Which MGM musical character are you?

Break out your rain slickers, galoshes and tap shoes! You're Kathy Selden from "Singin' in the Rain!" You are the adorable, funny and charming chorus girl that silent film star Don Lockwood finds himself falling in love with -- and soon you find yourself dubbing his squeaky voiced co-star. Congratulations!

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Which classic Hollywood leading lady are you?

No, it isn't make-believe. You are Irene Dunne! One of Hollywood's most beloved actresses to ever grace a screen, Irene Dunne was more than just another pretty face. She had a golden voice that could warm even the coldest of hearts, comic genius and delivery that would you have you on the floor in laughter, and the ability to make you cry just as quickly as she could make you laugh. Irene Dunne is truly one of the most remarkably versatile and nearly-perfect actresses you will ever see.



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Yay! Irene is one of my (and Cary's) favourites!

Am bored, so you guessed it: a survey!

Would you rather.......

1. Join the circus or become a nun?
Join the circus, Cirque du Soliel in particular. Had the nun talk with God and we decided it's not for me. (He wouldn't let me keep all my shoes!)

2. Own a big cabin in the Rockies or a small apartment in New York City?
New York, New York, is a wonderful town......

3. Grow two feet taller or shrink?
Now, that didn't specify shrink by how much, so I'll say shrink an inch!

4. Have the power to become invisible, to mind-read, or to fly?
Fly. That would be awesome.

5. Snore or talk in your sleep?
Apparently I do both already, probably talk coz it's usually all nonsense anyway!

6. Be good at math or good at art?
Duh! Art! Maths is the (square) root of all evil!

7. Pierce your nose or get a tattoo?
Tattoo. Nose piercings look tacky and must be a pain when you have the sniffles!

8. Eat the same thing everyday or lose your sense of smell?
Lose my sense of smell. I get bored with food very easily.

9. Forget your name or everyone else's?
My name, it would be hilarious!

10. Have more luck than sense or more sense than luck?
More sense, because then I could kinda create my own luck to an extent.

11. Be a boy or a girl?
Girl. I don't want boy germs!

12. Trade lives with your gym teacher or your math teacher?
Math teacher, because then I could declare that maths is a useless, unnecessary evil and turn the class into a drama class instead!

13. Say "you know" after every sentence or "like" before every sentence?
"You know", sounds less air-heady.

14. Be named Grape or Pistachio?
Pistachio, kinda sounds like Petruchio from Taming of the Shrew.

15. Always eat with your hands or have to put hot sauce on everything you eat?
Always eat with my hands, don't like hot stuff.

16. Be stranded on a desert island with a clueless hunk or a gross person with survival training?
Clueless hunk. I think (at least I hope) I have enough sense to get us both through!

17. Go hiking or watch a video?
Video. I don't do outdoors, darlink!

18. Have a crush on your best friend's girlfriend/boyfriend or find out that she/he has one on you?
They have a crush on me. Very flattering, and I like to be flattered.

19. Build a snowman or a sandcastle?
Snowman. Not a fan of sand...it gets in funny places!

20. Be born with wheels instead of legs or wings instead of arms?
The wheels remind me of the Wheelies in return to Oz, which freaked me out when I was little, so definately wings instead of arms.

21. Lose your keys or lose your shoes?
Keys. Do you have any idea how long it would take to replace 112 pairs of shoes?!

22. Know absolutely everything about your crush or about world history?
World history. What can I say, I'm an history buff.

23. Change your past or know your future?
Know my future, so I could change it if necessary!

24. Go camping or stay in a fancy hotel?
I repeat: I do not do outdoors!

25. Have the power to calm everyone down or get them REALLY excited?
Really excited, much more fun.

26. Always lose or never play?
Never play. Always losing would get depressing after awhile.

27. Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy?
Fluffy!

28. Vegetables taste like candy or traffic sounds like laughter?
Veges like candy....mmmmmmm

30. Exercise or get a manicure?
Manicure.

31. Listen to a 1-hour tape of loud machinery or a boring 1-hour lecture?
Boring 1 hour lecture. I've mastered the art of tuning out and daydreaming, while still appearing to pay attention.

32. Be the most popular girl in school or get good grades?
Good grades. Popularity is over-rated.

33. Get a kangaroo or a baby elephant for your birthday?
Baby elephant! I LOVE elephants.

34. Know it all or have it all?
Have it all. No one likes a know-it-all, but people like getting presents!

35. Have twenty pretty good friends or one best friend?
One best friend.

36. Be stupid and loved or brilliant and disliked?
Stupid and loved. I need to be loved.

37. Be liked for your looks or your personality?
Personality always wins over looks.

38. Get even or get over it?
Getting even usually makes you feel better and gets you over it.

Whoop whoop!

