Just heard Paul Newman died of cancer. He was 83. I can't remember a year where more legendary motherfuckers kicked off their mortal coils than this one.
Here's to you Mr. Newman:
I still love the Towering Inferno! Godspeed my friend!
Okay, on some lighter fare, I did read in entertainment news today that made me smile at the same time, but be ashamed of myself for being happy about it. That's right….Megan Fox said she had the hots for a Russian stripper naked Nikita when Miss Fox first moved out to Los Angeles when she was 18 and trying to "make it".
Damn. She's hot for a skinny chick. You know for the Transformers sequel Michael Bay made her gain 10 pounds?
Does that not make her even hotter than all you guys already thought she was? Come on, if you didn't want to see her naked, riding in Bumblebee while Sam fucked her, then you just aren't a red-blooded heterosexual male!!! Maybe that will be in the Special Special BluRay edition? Hmmmmm? Don't worry about Bumblebee watching either. Bumblebee only had lugnuts for Optimus Prime. Shit, who doesn't?!
He's Optimus fuckin' Prime.
I wonder if he'd let Obama drive?
So Megan went on to say, and I quote, "Well, that year my boyfriend broke up with me, and I decided — oh man, sorry, mommy! — that I was in love with this girl that worked at the Body Shop,". She goes on…"Look, I'm not a lesbian…I just think that all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes…..I mean, I could see myself in a relationship with a girl — Olivia Wilde is so sexy she makes me want to strangle a mountain ox with my bare hands.
She's mesmerizing. And lately I've beenobsessed with Jenna Jameson, but ... oh boy."
Damn.
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Oh yeah, she's a freak! Transformers 2 just got waaaaaaaaaaay better!
Oh yeah, she also said something about Disney actresses or something and she's engaged to Brian Austin Green*.
This is the unlamest of the most lame pictures I could find. Still pretty lame.
*Brian Austin Green? The Donna-fucker from the first 90210? Daaaaaaaamn, I don't know whether to hate this dude or bow to him.
Richard William Wright, born July 28th, 1943, died September 15th, 2008 of cancer. Who is he? Only the greatest keyboardist and pianist ever! Self taught and magnificent, he wrote parts of some of Pink Floyd's greatest songs, such as The Great Gig in the Sky, Interstellar Overdrive, A Saucerful of Secrets, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, One of These Days, and my fave Shine On You Crazy Diamond. He sang on Astronomy Domine, One of These Days (One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces!!!!!!), and Matilda Mother.
He was a founding member of Pink Floyd in 1965. They were then known as The Pink Floyd Sound, before that they were The Abdabs, The Architectural Abdabs, thenThe Screaming Abdabs. This group consisting of Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Juliette Gale, Keith Noble, and Clive Metcalfe broke up in 1964 and in 1965 Waters, Barrett, Mason, and Wright formed the beginnings of Pink Floyd.
After Syd Barrett went schizophrenic from all that damn acid, David Gilmour was brought on and Pink Floyd as they are traditionally known was born. Mr. Wright was known as a strong musical force within the band and was an integral member, until the 80's when Roger Waters' ego couldn't fit in the room with everyone else. He briefly left the band, but was brought back in 1987 for the Momentary Lapse of Reason album and subsequent tour as well as 1994's Division Bell and PULSE live tour.
One of the legendary ones is gone. Yet another this year. Mr. Wright was 65.
In his honor, here are two of his great compositions:
Selles The Black and the Forbidden Racks
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So I had my first day of work today. It seems like I have chosen a good place to work with good people. The company seems like they really try to do things the right way. That's all I'm gonna say about it. I avoid talking about work because no one really gives a shit. Just be glad I have a job.
So I discovered this past Saturday that I am entirely more of a square than I previously thought. A friend of mine and his lady are showing me that I've lived a sheltered life and I am a worse dork than I realized. Really not much I can do about it at this point. I wasted 10 years of my life being such a straight arrow. I could have experienced things that were awesome, like my other friends have. They tell me stories of their derring-do and debaucherous ways all the time and I think two things:
1. I wish it had been me doing that!
2. I wish it had been me doing that!
Perhaps though if I had done some of the things they rave about, I wouldn't be the person I am today that everyone loves so much. Still, sometimes I wished I was the one with the checkered past or the criminal record. The one who had twins on his birthday or the one who has the freaky girlfriend who flashes titties to her boyfriend's longtime old friend. They were magnificent by the way. I wanted to touch real bad. I wished I was the one who worked in a strip club and met his hot, freaky wife there. I've seen his girl's tits too. Seriously, what is it with my friend's girls showing me their boobs? It's like cooking a juicy filet mignon in front of me with all the trimmings and showing it to me, then eating it in front of me while I sit there starving and drooling on myself. Yeah, it's like that. The guys gave their okay for the girls to do it too. I know, I know some freaky couples. It sure makes it more difficult for a single guy. You guys know I love tits. I mean, I really like titties a lot. I'm like that kid from Grandma's Boy suckin' on titty for 13 hours. I seriously could if allowed. I just think that I probably shouldn't have seen those particular two pairs of boobs. It's just brought up a whole bunch of thoughts that I shouldn't be having about two of my best friend's chicks. Alcohol is a dangerous thing.
