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taxwonk · 09-13-2003, 06:50 PM

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Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
I think this is where Wonk is supposed to show up and suggest sex with a married guy as another way to lower your score.

Ollie (and then there's always sniffin' glue) Ramone

You assume she answered "no" to that one. Also, that I would repeat last year's offer.

Bitch please.

evenodds · 09-13-2003, 07:00 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I usually read when I have insomnia. I usually read to go to sleep during the week too, so reading is my sleep-inducing thing. That's why I'm always looking for good books.

TV can work too, but that usually takes longer than reading. Of course occasionally the books keep me up if I'm really into them, but that is fairly rare.

Oh, and, if nothing else works, sex (if companion in bed) or erotica plus vibrator (if alone) can get me ready for sleep...

The OM and I have been suffering from dueling bouts of insomnia recently, so we are taking melatonin. It's helped reset our sleep cycle and we're sleeping much better.

I am a light sleeper, so if he wakes up and turns on his light to read or the tv, we can have a mutherfucking problem. Sometimes he is able to and it is fine, sometimes, he goes to the living room, and sometimes, he just decides 5 am is the perfect time to head to the office to get a jump on the day.

When I am laying awake and he is asleep, I decorate random rooms in my head. I figure out the layout, style, colors, fabrics, furniture. It relaxes me, though not as much as notcase's technique.

If that doesn't do it, a tylenol pm or benadryl takes the edge off.

Edited to add: damn, when did I get so freakin old?

idle acts · 09-13-2003, 10:13 PM

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Originally posted by leagleaze
There are good movies about women in prison?

No, but that is why they usually make good sleep aids.

idle acts · 09-14-2003, 02:48 AM

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Originally posted by Jack Manfred
Spree: David Edelstein's partially salacious yet glowing review of the new Bill Murray vehicle Lost in Translation.

She does have quite an eye. The director's Tokyo (and that of her cinematographer, Lance Accord) is all pockets of glowing neon light in the darkness. The movie has few tight close-ups: It's all about the characters' uncertain relationship to the space.

I just saw this - it is a great movie that works on many levels. There are some pacing issues; I think maybe Coppola couldn't decide which of Murray's funny ad libs to cut. But the obligatory karaoke scene is handled wonderfully, and the shots of Tokyo and Kyoto are magical.

bold_n_brazen · 09-14-2003, 10:23 AM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
Every time I see your signature, I think of bed n' breakfast. Which, now that I think of, it rather appropos for this crowd.

So, in my lifetime here, my moniker has been connected to a style of hotel and a barbeque sauce.

Hmmmm....wonder what that says about me?

Bn'(great on pork ribs, and a nice place to spend a long weekend)B

leagleaze · 09-14-2003, 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by idle acts
No, but that is why they usually make good sleep aids.

They do however make good British TV shows about women in prison. The badly named Bad Girls is quite good.

Sorry folks no lesbian sex in the first season, which is all I've seen so far. There is a lot implied though (both hetero and homo.) More importantly it was quite engaging in terms of the drawing of the characters and the occasionally amusing writing.

You have to get it on format 2 dvd which means it will only show on a dvd player/tv capable of showing these, or, on your computer.

baltassoc · 09-14-2003, 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Oh, the swill I drank in HS and college. Coming from a semi-rural area, when I was at home we'd spend time cruising around drinking pretty much anything we could get, including RWB, Stag, generic, Hamms, PBR, Busch, you name it... BTW, I've had Wisconsin Club, and it is NAS-TY!! Used to be like $4 a CASE... aftertaste of raw sewage.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Olympia ("It's the Water!"). Usually it was a quarter less a 12 pack than the next cheapest, the Beast. Of course, I haven't seen any for ages, so it may be regional and/or dead. Too bad. It actually was halfway decent if it was really, really cold.

baltassoc · 09-14-2003, 01:24 PM

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Originally posted by dtb

Yes, Beckinsdale was brunette; her hair was noticeably darker (maybe black) in the "Underworld" preview, and I remembered wrong.

