Wednesday, June 18, 2008
"The Business Has Changed", or, Still Glad About That Non-Date
Alec Baldwin has hit out at the media - accusing the press of only reporting negative things about him.
The actor, 50, came under fire last year, after an angry voicemail message he had left for his then 11-year-old daughter Ireland on his ex Kim Basinger's answering machine was leaked online.
On the message, Baldwin can be heard verbally chastising Ireland and calling her mother "a thoughtless pain in the ass".
However, Baldwin insists he can be nice.He tells TheCelebrityTruth.com, "Well, if you have four bad days in four straight years, then all four of them are depicted in the media, then yeah. The other 360 days of the year, when you're just handing out lollipops and riding unicorns through cotton-candy forests and everything's so magical, they don't report that."I've (acted) now for a long time and I've enjoyed it. But I just feel like there's other things I want to do. I'm tired. The business has changed."
From IMDB
Alec Baldwin has hit out at the media - accusing the press of only reporting negative things about him.
The actor, 50, came under fire last year, after an angry voicemail message he had left for his then 11-year-old daughter Ireland on his ex Kim Basinger's answering machine was leaked online.
On the message, Baldwin can be heard verbally chastising Ireland and calling her mother "a thoughtless pain in the ass".
However, Baldwin insists he can be nice.He tells TheCelebrityTruth.com, "Well, if you have four bad days in four straight years, then all four of them are depicted in the media, then yeah. The other 360 days of the year, when you're just handing out lollipops and riding unicorns through cotton-candy forests and everything's so magical, they don't report that."I've (acted) now for a long time and I've enjoyed it. But I just feel like there's other things I want to do. I'm tired. The business has changed."
From IMDB
Monday, June 16, 2008
The Secrets of Crap
Leah McLaren pointed out that it's ok to like crap again. How true this is... no need to be snobby. Good things come in crap packages and they always did.
Unlike her I didn’t quite grow up with the crap. For instance I missed the jellies and the Debbie Gibson, however I remember them from other little girls at camp. But stuff like that wasn't directly a part of my world. I've got a new appreciation now though.
Last summer I went to Costco for the first time and I bought a membership. Granted, I was in Vacaville, California and driving to Burning Man, so I needed lots of supplies (or as I coined it, “food for giants”). Costco is astounding! Did you know they have these wonderful hot dogs there that cost, like, a dollar and some people just go to Costco for that reason alone? They actually go to eat a cheap and good-tasting hot dog communally at a picnic table.
Another recent wonder: I was taken to Wal-Mart last winter for the first time in my life. I was talked into buying a pair of shoes. They were $8. I hesitated a little because, I don’t even know why, oh yeah, Wal-Mart, and probably because they’re plastic and from China. But these shoes are so damn comfortable and they look great. I’ve worn them countless times. People have even commented that they like my shoes. And I love saying to them “Eight bucks! Wal-Mart!” I love that I know about Wal-Mart now.
Another down-market secret, this one about junk food: I had never eaten a “chicken finger” in my life until last year. Wendy’s has chicken strips and they are simply delicious. Who knew? Parents probably feed chicken fingers to children to quieten them. They certainly quieten me. They are that good.
OK, that’s it for now. I just wanted to shine a light on the crap
Leah McLaren pointed out that it's ok to like crap again. How true this is... no need to be snobby. Good things come in crap packages and they always did.
Unlike her I didn’t quite grow up with the crap. For instance I missed the jellies and the Debbie Gibson, however I remember them from other little girls at camp. But stuff like that wasn't directly a part of my world. I've got a new appreciation now though.
Last summer I went to Costco for the first time and I bought a membership. Granted, I was in Vacaville, California and driving to Burning Man, so I needed lots of supplies (or as I coined it, “food for giants”). Costco is astounding! Did you know they have these wonderful hot dogs there that cost, like, a dollar and some people just go to Costco for that reason alone? They actually go to eat a cheap and good-tasting hot dog communally at a picnic table.
Another recent wonder: I was taken to Wal-Mart last winter for the first time in my life. I was talked into buying a pair of shoes. They were $8. I hesitated a little because, I don’t even know why, oh yeah, Wal-Mart, and probably because they’re plastic and from China. But these shoes are so damn comfortable and they look great. I’ve worn them countless times. People have even commented that they like my shoes. And I love saying to them “Eight bucks! Wal-Mart!” I love that I know about Wal-Mart now.
Another down-market secret, this one about junk food: I had never eaten a “chicken finger” in my life until last year. Wendy’s has chicken strips and they are simply delicious. Who knew? Parents probably feed chicken fingers to children to quieten them. They certainly quieten me. They are that good.
OK, that’s it for now. I just wanted to shine a light on the crap
Friday, June 13, 2008
SATC
What did you think? Here's what The New Yorker thought.
Don't be such a hater! Who cares? Give the people what they want. I’m just a happy bystander to all this. Consider me as an alien who just dropped down from the sky (Hello coke bottle? Meet Aboriginals.). I thought it was ok, there was humour, there was pathos. Yes, Kristin Davis shouting “No!” and wagging her finger made us cringe and laugh nervously. But in the end our $9 was well spent in one another’s company.
What did you think? Here's what The New Yorker thought.
Don't be such a hater! Who cares? Give the people what they want. I’m just a happy bystander to all this. Consider me as an alien who just dropped down from the sky (Hello coke bottle? Meet Aboriginals.). I thought it was ok, there was humour, there was pathos. Yes, Kristin Davis shouting “No!” and wagging her finger made us cringe and laugh nervously. But in the end our $9 was well spent in one another’s company.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Rasputin
Rasputin is there, believe me, it's cool
Something fancified is going in next door too
I have peeked in the window
And pictured the blini and caviar
And dive-y old bacon-and-egg place “Newell’s” is gone
No more scooters for the fat and infirm parked out front
No more pensioners banished to the gritty street to smoke their Export A’s
Gentrification makes me wealthier each day
Rasputin is there, believe me, it's cool
Something fancified is going in next door too
I have peeked in the window
And pictured the blini and caviar
And dive-y old bacon-and-egg place “Newell’s” is gone
No more scooters for the fat and infirm parked out front
No more pensioners banished to the gritty street to smoke their Export A’s
Gentrification makes me wealthier each day
Friday, June 06, 2008
It Ain't Good Mate
Amy
Does anyone look normal anymore? Three examples for this morning's Superficial.
Pam
Old, dried out looking, gnarly hands and stupid too-short dress. Breasticles.
Amy
God, I know but it just never gets better. This person never looks healthy.
Madonna's stupid pipes
Yes, you look very strong. Like you could fight aliens. Or Sigourney Weaver in Aliens.