I've got a Cary Grant email address!!!!!!!!

janine@carygrant.net

Here's the obsession line ( / ) ....................................................Here's me ( * ) lol

Movie review

The Prestige

Went along with a couple of friends last night, since it was the only Rialto movie I hadn't seen yet.

Um...not sure if I liked it or not.

It had a decent storyline, but I managed to figure it out a little too soon, so I missed out on the "ohhhhhh" factor.

Scarlett Johansson bugs me too. Christian Bale was pretty yummy to look at though.

And the only character I warmed to was the gorgeous wee girl, Sarah. What a cutie! The other characters were all pretty horrible! And the bird thing upset me.

I'm not sure I'd watch it again, but I didn't feel compelled to leave which is always a good sign! (Unlike Pride and Prejudice with friggin' Keira Knightley. Even Dame Judi couldn't help that disaster of a film!)

Anyway, my workmates who have seen it all say it's brilliant, and my views aren't always on a par with others', so I'd say go see it...or should that be go "watch closely"?

More Friday Fives, coz I'm bored!

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
The Amelia comes from Amelia Earhart.

2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance?
Yes, I'm going to have a gorgeous little girl named Isabelle Scarlett Rose *insert future hubby's surname here* I think these are the most beautiful girls' names ever.

3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
*Grimace*......Renford, after Mum's brother. Thank heavens I'm a girl!

4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
Scarlett or Audrey, for obvious reasons!

5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?
Sometimes. People read my 's' as an 'a' so am occasionally called Janine Betta. And people sometimes put extra 'e's in Janine.

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1. What job do you have, and why do you like/hate it?
Work at the movies. Love it. Great people, flexible hours, free movies and free ice cream!

2. As a kid, what did you want to be when you "grew up?"
A singing, acting, ballerina.

3. Is the job you have now anything like what you imagined as a kid?
No, thought I'd be on Broadway by now!

4. Do you have a five-year career plan?
Get married and have babies!

5. In order to get the job of your dreams, is there anything you wouldn't do? Why?
Um...I'd stay away from the casting couch! That's about it!

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1. Who was your favorite all time teacher(s)?
Mrs Ryan!

2. What did they teach?
Drama of course!

3. What is your best memory from that class?
My Amanda Wingfield (Glass Menagerie) performance in 6th form, follwed by my Mama Bear performance, in 7th form.

4. Did you ever have a crush on a teacher and if so who?
No, all my teachers have been women or old men.

5. What is the craziest/wildest/weirdest thing you (or someone you know) ever did at school?
In 7th form I wanted to dress up as Audrey so as Arts Prefect I organised a dress up day during Arts Week!

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1. If you could invite five people to dinner from history, living or dead, who would they be?
Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Shakespeare.

2. Why have you chosen these five individuals?
They're all people I admire greatly.

3. What would you serve for dinner?
Not something I'd cooked, I like them all too much! Um...something posh.

4. What would you like to ask them?
Cleopatra: Are there any undiscovered tombs I could discover and fulfill my childhood wish of finding a mummy?
Joan of Arc: Can you help me with my French please?
Audrey Hepburn: I'd be too awestruck to say anything I think!
Cary Grant: Will you marry me?
Shakespeare: Did you really write all the plays you're credited with?

5. Do you think everybody seated at the table would get along? Why or why not?
Well Audrey and Cary would definately. Will have to come up with some sort of sign language to communicate with Cleo. Between us, I think Audrey and I would know enough French to talk with Joanie, and Shakespeare should get on with us three actors!

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1. What is the one book that you reread over and over again?
Gone with the Wind, I've read it every year for the last 7 years!

2. What is your favourite genre?
Historical romantic fiction.

3. Do you usually buy your books or visit the library?
Both, but I like to own books I love.

4. Who is your favourite author?
Nicholas Sparks.

5. What book have you read that you absolutely hated?
3rd form English - The Value of X, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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1. What is your favorite movie of all time?
An Affair To Remember

2. How often do you watch this movie?
Whenever I need a good cry or a good dose of Cary at his most romantic.

3. What's your favorite line out of the whole movie?
"Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories"

4. Who's your favorite character from this movie?
Duh! Nicky, as played by my should-have-been-hubby!

5. What scene do you love the most?
Their first kiss. In my opinion it is the greatest screen kiss of all time, because they are on the stairs and and all you can see is their legs. Gets me every time - "Beauty does that to me"



Ok, I think I'm all Friday Five'd out!

