Topic: THE SURREAL DAY (Read 16759 times)

Ginny · « **Reply #90 on:** June 26, 2009, 01:56:35 PM »

Ohio's Gov. Strickland tells public libraries to, effectively, drop dead:

Governor's Statement on Public Libraries

Jane · « **Reply #91 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:01:48 PM »

DR Ann, the story of dog Toby made me laugh.

Jane · « **Reply #92 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:06:24 PM »

Quote from: Laura on June 26, 2009, 11:56:24 AM

I had never heard of "Generation Jones" before I looked up "Baby Boomer" on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones

I had not thought of those years as part of the Boomer ones. I don't remember them having a name. I did read recently that we are currently in another Boomer period.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #93 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:10:17 PM »

Shocking news story, DR GINNY!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #94 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:11:54 PM »

Nice photos of Toby....and a nice Apple Mac portrait of DR MICHAEL S.

The computer seems to be working...and has for about 30 minutes, so maybe this guy knew what he was doing. Fingers crossed.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #95 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:12:51 PM »

We did the first 30 pages of MAN OF LA MANCHA last night, from the beginning to the end of Aldonza's song "What Does He Want of Me"....and it went pretty well.....everyone is getting very comfortable with character and the blocking and dance movement work....so we shall see.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #96 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:13:59 PM »

MR BK - I would agree with what you wrote in the notes if I thought STRICTLY BALLROOM was about dancing.....but for me it was more about DANCERS....and so the closeups didn't bother me....but you are right....in a "musical" such shots are unnecessary.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #97 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:14:33 PM »

If you ever want to test your internet speed, you can use this site. The technician left it on my screen.

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Jrand73 · « **Reply #98 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:18:11 PM »

CD - God's Little Acre
DVD - God's Little Acre
Book - God's Little Acre.....which is one STEAMY book

Jane · « **Reply #99 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:36:18 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on June 26, 2009, 01:56:35 PM

Ohio's Gov. Strickland tells public libraries to, effectively, drop dead:

Governor's Statement on Public Libraries

The governor of California is saying the same to animals in shelters:

"Governor Schwarzenegger will greatly increase the number of pets euthanized (soft word for killed) in California. His proposal mandates the ‘hold’ time of pets in state animal shelters to be cut to only a three day wait time. That is half the current standard of waiting at least six days to allow owners time to check shelters for their bellowed family pets."

http://www.examiner.com/x-7997-San-Jose-Dogs-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Schwarzenegger-to-tell-state-animal-shelters-Terminate

Matt H. · « **Reply #100 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:40:09 PM »

Quote from: JMK on June 26, 2009, 09:11:34 AM

Oy. Ulla needs her song lowered in order to do the gymnastics. Leo wants the dance break of That Face cut. And Max wants to do about 1/3 of Betrayed. Just another day at the office.

I just don't understand folks going for a role and not knowing what was ahead of them, especially a principal role.

Matt H. · « **Reply #101 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:43:33 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 26, 2009, 12:05:01 PM

I caught a bit of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, which had something really gay at the conclusion, a bit of THE BOLD AND THE BOTOX, which proves that cute young men who don't age well shouldn't assume that plastic surgeons are one with God, and, now that the laundry and cleaning are accomplished, I'm settling down with the current galloping round of absurdities on AS THE WORLD TURNS: psychodad turned Colonel Hasbro and the strangely vacant military base are weird enough but, along with the Riley who isn't really Riley, now we have a major plot going on with Henry disguised as a Miss Geneva Swift, who's morals are clearly on the side of the Palins, becoming a media star. Incompetent police chief Lucinda has just gone off to arrest the false Riley, been shot by Hasbro while Riley calls her mom, and Riley has shot Colonel Hasbro. Where are the MPs? The thrills are running amok, positively amok today!

I'll write about YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS in a minute, but I HATE the hair of the new Adam. That doesn't look like hair gel in there; it looks like hair wax that guys used to put in flat tops fifty years ago. A totally unflattering look for him.

Matt H. · « **Reply #102 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:45:55 PM »

I watched last night's ROYAL PAINS while I ate lunch. Good episode with a strange illness I was totally unaware of. Of course, now they're going to pair the brother off with the assistant after they go through the rest of the season making catty remarks at each other while they circle each other to spring.

Matt H. · « **Reply #103 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:49:54 PM »

Then I watched THE PINK PANTHER 2. Well, there were two sequences that made me laugh and had some of the wonderful slapstick choreography that Blake Edwards was such a master at in the PANTHER films of his that still are funny.

But looks like they're never going to learn that other talented actors playing CLouseau or someone like Clouseau (Alan Arkin, Tedd Wass, Roberto Bergnini, and now Steve Martin) just don't work. Peter Sellers owned the part, and no one can ever remotely come close to him in it, so why try?

