40,589 words!!!

Wow 40,000 words!!!
Wow officially at 40,000+ ...

Already did 2,000 words today . I could fill in a lot of sex scenes too ....

40,589... And still 13 more days!!!
Its amazing to think I have only 9,481 left ...

And I will probably do another 10,000+ after that :))

edmund

This feels really good, there is a lot of tenderness between Mathilda and Timothy.

It is starting to feel a lot like my wife and me.Its nice to have them just massaging each other.

Tenderness is such a lovely thing.I am really liking my book and have ideas for others.

I really can't believe how much fun I am having!!

And under 10,000 to go (plus likely to write 10,000 after that)..

edmund davis-quinn

Whats the weather like today .. today is subby

Well the book is going very ... very well ..

I am up to 37,000 words .. the 50,000 word goal of NanoWrimo is getting quite close.

I also got called to sub today ... yay!!!

Quite frustrated about the $125 excise tax on my car in Maine .. they base it on the original price of your car .. my car might have started at 32,000 but its 22 years old .. my merc 300D 84 is probably worth around 2,000-3,000 now especially with a little bit of body damage and chipped paint .. this makes the tax like 5% of my car's value ...>GRRRRRR

I have three blogs to mention...

My book blog ...

http://nofilterbook.blogspot.com

Has some excerpts as does this journal in blog format
also started

http://mainebeerguy.blogspot.com ...

My travels in beer land and various reviews of beer ... 1st entry some fun at the Great Lost Bear in Maine .. If your curious most of the beers were 4 oz samples ... except for the Allagash Curieux which was an 8 oz beer with like 13% alcohol (most beers are around 5% or so)
And my main home page ...

which you are at right now ....

Have a nice day y'all ...

edmund davis-quinn

Royalty showed up in my book

Wow Royalty Showed Up


Somehow when I was typing today at Sam's Club of all places, royalty showed up.
It turns out that my character's current love interest as an ex-husband who is Sir Edmund Fitzgerald, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Evidently the press still follow Mathilda around and are curious what she is up to.

It looks like Timothy and Mathilda are going to be on the cover of the Sun and The Mirror tomorrow in my book.

I also have almost 2,000 words today to bring the total official wordcount to 32,855

I will update things as they progress.I am having quite a history for Mathilda as well.

I guess she is going to be a BIG part of the story.

Excerpts will come later.

ed davis-quinn

Give Rutgers some love ...

How sad is it that I am thrilled that Rutgers beat Syracuse 31-9 today to be 4-2 overall (2-1 Big East) ...

And that my SG Fantasy Football team (Westbrook Eagles) is 5-0About the Rutgers game...

Rutgers has traditionally been one of the WORST football programs in all of Division I-A... the Temple Owls traditionally kept Rutgers from going winless in the Big East ... Rutgers won a road game against a rival and now has beaten both Pittsburgh and Syracuse in league this year (both are having awful years)...

In even better news my wife started a new job at the Univ of Southern Maine (which she is thrilled about) and getting lots of teaching gigs.

I also finished filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last week. I would love to see some movies soon ... has anyone seen "A History of Violence" or "Wallace and Gromit"?? ... I would also have loved to have seen "March of the Penguins..." ...Blessed be enjoy your October and the leaves changing ... even in the soggy Northeast )ecq

Extra note .. I saw History of Violence .. it was excellent ****1/2

I saw Wallace and Gromit very good .. not as good as chicken Run or the shorts ... ***1/4

cheers!

Review Madness

So after the difficulty of this last week .. My aunt is has a memorial service in Greenville, CA on Wednesday ... My wife's birthday is wednesday .. and my father-in-law is having open heart valve replacement surgery on Thursday....

So I have been distracting myself too much when I really need to get a job.

Video Game Reviews:

Simpsons Hit and Run *** .... A fun game but the mission format gets very frustrating would be nice if there was just a run around mode ... I like Simpsons Road Rage much better ****1/2.

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition ***** ... A great racing game!! ... I decided to return it to Blockbuster (can always get a new copy later) but had it out for a month and a half. An absolutely dynamite street racing game with great cars and competition. Spent 55 hours+ playing it and it was very hard to return.... Really, Really, Good.

Max Payne 2: 0 stars/Incomplete .... Couldn't figure out how to get out of the opening level (returned)

Jax 3: (rented) .. Tried it yesterday ... looked fun but couldn't get through opening board ( lava on opening board ??????!?!?!?) .... 1 star/Incomplete .... the first learning board should be MUCH easier.

