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February 27, 2006
i am human and i need to be loved...just like everybody else does...
Everyone who knows Morrissey knows that he's not very good taking criticism. In fact, when Joe and I saw him last fall (best concert EVAH!), he was talking about a car accident he had been in the week before and some fan heckled him a little bit about it and he was very hurt and wouldn't finish the story. I think he even cut a song out of the lineup because of one stupid idiot guy.
Well now the tables have turned and he's been called out for HIS criticism. The US government apparently has dear Morrissey on a watchlist for dissent against the UK and US (my god, don't they have better things to do?).
According to MTV UK news:
Morrissey was questioned by the FBI and British intelligence after speaking out against Bush and Blair, the singer has revealed.Mozza, a famous critic of the war in Iraq, has previously branded the US President a “terrorist”. He said: “The FBI and the Special Branch have investigated me and I’ve been interviewed and taped and so forth. They were trying to determine if I was a threat to the government, and similarly in England. But it didn’t take them very long to realise that I’m not.
“I don’t belong to any political groups,” he continued, “I don’t really say anything unless I’m asked directly and I don’t even demonstrate in public. I always assume that so-called authoritarian figures just assume that pop/rock music is slightly insane and an untouchable platform for the working classes to stand up and say something noticeable.
“My view is that neither England or America are democratic societies. You can’t really speak your mind and if you do you’re investigated.”
I'm pretty sure that I'm on some stupid watchlist because I've ranted on my blog, because I've signed petitions, and because although, ironically, I'm exercising the absolute most American right we have--free speech-- and as a result, I'm probably considered unpatriotic. I can't figure out why it's patriotic to want to give up our privacy, our freedom of speech and billions and billions of my taxpaying dollars to people who spend it very poorly...
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February 25, 2006
it's all about zombies
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February 20, 2006
Naughty naughty?
Greg is keeping me updated on the whereabouts of my panda. Turns out that my little friend is a bit of a wild one!
Apparently Greg came across "this photo of our little friend doing something covert. i didn't ask but when I got home last night he smelled of smoke and had lipstick on his scarf!"
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February 10, 2006
bits of random-ness
I realize that I haven't blogged lately. I've been busy. Or lazy. Maybe a bit of both. But I'm always interested...
Some of the random things that have caught my interest:
* Zillow, a very cool way to research real-estate
* EQ2 and all of the enjoyable time-suck that it is
* How long it will be before they indict Cheney
* CB2 has a new catalog! But when are they going to open up a store in Boston?
* When you wash clothes and oil gets all over them, it means that your seal around the agitator is cracked and that basically a new washer is on your agenda. And new clothes. Argh.
* I hope to soon have the courage to join this club.
* Apparently up in Canada they aren't just fond of poutine (BLECH), but also eating pig's tails.
* Hanging out in the wonderfully clever Kingdom of Loathing
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February 02, 2006
child star gone wrong...but hopefully not for good
Years ago when I worked at Disneyland, I met Jodie Sweetin, who, at the time, was playing Stephanie on Full House. I was working the VIP entry to the Fantasmic show and had the chance to have a lengthy discussion with her while waiting for the previous show to empty out before I sat her. She was probably 12 at the time (oh god now I'm dating myself) and was clearly very bright. She told me how John Stamos was so close to all the kids on Full House and always took them to Disneyland. We talked about all the rides she'd been on that day and some about the show. I just had such a great sense of how much of a family they all were. She talked so adoringly about everyone she worked with. I don't know why, but she was the one celebrity that I really remember most from when I worked there (I sat Billy Idol, Molly Ringwald, The Osmonds, the kid that played Bud Bundy, Tim Robbins, Robin Williams, and a host of other people). She just made a great impression on me.
And today, the headline: "Full House" Star Admits Meth Problem
Wow. I guess it's not surprising, given that when you are thrust into an acting career at such a young age. The article mentions that she's been clean for a year though, and hoping to get back into acting. I hope she swings it and is able to make some sort of comeback a'la Drew Barrymore (who is one of my all time favorites). Everyone deserves a second chance--I hope she makes the best of it.