tells me, "Hugo, Schmugo. It's Jax." The popular Rademacher joined GH in 1996 as Aussie businessman Jasper "Jax" Jacks and romanced several leading ladies, most memorably Vanessa Marcil's Brenda. He briefly left in 2000 to star on Aaron Spelling's blink-and-you-missed-it prime-time soap Titans, and returned to GH the following year. The show's rep had no comment on Ingo's latest departure.

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and current street)

Eightball Moorpark

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your mother's side, your favorite candy)

Lawrence Reeses

3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial of first name, first two or three or four letters of your last name)

R Lap

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite animal, favorite crayola color)

Lion Burnt

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)

George Cambridge

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name - last 3 letters of mother's maiden name, first 3 letters of your pet's name)

Lap Rth Bar

7. JEDI NAME: (middle name spelled backwards, your mom's maiden name spelled backwards)

Egroeg Htrowah

8. PORN STAR NAME: (middle name, street you grew up on)

George Quaker

9. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The", your favorite color, the automobile you drive)

The Gold

THE GAY SURVEY


1. How Old Were You When You Knew You Were Gay?
13 was when I fully figured it out.

2. Have You Ever Had Sex With The Opposite Sex?
Yeah—not bad either.

3. Who Is The First Person You Came Out To?
Hope Taylor

4. Are You Out To Your Parents?
Yes

5. Do You Want Children?
Yes—it’s a deal breaker.

6. Do You Have More Gay Friends or Straight Friends?
Straight though sometimes I wonder… (you know who you are)

7. Were You Out in School?
Yeah—was hard.

8. Is Your Best Friend The Same Sex As You?
Actually no.

9. If Your Best Friend Is The Same Sex, have you ever had sex with them?


10. Have you ever done crystal meth?
Don’t like drugs—really.

11. Have You Ever Been In A Sling?
No—that’s not classy.

12. Have You Ever Done A 3-way?
Yeah—now that was tastefully done.

13. Have You Ever Dressed In Drag?
One of the original contestants for Emerson College’s Dragtober fest.

13a. Would you date a Drag queen?
Not really.

14. Are You A Top/Bottom or truly Versatile?
Versatile—though that can change within the relationship.

15. Have You Seen An Uncircumsized Penis?
Of course.

16. Have You Had Sex With Someone of A Different Race?
Many times.

17. How Many Cher CDs do you own?
None—though why I’m not sure.

18. Name Of Your First True Love?
Michael. (No last name—though I have date 4 of them.)

19. Do You Still Talk To them?
Talk is an odd word.

21. Does Size Matter?
Not at all.

22. Biggest Turn On?
Being funny, sexy and having an open personality.

23. Biggest Turn Off?
Being too skinny or having more highlights than any of my female friends. Trust me—that’s hard to do.

24. Ever Been Harrassed Because You Are Gay?
Yea—scary shite.

25. Worst Gay Sterotype That Applies To You?
I like gossip.

26. Ever Been To A Pride Rally?
Yeah—but none in Los Angeles.

27. Would You Marry If You Could?
I’d like to think so…

28. Would you rather be rich and smart or young and beautiful?
Rich and smart can be used to make you beautiful.

29. Do You Sculpt Your Eyebrows?
Nope—don’t have too.

30. Do You Trim Your Body?
I shave—my face.

31. Ever had sex with more than one person in a day?
Yes.

32. Ever been to an orgy?
Hmm…

33. Have you dated your best friends ex?
Nope.

34. Would you vote for Hillary Clinton if she ran for president?
Hell’s yeah.

35. Do you want monogamy in your relationships?
Yeah—but with possibilities.

36. Do you believe in true love?
No—true love is this idea that is force feed to us all with all this bizarre meaning and circumstances that makes us either insecure or constantly questioning what we have.

