Some DMB and Harry Potter

This makes me so very excited!!




This is really moving:




This makes me totally excited for the new album even though it's also sad. Did anyone know that Stefan Lessard had a twitter page? I now follow him!!

JEALOUS!!! But this is very exciting news and I can't wait for this album. It's sad I won't be going to see them this year, but I will be seeing U2 with Muse and that's awesome!!

I haven’t written a blog in quite a long time. Things have been very up and down lately in life. Let me start off with the sad news first. My stepsister Jen, passed away. It’s very sad. I miss her. She was an amazing woman. She taught me how to play dutch blitz (which is a Mennonite card game). She gave me real competition when it came to celebrity knowledge. When the family got together we would play those DVD trivia games and kill the competition. There was a lot of laughter. I love her and will miss her forever.

In happier news in the past few months, I’ve met Daniel Radcliffe twice, and I met Richard Griffiths, and hung out with Lisa Hannigan and band. Some of the pictures aren’t yet developed and other pictures haven’t been scanned in yet. I saw Eqqus and Daniel Radcliffe was amazing in that play. I know that he’ll win a Tony for his performance. It was a really, really weird play. But it was really good. It was really weird seeing Harry Potter naked. But he got lost in that part. When you watched it, he wasn’t Harry Potter anymore. He really was quite good.

I’ve been watching a lot of television. Brother’s and Sister’s is so great. I can’t wait to watch the tv movie they are going to show on Sunday. House has been all right. How I Met Your Mother hasn’t been on in a while. The Bachelor has been really, really good. I know I shouldn’t like this show, but I do. I stopped watching Heroes. Medium is great. NCIS is ok. Dinozo is hot. I’m excited about Reaper. American Idol has NOT been great. The contestants really aren’t that great so far. There are only about 3 I like thus far. The Mentalist has been really great. I like Simon Baker. I look forward to some hot man crying. Lost has been soooo great. It’s really going out with a bang. This season is so good. I look forward to seeing how everything ends. I love that Lindloff and Cuse!!! Life has been really good as well. I agree with Honey about the music that they use for this show. It’s all perfect in all the perfect parts. Criminal Minds is still awesome, even though I missed an episode. I haven’t really been watching Ugly Betty. And I know, I know, I know that Grey’s Anatomy has not been good of the late, BUT, and there is a big BUT, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and McScotty are so hot that it doesn’t matter the show is dumb. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is so hot that he makes me want to cry. The man crying he does is brilliant. McScotty has had a freak out almost every episode. It’s so wonderful!!! 30 Rock is really funny. I love Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey. The Sarah Connor Chronicles have been really good. But they really missed out on a good man crying opportunity with John Connor. That was disappointing. The Doll House, we’ll see. I hope it gets good. I love Joss Whedon. I hope that if you stick with it there will be a big payoff. Through Netflix I have been watching The Sopranos, which is a good show and Weeds, which is also a really good show. Honey got me into watching Veronica Mars as well and that’s also a really good show. I’m sad that the show was canceled. Wow that really is a lot of television.

The Academy Awards this year were so nice. Everyone looked beautiful, including some of the men. It was so respectful this year to have past winners speak about all the nominees. It let everyone have a moment. They were touched and I felt that it really softened the blow when they didn’t win. It was such a lovely idea that should be done every year. I also really liked how they made the middle awards a bit more interesting. They told it like a movie. Going in order of the way a movie is made and giving the awards in that order was interesting. It kept me interested at least. Hugh Jackman was a great host. I usually don’t really like him, but he was great.

Now Let’s get to the dresses:

The best dressed all night was Anne Hathaway. She looked AMAZING!! Her dress was flawless. I loved all the sparkles and she looked great. Her hair was great, her earings were pretty and she just took my breath away. A+








Kate Winslet – She looked beautiful. I loved her pewter dress with the black sparkly overlay. Her hair was a throw back to Grace Kelly. Her jewels were perfect as well. She looked like an Oscar winner and I was so happy that she won. She really did well. A+








Sarah Jessica Parker – I know that she wasn’t nominated for anything but she looked like a princess and just beautiful. When she and hubby passed by Gayle in a hallway (she was with Oprah’s show) Sarah Jessica and Matthew Brodrick had a moment. They looked at each other with complete love and respect. It was a really nice moment to see, and just for that she’s high on my list. A






Taraji P. Henson – She looked quite pretty. Her jewels were out of this world. Her dress was also quite pretty. It felt like a “moment” dress. The segments of fabric made it a very rich dress along with the gathering in the train. A








Penelope Cruz – The dress was 60 years old and it was also a “moment” dress and it was her moment that night. She looked lovely. Her diamond necklace didn’t hurt either. A









Angelina Jolie – she was just ok. But the reason I am putting her so high on the list is because of her 180 carats of Emerald. That’s my birthstone and besides diamonds my favorite jewel. I love the Emerald City in the wizard of oz bc it’s all EMERALDS!! Dress: B- Earrings: A+








Evan Rachel Wood – I was reading entertainment weekly and they made a good point that a girl that pale shouldn’t look good in that light color. But she did. Her dress and hair were very old Hollywood, but with the dark, dramatic nail polish and the lines of the dress made it very current. She looked very pretty. A-