Movies/Videos:

Star Wars 3: ... . the best of the new trilogy. Still very bad acting and writing (Lucas prefers digital tech stuff to plot and acting) .. But very good ... I have some problems with the climax and what a big switch it is ... If the Jedis are so smart, they should know more ... Would be happy to discuss ....l Good though .. maybe as good as Return of the Jedi ***1/2

Be Cool (rented) .. . A fun movie. Ridicuously overstuffed .. Nowhere near as good as the efferecent fun Get Shorty (****1/2) ... This would have been better with less actors and music videos in the middle. A ridiculous movie but watchable **1/2

Racing Stripes *** .... I liked this much better then I thought I would ... This is a very nice fun movie with talking animals ... Not as good as Babe or Babe 2 .. but much better then you think a talking zebra movie will be ... Sweet, very nice family film.

I also read a fantastic book this week called The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Remeck Hunt.

This is an inspiring story about three black men who grew up in Newark and Plainfield, NJ where unfortunately black men are more likely to go to Prison then Graduate School. The three made a pact to all become doctors and made it. An absolutely inspiring story about how having friends and positive peer pressure can make a difference.

This book is also very scary in how much life in the underclass has to change.

I recommend this very, very strongly *****+

edmund

A difficult week ... Saw some great movies though.

have had too much death around me last week.

My aunt Louise died at 62 ..... Her situation is tragic and she was relatively healthy except for cancer.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts.

I have something else I want to say.

My aunt had her vagina removed for vaginal cancer, but didn't have chemotherapy because she didn't have health insurance.

2 years later she had a relapse and there was metasized cancer over much of her body including her lungs ... She died about 6 months later...

Health Care needs to change in this country!!!!

Now!

There was also a Senior at Westbrook HS (Maine) that died Thursday Night/Friday Morning and would have been graduating in a couple of weeks. It is always a great tragedy when someone dies at only 17.

In a totally different strain I have seen 3 very good movies this week.

Just wanted to say hi .. just saw Star Wars III today ***1/2 which is the best of the new trilogy by far and may be better than "Return of the Jedi" ... There still was some very bad writing and digital backgrounds that look to pretty for their own good ... I do have a big problem with how Anakin goes to the Dark Side though ... Would be very willing to talk more.

Saw the absolutely brilliant "My Architect" on Thursday ****1/2 .... A devastating documentary about a bastard child whose father was Louis A Kahn, considered one of the great architects of the 20th Century ... Really Really good ... This one made me cry and still affects me now.

Just saw "Primer" and watching the director's commentary right now ... This is a headtrip of a movie and very interesting ... I would definitely recommend using the subtitles with it .. .One of the most interesting Science Fiction Debut since Aronfosky's "Pi" .... ****


Off to the Berkshires for a festival all next week. Will be nice to disconnect ... Definitely want to burn some death tokens for my grandmother, aunt and the HS student I didn't know all that well ... We must never forget the dead and recognize their importance ..... This is something I disagree with Yoda entirely about.

Edmund Charles Davis-Quinn

Louise Foote 1943-2005

My aunt Louise Foote, my father's sister passed away today at 62.

She leaves behind two wonderful daughters Alexandra, 33 and Julia, 26 ... And a longtime boyfriend Norman.

She was a wonderful woman and will be missed.

Louise Foote June 2, 1942 - May 17, 2005

Stand-Up Show .. ISS

Wow I haven't updated in a while.

Just finished a stand-up comedy class this week and had the class graduation show yesterday afternoon which was a lot of fun ... Although this class went out MUCH less then my UCB improv classes in NYC ...

This week I mainly subbed for ISS (in-school suspension) in the High School .. Not the most exciting gig in the world but I did get a lot of reading done and had a little bit of a chance to tutor (which I really enjoyed) ... Is it just me though or is a full day of ISS a lot for a forgotten detention (would understand 2 detentions more)...

Getting psyched for Rites of Spring next week .. which is an awesome all-week festival in the Berkshires with all night drum circles, and classes and awesome energies .... I think me and the wifey really need it.

Also trying out for Man of La Mancha with the originals in Bar Mills, ME. We may get a known actor in the lead.

