“He is not the same, nor is he another.”
Buddha
Buddha
“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story
which is written across the whole world
in letters too large for some of us to see.”
C.S Lewis
“Truth hath a quiet breast.”
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
OMG Season of Sharing
World Neighbors
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Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteNothing says romance like a good teethcleaning.
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought that buying socks together was boring!
The Prop 88s: Day 8
ReplyDeleteWhich Prop Should Be Passed?
9.2% Nicole Kidman must finally say something—anything—about her bodyguard beating up that photographer.
4.6% Amy Winehouse must release her comeback album. If Britney can do it, there's hope for ya, Ames.
16.1% The Beckhams are forced to move back to England. For good.
21.8% The Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon wedding is required to take place or the two have to call it quits.
26.4% Obama has to get us out of Iraq, stat. Sooner than later, Barack.
10.3% Jared Leto must give up his emo band and concentrate on what he's actually good at—acting. And shave.
9.2% Heidi Klum and Seal have to have more kids. Heid's the funnest pregnant gal around.
2.3% Megan Fox must join Disney's The Wizards of Waverly Place to boost its demographic with 18-26-year-old boys.
I love that picture of Austin with blue shading, and the quote is nice too.
ReplyDeleteVery nice sentiments.
ReplyDeleteI kind of agree with Ted, put up or shut up. Someone needs to call their bluff.
They are not brothers but Jake and Austin are like Prince William and Harry. Who would of thought 5 years ago William/Jake would be bearded, grungy, wornout, whipped and old-looking before his time and Harry/Austin would both grow into their looks (and thier ears lol) and turn out to be brighter, better-looking, successful, smiling, happier and a breath of fresh air?
ReplyDelete(and Harry/Austin would both grow into their looks (and thier ears lol) and turn out to be brighter, better-looking, successful, smiling, happier and a breath of fresh air?)
ReplyDeleteYou think Harry looks better than William? He looks like a cartoon character. Yes, but smiling all the time.
And are you suggesting that William is bearding? Surely not with a woman.
ReplyDeleteNo, I agree with royal turnaround. Harry has turned into the stud. Who would've thought?
ReplyDeleteI had to chuckle at that picture of Jake as he's getting ready to get into the gasguzzler in his Mister Rogers sweater. That is not the profile of a 27 year old HW stud. Had to do a second take. Is that???....yeah, it is.
But think about it. The guy is juggling two lives. No wonder he still looks ragged.
Orchid!! So you're a fan of IPS, too?? That's so cool.
I've got to go. We're still going nuts here & I'm borrowing time.
Yeah Austin is the stud now. Jake is real fast turning into a dud professionally, in public opinions and looks-wise. Its the "A Star Is Born" gay version. Jake is falling fast and Austin is on his way up.
ReplyDeleteOrchid!! So you're a fan of IPS, too?? That's so cool.
ReplyDeleteYeah I love that story, especially the dynamics between Jack/Ennis and the Amish setting, and how it affects Ennis' worldview. I can't wait until the next chapter gets posted!
Like Dorothy said - "there's no place like home"
ReplyDeleteI don't know there was something about them in red and blue - no not as in Red State Blue State, or Red Fish Blue Fish - but something elemental about it. Fire and water.
I love this post.
ReplyDeleteSpecial K said; Fire and water. Remember Water wins over Fire. It puts it out, smothers it.
ReplyDeleteWater-type people are smart, wise, frank, and resourceful. They have good memories and think before they leap.
ReplyDeleteThere are two types of Water: Floating Water and Still Water. Floating Water makes people active and restless and feel like traveling. Still Water makes people calm and peaceful.
A Fire-type person is courteous, eloquent, polite and expressive. They are good at compliments in speech.
Fire people are energetic, artistic, passionate, easily excitable, and have a tendency to rapidly change emotional states as well as become aggressive. They love sensation, drama and sentiment. They seek joy, gratification and the attention of others. They like to be invited to a party and dislike being alone.
Austin floats my boat!
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ReplyDeleteJersey Tom said...
ReplyDeleteAustin could definitely sail upon this Floating Water anyday.
God Jake looks like a grumpy old worn down man in yesterdays pic. What a difference a year makes. reese has done wonders for him.
I guess reeke will spend NY's eve with their many friends. Maybe Rufus will serenade them. My guess Jake has senn Rufus for the last time.
Really like today's song.
