Lets talk about the 2004 Emmys. I should have typed my observations as the show was on but I could barely keep my eyes open at times. Here we go. Freak of the night...Edie Falco of Sopranos. She cut her hair short and whenever the camera panned to her side had a fake expression of love and happiness on her face. She either had lock jaw or botox that day. Gary Schandling.. Not sure..Stuff was pretty funny but he was disturbing. He was barely moving his mouth which made me feel like he was being worked by a puppeteer or right before he went on he suffered a minor stroke. His material was pretty good and made an effort to stay Emmy Topical meaning as things happened in the show he must have had writers updating his material. Al Pacino could have used someone. His acceptance was horrible as he rambled on and on. And how sad it is a man making no sense is allotted 5 mins to talk while others had the symphony come in after 30 seconds. Now I know he made the Godfather and countless other films but should he be treated any differently then the other stars?? Pompous ASS of the night Billy Crystal... Just remember you were once a comedian and get a sense of humor again. Biggest mistake of the night. Drea DeMateo winning over Stockard Channing or Jannelle Maloney from West Wing. Jannelle is such a talent and is always overlooked. I will come back to this blog later
Monday, September 20, 2004
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Seaner Blog and the TV Ridiculous
To say I am a big fan of TV is an understatement. For many many years I thought I actually was the middle child in a family of 6 where my three sisters were from my father's second marriage. Thank God Alice our maid was around to set me straight. My memories of TV are fond and many, and I love the commercials as much as the shows when done well. With the exception of the CBS line up, shows I watch become top rated. Which brings me to my TV Blog observation of the week. There is a new TV show coming on in October called LOST. I have seen more trailers for it then I did Gigli when it was coming out. As I watch the fast paced explosions and planes tearing apart and tensions rising between the planed wrecked individuals I realized how TV is trying to play games with me. I have flown in planes to many places. Each time I hop on the plane I pray to the air spirits to send some hot chics on to the plane. Each time the spirits deny me and my hours are spent looking out the window, reading a magazine, and trying not to interact with the person besides me. Now I have not watched the show but either the plane was chartered by the Ford Modeling Agency or all the ugly people fell off the back of the plane as it ripped apart. So the people who survive are hotties. An island of shipwrecked hotties. Who would not give every dime they own to be there. Now I know there will be at least one token ugly person or two tops.. They will either be sacrificed and eaten when the hotties run out of food or will be made over using some poi compound or extract from the rare ghost orchid as makeup.
Saturday, September 11, 2004
September 11, 2004
Today, I thought I would post something I wrote on the CNN website on New Years Eve 2001. This is and will always remain a sacred day for me.
Three years later we have been shown that this day could have been averted if politicians truly cared about their constituents. 3 years later and this current administration has done nothing to make us safer, but everything to block the truth from coming out.
Following is my post:
I used to work with Cruzie, as he was known at 5 Plaza at Prudential in Newark and would see him most everyday. Since I knew people that he knew, we would bump into each other from time to time at various work functions and at a local place in Newark known as Bellos which we went to after work to celebrate work and social events. Being in the city on September 11, 2001, I like most called out to friends and family to let them know that I was not in harms way, and then began to try and place calls to find out the status of my friends that I knew worked in the towers. All that I knew closely had made it out. I did not know that Cruzie worked on the 101st floor until a few weeks later. My thoughts and prayers go out to Cruzie and all that knew him. He was warm and personable. After reading the profile, my heart goes out to Susan his fiancée of two weeks. I hope you find some bit of closure in this abyss of senselessness. My thoughts are also with all who are spending this holiday alone since people they love are dead or missing. . I know that the huge void left by the missing towers could never compare to the void that must be missing from their lives. My thoughts are also turned to the thousands that have picked up arms to prevent this horrible act from occurring again and the days, months, years, and lifetimes that they may be separated from family and friends.I hate killing things and I hate things being killed. I hate war, and the death, destruction, and starvation which result. I am very conflicted as a result of September 11, 2001.What I do know is that September 11, 2001 will never leave me. The loss to the world was devastating and it is impossible to make any sense out of that kind of violence. As I told my nephew , as we looked upon ground zero on December 24th , 2001, unless you have been to the top of the towers, you will never begin to understand the terror that each of the 3,000 people that perished in those buildings must have faced and the pain that their families must feel knowing that they were forced to face that terror.It saddens me that all around this world, countries are attacked by terrorism, humans are killed for no reason , and that many live in fear, that another attack is an everyday reality. This is not a world I have lived in until September 11, 2001. This is not a world that I wish to live in. I do not wish it for any country or any person even though I may not agree with what they believe. I consider myself a citizen of earth. I hope that someday the things I believe in reach every corner of the earth. As Albert Schweitzer said “Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” I dream of peace for all of the world, and for all mankind. I have shed many tears, and had many sleepless nights since September 11, 2001. I cry when I see the fatherless children, widowed wives, holding babies which will never know their father but will always remember the date Sept 11th. The girlfriends,boyfriends, the friends whose lives have changed We went to work in the warmth of a late summer thinking how blessed we were. We were so wrong.
