Sorry it's so boring. It's the Journal for the month of July 2003.
2003-07-01 11:40:00
HP5
Finally on Sunday I finished the latest Harry Potter book. I was such at odds with finishing it
because I didn't want it to end. So I spent like 4 hours in DuPont Circle reading it while trying
to avoid the random homeless man and the traffic horns all jockeying for my attention. But man it
was a good book. She has such a way with her characters and she has such a flare with setting
up the visuals. I can't wait until this one is filmed. The only criticism that I read, I think
in the Time review, was that the character of Malfoy is still a little too cardboard. If he were
older I would imagine him twirling his handlebar mustache with every line he delivered. But it
was still soooo goood. And Now I am free to discuss it with everyone. :)
2003-07-02 14:35:00
Oliver Wood is your Hunk of Burnin' Love.
Who Is Your Gryffindor Hunk of Burnin' Love?
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2003-07-03 11:26:00
Arg,
I feel like I have a bunch of leprechauns in my stomach and they
keep inflating a balloon and the all take turns jumping on it till it
bursts out my ass.
Yeah I don't feel all that well. :(
You are...unique to say the least. Though the events around you often seem complex,
even convoluted, you tend to drift off into your own world. It's nicer there. People
tend to think you're joking, even when you think you're being serious. Though, seriousness
is taxing for you. You'd rather play all the time than do boring work of any type,
and perhaps that's why inane dribble tends to issue forth from your mouth.
ZORT!
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2003-07-04 09:33:00
Fantasy Island
Ya know I never realized how fucked up a show Fantasy Island was. I remember being scared of the show
when I was a kid but not sure why and so this week I was at a friends house and we caught one of the
episodes and I remember
why I was freaked out. It was a show about some guy who raced cars or something
and then one called Nightmare. This woman was having nightmares but was never able to complete it because
she kept waking up. So she goes to fantasy island and has the nightmare and its about all these toys
coming to life and trying to kill her and the something about her father blah blah. Oh, and of course
there was a clown that came to life and was doing this fucking sick little dance and looking all
evil and then finally his head exploded and she moved on. But of course I have the image of this
fucking
clown in my head and it's freaking me out! Where's my fantasy island! Fucking clowns.
2003-07-06 10:48:00
Da forfth
Well, the fourth is come and gone and I think was one of the best in a long time, well that's not true, it was different but wonderful.
I volunteered to help the festivities on the Capitol Lawn. Every year they have this concert there in conjunction with the National Symphony Orchestra and other acts with the whole thing being broadcast on PBS. The set up of the thing is general seating in the back and all the VIP's in the special roped off front section. VIPs being the Chief of Police of DC, Host Barry Bostwick and his family, various big wigs from sponsor companies and the like.
So I got there at 4 wearing khakis, a long sleeve dress shirt and a tie and already sweating my balls off. We got briefed on what we were going to do then we had a few minutes to relax and watch the rehearsal. And this is the part of the show I loved because I got to basically be on the stage and watch all the set up and the camera work and the techies running around. Also one of my favorite groups was there, The Chieftains, and I got to see them doing some really great music and amazing Irish dancing. It was sweet.
At 6:00 we were put to work. All the VIPs had to go to registration and then they were escorted to their seats. My job was to make sure that people stayed in their seats and didn't try and
scootch up to a better seat. This, I was told, was going to be easy. It wasn't. I won't mention why cause I want to be nice but the two women who came in and took over, without asking if they could but instead feeling like they were messengers from god, need to go away and die. This woman Kim was there and she was going crazy. This lasted for two hours. Got to stand next to Barry Bostwick which was cool. He is freaking tall! At 8 the show began and there is something so cool about being on the capitol lawn and singing the National anthem. I cried. I'm such a sap. Then my new friend Patricia and I watched the show for a few minutes before we had to go to the next job. Patricia was a VIP escort and she would bring people to me and I would seat them for her. She was amazing. Really beautiful, I mean tongue out the mouth and wagging on the floor kinda hot. mmmmmmmmm Ok back now.