Robert Downey Jr – he looked happy, healthy and hot. He wasn’t wearing sneakers and he really looked put together. Well done: A










Freida Pinto – Some didn’t like her dress. But what’s not to like? It’s a pretty color, which not many people wore vibrant colors. She had sparkles in her dress and it was like a sari, but not. She is just a very pretty girl and it looked nice on her. A-








Amy Adams – I think I might be the only one that liked her dress and her jewels, and the fact that she wore them together. I LOVED IT!! Her dress was modern with the geometric shapes on the bust and the chiffon hanging from the front. I loved her necklace, even with the many colors. The necklace was 669 Carats of rubies, emeralds and sapphires. What’s not to like? It was different and such a nice touch to her dress. It was all good in my eyes. Dress: B+ Jewels: A





Mickey Rourke – I liked his look. It was very appropriate and it wasn’t fake. It had a lot of touches of him in that tux. His dog just died and he wore a pin and necklace with the pooch’s image. As an animal lover I thought it was really touching. I like the chains hanging and he looked good. I really thought he was going to win, but at least he looked great. B







Hottest Couple – Diane Lane and Josh Brolin – Josh is gorgeous. I have always been attracted to him, even back in the 80’s when he was in The Goonies. Same with Diane Lane, she’s gorgeous. Together they make a gorgeous sandwich. A








Natalie Portman – A spot of color was nice to see and she really looked very together and very pretty. Her hair was nice with a clean sweep up do. She went with a dramatic nail also, but it didn’t really go with her dress. B-









Viola Davis – She was great in gold. Her hair and boobs looked great. I don’t think I have ever seen her dress up, she always plays such serious characters and it was nice to see her looking pretty. B-










Marisa Tomei – I know some people think that this dress was best make over from the Golden Globes. But I LOVED her dress from the golden globes. It was all very Anne of Green Gables and she looked so pretty. On that note, this wasn’t a make over for me. I just liked this dress a lot as well. She’s a pretty lady and it’s nice to see her getting some recognition. I loved both dresses and was going to post a whole blog about the last dress, but I didn’t get around to it. This dress was different and I loved all the pleats. The GG dress: A. This dress: B



Halle Berry – As per usual she looked amazing. She’s always pretty and always uses great designers. My favorite all time dress of hers was when she won the Oscar in Eli Saab. That was so pretty. B-









Jessica Biel – What a mess!! I was so disappointed in her dresses that night. She wore a different dress for the parties and that dress was also a mess. It looked like she was wearing a big bib. It was not a good color, even though the muted colors was the Red Carpet fashion statement this year, it just didn’t work on her. She is one of, if not my favorite, stylista. That’s why her dresses were that much worse for me. But I was thinking that maybe she’s pregnant with JT’s baby and she had to wear something to cover a baby bump? Who knows? Oscar De La Renta, my absolute favorite designer in the world, did her second dress and that was triply disappointing. It was a rough night, style wise, for her. At least her face looked pretty, but that she can’t even help. C-

Miley Cyrus – I think everyone probably hated this dress. I can see their point after closely looking at the dress. She definitely could have had a lot less half shells around the bottom. Apparently the dress was 12 pounds. But I loved the sparkles in the dress and it really reminded me of a Barbie dress and in my eyes, there is nothing wrong with that.







Reese Witherspoon – Honey did not like this dress. I can see her point, but I LOVED the color. In a night when there were so many different color whites, ivories, egg shells, silvers and other wall pallet colors of white, it was nice to see a jewel colored dress. Her makeup was not great. Entertainment Weekly gave her dress and “F”, I’m still not hating the dress so I give it a C.






Alicia Keys – Pretty in Pink. I loved her jewels as well. Very well done. I wish she was singing bc John Legend sang one of the Oscar nominated songs and he looked hot. She would be hot with him… ooohhh and Common. She was with Common in a movie that I saw and that was super hot. Back to the dress: B-







Jennifer Aniston – She looked beautiful and was so happy that John Mayer went with her. Her dress was almost like Anne Hathaway’s with the sparkly goodness and she looked relaxed and tan. A-









Virginia Madson – No one really paid any attention to her and her great red dress. The color was great. It was the perfect red. Not too orange, not to pink. The architecture was modern and well fitting. The material was good. She had a cute little matching belt and a nice size train. Everything about this dress was good. She looked great, I’m not sure why she was there, I don’t know if she was in anything that was nominated. But I’m glad she was there bc it was a great dress. A





Robert Pattinson – Do I really even have to describe anything? His hair was great, he looked great in a tux and there you have it!! A+

And there you have it, my wrap up of the Oscar’s and everything else. I’ll be going to Honey this weekend and we’re seeing Lisa Hannigan and band. I always look forward to these 2 things. I am also looking forward to U2 and their new album. They are going to be on Letterman every night this week. I’ll have to get my music tape ready so I can record that.

update: I saw U2 on Letterman last night. And they were AMAZING!! They are one of the best and biggest bands in the world!! The Edge looked super hot, actually they all looked super hot!! I can't wait until tonight!!

