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Brett and I went on a cruise in March for reasons we thought were good at the time. These reasons did not hold up. It was a four day cruise. On day three we arrived in Mexico and escaped. It wasn't easy. We wandered around a town trying to find the bus for a really long time. I asked a woman who didn't speak english where it was. I turned to brett helplessly to ask how to say three in spanish. He told me. I used all english except for the word "3" in Spanish. "Good job!" Brett said seriously. "I only said one word in Spanish." "But she understood." It was a few minutes later that I said, "Don't you speak Spanish?" He kind of shrugged a little and I said, "Why don't you try?" He then proceeded to speak fluently and find us the bus stop.
After that we took a bus to the border of Mexico, walked across the border, took a trolley to a train to be met by the lovely Laura who picked us up. I'm not going to get into the cruise except to say that the most fun Brett had was watching me make a moustache out of a soft ice cream cone. I had fun amusing him, so here is the most fun we had on a cruise. My recommendation? Don't go. Even if you can have fun with soft ice cream.
Oh, and Arnie, this is one of the two pictures of humans in our camera.
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Wes Anderson's new American Express ad is brilliant if you ask me. Apparently if you don't like him you will be repulsed, but it brings me feelings of pure joy reminiscent of the first time I saw Bottle Rocket. Which of course, was 90 minutes I spent full of joy and awe. I would say more but I don't want to start getting hyperbolic.
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You should probably know that the new Kit Kat milkshake flavor is the biggest thing to happen to a candy bar since the Butterfinger Crisp. They took the candy bar and they made it into a malted wonder. It's a revolution, is what it is. (For Nate: a one way trip to Flavor Town.)
We are fostering four 8 week old kittens who were living on the streets in Compton until yesterday. Those cats are cooler than either of us. They are also full of mange and very skinny. But soon they will be cooler than us AND super cute.
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April 19th, 2006
the best laid plans...
I just read this from an article with long time Sidney Pollack collaborator/screenwriter David Rayfiel. I love this:
"I used to be a member of the New Dramatists Committee so many years ago and Harold Pinter came---he was really this young guy then but he had done a lot of good work. And one of these young sort of blase new dramatists who were jaded already and hadn't done anything--me included--asked him, "In that play with the two brothers, this third character appears. When did you know there was going to be a third character?"
Pinter: "When he showed up."
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Someone said to me that if in thousands of years cats came back to take over the world, I would be named as a deity. I hope that's true. Of course I'd have to be here in thousands of years, but that's the only part of that plan that seems iffy. I might be on to other things at that point. And there's a number of people that would be higher deities than I would be, but I don't mind that either. Also, I don't remember if someone actually said that to me or I dreamt it.
In other news, Christopher on the Sopranos has turned into the funniest character on television, in my opinion. I don't know when they decided to make his character extra stupid, but I am glad they did.
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Last Saturday my brother's stepdaughter motioned to Brett to come over to her so she could whisper something to him. She leaned over and said, "Your hair is beautiful." For those who don't know, Brett is bald. I have a LOT of hair people. A LOT. Almost too much. My hair got no mention. I'll have to start looking for validation elsewhere.
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Do you think someone whose name is Nancy when spelling their name says, "It's N, as in Nancy."? And then do they say, "And actually, the whole thing is Nancy."?
I've been thinking some important thoughts. If anyone knows a Nancy maybe they could ask them for me.
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I have heard and read all these things about how Kiefer Sutherland is a functioning alcoholic (he basically said it himself in Rolling Stone this month) and how doing 24, 10 months out of the year for the last five years was essentially killing him and how he didn't know how much longer he could take it. So you can imagine how happy I was to read this on Eonline this morning:
STILL TICKING: Kiefer Sutherland signing an eight-figure deal to continue starring on Fox's 24 through May 2009, according to published reports. The deal reportedly also includes a two-year development deal for Sutherland's soon-to-be launched production banner.
Wooohoo! Keifer will drink himself to destruction to keep Jack Bauer alive!
Okay, I'm not that heartless, I am actually concerned for his well-being. But not as happy as I am that 24 will be around for 3 more years! Besides, 8 figures? That'll cure alcoholism right? Don't they say that?
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My friend Arnie (who was Brett's friend first but I feel I can call him my friend but that's not the point of this story) and I are in competition only it's no competition at all for two reasons. One, he doesn't know it's happening and two: he beats me handily every time. On my webstats page where it tells what people google to get to me, every month more people google Arnie to get to my site than google me to get to my site. The only time it was even close was when my play was running and even then I think he TIED me. It's pathetic! It's not even his blog and more poeple are getting to me from googling him. He must have a lot of visitors. He has a great blog though so why don't you traitors all jump ship and go there! What do I care? It's here.
Other things that don't need my plugs include cats, television and 24 but apparently that's not stopping me.
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My brother's step daughter (my step niece? i don't know) is in love with Brett. She took him by the hand and said to him, "You're handsome." Then later she told him, "You're my husband." He told her that he was actually my husband but she wasn't so interested in that part of the conversation. Then yesterday I went over there without him. She said, "What are YOU doing here?" I told her I came by to bring something over for the cat. She said to me, "Brett is sick." It was her way of asking where the hell the part of this couple she really cared about was. I said, 'He's not sick, he just couldn't come right now." She said, "Brett only came over this many times." And held up one finger. (Not the middle finger.) I told her I guess it felt that way, but really he comes over almost every time I do. She wasn't so interested in that. Or me, for that matter. But that's fine! I just came over for the cat anyway. So there, five year old! I can't imagine why she likes him more than me.
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What am I NOT going to comment about 24 the day after I watch it?
I spent the second half of the episode under a blanket, too nervous to watch. Sometimes I watch Brett's face watching 24 instead of watching 24 so i feel like I'm watching it even though I'm only hearing it and watching him watch it. Then I make him tell me what's happening. It's too scary to watch!! Next time I go to the doctor and they ask me if I'm under any kind of stress I'm going to have to answer yes. At least until this season is over. It's VERY stressful!!!
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April 3rd, 2006
I just read this quote and I like it.
"I believe in the idea that to be successful you don't write something 30 people like, you write something 28 people hate and two people love."
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I can't stand Matthew McCaughneyheyhey. I despise Sarah Jessica Parker. So of course I saw Failure to Launch. Listen, it was Friday morning, Dorie wanted to see a movie, that was the one playing, it happened, okay? It happened. It was even worse than I thought it would be. It was AWFUL. Roger Ebert said about this movie, "Oh what stupid people these are." Someone from Boulder Weekly said, 'I thought I was watching the Challenger disaster instead of a romantic comedy." But the best review was by Film Freak whose reviewer said, "It's two things and both of them suck." The rest of the review is hilarious and should really be read even if (God willing) you never see this movie. He describes Matthew McConaugheyhey as a professional unctuous petroleum spill. i can't ask for more than that.
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