Ok... so here's what's going down:

Tomorrow (May 11) I'll be leaving for Kalkaska, MI to be a camp counselor at Camp Tanuga. I'll be up there until August 8.

That means I'll have no internet access for 3 months! (well, maybe on my day off each week if I can find a local library up there with internet connection.....)

this means I won't be able to talk to anyone on messengers or in forums. It also means I'm going to have to quit The Movie Mob! That sucks! My TV star days are over already just because the only job I could get is 6 hours away!

"Best of Friends" will be screening at the Mitten Movie Project on June 3! It will be at the Main Art Theater in Royal Oak, MI. You can get tickets for $8 from Myspace.com/mittenmovieproject (they'll be $10 at the door...).

I will find out on June 2 if "Best of Friends" is one of the top 15 films in The Doorpost Film Project. If it is, I'll try to let everyone know!

I'll be shooting a music video in June (during my days off) for a band called The Next Romantic. Check them out on myspace!

When I get back from camp in the fall, I might be teaching a filmmaking course or 2. I'll talk more about that once it's finalized.

IF ANYONE FINDS OUT ABOUT A FILM THAT I COULD WORK ON, CALL ME!

Other than that... I leave tomorrow morning. I need to go pack now! So, I guess this is goodbye until the middle of August!

Bye!
-Travis

What about the comic books? The guy that does the color art in the Superman comic books has an affinity for blue eyes as nearly every character he does has eyes of that color.

Obviously Brian Singer missed the boat during the auditions for the Superman Returns parts as blue eyes were nearly absent among the main actors.

Besides actor Routh(Superman) having brown eyes, so did his opposite Kevin Spacey (Lex Luthor) have brown eyes. Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane) had it half right - one blue eye, one hazel eye.

I agree with you on the acting - it was ok but not great and I found the plot to be a bit implausible. But eye color? Not a concern for me. Also much of the film was shot in dim light and eye color was not discernible.

It's been a long day, and Drew and I are going out for a bite and then to do gay sports (no, not that. I'm talking about dancing). I'm off tomorrow, and I don't plan on touching a computer, so it will be, at least, Monday, before we have some time together.

Have a Happy Mother's day, and I'll talk to youse guys sometime before the next show.

Have a care!
Da Bear

[To the Bravo Post,
Well as someone who understand the culinery world you have interviewed and reviewed every person you put on this show. Yet you want no responsibility for your actions. I thought the show we all watch was called Top Chef n ot cocky Chef. I respect the talents of the chefs on the show but wonder why anyone would ever put up with their attitudes. I come from Yountville, Ca which has 9 Mich. Stars within a mile and people like the Australian doesn't understand why no one like his dishes.Please for your next auditions go to the kitchens of Thomas Kellar, Sergi Arola,and Phillip Jeanty to find the real talent of kitchens. They understand they dont have the title or own a restaurant yet they will blow the cocky people like Andrew out of the water. In no way do I mean any disrepect by this e-mail but I am young and have experinced the best of the culinary world. Not that I am a world class judge if of chefs but I live in a culinary world that enjoys the meals of your celebrity chefs every night they are out. That should be the standard. Simple as that. The 1% of the world who really experince the culinary world would not only be disapointed as the judges are they would place the cocky ones in their place. Most the chefs are respectable but a few gentlemen really don't get it. They couldn't produce a michelin one star if their life depended on it. The show is fun but it makes the real top chefs of the world look like arrogant [expletive deleted].Pardon my french. Please understand I woundn't spend my time writing this letter if it didn't upset myself as well as my peer group.


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Uh... then fill out the application, get on the show, and show them how it's done, honey. I'm sure they would appreciate a chef of your caliber.

Hey...wasn't that the weirdest post ever...wonder why they felt compelled to add all the stuff about the off topic board...maybe someone who got pulled and is back?

LOL! Wouldn't be a bit shocked. Garsh... and I was feeling so cultured...

Adorable video! Wish you lots of luck,

Oh,poor doggy. I hate to hear hes suffering. Im just now catching up on reading so this may have been answered already but have you tried giving him an oatmeal bath or sprinkling cornstarch on him once hes dry?

My cat started losing her hair a few years ago and the vet couldnt figure out why. Long story short,she had been bitten by a flea and since her skin wasnt used to it,it had the severe reaction. He said just one or two fleabites on an animal thats never been bitten before could do it. We had to put hydrocortisone spray on her and in a few months,you couldnt tell she had ever had a problem.

I wish you and your doggy lots of luck.

They make belly band type things for animals in heat. Unless you want kitty to be rubbing you all over with her business,I suggest getting some.

