Pussycat Dolls Takeover of New York

Pussycat Dolls Takeover of New York
How Bryant Park went to the cats...

As the Good Morning America/ABC Summer Concert Series continues, this week finds a group of young tight-bodied, bitchy-looking, females take over the stage in Bryant Park.

Here I thought this group was one of those "movie" bands that did not actually exist. To my surprise, I found that the Pussycat Dolls have such hits you may recall from the radio such as Don't cha (the Latino version of the cha cha made famous so many years ago by that chacita banana woman) and Beep (a remake of that gradeschool classic - The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round). Of course, this band does not only do remakes, they also have a few original projects, such as Stickwitu (a song about an Indian princess and a stick) and I Don't Need a Man (come on, they are all lesbians).

This concert disappointed me a little because there were so many old men standing by screaming. This one man, Joe, was nice enough to stop his screaming to speak to me for a little while.

I will give this concert 2 out of 5 sunburned fingers. The girls were cute, but their children songs did nothing for me. And, what's the story with the girl on the left in the picture. Wasn't she in Beverly Hills 90210? She was the ugly one, right?

Water - A movie set in Geneva, er...India

WATER, 2005 - Directed by and Written by Deepa Mehta

Last night I ventured down to Brooklyn to see a movie at a local theatre. The theatre reminded me of the theatre in Ashtabula, Ohio off Route 20, next to the in door Gun Shop (er flea market). The only difference between this theatre and the one in Ashtabula is that this one was smaller, the seats were more comfortable and there was no smell of urine...this theatre also proported to sell the "best cup of coffeee in New York." Okay, well I guess this theater was nothing like the one in Ashtabula, but the memory was there nevertheless.

This movie takes place in the 1930s during the rise of independence from the British. It shows the restrictions placed on widows during this period as expressed by their religion. The story tells about a 7-year old girl who was married to a man who was quite old. He dies and as a widow you have one of three choices: burn with your husband (because all people are cremated), choose to live a life as a social outcast, or ask your husband's family to marry the younger brother. This story is the real life struggle that widows had to endure. From living among other widows, wearing only white, not permitted to eat fried foods, never to marry again, this was a moving story. This story of the little girl was only a small part of the actual story. As imdb.com says:
It is 1938, India is ruled by the British, and it is around this time that Mohandas K. Gandhi has arrived from Africa to begin his tryst with the British, as well as battle the traditions that bind the Hindus. Barely in her teens, Chuyia is married to much older and sickly male, who shortly after the marriage, passes away. Chuyia is returned unceremoniously to her parents' house, and from there she is taken to the holy city Banaras and left in the care of a wide assortment of widows. Chuyia believes that her mother will come to take her home. Here she meets the several elderly women, including the head, Madhumati; a quiet, confident woman named Shakuntala, and a gorgeous young woman named Kalyani. Chuyia does not know that according to Holy Hindu Scriptures she has been destined to live here for the rest of her life, for when a woman's husband dies', she has three options. One to marry her husband's younger brother; two to kill herself on his funeral pyre; three to live a life of celibacy, discipline, and solitude amongst her own kind. The fourth law which permits a widow to re-marry is not quite popular, and it is these laws and openly welcoming the lower castes that will pit Gandhiji amongst his very own people, apart from struggling with the British to leave India. Kalyani meets and falls in love with young Narayan, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi, who wants to marry her, despite of his mother's protests. But on the fateful day when ferrying her to his home, Kalyani recognizes the house, the very same house she had been forced to visit as a prostitute years ago with a man who is now Narayan's father. The question remains will Kalyani prefer living the life of a confined widow, or marry Narayan and live with his father under the same roof? And is Chuyia really destined to live the rest of her life as a widow?


