Haines His Way

You must understand that anamorphic as regards film prints is different than an anamorphically enhanced DVD, although the principal is the same.  Anamorphic film prints (scope processes) use the entire frame of 35mm film, but the image is squeezed.  A scope projector lens "unsqueezes" the image which then becomes a widescreen image.  An anamorphically enhanced DVD uses the squeeze principal, but for all ratios.  In other words, a 1:85 film will have slight bars top and bottom and a squeezed image until it's decoded for widescreen TVs, at which point the bars go away and the image fills a widescreen TV.  If it's a scope film it's the same, only the bars are bigger and remain top and bottom when unsqueezed (although not nearly as severe as a letterboxed picture on a standard 4:3 TV).  

You took the words right out of my mouth.

Perhaps the subtle bass lines of DREAMGIRLS will entice her back upstairs, and then you can give her her whatfor!

Actually, I was thinking more about the subtle scent of gefilte fish, which I'll be making for Passover. Maybe a combination of Dreamgirls and gefilte? ("And I Am Smelling You.")

Hello!

I'm sorry I missed the chat last night!  I did try to make it, actually, around 10 PM, but the server on my PC wasn't working and I couldn't get online or on AIM.  This morning, it still wasn't working, so hopefully when I get home that will have changed.  (I'm at work right now).

I had some very good news today!  I got accepted into both James Madison University and their musical theatre program!  They seem to have a pretty good program; I went down to visit some friends there a few weeks ago, and their production of "Anything Goes" was very strong.  So I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like this is where I will be going!    

Anyway, I love anything chocolate: particulary Mounds, Almond Joys, Butterfingers, Hershey's Kisses, Kit Kats, Milk Duds.  I also love Smarties, Jujyfruits, Skittles, Sugar Babies...I could go on.

Charles Pogue--I like your new avatar!!

When Sweeney Todd first opened, Len Cariou was going with Glen Close, I was told.  I don't remember whether they actually got engaged or what, but my friend in the cast related that the company had an after-the-show party for them.  The centerpiece was a cake from said Erotic Bakery ornamented with candy bossoms, and the legend on the cake read "Eat Them All, 'Cause Every One's a Prize."

Wow, that I did not know.  I think Glenn Close dated Woody Harrelson for a while too.  Len Cariou=good taste.  Woody Harrelson=?

Oh, and BK, I'm seriously enjoying Kritzer Time!  I'm about half done right now.

Just fooling around on the computer is much more fun.

Insidious, isn't it?  Just wait 'til you try iTunes.  You'll never wanna leave your chair in front of the computer.  

Love Vernor's.  I was up for a Vernor's commercial once.  I don't remember much about it except that the scene was me sitting in the desert sipping on a Vernor's, while another actor crawls in the sand, all parched and dried up, and says, "I really coulda used a Vernor's".  All I had to do was react with a funny expression, something I did very well back then.  So, the guy crawls up to me, looks at me and says, "I really coulda used a Vernor's" only he pronounces it "VerNORS" with the emphasis on the second syllable.  I just cracked up and could not stop laughing.  I looked at him, took a sip of the product and said, "VerNORS???"

Sometimes a banana is just a banana, DR Panni.

And sometimes, it's more.  

Jennifer,

We (Toronto, anyway) get a chocolate bar called Zero. But it's entirely different from the one mentioned. The Zero we get is made in Belgium, costs not much more than an average Canadian chocolate bar, and, IMHO, is Godiva quality. Look for it.

Well I always like to learn about new chocolate bars, so I will see if I can find this, thanks.

My favorite movie food, which I can only get at home, is Firecracker Popcorn.  To the melted butter and salt, one "kicks it up a notch" by adding a bit of cayenne pepper.  Just a touch; it's easy to overdo it.  Dee-lish!

As for movies in the theater, from time to time I sneak in a box of Junior Mints and/or Dots.  I have an amazing tolerance for Junior Mints...I could probably (and probably have, now that I think about it) eat 'em by the pound.  

I've always been a big Butterfinger fan, myself.  Also used to have a great affinity for plain M&M's, but now much prefer peanut.  I'm a toffee hound, so I loves me a Heath bar.  Reese's cups are so very yum.  Can't turn down Milk Duds.  Or Whoppers, for that matter.  Chocolate Reisens provoke a Homer Simpson-esque drool.  I would regularly head for the little corner store across the street from my middle school for some Jolly Rancher, particularly peach or green apple.  More recently have discovered the bags of bite-size Kit Kat chunks.  Black licorice, or better yet, Callard & Bowser black licorice squares.  Frozen Snickers are faboo.

No, I've never had a cavity!

Robin the Triple Decker sounds yummy.  I don’t recall it.  I did like Nestle’s Crunch & Krackel bars.

Elmore3003 do you know where you can get good cinnamon hearts today?  I like them for cookie decorating and the ones currently sold in the market are disgusting.

Maya CONGRATULATIONS!

Panni, I just liked the color & shape of the banana marzipan.  They weren’t any larger, at times they were smaller, but it didn’t matter since I never ate only one.

Congratulations, Maya!

I'm in a bit of a pickle.  I've been wanting to write a play about an incident that occured this summer between two Sondheim.com members for some time now, and though the concept is there (and I have written a splendid outline), it's been very hard for me to actually write it.  My school just introduced a new playwriting course to be taught by a guest artist from Theatre For A New Audience, and for tonight's homework, we have to decide what we want to spend the year writing about and begin writing character outlines.  Though I'd very much like to work on my Sondheim.com play with the help of this teacher, I can't help but feel guilty for writing about them, especially when there is a chance of what I write being performed.  Should I just go ahead and write it without worrying?  Should I ask their permission (Which they would grant, but then they would want to read the finished product...)?  Should I temporarily abandon the idea?  If so, what should I write about?!  

Larry let me know the results.   I don't like them too hot.

You should absolutely write it.  It's a PLAY, and I'm sure while you'll be BASING it on them, you'll be writing your own thing.  Many writers base their fictions on real events or people, the Kritzer books being a prime example.  It's pretty clear that it's all based on my life, but it's also fiction and I use events and people to serve the fiction.  Do it.

I have BK's approval and I'm off to write!  ::Salutes::

Thanks for the advice.  

Hello all.  Though you might be getting tired of my "Good evenings".  

Gee, is it possble to gain weight from reading about all of these wonderful treats?  I know a LOT of them.

Maple Nut Goodies or anything with Maple are a favorite of mine but one I did not see was the little ice cream cones with the marshmellow tops.  They had different colors of sugar sprinkled on top.

Now don't tell anyone I told you this but do you know who gave them to me?  Well, it wasn't just anyone but a personal friend of my Dads who happened to be a fairy!  

My dad wouldn't have anything in his hand and then he would count one, two, three!  And there the ice cream cone would be!  When I asked him where it came from he said the fairy brought it.    

I bet none of you got YOUR candy from a fairy.  

I learned years later that my dad would drive all over Tampa to find those ice cream cones and he bought them by the boxfull so the fairy wouldn't run out.  I never see them anywhere but just thinking about them sure does bring back some good memories of my Dad.      

Bruce, I'm into Part 2 now.  Ya know, I might be temped to read a little faster if I knew there was going to be another BK book/story.  No pressure.