Also - Jimmy Fallon Late Night premiered and it was NOT good. Justin Timberlake was funny as always and cute and hot. I think it's really weird that the roots are his house band. Aren't they better then that? Jimmy wasn't funny and he was really awkward. I don't know if it's going to last. But maybe people said that when Conan first got started. We'll see.

One last thing - I am soooooooooo mad at Jason Mesnick, the current bachelor. I can not believe what he did last night. On the show he got engaged to Melissa, who's a great girl and she got along with his family and his son. She had been through so many awful things and then on "after the bachelor" he dumped her and asked the other girl for another chance. She stupidly said yes to him!!! I AM SO ANGRY!!!! Mostly for Melissa because she is so good and he really is such a complete jack ass. She called him a bastard and I couldn't agree more. No one says that he should have stayed with her if it wasn't working. But the fact that he dumped her on tv and really didn't give what they had a chance is just disappointing and my heart broke for Melissa. UGH!!!

Anyhoo, Until next time…

Lisa Hannigan, a wedding and other things

April’s wedding was so amazingly beautiful. I have never been to a non-Jewish wedding and everything was new to me.
I really had a fun time. I did April’s hair, Honey’s hair and makeup and I have to say they both came out really great. The first dance they shared was so sweet. It was at a really nice place and I was just really nice. I’m glad that I was there. It was great to see them getting married. The Reverend they had was so nice, I ended up sitting at her table and she was great. There was a lot of dancing and it was fun. Chantal (Honey’s other bff) is an amazing dancer. She was teaching me some moves. She really knows how to move that body.


The next day Honey’s Aunt Julie hosted a brunch that Honey and I cooked for. It was so much. I really love doing that type of stuff, bc well it’s my background. I really love doing that cooking thing with Honey. Aunt Julie has a cute dog, named Allie and she’s a mush mush. It really was a great day.

The next day Honey and I made our way to April and Patrick’s to cat/house sit. From there we went to see Lisa. But we forgot the directions but we knew sort of how to get there, but then we had to get off the beltway bc there was way too much traffic. Then we really had no idea where we were. I was just following Honey’s instructions. I don’t know how, but we actually made it to Constitution Hall with plenty of time to kill. Honey and I hung out on the stairs near the buses and saw Tomo and Shane. Shane called us kids (which was sorta cute) and Tomo was just great.

Honey and I made our way in and we had
10th row. It was so great of Lisa. She went on and she was so beautiful and the band sounded great. They did that Iron and Wine cover that she sings with Donagh. It was a great show. Jason Mraz went on and though I think he’s ok and his voice is stunningly beautiful, the show really was boring. It felt like adult contemporary, especially with the horn section. It didn’t help that girls behind us were so annoying, they were screaming and singing along LOUDLY. Finally, I had enough and so did Honey and we left.
We hung out inside for the show to finish bc it was a bit nippy out. Then we went outside and hung out with Lisa, Tomo, Una, Donagh, Tomo, Gavin and later Shane for an hour or so. It was a lot of fun. Una and Donagh were particularly awesome. I mean of course beside Lisa. We talked to Tomo for a while and he said some pretty funny things about Keane that I don’t think I will be repeating out loud, but every time I think about it I laugh to myself.
Honey and I bought a gift for Lisa earlier in the day and we gave it to her. It was a compact mirror, made of a black pearl like cover and a cameo over that. It was very pretty. Lisa was really touched. She said, “you already gave me a gift.” I wasn’t sure what she was talking about, Honey knew right away what she meant but it took me a minute to realize she was talking about our MSG after snow patrol meeting. She was touched and so were we. There was a lot of hugging when we said goodbye, Donagh kissed my cheek and that was swell.

We freaked out all week bc we were both sick and it was sinking in slowly each day what happened. I think it’s still sinking in and it’s been weeks. The rest of the week we just vegged out and watched a million NCIS’s. That really is a good show. I’m watching the premiere of “The Legend of the Seeker”. The concept is good. It’s part Lord of the rings, mixed with Harry Potter and Xena warrior Princess. But unfortunately, as of right now the acting is more like Hercules or Xena equaling not good. That’s frustrating. I wish it was good. It would have been better if the actors were British.

Sad to say, “The Ex-List” has been canceled. That makes me sad. It was a cute show, but I honestly didn’t know where it was going to go after a year. Pushing Daisies might be canceled bc it costs too much money, that would suck bc Lee Pace is so cute and it’s such a great show. I am really liking the Sarah Connor Chronicles and the Mentalist. Some say it’s like that show Psych but it’s really not. That show is kitschy and this one is more serious. Life on Mars, though I am still watching it, I’m not really sure why. It’s NEVER going to be anything close to the original. Without John Simm and Phillip Glenister it’s really just dumb. Though, the actor O’mara is quite hot. He’s like Kevin from Brother’s and Sister’s but straight. Matthew Rhyse and Jason O’mara could be in a movie together and be brothers. But the sad thing about Life on Mars is that the people think it’s good and have NO idea how much better the original is. Most of them won’t even try and look to watch it. They should bc they are really missing out.

