i'm gonna blow this damn candle out/i don't want nobody comin' over to my table/i got nothing to talk to anybody about

from Sarah Vowell's RADIO ON:
"Music doesn't cause my grief- sometimes, it's the only thing that saves me, offers perfect moments of relief. Of course there's bad music- deadweights of malice or mediocrity or lack of passion. But bad music doesn't make me grieve, it only makes me angry, which can be a creative, productive experience..."

in the discman: Lily's THERE'S A LITTLE BARRY GIBB IN ALL OF US mix
in the bookbag: SECRETS OF THE TOMB: SKULL AND BONES, THE IVY LEAGUE, AND THE HIDDEN PATHS OF POWER by Alexandra Robbins
in the dvd player: FIREFLY
in the subject line: "The Last Time I Saw Richard" from Joni Mitchell's BLUE. did i mention Thank God for Joni Mitchell recently? I have the feeling that this week my iPod will be all Joni all the time.

i find it hard it's hard to find oh well whatever nevermind

The two best things i've read on tribe.net (not going to mention the slight jolt i had when someone mistakenly said we should celebrate the 25th anniversary of TWIN PEAKS. they were off by ten years, which is good because I'm not really used to being able to celebrate 20 years of something I was alive for- like 20 years since I saw the Go-Go's in concert... much less 25)

"once you go mac, you never go back." (especially true when you see that really hot guys tend to work at the Apple Store)
"fist me like a muppet." (which i thought was a joke, but then saw the picture that will haunt me until the day I die...)

and a joke i got from an AOL peep:
A woman takes a lover during the day while her husband is at work. Her 9 year old son comes home unexpectedly, sees them and hides in the bedroom closet to watch.
The woman's husband also comes home. She puts her lover in the closet, not realizing that the little boy is already in there. The little boy says, "Dark in here." The man says, "Yes, it is." Boy - "I have a baseball."  Man - "That's nice."  Boy - "Want to buy it?"  Man - "No, thanks."  Boy - "My Dad's outside."  Man - "OK, how much?"  Boy - "$250"
In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the lover are in  the closet together.  Boy - "Dark in here." Man - "Yes, it is."  Boy - "I have a baseball glove."  The lover remembering the last time, asks the boy, "How much?"  Boy - "$750" Man - "Fine."
A few days later, the father says to the boy, " Grab your glove, let's go outside and have a game of catch."   The boy says, "I can't, I sold my baseball and my glove." The father asks, "How much did you sell them for?" Boy -"$1,000"     The father says, "That's terrible to overcharge your friends like that ... that is way more than those two things cost. I'm going to take you to  church and make you confess." They go to the church and the father makes the little boy sit in the confession booth and he closes the door.   The boy says, "Dark in here."  The priest says, "Don't start that   shit again."

And some more iPod craziness:
best transition: nine inch nails "Perfect Drug"  to Digital Underground "Kiss You Back"
("without you everything falls apart... without you, it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces... shimmy shimmy coco pop... shimmy shimmy coco pop..")
strangest side by side: it played the Soul Miner's Daughter version of "Good to You" and immediately went into Jennifer's solo version of it. how weird is that?? How weird is it that i'm talking about it like anyone other than Lisa has a clue who I mean??

4 8 15 16 23 42

yes, it's true. i've been neglecting my blog because i've become addicted to tribe.net. not to mention the geek in me has been spending far too much time clicking on the fun seating chart and looking for other hidden clues on the oceanic-air.com site. how 'bout that LOST? how 'bout that ALIAS?? It started off as 28 DAYS LATER and ended with a surprise that seemed a little too "let's see, what can we do for a big season finale twist..." for me.

work SUCKS. one day starts with "not to sound harsh, but did you DO anything yesterday?" especially annoying since the day before I literally did not stop doing things. i think... "i am so calling out tomorrow" and then i think... "saving up from Brooklyn" and go in anyway. Big mistake. last night blew chunks. I actually thought about just walking out at one point- the thought was very clear... Then I thought... "i am SO calling out tomorrow. no, really." but of course, the Granny gene kicks in (my granny, still working at a factory, sometimes 6 days a week, never misses work) and we all know that i'll be the good boy & go to work tonight. fucking hell...

at least there's SPACED tomorrow, yeah?

rick
in the cd player: THE BRAVERY
in the dvd player: SIX FEET UNDER: 2
click the numbers...

