Updated Top 5 Celebrity Make-out List

Updated Top 5 Celebrity Make-out List:

1. Johnny Depp
2. Micheal Buble
3. John Cusak
4. Edward Norton
5. Jesse L. Martin

BIG disappointment

I saw 'Dream Girls'. BUM DEAL! I was so excited to see it - a technicolor musical! What a let down. Yes, there was talaent. But the adaptation - bummer. Maybe wait until video to see this one.

Best of 2006

According to Nicci:

Best Movie: Little Miss Sunshine

Best T.V. Show: Iconoclast

Best Song: 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies' by Panic! At the Disco

Best Cd: Begin To Hope by Regina Spektor

Best Book: I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being A Woman by Nora Ephron

Best Magazine: Jane

Best Music Video: 'Here It Goes Again' by OKGO

Best Buy: C.O Bigelow Lemon Creme (it's worth every cent!)

Best Thing I Joined: MySpace (I've met and reconnected with some GREAT people!)

Best Experience: Sweet Charity - Huntington Playhouse

Best Trip: Going to Washington, D.C. to visit Magdalyn!

What I realized this Xmas 2006:

* Christmas is for kids - period.
* However old you are, it's hard to get a good nights sleep Christmas Eve.
* No matter what day it is, you still have to clean up the cat poop.
* If you miss someone, Christmas magnifies it by a hundred.
* Theres never enough time to see everyone and do everything.
* The day after Christmas sucks.

Happy Xmas

Wishing you all comfort & joy!

A heart felt thank you

Thank you to everyone for their care and support through this difficult time with my grandma. It's been an emotional roller coaster of ups and downs. Your genuine love has helped my family and I through a difficult time. Again, thank you.

Tagged

OK, so here are the rules. A person gets tagged and starts with posting a blog of their own listing 6 weird things/habits about them.

1. I like things (i.e. collections) to be in odd numbers.

2. I adore rainy Sundays.

3. I braid my hair into little braids never - have you seen my hair?

4. I am deathly afraid of clowns - they are evil.

5. I color code my crayons and markers

6. I get freaked out by pee on the toilet seat in public bathrooms.

Krall & Costello make a duet!

Canadian jazz singer Diana Krall and her husband Elvis Costello welcomed twin boys into the world this week.
"We are ecstatic!" said a statement released Friday by the new parents, which added that "mother and sons are doing splendidly."
Singers Diana Krall and Elvis Costello married three years ago. The birth of twin boys on Wednesday came on their wedding anniversary.(Canadian Press)
Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James were born Wednesday.

From Conan's monologue...

On Conan O'Brien's monologue last night:

"Dennis Kucinich has joined the race for the Presidency for 2008. He ran previously in 04 - which ironically was the number of votes he received."

Pimp for Prez

I HATE Dennis Kucinich. So if you are a fan, stop reading. If not, hear my rant:The little elf from the Land of Cleve has decided he will run for President...again. He is such a JOKE! A real, "kick him while he's down", sort of politician. He never recognizes the problems, but is always there to throw his two cents in...When the 6 o'clock news cameras are there. He never really fixes anything, instead he tip-toes away and hopes people will forget about it. He is a joke to the city and as a now candidate. Along with his great ways, he is one of those creepy guys who has married a girl young enough to be his daughter. And a Brit, none the less. Won't that be cute - a British First Lady? So when she is constantly mistaken as his daughter, she'll have to tell people that she is his wife and not even American. Nice. So, just after he got re-elected (why people), he will using his time for his own personal gain. He will now be missing important votes in D.C. and ignoring the issues of the people so he can have another whack at the presidency. The problems of this city aren't important enough for him to devote his time to anymore, he must now conquer the White House. his time will now be consumed with fancy fundraisers, wasting money on promo advertisements and schmoozing with the other wonderful high pollutants Democrats (he actually said that Clinton was one of his heroes - YIKES). Thank you "son of Cleveland" for helping us through these troubled times. You have shown, once again, where your 4'11 body stands. Hooray.

I'm ringing my bell...

Ok, I know I for one, HATE to be preached to. But I can't help say my little speech this time of year. So, take it or leave it: I heard on the radio today the Cleveland's 'Toys For Tots' is having an extremely bad year. This is such a great charity that makes sure every child receives something for Christmas. So I ask you, please donate a toy. They have drop-off sites at all Dunkin' Donuts - they'll even give you a free don't for your donation!
Also, 'Coats For Kids' is an AMAZING charity thatI have had the privledge to volunteer for. They take new and gently used coats (of all sizes) and give them to the needy - kids and adults - and they are all so gracious. So instead of throwing out your old winter coat, donate it. You can drop it off at all Westfield Malls & most Howard Hannah Realtors. Thank you for listening.

