School Year Has Started

So, a new semester has started and I have a very busy schedule. I am taking 18 credits, which consists of 6 classes, 4 of which are journalism and 2 are LGBT Studies. Insane right? It only gets worse. One of the journalism classes requires me to go out into the real world to write some stupid ass stories for class, they'll never get published, and they'll never even have a chance at getting published oh and on top of that, I have to get 10 articles published. That's still not all. On top of all of this, I am working at least 10 hours a week, not counting the hour I "volunteer" for, basically just me being in the office helping out and not getting paid for it. Plus I have a two hour commute, one way, that costs me $8 a day. I'm an admin for a fan site that, let's just say needs a lot of help and I'm not able to do much about it, and I will most likely be helping out with a paper on campus just so I can get those 10 clips.

I repeat, insane right?

Anyway, I'm saying all this, not to make excuses to my past suckiness at updating, but to make excuses for my future suckiness. :0) I'm gonna try my best to update at least once a week. All my journalism classes take place in computer labs, and I typically get to them early enough that I can at least get a little work in on a post.

But considering how many days ago I actually started writing THIS entry, we'll see if that actually works.

Anyway, hope everyone had a good summer, I know mine was mostly busy with a few awesome moments, one of which I may blog about, or maybe not, we'll see.

Hope to be blogging again soon!

J School

Wednesday Hottie

How bad is it that I tend to update more often when I am out of town then when I am home now?

Anyway, I am on spring break and took a road trip down to good ole ATL (for those of you who don't know what that means, I'm in Atlanta, Georgia). My best friend decided she would get me hooked on a new obsession. That new obsession is known as The Beat Freaks.


Who are the Beat Freaks you ask? Well, they are a all-girl all-style dance crew from MTV's America's Best Dance Crew (yea, you know that channel that use to play music videos?).

Here is one of their best performances:


All the girls are pretty stunning, I mean, BGirl Shorty has red hair (and you all know how I feel about red hair), but I thought a blog about ALL the girls (there were seven on the show, but the whole crew is eight women) would just be WAY TOO LONG (especially since my BFF [best friend forever, but also Beat Freak Fan] said she'd help and she knows EVERYTHING about these girls). So, my friend texted me and informed me which girl should be this week's Wednesday Hottie.

So, without further ado, this week's Wednesday Hottie is ... Maryss from Paris.

Obviously from her name, Maryss is from Paris and she has an awesome accent. She also speaks several different languages, French (obviously), Spanish, Tagalog, and seemingly many others.

Maryss is a big fan of Michael Jackson. She has said that she would love to meet him, but according to her MySpace, "if I could choreograph and dance for him...that will do too."

The illusion routine was dedicated to Maryss's brother, who passed away three years ago after a car accident. She had promised him she would bring him to New York for his 18th bithday, but unfortunately, he did not make it. I was in tears just watching her talk about her brother.

Wednesday Hottie

Yes! I am back with Wednesday Hottie! Finally! So, I know its been forever since I've posted a Wednesday hottie, and I'm not even going to try to give an excuse as to why. I've spent the last twenty minutes trying to decide who I was going to make this years first Wednesday Hottie. I was looking at all the people who I've picked since I started this, and I realized I'm missing some serious people. It is now time to rectify that situation. This week's Hottie is ....

Jorja Fox
Jorja is an actress, producer, humanitarian, activist and environmentalist.

Best known for her role as Sara Sidle on CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigations, Jorja smiled her way into my heart with that cute little gap tooth smile. Sidle was not supposed to be a regular, but the audience seemed to like her. A lot of viewers complained about Sidle and her relationship with Grissom, but anyone who has had to suffer a crush on a person and felt like the feelings were not returned, well, they knew what she was going through.

Raised on a narrow barrier island, Jorja attended Holy trinity Episcopal Academy, Hoover Junior High in Indialantic, Florida, and later, Melbourne High School.

While growing up she took modeling classes, did some drama work in high school, and volunteered as a candy striper in a local hospital. At 16, Fox won a modeling contest at a local mall; midway through her senior year (1985) she left high school and moved back to her birthplace of New York to pursue an modeling career. During her time as a model, Jorja was roommates with Paula Ciccone, Madonna's younger sister. She took night classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Acting and also attended the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.

