The Nines and Ryan

I got out of work early today and called friends.

Everyone else had plans or was still at work. Movie time then !! What movie you ask? I looked at moviefone.com and saw that Ryan Reynolds had a new movie starting today. That's significant because I just saw Just Friends not to mention that he's very easy on the eyes. I checked the New York Times and saw there was an article about The Nines that was favorable and it was playing at my favorite theatre the Landmark Sunshine Cinema I had to go. (I just found out I missed meeting him in person) dang!

I headed down and had their salty but good popcorn (they have free refills). I know, so bad for you.

The movie was different. Three parts that referenced each other. Some of the reviews just didn't get it, but it's about endings and self acceptance. I was into numerology in high school and the number nine represents endings and karmic transitions. One moment you thought you were in a horror movie and the next sci-fi. It was lovely because it kept you on your toes. Most movies you can figure out what's going happen when it starts. This one you really didn't know where it was going?

I recommend it. Also, from the beefcake standpoint. If you don't know he's got a tremendous body, but the movie directed by a gay man, John August one of Ryan's best friends, wasn't filled with gratuitous shots of his body. His body would have pulled focus. What does he eat??

The pic is RR and one of the co stars of the movie Melissa McCarthy, she's great.

Larry Craig fall from Grace

One day your colleagues are kissing your ass and the next they're treating you like an ass. Since the guilty plea, it's easy to hit a man when he's down.

Here's the problem: I'm sure there were people in Congress and elsewhere that knew this anti-gay Republican was actually in the closet and allowed him to spew his rhetoric without challenge. That's wrong.

I say this is an example of karma. I hope Middle America is taking a close look at this. The United States Congress is much more liberal than they think. Don't assume politicians practice what they preach. Politicians just cater to the religious right to get votes. They actually think anyone living between New York and Los Angeles are idiots with the exception of Chicago. That info comes from friends that work on Capital Hill.

The Dancing Queens

It's no Spring Awakening, but it is a chance to see Meryl Streep sing in a musical. I saw her in Mother Courage, where I think I saw one of best live performances of my life. She was incredible and after that moment I understood all the Oscar nominations and accolades.

Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett, Jodi Foster, Jennifer Beals? Goodness...Yale Drama School knows what they're doing.

My Blackberry 8830

This one is for the Oh my Pod folks. I like my phone, but the big problem is that for people calling me they claim that I sound like I'm in a wind tunnel. My mom wants me to get a new phone or go back to the old. Well, I'm keeping it.

Broadway Flea Market

If you're into used Broadway CD's this is the place to be. Most are $5 to $10. which is a great deal for Broadway Show Tunes. Another reason to live in NYC!

King Lear

I waited too long and now it's sold out. Goodness! Lesson learned, I must get tickets the moment it's available. Now I have to wait and hope for standing room. The play is 3 hours and twenty minutes long! Standing?? Is that really an option?

Labor Day Weekend for Capricorn

I like this one.

Capricorn Horoscope for week of August 30, 2007

Capricorn
Last November, Major League Baseball announced that New York Mets' pitcher Guillermo Mota had tested positive for steroids and would therefore be suspended for 50 games at the beginning of the new season. A month later, the Mets signed Mota to a new, two-year $5 million contract, despite knowing that his recent accomplishments on the baseball field had almost certainly been inflated by the steroids' boost. I foresee a comparable scenario unfolding in your life, Capricorn. You'll be rewarded in the wake of a penalty or limitation that was imposed on you, and the gain will outstrip the loss. It may even be the case that the good thing coming your way will be related to or aided by the "bad" thing you did.

Jim Carey's Plea

We share the same birthday and I have to give his cause a shout. He opened my eyes.

Blackberry 8830 Promotion

This is funny, why didn't I get the island?

Spring Awakening News Update

The initial investment was recouped...yeah!!! Here's to years and years of a show that gives Broadway a much needed shot in the arm!

Billy Porter's New Show

Billy Porter. I have to give this brotha a shout. He's doing something that I've thought about doing. If his Sondheim revue comes to New York, I will see it.

Billy sings a song called, "Time" that was featured on a So you think you can Dance routine. Click here to view. I'm moved every time I hear it.

American's Health

This is the most important issue facing Americans and I hope we see some results in this election season. This article in the NY Times says more and more Americans are without health insurance. That's a tragedy.

The real problem is that even if you have insurance you still have high co pays and out of pocket costs. For a single person, insurance runs about $600 a month in addition to paying for medication etc. It's crazy. The United States, that claims to be the richest country in the world, needs to change and fast.

Let's start protecting Americans.

Skeletons in the Closet

More and more Republicans are discovering that their houses are made of glass just like the rest of us. Let us not forget humans will be humans.

Matthew 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Sick Sick Sick

I'm stuffy, congested, and sluggish. I hate being sick. I've been chugging vitamin C and taking drugs (and not the good kind).

I want this over!

Ang Lee's 'Lust's' NC-17 Rating

The MPAA is a hypocritical, sexist mess. It's okay to have a movie like 300 come out where men are chopping off body parts time and time again, but show too many pelvic thrusts and get a NC-17 rating.

The MPAA does nothing to protect the United States. It's a force run by old men that know nothing about kids or what they're exposed to. If America stopped treating kids like virginal angels and more like the adults that they're becoming, we wouldn't have a culture so unevolved when it comes to sex.

I think instead of a rating system there should be a listing of the graphic violence, nudity or sexual content in the movie. There can be nudity in a PG-13 or R rated movie. How are parents supposed make the correct decision for their family? There's drug use in PG or PG-13 movies.

Drugs and violence aren't the issue. Ironic, when you consider the Virginia Tech, Columbine or Sniper shooter in DC. This country has been built on violence and we've become desensitized to it. That's the problem.