You’re the One I Want

2/19/07

The producers of the next Broadway production of Grease, have decided to do an “American Idol” type contest to find their new Danny and Sandy.  This is the classic American fantasy.  Complete unknowns make their way to Broadway to star in a Broadway production.

Jaw Dropping Moment

2/19/07

My hubby and I were in the Keys once at a diner near a bridge where a boat race was going on.  An old man at the table next to us was waxing poetic about how if you weren’t upside down and on fire you weren’t going fast enough.  Imagine my surprise yesterday when someone finished the Daytona 500 upside and on fire.

Cece is an Anna Nicole wannabe.

2-15-07

Ok – I admit it, I am a Beauty and the Geek fan.  And no, I haven’t yet watched the finale.  I have it taped, but my husband doesn’t want to watch it, so I can only watch it when he isn’t home, and well, I haven’t had the time during the day because I work and watch my boy.

Regardless, Cece is an Anna Nicole wannabe, and if she doesn’t wise up, she will probably end up like Anna Nicole.

The “Did you Save Room for Desert” Diet

2-15-07

In the past year, I have lost around 12 pounds.  Basically, the baby weight I gained with my son.  I still need to loose the 10 ish pounds I gained during my first pregnancy.  And, if I keep at it, like I am, I should be there in the next year.  So, what is my strategy?  As the old maxim goes, in all things moderation.

The Affair

2/15/07

Valentines Day at my house included pizza from Gio’s (rustica pizza), and a sappy romantic movie.  We watched “the Affair”, which is the movie that “An Affair to Remember” is a remake of.  It was quite good, and the two movies have the same writer/director and the dialogue didn’t change much between movies.

We loved it and cried at the end, but, here my observations and my husband agrees with me on this.  We liked the format and layout of the 2nd movie better.  The first one didn’t do as good a job exposition of the characters, their dilemmas and their trials.  I think the main reason we were emotional at the end is because we know that from “An Affair to Remember.”

We loved the male lead though. He was excellent.  Irene Dunn played Terri McKay, she was ok, but lacked the emotional depth of Deborah Kerr.  Ms. Kerr really could just show an amazing amount of emotion based a look.  Irene Dunn just didn’t lack that depth.

On the other hand, Charles Boyer, who played Michel was very for exactly that reason.  Cary Grant is suave, but he couldn’t convey deep emotions with just a look.  Mr. Boyer could.  The woman who played the grandmother in “The Affair” was incredible.  She had Gary Cooper’s ability to show an amazing range of human emotions with just a change in her face.  When she is playing the piano and the boat horn sounds, the change of look on her face was heartbreaking.

So, what we would have loved to see is “An Affair to Remember”starring Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer and Ms. Oustrakaya.  That would have been an amazing movie!

Guilty as Charged

Jan 24 2007

Christopher Hitchens eloquently points out that neighbors of criminals who are committing their crimes in the house next door are guilty of being stupid, but not necessarily cowardly as he claims.  I know this from personal experience.  We live next door to a house that was home to drug dealers.  And not just any drug dealers – these folks had 13 million dollars worth of cocaine in their house.  This was the biggest drug bust in our counties history.  And they were literally our next-door neighbors.  And yes, my husband and I were the folk quoted by our local paper with the famous “they seemed like nice folk to us” statement, and “nope, didn’t notice a thing.”  But we aren’t cowards, or stupid, we just didn’t handle things as well as we should have.

So Long Andy

Jan 24 2007

Ok – I realize this is a bit late, but hey, I only just read about this in my Grammy magazine – and yes, I am a voting member of the recording association.  Regardless of that - hurray!  Andy Taylor was kicked out of Duran Duran this past Oct 2006.  Apparently, the other 4 (Nick, Simon, John and Roger) couldn’t work with him anymore.  Duh!  The guy is a so-so guitarist with an ego so huge it wouldn’t fit in a concert hall.