29 December, 2005

Impending House ... and house re-decorating

Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! More House!!! There were commercials playing all last night during my Law & Order marathon!! House is coming to USA!! January 6th!!! I was just doing a little happy dance because I only came into House at the end of last season & maybe now I can catch it from the beginning…. WOOHOO!!!

This new jobs gonna kill me yet… We only worked one day this week!! One Day!!! So I don’t go back to work till the 3rd, which would be nice if I was getting paid for any of this.. The only good point will be that my “New Year’s Resolution” is to get this apt. straightened up a little and get the living room and office rearranged and ORGANIZED and Brian’s gonna help, whether he likes it or not…. LOL If only I can get him to stop inviting people over to hang out or running off to fix someone’s compy…… >_<

I realize it’s part Yule, but this is still amusing: Christmas in Middle Earth

As for Christmukkah, it wasn’t all that bad… Went to my parents on Christmas Eve (morning) and had breakfast… way too much breakfast… fried potatoes, sausage (links & patties), scrambly eggs, biscuits & gravy….. Everybody was just miserably full….. Sammi got off work around 12, so we opened all the presents & such a little after she got there.. She gave me some Ah My Goddess DVDs, which was cool because my anime collection is seriously weak. My parents gave us an ice scraper for the truck (that makes 3), some Tupperware-style storage containers, which we definitely needed & a crock pot (because anyone who knows me knows how much I love cooking O.o). But overall, it was a nice holiday. at about 3 mom comes out with the snack cracker & cheese trays & we all snacked on those (even tho no one was actually hungry… what is it about snack trays?!?!). About 6 mom starts in with the ham & rolls & all that & we ate some more (even tho I was still full from breakfast!)

Throughout the day my sister gave glorious examples of the “evil mommy” syndrome she is plagued with… I get that there are rules & boundaries and all that for kids to follow, but I was of the understanding that these rules did not apply to Christmas & other holidays…. But not Samm. She was still just as evil as always…. THWACK!

I can’t even describe the hideous gifts we were given by other loved ones who shall remain nameless & the glaring revelation from these gifts that these people (after all these years) still have no clue what kind of person I am or what I really like.. at least there were no cross necklaces this year. >_<

Anyway, hope everyone had a happy holiday in their own way, with their own meaning.

Happy 29th Birthday to Jude Law!!

Oh... Jude Law... now I, like any other girl, love a sexy, steamy, mysterious man with eyes you could get lost in... but I have always been a real sucker for a sense of humour and a killer smile... And this birthday boy's got both....

*drool*


image from Embrace the Obsession

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YUMMY! YUMMY!

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Jude Law's 29th bday

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21 December, 2005

Congrats Elton & David!!!



Elton John Ties Knot

WINDSOR (Reuters) - British pop star Elton John tied the knot with long-term partner David Furnish on Wednesday, joining hundreds of gay couples across England taking advantage of a new law to formalize their relationships.

After a short civil ceremony, the celebrity couple emerged into the sunlight and greeted hundreds of cheering well wishers and the world's press, who had brought the streets of the royal town of Windsor to a standstill.

"Thank you," a beaming John mouthed to the crowds, as he stood arm-in-arm with Canadian-born Furnish.

Two young women rushed up to the couple and presented them with a wedding cake outside the Guildhall, the same building where heir-to-the-throne Britain's Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles earlier in the year.

The normally flamboyant pair surprised some pundits by wearing traditional black morning suits. The civil partnership ceremony was a small, private affair, attended by a handful of friends and with the couple's parents acting as witnesses.

John will host up to 700 guests at a lavish evening party on his nearby estate, including former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and singer George Michael.

"He is so high-profile, he has done the gay world a huge service by being so vocal," 66-year-old bystander Bob Charles said.

Charles and his partner of 40 years, Roy Williams, plan a civil partnership ceremony of their own in February, possibly in their home town of Windsor.

"HAPPIEST DAY"

Fifty-eight-year-old John said before the ceremony that it would be "the happiest day of my life."

The new civil partnership law gives gay couples the same property and inheritance rights as married heterosexuals and entitles them to the same pension, immigration and tax benefits.
Unlike in Belgium, Spain and Canada it is not a marriage, however, prompting criticism from some gay rights campaigners.

"By legislating a two-tier system of relationships, Labor (government) has, in effect, created a form of legal apartheid based on sexual orientation," Peter Tatchell of the OutRage! group wrote on his Web site (www.petertatchell.net).

Wednesday is the first day same-sex couples can go through with gay "weddings" in England, two days after they began in Northern Ireland.

In Belfast on Monday, Grainne Close and her partner Shannon Sickels faced a small number of Christian protesters when they became the first women in the United Kingdom to hold a civil partnership ceremony.

But there were no signs of disapproval in Windsor on Wednesday, only a giant cartoon held up by one well-wisher depicting Queen Elizabeth, whose castle overlooks the town, saying: "I thought I was the only queen in the village."

"It's fantastic," Richard Kendall said after John and Furnish had been whisked away in a limousine escorted by police outriders.

"I've been here since seven o'clock this morning, I'm a bit of an Elton John fan and it's combined with a truly historical moment."

Film producer Furnish, 43, who has been with John for around 12 years, welcomed the new law.
"It is one of the defining issues of our times. And I applaud Britain for embracing the diversity of our society," he said in a recent interview with gay lifestyle magazine Attitude.

John, with estimated sales of 200 million records worldwide and performer of classic hits including "Your Song" and "Candle in the Wind," previously married Renate Blauel in 1984 but they divorced four years later.

