i have been an avid watcher of the young and the restless for years and years…my mother watched it when i was a babe, and i have very early memories of watching it with her.

recently i discovered that, in true soap opera fashion, a long dead character was returning to life.  not only that but, in an unusual move, the actor that played the character 20 years ago would be doing so again.

the character? phillip chancellor the 3rd

the actor? thom bierdz

after i discovered this tidbit, i wondered what had happened to thom in the last 2 decades, and checked google. i ended up on his website, and made a few discoveries;

1) he is gay

2) he is an artist…a very very talented artist

3) just weeks after he left y&r in 1989, his mother was brutally murdered, by his brother

4) in 2000, his other brother committed suicide

5) he wrote a book about these events; Forgiving Troy – A True Story of Murder, Mental Illness and Recovery

6) he is still gorgeous

i felt a bit of a connection to thom, and decided to e-mail him. unlike john mayer…the only other celebrity i have e-mailed (someone pleeeease find me robert downey jr.’s e-mail addy) thom replied. he was very kind and gracious, and appreciated my interest (or pretended to politely, anyways).

so, i ordered the book.  and it arrived. signed by thom (who also took it to the post office and signed the shipping slip himself, which i found pretty cool for some reason. i considered keeping the slip as a souvenir…but ended up recycling it)

i devoured it in two days

wow! just wow. obviously, it was quite a story. it feels wrong to enjoy someones tragedy, so i wont say i enjoyed the book…but i will say i was riveted. not only by the story, but by Thom’s excellent writing. he gives just the right amount of detail and description, builds interest,  and…most of all…is brutally honest. his talent, strength, insight, and courage is truly inspiring.

i have read on some soap opera sites that some y&r fans feel thom is not such a great actor. while i personally disagree and enjoy his acting…after looking at his artwork and reading his book, i would say acting is the least of his talents.

i do, however, fear watching him on y&r (he is back now) will never be the same for me…

this posting was brought to you by my left hand and a nursing baby on my lap…

Someone tell me if I am crazy or not!

Last night I was watching a TV movie called “Last Exit“. The movie was fine…nothing I’d look out for but good enough for a lazy Saturday night.

The whole movie, I was going crazy trying to figure out who the actress playing one of the main characters was, because she was definitely someone I knew (in the TV sense of knew). Someone I knew WELL!

Finally, I realized it was Chloe from Young and the Restless, and felt much better.

Until I looked online, and found out the actress in the movie is Kathleen Robertson, and Chloe is Elizabeth Hendrickson.

Is it me, or could these two women be twins???

K.R.

E.H.

It is so wonderful how my Man takes me to see My Boyfriend on Date nights!

Saturday night we saw Tropic Thunder. Eh, it was stupid funny. Also, Robbie looked nothing like his lucious self for 90% of the movie:

The few moments he did reveal his true gorgeousness made it all worth it though:

This picture is not from the movie…but he is blond in the movie, and Robbie as a blond is so wrong it is right!

Penelope: A cute family movie that almost anyone will enjoy, with a sweet lesson. As an added bonus, it stars Christina Ricci, who I always find charming and who tops my “If I was into women” list. As another bonus, she has a super cute wardrobe in the movie…especially for a girl that never gets out!

Iron Man: Better than I expected. Not a cinematic masterpiece, but Robbie was his usually witty, sardonic, hot and distracting self, and the movie kept me awake until 11pm, which is a not insignificant accomplishment.

The Dark Knight: Kinda boring. I could not get into it. I also don’t get why everyone says Heath Ledger deserves an Oscar?  Is it because he is dead?  Well…he was good…but not Oscar worthy (ducks to avoid tomatoes and banana peels) IMO.

Last night my brother took care of the girl, giving the man and I a much needed date nights. After being turned away from a Italian place we have been wanting to try, we ended up gorging ourselves on Chinese food before seeing Cloverfield.

Wow. What a movie. Anyone who liked Blair With Project will probably like Cloverfield as well. The basic premise is that a group of young New Yorkers are at a party when a monster the size of a skyscraper attacks the city, doing things like decapitating the statue of liberty. The movie is a video shot by one of the main characters, who was holding the camera to video tape the party when the mayhem began.

I have read that the shaky amateur style camera work make some headachy or nauseous, however it did not both me (and I am both headache and nausea prone) or my man.

The movie was great. Suspenseful, action packed, creepy, and scary as hell. The effects were awesome, and the actors were great…felt very real. It great date movie though I think the man may have come out of it a little pain from all my hand squeezing. At one point I was so startled I threw my arms around him and shrieked…he just laughed!

I do think this is a love it or hate it type of film…but if you are dark and twisty (and like LOST, same writer and producer) than I think you’ll appreciate it.

I leave you with this trailer:

In other movie news, they showed a preview for the new Robert Downey Jr. movie, Iron Man…Robby looks as edible as ever, but man I don’t think I can do it even for him:

P.S. has anyone been to a birthday party at My Gym? We walked by last night, and are considering it for the girl (turning 5 in March) . Thoughts?

It has always creeped me out that I had a teensy little crush on Shaun from Hi5. It is wrong to think teenagers on kids shows are cute, right? (Though I never thought he was an actual teen, I assumed he was in his early 20s…too young to have a crush on, but not disgustingly young)

Then I discovered he is actually only 5 years younger than me, a perfectly acceptable  28. All good.

Cute, isn’t he:

Kid’s TV has something for everyone!

I know he looks kinda…umm…odd an all, but I still want him to stop kissing that woman and get over here! 

Killed me today!!! Best post ever!!! (click on this boring post to go see…)

I need a fan. People don’t deserve to be this beautiful. People this beautiful don’t deserve to have each other. I know. I am mean. It is just the jealousy speaking.

Posh and Becks in W:

I could have gone to Live Earth. I watched it on TV all day…we all need to do more.