Thats all from Maine for now.

ed davis-quinn

Movie Review ... NO ETEP :((

WEDNESDAY MAY 04 2005 7:16 PM

So I didn't get into USM for Teaching School :((

I am going to try to apply to get conditional certification jobs anyway.

So I have seen a few movies on DVD and two very good ones in the theatre.

I saw Comedian on DVD ... I am taking a stand-up class right now (Performance on May 14th at Comedy Connection -- Portland, Maine at 4 pm) .. It was nice to see Jerry Seinfeld humbled on stage trying out new material ... Very good ***1/4

I also saw Metallica-Some Kind of Monster ... It was good but took a while for me to get through on Netflix. Was good to watch while you were checking the internet .... .***

I really really liked the two movies I saw in the theatre today.

Check out Kung Fu Hustle before it leaves the theatre ... the movie is an absolute riot with some amazing characters... I may have liked Shaolin Soccer better but this was quite good ****

I also saw Fever Pitch. I was a big fan of Nick Hornby's fan biography on rooting for Arsenal in good times and bad... I really, really was surprised I liked this movie as much as I did. It was a great romantic comedy, and showed some of the insanities of Red Sox Nation. Well done by the Farrelly Brothers ****1/4

I have also seen Sin City recently. This was an absolute blast. Mickey Rourke gave the best performance of his is decades and was the real stand-out. This movie is basically 3 graphic novels put together on the screen. A real knockout and very likely to be in my top 10 of the year ****1/2

Wish me luck on the summer job search and give me good vibes for the stand-up show and applying to jobs to teach in Maine and environs.

Ed Davis

Playful Kitty

Its amazing how much debt I put myself in.

2 years of MBA and no real job since will do that to you.

Sub Teaching is fun but unfortunately doesnt pay all the bills nor happen in the summer. I think I need to find a 2nd job now that will continue through the summer.

The wife is trying to start up a training and creativity workshop business and I think she is awesome.

Have an interview for ETEP (Ext. Teacher Ed. Program) at Univ. of Southern Maine on Monday for Elementary Ed (k-8) ... I hope it goes well ... Thinking Grades 3-6 are about the right way to go.

Kindergarten and 1st Grade are too young for me.... and really like the older elementary school kids. They are still precococious and often quite willing to learn.

My kitty Hunter is also being very playful right now.

And knocking stuff all over the place.

Blessed be.

eddie

New Dell

I just purchased a new shiny Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop ... oooohhhh!!!

Its nice to have my own computer now. With luck I will be using it for a teacher certification program next year.

Laptops rock!!

Also got the Final Four tonight. Although I have UNC and Illinois in my final (as does 90%+ of America) ... I would love to see Mich St and Louisville make it.

Rented two movies this week Grass and Garfield... One I recommend highly and one I thought had incredibly bad CGI.

Grass was excellent **** ... This documentary about the history of the anti-marijuana movement in the US was superb. There were many things I did not know about .. .such as the fact that 10 states decriminalized possession in the 1970s and President Carter had a bill in Congress to decriminalize less then an ounce of pot. Then unfortunately Reagan and the conservatives took over and said Drugs are bad.

An excellent movie, whether you are in the NORML crowd or just like documentaries and history.

Garfield was quite lame **. If we are just talking about the CGI cat 1/2*. This may well be one of the most jarring CGI jobs ever. What is really silly about it is all of the other dogs and cats in the picture, including Odie, are life and blood animals. It probably also increased the budget for this movie a lot. If you feel the desperate need to see it, I wouldn't stop you, but my wife wanted to stop halfway through it, and I rented it for her. Breckin Meyer and Jennifer Love Hewitt were cute in this picture but I can't recommend it because of the horrific Garfield, and the bad writing, .....

Enjoy you April you fools... the snow is getting washed away with 3 inches of rain this weekend in Maine. Welcome to mud season!!!

ecq

Why Portland, ME is better then NYC

Lets see.

1) parking, having the chance to have a car without a second rent and parking tickets.

2) there is still theatre, museums, comedy clubs, good rest and on average MUCH better bars then NYC ... better prices, more down to earth, better average music, much mellower.

3) Just less ... no crazy begging on subway ... no clothing shop across the street banging music (or mexicans downstairs) ... no drug deals and craps on the front step .. no worry about getting on the subway

4) Supermarkets ... C-town really, really, really sucks .. if you haven't lived in the 'hood you cant understand the smell of salmonella chicken (seems like they dont wash it) brown fruit and veggies and brown meat ... we were in shock when we first went to Hannaford and Shaws ... whats expired at Shaws is just starting its run at c-town .... I cant overestimate this ....