The Friday Five on a Monday

Because I can!

1. Would you rather have a fun job that doesn't pay well or a boring job that does?
Fun job. Am not fussed on a career; I couldn't bear doing something I hated for the next 40 years!

2. Would you sacrifice your morals for a job?
No. That means no nude scenes!

3. Would you ever take a job that requires you to be in costume?
Um...I'm an actress! And a fairy! You work it out!

4. What is your fantasy job?
The West End; playing Eliza Doolittle, Anna Leonowens, Velma Kelly, Blanch DuBois or Lady Bracknell!

5. Would you like fries with that?
No, I'm on a diet.

I am so weak

Of all the flavours of all the ice creams in all the world, Joy had to roll gumdrops :(

The Friday Five

Ok, so it's Saturday, but only by half an hour!

1. Favorite cereal and why?
Lucky Charms coz of the marshmellows!

2. What is the best thing about summer?
The clothes. Winter clothing is blah.

3. Would you rather have a slurpee or a milkshake?
Milkshake - chocolate.

4. If you could be a member of any band/musical group, past or present, what band would it be and why?
ABBA, because they are the greatest ever!

5. Who is your idol? What are they famous for?
Audrey Hepburn. Famous for being Audrey.

Still can't sleep

Life in General
How old do you feel?:	100
Are you generally happy with your life at the moment?:	Yup
If you could change one thing about your past, what would you change?:	The idiot men I've fallen for
What is the one thing you miss most in life?:	Being brought coffee in the mornign by a handsome man
Have you ever lost a close loved one?:	Yes
Do you believe in love at first sight?:	Yes
Have you ever been in love? with who?:	Yes, twice. Both losers.
Who is the one person in your life that you know you can ALWAYS count on?:	My Mum!
Do you have any regrets? what?:	See question 3
Where do you hope to be in five years?:	Travelling
Do you consider yourself open-minded?:	Yes..to a degree! :p
On a deserted island, what 3 people and 3 items would you hope to have?:	Mum, MacGuyver, Cary Grant ~ Lip Balm, Copy of GWTW (book), a LOT of chocolate
Do you consider yourself religious OR spirtual?:	Religious
Do you feel that everything happens for a reason in your life?:	Absolutely
What one thing scares you most in life?:	Spiders
Do you prefer dogs or cats?:	Cats rule. That is all.
Do you want to get married and have a family?:	Darn tootin'!
Have you ever wished that you were someone else?:	Yes
When looking back on your adolescence, do you feel bad for your parents?:	No, I could have been much worse!
If you could go anywhere in the world tomorrow, where would it be?:	Roma
Is there anything about you that no one knows?:	Of course
What is your biggest aspiration in life?:	The West End
If there were one word to describe you, what would it be?:	Loco
Is your life interesting enough to be a hit reality tv show?:	I think so
What's your biggest fault at the moment?:	My temper
If you had to compare to one celebrity, who would it be?:	Audrey!
When you are 80 yrs old, how do you want to be able to describe your life?:	Still kickin'!
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It's too hot to sleep so am surfing the net

Which classy actress are you? Can you guess who I got?

http://quiz.myyearbook.com/zenhex/quiz.php?qid=44886

That'll learn me

So, I got hit on at the gym tonight by a funny little Indian man, who saw me in my "I'm an actress" t-shirt and decided to come and find out if I was indeed an actress and am I on Shortland Street? lol Apparently he was a reporter back in the old country and used to interview celebrirties all the time. Good for him. He then asked me out for coffee. I politely declined.
Then on the way home I accidently ran over a hedgehog, which upset me a bit, since I've never run over an animal before and had hoped I never would. I like hedgehogs. They're cute. Stupid cars.
Can't wait to get paid this saturday. have been listening to April .I. going on about how fantabulous Cirque du Soliel's Varekai was, so have decided to surprise my mum and take her to see it next week. She knows I have something cooking, but has no clue what and is a little worried. Anyone would think she doesn't trust me! ;)
Popped into United Video on the way home from the gym and found that they are selling lots of classic movies! Yay! Two for $20. Score! With so many to choose from I've decided to go with themes - tonight Ann Miller (On the Town and Easter Parade). Next up, Gene Kelly (Take Me Out to the Ball Game and Brigadoon). These two new additions to the dvd shelf meant I finally had to give Cary a shelf of his own, so have built a little shrine - hehe! Now am trying to think of things to put on the shrine.......Any ideas send them my way!

