Well, yippi ki yi yay! According to a news report out of Los Angeles, filming of Pirates of the Caribbean Part 444 is now underway! (wait, maybe it's actually just part 4 -- I'll have to check on that and get back to you, ha ha.)

Loyal readers of this lofty blog no doubt recall that I I positively loved the first Pirates (and have seriously lost count of how many times I've actually seen it) but that I was not a super huge fan of parts 2 or 3.  I could not follow the plot of either of those movies to save my life. And I was totally, totally sober at the time of watching those -- I swear. However, I will watch Johnny Depp do pretty much anything (I'll even watch him sort of spontaneously burst forth from my printer, but I'm not going to go into the details of that right now -- or ever. It is sufficient to say that my attention was seriously rapt, gang!), so I am of course very, very eager to see the next insane installment of the Pirates franchise.

I am even eager to see The Tourist, although I could not for the life of me figure out why he did that movie. All those other incredibly interesting projects that seem to be attached to him and then suddenly he was doing that one.  Maybe he was just doing a professional favor for a friend or something, you know? I certainly like to think so. Who knows, right? But I'm going to see The Tourist regardless -- even though you cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, call me a fan of Angelina Jolie's. I am so not. Do you know that there is a nickname for her on the Internet that is just really, so super-duper vile that it's actually kind of amusing? "The Evil and All-Powerful Vagina." I mean, I do not usually resort to name-calling, but that is just so over the top mean that it is kind of funny.

However, what I don't think is funny is that I have to actually financially support her career, even in a small way, by seeing that movie. Wouldn't it be nice if we could submit a little form when we buy a movie ticket? "I'd like one ticket to see The Tourist please, and here is my form where it clearly states that I'd like all 6 of my (matinee prices!) dollars to go to Johnny & the crew, and none of those 6 dollars to go to the Evil and All-Powerful Vagina. Thank you."

Okay. I know. Not funny! I'm sure she has a really lovely & perfectly harmless vagina.

Meanwhile.... On another topic entirely. My very good friend, NYC-based writer/musician/composer/video artist, Rob Stephenson, who currently has that amazingly great novel out called Passes Through, also has a very cool interview at The Big Other right now. You can check it out here . And please do, if you have the time. Rob is a very, very cool artist. He will make you think, that's for certain!! And his novel really is just incredible.

Hey, I did get a ton of weeds pulled this morning and I will continue to make whatever progress I can out there in preparation for my gal-pal Laurie's visit this coming week. (And Jay is out there now, pulling some weeds, too. I guess we are working in shifts!) Anyway, I rescued the little hedgehog from oblivion!! (See scary photo below somewhere) And I am finally just about able to see my little rabbit, too! I will regale you with photos probably tomorrow or Monday. I gotta get a move on right now, though. Thanks for visiting, gang!! Fight the good fight and remember to laugh a lot, if at all possible! See ya!!