Don't worry, gang, spring is still coming, however.... not today; it's freezing and grey out there today.

But I've got daffodils pushing up in the front garden already, so that's pretty exciting. Loyal readers of this lofty blog will no doubt recall that I love my garden, my yard, my many little animals scurrying hither & yon all summer long. The one hitch this year is that the little black & white feral kitten who began living in my yard (and killing my birds) last summer is now a full grown cat. He's already staked his little spot of ground directly under my birdfeeder. But I did at least move the bird bath out into the center of the backyard so that this summer the birds will be able to see him coming from a mile away.

And speaking of summer... Have you seen the trailer yet for Public Enemies? (Coming July 1st to a theater near you -- or more like to 7 million theaters near you; God forbid we have more than a 4 minute drive to a megaplex these days.) My cousin sent me to the link this morning. It looks really fun! (The actual movie, not just the link itself.)

You will all no doubt recall that John Dillinger's claim to fame was that he was killed on my birthday. Well, okay, decades before I was actually born, thank you very much, but at least he was killed on the same day -- and while coming out of a movie theater, no less. What could be better than that? (And if you're into looking at dead gangster photos, which, I confess, I kind of am, you will also probably remember that really gross photo of him laid out on a slab and riddled with bullets.) (Public Enemies is a movie about John Dillinger & it stars Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, man-of-curious-anger-management-issues-fame, in case you were wondering why I was suddenly spouting off about John Dillinger...)

Sadly, as with seemingly all Hollywood blockbuster movies these days, it looks like this one will also be about some type of doomed romance with some woman naked in a bathtub. (Gee! Another awesome movie role for a woman! Who wouldn't want to be an actress in Hollywood these days, gang??) So that part looks like it'll be kind of stupid, but apparently guys like that kind of stuff (yay!) and Hollywood movies are pretty much made solely for guys, so... but hey. Overall, it looks like the movie will have plenty of flying bullets & plenty of fun. And cool cars & clothes & set decorating!

Meanwhile!

If you're a woman/man/debatable and you're into making movies or videos that maybe aren't stupid... The Columbus International Film & Video Festival's call for entries is officially open for 2009, gang. Please check us out and send us your best stuff. The link is here. (And if I know you personally, I can't judge your category so please, please don't ask me to.)

So how about setting those clocks ahead , gang???

I thought I was going to die yesterday, I was so fucking exhausted. And then I went to bed at , like, 9 o'clock, thinking I would fall to sleep dead away. But I kept looking at the clock, thinking: wait; it's really only 8 o'clock. I can't fall to sleep at fucking 8 o'clock!! So I stayed awake until 11, watching old Rudolph Valentino movies (as opposed to all those new ones you hear so much about), and I didn't get out of bed today until, yes, fucking 8 o'clock! I hate this!!! I am so behind schedule!

On that cheery note, gang, I really, really gotta get moving around here. Have a fantastic day, wherever you are! And thanks for visiting.