Three years later we have been shown that this day could have been averted if politicians truly cared about their constituents. 3 years later and this current administration has done nothing to make us safer, but everything to block the truth from coming out.
Following is my post:
I used to work with Cruzie, as he was known at 5 Plaza at Prudential in Newark and would see him most everyday. Since I knew people that he knew, we would bump into each other from time to time at various work functions and at a local place in Newark known as Bellos which we went to after work to celebrate work and social events. Being in the city on September 11, 2001, I like most called out to friends and family to let them know that I was not in harms way, and then began to try and place calls to find out the status of my friends that I knew worked in the towers. All that I knew closely had made it out. I did not know that Cruzie worked on the 101st floor until a few weeks later. My thoughts and prayers go out to Cruzie and all that knew him. He was warm and personable. After reading the profile, my heart goes out to Susan his fiancée of two weeks. I hope you find some bit of closure in this abyss of senselessness. My thoughts are also with all who are spending this holiday alone since people they love are dead or missing. . I know that the huge void left by the missing towers could never compare to the void that must be missing from their lives. My thoughts are also turned to the thousands that have picked up arms to prevent this horrible act from occurring again and the days, months, years, and lifetimes that they may be separated from family and friends.I hate killing things and I hate things being killed. I hate war, and the death, destruction, and starvation which result. I am very conflicted as a result of September 11, 2001.What I do know is that September 11, 2001 will never leave me. The loss to the world was devastating and it is impossible to make any sense out of that kind of violence. As I told my nephew , as we looked upon ground zero on December 24th , 2001, unless you have been to the top of the towers, you will never begin to understand the terror that each of the 3,000 people that perished in those buildings must have faced and the pain that their families must feel knowing that they were forced to face that terror.It saddens me that all around this world, countries are attacked by terrorism, humans are killed for no reason , and that many live in fear, that another attack is an everyday reality. This is not a world I have lived in until September 11, 2001. This is not a world that I wish to live in. I do not wish it for any country or any person even though I may not agree with what they believe. I consider myself a citizen of earth. I hope that someday the things I believe in reach every corner of the earth. As Albert Schweitzer said “Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” I dream of peace for all of the world, and for all mankind. I have shed many tears, and had many sleepless nights since September 11, 2001. I cry when I see the fatherless children, widowed wives, holding babies which will never know their father but will always remember the date Sept 11th. The girlfriends,boyfriends, the friends whose lives have changed We went to work in the warmth of a late summer thinking how blessed we were. We were so wrong.
Friday, September 10, 2004
Another Friday Night
Not much going on tonight. Came home from work, had some dinner and turned on the TV. My buddy Bob called tonight to let me know that he was stuck in traffic due to an accident on the highway. By the sounds of it some poor soul is dead on the highway. So I settled in and began to watch the 9 11 commission report again on PBS. I have always been an independent voter and proud that I am never really swayed by the two party system. However, this year I am forced to vote a party line. As much as I love throwing away my vote on Ross and Ralph, I am forced this year by this administration to vote for Kerry. I could go into great lengths about how smug and arrogant this administration is but I just don't feel like it anymore. Thomas Jefferson once wrote that the duty of Government is three things. Protect the borders, deliver the mail, and stay out of the lives of its citizens. Bush only accomplished one during his term and really had not much to do with that. He had his chance and on the coat tails of 9 11 sympathy chose to slam through a radical right wing agenda rather than help a nation truly heal. He chose to cover up and lie about everything. I threw a link up for you to read from the Suntimes.
Anyway, to close out the day and prepare for tomorrow's remembrance, I have the following thoughts. Don't download the XP service patch 2. It screws everything up
Anyway, to close out the day and prepare for tomorrow's remembrance, I have the following thoughts. Don't download the XP service patch 2. It screws everything up
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Day One of my Blog
Today I have started to keep a Blog since I am such a hip guy. I am not sure what this blog will talk about or talk to. I will end this here and send it to the website to see how it looks.
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