today blog's: February 2011

Naomi Watts

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Singer. Songwriter. Fashion designer. Scream queen?

Sounds like Mandy Moore, who first entered the spotlight as a teen pop star in the late 1990s, is determined to be all of the above. And she's going to take her shot at the horror genre with the help of Buried screenwriter Chris Sparling.

Sparling will direct Moore and actor Rodrigo (300, Che) Santoro in Falling Slowly, a supernatural thriller about a couple who find themselves living in an apartment haunted by a dark presence. No word yet on what the dark presence is or if Sparling, who makes his directorial debut on the project, also wrote.

If he directs half as well as he writes, this could be great. Shawn and I dug Buried a lot. The script also earned Sparling a National Board of Review award for best screenplay. But making the transition from writer to director isn't always easy. Just hang back with Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive if you doubt what I say.

As for Moore and Santoro? What knows. With the right script and right director, anyone can be good. I'm not knocking their previous work. I just have no opinion.

The Incredible Shrinking Pants

We have a problem around here.
Our pants are shrinking.
All of them.
Anyone have a tutorial on how to let out jeans? No?
Ok then.
This calls for drastic measures.
I found a wonderful new diet that is supposed to really work. I'm going to tell you about it. Everyone that has ever tried it, I mean, every single person who has ever done this crazy new diet has lost weight and has become more healthy. Because I love you, I will share it with you.
Ready?
Stop eating crap and increase your activity!
Crazy, right? But it's supposed to work.
Let's just see about that.
Here's where we start:

Yes, that says 168!
It's okay, gotta start somewhere right?
(My father is totally freaking out right now because first of all, I weigh 168 and second, I'm posting this for everyone to see. Breathe Daddy, it's okay.)
Eating healthy takes a lot of preparation. I don't like preparation.

I cut up the following vegetables:
Red, green, yellow bell peppers
mushrooms
red onion
zucchini
yellow squash
garlic

Threw them in a bowl, added a touch of olive oil, salt and pepper. Spread them out on a cookie sheet covered with nonstick foil. (It would please me if you would use a really old blackened cookie sheet like the one I have.)