So at 8:30 we all walked to the capitol. This in itself was awesome. We went to the statuary hall which is adjacent to the Rotunda which is beyond words. So beautiful. Inside the caterers were making the place look beautiful. The bomb dogs went through and then we were allowed in. We had about 20 minutes to kill at this point and it was about 9 so we wasted a few minutes and then watched the fireworks. I thought the anthem on the lawn was cool, no, standing in the Capitol watching the fireworks was the best. I had never been behind the Washington Monument before and it was really cool to watch. With the 1812 Overture going on and stuff I think I got misty eyed again. I am a sap for my country. lol Then we took out places and the crowd entered. I was given this door to watch so that no one slipped in uninvited. No one did but that was fine. I got to watch all the people. I saw Dolly Parton come in, John Williams, who I would have loved to meet, Craig Bierko, Barry Bostwick and Kristin Chenoweth. Kristin has the sweetest voice! Once the
crowd died down a bit, like 11, I was able to free my post and get some food. Patricia and I tried to set my mom up with Barry Bostwick but she was too embarrassed so Patricia and I just talked to him for a few minutes. What a nice guy. Then the huge crew of us drank and ate and eventually headed home. I think I was asleep before I even found my bed. A really good time.
nostalgic
2003-07-08 10:24:00
Willing bitch looks for sugar daddy/momma
So I hate my job. This is shocking news to no one and I'm sure no one cares cause it's harder and harder to find someone who likes their job these days. But when I left alone to work I am happy. And when I am alone in my cube, I am happy.
[EDIT] But the movie starts this weekend which means I won't be free on a weekend until August. Not a big deal really.
The play is going well and last night we had a break through of sorts and things began to really coagulate. I was going to say 'gel' but then I think of that fucking stupid Dr. Shoalls ad. Arg.
I'm done. Go home.
2003-07-14 10:31:00
Attica! (god I hope that's not misspelled)
Attica!
So the first weekend of shooting is over. And what a weekend. Kelley
added her take on things and now I think I am lucid enough to add mine. Though I
must say it is hard to type with a brace on your arm. You would have thought I would have gotten used to it since this isn't the first time I hurt myself acting. One day I’ll calm down. hehehe
So my day began at 7:30 in the morning when I woke up to get to the detention center on time. I got coffee and a nasty little sandwich from 7-11 (oh thank heaven! which make me think that if that is heaven, we're all fucked) and drove down the road to the Montgomery County Detention Center, henceforth to be called PRISON. heheh I get there and wait and some extras come along and we head inside. We aren't allowed to bring in anything like cell phones, or lighters or cigarettes as they can still be considered contraband and as I found out as I was standing there, the prison still has something like 150 people in it. I thought it was deserted. Add two points to the creepiness factor. Dump my stuff in a locker, got swiped with the metal detector (which was amazingly sensitive, let me tell you) and got my badge and went in. There were only a few of us at this point and we were all in the waiting room and over in the corner was a red, cell gate that lead into the prison. Add one point to freaky and two to cool! We gathered around the gate and when we were ready it slid open, we got in the room and the door closed. Now, there is nothing like the true sound of a prison cell door closing. Even though it wasn't a cell at this point, when that door closed I got chills. The sound in the movies and on TV doesn't do it justice when you are right there and seeing it and hearing it for yourself. It was so fucking awesome too. So then it was a bunch of open door one, close two, close one, open two, close two, open three and so on until we were lead up to where we were going to be shooting.
At this point, I have to say how incredible the guards were. It couldn't have been all that fun escorting us to take smoke breaks, get fresh air, and all that kinda stuff but they were all so very nice and kind to us. And they had some of the coolest and creepiest stories. More later.
The next bit was waiting and waiting and a little bit of exploration. Apparently where we were shooting was the maximum security area and that was a little wiggy. No, a lot. There was so little space and it was just so horrible. I never want to do anything bad again. It was like Scared Straight For Actors. (Wow, there are so many possible comments on that last sentence) Finally, hours after getting there, we film the first scene and everyone is there in the scene and
I'm in chains and thrown at this table and I have this 6 page conversation with this guy and it's a blast. I knew that when I got there it would all fall into place and being in prison put me right where I wanted to be. I mean I don't want to be in prison but ... you know. Course now if I have my way I think I will have a real cell door in my house somewhere. It was cool....