5) Livability/Space .... We have a full 2 bedrooom apartment in Westbrook with plowed parking spaces a cool landlord and our own bathroom and kitchen (thank god) for only a little more then our room in a railroad apt in Harlem Heights, Manhattan

6) Jobs ... Lanna made good money in NYC, but I wasn't accomplishing much. Its nice working almost everyday as a sub and going to get fully certified (traditional) most likely next year at the University of Southern Maine

7) Comedy ... Although my wife moved to NYC for acting ... She has an improv troupe she is performing with at the Comedy Connection in Portland (a better club then any place in NYC .. although I do love UCB as a improv space) and an acting troupe she has worked with in the past.

Getting close to having a home here with my wife of 9 months ... its great :)

Edmund Charles Davis-Quinn

Project Runway/Ray Redux

Watching the project runway finale finally on DVR. I already watched the fashion show in the last 40 minutes the next day.

Watching the last show you get to like Wendy Pepper much, much better. I actually liked her clothes the best.

Kara Saun comes out very poorly, with her shoe steward, and silent treatment with Wendy. Also by lying by saying the shoes cost $15/each.

I always liked Jay. I do think his clothes are way afield on my tastes, but i guess there is genius there.

If you didn't know this a couple weeks ago, of course you probably were not a huge fan of the show.

I have a column about Ray Redux and Apocolypse Now Redux, and that sometimes added scenes, slow down the flow of a movie.... Both of these added versions, have very interesting scenes, but both really disconnect the flow of the movie.

I really think the French scene in Apocolypse is very good, but it slows down the movie a lot. The strangest thing about Apocolypse Now is that I liked the TV version (shortened and edited) the best. The original version on screen (saw it in class at college) seemed like a bunch of huge music pieces in order, and the Redux is very interesting but runs very slow.

In Ray, a gem of a performance by Ray Charles has extra scenes in the DVD. Many of the scenes are brilliant, but they are poorly edited in ... If you rent/buy the Ray DVD, see the original version first and then see the added scenes.

Have a brilliant March, Spring is soon although you wouldn't know it in Maine. Learned Meteorological Spring (March-May) is already here :))

Edmund Charles Davis-Quinn

Hey Look!! .. Its Beyonce Again!!

So another Oscar telecast came and went.

The speeches were shortened, you got to hear the orchestra through the speech, and the show still ran a little over 3 hours.

The Oscars keep trying to shorten the speeches, even going into the audience for one award, but there is one piece of really big, big fat the Oscar could trim.

Why does one of the most minor categories in the whole show, Best Original Song, get 1/6 of the broadcast.... When you add up Beyonce's three songs (although she sang none of them in the movies) from the Chorus, Phantom of the Opera (shouldn't Emmy Rossum have performed, not just introduced that) and Polar Express, with the Spanish language song from The Motorcycle Diaries (which won) and the only actual performer who I think was involved in the movie, the Counting Crows with Accidentally in Love from Shrek 2 .. you have about 30 minutes of show (20 minutes for the song, 4 for the award and at 6-9 minutes for commercials).

Best Original Song, is fundamentally a songwriters award. Personally I think the 5 second sound byte that most of the nominees get, would be plenty. If you take away the 20 minutes plus commercials that the songs received, it gives Oscar plenty of more time to do more important things. Like not rushing the winners speeches (including Best Picture !?!??!?) and having more meaningful tributes like those for Johnny Carson, the stars, directors, writers, etc. that died this year and for Lifetime Achievement.

Honestly most movies have songs already performed that help add to the time of the movie. ... For instance, Forrest Gump was full of old 60s songs; and the theme from Pulp Fiction is an update of Dick Dale's Misrolou (Sp.?) ... Songs like the one from Phantom are added to get fans of the musical to show up and get nominated for the award.

I just cannot understand why Best Song (if you look at the winner, many are HIGHLY forgettable) gets so much screen time in the rushed Oscar telecast.

Here is the time of each song. I=Introduction, S=Song, A=After Song (ie applause, etc), and T=Total Time

The Chorus (Beyonce????) Intro 0:25; Song 2:33, After 0:23; Total = 3:21(then commercials) .. Performance B- (and what was Beyonce wearing that for with a Boys Choir??)

