ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I can barely keep up with my own thoughts.. much less another human..I have a 6 year old you can borrow for an evening.![]()
wishing there was a juice called *little kid energy*
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I can barely keep up with my own thoughts.. much less another human..I have a 6 year old you can borrow for an evening.![]()
That's my buddy Glen! (Not to be confused with G, the high school friend who lives at my house occasionally - different guy entirely, though Glen is welcome on my couch any time too, and G would heartily agree.)
And to think, I knew Glen when he was doing *this* movie:
He's first seen at 0:35. Sharp-eyed viewers will also spot Colm Meany, of Star Trek and innumerable other ventures. Those of you who love music and/or dark comedy, you owe it to yourselves to see The Commitments... it's one of the only movies I know where the movie is actually slightly *better* than the book, mostly because the book relies on so much music to tell the story... but those who did the movie were smart enough to cast *actual* up and coming Dublin musicians to both play the roles *and* perform the soundtrack, so it's all really good stuff.
The basic premise is a band in working class Dublin in 1989-90 who decide that since soul music is the music of the working man, they'll get rich and famous by playing "Dublin soul."... which is as sublimely ridiculous as it sounds.
19 year old manager who knows everything, showing the band a James Brown performance: "We need to be like *this*!"
Lead singer: I'm not doing that, I'll kneecap meself!
Saxophonist: "Eh... are we not... a little *white* for that sort of thing?"
Manager: Listen, lads. The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And the Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. Right? So say it loud - I'm black, and I'm proud.
(Cue the other ten pasty white guys looking at each other uncertainly.)
Colm Meany plays the dad of the young punk manager, and he's obsessed with Elvis.
Jimmy Rabbitte Sr: Do yis need a singer? Wise men say, only fools rush in...
Jimmy Jr: Elvis is not soul.
Jimmy Sr: Elvis is GOD, you snotty little.
Anyway, brilliant film. Don't watch it if you object to the f-word being used as every possible part of speech and a few you didn't think were possible, though. That's the Irish for you.
Glen's a proper musician though - with both The Commitments and Once, he just kind of fell into the role. He actually did Once as a favor to a friend that used to be in his band and wanted to try his hand at directing... no one thought much would come of it outside of Ireland, where the Frames are phenomenally popular. Then it won an Oscar, and, well, now people are surprised to learn he's a musician first, film star by accident.
A brilliant guy though - always stops to chat after the show, and he'll hang around for as long as people want to shoot the breeze.
I'm game, and I'll work for juice.Cash would be nice, but I don't know how much of a headache that'd be for him to mess around with.
If it is who I think it is, I have observed him rubbing several people the wrong way. Of course, maybe I have unintentionally done that too. hmmm
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I can barely keep up with my own thoughts.. much less another human..
wishing there was a juice called *little kid energy*
aw, tanx, you
The gun stuff was something I didn't realize I was into till tragedy. I am an assault survivor, learning to shoot was part of how I got my power back. I have tremendous respect for something with so much power and I recognize my responsibility in carrying. And I never want to be in a situation where I have to use it, but the world is a nasty place sometimes.
Also, I kind believe in the zombie apocalypse and I think it'll be the fast-moving rage virus zombies but I'll be damned if I'm an easy meal for 'em![]()
sorry you're being pested like that big D.. I think I'd just delete his messages without replying.. course I'd have to read them because I'm just nosy like that. Not worth the effort to come up with intelligent replies to inane garbage.. jmho
anyone got a bottle of *energy of a 6 year old* juice? I could use some little kid energy for the winter.
don't be coy, dear.![]()
I never replied to the last one, but hanging on to them just in case I need to take this to court! lmao Would be like watching a taped confession and hanging yourself! lol His post got removed!
Actually the first go around with this individual I had gotten contacted by a few other people about him and his antics, then his thread got closed and thought it would be a good idea to PM me and blame me for the thread being closed, he didn't seem to grasp the reality that it was his own actions that led to it. Again people never cease to amaze me!![]()
if the zombie apocalypse means having to live like the people on The Walking Dead, i'd rather not survive. i mean, i love the show...but i don't want to live it! View attachment 284782
Same with mine, rescue who happens to be pureblood and totally rare to find in a rescue.
Wife is having eye probs. Had one sugery, today was followup. Next sceduled in Jan.All OK Butch?