Yes. 'Tis the weakness in me that makes me post this sort of publicity still. And imagine it's not completely "still".
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Ever so profusely apologetic, but still in lust with Fred F ;)
Yes. 'Tis the weakness in me that makes me post this sort of publicity still. And imagine it's not completely "still".
I had listened to so many other versions, even watched a couple. I only thought "camp!". This Dame? I can only feel "moved to tears"
Yes, she is one of my favourite actresses. Amongst the living she pretty much tops my list - even if she first came to my notice in a sitcom, but is "As Time Goes By" truly a sitcom in the trashing, boring, formulaic sense?
Love this performance. Justice was done when she won the Oliver for her role in this play.
Hope you enjoy the bonus from ATGB. Not a gag reel or bloopers. More like classy "goofing around between takes" ^_^
Love this performance. Justice was done when she won the Oliver for her role in this play.
Hope you enjoy the bonus from ATGB. Not a gag reel or bloopers. More like classy "goofing around between takes" ^_^
Uncomfortably numb (woke up and it was a SC morning...)
Hey, who says you have to sleep more than 2 hours per day? Who came up with that? Biology? Medicine? They're all about exceptions to the rule and I guess I am one.
It's a good thing, this insomnia. For each trashy tv cable channel there are 100 downloadable arousing ones and 1,000 memorable songs you had not been keeping in your memory for too many years and even the odd quality blogger blogging on a time zone that suits my current state of awareness (high-ish)
So... Beer Bad? Sure. Vodka? Not at all. If it's Swedish, at least.
So am I writing a drunkard's rant? Not exactly, so it doesn't quite live up to Hemingway/Woolf/Pessoa/(shh... or even Kerouac) standards. It's the way of my life, not living up to standards. I embrace that. I'll set up my own standards and have my own values. Cheap and obnoxious, that almost for sure. But at least combined in a unique Anglo-Lusophone way.
So I have this one poem (by myself, hooray for me! - search for my published books at librarything, only place I ever found them "out there"...) and this one song by my bronze medal Canadian of all eras ;) Can't take any of the credit for that, but can at least remind myself that I used to have impeccable taste in poetry and a slight aversion to covers.
so here goes
a)
I don't trust you to keep promises made
when budding buds of May were all the rage
But I dream of a nocturnal secluded glade
where any child of the Universe comes of age
That age being unfamiliar to dictionaries
not part of any language's vocabulary
Just an age of jaded innocence
and boundless tries at living life right
but only until you realize if it's hurting you and scarring you
it's not effortlessly blood that's running through your veins
nor anything remotely like love
your heart is pumping into your stream
That, there, right then
Is the time to pause
and fall in love with yourself, as you always did
for any distant lost cause
We are Art speaking unto Art
Flawed Icons and Breakable Gods
We are one
I am many
All is done
b)
Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel No. 2
It's a good thing, this insomnia. For each trashy tv cable channel there are 100 downloadable arousing ones and 1,000 memorable songs you had not been keeping in your memory for too many years and even the odd quality blogger blogging on a time zone that suits my current state of awareness (high-ish)
So... Beer Bad? Sure. Vodka? Not at all. If it's Swedish, at least.
So am I writing a drunkard's rant? Not exactly, so it doesn't quite live up to Hemingway/Woolf/Pessoa/(shh... or even Kerouac) standards. It's the way of my life, not living up to standards. I embrace that. I'll set up my own standards and have my own values. Cheap and obnoxious, that almost for sure. But at least combined in a unique Anglo-Lusophone way.
So I have this one poem (by myself, hooray for me! - search for my published books at librarything, only place I ever found them "out there"...) and this one song by my bronze medal Canadian of all eras ;) Can't take any of the credit for that, but can at least remind myself that I used to have impeccable taste in poetry and a slight aversion to covers.
so here goes
a)
I don't trust you to keep promises made
when budding buds of May were all the rage
But I dream of a nocturnal secluded glade
where any child of the Universe comes of age
That age being unfamiliar to dictionaries
not part of any language's vocabulary
Just an age of jaded innocence
and boundless tries at living life right
but only until you realize if it's hurting you and scarring you
it's not effortlessly blood that's running through your veins
nor anything remotely like love
your heart is pumping into your stream
That, there, right then
Is the time to pause
and fall in love with yourself, as you always did
for any distant lost cause
We are Art speaking unto Art
Flawed Icons and Breakable Gods
We are one
I am many
All is done
b)
Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel No. 2
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Post-Friday Fred
Ok, so I haven't been around much. But I love to share every bit of godliness and goodies and all that jazz with ...you.
So, check out Fred's site at http://www.fredfaurtin.com/ and if you have any "reaction" to it at all, do let me know...