Shrek 2 (Best Performance of the Night) I-0:20; S-2:35; A-0:20; T=3:14 (At least the band who played the song in the movie played, but this is the Oscars not the Grammys) B+

Phantom (Why didn't Emmy sing --- Beyonce Again???) I-0:44; S=3:19; A-0:15; T=4:18 (Not a bad song, but like most Andrew Lloyd Webber, one minute of song and then repeat twice) B

Motorcycle Diaries (Great playing by Santana -- Average singing by Antonio Banderas) I-1:30; S-3:15; A-0:23, T=5:08 (then Commercials) .... Decent song subtitles would have been nice B

Polar Express (Just hokey -- Beyonce for third time) ... I-1:00; S- 2:47; A-0:21; T-4:11; This was just sappy and repeated worse then Webber. Pretty Boring B-

So that adds up to about 20 minute and 21/2 commercial breaks which is around 6 minutes or so. It was nice that a Spanish-language song was nominated for the first time and won, for what I have heard is a wonderful movie in "The Motorcycle Diaries," but this category takes WAY WAY too long.

I really enjoyed the BAFTA and Independent Spirit Awards much more, because they let the winners talk and didn't engage in this silly starcraft. And how overexposed is Beyonce, she is pushing her relative stardom so hard with this Oscar telecast and the Grammys that I think her fall is soon.

Without this Best Song treadle, Oscar could easily come in at under 3 hours, and/or get some more interesting content that is important for the movie.

As for the rest of the broadcast, I like Clint Eastwood, but not recognizing Martin Scorsese as director for the excellent the Aviator (****1/2), when he has not won for such classics as GoodFellas (*****); Taxi Driver (*****); and in my mind the overrated Raging Bull (****); is ridiculous. I have not seen Million Dollar Baby yet, but Clint already got it for the again overrated Unforgiven (***1/2), and it was Marty's turn. Will the best living director (Spielberg is 2nd in my mind) have to wait for a lifetime achievement award for an Oscar???

I was extremely happy in the two victories for screenplay. Sideways (****1/2) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(*****) were my two favorite movies of the year. Although to give a talent like Charlie Kaufman only :30 to give his acceptance speech, is just absurd. I was also happy to see Cate Blanchett win for her great performance as Kate Hepburn in the Aviator (my third favorite of the year so far), although the stunningly beautiful Virginia Madsen well deserved it too.

Jamie Foxx probably gave the best speech of the night for his great performance in Ray, thanking his grandmother for being his first "acting" teacher. Foxx became Ray Charles in this movie, and with his work in Ray, the brilliant co-lead in Collateral, and what I have heard is a great performance in Redemption, has changed his status from a comedian on TV to one of the great actors in Hollywood. A most deserving award for a very good movie (***1/2).

I really did want to see either the Aviator or Sideways win best picture but so it goes. I plan to see Million Dollar Baby today in the afternoon, before the snow squall hits Maine tonight. I didn't get called to substitute today, so doing some cleaning and laundry. ... Also need to work on my application for teacher ed. at the Univ. of Southern Maine.

Enjoy March!

Edmund Charles Davis-Quinn

Finally feel like I have a home again

Finally feel like I have found a home for the first time since I was in Claremont 31/2 years ago.

What an absolutely glorious feeling.

Really enjoying Westbrook/Portland, Maine so far. Its really lovely here and its nice to be able to drive to things again.

New York can be really wonderful. But there is so much constantly going on that its like a radio with constant loud static. Must say that I also like how much quieter it is here then in New York City/Harlem Heights ... I also dont miss the mexicans downstairs blasting music right under our bed.

Being out of a railroad apartment (one long hallway with many rooms with shared bath and kitchen) is also great. The dishes are ours, the cubbards are ours, the refrigirator is all our stuff and most importantly the bathroom is just us 2 not 8.

I am very lucky also to have such a wonderful wife .... She makes everything in my life better.

