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'Hall Of Mirrors'
I lay in the bath listening to the soft sound of Ray's gentle snoring from the next room. In a kind of dream, I reflected on my shock, half an hour earlier, at seeing him standing there outside my flat. His unexpectedly sudden return, after weeks of not having a clue where he was, rather than prompting spluttered shrieks, in fact turned me quite speechless. I'd simply waved him inside and then just stared at him. Several questions jostled in my head but my mouth wouldn't turn them into actual words. Finally, with a faint smile flickering across his face, he'd said,
"Aren't you going to say hello?".
He looked terrible, exhausted and pale. The swagger he'd possessed on the night I met him weeks earlier was now replaced by an air of a defeated prodigal son. The question I'd kept on the tip of my tongue, if he'd ever returned, now sounded rather lame:
"Where have you been?"
"Make me a cup of tea first?" he asked, his usually sparky wink now a rather tired attempt at cute.
As I boiled the kettle and poured the hot water onto his teabag, he collapsed into an armchair and watched me busying away for him. The look on his face was like a child's watching his mother baking in the kitchen.
"Okay," I said, handing him his tea, which he slurped down as though he hadn't drunk anything for days, "now tell me. What's going on, Ray?"
Draining his cup, he sighed heavily and, as I sat in the other armchair cradling my mug like a comfort blanket, he began his sorry tale:
"Right…". He glanced over at the chair by the table and smiled, "Oh! You've still got my jacket!"
I responded with a look which said, 'Get on with it', and so he did:
"First off, I want you to know that none of the last few weeks were planned. I fully intended to come back that night, I wanted to come back! I did. Honestly. But I couldn't."
"Why not?"
"When I went back to my flat, my -", he looked across at me and winced, "my girlfriend, well, ex-girlfriend, was there."
He watched me as I took in that bombshell. All I could manage was a mouthed, 'Wha -?'
"Yeah, I know. I should have told you but…I'd been living with her for a couple of years, but it was over! Honest! She'd moved out. Anyway, I walked in and there she was, sitting there like nothing had happened. I'd kicked her out, for God's sake! She was waving a set of keys at me, said her brother had given them to her…he and I go back a while…and telling me her family want me to help them with another job. If I said no, it'd be curtains for me, that's what she said anyway, and I believed her. They're a nasty bunch."
"What kind of job?"
"A robbery. I used to be their driver, all sorts of stuff, usually big jobs, lots of cash, she and I did very well out of all that. Unfortunately, we drank most of it away."
I put down my half-drunk tea and decided I needed a proper drink! I poured myself a vodka with a dash of lime, offering him one, but he declined with an emphatic, "No thanks!"
With a mixture of fascination and shock running through me, I took a large swig of my drink and sat down:
"So…did you do this job?"
"Yeah, that night, they robbed some jewellery shop in the East End, it went fine, I got them away ok…but, anyway…when I got back she was still there. She had some stuff with her…you know…" He mimed shooting up. "We used to do it together a lot but I've been off it for months. Thought I'd kicked the habit. But when it's offered…it's like…" He looked haunted. "Oh Christ, it's all such a mess, such a fucking mess!"
"So – are you back with her, this -?"
"Sarah. Nah! She and I got wrecked for a few days, too fucked up to fuck. I actually can't remember most of it, we were out of it for God knows how long. Anyway, her brothers have taken her home now, thank God. They say I'm a bad influence!" He laughed ruefully. "Me! It was always her, she's the bad 'un, but they think she's little old weak-willed Sarah under my spell. What a joke!"
He looked at me, his eyes resembling a lost kitten, but I resisted. Truthfully, I was wondering who the hell and what the hell I'd got myself involved with. I found myself wishing he hadn't come back at all. As his tale sunk in and I desperately tried to think of what to say and do, his plaintive voice cut through my thoughts:
"Can I just stay tonight? I need to get some sleep and get myself sorted. Please. I'll be gone tomorrow, I promise. This is too much for you, I can see that. I'm sorry."
"What about your flat?"
"Kicked out. The landlord turned up for his rent a couple of days ago and found the place looking like a drug den, it was a real shit-hole. That's what she does to me, I end up being nothing better than a strung-out tramp. But at least her brothers have ditched me, thank goodness. Out of my life at last. I slept on a friend's sofa last night, you know, the barman who -"
"Oh yeah, another one of your salubrious friends!"
I saw a flash of anger in his eyes, but only for a moment, then he laughed:
"Fair enough! I don't keep good company, it's true. Never did. You brought home a bad lad, John." He leaned over to grab my hand but I moved it away. "When I met you, I thought, at last, someone nice, someone good, someone who likes me, doesn't want anything from me, except – me. And I've fucked that up now, haven't I?"
The abandoned kitten look again attempted to melt me, almost did, but again I resisted:
"Okay!" I said, standing up. "My bath is going cold, and I definitely need one now. You go and lie down, get some sleep and we'll see what the morning brings."
As I walked towards the bathroom a terrible thought struck me:
"Er – your girlfriend and her brothers – they don't know where you are, do they?"
Ray was already settling himself on the bed:
"No! No, don't worry about that! They have no idea about you, about my 'other life'. I've never mentioned it to any of them. They wouldn't believe me anyway. Tough ol' Ray a pooftah? They'd just laugh! And anyway, they're gone now. That's all finished."
By the time I'd finally lowered myself in the thankfully still hot water, letting the rainbow-coloured suds climb deliciously up to my chin, he was snoring soundly.