Go see

ONE BIG FAMILY: Starring at the Huntington Playhouse in “Christmas at Aunt Ida’s” from left to right (standing) are Krista Schwandt, Kurt Hildebrandt, Greg Dziama, Dick Feagler, Neil Oblonsky, Yvonne Buemi, Richie Lynch and Katie McLaughlin. Seated are Julie Haug, Meg Parish, Lanie Richarson, Thelma Carrigan, Laura Starnik, Mike Kunikis and Stephen A. Berg. Seated on the floor are Connor Sweeny, Noah Holmes and Tommy Sweeny. (Photo by Tom Merose)
Cleveland memories relivedin Huntington’s ‘Christmas at Aunt Ida’s’By Art ThomasInsightsPublished Dec. 6, 2006
A theatrical world premiere is usually an exciting event. When the premiere is rooted in our city, the effect is magnified. That is the case with “Christmas at Aunt Ida’s” at Bay Village’s Huntington Playhouse.
Dick Feagler, Plain Dealer columnist, wrote an article of his Cleveland childhood memories which became our local “Night Before Christmas,” “PD” style. Playwright Anne McEvoy used additional family material supplied by Feagler to expand the column into a full length play.
The time is the first Christmas after WWII. Raised essentially by women, the 8-year-old Feagler realized that this Christmas Eve in 1945 would be different.
“Christmas at Aunt Ida’s” is a play of events, but mostly it is a play of characters. As the curtain rises on the so typical home of the era, it is empty, but within minutes it is filled with people. Each has a complex relationship with everyone else and we have two hours of bustling activity on Christmas Day.
Ziggy is the family jokester, back from the war and full of wisecracks. He is barely kept in check by Dorothy, his outspoken wife. Greg Dziama and Lanie Richardson immerse themselves into these characters.
Stanley sells TVs and confidently professes that a 10-inch screen is the largest we will ever see. His wife Arlene is constantly correcting the grammar of their children Kenny and Allen. Neil Oblonsky, Laura Starnik, Tom Sweeney and Connor Sweeney are the Pierson family.
Watching “Christmas at Aunt Ida’s” is often frustrating because it is nearly impossible to know who is related to who. Just like in a real family gathering, after entering together, spouses are seldom near each other. In this production the action is structured with constant coming and going. Women cook in the kitchen, emerging in aprons for a few minutes.
Men play pinochle, children are forced to perform for cooing aunts and grandmothers and romances in-progress are discussed with passionate candor. Every adult is careful to not swear in front of the children. Yes, things were different back then in some ways.
The matriarch, but certainly not in control of the family, is Peg Parish as Aunt Ida. Her second husband, Bella, is comfortable with his dozens of new relatives and future relatives. As Bela, Mike Kunikis gives sage advice to his son Billy, who is engaged to Jean. Kurt Hildebrandt and Krista Schwandt are the lovers.
Long time Cleveland residents in the audience will love the local references sprinkled through the show. There’s discussion about the Cleveland Rams football team, which won the championship but is leaving for Los Angeles. The new name for the local team is the Cleveland Browns. Of course Halle’s, Hough Caterer’s white cake, and the Sterling Linden store and tree are mentioned.
Ida dresses as Santa to give toys to the children, and they dutifully believe that it is a special visit from St. Nick. Young Dick Feagler takes a daredevil car drive that ends in the destruction of a neighborhood icon. There are stories and traditions that are unique for Feagler but which have touchstones for all of us.
The best part of “Christmas at Aunt Ida’s” are the brief appearances of Dick Feagler. At the show’s start, he sets the stage and gets the action rolling. He makes a few more appearances, and the poetry of his words are moving to everyone who has Christmas memories. It’s Feagler playing Feagler and there is no denying the sincerity of his speaking from his heart. His final words at the play’s end will bring tears to eyes.
“Christmas at Aunt Ida’s” runs through Dec. 17 with an extra performance added on Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. Call fast, because most of the seats are sold out.

Amazing Peace

Amazing Peace:

A Christmas PoemBy Dr. Maya Angelou
Thunder rumbles in the mountain passes

And lightning rattles the eaves of our houses.

Flood waters await us in our avenues.

Snow falls upon snow, falls upon snow to avalanche

Over unprotected villages.

The sky slips low and grey and threatening.

We question ourselves.What have we done to so affront nature?

We worry God.

Are you there?

Are you there really?

Does the covenant you made with us still hold?

Into this climate of fear and apprehension,

Christmas enters,Streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope

And singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air.

The world is encouraged to come away from rancor,

Come the way of friendship.I

t is the Glad Season.

Thunder ebbs to silence and lightning sleeps quietly in the corner.

Flood waters recede into memory.

Snow becomes a yielding cushion to aid us

As we make our way to higher ground.

Hope is born again in the faces of children

It rides on the shoulders of our aged as they walk into their sunsets.

Hope spreads around the earth.

Brightening all things,

Even hate which crouches breeding in dark corridors.

In our joy, we think we hear a whisper.

At first it is too soft.

Then only half heard.

We listen carefully as it gathers strength.

We hear a sweetness.

The word is Peace.

It is loud now. It is louder.

Louder than the explosion of bombs.

We tremble at the sound.

We are thrilled by its presence.

It is what we have hungered for.

Not just the absence of war.

But, true Peace.

A harmony of spirit, a comfort of courtesies.

Security for our beloveds and their beloveds.

We clap hands and welcome the Peace of Christmas.

We beckon this good season to wait a while with us.

We, Baptist and Buddhist, Methodist and Muslim, say come.

Peace.Come and fill us and our world with your majesty.

We, the Jew and the Jainist, the Catholic and the Confucian,

Implore you, to stay a while with us.

So we may learn by your shimmering light

How to look beyond complexion and see community.

It is Christmas time, a halting of hate time.

On this platform of peace, we can create a language

To translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.

At this Holy Instant, we celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ

Into the great religions of the world.

We jubilate the precious advent of trust.

We shout with glorious tongues at the coming of hope.

All the earth's tribes loosen their voices

To celebrate the promise of Peace.

We, Angels and Mortal's, Believers and Non-Believers,

Look heavenward and speak the word aloud.

Peace.

We look at our world and speak the word aloud.

Peace.

We look at each other, then into ourselves

And we say without shyness or apology or hesitation.
Peace, My Brother.

Peace, My Sister.

Peace, My Soul.

Rants

I've been ranting a lot lately. I do apologize. But there's so many whacked things going on! I'll take a break today and just say, I hope everyone has a wonderful holidays season. It's the one time of year we like people, snow and fat men.

Hey Brittany Spears....

... keep your dirty snatch to yourself!