This movie is in limited release here in New York. This is the last week to see the movie, but I am sure it can be found on DVD. The film is part of a 3-part series - Fire and Earth are the other parts. If you are in the mood for a moving movie that will make you realize how lucky we are, then I recommend this film.
Overall, I rate this film 4 out of 5 Chief Wahoos





For the Indian Music (I am addicted to the Indian channel on Sat. AM) I give the music 5 out of 5 Chief Wahoos

Ode to Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls IS QUALITY Television!

I have received a lot of crap about my choice in making Gilmore Girls one of my favorite shows on tv. First let me say that yes I am a boy and second I do like girls and the assets they bring to the situation - I don't like the man-ham, but I do still enjoy the Gilmore Girls' saga nevertheless.

Because of the crap that people are giving me, I would like to explain my 10 top reasons for enjoying this show.


10. There are over 14 million Gilmore Girls webpages in Al Gore's Universe;
9. Edward Herrman is one of the greatest actors of our time - he kicked butt in Richie Rich!;
8. They have their token Asian: Lane Kim;
7. They have their token "closet" gay french guy: Michael Gerard;
6. The show has their own 'Book Club,' just like Oprah;
5. By the time of its fifth season, Gilmore Girls received an American Film Institute Award and two Viewers for Quality Television Awards, and was named New Program of the Year by the Television Critics Association;
4. So many women with shinny blue eyes cannot be wrong!;
3. We not only get to watch Rory grow up, but also get to watch her butt get bigger as the seasons progress;
2. They had an episode entited 'Women of Questionable Morals' - COME ON! You gotta love it; AND
1. Several of the writers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer are also writers for Gilmore Girls;

My Blog Rankings

The blogs on the right represent my favorite blogs to visit. They represent a combination of my visits, enjoyability, use of nudity in the posts and, quite frankly, people whom I like. If you feel that your blog was left off in err, or if you have added a more substantial amount of porn, please feel free to email me and I will re-review your site.

Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation,

Management

Additional Pictures from Ireland

Just to stay on top of things (Near the top of Michael's blog) I am also posting some of the pics from Ireland...hopefully this keeps me ahead of "The Dave."

Flash Slideshow

Additional Pictures from the Indians Game

Although it has been a week, here are the remainder of my pics from the Yankees game last week. I think it may have been one of the last times they won a game.


To the right is a picture of someone hitting - it may be Peralta. He went off in this game and finally started hitting. The fence in the foreground is the mesh net that was blocking my view - who cares if you re hit in the head with the ball - assumption of the risk, I say!

The guy below was walking around the stadium allowing people to hit his "iron pan." We have the guy who hits the drum, so I guess they get the crazy old guy who may die any moment - fair deal!

Below is just another great shot of the day we had at the game. Beautiful weather and great outcome. The off-white building on the right side is the Bronx Supreme Court building. The second floor to the top was where I had my first trial a few weeks back - the judge's courtroom. it had a great view to the stadium.

You Have Got To Be Kidding ME!

What do you get when you put together an obnoxiously funny black woman, a weird looking girl who is strangely attractive and a guy who you think is faking a disease but really is not?

No, not Inman Shipping Worldwide -






You get a show, strangely enough in its fourth season, called: Last Comic Standing 4

TV has officially fallen to a new low. In this show they "battle" to see who is the funniest person out of the group. They do competitions such as "I will sit in the audience and yell at you and see if you can handle it" and my favorite - "Sit around a table and yell at eachother because you think you are funny." Come on! At least make then run or something. This show is a cross between the biggest loser, survivor and 7th Heaven (the writing is horrible in both shows).

Summer months are tough - but this is insane! The next thing is someone will tell me they are bringing back that stupid show where the stars try to dance.

Indians WIN, Indians WIN, Indians WIN!

The Indians won the yesterday in a pretty close game. The final score was 8-4 with the good guys finally pulling off a victory.

There were several times when the Yankees could easily come back and win this game, but luckily for us, A-Rod sucks in the clutch and so does Giambi.

Notable players from the game include Jhonny Peralta finally coming out of his miserable slump to go 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs and 2 Runs. However, the most important stat of the game for me was that Jhonny did NOT have any errors in the

game. I still think he belongs at A-Baseball, or even with the Lake County Captains, but he did okay for once.