Happy Valentine's Day .. dont take it all too seriously. Edmund Davis

Silly things in the news

Got snowed it today ... Surprised they called school this early ... There is not much snow on the ground ... but it is a little sleety ....Was reading the Portland Press-Herald today and two things disturbed me..... One is that President Bush's prescription drug bill does not allow the government to bargain for drug prices (totally insane because absolutely every medical insurance company does). ...The other is that there is a school in Central California that is putting RFID tags on all their children (like big pallets have) so that they can track them and see if they are late to class. Sometimes there should be when "safety goes wrong" ...I hope all you warm weather "flatlanders", "from away" ... are enjoying a nice calm February day.From Snowy Maine ... I wish you good day ... Edmund Quinn

It sounds like the US govt is paying retail for prescription drugs which nearly NOONE does .... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6941445/Imports from Canada At a press conference Wednesday at which a bipartisan group of senators announced a new bill to allow the re-importation of pharmaceuticals from Canada and other countries, none of the senators would comment when asked about King’s legislation. Instead, their focus was on forcing U.S. drug-makers to lower their prices by allowing re-import of drugs shipped to Canada and other nations where governments impose price controls. One of those senators, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D- Mass., said “a huge portion” of the new drug entitlement “is a windfall profit for the drug companies and the HMO’s.”The $720 billion Bush administration cost estimate “will add new pressure for us to pass this legislation” to allow drug re-imports, said Sen. John McCain, R- Ariz. He denounced what he called “the egregious and outrageous provision” in the 2003 bill that bars Medicare from negotiating price discounts with pharmaceutical manufacturers. He called it “a disgraceful example of the power of the drug companies.” One senator who was willing to express support for the idea of not having Medicare pay for Viagra was Sen. Tom Coburn, R- Okla. King’s provision “will fly through” Congress, Coburn predicted.

2nd Graders

Finally subbed in Maine for first time today. I had a 2nd grade class. The kids are WAY too cute. Its interesting the kinds of drama they have too... .
Think if anything I may have been too nice.It was lots of fun, but I was VERY tired by the end of the day ... also got 4 valentine cards from the kids (was a project) ... The 2nd graders were fun (just learning how to read and do addition and subtraction) but think I may want a little older kids to teach permanently (4-5th grade???) ..
It is amazing how much the kids like their teacher though. I never felt that kind of love from 6-12th grade subbing in NJ.Enjoy Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, and Mardi Gras :))

Edmund

Survey on SG

This is a survey on SG.

I stole this from Firefly who took it from Aikaterine!I know this is silly but I did it anyway, so there.*
Have you ever...(put an X next to the things that apply to you)
(X) Been drunk.
(X) Kissed a member of the opposite sex.
(X) Rode in a taxi.
(X) Been dumped.
(1/2) celebrated new years in Times Square. I have seen the ball drop and been at the back of that mess
(X) Went on a blind date.
(X) Had a crush on a teacher.
(X) Skipped school.
A p p e a r a n c e
Height: 6'4"
Hair color: Dark Brown
Skin color: Avg. White Boy I guess ... about once a year get a lobster tan
Eye color: Hazel
Piercings: None
Tattoos: None (have considered it)
R i g h t n o w
What color are the pants that you are wearing? Grey checkerboard PJs
What song are you listening to right now? Watching Simpsons On DVR I guess Simpsons soundtrack
What taste is in your mouth? Currently just water .. I think chocolate soon ... And BTW Ginger Altoids are very Yummy and strong must like Ginger
What's the weather like now? Average NYC summer I guess.
How are you? Feeling wicked broke
Got motion sickness? On rare occasions.
Have a bad habit? Very bad at throwing away newspapers.
Like to drive? In the Country but hate driving slow
F a v o r i t e s
TV show: The Simpsons, Arrested Development, The Daily Show, Wrestling and PTI.
Book: One really cool book in The Nine Nations of North America by Joel Garreau
Non-Alcoholic drink: Non-pasturized cider, Ginger Beer, Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice
Alcoholic drink: I would have to say many types of beer .. just got back from Quebec and loved Boreaul Rouge and Rickards Red ... Also really like Porters like Guinness and some lagers like Red Stripe )
Thing to do on the weekend: Hang out with wifey wife, lounge around, see some flicks, catch some comedy, do some trips
H a v e y o u...Broken the law: Yes ... Yep sped and stuff
Ran away from home: No
Gone skinny dipping: Yes. Quite like the nude beaches
Ever tipped over a porta potty: No. Thats mean.
Used your parents' credit card before: Only with them there
Fell asleep in shower/bath: No, scary
Been in a school play: Worked behind the scenes and was in a chorus once or twice
L o v e
Boyfriend/girlfriend: Wifey wife ....Lanna .. she is beyond girlfriend now ...
Current crush: Wife/Ninanna Ninanna
Been in love: 3 or 4 times never like this though
Had a hard time getting over someone: Had some bad breakups.
Been hurt: A few times.
Greatest regret: Being timid about dating when younger.
Gone out with someone you only knew for 3 days: Sure.
R a n d o m
Do you have a job: No. Unfortunately only temping.
Your CD player has in it right now: Marilyn Monroe greatest hits
If you were a crayon what color would you be: Maroon
What makes you happy: The wifey wife, The Simpsons, Beautiful Weather, The country, new conversations, Silliness
Next CD you're gonna get: Still need to get last OutKast album

