Thursday, June 19th, 2003
written by ellen
Ellen’s Future E! Appearance
Kate Beckinsale gets engaged to director Len Wiseman
Just another entertainment gossip column item right?
Oh but wait, that’s Len and me in the 8th grade.
(My peach shirt and matching hair bow rock!)
Len is a former Thornton Jr. High Thunderbolt, who
with his expertly pegged jeans, and sperry topsiders
(no socks of course) and his slightly asymetrical but
perfectly moussed hair, was one of the hotties of Jr. High
What a trip to see what your former classmates are up to.
Underworld, starring Kate, is Len’s big film directorial debut.
He’s been out in Hollywood for a while, doing music videos
and smaller films but this is his red carpet moment.
(according to Mel and Chel, my Jr. High scoop sources)
Geez, one day I could be one of those random people
on an E! entertainment television show going
“When Len was in the 7th grade …”
He was a sweetie then, and I’m sure he’s still one now.
If I could get outta this bed, you know I’d be at
Century 25 in line for Underworld tickets right now
Gotta support the Thunderbolts!!
Wed 6/16/03
Fascinating Fornication
It’s all Lu’s fault. Check me into the Paradise Hotel.
CONCEPT: Supposedly attractive people hook up at a fresh hotel,
and if they don’t “hook up” they get kicked off the show
LOCATION: The Casa Arabesque in Playa Del Carmen, Acapulco Mexico
home of Spanish Soap Opera “Amigas y Rivales”, and some past
James Bond movie
WHAT I THINK: These peeps should barely be on TV, let alone capture
my attention for an hour. But they did, cuz I got lured into the premier
episode by Lu and a box of Popeye’s Chicken.
Lu should just have her own travel show with Bob doing guest
star stints about random bands and Paulie doing man on the scene segments.
Typical episode: Lu opens in some really mundane place, like an office cube
in Czechoslovokia or something comparing keyboards or mouse pads
and then proceeds to rock out at various bars and clubs.
Ask her about climbing club cages in Spain ….
Then Bob does a segment on new Czech hip hop bands and follows with
random translations of foreign lullabies while strumming on his guitar
In the meantime, Paulie’s running around the country doing things
like getting Mystic Tans, doing Czech karaoke, or trying to sell cell phones.
Last random TV thought
Why are all the N’syncers doing really weird TV gigs?
Joey’s the host on Fame, looking way too Fat-one,
JC just did a lame-o interview with Charlie’s Angel cast,
with floppy foo foo hair
don’t forget the failed astronaut Lance
and the ugly one - Danny Wood - oh wait that’s NKOTB
Chris Kirkpatrick
These are the days of my life.
Tues 6/17/03
A Psychosomatic Puppy
So the dog, as you can see from Bob’s posts, is doing better.
She just has a few more Barbie-like accessories.
After a night at the Vet’s, (Central Vet are Pros)
IV, Xray, antibiotic and Pepcid drip she was sent home
with a clean bill of health. Belle’s diagnosis?
nausea, upset tummy and unrelenting, unreleased gas.
Honestly, if she wasn’t already fixed,
one would think she was preggers.
So the only reasonable explanation
is that she had empathy pains for her mama.
But worrying about her, relieved a bunch of my
self-centered angst and this week has gone by quickly.
Helped tremendously by my great network of friends,
via email (Marlene’s quirky preggers insights), random phone calls
(Brian’s promise to whoop me into shape anytime I’m feeling sad sack)
my awesome siblings
(Na’ s shopping, cooking, garbage throwing and napping excursion
and Rexie’s continued DSL usage and general support)
this week has been a week of fun small moments.
Bobby has been posting some amusing things on the blog.
It’s so funny that we talk and see each other but the stuff
he puts on there is so different than the stuff we talk about.
And he still calls me at least twice a day, everyday - and
remembers to bring me treats in addition to completing all the
“Honey Do’s” I love this guy.
The best is when we have to give Belle her medicine twice a day.
She has two mini droppers,two tiny bottles of medicine
(one crystal clear, one Barbie pink)
and special pork and bean like prescription food.
It makes us work together as a team to guzzle nutrients
into our precious pup. It’s rather sweet.
I’m off to eat some candy bars that the honey brought home….