Also playing a great game was Todd Hollandsworth who went 2 for 5 with 1 run, and 4 RBIs. Most important for Hollandsworth is that he hit a KEY Homerun late in the game (right as I wanted to use the bathroom). With Casey Blake going to the DL today and Jason Michaels most likely hurting from an amazing attempted catch, Hollandsworth will be very important over the next few weeks.

My favotire player, Grady Sizemore, did not play particularly well (compared to how he normally does) but it is always nice to see this kid play.

On the day, Grady went 1 for 5 with 1 run, but the one hit was a Double in the 8th (when it mattered the most).

I have always said that this kid is great. Ever since Jason, my brother, and I met him 2 years ago in Winterhaven and he just seemed like a great guy. I worry that he may get a big head, but I am happy to see him running the bases as if his life depended on it and making great catches in Center Field.

I have more to this post, but it looks like Blogger is going to kick me out - I will finish this later.

Once in a while things look great!

Once in a while my job goes well; I settle a case, bossman is happy and I enjoy doing the things that I do. Once in a while I dread going to work; I do not look forward to seeing my boss because I know that the smallest things set him off.

And then there are those days when I get to go to the Yankees games. Those days are great, but what is even better is that the Indians are in town. Sure they lost the last 2 games in the series and they should send Piralta back to A-ball, but I am hoping for a win!

I am taking my camera and assuming that it is not confiscated, I should have some pics for you to enjoy when I get back.

I Saw a Rat

The other day while I was waiting for the V train at 42nd Street Bryant Park, I was feeling quite down on myself about my job, life, money and the weather. While I was having a bit of a pitty party for myself, my eyes travelled down to the tracks, life so many times I have in the past. Those of you who have witnessed a NYC subway stop know that no matter what they do to the station walls and walkways, there is nothing they can do about the tracks and the filth that is always left behind.

Within this filth is adventure. You always have something to look at while you are waiting, be it an umbrella, jacket, human finger or disposed of condom. Watching all of these things always lets your mind wonder about how those things found their way to the subway floor: what did that person do with the condom that caused him to lose his finger and the umbrella he was holding because he had lost his jacket... We may never know.

The best thing about this particular time is that it was raining pretty heavily outside, the result of which made little rivers in the bed of the subway floor. All the debris flowed by quickly and even the rats come out to play - afterall, it isn't everyday that they have a waterpark to enjoy!

So while this one rat was playing in the waterpark, I noticed that he was attempting to carry something across the tracks. Wouldn't you know, it was a full sized red delicious apple! This rat had an apple that was equal to his size in his mouth. He was trying to get the apple over 3 sets of tracks towards my side of the train. It was an amazing thing. I would love to show it to you, but by the time I got my phone out to take the picture, the train had come and the rat was below.

Little did I know that by not paying attention to the train, I found myself on the wrong train...but that is another story. On this day I learned that not only can you do more than you think when push comes to shove, but also, rats try to eat healthy as well.

Everwood is Forever Gone

Farewell to another show...


It was a show that did not get a lot of playing time. The WB continually changed its time and date and enjoyed taking it off the air for months at a time. As a result, the show did not do so well in the key demographics. for those of you who saw the series, you will admit that it was entertaining without the "sex." It was a show about femilies dealing with problems and resolving those problems. It was a show about a family dealing with death and coming to terms with their lives. Most of all, it was a show about life - and the quirks that life throws our way.

Sure, the acting was sub-par at times, but all in all, the last four (4) years have been entertaining.

This is just another example of a show that had to fight for it's life on the "new" UPN/WB network. There is an interesting article on the Mercury News website (http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2006/06/an_everwood_far.html).

I am happy that 7th Heaven is around for another year, but I am surprised that Everwood was not picked back up. That together with the loss of Charmed may turn out to be a huge mistake for the fledgling new network.