My sister recently adopted a 9 month old pit bull,they found it in bad shape and took it to a local rescue,when its time ran out and nobody wanted it,my sister couldnt let him be put to sleep,and his name is Gonzo. They are having lots of trouble with potty training him so he walks around in a belly band with a Kotex in it. Its the funnist looking thing Ive ever seen but its made a huge difference and saved Gonzo from going back to the rescue.

LMAO,is that what your avatar is? I swear it looks like a pregnant sweater to me.

Mark wasnt from Australia.

I just think it was a failed attempt to reply to the opening BBB post on this thread without an understanding of how the Quote and Add Reply functions work. However, since I got snarked the last time I offered a tutorial, I'm not going there again.

Me too! All y'all enjoy your day, I'm being pampered by my guys. Much love
Jazz

Hey Shy,
I have been through this myself and I stopped giving my pooch the 'roids because they were just masking the problems and he was becoming resistant to them.
When you take a shower bring him with you. Get neutragina T-Gel and lather him up good. Then leave him there and take care of your self. The longer the suds are on him the better it works. After you get done rinse him off. Don't use a blow dryer, just try to towel him off then put his bedding in a sunny spot in the house. Second go to the petco and buy some food designed for a healty coat. I got my guy some Beniful Heathy radience with Salmon and Rice for his skin. Also get your hands on some medicated baby powder, I used gold bond baby power. I used that to take care of his problem areas. Also wash his bedding frequently.

Hope that helps and good luck witht he pooch!

Aw Jazzie that sounds so nice.
My son is working and we will go out
if I feel better later.

BUT..he just came home to bring me a salad and a few presents and I have to share this because seriously honestly without a doubt this is most delicious feeling....creamiest best smelling body wash I have ever had and I have had them ALL!!!
Cheap and not.




It's SO gawjus and the smell is to LIVE for.
My skin feel like a babies bottom no lie.
So creamy smooth...lol He got me two
bottles as it was on sale... I taught him well
I am seriously going to be taking a lot of showers and I do anyway(it's hot down here)
so..... hello big water bills.


Much love to you and those great guys you live with.

Today.......THEY bake the soda bread.

Although..................

Have I told you how much I love you lately? for loving the animals?

Wishing everyone a Happy Mother's Day. Hope your's is filled with good company, good food and happy times!!

Thanks Radys......Same to you and your family.
Will you see the kids at all???

Here's some stuff I found whilst
getting things for my other group and
I never knew the history of Mum's day
Interesting...Actually most sites have just the Amercian story..... but this link tell it all.

I almost had a stroke the other day.
I TRY very hard to NOT go in my son's room.
Well I did and it looked like the pic below and
worse and I was livid.
I can't take it and I can't seem to break it even with threats of you name it!!!!
He's doon' so well other wise.....but still.
Aggggggghhhhhhhhh.....No food stuff garbage....aggggghhhhhh







"Now I know why some species eat their
young" ~ Roseanne Barr

"I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them." ~ Phyllis Diller

"There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it." ~ Chinese Proverb

"It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him." ~ Helen Rowland

"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found." ~ Calvin Trillin

"A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after." ~ Peter De Vries

"It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge." ~ Phyllis Diller

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his." ~ Oscar Wilde

"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." ~ Tenneva Jordan

"You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back." ~William D. Tammeus.

"Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment to show that sleep is not necessary to human life." ~ Author Unknown

"Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease." ~ LisaAlther

"My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay." ~ KareemAbdul-Jabbar

"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." ~ Mark Twain

"My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it." ~ Buddy Hackett

Yes, children often give their mothers something to laugh about. Hopefully it makes up for the things their children will inevitably do to make them cry. This year celebrate the humorous side of Mother's Day with a few good laughs and share these funny quotes with your mom.

http://www.mothersdaycentral.com/about-mothersday/history/





Cute
http://www.flowgo.com/funny/12952_what-i-like-about-mom.html





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Have you tried a change in diet?... We had similar issues with both of our dogsuntil we switch from a corn based kibble to a lamb and rice kibble. The vet said that many dogs react to corn because it is too "hot" .... I am not sure what that means but all of the scratching stopped when we changed. Also make sure you are not having some form of insect problem (flea,, mite etc) ...they can drive dogs nuts.

Well we went to brunch (and you know I was a pain in the butt when I ordered) with my mother and father in law, my sisters in law and their familes and my daugher, son in law and youngest grandkidlet. So we covered 4 generations--which in this family can be pretty scary!! My sons are still in Texas but I got a call from each of them --- all in all a pretty good day. Maverick (my 5 year old grandson) made me a garden stone with his handprint, a tile mosaic of a butterfly and I heart U and I treasure it!!