I watched a bunch of old movies that were really rather good. Sunset Boulevard: Gloria Swanson was a super freak in that. She was really great. On the Waterfront: Marlon Brando was really hot. It was a bit boring though. Deer Hunter: I thought this was going to be dull as sin and it really wasn’t at all. It was quite good and Robert De Niro was hot when he was younger. His acting was really good and subtle. I enjoyed this movie a lot. All about Eve: This was a great movie also. Bette Davis was great and Anne Baxter were great. They played well against each other. Anne Baxter was some kind of crazy in this movie. I really liked this movie a lot. I watched Love’s Labours Lost and that was NOT a good movie. I love Alessandro Nivola but that is not a good movie. I could see that Kenneth Branagh was trying to do but it didn’t work, not even a little.

This awesome woman, Penny that works with the accountant that our office uses just came back from Prince Edwards Island, yes the place where they shot Anne of Green Gables. I’ve been slightly obsessed with this movie trilogy for a few months now and she knew that. Penny brought me back from the Anne of Green Gables store this “Kindred Spirits” pin, a mug of a painting of Green Gables with Anne, A calendar of Pringce Edward Island and Marilla’s Truffles for G-ma. It was so sweet of her. I couldn’t believe it and I can’t believe that they actually have an Anne of Green Gables store. I need to go there.

Arwen just went cookoo for her catnip.

I can’t wait for Twilight!!! Until next time…

This blog is certainly a long time coming. I haven’t written anything in such a long time. I have just been completely unmotivated. I blame the state of the financial situation in the world. The Jewish Holidays have also put a lot on hold. I haven’t been working as much and that makes me nervous but I’m trying to stay upbeat, especially with all the awesome things that have happened lately. Hopefully they will continue to happen throughout this month. I was telling Honey last night and last week that EVERY single day in my October (except for 2 days) is filled with stuff. It’s pretty crazy. So much has happened already that I really should have written a blog sooner but, what are you gonna do?

Let’s start off with the end of August. I went down to MD to help out with April’s Shower. I was the sous to Honey’s Executive Chef. I have to say that though it was a lot of work and Honey had planned on way too much food, it was so much fun preparing everything with her.
We laughed so much. I will be sousing again for the brunch after April’s wedding and I have to say that I am looking forward to it. I even had a dream about it last night. It’s just nice to be able to stretch that culinary muscle every now and then, besides when I do it every Sunday for G-ma and myself. The shower was a definite success. I was very pleased.

Then Honey came home with me and we went to a Times Talks Event with Daniel Radcliffe. It was amazing!! He was amazing!! Honey and I were able to sit in the front row, which was crazy bc there were a lot of people in front of us on line. But once we got inside, EVERY SINGLE person was going to the right and I went to left and so did Honey and we went straight down to the front row. It was pretty excellent.
Then Dan came out, he looked amazing. His hair was great, he was wearing his jeans just right and he had a great jacket. Definite A+ for clothing, though I will take away the plus for shortness, but I will re-add it for his character as a human and another plus for his ability to give a great interview, another plus for his ability to answer questions from the audience and one last one for being awesome when we met him!! So that’s an A++++. That seems about right. During the question answer period I went up and asked 2 questions. I was the second one to ask questions. They were: “A few weeks ago Gary Oldman was on Conan O’Brien and he told a story about a time he made you cry and I was wondering if you could please tell the full story?” and “If you could choose five bands what would be your concert line up?” He answered the questions fully and perfect. I will also mention that I read 4 different articles about his time at Times Talks and EVERY single article mentioned the questions I asked to DAN!!! How fantastic is that?!?!? I say pretty fantastic!! The second question was actually Honey’s question that she gave me. I was going to ask another question but I thought it would be rude. I wanted to know what scene he is looking forward to filming in the last movie and if it’s not the walk down to his death I will never speak to him again!! But he mentioned it later. He said he was really looking forward to filming that EXACT scene!!! I freaked out and was so happy that he mentioned it!!

After he was finished Honey and I rushed to the front, though it wasn’t that far away, we had to make sure that no one got in front of us. I got my short sharpie and the movie covers I brought for him to sign. I gave Honey the 3rd Harry Potter movie and I took the 5th Harry Potter movie. So we got to him and almost at that exact moment the Times people called him over for a picture with the interview lady and he said to me, I will be right back. So I was thinking what if he doesn’t come back. But he finished taking the picture and he walked back to our direction, he scanned the audience and was looking. HE WAS LOOKING FOR ME!!! And as soon as he found me he come right back to me and Honey. HAAHAAA I was really trying to keep it cool, I introduced him to Honey (which is something I don’t really). I gave him the pen and he kept dropping it. I thought it was weird but we looked up that displaxia (whatever it is) and it’s some sort of motor issue that he has. So it was funny he dropped the pen. He signed both of our movie covers and we thanked him so much. I also told him that it was important to ask the Gary Oldman question bc we both love “Man Crying.” Then we went outside to see if we could get a picture. I took one and thought it for sure didn’t come out but it did. And I ended up on TMZ for a split second, which was kinda cool, but kinda stalkerish. His security rushed him by and put him in his awaiting car and they drove off. It was a great experience getting to meet him and talk to him.

I’m remembering that I think I forgot to blog about meeting Stephenie Meyer. It was crazy. We met her for 3 seconds flat. There were too many teenage girls there. But it was an event and nice to meet her. Then Honey and I went to get the book at midnight at the upper west side Barnes and Noble. That was fun also. The B & N people were really nice. We spent most of the next day reading.

