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FIFI'S THOUGHTS 1/20/2009 6:33:36 PM
OMG THE 'FIFI' COPYCATS ARE COMING OUT IN FORCE AND NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL LIVED TO SEE A BLACK PRESIDENT WHEN WILL WE SEE FIFIMANIA? MY GRANDMOTHER WHO IS 84 HAS LIVED THRU IT ALL. THE GREAT DEPRESSION, PEARL HARBOR, WORLD WAR 2, HIROSHIMA, THE ATOMIC AGE, TV, THE TRANSISTOR, THE COLD WAR, JACKIE ROBINSON, THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, THE END OF JIM CROW, ROCK AND ROLL, ELVIS, ERADIACTION OF POLIO AND SMALLPOX, BEATLEMANIA, WATERGATE, WOMEN'S LIB, DISCO, JET PLANES, AIDS, SPACE TRAVEL, WOODSTOCK, THE JFK,RFK, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATIONS, THE REAGAN YEARS, THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND END OF THE SOVIET UNION, THE ATM, THE PC, MICROSOFT, THE VHS RECORDER, THE INTERNET, THE DVD RECORDER, HDTV, BLUE RAY DISCS, 9/11, IRAQ, THE GREAT RECESSION, AND NOW OUR FIRST MINORITY PRESIDENT. SO NOW THAT A LOT OF BARRIERS HAVE FALLEN WILL MY GRANDMOTHER LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO FIRST SEE THE CUBS WIN THE WORLD SERIES (SHE'S A BIG CUBS FAN LIKE I AM) AND SECOND SEE FIFIMANIA TAKE OFF? WE SHALL SEE, WE SHALL SEE....HOPEFULLY SHE LIVES TO SEE BOTH THOSE THINGS. I KNOW THEY'LL BOTH HAPPEN. THE QUESTION IS WHEN?
OMIGOSH THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE AT OBAMA'S INAUGARATION TODAY. HE GAVE SUCH A STIRRING SPEECH, GIVING US ALL A LOT OF HOPE IN THESE BLEAK TIMES. WE SHALL SEE.......WE SHALL SEE.......THE LAST PRESIDENT ALSO MADE STIRRING SPEECHES BUT SURE DIDN'T DO A HECK OF A LOT THE LAST FEW YEARS.....
OHHHHHHH THE 'FIFI' COPYCATS ARE OUT......NOW THIS SILLY MOVIE CALLED 'THE CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC' WHERE THAT GIRL LOOKS AND ACTS A LOT LIKE ME......SIGH........FIRST THE EINSURANCE GIRL, THEN 'KIM POSSIBLE,' NEXT 'ENCHANTED,' AND NOW 'CONFESSIONS'....OR IS THERE JUST A STEROTYPE THAT ALL YOUNG REDHEADS ARE STUCK UP, ECCENTRIC AND/OR DUMB JUST LIKE ANOTHER MORE FAIR HAIRED GROUP USED TO BE LABELED? WHEN ARE THEY GOING AFTER THE BRUNETTES?
OMIGOSH WHAT A SAD LAST FEW WEEKS WE HAD IN TERMS OF LOSING PEOPLE? WE LOST SOME GREAT PEOPLE. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVED SEEING RICARDO MONTABLAN AS 'MR ROARKE' IN 'FANTASY ISLAND' AND ALSO AS THE 'STAR TREK' CHARACTER 'KHAN.' SO HANSOME, SO DASHING. PAT HINGLE WAS SUCH A GREAT CHARACTER ACTOR, ALWAYS THE FATHERLY FIGURE TYPE. I REALLY LOVED HIM AS THAT JUDGE IN 'HANG EM HIGH.' I MEAN HE WAS LIKE A FATHER FIGURE FOR A LONG LONG TIME. HE PLAYED WARREN BEATTIE'S FATHER IN 'LEAVES OF GRASS' AND THAT WAS BACK IN THE EARLY SIXTIES. I CAN'T THINK OF MANY ACTORS TODAY WHOM I WOULD CALL DEBONAIR, SOPHISTICATED, CHARISMATIC, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULD USE THOSE TERMS TO DESCRIBE PATRICK MAGOWAN. IN ALL HIS TV AND FILM ROLES, FROM 'SECRET AGENT MAN' AND 'THE PRISONER' TO 'SILVER STREAK,' 'ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ,' AND 'BRAVEHEART, YOU WERE TAKEN IN BY HIS MAGNIFICENT CHARISMATIC PRESENCE. ANDREW WYETH'S 'CHRISTINA'S WORLD' RANKS WITH PAINTINGS SUCH AS 'AMERICAN GOTHIC' AS ONE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN PAINTINGS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. A GREAT ARTIST ADMIRED BY THE ART WORLD FOR HIS 'REALIST' PAINTING STYLES. REST IN PEACE RICARDO, PAT, PATRICK, AND ANDREW.......
YOU PEOPLE SHOULD NOW REALIZE THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE IN THE REAL WORLD WITH 'COMMON SENSE' WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN A 'REALITY SHOW.' WHY WOULD ANYONE EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO SUCH PUBLIC HUMILIATION. A LOT OF ACTORS, A LOT OF AUDITIONS, A LOT OF FAKE SCRIPTS, I MEAN THE DOUBLE OS WILL BE KNOWN FOR SHOWS LIKE 'SURVIVOR (THE ORIGINAL OR WAS IT 'THE REAL WORLD?'), 'TEMPTATION ISLAND,' RICH AND SPOILED HOUSEWIVES OF WHEREVER,' 'BEAUTY AND THE GEEKS,' 'PARENTAL CONTROL,' 'CHARM SCHOOL 2,'.......YEEEEEECHHHHH...I'M AN ACTRESS BUT I WILL NOT DEMEAN MYSELF AUDITIONING FOR REALITY SHOWS......
FATHER WATCHES ALL THESE REALITY SHOWS AND NOTICES THAT THEY ARE MAINLY GEN Y GIRLS AND GUYS....HE SAYS ALL THE GIRLS SHOULD BE CALLED 'FIFI' AND ALL THE BOYS SHOULD BE GIVEN MY BOYFRIEND'S NAME, 'BIFF.' I'M SORRRY FATHER DO NOT DEMEAN BIFF AND I LIKE THAT.......
A QUICK NOTE ON RECENT MOVIES I'VE SEEN, LIKE 'NOTORIOUS,' 'THE READER (MORALITY WISE DIDN'T CARE FOR IT BUT OMG DID KATE WINSLET DO SOME ACTING, PREDICT SHE'LL GET AND WILL PROBABLY WIN THE OSCAR FOR EITHER THIS FILM OR 'REVOLUTIONARY ROAD), ABSOLUTELY DISLIKED SILLY GENY COMEDY 'MALL COP' BUT AS USUAL BEING A BAD MOVIE IT'S MAKING THE MOST MONEY. MTETFN (MORE THAN ENOUGH THOUGHTS FOR NOW, YOU'LL START SEEING THESE ABREVIATIONS FROM NOW ON)