ReplyDelete^^That was me. I'm a water person, I take water over fire. Fire is necessary for cooking if I cook that day but water, I can't live without it. For the hull of it: I'd like to play with Austins dinghy, layout his jib, adjust his gooseneck, fold back his forestay, raise his mast, head him, throat him so he could peak and spritsail his snotter all over the place. If ypu all don't have a clew heh what it all means it means sailing. Mostly.
ReplyDeleteChris Craft was me, I mean, not leigh. I'm hot and sweaty now after fantasy about Austin riding my sails. guess I'll go in for another dip, that always cures it. LOL
ReplyDeleteSounds like Austin shivers your timbers there Chris.
ReplyDeleteMarc Jacobs, his boyfriend and Daniel Craig
ReplyDeleteMaybe Daniel Craig is gay? Or maybe straight and secure enough to be seen with a bunch of gay guys at the beach? Either way he's way cooler than Jake who can't be seen with anyone except Reese. Go Daniel.
Yea SK he sure does. I used to dig Jake now not so much. Jake is tired same old same old "Jake and Reese Jake and Reese Jake and Reese" and he looks too thin like he's on meth and he's starting to look unkempt like Joaquin Phonix. OTOH Austin is fresh and getting better everytime I see him. The Informers suit balcony shot and OTH short hair, wicked smile, mature face and awesome jawline did it for me. How the 2 of them are together is beyond me. IMO the way Jake behaves Austin deserves better.
ReplyDeleteBtw Ojai and the area around is big, wouldn't suprise me if thats where Jaustin and BT are. BT full time probably, Stephen and/or Naomi nearby. Just a hop skip and jump away from the weekly reeke-quired photo ops whether in Ojai or LA. The area is private and out of the way, lots of little country roads and confusing on purpose. 100 to 1 the paps hired for the Reeke Ojai Show got addresses, a map, directions from PR. But wonder of wonders BT and homestead is well hidden. On purpose. Ojai that whole area is good for hiding. You know how Ojai is pronounced, its like 'Oh Hi' the j is silent. You can disappear/hide in Ojai. Old joke but true: Ojai = Oh Bye. "Go Bye in Ojai"
Like I said, wouldn't suprise me if thats the area where Toothy is flossing his pearly whites every night when not in LA or NY. OMG Toothy, the bearding, the contract..its supposed to be the other way around but it turns out Jake has become Reese's indentured servant. Indentured..dentures, fake teeth. LOL but sad. "Be true to your teeth or they'll be fake to you." << Jake, learn something from that, will ya?
Does it feel like a boring Saturday to anyone else? It does to me so orgive me ahead of time if I end up making a gazillion posts tonight.
Jake and Michelle dating?
ReplyDeleteSorry, forgot my name.
ReplyDeleteJake and Michelle dating
Love the boat talk Chris, and couldn't agree more with your take on Austin vs. Jake. I don't know when was the last time I thought Jake looked good, and often that has nothing to do with his actual looks.
ReplyDeleteWhen did OMG became Austin vs. Jake? Thought it was about them together.
ReplyDeleteThere were also pictures of Craig with a gay executive from Bravo. I can't tell if the exec is on of the other men in the pictures with Marc Jacobs. Double date????
ReplyDeleteCraig
My use of the word "vs" was not meant to imply there is some kind of contest between Jake and Austin, and I doubt anyone else was suggesting that either. However I'm not going to pretend that what Jake is doing doesn't affect my opinion of him or that imo it has zapped him of almost everything that made me such a big fan in the first place.
Hey y'all!! Shared custody of the niece & nephew tonight with their other aunt (my sister), giving Grandpa & Grandma a break. After an absolutely horrendous day @ work, it was squeeze in a walk time, then back to the apartment to pick up the kids. The kids wanted pizza. Gee. Imagine that. So they voted to go to Pizza Street. You know that song, All you can eat for just 4.49. It used to be all you can eat for just 3.29. Then it changed to 3.49. Then it was 3.99. Now it's 4.49. Well, you can imagine the quality of pizza you get for that price. Oh well. The kids loved it. It was kids eat for free Tuesday night. Ugh. Rugrats everywhere.
ReplyDeleteLol. Then it was back to the apartment and my laptop was overtaken by Webkinz.com. And Star Wars.com. Hence, I'm just now barely getting on here.
Team Jaustin, it's not a Jake vs Austin thing. It's just that Jake is kind of disappointing right now, I think. Now that second pic up there, the red one, he looks downright sultry in that one. But where in the heck is that guy? We haven't seen him for a long time.I'll be the first one to raise my hand at who was also HOT about a year 1/2 ago. It was him.