Cool discovery of the week: nuns that blog! As mentioned in this month's Cosmo. Check out Sr (to be) Sarah's blog! http://osbboonies.blogspot.com/

Weather: Humid
Wearing: Still in gym clothes
Listening to: ABBA
Shoes: 112

"We're off to see the lizard..."

Hehe! The Rugrats just did a spoof of The Wizard of Oz - love it!

Am trying to keep busy and amused as my Barnaby Baby went to a new home this morning :( i miss the little guy lots, but I know he'll get lots of cuddles from his new family who seem really lovely. They have a little girl aged 3 and a little boy aged 1 1/2 who were just the cutest things I've ever seen. They have curly mops of golden hair and just melted my heart. Unfortunately my offer of a trade wasn't accepted :( Am feeling a bit clucky. My friend Bevan become a daddy the other day and the pics he emailed of little Connor turned me to mush...not that that's a hard thing to do!

Hehe! Peppa Pig has new red shoes! Yup. I definately have an inner child, and she likes cartoons!

Oh yes, and projection has finally made sense to me. April .I. showed me her way of threading up - bottom to top rather than top to bottom, and it all went - CLICK!

Speaking of movies, I saw Volver last night.

Very, very good. Only complaint is that they could have chosen someone to dub for Penelope who didn't sound so un-Penelope. It was pretty obvious it wasn't her singing. It had a Greek tragedy feel to it which I quite enjoyed. I've loved the Greek plays since 5th form when I did a pretty wicked death scene from the play Medea. And not just any death scene. One with stairs. The best kind! And Penelope Cruz has absolutely amazing cleavage! I wish I had boobs like that!

Anyway, go see it. Yes, it has subtitles, but that shouldn't matter. I don't understand why some people get so put off by subtitles. They miss so many great films.

A not so great film, but one that filled my afternoon today is Dreamgirls. Great music, great costumes, crazy hair......but it's one of those shows which I'm sure works better on stage. I did learn however, where the song I did a cabaret number to in a concert once, came from! Red leotard with sparkly trim and fishnet tights.......Sorry, no photos exist. What a shame (not!)

Right, am off to the gym now. Have lasted longer than I thought I would - yay me! And I actually find that I like going. Who'd have thought!?

Someone entertain me please

Am so bored lately. Current P.H is away and have been doing a few night shifts which kinda mucks up my day. Should have gone to the gym today...but...well I didn't.
Speaking of the gym, I don't know if it's the sudden bursts of exercise my body's getting or my crazy hormones, but I have been constantly hungry the last few days, and practically drowning myself with water hasn't been helping :( Am hoping it'll pass cause I want to lose weight, not put it on! And that's hard enough what with managers getting free ice creams, and there being a supply of caramel fudge at the moment..........Just gotta hang in until February when yoga, tap and belly dancing classes start. Yup, am going to be one fit, flexy fairy! lol Have decided against hip hop. It's just not me! So I decided on belly dancing instead since there are no flamenco classes anywhere in Hamilton grrrr!
Anyway, so I'm really bored, hence the constant blogging. Which apparently has a Bridget Jones tone to it! lol I didn't like Bridget Jones (I just wrote that in initial form but realised it looked naughty!), but I know practically every other woman in the world did, so thanks Hilary, I'll take that as a compliment!
So I got a couple of new Cary dvds the other day, but could only watch one since my computer only plays zone 4 and I Was a Male Warbride (which I am desperate to see!!!!!!) is a zone 1. Am thinking of getting one of the funky purple TVs with built in dvd player from KMart, which hopefully will be multi zone. They are so cool. They're purple! So will suit my decor no probs! hehe!
By the way, Rob, if you are reading this in between your wonderful European adventures, I'd just like to say that I got rid of two HUGE spiders today all by myself. I was shaking the whole time thinking that the fly spray would bring them back to life as even scarier mutant spiders that would attack me and eat me whole! But even though I managed to do it, I still prefer to play the helpless damsel in distress and let a strong handsome man take care of such things for me! Which reminds me of a t-shirt I saw the other day: "I want it all and I want it delivered by cute naked men!" Nice.
Ok, time to go get ready for work. I need to change, just realised my pretty new top has a little too much boobage for work!
(Hmmm I wonder if anyone has actually read my inane ramblings.......)

Weather: Sunny
Wearing: Very booby pink top and white peasant skirt
Listening to: Petula
Shoes: 112

Ahh childhood memories....

"We're gonna talk a walk outside today,
Gonna see what we can find today...."

