MIMOSAS FOR ONE

here we go again kiddies. i finally have a day to drink mimosa and watch an old favorite. today's pick: BEACHES. 1988. STARS: BETTE MIDLER, BARBARA HERSHEY, JOHN HEARD. DIR: GARY MARSHALL so, king of the chick flicks, gary marshall, is at it again. this overly sappy yet completely irresistible tale of a life-long friendship between two polar opposites is one of my favorites. Bette Midler is CC Bloom- the sassy, brassy, needy, bronx born, fame hungry, red head. Barbara Hershey is the "proper, well bred", controlled, type A, Marin County "WASP queen", Hillary Whitney. They meet as young girls when Hillary, visiting Atltanic City with her father and aunt, looses her way back to her hotel and is guided back by CC. They meet when Hillary, frustrated and scared sits down on some bleachers that CC is hiding out under for a quick smoke. -myiam bialek, aka, tv's blossom, plays the young CC. is it just me, or does she look like SJP (or sarah jessica parker for those o...

Joe Gillis :You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big. Norma Desmond: I *am* big. It's the *pictures* that got small.

i want a fancy digital camera. i want one real bad.

i have 5 rolls of film to develop. despite this fact, i have been slacking on this photography hobby thing. majorly. let's fix that, self. mkay?

I have been looking to take up a hobby! this "making music video style montages of favorite clips from my favorite movies" seems like just the ticket....awesome. and ps. where or where is the anne shirley / diana berry bff mischief montage set the classic girls gone wild tune by miz cyndi lauper?? oh, do i really have to say it? i'll give you a hint: the video montage should be entitled "girls just want to have rasberry cordial!"

everything that can go wrong will go wrong, or something like that, right? I feel right now at work this strange mix of euphoria (due to a recent promotion) and "oh shit, i'm totally screwed" ness. right now is the best time it seems for people to be having babies, serious health issues, car trouble....take your pick. the entire marketing staff is falling apart. I realize this is a grand test. an opportunity to prove what i'm made of as it were. ("rain on my parade" - Tiffany Liu / tiffanyliu.com) I have decided, after hearing my new favorite word on a pbs financial investment program, that i'm not going to catastrophisize any of this. it's going to be okay. we as a department will survive. my boss can handle this. i can handle this. we are going to rock the shit out of this situation. we've pulled on our galoshes, and now it's time to jump in some puddles!

CADILLAC MARGARITA'S MOST PLAYED ARTISTS OF 2009 RANK / # OF / ARTIST 1 9 Grimm, Larkin 2 7 Minilogue 3 7 Pieces of Peace 4 7 Imps 5 7 Sixteens 6 7 Peaches 7 6 Lavette, Bettye 8 6 Miss Kittin & the Hacker 9 6 Sheeep 10 5 Walt Disney 11 5 Koletzki, Oliver 12 5 Purple Duck 13 5 Model 500 14 5 Dave Aju 15 5 Segal, Kenny 16 5 Fang Island 17 5 Brown, James 18 5 Zion-i 19 4 Kubin, Felix 20 4 Wendy and Bonnie 21 4 Freestyle Fellowship 22 4 Von Iva 23 4 DJ Donna Summer 24 4 Black Diamond Heavies 25 4 Bohren & Der Club of Gore 26 4 Miss Kittin and The Hacker 27 4 Toots & The Maytals 28 4 Black Dice 29 4 Brillowska, Mariola & Kubin, Felix 30 4 Gainsbourg, Serge 31 4 Marley, Stephen 32 4 Lancaster, Byard 33 4 Andrea Parker 34 4 Diplo & Blaqstarr 35 4 Mr. Scruff 36 4 Williams, Andre & The New Orleans Hellhounds 37 4 Davis, Miles 38 4 Fairport Convention 39 4 Myka 9 40 4 Mikkel Metal 41 ...

really, annie? will the sun come out tomorrow??? we'll see about that, you little freckled ginger freak!!!!

let me see a show of hands: how many of us are embarrassed by some of music we used to listen to when we were pre-teen/ teenagers? i am willing to bet all of us have some regrettable LPs/cassettes/cds in our collections. i have this book of cds that represent about 15 years of my musical history, between the ages of 10 through 25. i decided to drag this little treasure trove to work with me today (yes on a Saturday. it's okay, we're proving a point to the big cheese) because I would be bored silly otherwise. This CD book has seen better days. the actual book dates back to about 1999, so it's been through college, and it lived most of the time in the trunk or back of my car being stepped on, thrown around, dropped, jumbled, hassled, and generally abused and neglected by its owner.... Not to mention the number of keggers it attended, the contents spilled over many a beer soaked living room floor. As a result most of the cds are in horrible shape, so i've decided before i ...

they are sweet, surprising, and out of my control. being present means you give up on trying to predict the future. never thought i'd be able to do that. now i see clearly what always seemed so blurry. the haze is lifted and i can see the horizon, but not what lies upon it's endless pink and yellow layers. it is good. i will continue this journey because i am compelled to do so.