Here's a bit of folksy-me-likes-it for you all in the... waiting hours
So, check out Fred's site at http://www.fredfaurtin.com/ and if you have any "reaction" to it at all, do let me know...
Here's a bit of folksy-me-likes-it for you all in the... waiting hours
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Friday, December 28, 2007
I had never intended to "meme"... ever!
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Brain surgery.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Don't *do* NY resolutions.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not yet (Jan, 2008, I am told)
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What states/countries did you visit?
Amsterdam, Paris, several places in England, Scotland and Portugal.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
Courage, guts, gumption.
7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
April 2007 because I met Patrick.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting published!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Remaining this version of *me*
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Brain drill. Minor blood clot. Epilepsy. Depression. Social Avoidant Disorder. Panic attacks. Flu. Colds.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Ingmar Bergman collection on DVD
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Public figure? Friend? I don't know. Pretty much same answer: nobody's.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Several people online, a couple of real life friends. Naming no names is my motto, yeah.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Books.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
RLC. For about 2 weeks.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
- happier or sadder? same. not too sad, really.
- thinner or fatter? thinner
- richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Productive stuff.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Asleep. Alone.
21. How will you be spending New Years?
Asleep, as I always do.
22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Possibly.
23. How many one-night stands?
Virtual? Quite a few. Real ones? Same as last year. Zilch.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
No time for tv, so maybe old DVDs of French & Saunders or The Secret Life of Us (and Space: 1999, of course)
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Afraid so. But not hate exactly, because there are tons of Guilt (felt by me, yes) involved.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Victoria Spivey, Joan As Police Woman, Kendall, Sacha Sacket, Jake Generalli, Blind Lemon Jefferson, ...
27. What did you want and get??
Some books, CDs, films. Some connection to the world outside my small town.
28. What did you want and not get?
To be more open to the possibilities of... to cut people some more slack.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
None.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Nothing. 30.
31. What one thing would have made your year?
Love? Falling in, stumbling upon, recognising it
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Pretty much the same as always - somewhere between casual, geek chique and can't be bothered.
33. (lost in transit)
34. What kept you sane?
Small doses of family, and my online friends. And possibly some minor benzodiazepines.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None I can think of.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Same-sex marriage, Capital Punishment (pro the former, emphatically against the other)
37. Who did you miss?
My mother. Still....
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Patrick, Max, Uill
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007?
Not to spend more time social networking online than you do in real life. Not sure I entirely learned it, though. And yet - No Regrets
40. A quote or song lyric that sums up your year
Strange Rivers (Joan Baez); Do I Disappoint You? (Rufus)
Brain surgery.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Don't *do* NY resolutions.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not yet (Jan, 2008, I am told)
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What states/countries did you visit?
Amsterdam, Paris, several places in England, Scotland and Portugal.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
Courage, guts, gumption.
7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
April 2007 because I met Patrick.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting published!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Remaining this version of *me*
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Brain drill. Minor blood clot. Epilepsy. Depression. Social Avoidant Disorder. Panic attacks. Flu. Colds.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Ingmar Bergman collection on DVD
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Public figure? Friend? I don't know. Pretty much same answer: nobody's.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Several people online, a couple of real life friends. Naming no names is my motto, yeah.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Books.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
RLC. For about 2 weeks.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
- happier or sadder? same. not too sad, really.
- thinner or fatter? thinner
- richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Productive stuff.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Asleep. Alone.
21. How will you be spending New Years?
Asleep, as I always do.
22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Possibly.
23. How many one-night stands?
Virtual? Quite a few. Real ones? Same as last year. Zilch.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
No time for tv, so maybe old DVDs of French & Saunders or The Secret Life of Us (and Space: 1999, of course)
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Afraid so. But not hate exactly, because there are tons of Guilt (felt by me, yes) involved.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Victoria Spivey, Joan As Police Woman, Kendall, Sacha Sacket, Jake Generalli, Blind Lemon Jefferson, ...
27. What did you want and get??
Some books, CDs, films. Some connection to the world outside my small town.
28. What did you want and not get?
To be more open to the possibilities of... to cut people some more slack.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
None.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Nothing. 30.
31. What one thing would have made your year?
Love? Falling in, stumbling upon, recognising it
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Pretty much the same as always - somewhere between casual, geek chique and can't be bothered.
33. (lost in transit)
34. What kept you sane?
Small doses of family, and my online friends. And possibly some minor benzodiazepines.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None I can think of.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Same-sex marriage, Capital Punishment (pro the former, emphatically against the other)
37. Who did you miss?
My mother. Still....
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Patrick, Max, Uill
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007?
Not to spend more time social networking online than you do in real life. Not sure I entirely learned it, though. And yet - No Regrets
40. A quote or song lyric that sums up your year
Strange Rivers (Joan Baez); Do I Disappoint You? (Rufus)
Saturday, June 2, 2007
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