Monday, March 11, 2019

Monday Motivation

Reflection
Michael Shinafelt
Slay Kings & Queens it's Monday Motivation time! Today I am in a quandary as to what it is that will jump start me, myself and I. Any input is welcome, really any, I am open and ready.

I guess I'm going have to look at the man in the mirror and go deep on my quest. Evolving is the best option this week, now I need a plan of action, or perhaps I should simply do what I usually do...wing it!

Thus my motivation for this Monday March 11, 2019 is self care. Check in with myself and figure out what's going on internally, since clearly I have the external nailed. The Monday Motivation word is: Reflection

Not that I am in a bad place mind you, I simply need some fine tuning. We all need to be mindful of ourselves 

So, if you'll excuse me I've got some maintenance to do...Ciao! 

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Sunday, March 10, 2019

It's Sunday, Time For Some Law & Order

Baby It's Cold Outside
Mariska Hargitay
Now in it's 20th Season Law &Order: SVU is one of those shows that has endured many changes, most notably the moving on of series lead and all around stud Christopher Meloni and other rotating cast members.

The one thing that has always remained is Mariska Hargitay who portrays Detective Olivia Benson. She is the shows heart and soul. It has been a treat to watch Hargitay grow and evolve into the role she was clearly meant to play.

"Yes" that's correct minions, over the years the character of Benson has evolved as she has experienced more and gotten older. Thus Harigtay's portrayal of her has too, she has really grown into the character and inhabits her with a completeness few actors ever achieve. Here she is above freezing her tooshie off in NYC this past Thursday shooting more episodes for the current twentieth season.

Which brings me to Sunday, lazy Sunday. Since I am home writing on most Sundays there is always an SVU marathon on USA, "Yep" you guessed it, not only am I tuned in to the current season I watch the repeats with relish, no mustard (LOL).

All kidding aside it does not matter how many times I have seen an SVU episode it never gets old to me, and that's the honest truth peeps.

Mic Drop!

Law & Order: SVU on Rotten Tomatoes -
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/law_and_order_special_victims_unit/s20

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Just Because...Show Some Love

Kissing Strangers?
America Ferrera & Judith Light
Just Because it's what the world needs now, why don't we all show some love to each other. "Yes" that's correct reach out and touch somebody's _____ fill in the blank, Just Because...

Bear witness to America Ferrera showing love to Judith Light at Superstore For Your Consideration Press Line in Hollywood.

What brought on this random act of affection? No one knows but when America crossed paths with Judith she decided to show some love to her. It doesn't really matter why. It's the act and thought that counts.

So get out there and show some love today to someone. "No" you don't have to kiss them like America there are plenty of other ways to do so. 

Jut do it! I know you have it in you!!!

America on IG -
https://www.instagram.com/americaferrera/?hl=en

Judith on Twitter -
https://twitter.com/JudithLight  

Friday, March 8, 2019

Film Buff Friday: Teen Movie Hell


Go Teen, Or Go Home!!!

Born in the drive-in theater backseats of the 1970s, the demonic visions of Teen Movie Hell  fueled the VCR, cable TV, and shopping mall multiplex booms of the 1980s before collapsing in the 1990s in a pixelated pile of cable dissipation and Internet indulgences. Between George Lucas's American Graffiti in 1973 and Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused twenty years later, lust-driven laugh riots on the order of Animal House, Porky's, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and Revenge of the Nerds boomed at the box office and conquered pop culture by celebrating adolescent misbehavior run amok.

Puberty-powered comedy classics including Meatballs, Caddyshack, Valley Girl, and The Last American Virgin fused hormonal overloads with anti-authority abandon and below-the-belt slapstick to create a genre that also unleashed the anarchic, sex-mad likes of The Swinging Cheerleaders, H.O.T.S., Hardbodies, Private School, Joysticks, Spring Break, and Zapped! as well as the mainstream variations Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Pretty in Pink.

In more than 350 reviews, all-seeing author Mike "McBeardo" McPadden (Heavy Metal Movies) passes righteous judgment over the entire genre, one boobs-and-boner opus at a time. The book also features contributions by Eddie Deezen (Grease, Midnight Madness, Zapped!), Kat Ellinger (Diabolique), Wendy McClure (The Wilder Life), Katie Rife (The Onion AV Club), Samm Deighan (Diabolique), and Kier-La Janisse (House of Psychotic Women), plus guest reviews by Lisa Carver (Rollerderby), Heather Drain (Video Watchdog), Christina Ward (Feral House), Rachel McPadden, and Liz Mason (Quimby's).

Tap the keg, tailor your toga, and belly flop hard into the exploitation inferno of bikinis beaches, locker rooms, summer camps, study halls, wayward teachers, cool camp counselors, wet-T-shirts, custom vans, sexy ESP, shower peepholes, and other overlooked penal code violations!

For more photos and info, and to pre-order, go  

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Michael's Musings

Totally Different Head
Michael Shinafelt
Happy March minions! You know what, I sort of kind of dig the month of March, for one thing it's the return of Daylight Savings Time. But mainly because of it's name - March.

March into the future, March with confidence and of course March to the beat of your own drummer.

So let's March on shall we and kick off the month by Marching to the beat of our own drummer with this quote as our mantra:

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

R.I.P. Luke Perry aka Dylan McKay

Happy Thursday from Satan's Laughing Camel

BTW I make fresh goat cheese and help people find love

Yeah, whatever, I am prepared for that eventuality 

Does your cat vomit?

Team Vanderpump!

I can convince small children that I am a witch 

Nothing like a good ______ you know you want one....

My favorite Bitches are back! The Real Housewives of New York City 

Today is National Cereal Day - do what your Rice Krispies tell you to

Wake up and smell the drill bits!

Sorry to hear the news about Alex Trebek

"Somewhere beyond right and wrong there is a garden. I will meet you there." - Rumi

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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Cruel Tuesday

Cruel Intention
Sarah Michelle Gellar

Kathryn Merteuil: Unfortunately, our Don Juan is moving with the speed of a Special Olympics hurdler.

One of my favorite movies of the 90's is Cruel Intentions. It is based on Les Liaisons dangereuses. It captured mean teens unlike anything around at the time and it became a hit and an enduring classic.

Whilst hitting the WWW this ayem I came across a piece featuring factoids about the movie, ya know, behind the scenes stuff.

Today's Cruel Tuesday fact is about the film's star Sarah Michelle Gellar - source E!Online.

One of Hollywood's hottest blondes thanks to her star-making turn as Buffy Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gellar wanted to separate herself from the popular WB series when it came to the seductive and devious Kathryn. 

"That was Sarah's thing: 'I don't want to look like Buffy'" Kumble recalled. 
But it was more than just the hair change that helped Gellar, who grew up on the Upper East Side herself, deliver such a stellar performance, as she really was able to embrace the debauchery of the character without wanting to make her sympathetic. 
"We had long talks about her history. Roger used to always say, ‘Don't you think that she was abused?'" she told Premiere magazine in 1999. "And I'd say, 'No, I think she had a perfect upbringing. I think her mother adored her and her father sent her amazing gifts. She just wanted more."

Looking back on the experience, Gellar revealed to The Huffington Post that Cruel Intentions was one of her two "best film experiences," explaining, "We just knew we were making something that was so different and we were all so passionate and so excited. And we were all friends! It was just such a great time making that and letting it go as far as it did."

There was one aspect of playing the "Marcia f--king Brady of the Upper East Side" that Gellar did not love: "Although, the ground-up chamomile, the substitute I used for coke was not fun. I have allergies and since chamomile is kind of pollen-like, my nose and throat had it rough for a while."

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