this just made me laugh...

answer to the Yahoo! Answers posted question "what do bee stings feel like?"

THE STINGS OF MOST BEES OR WASPS IS NORMALLY NOT THAT PAINFUL AND RANGES FROM A PINCH TO A LOCALIZED STINGING.SPIDERS ON THE OTHER HAND HAVE A HUGE RANGE OF PAIN FROM SLIGHT DISCOMFORT LIKE ITCHING TO EXTREME PAIN AND AGONY.IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING WITH WAY TOO MANY EYES.

hmm....define "way too many". Is five eyes still "safe"?

Mateja in the Movies (yes)

Two years ago, mere DAYS after returning from England in fact, I found a temp summer job. Very temp. I was an extra in the film The Express for two days. My friend Kurt and I showed up at the Northwestern football stadium at 4am, me on NO sleep as I had to have my hair in curlers all night. And we sat in the stadium bleachers and pretended to cheer or boo (and read books and watched episodes of The Office on Kurt's cleverly-disguised iPod) while Dennis Quaid and Rob Brown did their thing on the football field.

The movie came out this past October, and I didn't bother to watch it in theaters or rent it right after it came out on DVD. Basically I forgot all about it. Until last night, when I got a call from my brother and Kurt, screaming that WE WERE IN THE MOVIE. They were laughing themselves to death.

I found out exactly why a few minutes later, when I popped the film in for myself (yes, I did run to the video store and rent it immediately).

For anyone who's interested in seeing me and Kurt (sort of), I'm in the Cotton Bowl scene/chapter. I'm wearing a red sweater and can been seen up close & slightly blurry a couple of times, and far away & clearly a couple of times. (Sorry, I'm not a cameraman so I have no idea how to describe it other than that). You can see me really briefly in the first half (I'm near the scoreboard, halfway out of frame, but I'm clapping frantically and I pump my fist) and then more obviously right after Ernie scores the touchdown. I am in a shot of the Texas crowd, booing and a-looking pissed off. I stand up with my hand over my mouth. Then a little after that you can see me and Kurt cheering at the top of the stands (on the right, directly below the scoreboard). I'm sitting, but Kurt is standing pumping his fists SLOWLY in the air. It is funny as all hell.

So, friends, that is my foray into Hollywood. And I keep thinking that for some of those shots if I'd only been ONE ROW closer, I would have deserved to be in the credits.

Ha.

Happy Monday, all.

St. Louis (stay tuned for pics)

Enjoyed a lovely Eastertime in St. Louis with Dad and Franz. Ate crawfish etoufee, met and re-met Dad's old SLU buddies (including liturgical music celeb John Foley, S.J.), saw the botanical gardens,, the famed and over 200 year-old Soulard Market...oh, and saw SINBAD; he was my flight home. I almost whacked him in the face with my duffel bag while boarding, in fact.

Stay tuned for more details and pics....

I am accredited

From Random

this guy

I love this guy as an actor and wanted to know what he looked like in his younger days--cause I don't think I have seen any movie of him made before 1994 or so (whenever Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves was--which by the way is still my fave role of his: "Because it's dull, you twit, it'll hurt more!" ahh, priceless)

ANYWAY, here is a pic of Mr. Alan Rickman from some years ago...can we say SMOKIN'?

From alan rickman

.....by the way, it may be noted that the main reason I was interested in seeing the Sweeney Todd film was to hear him sing.

i knew it.

I'm
a Ravenclaw!

mimi-vacay end

My brother left this morning, after spending his spring break here in LA with me. I miss him so much my heart feels like it's being pulled apart, even though we got into arguments and disagreements while he was here. I suppose we always will do that, we're just different in very key ways. But I think he knows how much I care for him and worry about him and will always have my back. And I know that he always has my best interests at heart, even though he shows it in very different ways.

I wish I was his age again, when my only real care in the world was getting my homework done and getting good grades, and hanging out with my friends. Somewhere along the way that all came to a screeching halt, and now what plagues my mind is the constant fear of the future, and worry about my family.

.....This week has been filled with craziness, both great and not-so-great. All this energy, drinking, money spent, fights, hugs, laughing, crying, has exhausted me.

This morning I sat on the couch with Al and just watched some episodes of Family Guy. We laughed together and it felt like home.

I didn't want to let go of Al today when I hugged him at the airport.

I'm such an old sap.