"Mr. A-Z," they say, "is all about the wordplay"

Okay, so Mraz is crushworthy, too. If you guys haven't heard his new single "wordplay" you must go NOW to itunes and download it, because... it's the shit. it's incredibly clever- something pop music (especially the sort you find on the radio) never achieves. why do pop stars take themselve so seriously??

random list of things I have said about Jason Mraz in the last 14 hours:

"Oh, Mraz. Fuck your heterosexuality!"
"Mraz makes you pee!"
"Oh. my. god. He's one of the best lyricists ever!!"

i'm a very enthusiastic boy today. Perhaps because all last night I was deep in dreams of:

meanwhile finding places in NY where I'm going to hang, I discovered the place that I expect to be living at: http://www.filmforum.org Film Forum shows lots of amazing films, including classics. For instance, the James Dean films that are playing in June. Or how about the series of pre-code Paramount films... including two Carole Lombard movies on July 2nd (which, if you're keeping score, is two months before I'll be there, dammit!!)

otherwise, been watching SIX FEET UNDER (still) and spending FAR too much time over on tribe.net, where I had to be all geekboy-ish and start Hitchcock & Lombard tribes. yeah, i'm a dweeb. (sorry, i had to use that word in a sentence- my store manager said it the other day & was like, "do people still say that?" uhhh no. but it's a fun word, let's bring it back kids!!)

-rick

ah, sweet mystery of life at last i've found you!

Just when I've decided that I'm such a screw up and that other people are just as fucked up as me, therefore interacting with others will only end up in misunderstandings, ridiculousness, hurt feelings & annoyance and that I truly never even wanna TALK to another guy? I watch SIX FEET UNDER and remember how crushworthy Peter Krause is. Ladies & Gentlemen, the perfect man. New rule: If yer not Krause (or Keeslar, obviously), don't bother.


Rick
decided that he's perfectly content to watch cute, funny, charming guys on tv because they don't actually exist in real life.

i'm still standing/keeping you dancing, yeah/you know you want it

From IMDB:
Pop singer Kylie Minogue is "feeling fine" after a cancerous lump was removed from her breast during surgery in a Melbourne, Australia, hospital on Friday. The hitmaker, 36, shocked her fans on Tuesday when she announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and subsequently cancelled the Australian and Asian legs of her Showgirl world tour. With her parents Ron and Carol, singer sister Dannii, cameraman brother Brendan and French actor boyfriend Olivier Martinez nearby, Minogue was operated on by top surgeon Jenny Senior at the city's St Frances Xavier Cabrini Hospital. Dr Senior says, "I am very pleased to be able to confirm that the operation was successful. I feel confident that we caught the cancer in time and that she is now on the road to complete recovery. Kylie has been the perfect patient and has charmed all my staff. I just wish I could have met her under happier circumstances. Kylie is now resting after the operation and her spirits are high and she is feeling fine. She has her family and friends around her. Finally, Kylie has asked me to pass on her thanks once again to all who have expressed their love and concern for her. Your support has certainly helped her through a tough time." Meanwhile Australia's Cancer Council charity has created a special Kylie Minogue Breast Cancer Fund and received $6,000 in donations in its first 24 hours.

:) happy rick.

i thought it came from God

So for those of us who aren't exactly lining up to see Star Wars this weekend (it's ok. i know some of you will be. i even know some of you will be wearing your read/black Darth Maul makeup. that's alright, too. because it makes me think of the guy who does Darth Maul's voice & how he was in SHAUN OF THE DEAD and yes, SPACED. Oh SPACED, how do I love thee? Let me count the many ways. One one thousand! Two one thousand! Three one thousand!...) I have a movie to suggest- you MUST see MILLIONS. Ok I'm late (especially if you're reading this in England. Bugger off, you get all the good stuff first!) but after trying for three consecutive Thursdays to see the movie (week 1: Foiled by Lily's computer crash! week 2: Foiled by Lily's dad hijacking her car!) I finally got to see it tonight. I figured I'd like it, what with being a fan of Danny Boyle's films & all... I never anticipated loving it as much as I did, though. Is it because it's so rare to see a film about someone who wants so badly to do something good? It's sweet, but never syrupy. I like that. It stars kids that you can't help but like, even if you're a bastard like me who doesn't really like kids. It is in fact, pretty magical. (And having said all that, I'd like to mention that the actor who plays the dad is droolworthy) If it's still out near you, here's the thing... Star Wars? gonna be open for a while. Check out MILLIONS to see how movies can be amazing & incredible without action sequences, spaceships, wookies or robots.
Except, of course, for "Bin".