Jorja also stared on NBC's top-rated series ER as resident intern Dr. Maggie Doyle prior to her segue as Secret Service Agent Gina Toscano on Aaron Sorkin's Emmy Award-winning drama THE WEST WING. Additional credits include guest turns on LAW AND ORDER and the historic "coming out" episode of Ellen (she hits on Ellen's friend).



Her film credits include the independent features "Memento," "Tiara Tango" and "Down with the Joneses."

As the co-founder of Honeypot Productions, an independent avant garde theater company, she has mounted a number of plays, including Dear Bernard, which ran in LA in the summer of 2004. Jorja also writes for the troupe, including the play Loving Stanley. Another of the founding members is Heather Grody of Gush (also known as Murmurs), whom Fox met in 1991 at the AAoDA.

There are all kinds of questions regarding Jorja's sexuality, but she's never said whether she's gay or straight. I personally think she's at least bi. There are just too many signs (which I admit are all based on stereotypes, but yea).

Other Information:
Birth Name: Jorja-An Fox
Nicknames: Jorja, Jorj, Jorjan, Horha (the Spanish pronounciation of her name, used by her "CSI Miami" friend Emily Procter)
Date of Birth: 07/07/1968
Place of Birth: New York City, NY (raised in Melbourne Beach, FL)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'9"
Family: Parents immigrated from Montreal, mother Marilyn (Belgian-Canadian, b. 1927, d. 1996), father Mark (Irish-Canadian, b. 1924), older brother Jeff (b. 1957).
Pets: Ali (dog, female, Boxer), Rumplestiltskin (cat), and Sid Poitier (cat, male, formerly named Sid Vicious)
Notes: Flower shaped tattoo on left ankle, is a liberal Democrat.

Edit: So, I am a horrible person and forgot to put a credit line, then, when I did add it, hit save instead of publish. All of the factual information came from Jorja Fox Online. Only opinion is mine.

The OSCARS!

So, I stayed up really late watching the Oscars last night ... and it wasn't really worth it. For one thing, I was not happy with the Academy's decision to postpone the awarding of Best Supporting Actor to much later in the telecast than normal (for those of you who may not know, normally both Supporting awards are given first thing), just because they knew everyone was going to want to watch to see if Heath Ledger was going to win (and while this will probably anger many people, I do not think he should have won, he was good as the Joker, that is for sure, but I do not believe he was Oscar worthy). Also, while I have not seen Slumdog Millinare, I do not understand how it culd win Best Picture, but not have a single acting nomination.

There were some good points though.

Hugh Jackman - My mother and I just could not understand why he was selected as the host, until the opening number. Jackman did a great job for his first hosting gig.

Anne Hathaway - I love Anne Hathaway. I loved her in the Princess Diaries and thought she was even more amazing in The Devil Wears Prada and I cannot wait to see Rachel Getting Married. I've always thought she was strong for everything she went through with her ex-boyfriend, but I now admire her ever more for her wonderful singing skills.

Here's the opening number:


Penelope Cruz - won Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona in which she played a bisexual woman

Hugh Jackman - Yes, I am listing him again. Not only was his opening number pretty good, the second musical number, all about musicals, was probably the best of the night.

Beyonce - Wow, I busted out laughing as soon as the first few notes of "At Last" played and when she actually sang those two words, I just couldn't help but think, 'Oh, no she didn't!' while my mother said, "She's got nerve."

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens ... well, maybe just Zac Efron - Watching the arrivals, I could not understand why these two were there. I knew HSM was not nominated for anything, but this musical number made a lot of sense (and my best friend LOVES Zefron, so I figured I would include him for her).

The Musical:


Dustin Lance Black - won Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, for Milk, the story of Harvey Milk, the first gay elected official who was assainated. He speech was touching and I'm glad he won.

His Speech:


Kate Winslet - won Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Reader. I really wanted Anne Hathaway to win, but Winslet winning was just as good, especially, because of her speech. Her speech included the cutest moment of the Oscars I believe.

