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Pictures Are Worth a Friday Five

I was planning to do this Friday 5 last week, but time escaped me. I've actually been pretty busy at work, which is a good thing. It's temporary, but I'm almost thankful because it makes the days go by so much faster. 

So here are 5 pictures I saw online last week (and I swapped out one for a new one this week, to keep up to date). These are just pictures that I saw, liked, and wanted to remember. 

 
1. This happened a couple weeks ago, but I keep forgetting to blog about it. Did anyone else see Johnny Depp at the MTV Movie Awards? I only saw parts of it as I was flipping around channels. I am not into the whole Pirates of the Caribbean thing, and I am not a fan of him in that movie. But I thought he looked so cool when he was accepting his awards. Not necessarily hot, not necessarily funny, not necessarily exciting. But the dude just exuded coolness. Love him.

2. David Beckham came out with a new ad campaign for Emporio Armani underwear this month. Thank. You. Armani.

3. This one from the lolcats was just too damn cute. I'll take the hugs where I can get them.

4. I frequent the Pop Candy website, and this image for the reader mail made me chuckle. I loved Mr. McFeely. Though saying that now as an adult has a whole new connotation than when I was a kid. Speedy delivery!

5. And this one is just for me. I know, I'm obsessed. But there are worse habits to have. Deal.

Have a fantastic weekend! I'm going to try to make it to A Taste of Rochester, weather permitting.  What are you doing?

It Was Fabulous

Just back from the Sex and the City movie. Yep. Loved it. Laughed. Cried. Cried. Happy crying. Two thumbs up!

Back to the Future

Can't post much now since I'm at work, and the new TypePad interface seems to run a little slow. But here's a sneak peak at some of my pictures. More will be posted here and/or on Flickr this week.



Yep, that's my hand. Can you see the bright purple nail polish?

In other news, I'm going to see the Sex and the City movie tonight. I've only heard rave reviews and I'm pretty excited! Have you seen it? I don't think it deserves ALL the hype it's gotten, but I'm sure it will be fun.

I liked the series, but I'm not nutty enough to don a designer gown and Manolos just to see a movie. People did that here in Rochester for the premiere. Uh huh. Whatever rocks your boat I guess.

And I totally forgot to blog about a dream I had the other night. I was trying out for Dancing with the Stars and my partner was going to be either Matthew Fox or Josh Holloway from Lost. Yum!

Halfway Between 6 and 4 is a Friday Five

Thanks to Jenn F for this email today. I wasn't sure what to do for the Friday Five. Your timing rocks!

SIX Things About Me

1) FOUR PLACES I GO OVER AND OVER:  work, the volleyball place I work/play at, Rite Aid, potty

2) FOUR PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME: John, Mom, Karen, Sal

3) FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS:  Pizza, cheese, eggs, bagels

4) FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:  Home, on a hammock by the beach, visiting my baby second cousin (?), that volleyball place (at the bar, not working)

5) FOUR PEOPLE I THINK WILL RESPOND:  Karen, Michele, Juli, Noelle

6) FOUR MOVIES I WOULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:  Miss Congeniality, Some Kind of Wonderful, Ocean's Eleven, The Bourne Identity

Feel free to steal for your own blog or email trail. Just CC me too.

I'm heading out tonight to rock out to Mulletude! Girls- tease your hair, boys- comb your mullet, everyone slather on the black eyeliner, and let's rock out to the sounds of Night Ranger, Poison, the Crue, and Bon Jovi!

Don't worry, I haven't lost my way. I was more the Durannie during the '80s, but I still have a fun time listening to my friends' band play these songs. Or maybe I just watched too much Rock of Love on VH1.

Cosmos, Anyone?

Anyone else looking forward to the Sex and The City movie coming out May 30? The cast is on Oprah today (set my Tivo already). I'm hoping the hype won't be more entertaining than the movie itself. I have liked the few commercials I have seen. Especially the quips about the Cosmos, which goes something like this:

Miranda: Mmm this is delicious! Why did we stop drinking these?
Carrie: Because everyone else started.

Just wondering if anyone else is excited or rolling their eyes over the idea of the SATC movie.

And I'm still accepting questions from the peanut gallery! Come on you lurkers, out with it! You can email me at the link on the side bar over there.

Oh, and yes, the Summer of Pam recap shall continue very very very soon. I just realized the last (and only) recap was done in January. Geez. Considering SOP '07 kicked off almost one year ago, I'd better get cracking on the rest of the recap.
I sure hope it lives up to the hype. I'd better get me a Cosmo and start writing!

Sweet Dreams Are Made of Them

I was this close to falling asleep last night when I got a late phone call. Though I was upset that it woke me up, my friend needed to chat, so I didn't mind that much. But as you might guess, I was unable to fall asleep for quite a while after that.

But all was not lost. I got to watch David Beckham on Leno discussing this photo. And then Ryan Phillipe was on Kimmel.

