Birthday time and a Meme

FIRST THINGS FIRST (and a little late):

HAPPY BIRTHDAY lissinthecity!

You're a fabulous person, and I hope you're having a great time there in NYC- There at last! You deserve it, mate.

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Second things second:
Stolen from emony:
( Potter Meme, Which I've probably done before... )

Birthday time and a Meme

FIRST THINGS FIRST (and a little late):

HAPPY BIRTHDAY lissinthecity!

You're a fabulous person, and I hope you're having a great time there in NYC- There at last! You deserve it, mate.

*

Second things second:
Stolen from emony:
( Potter Meme, Which I've probably done before... )

You know it's going to be a good day when...

You wake up at 3pm and The Adventures of Robin Hood is on tv.

I do love that movie a lot, whether Fleen did his own stunts or not. And I'd put his stunts at about 95%, so it's all good.

And then on BBC2, there was How To Steal A Million with Peter O'Toole and Audrey Hepburn. It was really great, considering that it's a little on the 60s kitsch side. It also featured the most lo-tech robbery I've ever seen on film. I think they only used the following things: A boomerang, a magnet and a bucket. That's about it. Ocean's Eleven eat your heart out! It was a funny, funny movie. A movie to giggle to, I'm telling you. And Peter O'Toole is a funny, charming actor. Of course, I can't call him anything but 'Florence' since reading that Noel Coward quote: "If Peter O'Toole had been any prettier, they would've had to call it Florence of Arabia."

The Rise of The Celebrity Class is on telly. Last week was quite interesting, talking as it did about the first crop of 60s working class celebrities and they ways in which they used their newfound fame/money. This week seems to be a long line of very minor celebrities carping on about the horrors of celebrity. Well I'm fucking sorry, but you all KNEW what would happen. Most of you did it expressly FOR that purpose. You WANTED to be known by everyone. So please, have the graciousness to not complain about it. Until very recently, one of the few nice things I could say about the Beckhams was that they didn't complain about their lot in life. They wanted their celebrity so much that when they got it they didn't turn against it. That's changed a little recently of course...

And now they're talking about celebrities and charity. And most of them have a good point. Of course celebrities do it for the attention. They might have other reasons too, but if they really didn't want the attention they could write a big fat cheque to a bunch of charities and ask to remain anonymous. I do understand how a lot of them feel the responsibility now they have money and power. Eric Clapton makes a good point about it, but I do wonder about his rehab clinic in Antigua, which I believe costs patients $15,000 a time. How many Antiguan addicts can afford such things? Of course, I understand the emotional wrench he must've felt when he auctioned off 100 guitars (including famous Brownie, which was used for Layla). He's a very intelligent man and unlike some people (*cough* Keef) knows that at least holding his hands up and saying 'Drugs did fuck me up and I don't recommend them' might be more constructive than just sitting and mumbling incoherently. Still, as Sly once said, different strokes for different folks.

Oooh, Martin Sheen is on talking about his activism. :D

Oh GOD. Yoko is now on talking about 'John's Message'. I always thought she was at least intelligent, but doesn't she realise the more she goes ON AND ON AND ON AND FUCKING ON AND ARISTON (dishwasher joke) she cheapens that message? That the more baby clothes and shit like that she licenses she cheapens that message? There are some days I really think her and McCartney really are made for each other.

OK, I'm going now. Bye.

You know it's going to be a good day when...

You wake up at 3pm and The Adventures of Robin Hood is on tv.

I do love that movie a lot, whether Fleen did his own stunts or not. And I'd put his stunts at about 95%, so it's all good.

And then on BBC2, there was How To Steal A Million with Peter O'Toole and Audrey Hepburn. It was really great, considering that it's a little on the 60s kitsch side. It also featured the most lo-tech robbery I've ever seen on film. I think they only used the following things: A boomerang, a magnet and a bucket. That's about it. Ocean's Eleven eat your heart out! It was a funny, funny movie. A movie to giggle to, I'm telling you. And Peter O'Toole is a funny, charming actor. Of course, I can't call him anything but 'Florence' since reading that Noel Coward quote: "If Peter O'Toole had been any prettier, they would've had to call it Florence of Arabia."

The Rise of The Celebrity Class is on telly. Last week was quite interesting, talking as it did about the first crop of 60s working class celebrities and they ways in which they used their newfound fame/money. This week seems to be a long line of very minor celebrities carping on about the horrors of celebrity. Well I'm fucking sorry, but you all KNEW what would happen. Most of you did it expressly FOR that purpose. You WANTED to be known by everyone. So please, have the graciousness to not complain about it. Until very recently, one of the few nice things I could say about the Beckhams was that they didn't complain about their lot in life. They wanted their celebrity so much that when they got it they didn't turn against it. That's changed a little recently of course...

And now they're talking about celebrities and charity. And most of them have a good point. Of course celebrities do it for the attention. They might have other reasons too, but if they really didn't want the attention they could write a big fat cheque to a bunch of charities and ask to remain anonymous. I do understand how a lot of them feel the responsibility now they have money and power. Eric Clapton makes a good point about it, but I do wonder about his rehab clinic in Antigua, which I believe costs patients $15,000 a time. How many Antiguan addicts can afford such things? Of course, I understand the emotional wrench he must've felt when he auctioned off 100 guitars (including famous Brownie, which was used for Layla). He's a very intelligent man and unlike some people (*cough* Keef) knows that at least holding his hands up and saying 'Drugs did fuck me up and I don't recommend them' might be more constructive than just sitting and mumbling incoherently. Still, as Sly once said, different strokes for different folks.

Oooh, Martin Sheen is on talking about his activism. :D

Oh GOD. Yoko is now on talking about 'John's Message'. I always thought she was at least intelligent, but doesn't she realise the more she goes ON AND ON AND ON AND FUCKING ON AND ARISTON (dishwasher joke) she cheapens that message? That the more baby clothes and shit like that she licenses she cheapens that message? There are some days I really think her and McCartney really are made for each other.

OK, I'm going now. Bye.

Ronald Reagan is Dead.

I just heard about Ronald Reagan. A mediocre actor and a worse politician, that doesn't mean I don't feel sad for him. There is nobody in the world I would wish Alzheimer's disease on. Nobody.

Ronald Reagan is Dead.

I just heard about Ronald Reagan. A mediocre actor and a worse politician, that doesn't mean I don't feel sad for him. There is nobody in the world I would wish Alzheimer's disease on. Nobody.