37. Do you have any tattoos?
Not yet.

38. Do you have any piercings?
Nose stud.

39. Would you date a smoker?
LOLOLOL…..

41. Do you know anyone who has died from H.I.V.?
No.

42. Do you know what Stonewall was?
Yeah—type of jean wash? (Just kidding.)

43. Wonder Woman, Xena or The Halliwell Sisters?
Wonder woman…

44. Strangest place you have had sex?
Boston Esplande

45. Strangest place you've woken up?
Naked in my own bed—with a neighbor.

46. Are your best years behind or in front of you?
In front of me for sure.

47. Favorite porn movie?
Top Gun

48. Are you in love now?
I’m always in love.

49. Ever been in love with a straight guy/girl?
Once—then I grew up.

50. Did you ever have sex with them?
God no!!!

51. Have you ever been to a nude beach?
Yes—frighteningly unsexy.

52. Have you ever been to a bath house?
Yeah—and my boss was there!!!

53. Ever had sex in public?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Ladies Take Note?

From Housekeeping Monthly 13 May 1955

THE GOOD WIFES GUIDE

Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have be thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they get home and the prospect of a good meal is part of the warm welcome needed.

Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.

Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives. Run a dustcloth over the tables.

During the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering to his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.

Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer or vacuum. Encourage the children to be quiet.

Be happy to see him.

Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.

Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.

Don't greet him with complaints and problems.

Don't complain if he's late for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through at work.

Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or lie him down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him.

Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.

Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.

A good wife always knows her place.

Vote

Vote for your favorite show to save... This is important.

http://usatoday.com/life/television/2006-04-03-save-our-shows-vote_x.htm

And if you don't vote for "Veronica Mars"... Well--just be prepared!!!

Twice Every Thousand Years

Today at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 a.m. the time and date will be... 01:02:03 04/05/06.... And since I don't live on military time it will happen again this afternoon.

That won't ever happen again for 1000 years. You should do something cool!!!

Yeah--A Fan I Am

FINOLA BACK ON HOSPITAL
Scoop! After months of speculation, TVGuide.com has confirmation from an extremely reliable source that Finola Hughes is returning to General Hospital for at least a week or two in May sweeps. See? I told you all not to give up. Since Tristan Rogers and Emma Samms reprised their classic roles as Robert Scorpio and Holly Sutton Scorpio in February, GH fans have been asking about Robert's other wife, Anna Devane Scorpio. Nice to finally know that all Luke's old pals will be reuniting in May! Since it's all being kept fairly hush hush, the ABC soap's rep had no comment.

Quote of the Week

This comes from Joy.... Good times indeed!!!

"When a girl's gained some weight, she still wants to look good. Does anyone really aim to look crappy? I still have to come to work. I still have to make a living. How else will I afford Ben & Jerry's?"

Ohmigod--Sadness

Gloria Monty, executive producer on ABC Daytime's General Hospital for over a decade, passed away on Thursday in California. Gloria took over the directing reigns of General Hospital in 1978 when network executives challenged her to turn the show around at a time in its history when it was struggling. With her vision, she helped make it an international sensation and the top-rated daytime drama for nearly a decade. During her watch, GH earned five nominations for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, winning twice in 1980-81 and in 1983-84. She was single-handedly responsible for changing the face of daytime with her adventurous storylines about younger characters who could reach out to younger viewers, and with the creation of internationally recognized supercouples Luke & Laura, Frisco & Felicia and Robert & Holly. Funeral arrangements are private. Ms. Monty is survived by her sister Norma.

This is one of the MOST important people in the soap industry. Sadness

Quote of the Week

From the boy

"I brought the scarf you gave me. So I could have a litle bit fo you with me... and it's less nasty than taking a used condom".

Re memories for him to take home.

If They Happen in Threes I’m Screwed

I need to stop with the casual lying. In the past few days I have said things that were NOT heartfelt or truthful. This has come to bite me--and several others involved—on the ass.

1) Case in point—I asked Charity to help me out and do Samuel’s taxes for him. We agreed to a fee and made plans to meet up and exchange paperwork. Due to the fact it was raining Samuel ended up taking me to the Pier where she was working that night but he didn’t have any cash and neither did I. Instead of telling Charity this, I mad the boy wiat in the car while I told her that he left town to fly home to visit with his very sick grandmother. Less then 24 hours later the boy REALLY was on a plane to the New York area.

(Before you think that I made up a terrible lie—we knew that Samuel’s grandmother was in hospital. We just didn’t know for sure how bad it was yet.)

2) This lie was a practical white lie but still managed to screw me over. I told my boss at work that I loved my job on the show and would totally stay longer if I could. I then explained how I was looking for my next job and hadn’t found anything yet and that I doubted it would be as great as this show. My boss then surprised me by extending my job another week…

(I should have kept my mouth shut.)