Which brings me to the amount of reading I did this summer. I read Twilight (twice), New Moon (twice), Eclipse, Breaking Dawn and The Host all by Stephenie Meyer. I also read, The Other Boleyn Girl and The Queens Fool by Phillipa Gregory; the Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green by Josh Braff; Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult; Sunflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See; The Eye of the Needle by Ken Follet. All pretty good books and all VERY different by extremely different authors. I really enjoy Phillipa Gregory’s writing and her take on historical fiction. I obviously like the twilight series, but in many ways “The Host” is better written then her other books. I didn’t really enjoy the Jodi Picoult book (meh) and the Josh Braff book was just all right. I very much liked the Lisa See book and the Ken Follet book. Now I am reading Beloved by Toni Morrison and next up is Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates.

Back to the schedule: After Honey went home I went to Dylan and Dana’s house and we went swimming all day on Sunday. It was so much fun. I hadn’t been swimming in forever. It was really nice to be in the pool all day long. I turned into a prune. I loved it.

The following weekend was Labor day and I went back to Honey bc we were going to cat sit for her sister (I had off from work). I left Thursday night and I got a flat tire. It totally sucked man, but it worked out I suppose. So whilst enjoying being taken care of and watching TV my brother calls and says G-ma had to go to the hospital bc Muffin bit her and her arm got infected. I had to come home early but G-ma was fine. Her arm was quite infected. I think Muffin was sleeping and G-ma reached down and she forgot where she was and bit G-ma bc she got scared. I yelled at her when I got home and then sat down with her to talk about her behavior. I really think she responded bc she hasn’t acted badly since then. Though she did knock over my full cup of soda water with ice on the floor and last night I was laughing really hard and she didn’t like that I was laughing so loud and she bit me, which was really funny. But it wasn’t meant to break skin or anything. It was just like a “ugh stop laughing you crazy person”!! it was too funny. I digress. G-ma is fine. I had to change her bandage and clean the wound for a couple of weeks but she’s like brand new now.

I’ve been getting into the swing of things with TV. Chuck is gone. Fringe and Sarah Connor Chronicles are so in. Both these shows are really good. I hope people are watching. SCC is really great and there was some major HOT man crying with a very hot Dean Winters. They are both great Sci-fi shows that I can’t believe I actually like them this much, but I do. I actually made this awesome TV Chart that has Velcro on the back of shows and a little pouch for mid season replacements. It’s very exciting. I also very much like the mentalist, Simon Baker is quite cute. It’s kinda like that “psyche” show but not as kitschy. There are some old favorites too like, Brother’s and Sister’s, Criminal Minds, CSI, How I met your mother, House and Pushing Daisies. I hope people are watching all these shows so they can stay on the air.

Honey came back to town bc we were going to see Sigur Ros. When I met Honey she told me that she saw trailers for Law and Order: Criminal Intent. So we parked near there and made a purposeful walk by the trailers. The one that we walked by happened to be Goren’s trailer.
That meant Vincent D’Onofrio was somewhere in the area. I saw a production dude and he told me that he was sleeping on that very trailer and gave me a time line of when he would come out. So we waited for maybe an hour and they opened the trailer door and Vincent was standing right there and I just had this instant reaction that was so stupid. I got the biggest, goofiest grin on my face that he totally saw and made me look like a complete moron. So Honey advised me to say some words to Vinny D and when he finally came out I said those words VERBATIM. How I remembered them in the perfect order in the correct tone is beyond me. I said, “About 5 years ago I had met you and I was really, really sick. You were so nice to me and it was amazing and it made my month.” While I was saying it to him all the crew were STARING at me and it was so weird bc they all had smiles on their faces and I could see them all thinking “oh what a nice story.” Vincent was again amazing. He took a picture with both Me and Honey together. I wish he was smiling with his teeth bc his teeth looked great. We also told him that we watched “Guy,” a really obscure Vincent movie. He was mildly impressed with us. Then we called some people and freaked out on the phone to them. Oh also while we were waiting we saw Sherri Shepard walk by and I told her that she was funny. Then we headed up to the show.