-rick
less blue, but still going through with the rest of the Carole Lombard marathon, before getting all SIX FEET UNDER with it.
in the dvd player: MY MAN GODFREY (with NOTHING SACRED on bat)
in the cd player: Kristin Chenoweth: AS I AM
in the bookbag: Sarah Vowell: RADIO ON
in the subject line: MILLIONS. click the damn link already.

"Does it convey the fact that I'm a little crazy, but perfectly harmless & that he'll meet me in... Cleve-land?"

i've decided to branch out a bit. instead of just using favorite lyrics as subject lines, we're going to venture into the land of movie quotes as well. It's a brave new world, kids!! err... all three of you.

Bummed. Bummed and blue and got the mean reds. This is how blue I am (inexplicably blue, what happened? what changed from this afternoon to right now tonight??): I've got ALL of my Carole Lombard movies on top of my desk, watching one after the other. Carole will cheer me up.
I think.

i believe in you/i believe in/i believe in you/i believe in/i believe i believe i believe in you

Woke up to some upsetting news this morning. One of my very favorites, and my #1 Diva (ok my only diva- i'm really not THAT gay...) Kylie Minogue, announced that she's been diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately it is in the early stages and I know that she'll get through it. As my mom said: "look at Melissa Etheridge & keep the faith." You can read Kylie's statement at kylie.com (click the link in the subject line) Or check out the article on the BBC site: BBC NEWS | ENTERTAINMENT | Kylie Minogue has breast cancer
Everybody think good thoughts for Kylie and all the other women fighting breast cancer, alright? or I'll kick yer blog-addicted asses.




on a lighter note: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT was renewed! Which is awesome! even though i've been a crappy fan... I never saw the entire first season till dvd and only saw a handful of season 2 episodes. I will be better next season, I swear- Baby, baby, baby I can change, I can treat you better, Jason Bateman!! I'll watch them when they air. I'll tape them & watch them again, I promise! ....what else will I be able to do? by then I'll be in Brooklyn, so broke that all I WILL be able to do is watch tv.

I have tricked Dave into watching STATE OF PLAY with me today. Pizza and STATE OF PLAY? Followed by GILMORE GIRLS tonight? yeah, I'm a couch potato... but it's good.

rick
...who just realized that he is wearing his Kylie shirt today how fucking weird is THAT??

when i met you in the restaurant/you could tell i was no debutante/you asked me what's my pleasure/a movie or a measure?

Strange dream: I was hanging out on the balcony of this girl I work with, someone I never really hang out with, or even talk to much. The apartment was on the 22nd floor and the balcony had no guard rail, no wall- just some chairs and then a ledge- you could literally just trip and fall down 22 stories. I started freaking out because A) I hate heights and B) I just read the bit in A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS where his friend is on a deck that collapses & she goes into a coma... I decide it's definitely not a safe place to be and rush to get back into the apartment, but the balcony starts crumbling apart. Just as I start to fall, I wake up.

interpretations?

finally... THERE WAS NO HITCHCOCK TRIBE ON TRIBE.NET!! wait did i already rant about this? There's a freaking tribe for everything there.... I am, quite frankly, aghast. And ya'll know how much I LOVE to say that I'm all aghast. It's a fun word.

rick
-in the dvd player: BOYS LIFE 2 (still haven't seen the last movie, but my Matt McGrath crush has increased. Yay for Matts)
-in the vcr: The tape I was supposed to have recorded last night's GREY'S ANATOMY on that has about 3 minutes of the show because I can't add or subtract.
-in the stereo: Miles Davis: IN A SILENT WAY. cuz it's the mood I'm in, kids.
-in the bookbag: AHWoSG (still. less than a hundred pages left & this bums me out, but I have a new Sarah Vowell book to read after, so I'll be okay.)
-in the subject line: Blondie. "Dreaming". If you didn't know this... I'm not sure I can ever speak with you again.

can we please say goodnight to the last 10,000 years?/please wake me up when it's over

Not a lot to report. I've been watching FELICITY: Season 4 on dvd. It's kind of nice and probably one of the reasons I liked the show so much- it has characters who are actually flawed... who fumble. I appreciate this because lately it seems that life is a series of fumbles.

