night of the iguana

Richard Burton’s Night of the Iguana

Earlier in the day is Night of the Iguana, but debauched priests. well it just seems too close to Richard Burtons real life though it is a good film. Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is also on and if you like to see two drunk people yell at each other for two hours knock yo-self out. It also seems too close to Thanksgiving Day at the Burton/Taylor household to be great for some reason. Professors are either louts or potheads or rapists in movies. Im also a lawyer so I at least have Atticus Finch.
Does anyone do desperate better than Richard Dreyfuss? I totally got the potato Devils Tower and I have a errr soft spot for Teri Garr too. Earlier in the day is 2001 and 2010 back to back. I like sci-fi and HAL 9000 is ground breaking, etc., but I dont even care to figure it out or chew on it and I blame that on the director. After Third Kind is a Neil Simon doubleheader The Goodbye Girl and Chapter Two. Marsha Simon has relationship diffizzzzzzzzzzzz..

Splendor in the Grass is also on if you like movies about repressed Midwesterners and how they need to open their minds and their legs to be truly happy. Wow that was all positive wasnt it? To be fair to Neil Simon I did like Goodbye Girl when I saw it 20 years ago Chapter Two not so much.

Did I mention Im not a fan of 2001: A Space Odyssey starring Keir Dullea as Prince Valium?

Avandia

FDA report says Avandia should be taken off market: report

GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK, GSK.LN) diabetes medicine Avandia weakens the heart sufficiently to increase users' chances of the heart attacks and heart failure, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration report obtained by the New York Times, the paper reported on its Web site Friday night for its Saturday edition.

Citing the FDA report, the Times said that "if every diabetic now taking Avandia were instead given a similar pill named Actos, about 500 heart attacks and 300 cases of heart failure would be averted every month because Avandia can hurt the heart."

"[The drug] should be removed from the market," the FDA report said, according to the Times.

Medal Count Vancouver 2010

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Medal Count: US leads with 18

The Americans are back on top in the medal count race in the Winter Olympics 2010. The United States now has 18 medals with 6 gold, 5 silver, and 7 bronze. Germany is now on the second spot with 11 medals (4 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze). In third spot is Norway with 8 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze). Host nation Canada shares fourth place with France. Canada has 3 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze. France has 2 gold, 1 silver, and 4 bronze.

Korea and Austria on the sixth place with 5 medals each. Korea has 3 gold and 2 silver. Austria has 1 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze. For the United States: Evan Lysacek won the gold medal in Men’s Figure Skating. Shaun White won the gold medal in Men’s Halfpipe Snowboard. Shani Davis picked up the gold medal in Men’s 1000m SpeedSkating. Lindsey Vonn won the gold medal in Ladies’ Downhill Alpine Skiing. Seth Wescott picked up the gold medal Men’s SnowBoard Cross. Hannah Kearney won the gold medal in Ladies’ Moguls FreeStyle Skiing.

niu shooting

NIU Shooting Leaves 1 Hurt, 1 in Custody

One person has been injured and another is in custody after an early morning shooting near a campus residence hall at Northern Illinois University.

One student, 22-year-old Daniela Bedolla, says she heard a gunshot while studying in her dorm room. Bedolla says the sound "was really loud" and the school later sent a text alert about the shooting.

Friday's shooting happened near Stevenson Hall. And police believe it was an isolated incident between two individuals.

Police say the victim was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital. There are no details yet about that person's condition.

Last week marked the two-year anniversary of a shooting rampage at NIU that left five students dead before the gunman killed himself.

this is what Ambien looks like

feels like I'm watchingsomething in 3D. everything keeps moving around on the screen, but it's not video. wtf! I was perusing yourtattoosucks.com and I swear that some of them were comin' for me. that Canadian Elmer Fudd looked pissed.

there's a Bear claw sleeping at my feet, and I'm watching Porject Runway. the lights on the runway are buggin' me outtttt big time. I feel like it's strobe light central up in this joint. and there's little kids on the runway! woooooooaaah, that's gunna be a good episode. I'll recap my thouhgts on that tomorrow... after I watch it soberly. myhead feels heavy. goodnight.

sean white olympics 2010

NBC Olympics Shaun White, Sean White Olympics 2010 and Shaun White Olympics 2010 pictures, photos.

The men’s halfpipe competition was won by the Shaun White. He bagged the gold medal at Cypress Mountain in front of thousands of fans. This was his first run score of 46.8. Besides, he also created history as his back-to-back Olympic gold medals.

The other player to throw a challenge to him was Peetu Piiroinen of Finland. He put some pressure on White during the competition with a second run score of 45.0. He ended up with the silver medal.

The third position was occupied by Scotty Lago of the United States. He used a big first run to win the bronze medal. It was a surprise win.

From the beginning of the game White was the favorite to win the gold. In his event he is a celebrity and it is difficult for others to defeat him. He was known figure inside the athletes’ village, which was occupied by other halfpipe players. He had moved to Cypress Mountain after the opening ceremony of the game was over. Besides, his story has grabbed headlines. And reporters and magazines have unfailingly carried his stories. Many sports magazine ran his picture on the cover.

After winning the gold, White said: “It feels good. Heavy lies the crown.”

Of his second run: “I felt it was such a miracle run … I just felt like I didn’t come all the way to Vancouver not to pull out the big guns. I put down the tricks I’ve worked so hard on. My coach said at the top, ‘Don’t do this unless you’re gonna stomp it.’ ”

Wedding Wednesday - V. III

For the first two installments of WW, click here, and here.

I'm feeling a little lovey dovey this week... things have been a little sour at work, and Mr. MandeeFoFandee has done a pretty good job of keeping me sane and laughing. He's even been doing a lot of things around the house to help me out, including some grocery shopping and dusting. so, to honor of all that mush, I'm going to post pictures of the groom from our wedding day. plus, this one will be more pictures than words, since I'm pretty busy at work today.

As always, all photos are credited to the lovely and talented Jen, from JLowe Photos. If you'd like to see more of her work, feel free to visit her blog here.

I love the drunk pictures from the end of the night. makes me so proud. hims so handsome.

Happy Hump Day!