Yay! Milo and Otis is on today! Now, as much as I love Shrek, Ice Age and Happy Feet, this is what you call a great kids film. Cute talking kittens and puppies, smart arse farm animals, a grizzly bear, a snotty French girl pug, good moral lessons and great narration by Dudley Moore......Gosh, I love this film!

"Milo, please! I've told you again and again, don't walk on the chickens!"

Proof I'm not insane!!!!

Or at least not as insane as some people!
http://www.carygrant.net/youre%20a%20fan.html

Now while I promise not to plaster Cary posters all over Hamilton, I am guilty of a few of these things - that other people have done too, may I add!

* You WISH you were left-handed because Cary was.
* You've ever had an intervention held on your behalf because your friends or family are concerned that you are spending too much time watching Cary Grant movies.
* You are willing to drive 500 miles to see Cary on the BIG screen.
* People at work call you "that Cary Grant girl" because you have pictures of him in frames on your desk as if he were a relative.
* You have an irrational hatred of that "eyebrow woman," Joan Fontaine, just because Cary Grant once expressed a mild dislike of her in an off-handed comment.
* You've set your alarm for 3 A.M [on a school night] so that you wouldn't miss the 3:15 showing of a CG film you've never seen.
* YOU REMIND ME OF A MAN!!!
* You REALLY think "Archibald" is a nice name
*You simply must collect every movie in it's purest form, (dvd or vhs) even if you already have it taped from TV. (i.e. you will pay the $15 for the DVD of "Kiss Them For Me")
* You have a sudden irrepressible urge to visit Bristol, England.
* You have a majority of your home page dedicated to Cary (or have a Cary page all in itself)
* You bought shelves just to display your DVD/VHS collection and have easy access to it.
* You stop on a Cary movie while channel surfing and watch it anyway, even though you have seen it 1000 times and/or you don't like the movie to begin with.
* You start signing your letters "Happy Thoughts"
* You buy Cover Girl makeup because of the CG monogram on it.
* You have a jealous fit every time you see him kiss one of those co-star Dames!
* Your conversations and school assignments always include a line from some Cary movie
* You yell 'CHARGE!!!!!' every time you go up stairs.
* You think of other actors in relation to how many Cary Grant movies they were in.
* Every time you get paid, you buy at least one CG movie.
*You get into arguments with coworkers whenever you tell them that you'd rather be on an island with Walter Eckland than going down the river with Charlie Allnut. (Well not yet, but as soon as Nat sees The African Queen.....)
* If a CG movie is on, all things stop.
* You don't really like alcohol, but you love pink champagne!
* Bristol's high on your list of places to visit
* You are home alone for three days and all you do is watch CG movies.
* You quote lines from CG movies, complete with hand motions.
* You quote lines from CG movie for no reason (I.E. when one of his movies isn't on!).
* You cry when Nickie realizes that Terry was the one that bought his painting.
* You cry at the end of "AATR". (Actually I start blubbering as soon as I put the movie on!)
* You have to educate certain people when you reference a CG movie, line or character.
* You think the crop-duster scene from "North by Northwest" rules all.
* You wish CG and Audrey Hepburn made more movies together.
* You can recite the entire movie "Arsenic and Old Lace", line by line, from memory
* Your family is so tired of hearing you talk about Cary Grant that they begin to worry about your obsession (or they come to you when they want to know little trivia facts about CG
* You have a typed list of the Cary Grant movies you own, want, or don't own so that your family knows what to get you for your birthday or for Christmas
* You hold your living room captive for 24 hours on Cary's birthday and have a movie marathon.
* You start asking your bf to call you "Monkey Face". True fans will know why, all others should watch Suspicion.
* You know you will never have his autograph because you are too afraid to get a fake on ebay.
* You vow to join the 72 Speakeasy Club (almost there).
* You enter into a bidding war on TradeMe for those DVDs that you just can’t get your hands on elsewhere!
* Your Cary Grant movies are segregated from the rest of the DVD collection.
* You've memorized all the words to all the songs in An Affair to Remember cause it's your favorite movie of all time
* You spend all your spare time online at CG sites
* One can know that she is a Cary Grant fan when her boyfriend has to ask her to move the 8 by 10 framed glossy she has of Cary next to her bed somewhere else....
* You get your mother and everyone around you so into Cary Grant that they watch his movies over and over again with you.
* You compare every actor to Cary Grant.
* You have his pictures on your computer at home and at work.
* You research his costars so that you can learn more about him.
* Almost all your conversations include something about Cary Grant.
* You try to get all your friends to see 'Bringing Up Baby' and 'Charade'.

