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Anyone have a copy of Kristin Chenoweth's interview with Jeanine Garafalo from Sirius radio The Frank DeCaro Show? I would love you forever if you can share it with me! I really need to hear Cheno and Jeanine talking about teabagging. :)

Katrina was one scary assed bitch, but my family and I are blessed - our lives and homes are all okay. I'm still without power and while that's miserable in this heat, we are so, so blessed.
Thank the lord we are not having the incredible tragedy and disgusting things that are going on in New Orleans. Please y'all, please know that the looters and bastards that are behaving so atrociously in New Orleans are NOT representative of all New Orleanians. I am deeply shamed and appalled by these thug's behavior and that this is what people of the world are seeing of us.
Thank you Mindy for your phone call, and to all of you for emailing me. This is the first time I've been online since the hurricane hit. I'm at my aunt's, in the air-conditioning, counting my blessings, and praying for all of the many, many victims who's lives have been shatttered. At work this week, we've been helping families, evacuees from New Orleans as well as Gulf Port. Please keep them all in your prayers.

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This is the beautiful "Polish Wedding" art by Em. Love the movie, and the art is so pretty and summery, perfect for this time of year.

awakencordy made some great caps of Before the Flood, and I added the Irina ones. Aw, the more I look at the caps and clips the more moved I am by those final scenes. *sniff*

Made a clip of the Alias/Lost promo that ran during Desperate Housewives tonight. Very brief Lena scenes, one with the quote, and the other (blink and you'll miss it) where it appears she hits either Syd or Nadia. Looks like a good and dark ep!

Hey, thank to Rands and her super helpful instructions, I was able to make video clips of the Irina scenes from Wed. night's ep and upload them to my site! Can you believe it Kris - I finally figured out the real media thing! *snoochies to you and rands!*

Roles reversed. Had a scare when I thought I lost my dad in the Office Depot today. One minute I'm perusing the blank disks aisle with dad right by me; next thing I know he's nowhere to be seen.

I walked all over that store three times. No sign of him. Panic was starting to set in. How the hell am I going to explain this to my sister, "uh, Lisa I lost dad."

Finally I find him! He had gone to the restroom in the back. Why on earth didn't he tell me first! Geez. Way to give me a heart attack.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEB! May you have many drillings this year! (that sounded sorta pervy!)

Spring has sprung, so much so that the yard badly needed attention. Ooof. Yardwork kicked my ass but good. I'm already sore. I think I'll reward myself with margaritas tonight. :)

This is turning out to be a banner day!! Not only do we get news that Lena is returning for the season finale (OMG!!!!), but I got my new computer today!!!!

*does Snoopy dance*

My old pc was on it's last leg - it was so outdated and had the puniest of hard drives. So last weekend I was shopping for a new one, and found a really good deal on a Dell from my local computer shop. I was supposed to wait til Sat. to go pick it up, but I went today instead, and y'all, I'm so pee-my-pants happy!!And relieved. I had to hook it all up and I get SO nervous doing stuff like that. But it went well, and here I am speeding along. :D

I've got a cd/dvd burner - not a clue how to use it but it's gonna be so fun to learn!

*does another Snoopy dance*

Ta-daaaaaa! To celebrate this special day, the uber-talented krisnreine has created the most brilliant video, 50 Years of Lena Olin!

It's just the most beautiful, moving, and heartfelt tribute to such a fantastic woman.

I'm really at a loss for words.

*sniff*

I know I'm spamming my LJ, but I can't help it.

Ta-Daaaaa!



It's the Lena Birthday Countdown! Come join the celebration!

Enormous, can't-thank-you-enough *snoogles* to ALL the fabulous contributors!

P.S. If any of you would like to promote the birthday countdown, please feel free to do so, using the above banner or this one or a plain ol' link to http://birthday.lenaolin.net :)

You're the the bestest! *snoochies*
( for Kris )

Ah, nothing like a Mardi Gras parade to cheer a girl up. Especially the always irreverent and often raunchy Spanish Town parade. This was their 25th anniversary this year. Pink Flamingos were everywhere. We caught beaucoup beads, so many in fact we ended up giving tons away to some kids nearby.

( Brought the digital along - have a look )

Gah, caring for sick old people is depressing.

My poor mama is sick with pneumonia, AND is having bad back trouble - had to have an MRI on Tues. - take her back to the doctor on Mon. Been busy tending to her all week. Poor thing still feels awful and weak.

My grandma oddly enough gets jealous when others are sick, and tries to act pitiful to get attention. Oy.

And my dad is just plain out of his mind.

It's been cold and rainy all week, with no sun whatsoever.

I have PMS and I'm just a big fat whiny baby.

Just got back from seeing "Million Dollar Baby". Oh, y'all. You MUST see it. I hope it wins every Oscar it is nominated for.

It. Is. Flawless.

In other news, after going to dad's and visiting and putting out his meds, I headed downtown for the open casting call they were having for "All The Kings Men". They need extras for scenes of Huey Long's assassination and funeral. I don't have any real expectation of being called - they needed men 30 to 60 yrs old the most - but hey, it was worth a shot. Plus, I think Janis would've killed me if I hadn't gone down there, since her absolute fave Patricia Clarkson is in the movie. ;) It also stars Jude Law (*sigh) and Kate Winslet. Not too shabby.

Well, I made it back from the frozen nawth and surprisingly my ass did not freeze. Who woulda thunk I would handle single digit temps so well. Go me. Course that whole "bundle up until you look like a stuffed tick" routine was a pain in the ass, but yeah, no frostbite. ;)

Dude, I went sledding! On a big tube!! Down a bunch of different slopes! Too, freakin fun for words! I've got some pics of that, and of me sliding on my ass (intentionally) on a big frozen lake - I'll post those somethime soon. Right now I am still exhausted. Geez, walking in snow will flat wear you out.

Got home late last night as our flight got canceled due to maintenance, but thank goodness we got tickets on another airline, and arrived home to balmy Louisiana. So nice to walk out the door without having to layer on 20 pounds of clothing. :)

Big big thanks to psychicnagger for the super sweet package! Loved the card and disc. :)) *snoogles*

I'll be writing more later. It's been laundry and gorcery shopping today, and I'm just beat.

*crawls to the couch to watch Amazing Race*