During the opening act there was some sort of seat debacle with the guy behind us. He was supposed to sit in the front row with his girlfriend and he was mistakenly sitting in the second row but he was willing to give up his seat but the seater didn’t let him. So he moved up and Honey was starring at his face and I took one look at him, leaned over to her and said “ya that’s Haley Joel Osment.” Her eyes went huge and she was like OMG. It was really funny. Bc then we ended up sitting next to him and his girl.
Sigur Ros went on and they were amazing. What a great band. The drummer was so amazing and the base player was also so great and he was hot. (I’m mentioning that now for a story that will come soon). During the last song and the Encore everyone got out of their seats and headed towards the stage and it was amazing. 2 dudes got on the stage and were dancing and it was like “WHAT’S HAPPENING?!??!” It was so great! They were really amazing. I was so glad that I finally got to see them. I can’t believe that we had front row for that show. It was so great. So after the last song I went to get my bag and talk to Haley Joel Osment. Honey was behind me so I tapped him on the arm and said, “I couldn’t help but notice that you are Haley Joel Osment and wanted to tell you that it’s awesome that you like great bands. I know you love Muse as well and so do I.” And he was so nice and was like ya muse are great. And this band was great. He told us that he flew in and came straight from the airport for the show. Which is so crazy. But he took picture with us and he was just such a sweetheart. We later found out that he's in NY bc he's doing a Play on Broadway. After that we were headed outside and I almost walked right into the wall bc there were so many hot guys, I’ve NEVER seen anything like it in my life. They were everywhere. I was looking so hard at them all and trying to get honey’s attention at the same time that I narrowly missed the wall. They were seriously everywhere. I don’t know if they were American or all Icelandic but they were certainly ALL HOT!!! It was like a hot man convention. We went outside to meet the band and while we were waiting there were these people from Ohio and they were talking to the opening band (the parachutes) but I was pointing them out to him, “he’s a parachute, oh so is he and she is too.” It was amusing. But then the drummer from the parachutes ended up talking to this guy for almost 30 minutes. It was so crazy. But what was amazing was that this dude was so cute and so nice. Very blond, very thin, very tall, very gentle. I kept staring at him (I couldn’t help myself). At one point I said something and he moved so close to my face with his face – it was weird but hot at the same time. I told honey that I don’t think Icelandic people know what sarcasm is bc they are just too nice. Then Uri (Ory?), the drummer for Sigur Ros came out and he signed our stuff (I managed to get a set list), took pics with us and I told him that he shared honey’s birthday bc she wasn’t going to say it but then she said, ya and we are also the same year and he was like me too. It was really cute of him. He was pretty quiet otherwise and I also told him I liked his shoes. They were some sort of crazy moon boots. And he was like apologizing that we were waiting bc he didn’t know we were outside. It’s like huh, YOUR apologizing to US?!?! They were so nice it was very cool. We also met Jonesy (sorry to Sigur Ros for mis-spelling your names) and he was really quiet and kinda scary. But it was still really cool. He also took pictures with us. The whole night and day was really rather ridiculously awesome. Thanks to Honey for coming up and sharing it with me.

My mom lately has been acting cookoo. I think she was having some sort of “episode”. It was hard bc every time I would visit her she would freak out on me and cry and scream. It was very frustrating for both of us and disheartening. I would think that I would get through to her and she would say ok, but then she would cry again. Thank goodness the last time I went she was actually very calm and took a nap. The nurse also told me that she’s been better. And on Yom Kippur she was very quiet and the nurse asked if she was being reflective and my mom shook her head yes. So there’s that.

The holidays started and it was really quiet I wanted to get as much sleep as I could and worked out pretty well. I was slightly reflective and hope this year is a good year. And actually the mail came b4 Yom Kippur and in it was something from the loan place. My loan has been fully discharged. I am very excited about that and it’s such good news.

But b4 that happened I went back down to Honey to celebrate April’s bachelorette party. Which was at a MattyNay concert. The concert was great and it was so nice to see him. We haven’t seen him for a year. He made a comment about Twilight and it was too funny our whole group screamed and hooted at it. It was me, Honey, April, Ashley, Amy, Katie and Amy. It was in Towson MD, which was a bitch to get to bc of all the traffic. But it was worth it bc of MattyNay. It was funny b4 the show I saw Matt by accident and I was fixing my sock in my boot and he was looking at me funny for a second then we tilted our heads up towards each other to say hey. It was funny. After the show we waited outside for him and there were a bunch of people. I wanted to try and be first, so we could leave first but we were 2nd to last, which was awesome bc he remembered Honey and me, more Honey then me. But that’s ok. He tried and that’s what’s important. We talked to him about so much stuff and he’s seriously the best. We all took pictures with him and he made so many jokes. He really makes you feel so special. I said that some joke he made was really funny then he told a similar one. He said that he was meeting this fan and the dude was like “in the picture we take together are we gonna be all gay and put our arms around together?” And Matt said to him “what would be gay is if I stuck my cock in your mouth.” And then someone took the picture and the dudes’ eyes were bulging out of his head and his mouth was on the ground. AHH MattyNay you are too funny. The joke he told at the show was, he was sitting on the plane from San Francisco and the guy he was sitting next to started talking to him. He asked Matt what he did for a living and he said he’s a musician, so the guy was like “I watch American Idol. That probably makes me gay.” To which Matt replied “what would make you gay is if you enjoy cock in your ass.” And there you have it. The rest of my visit was pretty low key and then home I went.

I’ve been listening to a ton of that new “Kings of Leon” cd and they are fantastic. The lead singer is really quite gorgeous. Honey told me that the drummer is marrying the girl that opened for Matt who wasn’t great, not even really that good. When I got home I got sick and so did Honey. (Feel Better Pooh!!)

Which brings me to the last bit of awesomeness for this blog. On Tuesday of last week I went with Cara to see Lisa Hannigan and band, which includes SHANE Fitzsimons. Who if anyone actually reads my blog knows that he is the man I should marry but unfortunately he has a fiancé already. Cara was great bc she treated to food and a drink. She’s so fantasgreat. Also, Lisa was quite the topic of a controversy on my blog (read here and here) sometime ago when Honey and me saw, met and talked to her after a snow patrol concert they played at MSG. We were waiting for the band and Gary Lightbody and we got Lisa the day after Damien Rice let her go. I think it was fate.