Two great Beckinsdale movies are Cold Comfort Farm and The Last Days of Disco. She's got black hair in both. In Disco she manages to come off as somehow endearing despite being a completely self-centered, totally evil bitch. Plus it's got Chloe Sevigny. Mmmmmmm. Chloe Sevigny.

tmdiva · 09-14-2003, 01:25 PM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Olympia ("It's the Water!"). Usually it was a quarter less a 12 pack than the next cheapest, the Beast. Of course, I haven't seen any for ages, so it may be regional and/or dead. Too bad. It actually was halfway decent if it was really, really cold.

I think most of the old Northwest beers (Olympia, Rainier) were bought up by the large brewers, and the brands soon thereafter discontinued. Even Henry Weinhard's (bought several years ago by Miller) is no longer brewed in downtown Portland, and the brewery is being redeveloped. I used to live a few blocks from there, and loved the hot cereal smell as I was walking to work (it wasn't just from Henry's--another brewery (Bridgeport?) is still located a few blocks north).

tm

baltassoc · 09-14-2003, 01:28 PM

So when I googled to figure out how to spell Chloe Sevigny's last name, the sponsored link that popped up was:

Sponsored Links
666 Is Here Now
Do you have the Mark of the Beast?
The truth might surprise you.
www.Travesser.com

I read the page; I'm still not sure if I have the Mark of the Beast. It could be that scar on the inside of my knee, but I'm pretty sure that's just the result of an imprudent slide into second in a junior high softball game.

Edited to add that I explored further, and that is one crazy site. The author believes he is the second coming of Christ. He and his followers live in the wilderness and prepare for the end days. Fun!

notcasesensitive · 09-14-2003, 01:28 PM

well, some of you do at least...

bennifer update...

don't worry, Shape Shifter, I'm sure it is just the malicious ranting of those jealous harpies who can't stand to see two people so in love...

"NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Hollywood celebrity couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have split up, at least temporarily, after postponing their wedding over a media frenzy, People magazine reported on Sunday.

The magazine's Web site quoted unidentified sources as saying Affleck decided he wanted out of the relationship, but it was not certain if the break-up will be permanent.

Representatives for the pair could not be reached for comment. People magazine reported that the representatives said they had no knowledge of the break-up."

andViolins · 09-14-2003, 02:29 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
well, some of you do at least...

bennifer update...

"NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Hollywood celebrity couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have split up, at least temporarily, after postponing their wedding over a media frenzy, People magazine reported on Sunday."

That's sad because I really, really, really thought that they would last. . . really.

aV

bold_n_brazen · 09-14-2003, 08:26 PM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
Two great Beckinsdale movies are Cold Comfort Farm and The Last Days of Disco. She's got black hair in both. In Disco she manages to come off as somehow endearing despite being a completely self-centered, totally evil bitch. Plus it's got Chloe Sevigny. Mmmmmmm. Chloe Sevigny.

Can somebody please tell me what they see in Chloe Sevigny?

I just don't get it...

idle acts · 09-14-2003, 11:01 PM

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Can somebody please tell me what they see in Chloe Sevigny?

I just don't get it...

Rent HBO's "If These Walls Could Talk 2." She is just smokin, smokin, smokin, smokin hot in it. Of course, that may only be working for me b/c she plays a lesbian. . . I don't actually find her nearly as attractive when she plays it straight. YMMV.

Shape Shifter · 09-15-2003, 12:05 AM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive

bennifer update...

don't worry, Shape Shifter, I'm sure it is just the malicious ranting of those jealous harpies who can't stand to see two people so in love...

You are obviously correct about the harpies, ncs. Would Ben be able to fly to Vegas to watch the De La Hoya/Mosely bout so soon after such a debilitating painful event? Plainly, no. And yet that's what is being reported.

"Affleck was believed to still be in Los Angeles, though some reports had him heading to Las Vegas for tonight's Shane Mosely-Oscar De La Hoya fight."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e_030914191433

Would been ever hire a pr flack with a name like Ken Sunshine? No, you say?

"A representative for Affleck, Ken Sunshine, declined to comment on the breakup rumor."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...leck_wedding_5

This same article destroyed any remaining credibility by reporting the following:

They met while filming this summer's infamous bomb, "Gigli."

Any movie that attracted paid admissions from almost 1% of the US population, despite being shown on only 40,000 is no bomb in my book.