Hope everyones Mothers Day was a good one. I got my mom a new footstool,I broke the old one,and a bag of Milky Way bars. This year,my brother took the prize for most creative gift. He picked up an old chamber pot at a yard sale and the owner swore it was unused(it had the writing from the store still on it) but after a very thorough washing,he took it to a flower shop and had a flower arrangement put in it. She loved it!


OK,heres a question,what is everyone doing with there Economic Stimulus checks? I used mine to pay off a credit card. Boring,I know,but I like pretty things and I love to shop online. Now I wont feel guilty when I buy another handbag!

Gary OLDMAN..... I don't know why
I always say Oldham.
I think 'cause of the other Oldmans.
I always thought I was wrong when I say say Oldman....Or sounds too much like Coleman????

OK everyone is asleep but I slept and lied
in bed all day to relieve the back pain
and now I'm up watching his clips on youtube which never even ocurred to me before to do.
And I wonder if you Bear...or anyone has/have
seen most of his movies??? True Romance??
OHMG that movie was horrid to watch but he was a miracle to watch.
The one where he played the country guy and then a midget?? Beethoven????
Immortal Beloved is probably my second all time favorite movie (I'll laugh for me)But its' WAY up there.

Can anyone think of any actor alive
now......who can even match him????
He's our Lon Chaney (BIG fan too)

I have never seen anything like him in
my life....Never....He morphs...He isn't human.
I am SUCH a fan!!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBTPeGzUew8&feature=related







http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198/

I pretty much both fell in love with him(and lust)...In dare I say it... ..."Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"... ...Tall, dark, handsom, and GAY, what's not to like...

HUH... ...!!!

Buh-bye now...

Hey Psh!!!!
The pixie has landed

Hope you didn't break anything.

Is he gay?????
You WISH PSH!!...I adored him in those also.

Here's another of Gary and I forgot to say he is a handsome bloke....What is it about Brit men??
Why are they such MEN???
Is it because they are just so comfortable
in their own skin????
Rugged as life is tougher over there??
In the DNA??.....Years of warring????
Feminism hasn't messed with their
lizard brains as much??
I don't know what it is but most Brit guys I know
are very manly men.
AND that does bother me at times as they are almost back wards in a way whenst
it comes to women.
IE ....Sean Connery saying a
woman needs a good slap every now and again
on Baba Wawha lol..Might be true but we can't be
doon' that.

Aside from that..I still think they are more rugged....They don't use helmets in rugby/football.
(I always get them all confused)
They think we are wusses.
Like Keira Knightly said to some effect

You whine to an American guy and you get an answer..A Brit guy says hush woman go have a Guinness...Yet they are not brutish for the most part..Tis an old world charm.
Oxymoronic...but I like both.

Psh.... Can you pour me a stiff one please???

Ouch!!!

Go ahead and say it


OHMG ....Don't watch bJ!!!
I think I went to heaven...no lie.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NynLP7mr1k&feature=related



Dumbfounded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyoeV5vugmE&feature=related

First I want to thank all of you who have responded to my plea for help regarding my doggy. BTW his name is Harley! My husband wanted one,but he wasn't expecting adog! We call him Harley Bear as when he was a puppy, some kid down in Gatlinburg said Hey mommy look at the bear. He does look like a small polar bear. Last Friday I called his vet once again to tell her he was getting worse so she called in some cefelexin and prescription strength benedryl. Gave him that and Friday & Saturday he seemed to be getting better. Sunday, I treated all his oozing sores with HP. Went to Mother's day breakfast and we we came back he had chewed off all his hair on his back and butt, just big tufts of it everywhere. I had one prednizone pill left (from my last asthma attack) and I gave it to him. He got better pretty fast. But I can't continue with those cause of his renal failure. I'm giving him fish oil pills. I had forgotton about the corn starch. So, I'm getting some of that today along with the shampoo. I've looked and can't find a flea on him. Sooo, I guess I'll give everything some time. I have a vet appt. Friday she wan'ted to wait till the medicine had some effect. I'll keep you posted. Thanks again for your concern.

For me it was Alex Winter. Especially after Haunted Summer. Big fat crush on Eric Stoltz from that one, too!

Aside from calling a Kiwi an Auzzie your missing the point. The point of this show isn't to further the public knowledge of top shelf cuisine and the chefs who create it. It's to make a good TV Show. We saw last season who a group of talented chefs who get along makes for some great food but some lousy TV.

As soon as the general public is more concerned with trimming a roast over trimming a fellow contestants hair your still going to get a steady stream of semi compitent chefs with a vareity of social maladies.

WAJ I just love reading your retorts. Even when I don't agree, but I do on this.

Yeah, that one had me scratching my head, as well.