Look at the picture on the cover of People, the one where he's mentioned as Boyfriend of the Year. What a fantastic picture. That's the guy we all remember. Not the one in that picture at the top of Monday's Post.
Chris, you killed me on your comments. Just killed me. And I'm kind of agreeing with you now on Jake's looking like he's lost weight. And it's kind of hard to tell most of the time because his clothes are really bagging on him. But that's just it. And I'm not saying there's anything really bad going on. He's probably just rundown, physically. I bet this year has taken a toll on him, not only mentally & emotionally, but physically. I will say this, tho. The muscle that he gained for Pop and then lost, and now he has apparently not hardly any muscle mass, looking at his legs through the pants. That's really not too healthy to put on that much muscle and then where did it go so fast? I don't know. I'm not a nutritionist nor a dietician or physical trainer. Not an expert. I'm just concerned by his physical appearance. It's not like him to look so Sebastian Cabot-ish, lol. And I'm not talking disheveled or Colin Farrel-ish looking. I'm talking not-caring-about-how-you-look kind of look.
Yeah I love that story, especially the dynamics between Jack/Ennis and the Amish setting, and how it affects Ennis' worldview. I can't wait until the next chapter gets posted!
ReplyDeleteOrchid, I love it too. It's one of my all time favorites. In fact, after I get done here, I'm jumping over to LJ to read more of the comments on it. As soon as she posted those chapters, people were jumping on there like little jumping beans. They hadn't even read it yet, they were just posting big Thank you!Thank you! Thank you!'s. lol.
m, you crack me up with your comments. I'm still chuckling. glacial moving. not enough sex for me. LOLLLLL! I hear ya. But it's soooooo goooooood. Too bad you, Orchid & me couldn't have us a little mini roundtable on fanfic. Might not get too far, tho, if all we'd do is get embarrassed.
Oh, I'm so sleepy, I really need to head for bed. Got another horrendous day @ work coming and then it's dogsitting for one night. Hot times in ol' prairie town.
Well, I 'll take back my judgement for awhile on the loss of musclemass. Maybe not so much. It's hard to tell. I'll wait for some more Reeke pictures, lol. Anyways, strike those statements!
ReplyDeleteSorry I've been so snarly for the past day and 1/2, guys. Sarcasm has been dripping from me like an IV and that's not very nice nor nice to be around.
Like the wiener dogs' house because it's the one dogsitting place I can hook onto people's wireless signals. So the ol' laptop's going with me. Which reminds me, I need to pack, lol. Minor detail there.
Chris, loved your sailing comments. I dont know much about sailing but I got the message loud and clear. Also interesting theory about Ojai.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Harry and William. Did anyone catch Dlisted's hilarious comments about what he would do with Prince Hot Ginge as he calls Harry. Hilarious.
When did OMG became Austin vs. Jake? Thought it was about them together.
ReplyDeleteposters are mad at Jake for still dating Reese, and Now Austin is hot property of the day. Then comes the Austin looks better and Is better at, Whatever comments.
I like them both but don't think we're gonna see them together anytime soon. Austin does get a pass here, although some have forgotten that he dispelled the rumors (gay and dating Jake) about him also as (Junk and Shit).
Holy mother of ... Spooky just posted some new pics of Austin from OTH. The best he has ever looked. And just when the conversation is about him growing into his looks. Cant wait for the new episode next week.
ReplyDeleteSomething strange about the Jake RDJ hiking pics. Jake looks the same in all of them but RDJ does not. In some RDJ's water is in his left front pocket, his shades are off, his scarf is not hanging like in the others and theres a wet spot/stain on his pants crotch. So what really happened in those woods?
