Happy Easter!

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Well, it's that time of year again, where people eat turkey. . . or don't and celebrate the death and resurrection of the Christian Messiah, or don't. And fans of the Hoff come out in force to paste his image everywhere they can. Today was a beautiful day in Toronto. I did a lot of driving and some walking. Then I got tired of walking and took a streetcar. Veeeeerrrrrry interesting. Everyone have a safe weekend. I'll see you on the other side of the resurrection.

What's wrong with this picture?

Man oh Man. From possessed toys on Ebay to Christian Science fairs?
Please have a look at these. Maybe some kid in the Christian Science fair can help the other poor guy with his demonic doll!

Demon Toy

Creationism Science fair ?! Oxymoron?

Preposterous

Someone should really give Professor Jakob a good beating. What a pompous, self righteous jerk. In order to preserve his theory he made sure the bones were returned in such a condition as to hamper the discovering scientists progress, and probable proven discovery of a new species of hominid.

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The Spitzer Space Telescope detects light from alien worlds! link

Chill out. . . headless. link

More Saga's

As the days go by I find more saga's to write about. This next one is pretty cool. I've never read the books, never seen the movie, but I certainly am aware of the legend. So today on my early afternoon coffee run, I was perusing magazines and three caught my eye. The first one, for obvious reasons GQ with Jessica Alba on the cover. I can't say anything about her, my mouth stops working. . . my brain doesn't bother explaining to me what is happening to it, as my eyes burn reluctantly giving in to the need to blink. . . . I watch the trailer for Sin City a lot, with her dancing on the pole. Something about the way she moves her hips, her back. It's not even the regular sexual attributes that get me, not the lips, breasts, incredible ass. . . but the movement, it's hypnotising.

Okay I was going to talk about a Saga! Rolling Stone Magazine has a Hunter S. Thompson special issue. I've never read one lick of his work. But there is so much out there to read! How can we keep up? Or will I forever be in the position to love and want to speak to someone who touched me with their work. . . after they've died? I need to read more. The other magazine I picked up was Premiere, it's doing some cheesey list, like the 50 greatest movie stars, but sometimes I find an article worth reading, something inspiring. Like the one on Sean Penn a couple of months ago, that may have been Vanity Fair. . . whatever, it was inspiring. To me as an actor anyway and maybe as a person too. On how to focus and live your life.

For example, you could join these people and watch much less television and live life to the fullest. See they have a device for it.

What ever happened to one of those devices that you could get, or would one day be able to get, that could blast any cell phone within a ten metre radius and shut it off? Like on a streetcar or in a restaurant. I don't know if it was ten metres, I made that up, but it was certainly supposed to do the trick.

Just the other day I could have used one, instead I borrowed a kids text book and whacked the guy. But it was more obvious. Of course, the guy was pissed and came out swinging. Poor kid, never knew what hit 'im. Or who framed him. But I got the dude off the phone didn't I?

Oh a side note, over the course of writing this, I tried to find Sin City, the movie's official website and just typed it in by itself in the address bar. Don't, especially at work. I know, I didn't have to tell you, so obviously I expect some of you to try it. :-) Just remember, I warned you.

Saga's End

Where was I? Oh yes, being stalked. Or harassed more like. Well, really just bombarded by messages by this woman. And I finally decided, you know what? It's been a month since I last spoke with her, I need to be clear about what I'm thinking of all this, what I want and how to say it, so that I don't leave a back door or anything for her to cling to. Also, I titled this post 'Saga's End' --Saga was, I was almost positive, a band in the 80's. I can't quite put the tip of my tongue on any particular song, but just in case here's their site.

So I sent a message to this woman this morning, the gist of which was 'I am not interested in your friendship. Don't send me anything more please, no messages, no cards in the mail. Nothing. Please move on and leave me alone.'. I braced for impact. I knew her to be quite volatile and emotional. Just like my ex! Oy!

I received an email from her later in the afternoon. Apologizing and understanding why I felt the way that I did. But also taking the opportunity to say that she had expected more of me, and if I ever wanted a friend who was led by her heart, she would welcome me back. And that she would respect what I said in my message and not contact me again.

I have too many problems with a lot of what she wrote to get into it. Especially now since it's over with and she says she'll leave me alone. I said what I needed to say to her, mostly. I was angry that I hadn't stood up for myself a bit better months ago. But I do have a tendency to not speak up for fear of upsetting people--damn it. So this time i just went and upset her and it didn't upset her so much. Go figure. Who cares, she's gone. I don't have to worry about my bunny anymore. I hope. I don't even have a bunny.

Anyway, in other more important news scientists were able to replicate a big bang in the laboratory and it was more explosive than they expected even!

Stalking

Ever been harassed, by someone you didn't want to date a month after the last time you told them not to bother you anymore? I have. In the last week, I received a card, a St. Patrick's day text message and seven text messages early this afternoon. All of them asking me to reciprocate, even if just to say 'no' to friendship I presume. I have never been in this position before, but I think the best course of action, as much as I'd like to respond, is to stay silent. But then I can't be sure if I'll hear from her again, or if next time I'll get a visit in person, demanding to know why I won't respond to being harassed.

The craziest thing about the messages is that I didn't respond, but she was carrying on this conversation all by herself!! The first three messages, I didn't even hear. I was in the shower and came out, spoke on the phone with my mother, then put the phone down and received a text message. I thought something was wrong with the phone, because I then realized I had two other messages unread. She continued to message me for about 45 minutes, ending in a plea to talk to her and not continue to be angry. I am not angry, just annoyed. I said I didn't want a relationship with her, I said it was 'done'. We shouldn't talk anymore. That was a month ago.

She seemed to think I was 'ending things' - even though there was nothing to terminate but communication. So, then what feeds the mentality that brings one to attempt contact a month later?! I have done nothing to lead her to believe that we would speak. I have been breathing easy, for a month and now this.

I thought she was gone. What do I do? She knows where I live. She has another friend in the building, so even if I instruct the doormen to be wary of women looking for me, she can get in under the auspices of visiting someone else.

She seemed to get the message, but this has happened before. She's not easily deterred. Should I message her and just say, 'I want you to leave me alone. Please stop with the cards and the messages.' I feel helpless not doing anything, but if I respond at all, it breaks the seal of silence and I'm sure I will be bombarded by messages from her. I'll see what happens in the next couple of days. Hopefully nothing. If she checked email on a regular basis, I could send her this link