Back to the present: The show was at Joe’s Pub at 9:30pm, which is really late for a weeknight and the day b4 Yom Kippur but I would do anything for Lisa and Shane. Cara just got back from Barcelona and she saw REM there. She told me about her trip and you could head over to her blog to look at some pictures. What was funny was that Cara reserved us a table but I think since she did it so late we had the worst table in the house and we could have sat on the couches in front but the place is so small there really isn’t a bad seat in the house. I noticed (more so later) there were a lot of friends and family at this show. They played for about 50 – 55 min bc there was an 11:30pm show they were also playing, which we did not stay for. Lisa was beautiful. She was soulful and wistful and just amazing. I have some pictures but did not develop them as of yet. She really looked great, the whole band sounded great. Tomo looked so frakking happy, it was quite a change and I told him so after. If anyone is seeing Jason Mraz they are opening for him and please GO and see her. She is so wonderful and the band sounds amazing!!!



This is actually from the 2nd Joe's Pub Show at 11:30pm

After the show I went and found Shane right away. (bc I love him) Cara wasn’t with me bc she was in the corner and couldn’t get out but I went to the bathroom b4 the encore and stayed outside the booth for the encore so I wouldn’t get stuck in there. So I had to talk to him, Honey wasn’t there to save my ass and Cara wasn’t either. So first off he remembered me right away and gave me a big hug. Then I found out that he didn’t get married yet, which I could have sworn that he did already. I told him that I finally saw Sigur Ros and he didn’t know what I said bc Shane pronounces it SIGGGUR RUS, he really gets that’s “G” sound out and rolls his “R” a bit. So I said it the way he said it and he was like “ahh their awesome.” Honey thought that was very funny. I was just proud of myself that I was able to talk to him. Shane said that he loved the bass player, i told him that we only met Uri and Jonsey. I also told him I wanted to meet the bass player bc he was really quite attractive. But we didn't get to. then we talked about Radiohead and his cousin was at that Radiohead show that I was at in Bristow, VA when it rained like crazy. He asked if the show was good and if it sounded all right, he actually thought he saw me in the front, and I told him that I was in the back and the show was amazing. Lisa was amazing and so was the band. He’s was so hot and yummy. I can’t take it. Someone interrupted us and then he said he had to go find his family so they wouldn’t leave, but that he would be back. Then I waited for Cara and gave her my camera. I saw this really pretty girl and said to Cara “I think that girl was on my stories.” After explaining that my stories are my soap opera’s she said, “no she’s not.” But I was concentrating on whom to meet next. Tomo was in the hall and he was talking to a bunch of people. So I went and started talking to him when some of them went away. I got to tell him how incredibly happy he looked bc the last time I saw him he was with Damien and he wasn’t looking happy. Tomo was so good, he said that it was a really long time ago but at the same time he was sort of finishing my sentence. I asked if we could take a picture together and he said of course. But b4 we did that girl that I noticed earlier offered to take it, I said it’s ok bc Cara was going to but b4 we got ready for the picture I turned back to her and said “you look really familiar to me where you on One Life to Live?” Her mouth fell open and she said, “OMG! How do you remember that? It was like 15 years ago?!” Even Tomo and Cara were like wow and I heard Tomo say how did you know that? And I shrugged and said, I’m just good at that. As I was looking for a picture on the internet of this actress I realized that she is REIKO AYELSWORTH!!!! Damn it, she is Mrs. Tony Almeda!!! I could have taken a picture with her but I was too worried about meeting Lisa. We took the picture and waited for Lisa. I was getting worried bc they had another show and I didn’t want to miss her. So I went to talk to Shane again, I asked him if we could take a picture and he was like of course and right away just squeezed me into all his stuff/nook area. It was so great. Oh man I love him. So then I also told him that I would be going to the DC show but I didn’t have tickets Honey and I were just going to go so we could say hi and see them b4 and after the show. He said you don’t have tickets? And I said no, and he said I’m not promising anything at all but if you get there early enough I’m sure that we can arrange something. I was like that would be totally awesome and he reminded me again that he couldn’t promise. He’s so great we hugged again and I also know that I touched him a lot, but I can’t help it. Then I asked if Lisa was coming out at all and he said, just go back there (to her dressing room). I said I couldn’t and he said just go and I said, if anyone bothers me I’m gonna tell them you sent me and he said ok. So I went.