Otherwise, watched HAROLD AND MAUDE three times repeatedly the other night. I was bummed, it makes me happy. It also made me download Cat Stevens songs from iTunes.

Saw 3 of the 4 short movies that make up BOYS LIFE 2. The first, and the reason I rented it, featured Milo Ventimiglia- who played Jess on GILMORE GIRLS. He plays a gay kid. If you've never seen him on GILMORE GIRLS you'll never be able to appreciate how truly bizarre and kind of wrong it is to see him dancing to nondescript techno at a gay club. It's something that simply must be seen. The second short starred Vincent D'Onofrio, who I have a bit of a crush on- particularly back when this was shot in 95 or so... Also Seth Green is in it as a gay basher. It's very weird... but Vincent's got that charisma thing going on. The third starred Matt McGrath (of BROKEN HEARTS CLUB) who I adore... But I had to stop it shortly after starting because of, y'know... work. Barnes & Noble is fucking with my movie-viewing and I'm not appreciating it. The fourth was directed by Mark Christopher who made 54... I'll let ya'll know how they were.

Finally- you should all go over to tribe.net and join up. It's very cool and the perfect place to go since myspace (much like Lily's voicemail and Orlando Bloom's stint as a leading man) is over. you can find me in the Sarah Vowell tribe, if you want. I'll be raving about ASSASSINATION VACATION or somethin'.

ps: Matty & Shawn- you have goodies coming in the mail... :)

-rick

we'll have a big parade/for every day that you stay clean/and when the trumpets fade/you'll go under like a submarine

good news- the price of real estate in London is "cooling down". screw Brooklyn, let's go live in the land of SPACED!!

you can't take the sky from me

AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

i could've bought tickets to a sneak preview of SERENITY!!!!!!!!!!

but NOOOOOO it's too late and it's fucking SOLD OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!


i have to .... wait! till fucking SEPTEMBER!!!!!

*sigh* I miss Captain No Pants.

why you wanna dis me after the way you been kissin' me/after those pretty things you say & the love we made today

a good day.

despite staying up waaaay too late last night, i was in a pretty good mood, got a lot done so the workday flew by...

got my new issue of MOJO with a free soul cd (highlight so far: Mavis Staples singing "A House is Not a Home")

new NETFLIX movies! (the 2nd episode of CRACKER- which, btw- Paul "STATE OF PLAY Genius" Abbot did NOT create- he wrote a few episodes in the 3rd season, but it is really, really good nonetheless! also got some gay movie with Milo V of GILMORE GIRLS. yummy)

got a cool promo from work of the new Lucinda Williams live disc (I am a manipulative bastard! We had a visit from a rep last week & the whole time he was there, I just focused on which artist I liked on his label who had something new coming out- I mentioned Lucinda and BAM! he sends me a promo! Devilish, conniving, wily I am.)

loving A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS. Loving Dave Eggers (oops! sorry gay men call him DAVID) despite his heterosexuality (like that's stopped me before?).

going to see MILLIONS with Lily tomorrow (yaay!!)

and on top of all that? A new episode of SHOWDOG MOMS & DADS tonight! YES the crazy people all meet for the first time and one of them says that Whiny & Pathetic (I forget their names) give "the gay world" a bad name. I'm SO behind her, although... it's never good when you're supporting the person who spends $75 an hour on a pet psychic... ah, well.

rick
in the subject line: "Righteously" by Lucinda Williams from WORLD WITHOUT TEARS
... as well as the kickass disc currently blaring from my speakers, LUCINDA WILLIAMS LIVE @ THE FILLMORE

i might like you better if we slept together

Blade: Trinity? Sucks.

I know, I shouldn't be surprised. I liked the first one okay, the second kicked ass- Guillermo Del Toro factor. Not much of a fan of David Goyer's writing... which is why I truly fear BATMAN BEGINS. Ooohhh it's gonna suck. What's up with the actors we love being in this?? Parker Posey?!? OK she has done some shite films... but they've been fun shite (Josie & the Pussycats? Total guilty pleasure!) Natasha Lyonne?? As the blind science chick?? Lyonne, please... don't say yes anymore. We love you, you mustn't hurt yourself. Plus- the combination of Parker Posey & John Michael Higgins in the first 10 minutes of the film made me wonder if it was going to be a Christopher Guestish mockumentary Blade-style. When the FBI Agent played by James Remar said "let's go get this guy" and of COURSE his partner HAS to say "That's what I'm talking about!" I knew for sure that I was in for something much, much worse than I had expected. So why did I rent it, you're wondering?