My mother was in Baltimore to see Kenny Chesney Saturday night. She and my stepfather spent the night there, so we went up and took both our mothers to dinner that night. It was kind of odd to spend time with both our mothers, as they're very different people, but we had a good time, and that's all that matters.

I just wish the weather had been better, as it rained all freaking day. It was the first time that we had the blended family together at one time, though, and that was really good. They've spoken, and have spent minutes together, but it was really special to have the women we both love, in one place, at the same time.

Overall, it was a really good day, and I think it began a tradition of having everyone together at the same time. At the end of the day I heaved a huge sigh of relief, cause you never really know how these things will go until you do them once.

I actually got a present which is a complete rarity. Plus, Colio have me a coupon book. Clean my room w/o being asked (lolololol). Most of the were preprinted. His hand written one said "Leave you alone". I guess for my Gloria Swanson moments. Ain't that sweet?

How sweet!! Hang on to the hand written one--you may actually get to redeem that one. Being the sneaky mom I am I would pencil in at the bottom--*renewable once a month*.

Or never expires.
I need one that states mom gets to choose who sits behind her in the van on any given date. That is the one thing they fight about that I totally do not get. WTH does it matter?

Never understood that one myself. I used to tell the youngest two that they could hang onto the car door handles and run along side the car. It was a battle every day and I mean battle!!

Yes!!! A BATTLE. That and the left as opposed to the right matching recliner in the living room. I guarantee you I never drove my mother crazy with that kind of thing.

Ah to be so young and carefree---the biggest issue in life is where to park your butt!!

Our moms never put up with that kind of stuff.

As odd as it might sound....I'll keep your Harley Bear in my thoughts and prayers! I've a cat with much Maine C-oone in her, and she is allergic to fleas. Even though our cats are indoor cats, it just takes one flea bite to set her off. I know how frustrating it is when your pet hurts and, despite your best efforts you can't relieve the pain. Keep us posted, please?
Jazzie

You might like this one---my kids would like to argue in the grocery store over what cereal (like they really had any choice anyway). I would look up and say *I really wish you kids would find your mom.* I'd look around and remark to my fellow shoppers *Don't you just hate it when people let their kids run wild* My kids would be---Mom Mom you know you are our mom!!! And I'd tell them--you resemble my children but you must be the evil twins because my children would never behave they way you are behaving!

Plus....if we argued about where to park our butt, Mom would have parked it FOR us, and probably not in the living room in front of the TV LOL!

Oh Jazzie, you got that right!!

When I was growing up two phrases that never ever came out of our mouths were *I'm bored* and "There's nothing to do*. All of a sudden you'd be washing baseboards all day!!!

Thanks Jazzie, I appreciate it. I just love your sig. Reminds me of an old boyfriend who I just can't forget, but should. Love the Elton & KiKi Dee.

Reminds me of the best "momism" of my growing up days:

Mom: What are you doing in there?
Kid: Nothing.
Mom: Well, then get in here and help me with (insert chore) since you have absolutely NOTHING to do!

Love it when I can turn it around and pull it on my kidlet....he's sharp though. He usually says "I'm in the middle of (insert something homework related) right now on the computer." If he wasn't pulling good grades, I'd so call him on it LOL!

I like Alex, too...Eric's, ok...But I've seen him naked...He was "cheated"... ...

Good grades---top priority!! I always told my kids that was their job.

OMG, I went off my budget so. Running errands as usual on my lunch hour. Alaskan Jumbo King Crab on sale!!!!!!!!!! Chuckles going to New Yawk Thursday, so I am splurging for me and Jackie. Colio likes popcorn shrimp. He's a cheap date. I can see Jackie's shiny slurpy chin already. He's gonna be in hog heaven. Shhh. Don't tell Chuckles.

Me too Rady. That's what I tell them (well Jackie, anyway). That's your job big guy. Colio is a freak like I was. Looks forward to school. Must've been dropped on my head a couple of times.

Why is Chuckles going to NY???
WOW!!!I'm so jealous.
I can hook him with some of my family.
My brother the firemen would take good care
of him and we could get reports.


I have to tell you what
Psh just did......He calls me to tell me he can't
really tawk like Maludi does.
They both do all the time...Well gee thanks for telling me the teases.

He's on his way to work....So I say ok real quick...So I tell him about my crush
and why....I like the guy...'Cause he's so manly and he's kinda' distant
(so different than me) and he's so cool and he's got this kinda' rough manly edge and he's no nonsense and so manly..... and Psh says

Yeah a guy who will give you a good SLAP
every now and then.

I was laughing
so hard my stomach and back hurts.
Because he's got this little lisp that makes it all so much cuter He is such a pixle that one.
He flits on by....Magical.....Sigh.
He says everyone at works loves
him..........................Well YEAH!!!!!