3) Final lie in last few days was when Mrs. Garrett told me that she just landed a new gig out of town that would last over a month. I was ‘so excited’ and yet ‘so depressed’ that she was leaving town for so long since we could have been ‘hanging out’ after next week.

Nothing has changed with her plans as of yet but with how things have been going I’m sure the job will fall through and she and I will spend days on the couch watching Meg Ryan/Reese Witherspoon films till the cows come on.

(Insert irony here.)

From TV Guide

DISPATCHES

March 28, 2006 True Enough

Quote of the Week

Miss Chloe continues to bring with this gem...

"Nothing ruins a moment quicker than a finger...in the wrong socket..."

Seriously true.

Barnabas--Where Were You?

From TV Guide:

A DARKER-THAN-USUAL DAY AT COLLINWOOD

Dark Shadows creator Dan Curtis died yesterday at the age of 78, the Associated Press reports. The producer-director responsible for such miniseries as The Winds of War and War and Remembrance had been diagnosed with a brain tumor in December but, it seems, hung on until his wife passed away only weeks ago.

How sad--maybe someone should try and redo Dark Shadows right for him!!!

You Know I did

List 10 things you've done in your life that you think most people probably haven't done, and repost!

~~~

1) Fallen through the ice and into the Charles River.
2) Hit James Van Der Beek with a grocery cart while intoxicated.
3) Danced with Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan.
4) Got paid for sex—by accident.
5) Was freaked about friend's car being broken into, stayed up late with said friend watching bad horror film which we discovered was filmed in our building--in my apartment. We had no idea!!!
6) Was felled by an infection that left me unable to walk for 3 days.
7) Almost barred from high school graduation for running an illegal pornography company out of my audio/visual department.
8) Worked for the Kennedy family and met most of the political members of said family.
9) Had a piece of published work stolen and reposted on a Christian/Right Wing website.
10) Stranded in Las Vegas and missed first day of work on my new job. No one believed me.

The Case of the Cap

So I am in a cute cap today at work. I know most of my friends have seen it but everyone at work is surprised… I try not to be too trendy at the jobby job as to not seem too gay. I know—lost cause.

The real reason though? I FUCKED up my hair. I took a vote and decided to go to red for a bit—thinking along the lines of a strawberry blond look with maybe highlights. What I have ended up with is a cross between Ginger Spice/Armenian red/Ronald McDonald. And while it is very drastic and punk (according to Jac) and amusing (according to the boy) I have been HORRIFIED.

And now I have to figure out what I will do with this. Either dye it blond and see if I can fix it that way or shave my head ala Natalie Portman in “Vendetta”. I’m so annoyed.

But the cap is fetching and quite distracting.

Hell's Belles

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Moderate
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Moderate
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	Very High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	High

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

That's Right

Random Rory

I’ve now heard rumors that Veronica Mars is not definitive for the CWN schedule and feel bad for convincing so many people to not watch season two because they’ll miss the novelty of this season’s major twists. Maybe the numbers will help.

I have to stop feeling guilty about the things I want to do. He’d want me to do them anyway and if the roles were reversed so would I.

I don’t know if my new shorts will fit right. I’m terrified to try them on since I have been feeling so huge as of late.

I’m suspecting that someone has figured out that I don’t like them much. And this could be a problem with other people.

I think I want to go red again but am not sure if this is a good idea or if I’ll look silly. I guess I need an honest opinion.

I should really follow through with Ruby on the new play process. I guess I just feel like I don’t have time and don’t want to half ass it.

I really should call my mom.

I need to start collecting postcards again so I can re-create my collage on my closet. The room fells bare without it.

I’m sleepy all the time and I’m not sure what that is about.

I really want another fun game night with all my friends—the last one rocked.

With all the advice I have given in the last few weeks I should really get started on my advice blog idea. I just don't know if anyone would be in it.

I wonder if I should spend my own money to give the loggers a going away-sorry your job ended thing.

Quote of the Week

This one is from a new friend/dear old friend--June...

"How many guidos in New Jersey have the hots for trannies!? Christ's sake! The whole cast of the Sopranos was in my inbox last week with emails eloquently stating "U R hott, wanna fuck?"

The image alone makes me crack up--muchless hearing Miss June say it in that sexy, scratchy smokey voice....

