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Facebook. Friggin frackin Facebook is a blog killer, I tell ya what! I think of things I might write about but then go shopping for Delicious Chicken and play Geo Challenge until my eyeballs have dried out just so my sister can’t catch up to my score. And then, WEIRDOS from the past befriend me. Why? Why weirdos why? We weren’t friends in high school, not even close, why do you want to be my friend now? You must have heard how cute Gomez is and need to see his picture. That’s the only reason I could possibly think of.

LizzieLou shrugs.

P.S. Hepburn movie quiz answer to #7 is “Morning Glory”

I finally sent my taxes out today. Whoo. That was fun. And then I decided to check on my little Cafe Press shops to make sure I hadn’t made a million dollars that I wasn’t claiming and I discovered that …. Someone Actually Bought A Thing!

I made a dollar! Somebody in New York got a lesbotronic.com apron. SWEET!

…y porque estoy un poco loco en la cabeza de la fresa.

In what movie did Katharine Hepburn’s character say…?

1.  I don’t smoke, I only drink champagne when I’m lucky enough to get it, my hair is naturally natural, I live alone… and so do you. [Desk Set - LongLostLady!]

2.  I’d hang you from the nipples, but you’d shock the children. [The Lion in Winter - LongLostLady!]

3.  Now that I’ve had a taste of it I don’t wonder why you love boating! [The African Queen - LongLostLady!]

4.  The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower, suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day and now I place them here in memory of something that has died. [Stage Door - Jenni!]

5.  Listen to me, mister. You’re my knight in shining armor. Don’t forget it. You’re going to get back on that horse and I’m going to be right behind you, holding on tight and away we’re going to go, go, go! [On Golden Pond - Jenni!]

6.  You’ve got no faith in Johnny, have you, Julia? His little dream may fall flat, you think. Well, so it may, what if it should? There’ll be another. Oh, I’ve got all the faith in the world in Johnny. Whatever he does is all right with me. If he wants to dream for a while, he can dream for a while, and if he wants to come back and sell peanuts, oh, how I’ll believe in those peanuts! [Holiday - Matt!]

7.  I hope you’re going to tell me your name. I want you for my first friend in New York. Mine’s Eva Lovelace. It’s partly made up and partly real. It was Ada Love. Love’s my family name. I added the ‘lace.’ Do you like it, or would you prefer something shorter?

8.  Y for him, IE for me. [Adam’s Rib - Kim! & LongLostLady!]

9.  Now I have some instructions for you. I want you to go straight back to the gallery. Start your motor. When you get to the gallery tell Jennifer that she will be looking after things temporarily. She’s to give me a ring if there’s anything she can’t deal with herself. Then go into the office, and make out a check, for “cash,” for the sum of $5,000. Then carefully, but carefully Hilary, remove absolutely everything that might subsequently remind me that you had ever been there, including that yellow thing with the blue bulbs which you have such an affection for. Then take the check, for $5,000, which I feel you deserve, and get - permanently - lost. It’s not that I don’t want to know you - although I don’t - it’s just that I’m afraid we’re not really the sort of people that you can afford to be associated with. Don’t speak, Hilary, just… go. [Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner - Jenni!]

10. There *is* a leopard on your roof and it’s my leopard and I have to get it and to get it I have to sing.[Bringing Up Baby - Matt!]

I think my interest in old movies actually started due to a combination of astrology and Charlie’s Angels (the TV show).

Charlie’s Angels was the first television show that I obsessed over - making lists of every episode that I could remember and eventually making sure I saw all of those episodes again in order to identify them by title (e.g. “Angels on Ice”). I also collected magazine articles and old TV Guides and even resorted to minor  thievery to satisfy my Angel memorabilia habit. One of the things I “stole” was the biography of Kate Jackson (my favorite Angel, no duh.) out of the school library. I was already embarrassed to be checking it out and I made sure to do so when no other children were around. Then I lied and said I lost it so I could pay for the book. The cost: seven dollars, some shame and guilt. “Kate Jackson: A Special Kind of Angel” belonging to me… priceless!

Anyway, one of the things I read reported that Kate Jackson was a big fan of Katharine Hepburn. Of course this meant I had to become a big fan of Katharine Hepburn too. It was pretty easy to do, become a fan. Although I’ve never been obsessed or anything; I only stood in her driveway and I just happened to be there, like out for a walk in Connecticut or whatever. And I should go ahead and say it, but my obsession with Kate Jackson faded after “Scarecrow and Mrs. King,” and I haven’t collected any Kate Jackson movies - not that “Inmates: A Love Story” wasn’t riveting.

In the next post are some quotes from some of my favorite Hepburn movies. Because, why not? I’ve been home sick for a few days and I’m a little bored. Humor me!

Dear Reader(s),

I have been too busy lazy to post. After spending 10 hours a day in front of a computer I’ve been more likely to spend non-work time doing other stuff, like knitting. I have been knitting and knitting (and purling) away. Even a little bit at work. So I figure I owe the computer some time now from home. Not much has been going on that I care to comment about, so instead I will answer some viewer mail.

@SpamMommy1 - If you lost 30 pounds in 30 days you are either a constant on the Biggest Loser or you are dead now. Or both. Piss off.