"Why don't we get a flat together?"
Ray's whispered question in the dark woke me up. I realised I was snuggled in his arms and reluctantly turned on the bedside light:
"What?" I said, sitting up and wiping sleep out of my eyes.
"I think if we got a flat together, something a bit bigger, and set up a proper home, things would be better."
"For who?"
"Me for one. Wouldn't you like to?"
I had never even thought about it. For heaven's sake, we'd had just two nights together, with a very stressful and unsettling break of several weeks in between. I hardly knew him, and in fact I knew him probably less now than I had after our first night together. I didn't know whether to believe his tale of driving a robbery van, followed by drug-ridden days with his ex, and then magically turning up on my doorstep. It sounded genuine as he'd told it, but now –? Especially at the '3 a.m. Doubt Time'. But here he was, suggesting we become a couple! Talk about whirlwind romance watching your life get carried off. Without thinking, the words tumbled from my mouth:
"I rang William Hill. You know, Ray, the Bookies. Where you 'worked'."
Ray's head clicked towards me, his ice-blue eyes darting about as I spoke:
"They'd never heard of you, not the Mile End Road branch nor indeed their London Head Office."
He sat up and nuzzled me with his head:
"Yeah. That was a porkie."
"Another one."
"You calling me a liar?" It sounded angry, but he was smiling.
He leaned forward to hold me but I squirmed out of his grip and got up to put on the kettle. Making tea gave me something mundane to concentrate on. As I busied away, out of the blue I heard him say,
"I think I'm falling for you, John."
I actually laughed. Undaunted, he sat on the edge of the bed. I still couldn't help admiring his perfectly-formed stocky little body. But this had reached a point beyond lust:
"You're different from anyone I've ever met," he said, staring at me. "Man or woman – and I've had my share of both. You're the best." I gave him his tea. "Most people would have kicked me off the doorstep and down the corridor last night, but you -"
"Yeah, I'm a bloody fool," I said, sipping my tea and sitting by the window.
He started singing Elvis's A Fool Such As I and lurched off the bed, took my mug from me and put it on the table.
"Come 'ere," he said.
The gorgeous strains of The Stylistics' You Make Me Feel Brand New floated out of the transistor as, over a breakfast of Muesli and toast, Ray and I chatted about where we could find a flat together. The fact was, while he'd declared he was falling for me, though I'd been loathe to admit it to myself, I'd already fallen. On our first night. Our second night together had convinced me he was The One. Voices in my head were shouting 'No!'. I just re-directed them to my heart, which wasn't listening.
"You have such great bone structure," Jo the make-up lady told me as she applied the base for the work of art she was about to perform on my face.
I was sitting in one of the small anti-rooms in Les Ambassadeurs, the beautifully stylish restaurant inside The Inn-On-The-Park off Park Lane. It was a boiling hot early August morning, and I'd arrived that day feeling very positive about things. I'd drawn out £120 from my Midland Bank account the day before, to cover the deposit and four week's rent in advance on the flat in Harlesden that I'd found for Ray and me. Before I'd left, I'd given him the cash, the address of the flat and instructions on who to give the money to – a Mrs Rawindi, a very pleasant lady who'd shown me round the flat a few days earlier.
It was one of those typical London conversions, a once grand Edwardian house turned into several flats on three floors. A large, rather magnificently tiled hallway led to the flat's inner front door, which opened onto a spacious sitting-room, which led out down a narrow, windowless corridor, with a sizeable bedroom on the right, then opening out into a good-sized kitchen. The bathroom was just inside the back door which opened out onto a walled cemented-over courtyard. It wasn't a particularly pretty flat, but it was roomy, and I thought I could maybe make something of it, especially when Mrs Rawindi told me I could decorate the flat any way I liked.
Harlesden was a busy multi-cultural suburb of London, and the flat's lounge window looked out onto the main road, which was full of restaurants, deli's, a newsagent, several greengrocers and lots of different kinds of shops. It certainly wasn't St John's Wood, and I would miss its quiet subdued salubriousness. But the rent on the flat was basically the same as for my one-room bedsit. Even with the misgivings I still had about Ray, I was young and naïve enough to believe I could change him. I hoped that with a settled life he could leave behind whatever problems he'd had before.
Even now I get cold chills when I think how trusting I was handing over £120 to Ray. It was a lot of money in 1974, a quarter of what I'd been paid to write and record the theme song for the forthcoming Peter Fonda movie, Open Season. I don't remember, though, having any sense of how foolhardy I was. I told him I'd see him at the flat later that evening, and happily imagined him sitting waiting for me with the keys to our new flat dangling from his fingers.
As Jo applied some dark blush rouge to my cheeks, Patsy sat watching the transformation. I decided to finally tell her about Ray (well, some details I kept to myself!). I prattled on about how marvellous he was, how in love I was, all the while knowing how much she'd disapprove. She and Stuart had given me a friendly career lecture just a few months earlier over lunch:
"Have fun by all means, John," Stuart had said, "but romantic attachments just get in the way of a career, certainly in these early stages anyway. My advice? Stay single. For now anyway."
As I chattered away like some besotted showgirl, casually dropping in the bit about the flat in Harlesden, I heard Patsy shift in her seat:
"Harlesden? That's miles away!"
"It doesn't take that long on the tube."
"But, John! The flat in St John's Wood was so perfect for you. Why would you want to leave it?"
Jo giggled and said,
"Love, eh? Makes us do silly things."
"Silly is absolutely right, Jo!" Patsy said angrily. "So silly, John!"