Boredom Leads to Stealing

Saturday night—party night international. Early last week I got an invitation for a Big Brother friend’s party from someone who is quite well known for being a friend’s crush. I was on the fence about the whole affair but decided that I should at least go and give it a try for no other reason that what else would I do? So Shelly, Lola, Lizzie and Bess made plans to hit the party and see what kind of fun we could get into.

Besides a late start, due to many a female fashion crisis, we headed off to the strange land that is Silverlake after picking up a couple bottles of fun. We found rockstar parking—thanks to Lizzie and the no sex—and after a bit of confusion we eventually found the right house and made our entrance. And wanted to leave as soon as we did.

The party was lame—not just kind of dull or slow but just lame. The host wasn’t as hotte as we remembered, the people all classic Hollywood types with the too old dressed too hip in full effect and just awkward to boot. I spent the majority of the party in the kitchen with Lola catching up then anything else. Of course, Lizzie and Shelly worked the room rockstar style while Bess drank and Lola and I took turns smoking. Excitement personified.

After what seemed like forever we finally made our excuses and headed out to find some other adventure. We ended up at the Bigfoot Lodge—emo to the extreme—and sat around sipping beers, snapping photographs, and making smack talk. I felt a bit out of sorts without any black on or poetry to cry over but it actually worked out well.

The high point was Lola and I making fun of a boy that Lizzie and Bess brought back to our table; I don’t want to be mean but the boy looked like someone we know and once pointed out—let’s say the flirtation stopped. Of course the boy deserved it for telling Lizzie that she was too old—he was too much wrong for us to deal with.

Once his exit was made we continued with the paparazzi action until the bar hit last call. It was at this point that I noticed a yellow parasol next to us and I joked that I should swipe it since it was obviously deserted. I was told by the ladies (those paying attention) that I shouldn’t and I wouldn’t get away with it.

So of course I slid off my jacket and wrapped the parasol up in it as we were leaving. This caused much amusement for the ladies—because not only was it a big gay gold parasol but because I pulled it off. I was feeling proud of my theft skills and my girl gang of accomplices until it was decided to take photos with said stolen parasol in the parking lot of said bar I swiped it from. No hardened criminals here.

Of course the moral of the story is don’t make me bored—or I’ll steal stuff. And what to do with big gay parasol? I’ll find someone more deserving and just pass it on it’s merry little way. It’s bad karma to have stolen goods.

Sometimes It Doesn’t Work.

Friday was rough… There was no new inciting incident, no novel cause for the distress but just a familiar feeling of being fucked up. It began after work when I was basically in the position of screwing up my whole night and having no way to prevent it.

I realized that I should have left work earlier—not listened to what was being offered and just gone. I got home late—too late to push people to do what we said we would do and too late to adjust for the new plan. I skipped out on dinner with the girls because it run into the show time, skipped out on “Doctor Who” with Davis because I couldn’t get there and basically became depressed on my couch.

And poor Edie saw what was happening and tried to help by giving reasonable suggestions but I just wasn’t having it. I let myself be sucked into feeling useless and dumb and just incapable of living my life due to such a shallow thing.

I mean—the car issue doesn’t normally hold me up. I walk everyway, I get places fine and everyone is great about including me in the game plan and just meeting up with me. I don’t think most people I know could what I have done for the last 8 years. It’s a rare moment tat I get worked about the lack of transport. It’s an accomplishment—as dubious at it sounds.

But Friday night I felt like shit and like I was missing out on things that I wanted for such a loser, sucky reason. The funny thing is at the end of the day things managed to work out—I got over myself and let someone help me and I had a fun time. I still watched the show at home (which I LOVED) and got time with my friends and everything worked out in the end.

And I’m thankful for that. For all the little things that make my work. And for my friends who help make it work better.

You Are 19 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

Mae-by, Mae-by Not

I finally made time to hook up with Kelly and Lizzie two nights ago to head over to Peggy and David’s and see the latest addition to their family. I was feeling guilty since it has been almost five weeks since they had their baby but I also didn’t want to be one of the people that night be overcrowding them.