At one point in the day I was sitting outside having some fruit I picked up at Starbucks on a very quick break and this guy comes out of the prison. He's very happy and carrying a black trash bag. He's super friendly and just looking all around him and grinning. Turns out this was his first day of freedom in 13 months. I didn't ask what he did cause a) I didn't want to know and b) I thought it would be rude. But we talked for a few minutes and he showed me some photos of him in this hair metal band. Really nice guy.
Anyway, so we shoot that scene from different angles and finally get it all set and clean up and head to the next shoot. I think this is the first time I really saw lots of inmates cause they kept walking past and seeing what was going on. We headed down to the entrance because that was where CB2 (cell block 2) was and it turned out this was the block that Mike Tyson was put when he was there. The guards told us what cell he was in and the TV he threw at the wall used to be there. It was cool. Then, now I think about it, I was in the cell that that guy hung himself in. I can't remember the story but the guy who escaped to Saudi Arabia after killing a house full of people, his friend or something hung himself in the cell I was in. The creeps me out in a glint-in-the-eye kinda way. No wonder my neck itched when I left...
This scene took a while but it was fun. There was a period where lights were being moved and the bunch of us were locked in our cells. After a while that got weird. I wanted to get out but couldn't. Didn't like the confinement. Got that scene and now it's like 9 pm. So tired.
Next scene and the final one of the day was the interrogation scene where got to beat the crap outta me. Actually she was very gentle. The slaps were nothing and most of the pain I inflicted upon myself. I think I got into it a little much and my hand and wrist are an odd shade of purple, green and black. Not pretty. But this the scene in isolation. Wow, another reason never to go to prison. Good god this was the worst. The walls were spackled with all kinds of stuff. I tried to keep it innocent in my mind and think that it was just food, but then the guards, thankfully after the scene was done, said that it was food, sure, but also skin, toenails, excrement, semen and who knows what else. Needless to
say I went home and took a very very long shower.
This is getting too long so I'll end it. But overall it was a blast. The guards and everyone at the prison were all so nice. The extras were very sweet to wait around so long and they were all good guys. I think it will come out well.
giddy
2003-07-16 14:24:00 Mood: curious
Wait a minute...,"I just had a thought, why was I giving grief for crying (misting or whatever) during the National Anthem? Sure this country is fucked beyond all recognition but I still love it. I apologize about the republican thing and I will rectify that soon so I have no ... well I should stay political-free in here. It was just bothering me as I sat here.
2003-07-16 05:43:00 Mood: bouncy
dr office part 2
(from my sidekick) Oh dear god I don't want to get old...er. Here I sit, literally 50 years younger than the other patients here in the office and they are all hunched over and fragile and cute, sometimes, but all their children have to come in and take care of them and stuff...arg.
(Hour later) Hey, my hand isn't broken!! YAY!"
2003-07-16 05:37:00
snap
I forgot how much I love the word 'snap'.
Anyway, here I sit in the doctors office after getting an x-ray and I hope that it is negative. I don't want to be a doof and break it twice. I would feel foolish. So now I have to wait for I think a tech to look at something and then go from there...."
2003-07-17 08:53:00
web page is going to be down for a bit while I change servers.
in other news: Arg. Seething Arg."
2003-07-18
12:50:00 Mood: giddy
home
I should have known this would exist.
http://www.ihateclowns.com
i'm having fun with google today. ya know if you type 'nuns' into google, you get lots of .... uh intersting stuff.
2003-07-18 12:44:00
is this good or bad. I haven't seen the
movie. wait, I’m a lesbian with no short term memory...sounds kinky
What Finding Nemo Character are You?
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2003-07-20 22:32:00
rest a u rant
Okay so I'm watching the new reality show called The Restaurant and I am in love with it. Its really nice to see a show that isn't about people getting together and hooking up to stay on the Island of Poon. Maybe it's because as a general rule I hate people so I really couldn't give a rat's ass about them but here is one about a restaurant and all the trouble it takes to make it succeed. I would love to open one, sure this guy has $4 million dollars to open one in Manhattan and that's a little out of my range but it's just fun to watch. And I love New York so that's a good
thing.
