Aerial View of New York City

So how does everyone like the new place? I wish!! Actually this is the view from the private rooftop of the Central Park West Apartment I am working at for several nights over the next few weeks but what a view huh?

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are divorcing

I think this should belong under news that should surprise nobody that the couple is ending their 7 year relationship. People are calling it a "shocking split" but I remember everyone how everyone was questioning if it wasn't fake when he proposed after two months and then they announced Suri's arrival about ten minutes later. The only shocking thing is how long it took.

Cruise is crazy. I should say, since I don't know him, that he comes off as crazy. There is the alien religion, the public disdain for psychologists and related medicine (I will tolerate people's beliefs if they tolerate other people's as well) and the couch jumping. But beyond that he seems overbearing. Both of his last two wives abandoned careers to raise babies and Nicole Kidman has admitted that wasn't her idea. He also had to have his own sonogram machine and there are reports of how sheltered his keeps Katie and their daughter.

I personally think it was all a publicity stunt to begin with on his part. Maybe she was in on it and maybe she wasn't. She did admit during her Dawson Creek days she wanted to marry him growing up so that explains her being in the relationship either way. Plus she had just broken up with Chris Pine. Then she was a girl in trouble (maybe it was even Pine's baby- who knows.) Tom being decent proposed and how long it remained a charade is unclear. Maybe at some point he did fall for her, perhaps not. Either way, Katie is done. Maybe she found out and is furious. Maybe her contract is up. Maybe she just doesn't love him anymore.

Whatever the reason, it is over. Another celebrity marriage falls, cue the tabloids.

Thoughts on upcoming "Jesus Film"

From today's Daily Mail:

Christian outrage as Basic Instinct director plans film of Jesus being the child of Roman soldier who raped Virgin Mary 

• Dutch director Paul Verhoeven will direct the project
• The film will be based on Verhoeven's 2010 book Jesus of Nazareth which discounts the events commonly attributed to the life of Christ
• News has sparked accusations that the filmmaker is attacking Christianity

By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 07:24 EST, 26 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:30 EST, 26 June 2012

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2164895/Christian-outrage-Basic-Instinct-director-plans-film-Jesus-child-Roman-soldier-raped-Virgin-Mary.html#ixzz1yvD0kQus 

Now I am liberal, heck I am beyond liberal.  Not only due I tolerate the idea of two men being a married couple, I cheer for them, and given the right two men I might have even fantasied about it Brokeback Mountain  And I believe in creative interpretation, equal opportunity and all of that.  But I have to take the side of the right wing/ conservative Christians (shit the apocalypse might be coming.)  Saying that Jesus was the result of Rape and not divine intervention- which is the founding believe and universal connector of all Christians so yes THIS IS AN ATTACK ON CHRISTIANITY.


Lesser offense, they compare it to  Monty Python's the Life of Brian.  Perosnally, I think God has a very good sense of humor.  I think he chuckled with delight at Python making fun of people who just don't understand the message given and make up the rules as they go along. Not to mention how much fun he probably had with the crazies who said mocking Brian was a sin because he was God.  Didn't he even say the same thing the Python's did with that "Don't worship false Gods" Commandment- but I guess those people didn't get that far, oh wait it's number 1.    So that was not an attack on God or Christianity, it was an attack on idiots. 


That said, I don't think the film shouldn't be made.  The creators should be honest and say, "Hell yeah we are taking down Jesus! He's uppity and smug and needs to be taken down," or whatever.  Then when the truth is out there, if somebody still wants to make it and let's face it, the Wienstiens probably will because they make everything, it should be made. Then, if there is public demand for it, it should be released because those interested should be able to see it.  Then, if it bombs, as it mostly will, there will be a lesson learned.

  Only God can say for sure if anyone will go to Hell for this behavior, but that is the risk you take with any movie I suppose because really we don't know what goes on in his all knowing mind. Maybe he really hates the Transformer Franchise.

Long overdue review of The Last Song I'll Write For You

If you are a David Cook fan, you know that Cook's words can throw daggers or melt hearts, depending on who they are aimed at.

The title, as well as lines like, "Now I know that i can let you go... I've wrote the last song I'll write for you" suggests that the song may be a tounge in cheek goodbye to RCA, his post American Idol lable he recently parted ways with. However, one listen straight through suggests there is someone out there who is going to wake up one day and realize they lost someone more precious then one of the clients.

Who that is remains to be seen but who Cook is is showcase more so in this song than any of his others because, for the first time in half a decade he self released, preventing anyone else to say who he is or market who he should be.

Cook's music is not for everyone, but then again it never has been. In a world of gimmicks Cook is the rare talent that can stand at a microphone and sound better than he does on your ipod. He doesn't wear bubble suits, he doesn't use a synthesizer, and he certainly doesn't have his own perfume but he can step away from a mike with his band off stage and perform a song with passion and emotions that affect the last row.

Couldn't say it better myself...

For a few weeks these your Ecard pictures have been appearing on my Facebook timeline. These are some I really enjoy

It's Summer... Have some fun outdoors

Happy Fathers Day

Gigi Visits my house

my bed 

Due to certain circumstances, we only had Gigi today so we told her that she could do something really special and she decided she wanted to go see Graham.   They hadn't seen each other since December when baby Tom was coming, and while we love Tom- baby plus extra loving Cavapoo does not add up to a good idea so Graham visits aren't something we were anticipating at least until he was over one.


Though when Graham and Gigi initially met Graham went to Gigi, the idea of Graham being all over Thomas' toys scared me a bit since T often explores with his mouth (ick Dog hair!) and in December (since visiting Graham was a ruse to distract Gigi from Mommy being in the hospital) Gigi had gone to my house so we all decided that she would go to him again.


It took and hour and a half on the train for one very patient toddler (and three hours for us to go get her and bring her back) but it was well worth it when the best friends reunited!

Aside from walking together a whopping 15ish blocks, the pair spent the day playing and kissing each other thousands of times.  The even attempted to nap together but, as you can imagine that didn't work out so we had to separate them to get this result...

After more fun and snack sharing, it was time to get Gigi home so the two had to bid a sad farewell again for a while.   We all agreed that Tommy was missed by that it was nice to have a day with just the three of us like the old days... but only one. Hopefully the next time T will be able to join us in the Graham festivities; maybe everyone will recover by then.


 




 Sleepy twins!!