Babies always amaze me—the idea that something so small and defenseless comes out of one of us is just weird and touching at the same time. And little Mae is a very beautiful baby and I mean beautiful. (I’m not one of those people who thinks all babies are cute—I wasn’t a cute baby so I can talk smack.) She was very docile and took being held by the strangers pretty well.

Looking at her little serene face as she laid across my arms I remembered how much I do want kids and a family of my own. It’s kind of fun and popular for us all to play it coy when it comes to the subject but in the end of the day most of us (barring Valeska) are eager to have one of our own. Of course these thought only occur when holding a pink clad, smiling, squirming little one and not when drinking beers at the BR.

What is hard for me is that I will have to really work for my own children; adoption is very expensive and the process is extremely time consuming. I remember back when Nick was getting ready to start the processes I was very jealous because he easily has the means in a way that I don’t. Part of me hopes that a bunch of money will just fall from the sky to make this all possible.

And I am terrified that money is the one thing that will prevent me from having kids. Its rather disheartening to realize all the things that need to happen first before I would even be considered a suitable candidate. But maybe I am over thinking this and that it will all work out the way it needs to.

Though another part of me hopes I can adopt the child of any friend that needs to stay in the country and can if she has an American baby. I’m not saying I support reckless pregnancy but it could be an option, eh?

Rory Slept Here

It was unintentional. I left a huge spot on Samuels bedroom wall—and I was a bit embarrassed but not able to clean it off before I headed out to work. (Not that kind of stain—dirty dirty.)

It’s because of his bed—or rather his lack of bed. When we first started dating Samuel had a mattress on the floor—twin—and a lack of furniture. I jokingly named his little place the artist grotto because it was exactly how I lived back when I first moved to Los Angeles. Nothing matched, boxes for nightstands and just kind of empty.

Now I’m not very picky, I mean, I spent on a flip and fuck for the first two years I lived out here with nothing but bad film posters and postcards for decoration. The one thing I never did (and actively avoided in college) was share a twin bed with anyone. I just always thought it looked uncomfortable and so I just didn’t. Which is why I hooked up in elevators and common rooms when I did anything with a boy. (Sorry about that)

But recently that all started to change—mostly due to Kaylee. She switched up beds and gave Samuel her twin box spring, bed frame and eventually a new twin mattress as well. Samuel—being Samuel—didn’t know what to do with the original mattress so he stacked the box spring with two mattresses. Now this seems a smart idea but instead turned his bed into ‘Jenga!’ bed.

Which wouldn’t be much of a problem except a twin bed, with two sizable men, and of questionable stability was bound to lead to some issues. So when I spent the night next, we realized that for us to get any sleep it would all be about balance. Which lead to us holding each other, ala Rose and Jack, in a really gay version of ‘Titanic’ except if we fell it would be on a hard wooden floor.

But we were fine for quite a bit until I shifted and he didn’t and I had to throw my hand to floor to keep from falling off. We resettled and fell asleep for quite a bit but I got a leg cramp and shifted and had to grab at the wall to keep for impaling myself on a slew of books and “Buffy” script books while startling the boy out of a deep sleep.

Eventually we figured out how to get to sleep and were fine until the next morning when he had to get up before me, which caused another round of bed hopping. As he prepared to go to jury duty I fell back to sleep right away after finding my own perfect balance.

I must have been really tired because I didn’t remember him leaving when I woke up an hour later. And as I stumbled around his grotto I realized this was the first time I had been alone in his place. That he trusted me to just hang out and do stuff and let myself out. It’s a weird feeling.

So I did all my morning stuff and got ready for work. I was packing my bag when I heard a sound and looked out the window to see his cousin—who owns the guesthouse—and I felt caught doing something wrong—I’m not supposed to be here. So I waited till she left the yard because I didn’t know how I would explain myself. “Hi—I’m the guy your cousin is fucking around with and he’s not home but I’m not stealing anything. Just getting dressed for work—would you like to search my backpack to be sure?”

After that weirdness I turned to leave when I saw a hand print on the boy’s wall. My hand must have gotten dirty when I threw my hand on his floor and then when I touched his wall I left a mark. I tried to quickly wipe it off but couldn’t and I didn’t want to be late to work because my timing was off due to hiding out from the cousin and so I didn’t have time. So I left.