As the eyeliner was delicately applied, I looked up to the ornate ceiling above us. Being pampered must have emboldened me:
"I'm twenty-one, Patsy. I can make my own decisions."
"Yes, that's right. Of course you can. But Stuart and I are here to not only help you in your career, but also, I like to think, to protect you, advise you, John. And my advice would be that this is a very bad thing to do. You've given us no opportunity to talk about this. We haven't even seen the flat! Why didn't you tell us about this Ray person before?"
Jo carefully applied dark red lipstick saying,
"Lips together. Purse them. Perfect!"
Just then, I saw Stuart walk in and beam at me:
"Wow! You look sensational, John!" he shouted. "Doesn't he, Patsy? Amazing!"
"You do look fantastic," Jo murmured, giving me a mirror.
As I viewed the gothic beauty before me, I secretly congratulated Tony Meehan. He had suggested the white face and black lips, and, as he said it would, this look truly transformed me.
From a corner of the room I could hear Patsy quietly telling Stuart about Ray and the Harlesden flat. Stuart mumbled,
"Who's Ray?"
"Exactly!" Patsy hissed.
I gave the mirror back to Jo who stood back to take a good look at her masterful creation:
"Stunning!" she said, thrilled. "We should have Vogue magazine here!"
She took off the white linen cover from around my shoulders, handed me my black velvet jacket off the hanger, and looked excitedly over at Stuart.
"You look incredible, John," he said as I did a little pirouette. "Like a star."
Gently taking my arm, he walked with me, head down, a gesture which always meant 'We have a problem, John.'
"You and I must have a chat, young man," he said quietly.
I turned to him, feeling oddly masterful within my new star-like image:
"There's nothing to talk about, Stuart. It's done. I move into the flat this evening. Ray's already taking my stuff over there. As we speak."
Patsy, who had stayed close behind as we'd walked towards the photography set-up, situated by a huge and fabulously ornate spiral staircase, joined us and said,
"At least give us the address and phone number, John!"
"There isn't a phone."
They both gasped at that.
"I'll use the phone box across the road!"
They looked dumbstruck.
I didn't want to sound impertinent but I think I did when I said,
"What's the problem?"
Patsy stared at me:
"How are we going to get in touch with you if we need you?"
"I'll call in every morning to see if you need me for anything."
Stuart joined in:
"But what if something urgent comes up? What if CBS calls us after you've rung us, to say they want you there that afternoon? Or they've set up an interview? How will we get that message to you? We won't be able to, John!"
I suddenly felt extremely stupid. It had never occurred to me. And should have done. With no answer for them, and seeing the photographer approaching us with a huge grin, the three of us made independent decisions to cease the discussion for now.
"John!" the photographer cried, extending his hand. "I'm Mike Nicholson. Wow! You look fabulous!"
He beamed at Stuart, then at Patsy, who both put on a steely smile and shook his hand.
"Where do you want John?" Patsy asked Mike, her voice revealing none of the anger of just a few moments ago.
"Oh, I think on this amazing staircase, don't you?"
For the next few hours, Mike photographed me; walking up and down the spiral staircase, both with and without the white fedora; standing and lounging in various wood-panelled rooms; sitting at the enormous exotically decorated bar with a multi-coloured cocktail the barman had created for me. All the while Jo occasionally stepped forward to touch up my make-up, getting rid of any 'sheen', and Patsy followed me from each set-up with the red and white fedoras at the ready for whenever Mike wanted me to don one of them for a particular shot. Meanwhile, I languished in the feeling of looking like a star. At one point, I caught myself in a gilt-framed full-length mirror, and inwardly gasped at how truly amazing I looked. Jo had done an incredible job transforming me into someone I found unrecognisable, and yet a person who had always lived somewhere within me.
Patsy's reflection came into view and stood behind me smiling. She put her hand on my shoulder and whispered,
"That is the star I always knew you were, John."
"Now!" said a bright-faced Mike, "Why don't we go outside? I'd like to photograph John in Hyde Park." He turned to me, "I have a little surprise for you, John!"
As we all emerged into the too-bright sunlight which seemed to scorch Park Lane, we were met by a superbly-smart lady, her perfectly coiffured long blonde hair fell around her pink Chanel frock, her bright pink stilettos reflecting the sun.
"Hello! You must be John!" she said. "I'm Vicky."
In her hand she held two bejewelled leads, one blue, one pink, which were attached to two equally beautiful Afghan Hounds. Their exquisitely maintained manes seemed to float in the breeze, and rather matched her own, which she constantly swept back with an efficient flick of the head. She introduced her charges as Sara and Carn, and I said hello to them both. They smiled confidently back.
Mike kissed Vicky on both cheeks and grinned at me:
"I thought you could walk Sara and Carn through the park, John!"
"How divine!" Patsy exclaimed.
We all quickly crossed the busy road in a group, Vicky hurrying her charges along, Stuart waving at the cars to thank them for slowing down. Then, while Mike snapped away happily, I began sauntering through the leafy walkways with the impeccably-behaved Sara and Carn accompanying me. At one point Mike caught sight of a Victorian-style stone bench surrounded by trees, like a tiny magic garden, and suggested I sit on the bench with the dogs at my side. With just a single point of Vicky's finger, the dogs stood perfectly still and beamed at her. Mike took several shots and then we were off again.