2003-07-21 14:38:00
the mind is a terrible thing
it's funny how the mind works. one minute you are freaking about because of the smallest thing and the next minute you are back to, sort of, normal. Something crazy is going on in my head to cause me to
worry about everything and it's driving me nuts. Possibly it's because my acting adventures are about to end and I need to find something else to do or go insane. Or rather inch towards insanity cause it just ain't that far away. :) The restraints, they tickle. tee hee
Saw The Goonies yesterday in between the family and the chores, sometimes the family is a chore too but that's why I go to church drunk, and I forgot how cheesy it was as a movie but how much I like it. Being older and wiser, or maybe just older, I can see so many things that are bad about the movie, effects and stuff, but it was still a lot of fun. Put that on my wish list...
John Mayer rocks. Well in that light soft pop kinda way. He is very soothing to the beast within.
What else can I talk about.....I’m done for now."
2003-07-21 10:16:00
MINIMUM WAGE! Hee Yaa!
2003-07-21 10:11:00
oh my god,
I am so fucking cranky today. i have no idea why. the drive in was as always hot and stupid and full of idiots. I had this old man behind me and i was waiting for him to plow into me. then i walk in people start talking to me. just because they have no work to do they come and bother me. now this is mostly cause I am in a pissy mood and usually I don't mind it but today, oi!
in play news: last night went really well. it was a 1000 times better than the saturday show which sucked! I want and I know the actors want as well, to just forget about that day. So bad. But last night was much better, the pace was slowed and they built a pace and all. Of course my director gave me some notes and never said it was bad and never said it was amazing. Oh well. Just one opinion.
Movie news: No news. Still waiting for the next rev of the script.
Sex news: no news.
Hand news: Still hurts like hell sometimes but I feel silly wearing the brace but i know I should.
i need to drop kids off at the pool. more EXCITING stuff later.
2003-07-23 17:08:00
the worms! AIGH!,
I feel like I'm in a star trek film, and you know how much I hate star trek. it's the one where the worms were put in that guys head and they went a'munchin'. basically I have this headache that seems to be swirling around me head that's like a bunch 'o worms with really big fangs gnawing at me gray matter. each one of these big guys has, now that I thought about it but I didn't before, but they have the face of a clown and they laugh as they chew. I need help. I need sleep. I need a gin and tonic. I need a mutton lettuce and tomato sandwich where the mutton is nice and lean. Stupid quote.
I also think I am eating too many SUNFLOWER seeds and the salt is getting to me and I'm not compensating with water. my god I need a life.
Speaking of lives...or something...I watch NIP / TUCK on F/X last night. Totally fucked up show and I loved it. The lipo thing was VILE and the whole face deconstruction thing made me want to puke. Can't wait till next week.
2003-07-23 16:28:00
This one is just plain silly. Personally I think Orlando should be on the island too. then it would be a good night. getting all sweaty, tearing clothes off, fluids.....
"Mike Douglas is the only white man to ever make me moist" or something like that. I've had that quote in my head all day.
You are... 'Wait, this is supposed to be a
punishment?' Yeah, I'm a little confused, too.
Stuck on a beautiful deserted island with a
shitload of rum and Captain Jack Sparrow...
What's not to like?! If you want to leave this
place, you are CRAZY!
What random made up thought from Pirates of the Caribbean are you?
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2003-07-28 10:30:00
Over and I have nothing to do
Well the play is over. Two out of the three were really good actors and the other one will be with training. Training I couldn't give them in the short time I had. Not that I have the talent to train people ... It was also hard being the director and not being on stage. The first night I was a mess cause there was nothing I could do if something went wrong. And it did. The first night sucked. But last night was probably the best show and I think we got it on tape so I should be able to watch it again soon.
