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Speaking of Spanky, I feel like he’s stalking me. I swear, he follows me from room to room, purring and rubbing against things and looking at me like he expects something specific from me.
Creepy little bastard.
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What’s the frequency, Kenneth?
(Seriously – how many of you got
the reference? Too obscure?)
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A few months ago Fred and I were laying in bed talking, and Fred said “I read today that
Jayson Blair has a book and movie deal.”
“Oh,” I said. “Yeah, I think the movie’s out, actually. I just read a review of it…”
“Already? That was fast!”
“Yeah. Hayden Christensen is playing Jayson Blair.”
Pause. Long pause.
“Bessie, Jayson Blair is black.”
And so he is. What I had read the review of was
Shattered Glass, the movie about Stephen Glass. I rented it last week because I thought it might be interesting, and since we’d watched
Kill Bill, Volume 1 (not bad) on Friday night and
Timeline (eh. Like Fred said, they took the book and dumbed it down a lot) on Saturday afternoon, we watched
Shattered Glass Saturday night.
The wild partying never stops around here, y’know.
Actually, we liked it. A lot. When the movie was over, we went online and looked up information about
Stephen Glass and
Adam L. Penenberg. I’ve found that the best movies based on real-life always make you want to find out more about the people portrayed. You also learn interesting facts, such as the character played by Chloe Sevigny was based on reporter Hanna Rosin, who did
an article about the “novel” Stephen Glass recently put out. Also, Hanna Rosin’s husband, David Plotz, did
an article about the movie.
Interesting stuff. (Yes, shut up, I KNOW I need a life. Hmph.)
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All Jane at
Burnt Fuse (as opposed to the
Jane I usually link) wants for her birthday is to get to 50,000 hits. Be a pal and
click this link, won’t you?
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No new kitties at the pet store, thus no pet store pictures this week.
Boris did get adopted, though. Hmph.
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“Do I want in, or do I want out? I think I’ll just stand here until The Momma gets impatient and pushes me one way or the other…”
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