Matt H. · « **Reply #104 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:52:06 PM »

I also watched the bonus features on the disc. One was about the staging of the slapstick scenes. One had the director and cast all prising each other as being so talented. (It is a fine cast: Jean Reno, Alfred Molina, Andy Garcia, Lily Tomlin.) There was a not very funny gag reel.

Matt H. · « **Reply #105 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:53:52 PM »

Then I skimmed through today's THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. No kiss yet, but we got awfully close. I guess we'll get that next week.

I have to say what a pleasure it is to watch this in high definition. Everything looks just a bit classier.

Matt H. · « **Reply #106 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:55:25 PM »

Then, I had something very unpleasant happen: the power went out!

It was out in my neighborhood about 90 minutes. I was NO looking forward to this evening with no AC and no fans. I was definitely going to be calling friends to see if (1) they had power, and (2) could I come over.

Thankfully, now I won't need to bother them.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #107 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:01:12 PM »

DR MATTH my RCA home theater sound system has a coaxial sound input, but my Blu Ray player doesn't have a coaxial output.....oh well.

Jane · « **Reply #108 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:01:48 PM »

DR Matt, glad you can stay put in your own place.

The only thing worse than losing power when it is hot is losing it when it is cold.

Amy · « **Reply #109 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:10:37 PM »

Just as an odd coincidence...or maybe this is a "6 degrees of..." observation, but there's a correlation between Bruce's comments on the movie, "Strictly Ballroom" and Michael Jackson. Bruce talked about how ridiculous it is to zoom in to a close-up of the dancers' feet. I don't know if this is just urban legend, but I've heard that both Michael and Janet Jackson have had written into their contracts that when they make music videos, that all body-part close-ups must be kept down to a very small percentage. That's why their music videos always look so great - it's almost exclusively full-body shots.

Matt H. · « **Reply #110 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:25:49 PM »

Quote from: Jane on June 26, 2009, 03:01:48 PM

DR Matt, glad you can stay put in your own place. The only thing worse than losing power when it is hot is losing it when it is cold.

I agree with you. I'd rather be sweaty than freezing to death. But then, if it's cold, the food in the freezer won't spoil!

Matt H. · « **Reply #111 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:27:17 PM »

Quote from: JRand58 on June 26, 2009, 03:01:12 PM

DR MATTH my RCA home theater sound system has a coaxial sound input, but my Blu Ray player doesn't have a coaxial output.....oh well.

ARgh! Some players have one or the other; some have both. I'm sorry yours don't match. And you don't have an optical in available on your receiver?

Matt H. · « **Reply #112 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:28:35 PM »

A dear friend introduced me to STRICTLY BALLROOM, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, far more than MOULIN ROUGE which I can barely stand to watch (even though I did buy a used copy of MR for $5 for the archives).

Matt H. · « **Reply #113 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:29:37 PM »

I forgot to mention it, but THE PINK PANTHER 2 did look very nice on Blu-ray. Another wonderful transfer. SOund wasn't as sterling; like most comedies, the sound tends to be spread more across the fronts with not much happening in the back of the soundstage.

Matt H. · « **Reply #114 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:30:43 PM »

And speaking of PINK PANTHER 2, I must get off-line now and do some writing. I'm running way behind due to the power outage.

And my local CBS affiliate is preempting FLASHPOINT tonight for some locally televised movie. Argh!

Matt H. · « **Reply #115 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:31:03 PM »

Spoo!

WBBL.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #116 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:36:43 PM »

The big storm has landed after all the humidity, sprinkling, and sundry stops and starts. It's quite dark out and vewry noisy: lots of thunder although the news is reporting lots of lightning as well. You can feel the pressure in the air and the humidity lightening and it's quite refreshing. I guess I won't be stepping out to the market.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #117 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:42:29 PM »

I have an optical on both, but I guess I thought you wrote that it wouldn't be any better than the R/W analog connection I have.....might have read it wrong.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #118 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:44:49 PM »

My friend Adam Chandler is doing his show at the
Duplex Cabaret Room in July.
If any HHW'ers in NYC are interested.
He's a nice boy and nice to look at. And I gave him his start on stage when I cast him as WOODSTOCK in a production of SNOOPY!!! We did several shows together when he was in school.


Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Time:
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Location:
The Duplex Cabaret Room
Street:
61 Christopher Street
City/Town:
New York, NY

Link for reservations:
http://www.theduplex.com/webcalendar/view_entry.php?id=4399&date=20090722

Jane · « **Reply #119 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:47:46 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on June 26, 2009, 03:25:49 PM

Quote from: Jane on June 26, 2009, 03:01:48 PM
DR Matt, glad you can stay put in your own place. The only thing worse than losing power when it is hot is losing it when it is cold.

I agree with you. I'd rather be sweaty than freezing to death. But then, if it's cold, the food in the freezer won't spoil!

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