By about two o'clock we were finished, and Stuart invited everyone to his Denmark Street office for a snack and drinks. As we walked along all chatting together, I was aware of people stopping and staring at me, then walking on, or surreptitiously glancing sideways as they wandered past. I had become used to this kind of thing in my teens in Lancashire, my then shoulder-length hair drawing the attention of scoffers and name-callers. However, this felt different. I mentioned it to Patsy:
"Of course they're staring, John!" she replied. "They're trying to work out who you are!"
"They think you're a star, John, they're trying to place where they've seen you!" Stuart said.
"Welcome to fame!" Mike said happily, and, running backwards in front of us, took more photos.
The walk to Stuart's office took about half an hour, and as soon as we entered the second floor room, Jo the make-up lady saw the upright piano and her eyes lit up:
"Oh! John! Will you play something for us?"
As Stuart handed round glasses of wine and Patsy busied in the kitchen preparing a large salad for us all, I played Kid In A Big World, while Mike again took more photos.
The dogs sat obediently at Vicky's feet as she sipped her wine and listened to me playing. At the end of the song, I stood and bowed to the enthusiastic applause while Patsy brought in the lunch and a large bowl of water for Sara and Carn. We tucked gratefully into the cheese salad, with various cold meats on a wooden platter, and chatted away happily.
Finally, as we bade farewell to everyone, Stuart came back into the office and declared,
"What a fantastic day!"
Any lectures about the folly of moving in with Ray seemed forgotten, for the time being anyway.
As I put my key in the lock, I wondered what I'd find inside. I half-expected an empty room. As I opened the door, the first thing I saw was a bottle of champagne on the coffee table, and beside it a set of keys. I looked up, and there was Ray, grinning at me from inside the flat.
"Bloody hell!" he shouted. "You look fucking gorgeous!"
Although I'd been stared at all the way home on the tube, having decided to keep my make-up on for a while longer, partly to see what reactions I got, I'd actually forgotten all about it by the time I'd reached the flat. Other more worrying thoughts had invaded my mind. Needlessly.
Ray picked me up, carried me into the bedroom, lay me on the bed and went to get the champagne. I heard the cork pop and that delightful chuckle.
"Here's to us!" he said, walking back in with two glasses. "Our new life, and here's to you, you beautiful creature!"
At his request, I didn't wash the make-up off until, in the early hours of the morning, seeing my reflection when I went to the loo, I decided that, with passion-smudged lips and runny mascara, I now resembled Bette Davis's Baby Jane, rather than the pristinely made-up gothic creature of the previous day.
The next morning, I duly popped across the road at about ten o'clock to the phone kiosk and called Stuart:
"Steve, your press and promotion chap at CBS, has just called us," Stuart informed me. "He would like us to go and see him today. The photos are ready!"
That afternoon, Stuart, Patsy and I sat in a darkened meeting room while Steve, a pleasant enough guy who had chatted cheerily as he'd walked us from the lift, turned on the projector and began pushing each slide through for us to see.
I was astonished. The pictures were utterly breathtaking. As Jo had declared, some of them could have been Vogue cover shots. There must have been about thirty which Steve showed us, each one as it clicked through emitting a "Fabulous!", "Stunning!", "Beautiful!" from both Stuart and Patsy. My two favourites were the one of me sitting on the stone bench with the Afghan Hounds, and the other of me sitting at the Les Ambassadeurs bar with my exotic cocktail.
"That's the sleeve!" I said, as it came up on the screen.
"It's certainly a contender, John," Stuart murmured.
All the pictures viewed, Steve switched off the projector and got up to turn on the light.
"So, what do you think?" he asked us as he sat back down.
"They're fantastic, Steve!" Patsy said.
"Wonderful!" Stuart said.
Steve turned to me,
"I'm thrilled with them, Steve," I told him, feeling very excited. "Mike's a genius!"
"And the make-up, John," Patsy said, "it looks beautiful – you look beautiful!"
"Don't sound so surprised, Patsy!" I joked.
As we both giggled like thrilled schoolgirls, Stuart turned to Steve:
"But what do you think, Steve?"
"Honestly?" Steve asked.
" I think they're disgusting!"
The three of us gasped at once.
He directed his gaze at Stuart:
"I can't believe that you, Stuart," his face and neck turning a baby-shade of pink, "allowed John to pose for these."
He stared down at the slides with disdain.
Stuart leaned forward:
"And I can't believe you've just said that!"
The two men glared at each other.
"Why don't you like them?" I asked Steve, utterly devastated, but keen to dispel the hostile atmosphere.
Steve turned to me and looked incensed:
"Because they're depraved, John, they are distasteful," he spat the words out, "and this –" he waved a hand over the slides, "is not how we want, how CBS wants you to be seen by the public."
I shook my head at him. I didn't know what to say. It was as though someone had thumped me in the chest. Stuart was staring at Patsy, who looked over at me with a kind of pity.
"You actually like them?" Steve asked me in disbelief.
"I love them!" I said. "This is exactly how I want people to see me!"
Steve stood up, meeting obviously over:
"Then we have a problem." He carefully put the slides back in their box, tapped the box on the table then, without warning, threw it across the table, where it clattered into the projector, the slides crashing out and laying strewn around it. Steve looked at me, then at Stuart. He walked forward and held up his finger:
"There is no way CBS will be using any of those photos."
He wagged his finger at the slides, then made a kind of helpless wave of his hand as he turned away from us and went to the door. He looked about to leave the room when Stuart also stood and walked up to him, faced him and, challenging his body space, said,
"So what now, Steve? Where do you suggest we go from here?"
