gmail chats with mike...

*this is in response to me posting a comment about how i did not deserve to be tased*

me: check your facebook wall
michael: well, you sucker punched me!
me: whatever
michael: 'W'
oh, you also threw a pregnancy test at me, but that's all
oh, and EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
me: ew what?
michael: throwing a pregnancy test?
me: sweetheart if that grosses you out remind me not to let you in the room during the actual delivery
michael: there are grosser things in the world, i just don't need to thrown at me!
icky
me: fine, i'll throw afterbirth at you so you can appreciate how minimal a pregnancy test is
michael: that's even ickier
me: see, a pregnancy test isn't so bad now, is it?
michael: whatever, tasing isn't that bad either
no bruises or anything
me: right, it could only kill me
michael: if improperly used
me: but god forbid you get a small bit of urine on you
i'm going to go out on a limb and assume that you don't know the proper way to use one
michael: seriously, i could get an infection & die
i practice every day
me: christ you're a drama queen

'where are they?' wednesday

so back to my 'where are they now?' segment (which i have decided to turn into a weekly event on wednesdays...hence the title all you smarties out there...).

this one is for julie so that she can prove timmy wrong:

brad barron renfro (a.k.a. the kid from 'the client')

then:

now:

*dead from an apparent overdose of heroin and morphine

brad made his movie debut in 1994 in the title role of 'the client'. he acted in 21 movies, several short films, and one television episode during his career. much of his later career was marred by a pattern of substance abuse until his death on january 15, 2008.

brad was born in knoxville, tn, the son of angela and mark renfro, who was a factory worker. he was raised from the age of five by his paternal grandmother, joanne barron renfro, a church secretary. he fathered one child, a son named y(amato) renfro, born in 2003. the boy lives in japan with his mother.

renfro was discovered by mali finn, a casting director, when he was ten. his only previous acting experience was as a dealer in an anti-drugs workshop school production. cast by finn for schumacher's 'the client', renfro acted alongside susan sarandon and tommy lee jones. based on the bestselling john grisham novel, it became one of the top-grossing films of 1994. in 1995, he won hollywood reporter's 'young star' award, and was nominated as one of people's 'top 30 under 30.' that year, he played huck finn in 1995's tom and huck with jonathan taylor thomas.

in 1996, he was cast in 'sleepers', based on the novel by lorenzo carcaterra. the film was directed by barry levinson and also starred robert de niro, kevin bacon, dustin hoffman, and brad pitt.

in 1998, he starred opposite ian mckellen in 'apt pupil', directed by bryan singer. renfro went on to act in other films, including 2001's 'ghost world', 2002's 'confessions of an american girl' (in which he played a gay teenager), 'bully', and 2005's 'the jacket'. he also appeared in an episode of 'law & order: criminal intent' and completed filming on the unreleased film 'the informers', co-starring winona ryder and billy bob thornton.

in december 2005, he was arrested by lapd officers during an undercover drug sweep of downtown's skid row and was charged with attempted possession of heroin. a photograph showing him in handcuffs made the front page of the los angeles times. renfro admitted to a detective that he was using heroin and methadone. in court, he pleaded guilty to the charges, and was sentenced to three years' probation. in 2006, he spent 10 days in jail for convictions of driving while under the influence and attempted heroin possession. in june 2007, a judge found him to have violated his probation by not enrolling in a long-term drug treatment program. he subsequently went into a drug rehabilitation program.

renfro was found dead on january 15, 2008 in his l.a. apartment. on february 8, 2008, the l.a. county coroner's office ruled that renfro's death was accidental, attributing it to acute heroin/morphine intoxication.

his body was returned to east tennessee, where he was buried on january 22, 2008 north of knoxville, at red house cemetery in the small community of blaine.

less than two weeks later, his grandmother joanne – who had raised him and accompanied him regularly during his early acting career – died at her home at the age of 76. local officials stated that she died of natural causes.

i <3 the 80s too...

you know i love the 90s, but there are some things sacred from the 80s...such as teen witch:

god, i'm O-L-D!!!

you're a 90's kid if:

