ok, so this morning i decided to dust off one of my old tracy/hepburn video tapes and watched pat and mike.  i'm a katharine hepburn fan bordering on obsessive.  the woman's work is absolutely amazing.  when you watch her first film (morning glory) and then watch later films you can see how much she progressed and how talented she really was.  and this film is no exception because in it her character is a PE teacher who turns pro.  and hepburn does all of the sports scenes with the pros herself (she was a jr olympic ice skater and very accomplished tennis player and golfer).  watching her play with the pros in these scenes will blow you away.

but the thing is that no matter how great hepburn is there is still spencer tracy who, in my opinion, is the greatest actor in american film history. his performances are so complicatedly simplistic.  he just "is" the character.  he's so natural in his performances yet nothing is lost (*cough*brando's mumbling through several roles*cough*).  he understands his job is a performance that we can see and hear.  the best thing about tracy's performances is that you cannot mimic them.  you see current performers and comedians do all sorts of takes on the greats but you will never see a take on tracy because no one can pull it off.

 

typical syrupy disney fair about a young girl who comes to live with the father who never knew she existed. completely predictable with your standard disney ending. but...it was cute! daughter meets father, father takes in daughter, daughter's lying about mom's location, daughter causes upheaval in father's life, father hurts daughter's feelings and makes it up by enrolling her in a great ballet school. father ends up taking part in the ballet recital (the rock in man tights is a lovely sight). daughter leaves father thinking it is for the best. and yet, they still end up living happily ever after.


like i said, typical disney fair. you'll laugh, you'll smile, you'll go "awe."

well this is my last entry for 2007. i'll be adding to it between now and midnight.

i want to thank all of you for your love and support this past year. you guys are absolutely the best.

now onto the update stuff.. 











and finally...i want my anya back!

happy new year everyone!

stolen from bev

Your Celebrity Boob Twin:

Anna Nicole Smith

Man Fired for Stopping Shoplifter

my oldest nephew is a trip.  he's extremely smart and has a very dry wit beyond his years.  he is one of those people who, when they laugh, laughs with his whole body.  truly a joy.

a little history first...since he has my sense of humor he's very fond of pranks.  he loves to pull pranks.  on the last day of school last spring i went by on my way to work.  he was pacing the house shaking a can of ginger ale in order to "prepare for the day."  the soda was for his teacher (btw, she got him with a cream pie to the face the same day).  last christmas he wrapped my small ornament in a large box inside a larger box and wrapped it with a full roll of duct tape.  

fast forward to this christmas...i thought i'd pay him back and wrap his gift in a lot of duct tape.  no biggie.  he laughed when he saw the package and just set it under the tree.  he was playing santa and he gave me my gift from him first.  the gift was wrapped in a long, large box.  i opened it and it was filled with newspapers that has been crumpled up.  i thought it would be another small gift.  i began going thru the newspapers one by one, never finding anything.  he kept chiming in to be careful and not tear up my gift.  so i finally get to the last newspaper and find NOTHING!  i look at him and give him a "haha," thinking he gave me nothing.  but no, not this kid.  he had wrapped an air guitar for me!

how the hell am i going to top this?

merry christmas everyone.  i hope you all wake up with everything you wanted.  i know i will.