I love that Meryl Streep is as old as my mother, and sort of looks it, but also looks okay. Not unlike my actual mother.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Jan 16, 2007 8:37:49 am PST #3230 of 10001
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Kat - Jan 16, 2007 8:39:20 am PST #3231 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Has anyone else gotten the forwarded email about how Barack Obama is a muslim and he shouldn't be in the white house because of it?
Grrr.
Nutty - Jan 16, 2007 8:40:48 am PST #3232 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
If our mother gets to be a movie star, I am hoseying the gift bags in advance.
My favorite elderly female Brit is Dame Maggie Smith, who will always be Miss Jean Brodie in my head. Even when she is playing a nun in a Whoopi Goldberg vehicle.
msbelle - Jan 16, 2007 8:42:08 am PST #3233 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Pix - Jan 16, 2007 8:44:36 am PST #3234 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
It's something like 38 degrees...and I swear we have a wind chill bringing it down to 30.
My car told me that it was 30 degrees this morning in Pasadena when I started it to go to school. It didn't get above freezing until I started down into the Valley. WTF LA?
I'm sorta bummed about it all, as I don't have a lot of warm clothes/shoes. I AM UNPREPARED.
Me too. I don't even have my real winter coats. They're all still in storage in CT, and my classroom is frigid. I'm huddled over my space heater.
Also? Heard on NPR this morning that they're estimating a 75% loss of the citrus and avocado crop. Everyone better stock up on fruit now, 'cause it is going to get expensive and difficult to find shortly.
Also, also: ita, I sent an email to our mutual kravver at my school today. Should be interesting to see if I managed to startle her!
Also, also, also: Amy Tan is speaking at my school on February 6th! If any LAista would like to come as my guest, i can bring up to five people ($10 each). Anyone interested? Kat, I'm not sure if you'll be in Hawaii by then, but I was specifically thinking you might be.
sarameg - Jan 16, 2007 8:44:58 am PST #3235 of 10001
tina's face is priceless.
That is just so many kinds of awesome.
DavidS - Jan 16, 2007 8:46:08 am PST #3236 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tina's face is priceless.
She had the best dress. It was very msbellian.
Best Speeches:
1. Hugh Laurie
2. Sacha Baron Cohen
3. Meryl Streep
4. Tom Hanks
Worst speech:
1. Forrest Whitaker. (He better pull it together because he's probably going to win the Oscar).
So I'm thinking Forest and Helen also get Oscars, and Scorsese finally gets his director win.
msbelle - Jan 16, 2007 8:48:53 am PST #3237 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh my Terrence went white tie - WOOBIE!
DavidS - Jan 16, 2007 8:53:27 am PST #3238 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Incidentally, there now seems to be a good chance that three of the top four Oscar acting awards could go to black actors: Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy and Forrest Whitaker.
§ ita § - Jan 16, 2007 8:53:45 am PST #3239 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am hoseying the gift bags in advance
What's hoseying?
I think Judi Dench is full of hotness. It's yeah, I'm old, and guess what it means I know? Helen Mirren's is a different sort of hot, but potent nonetheless.
I saw a magazine cover with both of them and Meryl Streep on it, but I forget the publication.
I have a recruiter interview today, and have nothing properly businesslike that fits.
I will like RR for a long time for her portrayal of Mystique. That's some body.
Kristin, yay! I can't wear to hear her reaction.