Ordinary People Ordinary Non Heroes

This article and its' quote below go rather well with my previous post.

The "Great Man" theory of history is usually attributed to the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle, who wrote that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men." He believed that it is the few, the powerful and the famous who shape our collective destiny as a species. That theory took a serious beating this year.

Oh and this is such a relief, FINALLY! No more of that stupid twit. Actually, I'm starting to think she is the Rose Kennedy of the Hilton family and they have just had us duped this whole time.

An Unmighty Heart.

This recent deridment of the film a Might Heart was interesting, but I can't quite feel sympathy for Asra Q. Nomani who says that she signed off on the film and gave approval because she was 'seduced by Hollywood.' It's not much of an excuse for letting them take a person you loved and cared about-be used as a vehicle for two very egotistical actors to make themselves some money and feel self important.

I would have believed better and more fully that it was an ego boost to be wooed by Hollywood but much more importantly, when Mariane sold the rights to her book, she sold her right to control the way Daniel Pearl was presented. And thereby, the author of the article above never really had a say in how her former friend was presented because it was Mariane's choice.

A common and overlooked issue in Hollywood is that most writer's of scripts or even the book writers have no real say in how the final product turns out. That is up to the Producers and the Director. Some writers do fight for more control and usually end up with a swift kick in the face once the product was sold. As one co-worker at E! Entertainment told me there is a struggle usually for the integrity of the piece 'the writer says this is my script! And the Director says but this is MY MOVIE.' And if the writer wants to continue working they shut up and take it most of the time, it takes years of work and investment to have a say in how the script and movie finally turn out for the writers.

It was a major reason why I never wanted to work in Hollywood, there is nothing worse for a writer than sweating and bleeding over a piece to see it get chopped up. Although the money can be nice and for the starved, an ample treat.

My point is at least Asra Q. Nomani of this piece did stop to state that it was a vehicle for the once entertaining now annoying Saint Angelina Jolie to once again feel self important and promote her work with the U.N. And at least she stood up to say it missed the most important points about this man that made him so charismatic and important to those who knew him.

I can't help but think though that a further investigation into this death is fruitless. He was killed by Islamic fascists who hated him for being a Jew and an American, it's pretty clear. That's it, any further digging will reveal nothing more, but may in fact make those doing the searching feel more horrible and lost at the horror of someone being snatched up and killed.

I am being tough but I think it's also impotant to remember that he was taking his life in his hands and some would say being irresponsible by leaving his wife while pregnant, to chase down terrorists. On the other hand, we need good journalists to take risks to get good information for the public back home.

One upside is that Mariane should be set for life and able to take good care of Pearl's son with the money from the book and film.

Passion, Food, and Ugh the Slugsmiths.

So I watched a little of Passions yesterday being the stay at home writer that I am..this was once a great soap for me in college. But somewhere between the Tabitha story lines and the annoying plot line of Teresa and that guy she loves but can't have... I stopped.

The Soup guy Joel McHale said the show is set to go off the air in two months on last week's show, which would explain the weirdness of the plotlines at this point. They've got a double gender muderous psychopath, who obviously has too much time on his/her hands to shop for costumes, and a gay guy(Chad) that commited adultery with another man, who wants to go back to his now estranged wife?

Really, can we just stop the Chad plotline here, never in all the soaps I have watched in my sick day/summertime life have I ever seen one that tried to make a plot where the adulterous person returns to their partner without some reason that basically cancels out the reason for the affair in the first place.

Seriously, just look at Days of Our Lives, they have been on for years, they don't employ weird witch plots and strange characters nearly as much as Passions and they have been on a lot longer. Go figure. There was a short demon posession series in the late 90's and there is always Stefano Dimera. But more importantly when their characters have affairs it's always under the excuse of brainwashing, blackmail, drug induced, or the result of being somehow not in control of their faculties. It's weird, it's far fetched, it's not even plausible, but at least it's not a plot where the character in question cheated because they really enjoyed sex with someone other than their partner while being fully cognizant. That just makes the point of reconcilliatin pointless for me and I suspect most viewers. Really, Writers do something else with this plot.

The plot would make more sense at this point if Chad just left Whitney and moved in with his lover in a cottage next to Tabitha by the sea. Oh and Ivy is getting back with Julian?? Huh, that's so weird after the last 8 years, they were fun in the beginning of the show.

