Michael's Musings

 

Don't Point That Thing At Me Unless You Plan To Shoot
Michael Shinafelt

"You won't escape alive

Of what's become your life
Stop crying like a child
You got what you want!" - Harder You Get, Scissor Sisters

Do you give "Good Vibes?" Asking for a friend...

FYI I have resting "F#ck That" face, you???

Rest In Power Dolly Parton you were loved by everyone

Funny how voter fraud was never a real crisis for 250 years, until a fraud became president

A man tried to yell at me today but I'm Gen-X and the eldest son, so now he's crying in his wittle car in the parking lot, that's all

Pennywise and Frank-N-Furter have left the building RIP Tim Curry

That's interesting...think about it, but not too much

"Find our who you are and do it on purpose" - Dolly Parton 

Woman Crush of the Week - Leah Remini joining The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for the upcoming season, she's exactly what the show needs!

Indulged myself in a gin martini and some calamari at Found Oyster last night, delicious! The more you know...

Worst thing about a heat wave other than the obvious? When you have your A/C on full blast and feels like it's not helping any

"I don't fear death, I try to avoid it, as I think we all do" - Tim Curry

It's hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place.

You know the saying "Be the change you want to see in the world?" do that even more

Be the change with me here -

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

https://bsky.app/profile/michaelshinafelt.bsky.social

https://www.tiktok.com/@michaelshinafelt    

Hump Day & Chill

The Shards
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Igby Rigney, Hayes Warner, Kaia Gerber & Homer Gere

It's Wednesday again aka Hump Day & Chill aka Shards Night!

"Yes" Minions Shards Night! You know that Ryan Murphy limited series based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel streaming Hulu and Disney+ and airing every Hump Day & Chill until it's completion on FX.

That's The Shards I am referring to.  

I for one am thoroughly enjoying it. Hey what's not to like? 

With an engaging attractive cast, an edgy storyline, decadence, it being set in the 80's and my personal favorite a pitch black sense of humor, who wouldn't be all in?!

Not to mention I am a connoisseur of Bret Easton Ellis' work. American Psycho and Less Then Zero anyone???

Guess how I am going to Hump Day & Chill this evening?

Really Rhonda???

The Shards on the WWW -

https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-shards    

"Pussy Galore"

Honor Blackman

"I was convinced it was absolutely me." She also noted that because the role required judo skills and she was already hot property from starring in The Avengers, "it seemed dead right that I should play Pussy." - Honor Blackman on landing the role of Pussy Galore in Goldfinger

Honor Blackman will forever be known as "Pussy Galore" straight outta the James Bond movie Goldfinger. 

She wasn't really put off by the characters name in fact when she was touring the states to promote the film journalists would often say to her: How do you feel playing a character with this name, don't you find it distasteful???

They were told not to say the name at all while interviewing her. Thus she delighted in intentionally dropping the character's name into interviews to embarrass straight faced or nervous reporters. 

"Pussy Galore" indeed!

Honor Blackman on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_Blackman

Carpe Diem

Harry Hamlin & Medusa's Head
in
"Clash of the Titans"

Today's Secret Phrase is: Carpe Diem when translated from it's Latin origin means: Seize The Day!

Thus you are hereby enlisted to live today fully in the present moment, enjoying what is and not wasting time worrying about an uncertain future. Got it???

OK Minions you know the assignment, get on it!!! 

Carpe Diem in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary -

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carpe%20diem   

Gutters

John Stamos recently turned 63, and to celebrate he took a shirtless selfie (above) and posted it to his Instagram, naturally.

I for one would not mind filling those gutters, how about you???

Think about it, but not too much...

John on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/johnstamos/   

I'm Warning You!

It's the weekend and I'm warning you...

Beware The Giraffe Of Doom!

That's all, have a nice day 😁 

Giraffe on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe  

The Crying Game

Stephen Rea & Jaye Davidson
"The Crying Game"

"I know all there is to know about the crying game

I've had my share of the crying game
First there are kisses (Kisses)
Then there are sighs (So sad)
And then, before you know where you are
You're sayin' goodbye" - The Crying Game, Boy George 

Being an independent cinema goer I attended opening weekend of The Crying Game in a theatre completely unaware of the plot twist.

Was I caught off guard? "Yes" I believe my internal reaction at the time was that of shock and awe. 

I believe it is time for me to revisit this film at some point and reassess what my take is on it today. 

TGIF! 

The Crying Game on Rotten Tomatoes -

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crying_game