But I felt odd about it. Like I left this huge piece of proof that I had been there. It was like a huge picture of myself—Rory slept here—and I wasn’t sure what he would think of that. Because even though we’re boyfriends and in love we’re still in that weird spot where so many things just belong to us separately. My friends, his place, my television show, his music.

The funny thing is that we do leave little things at each others place—a toothbrush or sleep pants or a soda but they’re so little that they don’t seem like much. Like if we broke up tomorrow that it would take 2 seconds to get rid of the proof and poof—no boyfriend. But for some reason the hand print felt like something more. Like individual proof of existence.

Maybe I’m over thinking this. The boy was cool with what happened if not pleased. (“Were you hands dirty all night?” “Hey—if you cleaned your floor better I wouldn’t have gotten them dirty”) But it still seems deeply personal. Maybe I watch too much CSI.

Here we go--again.

*List 10 things you want to say to people but know you never will.
*Don't say who they are.
*Disable comments.
*Never discuss it again.


1) I had one of the best weekends of my life with you. It was fun and crazy and divey and quite the adventure.

2) I wish I didn’t give a fuck about things like you do. Seriously.

3) You amaze me with your bravado. I wish I could grab want I want like you seem to.

4) I’m glad that you trust me with the things you do. It means so much to know that about us.

5) I never forgot your promise to me. It means more than you can ever know. I hope to return the favor.

6) You make me feel amazing even if I don’t deserve it half the time.

7) I love how you push me kicking and screaming into new things. I really need someone to do that.

8) It amazes me how you always seem to show up when I need you too. It’s always a surprise and always a gift.

9) You’re like the sister I never knew I needed. But I did and still do.

10) I wish I knew you better in college. You’re such a smart engaging, funny, intelligent man. It’s just sad I didn’t know it back then.

I'm So There Opening Night

Per TV Guide

That big-screen version of Dallas is inching closer to reality. Variety reports that the cast is starting to fill out — particularly in the backside, one might say, with Jennifer Lopez being offered the role of Sue Ellen Ewing (played by Linda Gray on the long-running CBS serial). Luke Wilson is in talks to play Bobby, and Shirley MacLaine is being eyed for Miss Ellie, while the most plum part, J.R. himself, is still earmarked for John Travolta (production on Dallas would begin in October, after he's done filming Hairspray). You can practically hear Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson catfighting over the role of Lucy.

OOH, OOH, OOH!!!!:

Ten things--Per Patti

*List 10 things you want to say to people but know you never will.
*Don't say who they are.
*Disable comments.
*Never discuss it again.

1) I am not one of the people that hurt you—stop confusing my behavior for theirs.

2) If you’re not careful—we won’t be friends. You should know better.

3) I hope you learned from your past mistakes because I can’t watch you do this again. It hurt too much the first time.

4) I wish I mattered as much to you as you do to me.

5) Our friendship went south when my life became scary and it became all about you—it hurt a lot and I still don’t know what to do with that.

6) If you really hate gossip then stop running your mouth. No one likes a hypocrite.

7) I worry our friendship has stopped being fun.

8) I wish you had loved me—it would have made things so much better.

9) We ended the moment you left me stranded. And you may have apologized but I can’t forgive you for making that choice in the first place.

10) I wish I knew what to do for you right now. And it makes me feel terrible—even more so because I feel like this is all my fault. Even though I know better.

Quote of the week

A new winner—the one and only Miss Naomi—joins racks with her rather fun visual association.

Upon looking at a series of nude artwork which ends with close ups of semen covered breasts called “Those aint tears bitch…” Naomi realizes something important.

“I guess I was wrong. Robin should have come…”

The fact that semen covered breasts made her think of her boyfriend almost made me pee my pants. Thanks—the toaster’s in the mail.

A Fun Week

This past week has been crazy—with the exception of a few people (Lucy Ruby Ava and Charity) I have spent time with almost everyone in my life. I spent Friday night with Lizzie Kelly Lola Shannon Cheryl Duncan Dax Grant playing games at the girls place. It was chill and quiet and Kelly and I kicked butt at the ever popular bowl game—adult version.

I then spent half of Saturday at home with Edie just hanging out at the house. Mrs. Garrett has been out of town and she and I have been hanging and chilling and chatting. I set out and accomplished quite a few errands as well and have a new haircut for my troubles.