I think this explains more, apparently the Chad character will not be continuing with the show.

'PASSIONS' ACTORS MAKE THE SWITCH TO DIRECTV

BURBANK – MAY 23, 2007 – NBC Universal Television Studio has signed principal cast members of the hit daytime drama "Passions" to new contracts, ensuring that they will continue with the soap when it makes the move from NBC to The 101 on DIRECTV on September 17.

Those continuing with the series include: Eric Martsolf (Ethan), Ben Masters (Julian), Kim Johnston Ulrich (Ivy), Dylan Fergus (Noah), Galen Gering (Luis), Emily Harper (Fancy), Lindsay Hartley (Theresa), Liza Huber (Gwen), James Hyde (Sam), Juliet Mills (Tabitha), Heidi Mueller (Kay), Tracey Ross (Eve), Eva Tamargo (Pilar), McKenzie Westmore ("Sheridan") and Erin Cardillo (Esme).

Moving on-why is Fox News now name dropping food brands to viewers in the middle of broadcasts? I'm in the gym working out watching Fox and Neil Cavuto told me, well and the audience, to go get a Cinnabon and relax. Uh, okay. Can't I just get a snack?

Only a few minutes earlier, Shepard Smith told me to go get some popcorn. Either this network is really into people becoming couch potatoes and watching their shows or they are getting lots of ad money to name drop products to viewers, especially food products.

And here is my final thought, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, those annoying people from that MTV show The Hills just won't go the %^$^@ away! Their dumb, boring, and annoying people. Oh what the hey, I'd probably like them if they would just stop it! I've decided to name them the Slugsmiths, I mean they want to act like a happy married couple and all! They keep showing up in US Weekly and I'm pretty sure it's because they are getting publicity because someone is paid to get it for them... I'm just trying to figure out who is paying, MTV? Gatorade? A tidbit just ran saying they were drinking it...their own parents?? Whatever the case, I can't wait until the money runs out and space is made for more interesting people in this magazine.

Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad

So I have been sick and recovering from a series spider bites, very gross and painful, which have led me to look into moving from my current apartment. It's such a pain in the mental sense, mold, dust and pollen, and super mean spiders all on my first floor apartment..

Anyways, so I have this thought that I have been mulling over since I first saw Rihanna's video for her song 'Umbrella' which she also performed at the MTV Movie Awards. The footage shot at the shows was pretty bad, it cut off most of the dance moves and was hard to watch-like there's a part where she's obviously shaking her hips for the audience and you can't see what she's doing, you have to just guess from the look on her face that it's something special??

Eh, So here is the something that I have been pondering now that you have seen her video or at least one performance of the song. Why are the clothes S&M with lots of black and men running around in night army gear in the video?? The song for the most part is really upbeat and cutesy-she does wear black ballet point shoes in the video, what is the underlying point?

Is it to highlight Jay'Z's gold sneakers? Is it to make everyone look more sexy? Is it to emphasize that Rihanna is tough and not just a good girl anymore?? Is it just to look cool and avant garde?? I think all of the above and then some-

I think the point is to highlight that the song is not really so happy go lucky, at one point the lyrics say 'when the world has broke you apart, when the world has dealt it's cards, we'll stand together, I'll mend your heart.' I think the black is to symbolize that life is tough, the losses can be higher than the gains, no matter how great your life turns out. So, to say to someone I'll be there no matter what is a very serious and sobering thought. And depending on your life, this song highlights a complicated life, it can be very painful and hard to be there with someone through the very serious 'rain' in life.

ihasahuh??

There is a new fad in town, and one that I love very much, it is described in this article.
It's basically a tech geek fad combined with animal loving. I first got in touch with the fad through this website www.ihasabucket.com. The fad has become so popular that there is even a facebook group that is all about ihasabucket jokes and pictures. Most of the best pictures are of a walrus and cats, but there are pictures of the President, a rather funny satire of Al Gore and his loss in 2000, and even pictures of babies.

At this time I find that I end up changing my screensaver all the time so I can always have a fresh and funny picture of something from the ihasabucket cache. I highly recommend checking it out, because it's actually a great mood elevator.