I grew tired of wordpress so have moved – yet again – to blogger.

http://lacyleannes.blogspot.com/

i hope you will come to see me there.

this blog will stay here, just for archival sake.

so there is this guy who writes as Keyser Sose, the invented character in The Usual Suspects, with Kevin Spacey. He writes oddly, in my head, because his vocabulary is enormously extensive. Out does us by legions.

Keyser has been chatting with Heidi on his blog. He has been chatting about Dojo, Sarakanne, et al. Keyser points out that they seem more intent on damaging or insulting Heidi than they protect David Caruso’s good name. we read his posts, and we have to agree. i’m not saying that what Heidi writes is ok.   it isn’t ok at all.   it also isn’t ok for anyone to bash, insult, humiliate or shred to pieces another person in the web.

i did it, and i apologize. it was silly, immature, and useless.

my responses previously to Heidi’s rants at David were completely useless and may have served no purpose other than to spur her onward – which is totally the opposite of what we fans want to do.   the whole effort, after all, was to negate Heidi’s anger, negate her rants, ease her hatred and fend off her frightening hostility to an innocent man and the even more innocent children Heidi was after. we want to negate it all, help others see that Heidi is sick with her hatred (that’s not being mean – the woman IS sick, and does need help – it’s a fact) and help them see that David Caruso is NOT the awful individual she writes him to be.

I digress.

Keyser threw out a thought that took instant root with me, perhaps because i am an idiot; perhaps i am naive to the extreme; maybe i am just optomistic and maybe……maybe it could do a little good.   His thought?  let’s try out a ” a day of peace and reconciliation” or an “Era of Good Feeling” or something of the sort.  Read his stuff: http://keysersozeslair.blogspot.com/2009/02/keysers-bit-off-wall-but-proves-himself.html.

So, in the spirit of peace and reconciliation, and – as Keyser asks to find something good to say about Heidi – I can say that I think Heidi has a great sense of humor.   I do.   I always have thought so, from the first day I read her brand new blog.

Come on, Heidi. Let’s try. Let’s try to be calmer, less hateful, more flexible and less judgmental.

Pax, Lacy

Exclusive: CBS to its stars — no raise for you!

Okay, now you know the recession is bad when the cast of CSI: Miami has to start clipping coupons.

CBS Paramount is asking the on-air talent on the majority of its dramas to forego their annual raises and keep their salaries flat next season. (Multi-year contracts typically have standard yearly increases built in.) The unprecedented move, part of an overall cost-cutting measure, is an effort to keep budgets down at the CSIs, NCIS, Numb3rs and their kin, and prevent further behind-the-scenes layoffs. (CBS dramas produced by outside studios — i.e. Ghost Whisperer, The Mentalist and Without a Trace — are not affected.)

But, as many in the business have pointed out, the gambit is likely to create as many problems as it solves. For instance, what happens if a star balks at the idea of maintaining the status quo? “Some [of these TV] leads won’t accept a freeze,” says a show-runner at a rival network, who adds that while the studio can’t fire them outright, they can decide not to pick up his or her contract option at the end of the season. The likelier scenario, however, is that a cut will be made somewhere else on the show. “The leverage they will use is,  ‘Freeze your already ludicrously high salary, or watch a bunch of your coworkers lose their jobs.’”

In fact, one exec producer at a CBS Paramount drama is already preparing for such a worse case scenario. “If our lead doesn’t accept the freeze, we will have no choice but to let one of our supporting actors go,” says the exec. “There’s no question that it’s the second-tier actors who are most vulnerable.”

Then there’s the question of, What’s the point of signing a long-term contract if you’re not going to honor its terms? “It effectively renders the multi-year contracts meaningless,” points out an insider. “But [CBS Paramount] will argue [that] its actors already treat multi-year contracts as meaningless. Actors on five-, six- and seven-year contracts typically come in asking to renegotiate at year two or three. This would be the same thing, only the reverse.”

Counters another agent who has clients on CBS Paramount shows: “Studios are never obligated to engage in a renegotiation. They do so because they know it’s the right thing to do on shows that are successful.”

Obviously, it’s a debate that could — and probably will — go on ad infinitum. “There’s no question,” chuckles a high-ranking exec at a rival network, “that there is some deep irony to actors [asking] the studios to ‘honor the contract’ when they almost never do.” A better solution, the suit suggests, would be to at long last “shut down the ridiculous renegotiations that actors want to do every year. That seems like the sane and fair way to get this business back to reality. Two wrongs don’t make a right — we should all agree to stick to our original contracts, and if a studio overpaid for someone, they should just suck it up and make a better deal next time.”

That’s assuming there will be a next time. “I don’t think the studio is playing a game,” says one veteran producer. “I think they’re desperate. Primetime viewership is way down, and the advertising base is being devastated by the recession.”