That night I went and meet up with Miss Chloe who came for a little Southern Cali hospitality. We hit Karma and traded tips on handling our men and ourselves with in the guise of ‘relationships’ and followed this up with a lovely stroll down the blvd. We made a stop at the one and only Fredrick’s where Miss Chloe bought a fetching little number and we chased this all down with 34 oz beers at the Snow White Café.

Later I met up with the boy and we spent the night watching TV and spooning—always lovely—which led to an early and full night of sleep. We managed to work in a quick brunch before paring ways early Sunday. We met up at Joy’s later for a fun night watching the Oscars with everyone--and possibly their brother—and while ‘Crash’ killed me, I had fun.

Monday was the start of the workweek but I found time that night to hang out with Miss Kirby. We had a light dinner and headed back to my place for conversation. It was nice and at points serious but all in fun. Tuesday the boy picked me up from work and we went back to my place where he and Edie finally met. It was like a house on fire and while I have yet to try and chat her up about Samuel—I’m pretty sure it is all good.

Wednesday I spent playing catch up with Jac and watched tons of television and had some nice wine. The boy came over again and we spent the night all snuggles and “Babylon Five” watching. Thursday Naomi and I went downtown for a friends’ gallery show and outside of getting lost TWICE we had a great time. I fell in love with a painting and she fell in love with an amazing wheelchair bound artist. We tried to make a late dinner and fell somewhat short. I then spent the night with said boy and doing the type of things the Catholic Church warns you about.

It’s been quite crazy and fun. All I have to do now is working in a few more people, some writing and a little home décor and it’s all good. How much fun can be had all alone while the rest of the social whirl heads off to ski?

I guess I’ll find out.

Crankareffic

I am annoyed. I’m sure it is that I am tired. Or my co-worker blowing the circuit for our station thus losing HOURS of work. It could be the bitchy new story woman who tries to tell us all how we are doing the show wrong. It could be that.

Or I could just be a bitch. Not sure yet.

Sadness

This is so so sad, especially for their 13-year-old son, Will.

Dana Reeve, the widow of Christopher Reeve, passed away of lung cancer late Monday.

What's more troubling is that Reeve was one of the many non-smokers afflicted with the terrible disease.

The Christopher Reeve Foundation released the following statement:

"On behalf of the entire Board of Directors and staff of the Christopher Reeve Foundation, we are extremely saddened by the death of Dana Reeve, whose grace and courage under the most difficult of circumstances was a source of comfort and inspiration to all of us. Dana will always be remembered for her passion, strength and ceaseless courage that became her hallmark."

So sad.

Yeah—I know…

So I was depressed last night about ‘Crash’ winning the best picture award… Not because I didn’t like it—cause I did-but I just felt it was the most uneven of all the films nominated this year.

The acting is certain cases was not that great, the writing overly clever and symbolic, and the direction wasn’t that original. I honestly would have wanted to see anything else win.

Which started me thinking about past years and whether winning does matter. I’m not sure it does when you look down this list of “losers”—especially when the film that won in its year is one you have NEVER heard of.


Little Women

The Thin Man

The Good Earth

A Star Is Born

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The Wizard of Oz

Wuthering Heights

The Grapes of Wrath

The Philadelphia Story

Citizen Kane

The Maltese Falcon

Double Indemnity

It's a Wonderful Life

Miracle on 34th Street

Sunset Blvd

A Place in the Sun

A Streetcar Named Desire

High Noon

Shane

The King and I

The Ten Commandments

12 Angry Men

Auntie Mame

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The Diary of Anne Frank

Meredith Willson's The Music Man

To Kill a Mockingbird

How the West Was Won -- Bernard Smith, Producer

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Mary Poppins

Doctor Zhivago

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Bonnie and Clyde

The Graduate

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

M*A*S*H

A Clockwork Orange

The Last Picture Show

Deliverance

Sounder

American Graffiti

The Exorcist -

Chinatown

Jaws

Nashville

All the President's Men

Taxi Driver

Star Wars

Apocalypse Now

Norma Rae

Raging Bull

On Golden Pond

Raiders of the Lost Ark

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

The Big Chill

The Color Purple

Dangerous Liaisons

Field of Dreams

JFK



Howards End -- Ismail Merchant, Producer

Pulp Fiction

The Shawshank Redemption

Sense and Sensibility

Fargo

L.A. Confidential

Saving Private Ryan

The Sixth Sense

Moulin Rouge

The Hours

Brokeback Mountain