At first her door was closed so I went back to stand where Cara was waiting. Then this other woman was like should I go back there (to her friend) and they were like I don’t know. So I said, I’ll go if you go, so we both went. The door was opened this time and there were 2 people talking to her already. Then this woman started talking also, I was in the corner telling Cara to come over to me, at first she wouldn’t then she finally did. It felt like forever until it was finally my turn. But it finally was. But b4 it was my turn she hugged the woman that went b4 me. Lisa closed her eyes. She was so pretty in that moment. Right in front of me with her eyes closed her face was calm and angelic. She’s so great. So it was my turn and I took a picture with her first bc I didn’t know how long I had. The interesting thing also was that I was the ONLY person taking pictures with anyone. But anyway, so I realized that I had a few moments with her. So I said, “I don’t know if you remember this but about a year and a half or 2 years ago after,” at that point she interrupted me and said, “Ya. After the Snow Patrol Concert.” At which point I lifted my arms in the air as if scoring a goal and I heard Cara say, “Oh My G-D, she remembers.” I said, “You remember, I can’t believe you remember”. She said, “I absolutely remember. It meant so much to me the things you said (even though I think Honey was saying most of it) and especially at that particular time.” I told her that it was fate and we were meant to be there at that time for her. I told her I was also have a full circle moment bc she’s here and Shane’s here and I’m here all at the same time. Bc she told Shane and she was like that’s right he told me and ahh Lisa. It was such a great moment. So then I also told her that Honey and I were going to the DC show and that we didn’t have tickets but we wanted to come and see her and say hi and bye. She said, “wait you don’t have tickets?” I said “no.” So she told me to wait where I was and I said ok. She was looking for her tour manager, but couldn’t find her. So she came back and found a little notepad in her luggage and said, I’m sure we can find some extra tickets for you and your friend, I told her that we didn’t have to even stay for the Jason Mraz show, we just wanted to see her. At which point Cara laughed. But Lisa said spell your name and your friends name. I did and I had an internal freak out watching her spell my name and then Honey’s name. Oh man, she’s so awesome. There was an Irish guy in her dressing room who was totally cute and he was happy for me. I told Lisa and him and the guitarist, it’s sounds really stalkery but it’s really not. And they laughed. Cara took another picture when I was talking to her and it was funny, she wanted a candid photo. I thanked her profusely and new that she had to get ready for the next show, so we hugged and I don’t know if it’s an Irish thing, but that hug was so strong and sturdy and yummy and great. I told her I would see her in DC and said goodbye. On the way out I saw Shane again and I touched him one last time and said that I would see him in DC. Then we left. It was so awesome.

That was pretty much the craziness of the past couple of months. I wanted to also send my condolences to Cara who recently lost her grandmother. I send love to you and your family.

The things that I am looking forward to are April and Patrick’s wedding this weekend, the brunch Honey and I are cooking for, and staying in April and Patrick’s apartment and cat sitting for Lizzy or as I call her Lizzy Borden. I am also looking forward to doing April’s hair for the wedding and Honey’s make-up, Miriam’s 30th B-day which I will be at her house for that Shabbos, seeing my apartment mate from Israel Gutis and seeing Lisa and Shane again. I almost forgot I am also very much looking forward to Twilight coming out. That should be really exciting. That Robert Pattinson is really hot and this movie is going to change his and Kristen Stewarts life so much.


I never posted this picture that Brook from "All My Children" sent to me. I met her at the eye dr's office and she said she would send me something and she did!!! She was really great to do that.

I hope it doesn’t take me as much time next time to write a blog. Until next time….

Leroi Moore Dies at 46 - 8/19/2008

I don't even know what to say really. Maybe I am still in shock. I have grown up with this band in my ears, on my clothes, my walls, in my eyes. They have been through so much with me. I think one of the reason's why I am alive today is because my brother put a poster of theirs in my hospital room and it gave me perspective. It made me realize that I could get better. I could get better because I would want to see DMB in concert again and forever. I would want to stalk them and meet them, again. So, I got better, I went to one of their concerts 2 months after being in the hospital for a month, then I went to their free show in the city, then I found out where they stay when they are in the city, then I started stalking and that is why I have this great picture with this great musician whom I love at 3 in the morning. It feels like a family member has passed and I will miss him very much. Thank you Leroi for the music. You will be missed by your friends, family and your fans who feel like family. I send my deepest regrets to your family and my prayers.

On a lighter note, I totally met Daniel Radcliffe yesterday with Honey. I was able to ask him 2 questions: The first was about when Gary Oldman was on Conan a few weeks ago and he talked about how he made Dan cry and I asked him to describe that in detail. which he totally did. It was awesome. Then I asked him if he could have 5 bands in a concert line up who would they be. I remember he said, The Henry something band (can't remember), The libertines, the pixies, sex pistols and someone else. IT WAS SO COOL!!! Honey and I sat right in the front row 5 feet from him. he's totally gorgeous, which was a surprise and so articulate. I was amazed by him. After we got to talk to him for 3 extra minutes and he signed the movie covers that I brought. I got him to sign the last movie and Honey got him to sign the 3rd (her fave) movie. Hopefully I will have time to go into greater detail soon.

Thanks again to Honey for getting tickets to that show. Thanks to Miriam for calling me at 7am this morning to tell me about Leroi.

Happy Fourth Everyone!!

It's been a while since I have written anything. There is so much that has been happening; personally, concerts, books, tv and birthdays that I have been overwhelmed with it all and haven't had a chance to think about it so I can write about it.

My birthday was great. I was very lucky that I got to share with all my loved ones and that's really all i wanted. I did get good gifts though.

I wanted to wish Honey a very happy birthday and I hope she has a great day tomorrow. You are so special to me and I love you. Your an amazing best friend. Happy Birthday Honey!!

Also - Everyone read Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse. Stephanie Meyer is swell. Her lead Edward is amazing. I love Robert Pattinson and that's all I really have time for.

Happy birthday honey....