Baby, I Love Your Structure!

Fake Friendster Messages!

Every once in a while I get a phony message from an imaginary Friendster. You can tell they are fake because they have no profile when you try to go to their page. Here is the latest one:
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Hello!

I loved your structure, and I have decided to write to you. My name is Anna. To me of 29 years. I from Russia, city of Kirov. I The cheerful woman, for entertainment I like to do a lot of prophetic as sports meets Meets, the camping to go to cinema, theatre, etc. In a word I like to make Everything, that all people as I work as, the economist and I have good Life here. I not the rich woman, but can provide me. I love to Travel. I travelled to many countries. Never was in USA, but me Think that this good place to live and happy. I know English Language well enough. I have started to study professional English language Several months ago and I do successes every day.

Several months ago I The begun process of registration of the visa to go in Canada. Now My visa is made actually, and in 2-4 days I can travel in USA. I have received a holiday from work till September, 1st, and now I have a Free time. I can undertake travel to some countries, but as the visa for Visiting USA already actually in my hands I prefer to undertake travel To USA. It is interesting for seeing to me what a life there. Now I In Moscow and I wait reception of the visa. I could fly in USA in In some days, but there is a problem which stops me.

I planned to fly in USA together with my girlfriend, but unfortunately its plans rather The summer has changed, and now I do not know what to make. A problem in It, that I cannot fly in USA because I do not know anybody in yours The country. I cannot fly to the country where I do not know anybody and Hence I have decided to write to you the letter.

Possible It There will be silly sounds but if you are interested a meeting with good The woman, I shall like to meet you sometime soon! I never got acquainted Through the Internet before but as my girlfriend cannot enter into USA Together with me I have decided to find the person who is interested a Meeting with the girl from Russia. I do not know your ideas about mine The letter, but would be fine, if we could meet and have some weeks Together. On my trip I wish to receive rest from my work and a life in Russia. Also the basic purpose for the future - search correct men For serious attitudes which go to marriage. I have no children, but I wish to have children in the future. I the mature woman also Ready to creation of family with correct the person. I do not know it You really search in the future but if we could meet, I shall be happy To discuss with you it is more about our meeting.

Please, write that yours The purposes and plans concerning the future? What do you search in a life? That You gathering to make this summer? It would be fine, if we could meet, make The friendship or is more than simply friendship. I shall be happy if you Also have a free time, and we could meet soon. I do not know yours Interests, but anyway write to me back, and I shall tell to you more About me it is direct. Write to me everything, that you want. Possibly we have the general Plans and for the future and it will be interesting to the purpose to us Together.

Answer the letter on e-mail:
dreamanna2005@yandex.ru
I have easy character and You can write everything, that you want. Ask any questions which interest you. Answer the letter and I shall tell more about me directly and I shall send Some photos me.

Have good day,
Anna

A Post-Mortem on My Return to Tap Class.

I went to "Beginner" class at Broadway Dance Center on Saturday at 12:30. The Instructor was Shea Sullivan, who is the same teacher I had about two years ago when I went to tap class with my friend Stephanie.

Dance classes are like the Bizarro-World version of improv classes, in that they are primarily stocked with youngish females (instead of Improv's standard 14 to 2 white frat-boy to female ratio). I believe there were 18-20 people in the class and two of us were male. The ratio didn't bother me so much though, as I wasn't too disruptive or incompetent this time, unlike when I attended AMDA.

I found a spot off to the side and rear for two reasons, to watch everyone's feet and to not be in the middle, potentially screwing up other people. My new tap shoes were also tuned tight so that I wouldn't make too much noise.

Observations:

• My right foot knows how to shuffle much better than my left.
• It takes me FOREVER to memorize dance routines. I never get them right in class. I have to take them home and practice them ad nauseam until they're automatic. This is all well and good, but because the routines are different every week I can never excel in a particular class in any particular week.
• I have forgotten how to do the shim sham.