How Love Goes

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Physical Touch
with a secondary love language being
Quality Time.

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Physical Touch:		11
Quality Time:		10
Words of Affirmation:		4
Acts of Service:		3
Receiving Gifts:		2

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I Am A: Chaotic Good GnomeBard Ranger


Alignment:
Chaotic Good characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their own things, without heed to such groups.


Race:
Gnomes are also short, like dwarves, but much skinnier. They have no beards, and are very inclined towards technology, although they have been known to dabble in magic, too. They tend to be fun-loving and fond of jokes and humor. Some gnomes live underground, and some live in cities and villages. They are very tolerant of other races, and are generally well-liked, though occasionally considered frivolous.


Primary Class:
Bards are the entertainers. They sing, dance, and play instruments to make other people happy, and, frequently, make money. They also tend to dabble in magic a bit.


Secondary Class:
Rangers are the defenders of nature and the elements. They are in tune with the Earth, and work to keep it safe and healthy.


Deity:
Finder Wyvernspur is the Chaotic Neutral god of the cycle of life and the transformation of art, although he leans heavily towards Good. He is also known as the Nameless Bard. Followers of Finder believe that everything must change in order to grow and thrive. Their preferred weapon is the bastard sword.


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Jason Ryan

So last night was a weird rough night. Nothing exceptional happened, no grand crisis or earth-shattering reveals. I just got some place in my head that I thought I had left a long time ago.

The last few days I have been really tired and the job has been running me ragged; to the point that phone calls seem difficult and company is not really wanted. I spend each night taking a nap and having dinner and reading books. Last night wasn’t much different; I was curled in a ball and plowing through “The Year of Ice”. I liked it and I got it.

The weird thing is after a finished the book I realized how much about my life the story turned out to be; from the leader character on down it seemed verbatim my childhood and so much so that it stirred an odd memory.

For some reason this book made me think long and hard about my dead brother Jason Ryan. He died as an infant and I was barely out of middle school when it all went down. It was from that one event that my parents’ divorce happened and my life took a turn that I never expected.

Not to rehash old turf but I started for the first time to really think about Jay Ryan—as he was called—we never really talked about him much afterwards. I have little slips of memory that filter in and out at times; like the memorial service and the little blue sail boat that we buried with him and the awkward silences with the babysitter who was with him when he died.

But for the first time ever, I wished I was at his grave, wished I could talk to him, tell him how happy we all became down the line. What he missed with all us, how I think of him, how my mother still cries every January on his birthday, how none of us knew that till years later and about how we don’t blame him for all the things that came after. That I still love him and wish he was here.

And as I found myself wander the streets that night—a big gulp in one hand and a cigarette in another—I wondered whether we have all become who were supposed to be. That maybe his death served some grander purpose—that it became the means for all of us to set off and find our own happiness. Just maybe.

Of course—you never know these things. And with realizing that I headed home for the night, making myself push through all the dramatic thoughts and wishes. I made myself go off and enjoy myself. I hung out with the girls at Ali’s and had drinks and baby talk and sex talk. I laughed and smiled and joked with them; because if there is anything you can do for the dead is that—living your life fully.

And as I went to sleep that night I felt better—relieved. I slept through the night and woke up happy and smiling. I don’t remember dreams but I feel like something must have happened there. But the weirdest thing happened at work—a new producer joined the show and was someone I knew through Edie. A writer friend of hers from back home. The weirdest part—his name.

J Ryan.

Building A Beast of Burden

Every so often I realize that I am quite capable at causing my own problems. I agree to things that in retrospect make no sense and then I wonder why I spend a whole night on edge. I am my own worst enemy.

I have to figure what it all means. And deal with it appropriately.

Quote of the Week

Once again this belongs to Davis with his description of being hung over.

"A little too much Jack Daniels and I'm puking like a cheerleader two hours before getting fitted for her prom dress..."

Oh how well you know the pain of many a cheerleader.