Went to Foley’s and bought my mom another gift certificate for a substantial amount of moola. I know it’s kind of lame, but I’ve found that if the amount
is pretty big, the fact that you’re giving someone a gift certificate isn’t so bad. I also got a nice cloth rose that had some nice perfume smell.
While I was there I hit the Gadzooks and bought some punk ass clothes to supplement my punk ass clothes collection. I bought a t-shirt with what I thought
was an innocent type phrase only to later find out I had misread it. I thought it said something like ”I listen to the voices in my head” when in reality
it says ”I listen to the voices in my pants” — Ooops.
Got a strange phone call from some survey company that wanted me to watch cable channel 74 at 6 P.M. today. I turned to it while they were on the phone and
really bad infomercials were going. I asked what it was going to be, and they said it was a 60 minute show and that I’d be asked about it later. I said I’d do it,
just for the heck of it. When 6 P.M. rolled around I was treated to a TV pilot for a new series based on Stephen King’s ”The Dead Zone.” This is one of my
favorite 80’s films and Christopher Walken is fantastic in it. My biggest surprise was that the main character in the pilot was being played by Anthony
Michael Hall. He’s awesome! Come on, remember Sixteen Candles? The first 15 minutes differed from the movie and pretty much sucked in that the
character supposedly hits his head when he’s a kid and can guess minor things like numbers ahead of time. Totally dumb. Some little girl he is with as a
kid is supposed
to be the girl he grows up with and gets engaged to. The two child actors playing little Johnny and little Sarah were TERRIBLE!
I mean really, really bad. Ed Wood bad. However, after Anthony Michael Hall’s character
has the major car accident with the 18 wheeler, suddenly the acting and story became fantastic.
The flashback sequences were remarkably well done, and there was this really cool effect where
Hall could walk around within the flashback and examine things closely while everything remained frozen (including dust and junk floating in mid-air.
Verrrry nice. The light comedy they had was moderate but could have been
punched up. The drama was good, too. I was very pleased that I’d been asked to watch after the pilot ended.
The survey firm called me back soon after the show ended and asked me a million questions. I really do love the story and wouldn’t mind seeing
this turned into a series. Dang! I should have recommended they dump the actress playing his girlfriend/former fiance and get Molly Ringwald instead.
Maybe they’ll call back.
I’ve been researching buying a pair of Madonna tickets. She’s not coming to Houston (at least not now) so I’ve contemplated how and where to attend.
After all, it’s Madonna. She may not tour again, who knows? Ticket prices for my usual ”real freaking close” habit are totally whack. Sometimes as
much as two thousand a ticket. I did manage to get two tickets to the First Union Center in Pennsylvania on July 22, 2001, 8 P.M. Woo hoo! I’m there.
I’m Section 2, 7th row. I think I’m going to hold off on any more concerts. Well, okay, maybe Aerosmith. I was on a one concert a year pace for the
last few years. Time to catch up. Think I’ll wear my Sean Penn costume (as soon as I make one).
