Beautify Your Work Space

Many thanks to Connie for the spiffy new screen cap of Papa, taken from the behind the scenes portion of the "feature film" Heist #2. It cheers me up, this screen cap. One, because it's *~Papa~* and two... well, because Heist #2 is one of my favorite funny X-rated talkies, purely for Herr Holmes' zany scene alone. In fact, the following is taken from an email full of movie reviews that I sent him about a month or so ago concerning this particular movie:


Yeah, you're not in it except for one scene, really... but what a fucking memorable scene it was! And... well, yes, it was memorable for the fucking, too. I mean Hannah Harper (that was her name, right?)... whew! Whatta hottie-boombalottie... and you in your SWAT gear {{*holy shit*}} have wormed its way into my secret little rescue fantasy scenarios more than... oh, say, a bazillion times in just this week -- okay, this afternoon alone {{again, *holy shit*}}. But since humor for me is always the most potent of aphrodisiacs, this flick is therefore extraordinarily priceless. Gut-rupturingly hysterical in only the way the marvelous Jerome Tanner's pictures can be. I mean, really now. The utter genius of sending in a one man commando squad-- wait, not only that, but choosing what obviously has to be the horniest officer on the SWAT team to go in alone to disarm a total knockout blonde and force her to strip to get her ass searched for potential weapons (meanwhile her shoes alone look as if they could take down an African elephant in the wild) only to have her turn right around and start inhaling your face -- I swear each and every time I am off the ground with laughter! Yet then when you whip off that bulletproof vest and start burying your gorgeous puss between her shapely thighs I am brought back hard to earth again with the sheer mega-kiloton weight of my searing white-hot lust for you. And of course the punchline, you running out of the house naked with this oh-shit-oh-shit-I'm-in-trouble look on your face really hammers the funny home. Your one little scene was so memorable, especially in a movie full of memorable scenes, just for how perfectly you played the straight man up until you were quickly and, might I add, thoroughly seduced, to which then you proceeded to scorch up the screen with your singularly unparalleled sexuality. This is (somewhat jokingly) considered a "very special movie" in our household and all I have to do is hold up the box cover to get my boyfriend roaring with laughter. "This," he tells me, "Is precisely why Steve Holmes should never consider a career in law enforcement." Well understated.

So yeah, this cheers me up. Some. Because I was outbid on the house this morning. Which {{sigh}} I pretty much expected. But hey, I'm not as down as have been about this in the past, because since I got the bigger homeowner's loan I have a lot more options out there to chose from. What was once a week of only one or two places in my price range for sale I now see seven houses in one day in my new range, and that leaves me with immeasurable hope unlike anything that I had in the past. There's always next Wednesday. And thank you again for the link, Erin. I'll check out the homes they have listed in there as well.

So I'm puttering around with music memes to get my mind off of depressing things, like losing the townhouse, and my camera not working, and my Norton Virus Protector not working after re-subscribing, and eh who knows what else, and I was trying to do this thing where you go to Music Outfitters and enter the year you graduated into the search function to pull up all the Top 100 hit singles of that year. And I think I was supposed to, like, highlight the ones I like and bold the ones I hated and piss all over the ones I own or some such lameness but I can't remember nor can I find the original meme right now so flunkit... I'm makin' mah own and just bolding the ones that I remember actually liking back then, even though it may be a tad embarrassing to admit now. All I can say is when I look down this list is, boy, 1987 was a SUCKY year for music (like much of the 80's, if I remember correctly).