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11 December, 2005

The New Rules

Ok, so I totally ganked this from Rock Hard & wanted to share because it had me laughing out loud like a retard...



The New Rules


1. New Rule: Stop giving me that pop-up ad for Classmates.com! There's a reason you don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you don't particularly like them! Besides, I already know what the captain of the football team is doing these days: mowing my lawn.

2. New Rule: Don't eat anything that's served to you out a window unless you're a seagull. People are acting all shocked that a human finger was found in a bowl of Wendy's chili. Hey, it cost less than a dollar. What did you expect it to contain? Trout? Luckily, it was only a finger! If it was a whole hand, Congress would have voted to keep it alive.

3. New Rule: Stop saying that teenage boys who have sex with their hot, blonde teachers are permanently damaged. I have a better description for these kids: lucky bastards.

4. New Rule: If you need to shave and you still collect baseball cards, you're gay. When you're a kid, the cards are keepsakes of your idols. When you're a grown man, they're pictures of men.

5. New Rule: Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here's how much men care about your eyebrows: do you have two of them? Okay, we're done. (HAHAHA!)

6. New Rule: There's no such thing as flavored water. There's a whole aisle of this crap at the supermarket, water, but without that watery taste. Sorry, but flavored water is called a soft drink. You want flavored water? Pour some scotch over ice and let it melt.
That's your flavored water.

7. New Rule: Stop screwing with old people. Target is introducing a redesigned pill bottle that's square, and with a bigger label. And the top is now the bottom. And by the time grandpa figures out how to open it, his old ass will be in the morgue. Congratulations, Target, you just solved the Social Security crisis.

8. New Rule: The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the ass****. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n'-Low and one NutraSweet," ooh, you're such a huge ass****.

9. New Rule: I'm not the cashier! By the time I look up from sliding my card, entering my PIN number, pressing "Enter," verifying the amount, deciding no, I don't want cash back, and pressing "Enter" again, the kid who is supposed to be ringing me up is standing there
eating my Almond Joy.

10. New Rule: Ladies, just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass. And it translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high.

11. New Rule: Competitive eating isn't a sport. It's one of the seven deadly sins. ESPN recently televised the US Open of Competitive Eating, because watching those athletes at the poker table was just too damned exciting. What's next, competitive farting? Oh wait. They're already doing that. It's called "The Howard Stern Show."

12. New Rule: I don't need a bigger mega M&M. If I'm extra hungry for M&Ms, I'll go wild and eat two.

13. New Rule: No more gift registries. You know, it used to be just for weddings. Now it's for babies and new homes and graduations from rehab. Picking up the stuff you want and having other people buy it for you isn't gift giving, it's the white people version of looting. (HAHAHAHA!!!!)

14. New Rule, and this one is long overdue: No more bathroom attendants. After I zip up, some guy is offering me a towel and a mint like I just had sex with George Michael. I can't even tell if he's supposed to be there, or just some freak with a fetish. I don't want to be on your web cam, dude. I just want to wash my hands.

15. New Rule: When I ask how old your toddler is, I don't need to know in months. "27 Months." "He's two," will do just fine. He's not a cheese. And I didn't care in the first place. (*ROFLMFAO!!! I *hate* that!)

16. New Rule: If you're going to insist on making movies based on crappy, old television shows, then you have to give everyone in the Cineplex a remote so we can see what's playing on the other screens. Let's remember the reason something was a television show in the first place is the idea wasn't good enough to be a movie.

Dommie bday spam

I admit darling Dom's birthday was actually on the 8th, but my net was dead then, so the piccies come now - besides anytime is Dom time!

His smile is just the best... *melts*

I also posted a wallpaper of him I made over on the Coloring Book


from Fellowship DVD behind the scenes

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from 2004 art exhibit "Darkness" ( I used photo editor to make it look like a sketch)
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from The Two Towers premiere in 2002
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03 December, 2005

Movie Review: Goblet of Fire (so SPOILERS!)


First of all, it was fantastic. Yes, there were things done technically wrong, but in a simpler way for the movie that were not really integral to the story. No, we didn't get to hear Dobby talking about Harry's "Weasy". Yes, Cedric was so coming onto Harry in basically every scene they shared.

In all honesty, when I read Cedric's death in the book I was kind of "Oh, well, that sucked, but he was a pompous self important ass in the book anyway." In the movie he was all fluffy, nice, fair, friendly, etc, etc. and I was crying before it even happened because I knew it was about to. And I couldn't help thinking if only he'd just taken the cup when Cedric offered it to him.. or not saved him from the bush- then they'd have gotten him out just like Fleur & then everyone would be ok.

WTF was with Filch's hopping into the Great Hall?!?! Harry was just a bit of hotness in the prefect's bath, but damn where is my Myrtle-repellent?! Yikes!! Now, I didn't dislike Krum in the book, but movie Krum is kinda like an buffed-up fanboy. How cute was he? And I seriously think Ron was way digging Krum more than Fleur.... The dragon was amazing and beautiful- an absolutely fantastic scene... The mermaids were really cool.. It was just fantastic!!

Turning Draco into a ferret had me just rolling in the floor that was so funny!! And the Yule Ball- Ron's robes were even more dreadfull than they looked in the pics I've seen- Poor Ron! Harry was just smashing- too bad he was bored stupid. Hermione just looked fabulous! Absolutely. And Neville was too cute- dancing around the boy's room... adorable. Posted by Picasa