Steve stepped back a little and raised his chin, obviously keen to maintain his superiority in the room:
"We arrange another photo session for John, but this time I get our sleeve designer involved, to make sure nothing like this…" he pointed again at the splayed group of slides lying by the projector…"happens again!"
He flounced out and left the three of us staring at each other.
"Oh Stuart!" Patsy wailed.
"I don't believe it," he replied sadly. "I'm so sorry, John."
In fact, I felt it should have been me apologising. After all, the whole white face/black lips look had been suggested by me, after Tony Meehan had come up with the idea. Maybe if we'd done what Stuart first envisaged, the invitation card and white stick concept, we wouldn't have been sitting there feeling like we'd just been severely scolded by the headmaster.
"I need a drink!" Stuart said, "let's have lunch!"
Feeling just a little tiddly from two vodka and limes and sharing a bottle of expensive red wine over lunch, I got off the tube at Harlesden, going over in my mind everything that had happened earlier at CBS, still not really believing it. As I reached the flat, I was looking forward to ordering a takeaway from one of the Indian restaurants in the High Street and telling Ray all about it.
But, when I walked into the flat, I could tell it was empty. On the table was a half-drunk cup of tea, which I'd made for Ray just before I'd left, a plate of uneaten toast, but no sign of Ray. The Beatles' 'Blue '67-'70' sleeve was lying on the floor and the record was on the deck, the player still switched on. It looked like Ray had left in a hurry. I looked for a note, but there was nothing.
'Oh well,' I thought, 'I'll have a bath. He'll be back soon.'
The following morning, however, after a feverish night once again full of strange dreams, it was back to square one, he hadn't shown. I looked at the bedside clock. It was ten o'clock. I quickly got dressed, made a cup of jasmine tea, sat and cursed the bastard, and then went across the road to ring Stuart. I decided not to mention Ray's no-show. I hadn't told him about the first one yet, nor the still-puzzling aftermath.
Stuart's bright and breezy voice cheered me a little. He told me he'd heard from Roslav Szaybo, CBS's chief sleeve designer, that morning.
"We had a long chat. He sounds very positive, John. He's arranged a new photo session for us. I liked his ideas."
"Did you mention Steve's bizarre outburst yesterday?"
"Yes, I did. I expressed my anger at how Steve had treated us, well, how he'd treated you to be more exact. It was inexcusably rude."
"Did Roslav say what he thought of the Les Ambassadeurs photos?"
"All he said was he felt they didn't promote the image CBS wanted for you. He thought they were a little too camp, too outrageous."
I sighed loudly.
"I know, John," Stuart said in reply, "but let's see first what Roslav's photo session produces. If we don't like the new pictures, we'll say so. He's booking the session for early September. He must have liked something about the photos, he wants to use Mike Nicholson again."
My next call was to my mum and dad. They'd just moved out of their cottage in Ramsbottom and into a corner sweet shop in Heywood. It was the one I used to pop into as a child to buy an ice lolly and pick something from the 'penny tray', before walking down to the park. Mum had told me a few months earlier about how she wanted to go back to the town where she had been brought up, where she'd begun her married life and brought up my sister and me. She fancied the idea of running a little shop, where she could chat to people who might remember her in her younger years. It was as though she wanted to return to happier, healthier times. I was keen to find out how the move had gone. But, unusually, Dad answered the phone:
"Hello, son," he said. "I'm glad you've called."
"Hi Dad, how did the move go?"
"Er, that's why I'm glad you've called…not very well, I'm afraid. It's your mum. I think you should come and see her. Soon."
The names of some people in this chapter have been changed
Copyright John Howard 2017

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How was your Thanksgiving? I hope you had a blessed and wonderful time! =)
First of all, I want you to know that I respect and love you as an actor and as a person. Your movies were a part of my childhood and teenage years. I tried to watch all of your movies, from Big Daddy to 50 First Dates. I like watching them because they were not only funny, but also presented valuable lessons in life.
Recently though, I'm really disappointed with the movies you made. I feel like times have changed, but the recipe of your movie didn't. I don't think that getting a gorgeous and famous actress as your leading lady is going to work anymore. I thought that you already learned a lesson in Don't Mess with the Zohan, and that was the last mediocre movie I'll see from you. After watching it, I was forgiving. You're human after all, and allowed to make mistakes. I had a few good laughs from watching it anyway.
However, since the Zohan, all the movies you made seem to be getting worse. I've watched Grown Ups and Just Go with It simply because I just wanted to see something "new" from you. Or maybe because I just loved the cast. (I've discovered that any movie that has Jennifer Aniston in it is reason enough to watch it.)
Just the other day, I watched the trailer for Jack and Jill. Honestly, I have no intentions of watching it. If ever I'm going to watch it, it's only because I like Katie Holmes, and of course, you.
I know you can do better, Mr. Sandler. Your talent is boundless and natural. I'm sure you can come up with better scripts in the next few years. I'm really hoping that you would, as I do not want to remember you as an actor who had ridiculous roles like Zohan and Jack and Jill.
I do hope you won't hate me for writing this letter as I wrote this with nothing but love. I want be swept away again, the way 50 First Dates made me feel. I want to cry both of sadness and laughter like when I watched Click. You are a beloved and respected actor, so please stay that way.
Your fan,
Irene Chan
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This summer, three of the Twin Cities best art fairs take place on the first weekend in August! The Uptown Art Fair runs from August 1st to 3rd and the Loring Park Art Festival as well as the Powderhorn Art Fair take place on August 2nd and 3rd.
