Siskel & Ebert... well, not quite!

What up Brothers and Sisters!!

(Sorry, I just watched "Undercover Brother" on USA... got a little soul in me now...) If you haven't seen UB, you need to rent it. It's got a great cast... Dave Chapelle (I'm Rick James... bitch!), Neil Patrick Harris ('member Doogie Howser?), Chris Kattan and the soul brother himself, James Brown! Good God.. jump back... kiss myself!! It's a HILARIOUS comedy about the melding of the black and white cultures. Great flick... two thumbs up!

I also watched "Save The Last Dance" last night. I had forgotten how great this movie was, but I was quick to remember. Even if you left out the fact that Julia Stiles is in it, she's my "movie-star crush," it would still be a great movie. I won't give away the story in case you haven't seen it, but it is a "white girl ends up in Chicago and struggles but thrives in the end" kind of movie.

The main reason I like this movie is because it deals with the arts, of which I'm very supportive (as if you didn't know...). The main message is not to give up on your dreams, which is the mantra that I've lived by all my life. It also has a secondary storyline dealing with breaking the racial barrier for a common goal. I only wish I could dance like that!

Thanks to everyone for the kind posts. It means a lot to know that I have friends and family out there that care so much. I try not to make this blog a self-pity soapbox, but sometimes everyone has bad days.

And I feel I should introduce the girl who made the last comment on the site... Maggie Gardner is a wonderful young woman whom I met while performing in Elko, Nevada. She is beautiful and brilliant, studying to be a nurse , but also getting her Bachelor of Nursing-Science degree at the same time. She has an incredible workload and I admire her greatly for attacking it with such vigor. Perhaps someday (after she graduates) we may be able to have a relationship, but for now I will settle for having one of the best friends I could ever ask for. Thanks for everything, Maggie!

To all the other family and friends who read this: I couldn't have done any of this without all of you. You all mean the world to me and I promise to remember you when I get famous.... :-) Hope you're all enjoying the frigid weather back home in Iowa... I'm wearing shorts and a t-shirt!! HA!

TTFN!