From coolenm@yahoo.com Tue Jun 1 14:29:38 2004 Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 14:43:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike To: Jeremiah Smith Subject: Fwd: The Weekly Wash & Rub Down Issue# 12 --- Jeff Comeau wrote: > From: "Jeff Comeau" > To: mundial@hotmail.com, dja6@bu.edu, > acropolisow@hotmail.com, vento1@hotmail.com, > mtn28@hotmail.com, coolenm@yahoo.com, > shemsah@aol.com, megjahns@hotmail.com, > mikedbrown78@hotmail.com, hmjohn@bu.edu, > jadexter@wellington.com, bina914@aol.com, > krea9794@postoffice.uri.edu, mcoolen@RFMD.com > Subject: The Weekly Wash & Rub Down Issue# 12 > Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 23:56:04 > > Editor's Comment: Here we go again. The Weekly is > back Bitches. The > summer started off in chaos and has slowly brought > focus. This week is by > Miss Jahns and i have Heather's on file ready to go > out. The list of 'who's > next?' is somewhere but not here. So someone, > probably Brian, has to step > up and do one for not next week but the week after, > two weeks. > > Enjoy. > > > > > MOVIE QUOTE: > from one of my childhood heroes and a real female > role model: > "Somebody get this big walking carpet out of my > way!" > > > MOVIES TO SEE: > these are my all time faves - The Princess Bride, > Star Wars Trilogy, > Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Legend, The Fifth Element, > Drop Dead > Gorgeous, Where the Heart Is, Heathers, Toys, French > Kiss, The > Sandlot > > > MOVIES TO MISS: > i really did not enjoy Holy Smoke starring Kate > Winslet and Harvey > Keitel, nor did i like The General's Daughter, > though it had a good > message about rape > > > TV QUOTE: > "You're endangering MY life. Just thought I'd return > the favor." > - anti-smoking campaign commercial > > > TV TO SEE: > i sincerely support all the programs suggested in > issue #11, but as > i don't have the luxury of cable, my picks are > Friends and Will and > Grace. > > > TV TO MISS: > any court t.v. programs or those horrible > caught-it-on-home- video > disaster and accident shows > > > LITERATURE QUOTE: > from the play "Extremities" by William Mastrosimone: > "Police. Charges. Arraignment. Lawyers. Money. Time. > Judge. > Jury. Proof. His word against mine. Defendant's > attorney - a > three-piece button down summa cum laude fresh from > Harvard fuck-off: > Did my client rape you? No. Assault you? Yes. How? > With a > pillow. Did you resist? Yes. Evidence? None. > Winesses? None. > Did you tie him up? beat him? lock him in a > fireplace? Six months > for me and that animal goes free. And if I survive > being locked up, > then what do i do? Come home and lock myself up. > Chainlock, > boltlock, deadlock. And wait for him. Hear him in > every creak of > wood, every mouse in the wall, every twig tapping on > the window. > Start from sleep, 4 A.M. see something at the foot > of my bed. Eyes > black holes. Skin speckled gray like a slug. Hit the > lights. He's > not there. This time. So then what do I do? Wait for > him? Of > move three thousand miles, change my name, unlist my > phone, get a > dog? I don't want to taste my vomit every time the > doorbell rings. > I don't want to flinch whenever a man touches me. I > won't wear a > goddamn whistle. I want to live my life. He's never > leaving this > house." > > > BOOKS TO PICK UP: > despite all of the hype, Angela's Ashes and its > companion, 'Tis, by > Frank McCourt are actually very good books. Also, if > you're feeling > nostalgic for your childhood and want an easy read, > check out > Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time and the 3 > companions to it. I > had forgotten how good they are. > > > BOOKS TO BURN: > none. everyone has the right to write. burning books > is a form of > censorship and only serves to squelch creativity and > expression. if > something offends you, don't read it, unless of > course you have to > for a class, in which case you should suck it up and > try to learn > something, even if what you learn only ends up being > that you don't > like the book. > > > MUSIC QUOTE: > from "Swan Dive" on Ani DiFranco's albumn Little > Plastic Castle: > ". . . they can call me crazy if i fail / all the > chance that i need > / is one-in-a-million / and they can call me > brilliant / if i > succeed / gravity is nothing to me / i'm moving at > the speed of > sound / i'm just gonna get my feet wet / until i > drown . . ." > > > RADIOHEAD SONG: > okay, i'm not even going to attempt this one. just > ask brian if you > need a suggestion. > > > ALBUMS TO PICK UP: > the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon soundtrack is > really beautiful. > also, i'll suggest just about anything by Ani > DiFranco, though i > tend to like her older stuff better. if you're just > starting out on > her, get Living in Clip; it's a live in concert mix > of stuff off of > several of her albums and it pretty much rocks. > > > ALBUM TO BURN: > (see above rant on burning books) > > > COMPANIES TO ENDORSE: > any theatrical ventures,especially the ones put up > in out of the way > warehouses and renovated lofts, your local > independantly operated > restaurants, services and shops, Yoplait > > > COMPANIES TO BAN: > Tommy Hilfigger, Abercrombie and Fitch, any > ridiculously overpriced > fad driven label > > > I don't know if we're still doing the weekly rant > but I guess I > really don't have anything to rant about. no, I > guess that's not > true, I just don't feel like exerting the energy it > takes to rant. > if you really want one, email me and i'll try to > muster the energy. > :) -megs > > > "Know the true value of time; snatch, seize and > enjoy every moment > of it." > - Lord Chesterfield > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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