• you can sing the rap to 'the fresh prince of bel air'.
• you know that 'woah' comes from joey from 'blossom' and that 'how rude!' comes from stephanie from 'full house'.
• you remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a saturday to watch cartoons.
• you remember reading 'goosebumps'.
• you know the profound meaning of 'wax on, wax off'.
• you took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
• you made paper scrunchies to see who you'd end up marrying
• you danced to 'wannabe' by the spice girls, females: had a new motto, males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really want).
• you remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.
• you still get the urge to say 'not' after (almost) every sentence...not...
• where in the world is carmen san diego? was both a game and a tv game show.
• captain planet.
• you knew that kimberly, the pink ranger, and tommy, the green ranger were meant to be together.
• you remember when super nintendos became popular.
• you remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on iintruders'.
• 'i've fallen and i can't get up'.
• you remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
• you remember new kids on the block when they were cool.
• you knew all the characters names and their life stories on 'saved by the bell'.
• you played and/or collected 'pogs'.
• you had at least one tamagotchi, gigapet or nano and brought it everywhere.
• you watched the original care bears, my little pony, and ninja turtles.
• nancy drew and the hardy boys were the best myster books.
• yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!
• all your school supplies were 'lisa frank' brand.(pencils, notebooks, binders, etc.).
• you remember when the new beanie babies were always sold out.
• you used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.
• you've gotten creeped out by 'are you afraid of the dark?'
• you know the macarena by heart.
• 'talk to the hand' ... enough said.
• you thought brain would finally take over the world.
• you always said, 'then why don't you marry it!'
• you remember when everyone went slinky crazy.
• you remember when razor scooters were cool.
• when we were younger: before the myspace frenzy...before the internet & text messaging...before sidekicks & ipods...before playstation2 or x-box......
• back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
• when light up sneakers were cool.
• when you rented vhs tapes, not dvds.
• when gas was $0.95 a gallon & caller id was a new thing.
• when we recorded stuff on vcrs & paid $3.50 for a movie.
• when we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.
• when the chicago bulls were the best team ever.
• tag.
• get over here!!!! means something to you.
• hide-n-go seek at dusk.
• red light, green light.
• heads up 7 up.
• playing kickball & dodgeball until your porch light came on.
• hopskotch.
• tree houses.
• hula hoops.
• hello......hot wheels!!!
• running through the sprinklers.
• that 'little Mermaid'.
• crying when mufasa died in the lion king.
• happy meals where you chose a barbie or a hot wheels car.
• getting the privilege to sit in the front seat of the car.
• drinking sqeeze it 'squeeze the fun out of it'.
• hey arnold.
• rugrats.
• the secret world of alex mac.
• rocco's modern life.
• are you afraid of the dark?
• doug.
• magic school bus.
• aladdin.
• pinky and the brain.
• sailor moon.
• punky brewster.
• blossom.
• beavis & butt-head.
• wishbone.
• bill nye the science guy.
• mr. rodgers!!!!
• where everyone wanted to be in love after watching the wonder years.
• under the umbrella tree
• pee-wee!!!
• the big comfy couch.
• kool-aid was the drink of choice.
• class field trips.
• when christmas was the most exciting time of year.
• when $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.
• when you begged to go to mcdonalds for dinner everyday.
• when toys r us overuled the mall.
• decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.
• money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'monopoly.'
• being old referred to anyone over 20.
• a chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.
• when ninja turtles ruled the world.
• when aladdin was new.
• before the trilogy was complete.
• before we realized all this would eventually disappear.

who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much???

d.b. of the week

this week's d.b. of the week is...(drum roll)...

raffaello follieri - anne hathaway's italian boy toy of four years:

the italian property developer was arrested yesterday and charged with trying to pass a bad check, a nypd spokesman said. the check was for around $250,000, as ordered by a washington, d.c., court to pay a public-relations firm $250,000 for work done on his behalf. last year, the wall street journal reported on billionaire ron burkle's lawsuit against follieri for allegedly squandering $1.3 million in business funds to support his extremely lavish lifestyle. follieri denied any wrongdoing.

in february 2007, hathaway told london's sunday times that follieri was a positive influence who helped bring her out of a lengthy depression. 'he's brought out so many positive attributes,' she said. 'before i met him, i wasted so much time. i was just annoying and narcissistic and smelled bad. he's protective without being possessive, passionate without needing to show his temper.'

yeah, well you're still annoying, narcissistic, and i can only imagine how bad you smell...glad to see he's done nothing for you annie...