I'm the square peg trying to peek through the round hole.
Voiceover Master Don LaFontaine has died. He was 68.
LaFontaine, known as the "King of Voiceovers," died Monday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. LaFontaine's agent, Vanessa Gilbert, tells ET that he passed away following complications from Pneumothorax, the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity, the result of a collapsed lung. The official cause of death has not yet been released.
Over the past 25 years, LaFontaine cemented his position as the "King of Voiceovers." Aside from being the preeminent voice in the movie trailer industry, Don also worked as the voice of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, as well as for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. By conservative estimates, he voiced hundreds of thousands of television and radio spots, including commercials for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Ford, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coke, and many other corporate sponsors.
He recently parodied himself on a series of national television commercials for Geico. At last count, he has worked on nearly 5000 films, including appearances as the in-show announcer for the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards. Based on contracts signed, he has the distinction of being perhaps the single busiest actor in the history of SAG. Don is survived by his wife -- singer/actress Nita Whitaker, and three children: Christine, Skye and Elyse.
Mr. LaFontaine was one of my heroes and someone I looked up to. A great talent has been silenced. He is one of the reasons I desire to get into the voice acting business. I'm sad now. :(
Before getting on Myspace I wasn't at all familiar with the phenomenon of long distance relationships. I found them odd and wondered why people would get involved with someone else hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles away. Then of course I started to interact with people on here and inevitably, I ran into a couple of instances where I became involved with ladies that I developed real feelings for. I couldn't explain it where it made sense to anyone, but at the time I was involved, it felt right and good. It wasn't. They both ended. I wouldn't say badly, just weakly. Maybe the infatuation wore off or real life smacked our faces and drew us back to the world, I really don't know. I'm a man, I probably fucked it up. J
What makes people think they are in love with or falling in love, or truly be in love with someone they have never physically met? Someone they've never held in their arms, someone they've never sat and cuddled on the couch with, someone they've never sat in comfortable silence with? You never get to see them angry, or in the morning when they still have sleep in their eyes, or anything unglamorous such as that. Maybe that is part of the draw? The romance and fantasy can run rampant because you can think whatever you want about the person to fill in the blanks. You can always picture them as a stunning work of human art who is always in the mood for you. You hardly ever have to deal with their bad moods or their idiosyncrasies or their faults. You don't really know them, at least not like you would if you were in an actual physical relationship.
It's simple to see this from the outside looking in, but when you meet people on here and you have things in common sometimes things click and you add in the lonely factor or longing for attention or acknowledgement then it is easy to get involved. You have someone in your life who seemingly understands what you are going through and who you really are. That's because you have the option of showing them what you want them to see about you and withholding what you don't. In a real life relationship you could do that, but it's far harder and far less satisfying. You can chat with the person and cyber and all that crazy stuff that people do. Cybering is good, don't get me wrong, but it always makes me conscious of what I am missing. You can exchange pictures and truly fall for someone, but it's so flawed. You can't hold a picture. You can't massage a picture. You can't smell a picture. It's like when you turn off the computer, they don't really exist. There is no hard connection to the person. You can avoid them, you can switch them off. Real relationships don't operate that way. Sometimes the bullshit and mundane stuff makes things stronger. You don't get that with long distance stuff.
Sometimes comments and messages take the wrong tone because you can't see the person saying the words to you or you don't get a response to your heartfelt message that you left or the response isn't what you hoped. You are crushed and confused and it eats at you. You don't have the benefit of body language to go on or to see the person's face light up and smile. Sure, you can call and talk on the phone, but that gets tough too because of different time zones and the expense of the calls. Also, you don't always have anything to say, and sitting on the phone in silence is completely retarded and awkward. Sometimes after a long day you want to come home to your love and just lay in her lap or her in yours and you stroke her hair or she strokes yours and you don't speak, just be in each other's presence. Talking on the phone to me sometimes feels like such a chore. I do it for a living and I'm not always geeked to do it for hours at home. When it starts to feel like a job, then it's not fun or enticing.