The Uptown Art Fair features artists in twelve various media including sculpture, painting, jewelry, ceramics, wood and more. The art fair is the second largest event in Minnesota, behind the Minnesota State Fair, and one of the largest juried fine art fairs in the country. Free to attend, visitors can browse the art on display along Hennepin Avenue and The Mall, purchase a piece and actually chat with the artists themselves. In between, enjoy food, a live performance stage, a youth art fair and more. Friday 12-8pm, Saturday 10am-8pm, and Sunday 10am-5pm. Located at Lake St and Hennepin Ave in Uptown and "The Mall" in Southwest Minneapolis.
A wide variety of work at the Loring Park Art Festival will be on display, including painting, photography, printmaking, handmade paper, wood, jewelry, clay, sculpture, fiber, mixed media and glass from over 140 visual artists, as well as strolling musicians, scheduled stage performances, children's activities and food booths. Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 10am-5pm. Located at the corner of Oak Grove St and Hennepin Ave, across from the Walker Art Center.
Powderhorn Art Fair, one of the finest juried regional art fairs in the country, celebrates artistic expression and community engagement. Set in a pastoral, 66-acre city park, Powderhorn Art Fair features 184 regional and national artists of varied disciplines, as well as a Community Showcase and Group Exhibitors from the Powderhorn area. Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 10am-5pm. Powderhorn Park, 3400 15th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN.
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Unspoilt beaches
Walk, sit, play, suntan, read, sleep... the list is really endless! Bring a beach towel and sunblock.
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Walk, run, or cycle on the beach. Swim, surf, dive, or kayak in the sea. Fish from the beach or from the rocks. Have a braai and enjoy a good time with friends!
Be active (or not!)
Walk, run, or cycle on the beach. Swim, surf, dive, or kayak in the sea. Fish from the beach or from the rocks. Have a braai and enjoy a good time with friends!


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Sosa connected for his 11th homer of the season. It was his 397th major league home run, moving him ahead of Joe Carter for 35th place on the career list.
Stairs, acquired from Oakland in a trade last November, hit his first home run for the Cubs.
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The Cubs reliever Courtney Duncan retired six straight batters, Kyle Farnsworth worked the eighth and Tom Gordon closed in the ninth for his second save.
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The first hit Tapani allowed was a one-out solo home run by Richie Sexson in the second inning.
White walked to lead off the fourth and scored on a 405-foot homer by Stairs, his first since Sept. 20, 2000.
CARDINALS 6, PIRATES 2: Dustin Hermanson threw six strong innings and host St. Louis handled Pittsburgh hitters for the third straight game.
The Cardinals have outscored the Pirates, 21-4, and held them to 13 hits the first three games of a four-game series. They will go for the sweep today with troubled left-hander Rick Ankiel pitching.
Ray Lankford homered and drove in three runs for the Cardinals, who are two games above .500 for only the second time this season.
Brian Giles and Pat Meares homered and Aramis Ramirez hit two doubles for the Pirates, who are 4-11 against the Cardinals the last two seasons. Pittsburgh, which is in last place in the National League Central, has dropped eight of 11.
Hermanson (3-1) allowed two runs on five hits, with five strikeouts and a walk for his 50th career victory. In his last two starts he has allowed three runs in 12 innings, and he is 5-2 lifetime against the Pirates.
DIAMONDBACKS 5, REDS 2: David Dellucci hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting Arizona over Cincinnati.
It was Dellucci's second pinch-hit homer and Arizona's seventh pinch-hit homer of the season.
Mark Grace homered and doubled as Arizona took a home series from the Reds for the first time in the Diamondbacks' four-year history. Reggie Sanders doubled twice and drove in a run for the Diamondbacks, who handed Cincinnati its second loss in the three-game series and its seventh in eight games over all.
With the game tied, 2-2, Luis Gonzalez led off the eighth with a single, then Sanders hit a hard liner to left field, just over the head of a startled Deion Sanders for a double, putting runners at first and third with no outs.
ASTROS 7, PHILLIES 6: Ricky Bottalico's wild throw allowed Glenn Barker to score the winning in the bottom of the ninth inning as host Houston defeated Philadelphia.
With the score tied, 6-6, Moises Alou and Lance Berkman both walked off Bottalico (1-2) with no outs in the ninth.
Chris Truby attempted to bunt the runners over, and Bottalico fielded the ball and threw to third in a bid to erase Barker, who was pinch-running for Alou. The throw was wild, and third baseman Scott Rolen was unable to stop it from going down the left-field line as Barker scored.
Billy Wagner (2-1) was one out away from his seventh save in seven chances, but Pat Burrell's double off Alou's glove in right field drove in Mike Lieberthal from first, tying the game.
ASTROS' LIMA TO DROP APPEAL: Astros starter Jose Lima said he would drop his appeal of a five-game suspension levied by the commissioner's office for hitting Mets outfielder Jay Payton with a pitch last week.
''I'm disappointed at what happened, but I am going to take it like a man and let them know what they did was wrong to suspend me for five games and Jay Payton not even for one,'' Lima told the Houston television station KRIV.
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I don't need to give explanations or defend myself. I learned that I could say, "That won't work for me."
I also learned to say, "Let me think about that and I'll get back to you with my answer." That was where I started – just giving myself time to think it through and get in touch with how I really wanted to respond to the request.
Saying "yes" when I should say "no" cheats others from the lessons they are supposed to learn. It also can be a source of a budding resentment inside of me.