W h e n / w h a t w a s t h e l a s t
Time you cried: During Spiderman 2 (last week)
Time you got a real letter: Replies to wedding invites and birthday invites
Thing you purchased: Movie tickets to "The Terminal" last night ... as well as candy, soda, and popcorn
Movie you saw in the theater: The very underrated The Terminal ... Although the ending is much too short ***1/2
Last Cigarette: Over a year ago
Last Alcoholic Drink: PBR
Last Car Ride: Drive back home to Nj and then to train station to get to NYC
Last Kiss: fun ones with wifey wife
Last Library Book: Still owe book about Arthur Anderson
Last Book Read: Read the newspaper and magazines much more often...
Last Movie Rented: Rent movies infrequently ... last was the absolutely dreadful wonderland a month ago 1/2*
Last Cuss Word Uttered: Shiiit
Last Beverage Drank: water
Last Food Consumed: some chips
Last Phone Call: The Wifey wife
Last TV Show Watched: The Simpsons
Last Time Showered: yesterday
Last Annoyance: big one of someone unplugging the fridge
Last Thing Written: Reviews on SG page
Last Sleep: This morning. woke up much too late
Last Sexual Fantasy: great orgy of sin
Last Ice Cream Eaten:Coconut yumminess up in Wash Heights
Last Time Hugged: last night by my sweetie
Last Lipstick Used:n/a
Wasn't that the most interesting thing you've ever read? Its cool but I have read lots of stuff ...

Vanity Fair Party!!!

Went to a ridicuously cool event last night... Thanks Vanity Fair!!

A couple months ago, I joined something called the "A-list" from Vanity Fair ... It said their might be panels, and events and stuff.

A couple weeks ago, I got an invitiation to see a Film Foundation "Conversation" with Robert Altman (director Short Cuts, the Player, MASH, Nashville ....) and Buck Henry (Writer -- The Graduate, Catch-22 .....) ...

So the lecture/conversation was awesome and then I went to the after-party at the Le Parker Meriden penthouse on the 43rd floor.... The view of Central Park was ridicously beautiful (I need to get the pics from Ninanna) and there was free wine, and Hynotiq (sponsors) .... I even got to talk briefly with Mr. Altman and Mr. Henry .... Even free orders like Sushi ...

Pretty damn awesome event for nothing ... I kept thinking the cool police were going to catch me... ...

Enjoy May! .. ecq

Frasier

THURSDAY MAY 13 2004 8:22 PMHaving a very emotional week.

The wedding is getting close and I haven't heard from my temp agency in a while .... Def. need money to calm the seas of debt ...

The Frasier finale tonight was absoutely classic and I believe its on again tomorrow night at 8 pm/7 pm central. Set your VCR or TiVo if you missed it tonight.

The writing was absolutely great and the show had me in tears (which is relatively easy lately) .... Frasier, Niles, Daphne, and Martin are 4 of the great actors and characters in TV history and although I have not watched the show for a while it was really really solid.

I also got the chance to see the strange and wonderful, The Saddest Music in the World by Guy Maddin (Canada) ... It was most certainly avant-garde and had a very distinctive black and white look... The movie is close to indescriable .. .And Mark McKinney (yes the one from Kids in the Hall) was a surprisingly great actor... Its a hard movie to rate honestly because its so different. ... For its originality and style I give in ***1/2 ... Its only playing in NYC at Landmark Sunshine Cinemas btwn. 1st and 2nd Ave on the South Side of Houston St. ... Its a great theatre there and I recommend it..... I am also curious how it would play on the small screen.

Need to buy Triplets of Belleville DVD, which is actually still at Sunshine Cinema.

And in a final note, read courtney's rambling madness and if it is indeed Courtney Love courtney, I am deeply worried for you ..... This is probably the time to detox.

ecq