Read this today and liked it:

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasnt supposed to let you down probably will...You will have your heart broken, probably more than once and its harder every time...You will break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken...You will fight with your best friend...You will blame a new love for things an old one did...You will cry because time is passing too fast, and you will eventually lose someone you love...So take many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you have never been hurt, because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you will never get back.

HAPPY 103rd BIRTHDAY MY DARLING!

A very Happy Birthday to that darling, wonderful man; the only man in my life who's always been there for me; in good times and bad; in tears and laughter; in sickness and in health.... Mr Cary Grant.

The Annual Cary Film Fest will commence at Insoll Ave at 5pm this evening. All are welcome! (No cake this year though, I'm on a diet) :(

Bored and can't sleep

What People Think of Your Mouth

People see you as both seductive and intimidating. Other women are especially put off by your womanly powers. And men either fear you or obsess over you - sometimes both. No way to fight it - you're a natural vamp.

What Does Your Mouth Say About You?

You Belong in Rome

You're a big city girl with a small town heartWhich is why you're attracted to the romance of RomeStrolling down picture perfect streets, cappuccino in handAnd gorgeous Italian men - could life get any better?

What City Do You Belong In?

Your Celebrity Boob Twin:

Lucy Lawless

Who's" Your Celebrity Boob Twin?

You are a Great Girlfriend

When it comes to your guy, you're very thoughtfulBut you also haven't stopped thinking of yourselfYou're the perfect blend of independent and caringYou're a total catch - make sure your guy knows it too!

Are You a Good Girlfriend?

You Should Wear Peep Toe Heels

Detail oriented and smart both describe your wardrobe.Your outfits are full of fun little surprises, like these shoes!

What Fall Shoe Should You Wear?

Grrr!

Flippin', ruddy hayfever!

Bad girl

Didn't go to the gym today and have developed an addiction to frozen yoghurt. But it is 97% fat free!

So far, so good

I have been to the gym 3 times in the last 3 days, and I feel great!
Proj training is going well and I have two new pairs of shoes!
Now, if I just had a little more romance happening, life would be perfect. Like Scarlett O'Hara, I "need to be kissed. Often. And by someone who knows how."
(Hint, hint, nudge, nudge, I know you read my blog!) ;)

Weather: Humid
Wearing: Gym clothes. Yes, that means pants.
Listening to: The fan
Shoes: 112

Fairy Janine needs your help

Right, so I was a very good girl today and renewed my gym membership and had a great 1 hour workout. Am feeling good but the trick now is to keep myself motivated to go. That's where you fine people come in: when you see me ask if I've been or am going to the gym that day. That way I'll feel guilty if I don't go! Well, that's the theory anyway!
Am also going to take yoga classes when they start up again next month. I want to get back to my old flexy ballerina self!

My life explained

So, I just went to see Marie Antoinette and it all just clicked. My unhealthy and sometimes excessive love of chocolate, gorgeous clothes, jewels, hats, carriages and of course shoes - I was a lady of the court of Versailles in a past life! It all makes sense! I'm not abnormal, I have just retained that part of one of my previous existances.

Now, I think I'll put on a balldress and eat some chocolate! Au revoir mes petites chou fleurs!

Happy fairy! :)

Had a very yummy smooch today, not the kind of kiss pictured below, but there is a link between the two! Hehe! Very happy fairy indeed.

I am so mad with myself!

Today, I became that girl. Being a true Gilmore Girls junkie, I am of course refering to Season 3, Episode 15, the one where Rory ends up going to the hockey game on a Saturday night.

Grrr! I HATE that girl! Please tell me I'm not the only one who's been that girl! But, one thing's for sure, never again. Ever. Vent over.




Oh, and Nat, I love the link from your site to mine!
Mrs G.

Re: the lesson about sex in the cemetery...

If you are a teen couple and decide it would be fun to have a quickie in the ladies' loos at Rialto, make sure I'm not the DM; I have no shame about busting and embarassing the hell out of you like I did to a couple last night!

Christmas Dinner with the girlies

Nita sent me some pics of our annual Christmas dinner, so time to blog! lol
As usual, was oodles of fun; and even though I can't cook, I do decorate a mean pav!

Being the wild party animals we are, we were up until 2am watching movies: When A Stranger Calls (not classic cinema by any means, but fun to watch) and 11:14, weird, but clever. Anyway, I got kinda tipsy, so that's about all I can remember!

Oh yeah, Penny the Pink Pony (aka final reminder of Conan the bastard) has gone to a new home with Rach - her new name is Tallulah....or something similar.....yeah.