As a result of saying "yes" when I should say "no" I can get myself in a lot of trouble. I forget to take care of myself.
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Do you pronounce the "l" in "salmon"? Nope. I grew up listening to my dad mispronounce words because he was hard of hearing. This was one. Other words included "Edinburg" for the city (which should be "Edinborə") and "piza" (like the city--Pisa--only with a 'z') for "pizza." It was annoying, but he couldn't really hear the difference.
When was the last time you went to a bookstore? It's been a few months. Our local one is currently closed--for another couple of weeks--while it moves from its current rather small and cozy space to a larger storefront a block east. Once they are open again, I'll be in to pick up Christmas stuff.
Have you ever prank-called a restaurant? I don't think so. I did do prank calls as a kid. But it's no fun anymore now that caller ID is a thing.
How did you meet most of your friends? "Most." Hmm. I have friends from all over: high school, college, work, neighbors, church, Facebook, blogs, friends of friends.... I guess the majority are from work-related activities at this point. Or church.
Do you find ancient mythology interesting? Vaguely. I don't spend time poring over it, but it's ok. So many people have written things based on myths that it pays to know about them so you can spot the allusions.
What snacks do you usually buy when you go to the movies? Beast and I usually split a popcorn. We each get our own drink. And I usually get some kind of candy. I've been known to sneak in the candy, however. I once snuck in a whole sub, along with my sister who snuck in her own sandwich. We each had a can of pop up one sleeve of our coats. Yay, Wisconsin in winter and big coats!! Our local theater does free refills of popcorn and pop, though, so it's rather dumb to sneak there.
Do you prefer British spelling or American? American. Shorter. Terser. Conciser. lol
Have you ever gone sailing? Nope. Sounds to me like a real good reason to throw up. The number of times I've been on a boat of any kind probably doesn't get too close to 30. Not a fan.
Have you ever gotten heat exhaustion? Not diagnosed. I've been on the verge of passing out, however.
Do you still live in your childhood home? Uhm, no. I haven't lived full-time in the house in which I grew up since 1982. And since my parents sold it in 1994...yeah, no. One of my best friends has lived in the same house her entire life, except for her college years. Her parents sold it to her sometime in the 90s when they retired and moved.
How much is too much to pay for a concert ticket? $10. I don't like concerts. Well, ok, I adore live music, but I really really hate crowds and parking and the bad acoustics that generally go with concerts. Oh, and the people....
What was the greatest prank you've ever pulled? Uhm, no. I'm saving it to re-use. ;-) To be honest, I'm not that great at coming up with pranks.
Do you pride yourself on being intelligent? Despite that last answer, yes I do. But I'm very aware of my "stupid spots."
Is that pride justified? Sure. I mean, I am smart. Is it the most important think in the world? No.
If you controlled pop culture, what trend would you change or introduce? Can we puh-leeeze let girls wear comfortable, not-too-tight/too-small clothes in public again? And let boys wear belts on pants that aren't 8 sizes too big?
Have you ever taken a survey twice by accident? I'm sure. More than once even.
What was the last movie you went to see? A Walk in the Woods last Saturday. It was funny. I sat in the front row for the first time ever--the theater was full--in a recliner, so that was interesting too. A good movie to do that; the scenery was GORgeous!
Have you ever gotten stuck on an amusement park ride? No thank God.
Do you have a weak stomach? I don't do well in the GI area when stressed. I've been known to get nauseous, stop eating, or need to be near the bathroom urgently. But in terms of dealing with body-fluid evacuation, I'm ok as long as I don't think too hard about it. I've been thrown up on and peed on and pooped on FAR too many times by my wonderful son. Seriously, once you've had a kid vomit down your back 3 times in a year, you really have no choice but to man up. Not that you have to enjoy it....
Do you get annoyed when you don't receive any comments on your Facebook for a while? Well, yeah.
How often do you floss? Less often than I should but far far more often than Beast!
What was the worst trouble you've ever gotten into? In trouble with authorities: coupla speeding tickets. I suppose the conversation with my boss about getting named by creepy people on their creepy website along with my workplace counts too? That was unpleasant, though I'm not exactly in trouble. The creeps did their creepy best though, forwarding their creepy link to everyone they could find email addresses for in City management.
Would you ever consider becoming a cop? No.
If stupidity were a fatal disease, who do you think would be the first to die? Donald Trump, God willing. And a large chunk of people with Bush DNA.
Are you and your friends loud and obnoxious in public areas? Sommmmetimmmmmes....? lol
How often do you take and fill out surveys....? Way less often than I used to.
Are you a big New York Yankees fan? It is not possible for anyone to be LESS of a Yankees fan than I am.
Do you own a thesaurus? Yes. ? I think. Haven't hauled it out for awhile; I use the one at work, or an online one.
When was the last time you visited relatives? I was at my niece's house a couple of weeks ago. I also saw her and my sister (et al.) 8 days ago.
When was the last time you ate meat? 4 hours ago.
What magazines do you read, if any? Presbyterian Outlook, Ms., Entertainment Weekly, Consumer Reports. Real Simple isn't either of the words in its name anymore, so it's been cancelled. At work, I page through Library Journal, Booklist, and Publishers Weekly for the reviews.
What's one thing you get uptight about? Injustice. And man, do not even start about child abuse with me....!
What sport are you best at? Marbles? OK, probably not anymore. Is verbal jousting a sport?
Have you ever eaten one of those Warheads candies? Oooh, yes. Not for a long time, though. ...may have to remedy that....