Clearly, my main reason for renting the movie was Ryan Reynolds . And as far as that aspect of the film goes, it's thumbs up all the way. Love the beard... but I sorta miss the adorable cute Ryan of Van Wilder/Dick/The In-Laws days. Not that I object to the current model & did I mention I love the beard??? What does it matter, Alanis has him anyway, lucky girl. However, I was surprised to see that even when Ryan Reynolds pulls his pants down to reveal his enticing "V" area it didn't save the movie for me one bit. It was a good idea and you know... ok it's ok I guess- the DIALOGUE. the dialogue is what really sucked. hmmm.... luckily our boy Ry got the best lines (and kudos for making him that rarest of things- a gay character in an action movie! wait... what? Hannibal wasn't gay? oh... that changes everything....) and there is an excellent scene between him & Parker Posey (it IS the shirtless torture room scene, but that's not why it's the best scene in the film!). I really can't wait for him to do something kickass- Cameron Crowe needs to cast him in a film!!

I love Wesley Snipes. When he's in something like ONE NIGHT STAND he kicks SO much ass.... Jessica Biel? I'm pretty sure that I saw something with her and thought "wow, she's not bad." So maybe it's the character she played, but it was pretty awful. Callum Keith Rennie, Canada's treasure, was also in the film. I would've liked to see more scenes with him & Parker- campy fun. Dominic Purcell (of John Doe um, fame) looks really good without a shirt on. And finally, the vampire Pomeranian? Good stuff.

ok that's it for tonight, kids... My next dvd is the first series of CRACKER (which i netflixed 'cuz the writer of STATE OF PLAY is behind it), but not till tomorrow.... SNL time now! Johnny Knoxville? Yummmm....


but no Ryan Reynolds.
-rick

all in all another fall won't even make a dent

And then came the hurricane
The storm of oh five
Everyone was promising
That I’d come out alive
That it would all be okay
And it did seem to be
Except that some of these mornings
I wake up lost at sea
So I send out these signals
Every word here’s a flare
But on ocean, as on land
No one notices me there
And there is a hole in my vessel
The water’s coming through fast
Littered with nachos and "niches"
Souvenirs of what’s past
Airport detours and e-mails
And fucking “Adored”
It is sinking me down
I throw it all overboard
That doesn’t stop me from capsizing
Or save me from the drink
I put myself in this position
That’s what’s making me sink
Yes, I punched the holes in the bottom
Of my own goddamn boat
“Chump, no one’s gonna save you!
You better learn to just float!”



...i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm 6 feet of sorry
how could he watch me treading water?
and why did he give up so completely?
how did it all become simply fodder
for bad poetry?

was i the bullet or the gun?/or just a target drawn upon/a wall that you decided wasn't worth defending?

So, here's hoping that the more musically adventurous of you all took my advice and checked out Aimee Mann's new disc, THE FORGOTTEN ARM, because it's really quite beautiful. As I listened to it for the first time, I realized how much of the album I'd been lucky enough to hear already- either from her live disc, PASTE magazine, the itunes original she did... Favorite is still "Going Through the Motions", although I truly adore "Video" and "The King of the Jailhouse" as well. "Beautiful" is a special song, I love the last bit: "Beautiful... I wish you could see it, too- baby, how I see you" I love "She Really Wants You", but it is a bit of an "ouch" at the moment. "I Can't Help You Anymore" reminds me of The Boy Who Broke My Heart- wait, that's becoming quite the list- the first one. "i should know, but i don't know: that I can't help you anymore... Because baby, look what I have done- the ruins just go on and on. I've got to let it go now, or it will drag me under. So I can't help you anymore." She perfectly captures what it's like to see someone circling the drain and want to save them... only to realize that if you don't let go, you won't even be able to save yourself. It's just a really excellent album... and I'm sure one that people think is far too depressing to try. Whatever. I give up on trying to sell the music I like to people- they want their shiny, they want their happy. Blah blah.

