And they say our stories aren’t realistic. . .
Did any of you see that piece in the news about the smugglers who were lured to a fake wedding on a luxury yacht off the Jersey shore (as in, Joisey, all you across-the-ponders), only to find their butts thrown in jail? The sting operation was months in the making, including a pair of undercover FBI agents who posed as a couple, befriended these yahoos (whose stock in trade included counterfeit money, cigarettes, Viagra and blue jeans, with a few semi-automatic rifles thrown in for variety), and then “invited” said yahoos to their “wedding.” The “guests” were guaranteed transportation to the yacht, only there was a slight detour.
I mean, does this sound like a proposal (as it were) for UNDERCOVER WEDDING or what? Sandra Bullock could do the movie. With. . .? Colin Farrell? Hugh Jackman? Jackie Chan? Anybody but Brad Pitt. I’m seriously off Brad Pitt these days. With Jude Law running a close second.
A moment of silence while we all contemplate not nice words of our choice.
Complete track switch ahead.
Two reasons why I love my husband (there are more, but we’ll just deal with these two for now):
1. He gets a phone call from an old friend yesterday, who tells him friends took her out to a play and dinner for her birthday.
“They went to see THE VIRGIN DIALOGUES,” he says.
I blink. “You mean THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES?”
“Yeah, that’s it.”
At least he was close.
2. The roar of the vacuum, the pungent scent of pine cleaner, assailing my senses from downstairs. Yes, boys and girls, the man cleans. Without being prompted. Our house will be clean until approximately 3:41, when #5 returns from school.
Bliss.
Actually, strike that. This newsflash just in — our big red cat promptly sprawled his loose-furred self across the clean, dark green carpet (what were we thinking?). Ah, well. At least the bathroom still sparkles.
Hugh. Definitely Hugh.
I’m avoiding entertainment news so I can maintain my crush on Brad, I’ve always found Jude icky, Colin’s also icky in a slightly hairier and thuggish way, and although I adore Jackie (He’s a GOD!) I can’t see him in this…
Comment by Anna — August 23, 2005 @ 8:05 pm
Depends if they make it a comedy.
Also, apparently many of the smugglers were Asian (I gather some of the contraband was from China, some from Korea), so it could work, yes?
Besides, did you see La Bullock in MISS CONGENIALITY II? I think she and Chan would be a hoot together.
Brad never did do it for me, so no loss there. And it now I’m guessing some of Jude’s roles were, um, typecast (ALFIE, anyone? Or CLOSER, which easily ranks as one of my all-time gross-out movies of all time. Ick, ick, ick — they all DESERVED each other! I still shudder, thinking about it).
Yeah, yeah, great performances and all that, but spare me characters who make me feel I need a shower after two hours in their company.
Comment by Karen Templeton — August 23, 2005 @ 8:23 pm
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