That Beyonce quote annoys me because it's fairly well documented that she has very little to do with writing her songs. She manages to wangle songwriter's credit on most of 'em, but she doesn't do much/any real writing. So she should just shut up about it, I think (especially after the little controversy over "If I were a boy").
I sat beside Paula on an airplane once. She's really a very nice person. Wittier than I thought she would be. I've never understood the bashing she gets. Everyone claims to love eccentricity and individuality, that is until you get someone who is an eccentric individual then you have to start ripping them apart.
How horrible to be stalked and how sad to have it end up like this.
@SweetSerengeti: I met her, and she couldn't have been sweeter or prettier. I was pissed. I really wanted to not like her. As an aside, Randy Jackson? Also a really nice dude.
Christmas in England is an unfulfilled dream of mine. There'd be so much wasseling and figgy pudding and decking actual halls with actual boughs of holly rather than the fake plastic stuff we get at Wal Mart here, my heart would grow three sizes that day.
@morninggloria: You should probably never come to England, in that case, but instead stay home and read books. I don't think we could live up to that!
Wassailing is meant to be groups of people going around the neighbourhood, visiting, singing carols and being given mince pies and so on. Nowadays it means two fucking scary hulking teenagers and their even scarier dad ringing your door bell, singing one tuneless verse of "We wish you a merry Christmas" and then holding out their hands for money, which you give them, lest they return and smash your front window.
@rednrowdy: Cash for charity mind you! I love carol singing, me. One of my fave Christmassy things.
Also - wassailing in the West Country can also be to do with cider and apple trees - [en.wikipedia.org] We do actually do this is my backwards yokel home.
@bowleserised: That's what I was thinking. Um, Christmas in England? Is not like that at all. It is lovely, but it isn't [i]A Christmas Carol[/i] the morning after Scrooge comes to his senses.
I haven't liked anything that John Mayer or Jennifer Aniston have done, work-wise, for years. It makes sense that now that they're doing each other, I like both even less.
@SomeAuthorGirl: Yes. There was some heckling from the fanboys (who, to be fair, paid $70 a ticket) in response to said kazoos, and then some magnificently sarcastic responses from Billy to said heckling. I'm anxiously awaiting the DCist recap.
Uh yeah, was this Michelle Obama portrait titled "Michelle Obama thinks her husband if full of shit oh and by the way the painter was a big GOP supporter" or what?
In the original photo, Sasha was understandably tired and bored, but I've never seen a hint of that impatience/contempt on Michelle's face.
Oh hush your mouth, Roger Moore. Your credibility is nil since you harshed on the ultimate Bond, Sean Connery, and furthermore we all know Moonraker was the nadir of the Bond series.
I don't know what to think of Russell Crowe in Dirt Music. I think he's often great on-screen, but he also has a reputation for getting scripts re-written (like the "I am Maximus" line in Gladiator, which he originally fought to have cut from the film). I don't want him to mess too much with Tim Winton and water the story down, because Tim Winton is a god in my book.
@heykoukla: I need to read that. Tim Winton is excellent. Have they made a movie of The Riders that I missed? I thought there was something in the works...
@squirrelcop: Oh, I love The Riders. I don't think there's been a film, but I may have blocked out the memory. I get the shakes when I hear about books I like being turned into films...
@squirrelcop: yeah I wonder who they'll get for the female lead, Georgie. As I remember she's in like her 30s and has lived quite a bit - sailing to Indonesia and stuff. I can actually see Crowe as Luther more than Heath would've been. I guess a more world-wearyness that he could bring to it.
Just checked on IMDB and they have Rachel Weisz as Georgie and Colin Farrell as Luther. Hmmm, I was hoping that both roles would go to Aussies - seriously no roles for women in Australian films if you're over 30.
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I LOVED THAT SHOW!
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Yikes. Sorry, kids, you don't count!
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How horrible to be stalked and how sad to have it end up like this.
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Wassailing is meant to be groups of people going around the neighbourhood, visiting, singing carols and being given mince pies and so on. Nowadays it means two fucking scary hulking teenagers and their even scarier dad ringing your door bell, singing one tuneless verse of "We wish you a merry Christmas" and then holding out their hands for money, which you give them, lest they return and smash your front window.
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yeah, halloween beats wassailing anyday.
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Also - wassailing in the West Country can also be to do with cider and apple trees - [en.wikipedia.org] We do actually do this is my backwards yokel home.
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In the original photo, Sasha was understandably tired and bored, but I've never seen a hint of that impatience/contempt on Michelle's face.
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Just checked on IMDB and they have Rachel Weisz as Georgie and Colin Farrell as Luther. Hmmm, I was hoping that both roles would go to Aussies - seriously no roles for women in Australian films if you're over 30.
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