ReplyDeleteAlso interesting is again how Atticus stays far from Reese in the back in the car, even he looks wary and sad. And also noticed here and other pics Jake doesn't wear clean new tennis shoes all the time like he used to, it was always a unique fun thing with him, part of his appeal. Now his shoes are all old and worn and common, like how he is now. His teeth, they look yellow on the sides, the canines I think they are called, like he's not taking care of them or he's smoking again and his teeth are getting stained with nicotine. What the fuck does Reese have or do that she takes the best out of everybody and turns them into unhappy dependent sorry souls? Does she use hostage techniques, mind control, alternately talking down to them making them feel unconfident and then making them feel overly grateful for the smallest bit of positive feedback, for doing something good, a reward? Or does she get them hooked on a substance, control them with giving or withholding it? Does she prey on the weak, make promises of getting fame and money if they follow her? Whatever it is Jake needs intervention or exorcism. Reese needs to be sacrificed for the good of humanity or sent to Iraq, either is ok with me. [Bin laden would commit suicide for sure LOL] Whatever Jake is a stupid idiot for letting Reese into his life, run his life and ruining his life. I have no respect for him at all. If I saw him I would laugh in his face. What a fucking idiot.
wow, calm down, take your pills, lost respect
ReplyDeleteOT but from JFX Online about a familiar piece of jewelery.
ReplyDeleteModel Kate Moss misplaced the $4,000 one-of-a-kind handmade ring her boyfriend Jamie Hince gave her for Christmas. The UK Mirror reports : “There was a terrible panic when Kate realised the ring had disappeared. Jamie had it specially made for her in Santa Fe. It was a Native American ring designed to symbolise Kate’s happy future and Jamie’s role in it. It was solid silver with a gorgeous blue stone and was supposed to have all sorts of protective powers.
I agree with you that Jake has very much changed. Maybe all the
ReplyDeletemovies, his life, and his parent's
divorce is catching up to him. On
Austin, all I can say is that I
have always thought that he is really handsome. I just hope that
2009 is a good year for both of
them!
For myself, I am off to the eye
doctor about my contacts. I have
been wearing them since October,
2007, and they are a pain sometimes. I wish everyone a better and happy 2009!!
Like the wiener dogs' house because it's the one dogsitting place I can hook onto people's wireless signals.
ReplyDeleteCome over here anytime Prairie Girl you can stay inside my big house or lay out on the roof like Snoops and get a tan while you working on your computer. But after we gnaw on a few bones get fat and happy and I let you drink out of my gin dish I mean my water bowl you'll be petting me and kissing me and playing and whining for more and you be forgetting all about the computer.
M: I have a bone to pick with you, saying I look old. You bitch. I ain't old, I'm a hot Hollywood sophishticated stud. I'm serious hot property whos seen everything done everything and I know a lot of Daddys secret stuff like I know where all the bones get buried. I'm tough I ain't some clumsy goofy faced upstart pup. Come over here and I show you how frisky I am, you be rolling over and exhausted in no time.
Honestly I hope the year to come will keep on being as productive as it has been for us, but I am also looking forward a quiet and boring life in California for Alek and I :-) The Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Whiterspoon's kind Well maybe not that boring ;-)
ReplyDeleteOHLALA
Wicked and Special K,
ReplyDeleteI have an idea. Why don't you
take a poll on whether most of us
think Jake and Austin both are
gay or bisexual? I just thought
that it would be cool to get other
people's opinions!! I will catch
you later!!
PG how did you know I donated fuel when we were riding around in the gas guzzler? When I do it everyone and Daddy stops talking and starts panting and moaning and says oh my god over and over and then he gets a weird look on his face and he goes faster and faster then he lets out a big groan and a sigh of relief. Its kinda like the same stuff he does when I seen him get humped but not really.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bad dog huh.
ReplyDeleteYou are an ornery dog, Atti. Take care of your daddy, won't you? Guard him well.
ReplyDeleteThose are some fantastic pictures of Austin. Dang. That boy has blossomed.
You know, could be a farfetched idea. But could be Jake is doing it on purpose, his appearance with Reese, save the birthday pictures. He did look great in those. But that picture with the power drill is really just too much. It makes me wonder.
The latest set of reeke pics do seem to be edging beyond parody don't they. Surely even the most die hardened babblers must find matching puffer jackets and baskets (!!!) too much.
ReplyDeleteHope everyone has a great new year's eve, and a great 2009.
(also, ITA, Austin really has blossomed, whatever's going on in Toothy world, someone's looking good).
Jake with a basket was a blast!:)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!!!
Jake with a basket was a blast!:)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!!!
Hi guys!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year! I love this post and today's music too. Chris, you are very clever and funny with your toothy/indentured comments. ;)
Saw Slumdog Millionaire with a friend for the second time last night, what a great movie, so uplifting despite tragedy. It's nominated for 4 GG's I understand, so I'll be hoping it wins! The lead actor Dev Patel is wonderful. Milk is also finally playing nearer to me, and from the previews it looks really, really authentic for the period. Can't wait to see it.
Happy 2009!