“They would be opening a whole Pandora’s box,” warns another top talent agent. “CBS is constantly talking about how well they’re doing. They can’t have it both ways.” Adds a fellow agent: “[CBS Paramount] is not going to be a place actors are attracted to if they’re not going to honor their contracts.” (A rep for CBS/Paramount declined to comment.)

The big question is whether other studios will follow CBS’ lead and institute their own pay freezes. Reps at NBC Universal and Twentieth Television insist no such measure is on the table, while a Warner Bros. spokesperson could not be reached for comment.

Last Night:

‘CSI: Miami’ Stars Dish About New Episode ET is on the set of “CSI: Miami,” where we talk to the stars of the show about the return of Khandi Alexander and give you a look into Monday night’s episode!   “What a great gift to us,” David Caruso says of Khandi’s return to the show. In the upcoming episode, Dr. Alexx Woods (Khandi) returns when a murderer endangers the lives of Calleigh (Emily Procter) and Ryan (Jonathan Togo).

http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/01/70270/

personally, that David says such a class-act thing like “what a great gift to us” just makes my heart melt for the guy.  More and more, i begin to see him for who he is, and what his life is about now.  and i am impressed. 

calleigh – emily procter – not so much.  talk about a diva.  there you have it.

it’s true!  it’s today!  the grandbaby’s birthday!

she would cringe if she knew i posted her birthday but she would totally cry if she knew i called her my grandbaby! 

she’s 17 today!  17 years old!

a lovely soul in a beautiful package

the day she was born was a miracle - a wonderous event.  a grandchild is like no other child in your life.  my only child giving birth to what would be her only child, a girl, is wonderous.  my granddaughter is a relationship that excludes boundaries of any sort – a grandchild is that kid you know you would do anything for – even, somehow, more than your own child.  your grandchild is a kid that you feel all heightened emotions for and about, a life-long euphoria, a happy giddiness, and an “ i’ll-kill-the-fucker-that-even-looks-crosseyed-at-this-baby” kind of feeling.   and all those feelings have never left me. 

Happy Birthday, darling girl, beautiful young woman, smart, funny, good natured, as beautiful inside as you are outside. 

I call to the goddess that today for you is a day of light, laughter, warmth, happiness and love that you so richly deserve.

i have to say it.  cannot help it.  it’s impossible to avoid. 

ERIC AND CALLEIGH?    eeewwwwwww!

that was THE sappiest, hokiest, corniest, worst-pair-up on TV I have seen in years. 

Eric alone is a cute, bumbly guy who looks like he would smell good and always be warm.  He’s sweet, but sharp, dedicated, fiercely loyal, just and good.

Calleigh alone is a pretty, intelligent, sharp-eyed gal good with science, a gun and a bullet, but not too believable as a leader of the pack, or a love interest, in my opinion.  she just isn’t.  Calleigh isn’t warm enough, cuddly enough, vulnerable enough to be with Eric.   or anyone.  Emily Procter – IMO – is ok as the scientist but she is stiff, unyieldly, haughty and just comes across as a bitch.  she even walks stilted and doesn’t move her arms enough.  robotic, sort of.  calleigh WAS good with her Dad – that relationship, to me, was very believable and i wish they would continue that thread.  there is a LOT of material to be had with that relationship, i think, and it would be good to see it explored.

eric would be really good with natalia, IMO.  natalia has emotion, has humor, has a spark that would bounce well off eric.  that would be a cute relationship and could provide some well-needed comedic relief.  they’re both sort of bumbly and sweet – my opinion of natalia has changed to the point i actually like her character.  i like that all the women pretty much cover their boobs now and make their scenes far less about cleavage.  all that tit hanging out was an unwanted distraction. 

it was great to see alexx back, even if only a bit part.  she was always so underused in the show.  i like khandie alexander a lot and wish they had ponied up the balls to keep her.  i LOVED her interaction with Horiatio – cool, distant at first (remember they had a falling out over her son and his involvement with some crime or other), but warming up and then – OMG – Horatio gives her a REAL hug, a REAL touch, A REAL show of affection!!!  OMG!!!  

MORE!!  MORE!!  MORE!!

me – that is – me, i’m missing in action.  i’m exhaused.  i hate moving, i really, really, really, really do.

but i’ll be back. 

if anyone noticed.

Dear World:

We, the United States of America, your top quality supplier of the ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service.

The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has been located, and the software responsible was replaced November 4.   Early tests of the newly installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional on January 20, 2009.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage. We look forward to resuming full service and hope to improve in years to come.

We thank you for your patience and understanding,

Sincerely,

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

see the new header?  it’s adorable – isn’t it?

from the young David at – what – 8?

to his role in Thief of Hearts

to NYPD Blue

to Jade

to Proof of Life

to Horatio.

all sums up to one thing.  YUM.