Of insane people and podcasts
So yet another article that tickled me. Whole article behind a cut.
SANTA FE, N.M., Dec. 21 -- Lawyers for David Letterman want a judge to quash a restraining order granted to a Santa Fe woman who contends the CBS late-night host used code words to show he wanted to marry her and train her as his co-host.
A state judge granted a temporary restraining order to Colleen Nestler, who alleged in a request filed last Thursday that Letterman has forced her to go bankrupt and caused her "mental cruelty" and "sleep deprivation" since May 1994.
Nestler requested that Letterman, who tapes his show in New York, stay at least three yards away and not "think of me, and release me from his mental harassment and hammering."
Lawyers for Letterman, in a motion filed Tuesday, contend the order is without merit and asked state District Judge Daniel Sanchez to quash it.
"Celebrities deserve protection of their reputation and legal rights when the occasional fan becomes dangerous or deluded," Albuquerque lawyer Pat Rogers wrote in the motion.
Nestler said in a phone interview Wednesday that she had no comment pending her request for a permanent restraining order, "and I pray to God I get it."
Sanchez set a Jan. 12 hearing on the permanent order.
Letterman's longtime Los Angeles lawyer, Jim Jackoway, said Nestler's claims were "obviously absurd and frivolous."
"This constitutes an unfortunate abuse of the judicial process," he said.
Nestler's application for a restraining order was accompanied by a six-page typed letter in which she said Letterman used code words, gestures and "eye expressions" to convey his desires for her.
She wrote that she began sending Letterman "thoughts of love" after his "Late Show" began in 1993, and that he responded in code words and gestures, asking her to come east.
She said he asked her to be his wife during a televised teaser for his show by saying, "Marry me, Oprah." Her letter said Oprah was the first of many code names for her and that the coded vocabulary increased and changed with time.
Her letter does not say why she recently sought a restraining order.
Rogers's motion to quash the order contends the court lacks jurisdiction over Letterman, that Nestler never served him with restraining order papers, and that she didn't meet other procedural requirements.
Summary: Some crack job of a lady got a temporary restraining order against David Letterman. Accused him of using code words and eye gestures to confess his love for her during tapings of his show... Often, I have very little sympathy for celebrities and their "plights". They make millions, I do not, and so therefor they deserve my scorn. However, in this case, I can see it being frustrating or even scary to deal with these wackos.
Or maybe Letterman really is sending her hidden signals. Maybe he is sending ME hidden signals! Yipes!
In other news, I have discovered the awesomeness that is Podcasts. Basically free music from iTunes that is downloaded for you on a regular basis. Example: KEXP radio out of Seattle podcasts many of their live artist broadcasts. I was able to download ~45minute live sets with They Might Be Giants, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Mike Doughty, and many others... all for free.
Sufjan Stevens is my new musical hero:
Look at him, and bask before his musical glory. DO IT NOW!
SANTA FE, N.M., Dec. 21 -- Lawyers for David Letterman want a judge to quash a restraining order granted to a Santa Fe woman who contends the CBS late-night host used code words to show he wanted to marry her and train her as his co-host.
A state judge granted a temporary restraining order to Colleen Nestler, who alleged in a request filed last Thursday that Letterman has forced her to go bankrupt and caused her "mental cruelty" and "sleep deprivation" since May 1994.
Nestler requested that Letterman, who tapes his show in New York, stay at least three yards away and not "think of me, and release me from his mental harassment and hammering."
Lawyers for Letterman, in a motion filed Tuesday, contend the order is without merit and asked state District Judge Daniel Sanchez to quash it.
"Celebrities deserve protection of their reputation and legal rights when the occasional fan becomes dangerous or deluded," Albuquerque lawyer Pat Rogers wrote in the motion.
Nestler said in a phone interview Wednesday that she had no comment pending her request for a permanent restraining order, "and I pray to God I get it."
Sanchez set a Jan. 12 hearing on the permanent order.
Letterman's longtime Los Angeles lawyer, Jim Jackoway, said Nestler's claims were "obviously absurd and frivolous."
"This constitutes an unfortunate abuse of the judicial process," he said.
Nestler's application for a restraining order was accompanied by a six-page typed letter in which she said Letterman used code words, gestures and "eye expressions" to convey his desires for her.
She wrote that she began sending Letterman "thoughts of love" after his "Late Show" began in 1993, and that he responded in code words and gestures, asking her to come east.
She said he asked her to be his wife during a televised teaser for his show by saying, "Marry me, Oprah." Her letter said Oprah was the first of many code names for her and that the coded vocabulary increased and changed with time.
Her letter does not say why she recently sought a restraining order.
Rogers's motion to quash the order contends the court lacks jurisdiction over Letterman, that Nestler never served him with restraining order papers, and that she didn't meet other procedural requirements.
Summary: Some crack job of a lady got a temporary restraining order against David Letterman. Accused him of using code words and eye gestures to confess his love for her during tapings of his show... Often, I have very little sympathy for celebrities and their "plights". They make millions, I do not, and so therefor they deserve my scorn. However, in this case, I can see it being frustrating or even scary to deal with these wackos.
Or maybe Letterman really is sending her hidden signals. Maybe he is sending ME hidden signals! Yipes!
In other news, I have discovered the awesomeness that is Podcasts. Basically free music from iTunes that is downloaded for you on a regular basis. Example: KEXP radio out of Seattle podcasts many of their live artist broadcasts. I was able to download ~45minute live sets with They Might Be Giants, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Mike Doughty, and many others... all for free.
Sufjan Stevens is my new musical hero:
Look at him, and bask before his musical glory. DO IT NOW!