cryleen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Harlemm. With two m's. He was my favorite. I expected Shannon Bexrated to win because "America" is unflinchingly predictable, but I was happily surprised. Maybe Harlemmmmmmm the karate-chopping Asian cartoon character won because "Fame" viewers were all gay men and pre-teen girls. Like me. Let's see if he actually gets some coverage in the corporate American mainstream. My guess: fades quickly and quietly away into his fast-approaching retirement. One of the perks of being Asian is that a man can be 36 years old, lie about being 27, and look like he's lying about being older than he really is. Unfortunately, this perk only applies if you're auditioning for a second-rate TV "reality" contest with no ratings. Some CEO somewhere (probably in Culver City or Sherman Oaks or somewhere like that) must own the rights to the phrase "triple threat" and gets paid an obscene amount of money every time it's said on the air. Every time Joey Fatone (I actually know a woman in her 20s who said this was her favorite N*SYNC member) talked: chi-ching! I understand the definition of "triple threat", but the only celebrity I can think of who acts/sings/dances is J-lo, and she can't do any of those things well enough to be a "threat" to anyone with talent. Maybe the only way a person can be a real triple-threat is if they resign themselves to the fact that they will never be famous. Choose: talented or famous. Never both. 12:39 pm - 07.24.03 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - LA . . . . . Sometimes I hate it (man, I've gots lotsa gripes), but tonight . . . it's beautiful. At about sunset, I had a break and looked out to the mountains and across the valley under an intense pink sky, and enjoyed a private little lovefest with the city. T-shirt weather, and just the right amount of hazy, airbrushed picture-perfection. Just like Thomas Kinkaide, but minus the CHEESE. Made me feel nice. It's no secret that a vibrant, dreamy sunset in a city indicates dangerous levels of pollutants (many P.E.s cancelled), but something that pretty can't be that bad. Actually, it probably is, but looks make up for a lot. Especially in LA. 12:39 am - 07.23.03 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Hiking = walking + dirt + bugs. With good company or good music, I like to walk, don't mind the dirt, but detest bugs, while they adore me. Especially unpleasant is when they fly up your nostrils and/or in your mouf. I'm also convinced that I once got an ear infection because a bug crawled or flew in there. It happened about a year ago - maybe it still lives there. I'll name him Waxy. Normally, apart from my intense hatred of bugs (except the cute ones [sometimes I'm such a 12-yr-old girl, I surprise myself] that don't hurt humans), I also hate scary movies. I don't mean the "Freddy"-type silliness, but the "Seven"-type of realistic possiblity. To me, this is what qualifies as horror. And the reason I hate horror movies is that I'm a little scaredy-cat who has ridicurous nightmarish imaginings running through her head. That said, I loved "28 Days Later". To the few that are reading this: go see it now so that we can talk about the many reasons why we love it so. P.S. Go Lance! 12:06 pm - 07.21.03 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Saw Pirates last night. There was a pirate sitting next to me. big, nonsensical question: why do people lie? maybe part of it has to do with cowardice, but that's too easy. and OBVIOUS. theory #2: desperate desire to please theory #3: fear (of what? that's too hard) theory #4: habit theory #5: to get away with it theory #6: to get caught hmmmm, I guess all of these are obvious. I want to be a person that no one lies to. Is that possible? I might want to be a person that doesn't lie. Tell lies, live lies. I'm not sure if it's a necessary evil. Whatever it is, no honest no good. To be a good person, do you have to be an honest person? Or vice versa? These are all questions I asked myself as a pre-pubescent. I should take that as a sign. small, nonsensical question - especially made for you: What was the last thing you ate? Please draw a picture and mail it to me. btw, I know NO ONE but me would do this.
1:45 p.m. - 7.18.03 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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