Also, the artwork by Owen Smith is gorgeous... all in all, good stuff. Click the subject line if you wanna check out Aimee's site (it's another quote from "I Can't Help You Anymore")

Okay, I'm going to go add something insanely embarrassing to my ipod (look, you got me, it's Martika. fuck off.) and then watch hours and hours of GILMORE GIRLS!! Or minutes and minutes of GILMORE GIRLS before I fall asleep and wake up at about 11:30 bitching about the fact that I slept through a night off.

rick
thought of the day? $1,928 to go!!

i said you can lie to me/i own what's inside of me/and nothing surprises me anymore

Saw a good movie today- one that surprised me. A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG- I got it because I'm sort of madly enamored with Gabriel Macht. Some people just burn with sexy charisma... Gabriel Macht is one of them. However, some people give me the creeps & John Travolta is one of them. Plus, lately I've been a little bugged by Scarlett Johanssen. I really wasn't expecting much out of this movie. I was wrong, go figure. The only thing that bugged me is that I'm not quite sure how Scarlett got the Golden Globe nomination- she was fine, don't get me wrong, but there were better performances. I DO think she's a very talented actor- LOST IN TRANSLATION... GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING... good stuff. But she didn't knock me out with her work in this one. Unlike a certain creepy Scientologist, who shocked me by kicking some serious ass. This definitely goes in the PRIMARY COLORS/PULP FICTION column as a good Travolta performance. Also, my lovely Gabriel was wonderful and I hope it serves as a springboard towards him getting more work. Did I mention that he smolders? He smolders to the MAX. He & Travolta would be the recipients of the best movie duo award at the MTV Movie Awards if it were up to me, but I'm sure that'll go to Johnny Knoxville & Seann William Scott or some shit (both Saucy, though). Anyway, BOBBY LONG? Definitely rentworthy, so everybody put it on your Netflix list, 'k?

ALIAS was retarded tonight. I'm worried that JJ Abrams is sunning on Hawaii doing LOST and was like "Yeah? Oh, ALIAS? What's that? You want to have them completely recreate Sydney's childhood home because Jack's been hallucinating that Michael McKean is his doctor for the last three weeks? Yeah, that sounds fine, good luck with that..." Okay, I admit that there have been a fair share of unlikely situations on ALIAS in the past. The whole Ricky Gervais episode? They built a hotel room and stuff... but something about this season seems.... lacking. I miss the mythology. I hate that they spent the first 3/4s of the season doing self-contained episodes to lure in short-attention-spanned viewers... It's gotten more ALIASy lately, but still it's lacking something. I have the feeling it's going to be the last season, which is kinda disappointing, but possibly (i grudgingly admit) for the best.

Finally- SHOWDOG MOMS & DADS. I have to stop watching this shit. Does it make me a self-hating homosexual if I was secretly hoping that a semi would collide into the car that the boys were driving in tonight and crying about not being good enough on the circuit? My brother's theory is that poor little Liberace was trying to end it all when he broke his leg. I think it's the truth. And surprise, surprise- the ridiculous, obnoxious woman- Lourdes? From Miami. I recommend that all non-Miamians pay attention- because you know how Miami is always portrayed on film? Lourdes is actually closer to the citizens of this city than anything you've seen before. Beware!

Ok, I guess that's enough hatin' on people for the day. I spent a good 45 minutes looking for new Matt Keeslar stuff online, only to find nothing except for the tidbit that he and I graduated from high school the same year. How novel, a crush on someone my own age. According to some "Are you compatible with this celebrity?" site I went to, Keeslar and I are VERY compatible. (Emotionally & Intellectually, that is- Physically we're at 33% bastard Biorhythm bullshit!! I expect that to change as I lose weight- have I mentioned that this week I discovered that I now weigh less than 200 lbs for the first time in a few years?? Woohoo!!)

ok ya'll... drop me a line you dirty little voyeurs! my mailbox has been a barren wasteland this week, with the exception of mailing list stuff! I need more! I can't buy dvds while I'm saving up for the move, so it falls upon YOUR shoulders to entertain me. So dance, you bastards, DANCE!!
-rick

i wanna have a boyfriend & a girl for laughs/but only on saturday/6 days to be alone/with just me myself i

It's MAY!! This means a new page on the Kylie calendar. And for May? Kylie is sporting an afro, with a pink flower in her hair. Lovely.

