Archive for April, 2002

Apr 03 2002

Cute

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The Friday Five last week on celebrity reminded me that I also met Matt Dillon years ago and forgot to include it in my earlier entry on brushes with fame. A friend of mine happened to manage the hotel where Matt Dillon was filming “The Big Town”, and he knew I had a crush on Matt Dillon, so he invited me to come by and meet him.

At this time, I was far from the only one who had a crush on Matt Dillon, and apparently female fans were a bit of a problem. Also Dillon got a reputation for being rude and not signing autographs, etc., but all I can say is, he was very nice to me and kissed my cheek! Oooh.

I still think Matt Dillon’s cute, after all these years. And it got me to thinking of who else I think is cute. I seem to be feeling list-y these days (is that the opposite of listless?). So here goes, in no particular order:

Matthew Fox, of the late lamented Party of Five, and Jeremy London, ditto (he must have a huge following); Will Smith; Joshua Jackson ; Eric Stoltz ; Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown on CSI and formerly Jack Van Adams on Soul Food); Jared Leto, of the also late, lamented My So-Called Life (am I the kiss of death for TV shows?) and the brilliant movie Fight Club; Michael DeLorenzo of the great and underappreciated Resurrection Boulevard (the Santiagos must be the best-looking and least-watched family on television; Kerr Smith; Johnnie Depp; and James Marsters.

I seem to be feeling link-y, too.

So what do you think? Agree? Disagree? Appalled by my bad taste and/or the political incorrectness of my listing these gentlemen as if they were objects? Or is it perfectly OK since I’m a girl and we’ve been objectified by men for years, and it’s really more of a strike for feminism? Back atcha, guys!

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Apr 02 2002

65 Things About Me

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In the spirit of the “100 Things About Me”s I have been seeing around lately, I’ve added Suzy factettes to my bio page. I could only come up with 65 of them, so I must be slightly more than half as interesting as everyone else. Check it out and see if there are any surprises. I bet there are.

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Apr 01 2002

Love & loss

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OK, I was too obsessed with the distant past to remember to thank the inimitable Candi for installing the newest version of MT for us, rescuing us from the vagaries and caprices of Greymatter, and moving everything over to a new and better world, fixing problems on the way. So a belated but nonetheless heartfelt thanks to Candi, who is a true and generous friend, and totally fooled me with her April Fool’s prank, despite the fact that I definitely should have known better.

Candi also told me of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s passing on Saturday. I’m thankful that this grand old lady — in every sense of the word — died painlessly in her sleep without fear and without suffering the indignities that so often accompany old age. But with her goes a connection to the glorious past, since she was born when Queen Victoria, the Old Queen, was still on the throne and England still had her Empire.

Things have changed greatly in the century she witnessed, but she never lost her qualities of courage, dignity and duty, and we are the poorer for losing her. My heart aches for the Queen, who not only buried her baby sister 50 years to the day after her father in the same chapel this past February, but two months later is burying her mother. The Queen is alone now, the only one left of “Us Four”, as her father called their little family. I hope she finds the courage and peace she needs now, and in the months to come.

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