1. Walk Like An Egyptian, Bangles (okay, yes it was the zeitgeist of its time and I was suckered in)
2. Alone, Heart
3. Shake You Down, Gregory Abbott
4. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), Whitney Houston
5. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, Starship
6. C'est La Vie, Robbie Nevil
7. Here I Go Again, Whitesnake
8. The Way It Is, Bruce Hornsby and the Range
9. Shakedown, Bob Seger
10. Livin' On A Prayer, Bon Jovi
11. La Bamba, Los Lobos (always loves me some Los Lobos)
12. Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Wang Chung (Why did I always think that this came out earlier?)
13. Don't Dream It's Over, Crowded House (still *adore* this song)
14. Always, Atlantic Starr (terrible song, but will always remember the fun we had making up our "interpretive dance" to these lyrics that year)
15. With Or Without You, U2
16. Looking For A New Love, Jody Watley (liked the similar production from Janet Jackson's Control sessions with Jam n Lewis)
17. Head To Toe, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (boy this is a bad one, but makes me think of rollerskating at the rink with my friends that year)
18. I Think We're Alone Now, Tiffany
19. Mony Mony, Billy Idol (after having this chanted at ever beer kegger in college I'll never need to hear this one again for as long as I live)
20. At This Moment, Billy Vera and The Beaters
21. Lady In Red, Chris De Burgh
22. Didn't We Almost Have It All, Whitney Houston
23. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2 (not a huge fan of this new U2 direction, but it grew on me slightly, not unlike folliculitis)
24. I Want Your Sex, George Michael (only good version is the mash-up my friend made back then with Janet Jackson's "Let's Wait Awhile" -- talk about sublime juxtaposition!)
25. Notorious, Duran Duran
26. Only In My Dreams, Debbie Gibson
27. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
28. The Next Time I Fall, Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
29. Lean On Me, Club Nouveau (can never hear this one again, like ever)
30. Open Your Heart, Madonna (Not her best, but I liked it enough at the time)
31. Lost In Emotion, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
32. (I Just) Died In Your Arms, Cutting Crew
33. Heart And Soul, T'pau (maybe it was the Star Trek reference)
34. You Keep Me Hangin' On, Kim Wilde (don't ask me why)
35. Keep Your Hands To Yourself, Georgia Satellites
36. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me), Aretha Franklin and George Michael
37. Control, Janet Jackson (Enjoyed much of this record when it first came out)
38. Somewhere Out There, Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
39. U Got The Look, Prince (the 'Camille' voice always get me and my buds laffin' it up good)
40. Land Of Confusion, Genesis (SHUT UP, JOE!)
41. Jacob's Ladder, Huey Lewis and The News
42. Who's That Girl, Madonna (what can I say, I liked Madonna)
43. You Got It All, Jets
44. Touch Me (I Want Your Body), Samantha Fox (okay I didn't really like it but I learned to tolerate it because it was my best friend's favorite song at the time -- I really needed some cooler friends)
45. I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
46. Causing A Commotion, Madonna
47. In Too Deep, Genesis
48. Let's Wait Awhile, Janet Jackson (please see George Michael, above)
49. Hip To Be Square, Huey Lewis and the News
50. Will You Still Love Me?, Chicago
51. Little Lies, Fleetwood Mac
52. Luka, Suzanne Vega (SHUT UP, JOE!)
53. I Heard A Rumour, Bananarama
54. Don't Mean Nothing, Richard Marx
55. Songbird, Kenny G
56. Carrie, Europe
57. Don't Disturb This Groove, System
58. La Isla Bonita, Madonna (you know I'm still not convinced all these songs came out in 1987)
59. Bad, Michael Jackson
60. Sign 'O' The Times, Prince (an awesome song from one of Prince's best albums)
61. Change Of Heart, Cyndi Lauper (always took a shine to Lauper)
62. Come Go With Me, Expose
63. Can't We Try, Dan Hill
64. To Be A Lover, Billy Idol
65. Mandolin Rain, Bruce Hornsby and the Range
66. Breakout, Swing Out Sister (Reminds me of sleeping on the floor of my friend Brandi's house with the radio on and waking up every hour to hear this song as if it were being played in a continuous loopin my brain. Then I killed everyone in the house that night, followed by myself.)
67. Stand By Me, Ben E. King (now I KNOW this didn't originally come out in 1987)
68. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Genesis
69. Someday, Glass Tiger
70. When Smokey Sings, ABC (always had a soft spot for ABC)
71. Casanova, Levert (man o man this song grates now)
72. Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine
73. Rock Steady, Whispers (ditto this one -- that pre-New Jack sound, how did I ever tolerate?)
74. Wanted Dead Or Alive, Bon Jovi
75. Big Time, Peter Gabriel (Peter Gabriel is GOD)
76. The Finer Things, Steve Winwood
77. Let Me Be The One, Expose
78. Is This Love, Survivor
79. Diamonds, Herb Alpert (of course I thought this was a solo Janet song for awhile, until somebody schooled me properly)
80. Point Of No Return, Expose
81. Big Love, Fleetwood Mac
82. Midnight Blue, Lou Gramm (I got into a car accident "rockin' out" to this song on my tape deck)
83. Something So Strong, Crowded House
84. Heat Of The Night, Bryan Adams
85. Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You, Glenn Medeiros
86. Brilliant Disguise, Bruce Springsteen
87. Just To See Her, Smokey Robinson
88. Who Will You Run Too, Heart
89. Respect Yourself, Bruce Willis
90. Cross My Broken Heart, Jets
91. Victory, Kool and The Gang (they always looked like the happiest buncha guys in all their videos)
92. Don't Get Me Wrong, Pretenders (loved Chrissie as a kid)
93. Doing It All For My Baby, Huey Lewis and The News
94. Right On Track, Breakfast Club (I think I might still like this one if I heard it again)
95. Ballerina Girl, Lionel Richie
96. Meet Me Half Way, Kenny Loggins
97. I've Been In Love Before, Cutting Crew
98. (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right To Party, Beastie Boys (oh brother...)
99. Funkytown, Pseudo Echo
100. Love You Down, Ready For The World

Well! That was a purge to the ol' system. Time to go put on The Residents and feel... {{sniiiffff}} clean again.