a gracious hello
I seem to be more inclined to post about stuff on here lately. I'm not totally sure why I got out of that habit. Probably because a lot of people have migrated over to myspace/facebook/twitter and hardly ever check this anymore. I got a Myspace around the same time I got a LiveJournal, which was like five years ago, so they're both special to me. And I really like Twitter, mainly because you can update your page via text messaging and I think that's really cool, especially since I have a shit phone and can't access Myspace Mobile. I really can't stand Facebook, though. I'm not entirely sure why, it just really irritates me. Maybe because I'm not really friends with many people from my high school or college, and I really don't care that Hoss Cartwright needs more guns for his mafia, or if Sam Shimp uploaded a new picture taken in her bathroom. But these people send you friend requests because they went to high school with you, and you're kind of a jerk if you decline their request. [and the gay/not-gay/"only on Saturdays" boy who was in my French class and kept staring at my boobs and whose nickname was Mammy...yeah. he just IM'ed me on facebook... what the hell?] Facebook does have one perk, though. It tells me things like "Alice Ripley is wearing Hawaiian print girlie pajamas" at 6pm. And I like to know that...lol
And now I have rambled on and apparently forgot what the hell I wanted to talk about. Hmm...Oh! Lily Tomlin on Kathy Griffin! That was hysterical! I want to be friends with Lily Tomlin. So badly. That woman is my idol and I love her! Seriously. She is such an inspiration and such a class act, too. And it's a different kind of admiration than I feel for other performers. I can't really explain it, other than I feel more of a connection to her. I don't know. And I absolutely love her relationship with Jane Wagner. It makes me so happy that she says in all of her interviews that she wishes Jane would get more recognition for writing her material. They've been collaborating and creating iconic comedy for almost 40 years. Jaded as I may be about relationships, I want that. I want to find someone who I can have that kind of relationship with. Jane Wagner is something of a hero, too. She is so amazingly witty and such a great writer. I really have such great affinity for brilliant writers.
I've been to Lily's website before (and if you haven't, go there; it's awesome) but I wanted to do some quick fact-verifying (even though I know she said 38 years on Kathy's show, my hearing is selective.) I just now realized there are links on there for Lily and Jane's wowOwow.com pages. I was just reading a bunch of Lily's posts, and she had this to say:
"The nature of what an actor does or wants to do connects us to the audience and to each other. I remember the first time I went to the Golden Globes and there were so many stars there from so many decades and I felt a familial connection sweep over me. ...I saw Eileen Heckart in the lobby and I have never forgotten her performance in "The Bad Seed" when I was 16, and I was enamored of the reactions she evoked in me; that may have been one of the moments when I was inspired to one day make that kind of connection with an audience, to transport and to be transported. ...I wanted and still want to show all of you what’s remarkable or funny or tender or vain or foolish or noble about all of us - and to feel that connection, that validation of how much I am like you. How much we are alike. And to capture the fragility within each of us."
The fact that Lily Tomlin just gave me the words I was looking for in describing why Lily Tomlin is my hero explains why Lily Tomlin is my hero. Like ouroboros. Or something.
This, from Jane Wagner, also kind of describes why I perhaps feel a connection:
"In fact, I think of us sometimes as the Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown of TV addiction. They kicked crack after kicking each other around a bit; however, we don’t want to kick our habit - and you have to really want to or it won’t work."
Would it be possible for me to go live with them? Have them be those people you call "Aunt" but aren't actually related to you. Intern with my "Aunt" Lily and "Aunt" Jane to become a comic genius. Watch marathons of "Mary Tyler Moore" and "The Carol Burnett Show." Can this be my life? Who do I see about making this happen?
And we shall end with a quote that I find very fitting for my life (as evidenced by all of the above ramblings):
"In Detroit, when they find flaws in the cars being manufactured, the cars are recalled. In Hollywood, the dreams being manufactured never get recalled, even though it's a known fact there's something wrong with most of them. Parts are missing like Reality and Probability. Those of us who bought malfunctioning dreams should be warned of the dangers because I'm sure these false illusions drive some people crazy."
And now I have rambled on and apparently forgot what the hell I wanted to talk about. Hmm...Oh! Lily Tomlin on Kathy Griffin! That was hysterical! I want to be friends with Lily Tomlin. So badly. That woman is my idol and I love her! Seriously. She is such an inspiration and such a class act, too. And it's a different kind of admiration than I feel for other performers. I can't really explain it, other than I feel more of a connection to her. I don't know. And I absolutely love her relationship with Jane Wagner. It makes me so happy that she says in all of her interviews that she wishes Jane would get more recognition for writing her material. They've been collaborating and creating iconic comedy for almost 40 years. Jaded as I may be about relationships, I want that. I want to find someone who I can have that kind of relationship with. Jane Wagner is something of a hero, too. She is so amazingly witty and such a great writer. I really have such great affinity for brilliant writers.
I've been to Lily's website before (and if you haven't, go there; it's awesome) but I wanted to do some quick fact-verifying (even though I know she said 38 years on Kathy's show, my hearing is selective.) I just now realized there are links on there for Lily and Jane's wowOwow.com pages. I was just reading a bunch of Lily's posts, and she had this to say:
"The nature of what an actor does or wants to do connects us to the audience and to each other. I remember the first time I went to the Golden Globes and there were so many stars there from so many decades and I felt a familial connection sweep over me. ...I saw Eileen Heckart in the lobby and I have never forgotten her performance in "The Bad Seed" when I was 16, and I was enamored of the reactions she evoked in me; that may have been one of the moments when I was inspired to one day make that kind of connection with an audience, to transport and to be transported. ...I wanted and still want to show all of you what’s remarkable or funny or tender or vain or foolish or noble about all of us - and to feel that connection, that validation of how much I am like you. How much we are alike. And to capture the fragility within each of us."
The fact that Lily Tomlin just gave me the words I was looking for in describing why Lily Tomlin is my hero explains why Lily Tomlin is my hero. Like ouroboros. Or something.
This, from Jane Wagner, also kind of describes why I perhaps feel a connection:
"In fact, I think of us sometimes as the Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown of TV addiction. They kicked crack after kicking each other around a bit; however, we don’t want to kick our habit - and you have to really want to or it won’t work."
Would it be possible for me to go live with them? Have them be those people you call "Aunt" but aren't actually related to you. Intern with my "Aunt" Lily and "Aunt" Jane to become a comic genius. Watch marathons of "Mary Tyler Moore" and "The Carol Burnett Show." Can this be my life? Who do I see about making this happen?
And we shall end with a quote that I find very fitting for my life (as evidenced by all of the above ramblings):
"In Detroit, when they find flaws in the cars being manufactured, the cars are recalled. In Hollywood, the dreams being manufactured never get recalled, even though it's a known fact there's something wrong with most of them. Parts are missing like Reality and Probability. Those of us who bought malfunctioning dreams should be warned of the dangers because I'm sure these false illusions drive some people crazy."