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Author Archives: judisunshine
Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 7: The “Beverly Hills, 90210” Graduation!
Okay. What you need to understand about “Commencement,” the “90210” high school graduation two-parter, is that it was really a big deal at the time. I remember trying on prom dresses and in the dressing room the radio commercial came … Continue reading
To Be My Sunshine After the Rain
It began yesterday. My mother came home from Colorado for the last time. Meaning, the next time she or anyone from my family visits, they will not be going “home.” They’ll go to my place, or Robb and Amy’s. But … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Miscellaneous
Tagged anthropomorphization, childhood homes, Colorado, letting go, Moving, moving on, New York, packrats, Survivor
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The Straight-Edge Adventures Of Ford Fairmont
It happens constantly. People talking about cars, and admiring cars, and pointing and being all, “I’m gonna own that car one day.” And truthfully, I could not care less on my own end. But there was one car I had … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Celebrities, Driving & Other Transportation, Friends, Work
Tagged 1981, back windshields, clunky cars, Conrad Bain, CVS, flower stickers, ford fairlane, getting admonished by the police, north baldwin, Phish, possums, powder blue, real-life bumper cars, south baldwin, station wagon, The Beatles Anthology, transmissions
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Extra, Extra! My First Big Break!(?)
When I was a junior in college, I dropped out of Hofstra University. I was tired of being on an assembly line, romantically ambivalent, the usz — another blog for another day. Bottom line, I took this time to Pursue … Continue reading
Posted in AcTING!, Celebrities, Movies, Theater
Tagged Acting, Al Pacino, Caruso steam rollers, Charlize Theron, Craig T. Nelson, downtown manhattan, extra work, Hofstra University, Jeffrey Jones, Keanu Reeves, Monica Keena, rain, spoiler alert, The Devil's Advocate, The guy from The Jeffersons, Valentine's Day
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Death Be Not Proud
Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. ~ John Donne I was driving home from work. Just another night that followed a dreary, gray January day. Same old, same old. Ennui had set in, and an overall … Continue reading
Posted in Driving & Other Transportation, Miscellaneous
Tagged car accidents, death, January, John Donne, losing control of your car, parkways
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Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 3: The Beverly Hillbillies
There are many directions in which I thought of taking my review of “The Beverly Hillbillies” movie. From 1993, in case there was another besides the TV show. Like when people talk about “The Parent Trap” and mean the new … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Movies
Tagged boink, bowling alley scenes in oil movies, Chloris Leachman, Dabney Coleman, Dolly Parton, Ellie Mae, Encino Man, Eric Stoltz, frustrated English major, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Jethro, Lea Thompson, Lily Tomlin, monkeys ftw, pow, Quidditch snitch, Rm w/a Vu, Seavers' garage sale, Shasta, Steel Magnolias, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Boy Who Could Fly, The Parent Trap, The Stand, There Will Be Blood, Trashcan Man, zing
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Many times, people will ask me about sports. Or they will try to engage me in conversations about sports. Or — and this is the worst offense of all — they will invite me over to…
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Hope Riding High: My Top 10 ’80s Fist-Pumping Movie Songs!
So this has been a big, controversial year full of politics and rage. An election and a rejection. Fights. Fear. A collapsing economy. I figured out why. It’s simply been too long since we had great, motivating songs in our … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music
Tagged '80s, Back to the Future, Beverly Hills Cop, Burning Heart, Danger Zone, Dokken, Dream Warriors, Eye of the Tiger, fist pumping, Footloose, Glenn Frey, Huey Lewis and the News, Iron Eagle, Joe Esposito, John Parr, Karate Kid, Kenny Loggins, King Kobra, Man In Motion, Michael J. Fox, motivating songs, Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Patricia Arquette, Rocky III, Rocky IV, St. Elmo's Fire, Survivor, The Power of Love, Top Gun, You're the Best! Around!
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