Not bad for no make-up!

And the main lesson to be learnt from the night:
If you're going to have sex in a cemetery, make sure you're on top!


Weather: Blah

Wearing: Bathrobe

Listening to: ABBA

Shoes: 110

Warning: Looooooooooong post:

For my fellow thespians:

Theatre terms:
Eternity - The time that passes between a dropped cue and the next line

Prop - A hand-carried object small enough to be lost by an actor 30 seconds before it is needed on stage

Director - The individual who suffers from the delusion that he or she is responsible for every moment of brilliance cited by the critic in the local review

Blocking - The art of moving actors on the stage in such a manner as not to collide with the walls, the furniture, the orchestra pit or each other. Similar to playing chess, except that the pawns want to argue with you.

Blocking Rehearsal - A rehearsal taking place early in the production schedule where actors frantically write down movements which will be nowhere in evidence by opening night

Quality Theater - Any show with which you were directly involved

Turkey - Every show with which you were not directly involved

Dress Rehearsal - Rehearsal that becomes a whole new ball game as actors attempt to maneuver among the 49 objects that the set designer added at 7:30 that evening.

Tech Week - The last week of rehearsal when everything that was supposed to be done weeks before finally comes together at the last minute; reaches its grand climax on dress rehearsal night when costumes rip, a dimmer pack catches fire and the director has a nervous breakdown. Also known as "hell" week.

Set - An obstacle course which, throughout the rehearsal period, defies the laws of physics by growing smaller week by week while continuing to occupy the same amount of space

Monologue - That bright, shining moment when all eyes are focused on a single actor who is desperately aware that if he forgets a line, no one can save him

Dark Night - The night before opening when no rehearsal is scheduled so the actors and crew can go home and get some well deserved rest, and instead spend the night staring sleeplessly at the ceiling because they're sure they needed one more rehearsal

Bit Part - An opportunity for the actor with the smallest role to count everybody else's lines and mention repeatedly that he or she has the smallest part in the show.

Green Room - Room shared by nervous actors waiting to go on stage and the precocious children whose actor parents couldn't get a baby-sitter that night, a situation which can result in justifiable homicide

Dark Spot - An area of the stage which the lighting designer has inexplicably forgotten to light, and which has a magnetic attraction for the first-time actor. A dark spot is never evident before opening night.

Hands - Appendages at the end of the arms used for manipulating one's environment, except on a stage, where they grow six times their normal size and either dangle uselessly, fidget nervously, or try to hide in your pockets

Stage Manager - Individual responsible for overseeing the crew, supervising the set changes, baby-sitting the actors and putting the director in a hammerlock to keep him from killing the actor who just decided to turn his walk-on part into a major role by doing magic tricks while he serves the tea

Lighting Director - Individual who, from the only vantage point offering a full view of the stage, gives the stage manager a heart attack by announcing a play-by-play of everything that's going wrong

Makeup Kit - (1) Among experienced community theater actors, a battered tackle box loaded with at least 10 shades of greasepaint in various stages of desiccation, tubes of lipstick and blush, assorted pencils, bobby pins, braids of crepe hair, liquid latex, old programs, jewelry, break-a-leg greeting cards from past shows, brushes and a handful of half-melted cough drops(2) For first-time male actors, a helpless look and anything they can borrow

The Forebrain - The part of an actors brain which contains lines, blocking and characterization; activated by hot lights

The Hindbrain - The part of an actors brain that keeps up a running subtext in the background, while the forebrain is trying to act. The hindbrain supplies a constant stream of unwanted information. Such as who is sitting in the second row tonight, a notation to seriously maim the crew member who thought it would be funny to put real Tabasco sauce in the fake Bloody Marys, or the fact that you need to do laundry on Sunday.

Stage Crew - Group of individuals who spend their evenings coping with 50-minute stretches of total boredom interspersed with 30-second bursts of mindless panic

Message Play - Any play which its director describes as "worthwhile," "a challenge to actors and audience alike," or "designed to make the audience think." Critics will be impressed both by the daring material and the roomy accommodations, since they're likely to have the house all to themselves.

Bedroom Farce - Any play which requires various states of undress on stage and whose set sports a lot of doors. The lukewarm reviews, all of which feature the phrase "typical community theater fare" in the opening paragraph, are followed paradoxically by a frantic attempt to schedule more performances to accommodate the overflow crowds.

Assistant Director - Individual willing to undertake special projects that nobody else would take on a bet, such as working one-on one with the brain-dead actor whom the rest of the cast has threatened to take out a contract on.