so, i tried posting this first paragrah the other day, but it appears to have not gone through. STATE OF PLAY? kickass! I'd only seen half of episode 2, but all of episodes 3 & 4. Which was SO great because it meant that it was still an unsolved mystery to me. Love Kelly Mac(Donald, we call her Kelly Mac & my brother shares my love of her, but in a very lusty way) Love Bill Nighy- where the hell has this guy been? All of the sudden he's kicking ass everywhere. Also, the guy who plays Cal? Thom Yorkesque, I'd say. While I have to admit (grudgingly) that the ending was not what I had hoped it would be, that totally doesn't matter, because the path TO the ending was sensational. And maybe when I have six hours again, sometime soon I'll re-watch it and appreciate the ending a bit more. Hopefully it'll be out in the US some day so that those of you who aren't total geeks like me with my magic dvd player will be able to see it in it's entirety!

been mixboy the last week or so. EVERYBODY gets a mix- Lisa's birthday mix (which starts out with a haunting song from the movie THE GIFT, "Furnace Room Lullaby" by Neko Case. Love it, but in retrospect, it sets the mood for a somber kind of birthday mix!!) Lily got a mix- The Everybody's Gonna Be Happy mix, in which I tried to prove to myself that I CAN make a mix of songs that ISN'T at all depressing or sad. And then I decided that Aimee Mann had to be on it, and disproved that theory. I also slipped in the Last Word On The Matter mix, which I hope she hasn't heard yet, because she ought to throw it out immediately- it's truly dismal. The first song is And No More Shall We Part by Nick Cave (performed by my beloved Bic). It gets worse after that- Nothing Compares 2 U by Jimmy Scott. The Weakness in Me. Everybody's Somebody's Fool. It is the soundtrack to heartbreak dammit! And you know she's already played it, so she isn't even reading this because she's dying her hair black and reliving scenes from GIRL, INTERRUPTED on her bathroom floor. I actually hadn't meant to make a copy of that for anyone, but it's become a reflex to make two copies of every mix I make and... well, SOMEONE had to get it. Matty's getting a mix- Matty's mix has a song by Bread on it. I love Bread, but I realize how uncool it probably is to be the sort of person who openly says "I love Bread." I don't care. or should I say... "It don't matter to me"? I made this very odd mix that's like 40% Travis, 40% Bic Runga, 10% Natalie Imbruglia & 10% Joan Armatrading. Oh, and we can't forget the Frankie Thick mixes... (The Frankie Thick Mix & The Thicker/Mixier mix). I went overboard with ABBA covers and songs from Hedwig & the Angry Inch, but he seemed to like it anyway. Not enough to let me get into his pants (oh. hi. frankie. how awkward...), but if I asked him to let me touch his muscles again, he'd probably let me, but only a select few & all on his arms. And now? I'm out of blank cds. No more mixes. I'm not allowed to buy anything. Like, ever. I'm moving to NYC, where I will be very, very poor. And you'll all feel bad and be like, well, he entertains us so with his blogs, let's give him a little something. And I'll open my mailbox (with my weak, feeble, skeletal hands) to find... canned food! That was collected at a Jason Mraz concert! (he does a lot of food drives, if you guys were as psycho-fannish as me & got his newsletter, you'd know that. Who's the bigger fan now, huh? HUH?? oh yeah, Matty got to breathe the same air as him. grrr. jealous.) Where was I? I don't know. who cares. WHO READS THIS ANYWAY?? This brings to mind my whole Lunchtime Poll idea, get the people involved, make it all interactive. But I have to think of some choice questions to ask.
btw- have you guys even BOTHERED listening to the soundbyte on the profile page? Because I have to wonder: Are SPACED quotes still funny even when you have NO idea what SPACED is??

-rick
has forsaken his original plan of watching the Gabriel Macht movies he got from Netflix (A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG & GRAND THEFT PARSONS) because A: He will fall asleep. B: FAMILY GUY is back on tonight!! C: Really, who needs to see Gabriel Macht in his beautiful glory when it just reminds you that he's married to the very beautiful, very Antipodean former MODEL goddammit, Jacinda Barrett. My god, imagine the babies. ugh!

in the subject line: "Me Myself I" by Joan Armatrading (click the link!)
in the bookbag: A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS by Dave "i'm fucking HOT and pretty hilarious, did I mention smart & talented, too?" Eggers