Don't get me wrong, I know people in long distance relationships and people who have gotten married and live happily now so it can work. Just my experiences with it haven't been that positive. Now much of it was probably my fault, but I imagine that because of the distance and my inability to make visits or move to the ladies or just commit to it completely because of financial issues killed things. Just as well, it's something I should probably avoid. You ladies make it very hard though. I was talking to a friend of mine, whose female opinion I regard very highly, that said people get involved in long distance relationships because of the impossibility of the situation. She said that maybe people are attracted to these situations because they don't do well in physical relationships. I said that people fall into these things because they feel that it will never work out and that's what makes it more enticing. It's forbidden and against all odds which draws folks to it. Knowing myself like I do, I thought she hit the nail on the head. I had those feelings. Because of my inexperience in relationships I was certainly more susceptible to fall into a long distance relationship.
I can tell you though that despite all the stuff I said above, the whole 'newness' of getting involved with someone was there. The desire to get to know as much as you could about the person was there. The tingle in your gut was there. What it came down to was part of what made them so attractive. The desire. It was hot and it was engrossing. Once you come to the realization that real life keeps you from being intoxicated by your infatuation in person whenever you want, things dim and fade. I am a touchy feely kind of guy. I long to touch my lady and rub her feet, massage shoulders, smell her, feel her hair, run my fingers along the curves of her body, and look into her eyes.
Long distance relationships deny me that and it kills me. What do you guys and girls think?
Yes, it's true. I have a man crush. I get all goofy for a dude. It's not a "I wanna butter the guys nuts and lick them" kind of thing so don't worry. I am a soundophile. I like all things dealing with sounds. I notice them more than anything in a movie or television show and the wrong effect can kill it for me.
The right voice or effect...can make it magical. As someone who wants to make a career out of being in the vocal business, I can make out voices and identify people by them. "Who are you crushing on already?!", you ask? Okay, don't laugh.......
Peter Cullen. Yes, him. Most of you are going, "Who?", but those of you in the know are nodding your heads with definite agreement. For those who have no idea, Peter Cullen is, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, the voice of Optimus Prime. You remember the intro to the 2007 Transformers movie with his monologue? I got goosebumps when I first heard it and everytime I catch it on HBO now, I rewind it and recite it along with him, desperately trying to emulate it and do it like he does. I seriously could sit and listen to him read the phone book doing that voice all day and love every precious second of it.
Along with Mr. Cullen, I love listening to the great James Earl Jones (Darth Vader, Mufasa, Thulsa Doom), Don LaFontaine (the movie trailer guy..you know, "In a world where a man"...), and Keifer Sutherland. Huh? Yeah, he has a smokin' voice and he does great narration and voice-overs.
So now that you think I am completely fracking odd, I leave you with some samples of Mr. Cullen doing his amazing work...
The esteemed Frank Welker (Megatron from the cartoons) and Mr. Cullen together again!
A clip of all the voice actors from Transformers. I cried at the end of this clip. That's how much I respect and admire Mr. Cullen.
My absolute favorite segment of the entire movie. I could listen to it forever. Just the part with Mr. Cullen. The part where Blackout wipes out some motherfuckers is cool too!
AND FINALLY....THE. GREATEST. ANIMATED. SCENE. EVER. MADE. EVER.
A Waste is a Terrible Thing to Mind
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Now I know that causing drama and perpetuating it are such petty things to do, but sometimes it's REALLY, REALLY FUN!!! Especially when it comes to....
This here dummy. Stephanie...proudly setting women back 200 years!!!
Have you read her blogs? I really didn't pay any attention, but after reading about Carl's and Kittie's joy in heckling the shit out of her, I gave her a read. Damn, she sucks.
Well, you might be asking yourself, "Just stop reading her blogs Marselles.", and I respond to that with, "Buuuuut it's fuuuuuuuuun to tease her about her lack of any real talent!" It's rude and totally unnecessary, but entertaining.
This has been Selles' completely unwarranted attack on absolutely no one of importance for the month! THANK YOU!
Check out the big braaaaaaaaaain on Jonnnnnnnnnnnnn!
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One of my Myspace peeps started his very own BlogTalkRadio show today. Jonathan Medina, one of my favorite bloggers on here, was giving the radio thing a try! I pitched in to help him out and I guess you could say cohosted. It was fun! I might decide to do my own one of these days, you know, instead of totally freeloading on my friends n stuff. L.O.L.
His show should be archived soon so give it a listen! Go here.