Set Piece - Any large piece of furniture which actors will resolutely use as a safety shield between themselves and the audience, in an apparent attempt to both anchor themselves to the floor, thereby avoiding floating off into space, and to keep the audience from seeing that they actually have legs

Strike - The time immediately following the last performance while all cast and crew members are required to stay and dismantle (or watch the two people who own Makita screw drivers) dismantle the set.

Actors (As defined by a set designer) - People who stand between the audience and the set designer's art, blocking the view. That's also the origin of the word "blocking," by the way

Stage Right, Stage Left - Two simple directions actors pretend not to understand in order to drive directors crazy. ("No, no, your OTHER stage right!")


Theatrical Logic
In is down, down is front
Out is up, up is back
Off is out, on is in
And of course- Left is right and right is left
A drop shouldn't and a Block and fall does neither
A prop doesn't and A cove has no water
Tripping is OK
A running crew rarely gets anywhere A
purchase line buys you nothing
A trap will not catch anything
A gridiron has nothing to do with football
Strike is work (In fact a lot of work)
And a green room, thank god, usually isn't
Now that you're fully versed in Theatrical terms, Break a leg. But not really.

Q and A:
What is the difference between the men's final at Wimbledon and an amateur dramatic chorus?
A: The tennis final has more men.

Old actors never die, they just drop apart.

How do you drive an actress crazy?
Hide her hairbrush

Q: How are sopranos defying the laws of astrophysics?
A: The center of the universe shifts withevery step they take.

Why don't they give the Chorus coffeebreaks?
It's such a pain to retrain them afterwards.

Q: Why did the actor stare at theorange juice bottle for 2 hours?
A: Because it said 'concentrate'.

Q: Why can't many vocalists get through the door?
A: They either can't find the key ordon't know when to come in.

Q:What's the difference between a musician and a mutual fund?
A:The mutual fund eventually matures and earns money.

Just Remember: "It's only Amateur Theater until it offends someone ... then it's ART!"

Q: How do you drown an Actress?
A: Put a mirror at the bottom of the pool.

Q: Whats black and fuzzy and hangs from the ceiling ?
A: An Amateur Theatre electrician

You Know You Work in Community Theater if......
your living room sofa spends more time on stage than you do....
you have your own secret family recipe for stage blood....
you've ever appeared on stage wearing your own clothes....
you can find a prop in the prop room that hasn't seen the light of day in ten years, but you don't know where your own vacuum cleaner is....
you've ever appeared in or worked on any show written by Van Zandt and Milmore....
you have a Frequent Shopper Card at The Salvation Army....
you start buying your work clothes at Goodwill so you can buy your costumes at the mall....
you've ever cleaned a tuxedo with a magic marker....
you've ever appeared on stage in an outfit held together with hot glue....
you name your son Samuel and tell him that his middle name is in honor of the French side of the family....
you've ever appeared in a show where tech week is devoted to getting the running time under four and a half hours....
you've ever appeared on stage in an English drawing room murder mystery where half the cast spoke with southern accents....
your children have ever begged you not to buy them any more Happy Meals....
you think Neil Simon is a misunderstood genius....
you've ever appeared in a show where the cast outnumbered the audience....
you've ever gotten a part because you were the only one who showed up for auditions....
the audience recognizes you the minute you walk on stage because they saw you taking out the trash before the show....
you've ever menaced anyone with a gun held together with electrical tape....
you've ever had to haul a sofa off stage between scenes wearing a dinner gown and high heels, and you're a guy....
you've ever played the father of someone your father's age....
your kids know your lines better than you do....
your kids DELIVER your lines better than you do....
you get home from rehearsal and have to go back to the theater because you forgot your kids....
you've ever appeared in a show where an actor leaned out through a window without opening it first....
you've ever had to play a drunk scene opposite someone who was REALLY drunk....
you've ever heard a director say, "Try not to bump into the furniture," and mean it....
you've ever appeared on stage with people you're related to....
you've ever heard the head of the set construction crew say, "Just paint it black - no one will ever see it."...
you've ever appeared in a show featuring a flushing toilet sound effect....
the set designer has ever told you not to walk on the left half of the stage because the floor's still wet-five minutes before curtain....
you've ever been told that the reason your director has no eyebrows is because he was in charge of special effects for the last show....
you've ever said, "Don't worry - we'll just hot glue it."

Weather: Dark and cold
Wearing: "Angel by day, Devil by night" pjs
Listening to: Forrest Gump
Shoes: 110