Trying to decide if i want to try out for the next play at Cedar Lane Stage or not. I can't imagine not acting but maybe i need a break. I don't feel like I do but I do want to see more friends and stuff. I don't know what to do. The concept of not acting is not pretty. I think I would go insane. We'll I have to decide tonight so I guess I'll know by 5
2003-07-28 14:12:00
HP3 and random thoughts
just read an article on HP3 on MSNBC (ick). mmm sounds like its going to be very yummy. and the director is apparently very funny. and only 5 years before I can have dirty thoughts on Hermione. 5 long long years.
ya know I really like the (hed)pe cd. it's really interesting. course I have that and godsmack, The Music Man, Pirates of the Caribbean sndtk, Covenant, VNV, HP2 sndtk, Beauty and the Beast (broadway sndtk) ((god, how gay am I?)), John Mayer, Buffy, Icon of Coil, 50 Cent, Apop, Audioslave, David Gray, Eminem, Good Charlotte, and the Lord of the Rings sndtk all on my MP3 at work. Needless to say when I have it on random my brain hurts. Explains so much really....
Went to the Scottish Games yesterday and had a blast. There was this dude there (I said to dude apparently to compensate for the soundtracks above) that looked a bit like Vin Diesel but with a heavy Scottish accent. I think my knees are still weak. It was a sight and a sounds to make you drool. I didn't want to move. he was with this kilt maker and I was so tempted to get one right then and there. And he was right next to the scotch table. God loves to laugh at me. And I kept expecting a woman looking like Karen from Tracks (you may not know her but I do *woof*) or Robin Wright from TPB to come walking up. Alas there was no one of such nature cause that would have been perfect. Purrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I realized I have the ugliest feet for Birks.
I need to tinkle.
Family Guy (cartoon) DVD rocks. hehehe
i'm done.
for now
enjoy wondering why you wasted time reading this. :)"
2003-07-29 12:59:00
people
people are punny. I was just reading a bunch of profiles on this website called Facethejury.com cause I was looking for hot people and I ended up reading a bunch of profiles and it such a test case for changing the way you think about people. You see a pic and you begin to make a mental image of who they are and what they like and then you read the profile and realize you were way off base more often than not. Course after looking through all these pics I realized that I will be alone cause all the guys look too gay and the girls look too whorish. Now of course I am playing into a million stereotypes but really the generic gay man with the tan, coiffed hair, Kenneth Cole slip ons, blah blah happy hour every day is just so freaking dull and boring. Maybe I don't embrace my 'people' but I hope there is more to that than weekend pool parties, happy hours, and fucking in bath houses. I am getting so angry right now it's really funny. And the girls too, don't like the whispy waif girl with whore rouge and eurotrash attitude getting ready to step into sesto senso or 1223. Just like normal people who can dress up and look fab or spend their lives in jeans and a t-shirt and hit the bars once in a while. I think I really want a punk boy toy. Hmmm. Arg.
This has been another scattered brain dump but The Black Otter. Enjoy.
2003-07-30 17:05:00
HEHEHE,
"Here is a quote I got off Rottentomatoes.com about the horror fest that is Gigli:
"Gigli pretends to be a sophisticated comedy of the sexes yet it’s written with the adolescent gusto of a fifty-year-old who’s finally discovered that a penis goes inside a vagina."
2003-07-30 17:08:00
Oh another one,"I should have read them all first. I apologize. But here's another about Gigli. Can anyone tell that I think Ben Affleck is the antichrist and instead of Jesus fucking Mary Magdalene (I can't spell) we have the antichrist fucking her dog.
"Gigli is so horrible I had to go cleanse my palate afterward by watching
Glitter."
2003-07-31 16:02:00
there are a few harry potter 3 pics up at dark horizons.
2003-07-31 16:21:00
ever have the urge to do something just to see what it would feel like? i had the urge while I was l looking at my hand and i really wanted to peel back the skin to see all the tendons and stuff move and the bones fit into the socket. i also had this urge to stick this knife in my eye. i'm not sure what the allure was to that but i thought it would be interesting. needless to say i have not, nor shall i, do it. but i'm just curious.
oh glee, i am now in charge of testing. sure let me do the work of another full time employee with out getting a pay raise. its a good thing that i am not a bitter person even though i would love to feel the bones snap in someone’s neck as i twisted it in my hands. i need to relax.
i think i might go to the club tonight. i have an urge to hit something/one
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