Shea dropped by to observe me a couple times during the class. She has a couple teaching assistants who do the steps up front while she walks around. I could tell she could see that I didn't quite have it down, but was respecting my well-practiced "faking", before moving on. Quite a difference from AMDA where the teachers (one in particular) were more vocal in their displeasure.

Thank you Shea. I will practice my 3-5-7 weevils this week. See you Saturday.

How Bad Will 'Wedding Crashers' Suck?

This looks to be made pretty by-the-numbers. Let Hollywood snarks Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson portray themselves for a couple hours. I think they're both talented and funny, but come on boys! Do something hard for a change.

Have you seen that look on Owen's face on the poster? My friend Christina was trying to duplicate it the other night. Owen looks like he's scrutinizing a potential sexual conquest while modeling his new lip gloss. Unnerving.

I don't have high hopes for this. I haven't read any reviews yet, but if I still did HSX I'd be shorting it. Sorry guys--I hope I'm surprised.

Tap is Back.

I bought new tap shoes on Monday. My last pair have disintegrated due to high temperature storage and cat-pee exposure.

Tap shoes?

Yes. I learned to tap-dance somewhat during my 2 year stint at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. I'm not awesome mind you. In actuality I am somewhere between "Advanced Beginner" and "Intermediate". However I want to incorporate a small tap routine into a show that I'm working on so I need to sharpen up a little (a lot).

Tomorrow night I crawl back to Broadway Dance Center for a class. I will be standing in the back.

David Lynch Tells You the Weather

Some of you know, some may not, that I am a huge Twin Peaks fan.

Now, David Lynch can tell you the weather. Every day.

Get working on those Season 2 DVDs!

Still more team pix.

We are debating which is the better of two photo styles.

This:


or this:

Fat Tony is Back!

US soccer superstar Tony Meola re-signed with the MetroStars yesterday. Can he still bring it?

Tony Meola has won the MLS Cup with Kansas City in 2000. He also was part of three US World Cup teams, including starting in the 1990 and 1994 World Cups. Tony is a five-time MLS All-Star and ranks first in league history in shutouts (48), minutes played (17,516), games played (194) and saves (886).

He's also spent most of the last year on the bench due to injury. He also doesn't appear to be as "fit" as he used to.

Coach Bradley! No more free trips to Outback Steakhouse after the game!

Props to My Neighbors, DirecTV

Last week my TiVo died. It just froze on a digital picture of the last thing I was watching (a rerun of Chelsea vs. ManU from last year) and wouldn't budge. Couldn't reset, change channels or anything. The receiver, which is an integrated DirecTV receiver with TiVo had cost me $299 a couple of years ago so I was panicked. Could I justify the expense of a new one? I love TiVo now and can't imagine not having it.

So I decided to just call DirecTV's support line to troubleshoot. I described the problem to the "Advanced" tech guy (there apparently is a hierarchy amongst the techies. I wonder if they sit at the same lunch table as the "basic" techies.) and he immediately says something like "Well this is pretty clear what's happening. The hard drive is dead. We'll have to send you a new one."

A new one. No charge. Ka-ching!

Now my next problem is that I'm never home to receive packages. What ususally happens is I get a little yellow note from the carrier saying that my package is waiting for me in the Post Office or the UPS Island of Lost Toys, and that I have to pick it up. So when I got home yesterday I saw the familiar white post-it from FedEx on my door. Great. FedEx. Where is their storage yard? Flushing?

Upon actually READING the note I see that it says that the package was delivered to my neighbors across the hall, and they were holding it for me. Just then their door opens and they are hauling out the big box. Score! Thanks Neighbor! I would never have expected it from them because they seem so skittish around me.

BONUS POINTS. When I unpack my new receiver I see that it has DOUBLE THE RECORDING CAPACITY of my old one. 70 hours instead of 35.

Thank you DirecTV. Props to you, neighbor.