In case you missed it, I said Becks was discussing this photo.

I had very sweet dreams the rest of the night.

Special Guest Star Friday

Hi - This is Karen, Pam's cousin from Philadelphia. I am the guest blogger today on her site and I am proud to present to you the top five actors who died before their time.

5.  Heath Ledger - Sadly, he is at number five because he is the most recent. Cause unknown, it is still a sad, sad case. Brokeback Mountain will live as one of the greatest love stories told (in my opinion). The acting all the way around, from every actor was excellent, but he stood out in a role that seemed almost written for him. His work in The Lords of Dogtown was amazing as well.
He was a versatile actor who, like a chameleon, could fill any role written. Until now, I had no desire to see The Dark Knight, now I want to see it solely on his performance as The Joker.

4. James Dean -  THE MAN. The first actor I would describe as SEX. He was soft spoken, had a way of moving, and a look that could melt any woman into bed. Even if he was gay.

3. John Belushi - One of the great comics that started at Second Stage and continued to Saturday Night Live. His movies were awesome. The Blues Brothers will live in infamy.

2. Chris Farley - The best physical comedian to date. He could do things that made you laugh even in the worst of moods. I remember him on Saturday Night Live in so many skits. The stand outs are the one with him and Patrick Swayze as the strippers. Hysterical!!! "Big guy in little coat" with David Spade, and the lunch lady. Oh - and the motivational speaker guy! There are just too many to name. Tommy Boy - need I say more?

1. Phil Hartman - His role on News Radio was one of my favorites. He was a comedian who, I feel, could have done drama, as well. He was a great talent and one that was lost way too soon. It was a shock to the comedic circuit and acting world as well when he was killed. A senseless crime, that took a great talent at the height of his career.

Thanks for this opportunity to let me speak my mind. Lord knows, I have plenty of opinions. Hope you all have a nice weekend.

Take it easy - but take it.

Comic Relief

So by now I'm sure you've all heard the news that Heath Ledger has passed away. Shocking, yes. Sad, yes. And by no means am I trying to make light of this subject, but this lolcats posting today just about made me fall out of my chair from laughing so hard. This is tasteful humor, I promise.

And yes, this was done in homage to the passing of Mr. Ledger.

My only story of Heath Ledger is that it reminds me of my trip to Paris in 2001. Everywhere we went, there were posters advertising the movie "A Knight's Tale". Everywhere. Many posters. Everywhere. Even along the tunnels as the trains were zooming through from stop to stop, we'd be tortured at the sign of hundreds of posters of him on that damn horse.

I have yet to ever see this movie because it frankly just reminds me of Heath haunting us in Paris. Thank goodness that by the time we left, Madonna's new DVD was coming out and was getting all the promotion.

He Invades My Soul

Call it a late-night inspiration. I couldn’t get to sleep last night and just when I thought I might be about to doze off into sleepy-dream-land, High Fidelity came on VH1. Given that this movie is arguably told through a variety of Rob Gordon’s Top 5 lists, I found my inspiration for today’s Friday 5: my top 5 favorite John Cusack movies. In countdown style.

5. Runaway Jury – Not a typical Cusack hopeless-romantic-guy-gets-heart-broken movie, but I thought this was a great movie on the whole.

4.  Better Off Dead – This movie is full of funny gags and lines (“I want my two dollars”). Too bad my associative memory with this movie is that the first love of my life broke up with me in the driveway of a friend’s house, right before we went in to watch this movie with a bunch of friends. The movie took on a whole new meaning for me then. I don’t recommend it for anyone who got dumped in the hour before watching it.

3. High Fidelity  - On paper I thought I’d love this one. I didn’t at first, but it grows on me every time I watch it. Especially since I love lists.

2. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil – Again, not a typical Cusack movie. I read the book first, while I was in Savannah, Georgia, which made it all the more interesting. I thought the movie was well done and well acted by all.

1. Say Anything - Not much to say. Too much to say. One of my all-time favorite movies. Lloyd Dobler stopped being a guy and decided to be a man. I heart Lloyd.

On a related note, has anyone seen his latest movie, Grace is Gone? It’s supposed to be amazing. Sad, but great performance.

And the Summer of Pam recap begins this weekend. Stay tuned.

At The Movies

This week I watched two great Thanksgiving movies: Home for the Holidays and Planes Trains & Automobiles. Haven't seen either movie in a very long time. At least 10 years I'd say.

HFTH just makes me laugh every time I see it. It's just one of those movies that the absurdity of the situation just makes you laugh. It's not the blatant schtick of PT&A, which is fine too. And I always love Robert Downey Jr. in his films. He reminds me of a person very special to me, flaws and all.

Today I found this video tribute to PT&A. This one goes out to Michele, since it is one of John Candy's finest movies. *wink

I also watched Beautiful Girls. Not a Thanksgiving movie per se, but it is about coming home, which falls into that holiday theme. But I'm saving my thoughts on this movie for another post.