@SpamDaddy2 - Yes it is a great domain name for a site like this.

@SpamBaby3 - You’re welcome. But, I never commented on your blog so you must be mistaken. And, oh yeah, shut up.

Now should I go work on my taxes or watch Rachel Getting Married? I know…. I’ll go knit some more crap!

Love, LizzieLou

“I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS FUCKING SHIT ANYMORE! YOUR MOTHER’S A GODDAMN WHORE, GUNNER!”

As purloined from Facebook for playing here…

RULES:
1. Pick 20 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDB, find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDB search functions. That’s cheating and it ruins the fun.

Let’s begin! And remember, documentaries and animated shorts may be represented here as well. And I will even add who said it…

1. I’m not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work, there, Lou. (Marge Gunderson, 1996) Fargo - guessed by Jenni
2. A: Nobody can stab a corpse and not know it. - B: Really? When was the last time you stabbed a corpse? (A=Mary MacEachran B=Robert Parks, 2001) Gosford Park - Lolly
3. I like a man with a glass in his hand. (Anna Kalman, 1958)
4. I’m not going to waste my time arguing with a man who’s lining up to be a hot lunch. That’s a twenty-footer! (Matt Hooper, 1975) Jaws - guessed by Jenni
5. A: Yeah, I can hear you now. ‘Get out of my life. You’re a perfectly wonderful woman - you’re too good for me.’ Look, Mr. Jefferies, I’m not an educated woman, but I can tell you one thing. When a man and a woman see each other and like each other they ought to come together - wham! Like a couple of taxis on Broadway, not sit around analyzing each other like two specimens in a bottle.
   B: There’s an intelligent way to approach marriage.
   A: Intelligence! Nothing has caused the human race so much trouble as intelligence. Hah! Modern marriage! (A=Stella B=L.B., 1954)
6. Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin’ the cemetery? (Royal, 2001)
7. You’re very frank, Clarice. I think it would be quite something to know you in private life. (1991) Silence of the Laaaambs - Lolly
8. A: Are these trunks full of bodies?  - B: Just those, but I don’t intend to unpack them. - A: Well, I was just thinking if the room got too crowded, we could live in the trunks. (A=Jean Maitland B=Terry Randall, 1937)
9. No more lodgers - more trouble than they’re worth! (Wallace, 1993) The Wrong Trousers - guessed by Jenni 
10. A: Second-hand smoke kills you know. - B: Not reliably. (A=Leo Katzman B=Nicole Horner, 1996) Diabolique - Lolly
11. A fish and a bird can fall in love, but where do they build their home? (Eva Singer, 1994)
12. A: What is it, do you see… somethings… strange perhaps? Hmm? - B: You are wearing a dress, Your Grace. (1998) Elizabeth - Lolly
13. A: Hey listen, if you guys do something later, can I join you?  - B: We’re not gonna do something.  - A: No, I know, but if you do, can I join you? - B: We’re not gonna do something later. - A: Okay, but, if you do? - B: Okay. - A: Cool. (A=Joe Oramas B=Finbar McBride, 2003) The Station Agent - Lolly
14. You noble wives and mothers bore the brains out of me. And I bet you bore your husbands, too. (Crystal Allen, 1939)
15. It’s not like I’m a lesbian or anything. I’m attracted to the person. It’s just that all the people I’ve been attracted to happen to be girls. (Tammy Metzler, 1999) Election - guessed by Jenni
16. When one may not have long to live, why shouldn’t one have fancies? (1936) Camille - guessed by Rachel!
17. It’s because I flooded the bathroom and the ceiling fell in and the cats ran off, that’s when she started talking about Morocco and the sufi’s. Mom says a sufi doesn’t ask who a sufi is… so what the hell is a sufi anyway? (Bea, 1998)
18. They shouldn’t “have their feelings hurt?” What a dumb fuck. (Natalie Maines, 2006) Shut Up and Sing - Lolly
19. [I’m ungrateful and desperate for admiration. Say whatever you like. But don’t make me a victim, because it’s my goddamned mediocre little right to be free as long as I can.] (Felice Schragenheim, 1999)
20. Don’t forget to kill Philip! (Ed, 2004)

AND THE REMAINING ANSWERS ARE….

3.  Indiscreet (Ingrid Bergman)

5. Rear Window (Thelma Ritter & Jimmy Stewart)

6. The Royal Tenebaums

8. Stage Door (Ginger Rogers & Katharine Hepburn)

11. Corrina, Corrina

14. The Women (Joan Crawford)

17. Hideous Kinky

19. Aimee & Jaguar

20. Shaun of the Dead

Thank You for Playing!

… yesterday, after I came home from work. I put on the telly in the evening to watch Rachel Maddow Show coverage of the inauguration (which I was able to quietly monitor during the day thanks to the CNN/Facebook live streaming coverage) and I heard her say something about “blah blah the president blah blah.” My insides clenched and my nostrils flared as has been happening autonomically for the last 8 years, but then I suddenly realized that it was a totally different “the President” she was talking about and I unclenched and unflared and began to ooze tears of relief. Again, like election night, but better. I feel a little lighter even today.