Her Speech:


Sean Penn - won Best Actor in a Leading Role for Milk (DeNiro's introduction was probably the best all night, I tired to find a good quality video of it, but there was not one). Penn's speech, which I just saw in a promo for an upcoming Hannity segment (and I highly doubt Hannity is going to say anything good about Penn) was amazing. Hopefully, the people he mentions, will feel the shame he said they should (aparently there were people protesting the Oscars).

His Speech:

Help SIDS Research and Celebrate Valentines Day

With Love...

and a little wine, chocolate and fabulous jewelry for your Valentine sweetheart!

Join Gabrielle Christian -spokeswoman for SIDS-ES & FAIR Fund- for a sweet celebration at the beautiful Artists Inn Residence off Dupont Circle

Join us for a fun evening - on your own or with your sweetheart - sipping wine, enjoying fine chocolate, and celebrating Valentine's day with old and new friends!


Come show love for your two favorite non-profit organizations and help improve the lives of women and girls this Valentines Day.

When:
Thursday, February 12th
6:00 - 8:30 pm Open House
Where:
The Artists Inn Residence
1824 R St, NW - Dupont Circle Metro

RSVP:
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Suggested donation and raffle entry ticket: $20.00

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Join us to support their work and share love with those in need.

I Wish I Was Older and in LA

So, I was surfing the internet, reading some articles on AfterEllen, when I came across this headline:

Clementine Ford comes out

For those of you who don't recognize the name, Clementine Ford, Cybill Shepherd's (Phyllis Kroll, The L Word) daughter, was Molly, the straight girl who fell in love with Shane.

Here's Ford and Rose Rollins (Tasha Williams, The L Word) during filming of a Point Foundation PSA

This is amazing news. I love that more and more actresses feeling comfortable enough, or at least like there is a need for them, to come out. I only wish there were this many celebrities out when I was first struggling with my sexuality. Maybe I would have come out a little sooner.

For those of you who still don't know who Molly was, watch her and Shane get it on.


Molly: Weird.
Shane: What?
Molly: ...Boobs.

Lesbians On Roseanne

So, I don't know if I even want to look for the whole episodes, because sometimes Roseanna is a little crazy, but I found this awesome clip of the Murmurs performing Smash.

Germany ... I am Here

So, I am in Germany lovely people and am having a blast ... well, with only a couple exception (for one of them, let me just saw, old German men are creepy). The other bad thing is Delta had lost my luggage for a while and so I had one outfit. I will admit though, that the reason they lost my luggage is wonderful. So, my original flight kept getting delayed and eventually canceled because of problems at JFK. So, I went to ticketing and had them change my flight to Cincinnati. Best part of this change? From Cincinnati to Frankfurt, I had been bumped up to business class. I had never flown business class before, so I was very excited. I've seen a couple cities now and went to the zoo!

Yes, I went to the zoo. I had fun. Hell, I was acting like a little kid when I got to see the penguins, the polar bears, and the monkeys. The penguins were soooo cute! They walked right up to me and my friend. There was no glass, just a small fence separating us from them. There were two polar bears as far as I could tell. There was a baby polar bear, Wilbar, who was born Dec. 10, 2007. He seemed very playful, swimming around in the water and playing with the various things the zoo keeps in there. The other polar bear just sat around on a rock until it was time for it to use the bathroom. Yes, we, unfortunately, got to see the polar bear use the bathroom, twice. It was kinda gross. The monkeys were cute. They had weird white butts. We got to see some baby monkeys too.

I would post pictures, but unfortunately, I cannot load any pictures from my camera to my laptop because my memory card is a brand new HiDef thingie that my three year old laptop won't read.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had as wonderful a New Years Eve as I did (open bar is kinda awesome)!

One of my resolutions this year is to keep up with updating this blog ... at least once a week. I know, I know, it would be better if it were once a day, but I'm working on it. Unfortunately, those weekly updates may or may not happen before I get back from Germany. I leave in less than a week, and while I would probably have regular access to a computer, who knows what I'll be doing.