Do you prefer Tootsie Pops or Blow Pops? Tootsie Pops. The gum in Blow Pops is awful.
Do you ever correct grammatical and typographical errors on survey questions? If/when I notice them, yes.
How did you get your most recent injury? From picking. You know, picking at cuticles, picking at bumps, scratching bug bites...picking.
What's the most awkward question you've ever been asked? 'Are you SURE you never worked at [city I've never heard of] Library?' Yeah, honey, I'm pretty sure I'm too young to be that forgetful!
Do you own anything from IKEA? Yes. Yes I do.
What was the stupidest horror movie you've ever seen? They're all stupid. They scare the shit out of me, and I don't understand the attraction of that at all!
What about the stupidest comedy? Was "Snow Dogs" meant to be a comedy?
Have you ever snuck into a movie? Yes, a friend who worked at the theater snuck me into the second Indiana Jones movie.
There's no place like home, true or false? I've always found this statement to be ridiculous. There's no place just like any place else. So, yes, there is indeed no place like home. Duh.
What's the creepiest place you can think of? Inside an insane person's head.
Have you ever seen an albino animal? I think so.
Do you think they have chatspeak in Chinese? Could you be just little bit more racist?
What color's your front door? Pale green. And I had to just look.
Were you afraid of old people as a child? Nope. I didn't really love hanging around the nursing home where my grandma's lived (and died), but I wasn't afraid of old people. My parents were old!
Have you ever been visited by a Jehovah's Witness? Fuck yeah. I hide from them now.
Have you ever tried summoning Bloody Mary? Oh sure, as a youngster we did this at slumber parties. smh
When are you likely to lie? As a defense mechanism.
Do you say what you mean and mean what you say? I am very often Horton.
What's a personality type that you do not like? I'm not a fan of posers or braggarts.
What's a personality type that you do like? People with a sense of humor and real (not false) humility.
Which of your friends is the least like you and in what way? I have a couple of pretty conservative (politically) friends while I'm about as left-wing as you can get and still work within the system. I also have a lot of very gregarious friends; I'm not a conversation-starter except when I have to be. I have some friends who don't ever read; this appalls me but I love them anyway. I know an increasing number of non-cis/non-hetero people; I'm boringly "normal." (not a word I would use, hence the quotes) So, yeah. Next.
How about the most like you and in what way? The readers. The cis-straights, the liberals, the introverts. It really depends on how you frame the parameters.
What's something you do daily and is this a habit of yours? Seems to me that if you do something "daily" it's pretty much a habit. By definition.
I get online daily, to answer the question.
What was the last thing to frustrate you and is it still frustrating you now? People who are just spouting "party line" BS about guns. Oh, and the douchebags who say, "If I'd been there, only one person would have died: the shooter." Please. Take your tiny penis and go home.
Do you let other peoples' troubles bring you down? I do. It's pathological sometimes.
When was the last time you felt under-appreciated? Seriously? It happens so often at work that I've had to just turn off that part of my nervous system. As a mom, it's pretty common too. For instance, yesterday there was something about "I'll call you tomorrow" and then nothing today, for instance.
Does anyone take advantage of you or take you for granted? Oops, I guess that's more like what Sparky's up to with the not-calling thing.
Are you taking anyone for granted? I try very hard not to, but I'm sure I am.
What's one selfish thing that you do? This right hyee-ah.
How about something selfless? Bestirring myself to make dinner earlier tonight perhaps?
If it were to snow right now, would that be unusual? It wouldn't make me very happy, but I'm sure it's snowed this early in the past, so it wouldn't be all that shocking.
What do you like to do on your favorite holiday? Cook turkey, etc., and eat. Laugh with family and friends.
What helps you fall asleep? Reading mindless stuff before turning off the light, doing mindless puzzles, and silence or white noise.
When you're nervous about something, what do you do? The usual: nibble on fingernails, gabble incoherently, and if it's really bad I end up spending quality time with porcelain.
Have you ever been near death and if so, how was this experience? Not really, no. Well, at least, not near my death. I've been around dying people. It was ... surprisingly peaceful, but sad.
What's something you understand very well? MARC. And hiding in public.
How do you feel about friendship in general? I'm in favor of it.
Is there anyone you wish you were still friends with now? I wish I'd kept better track of people I went to church with as a kid.
Which friendship have you maintained the longest and are you two close? I'm still/again friends with a friend I met in 1970 or thereabouts. We got to be good/best friends in junior high and high school, drifted apart during and after college, and reconnected on Facebook.
What do you do to help yourself "move on" from things? I allow myself to grieve, but try not to get bogged down or stuck in the sad bits. "Try" of course is the operative word here.
What's a scent that reminds you of someone? Old Spice and VO5 hair goo will always be my dad.
Is there an image or memory you wish you could forget? Yeah, there've been some scary driving situations about which I'd like to forget the scare. Not the event, just how terrified I was.
Do you think it's possible to live without regret and why or why not? No. I think it's perfectly sensible to regret things and to try to improve in the future. In fact, I think if you have no regrets in life you're probably a bit scary. Now, being ashamed of things, THAT isn't so healthy.
Do you think that you're headed in the right direction? I'm headed to bed quite soon. That's almost always the right direction.
If you have a religion, do you think it's the only "right" one? It's the only one that works for me most of the time. However, I'm eminently open to the possibility, even the likelihood, that others might find different belief systems more in tune with their world-view.
Have you met anyone else who challenged that belief? Of course. I rather search them out. I currently work with about 5 Catholics, a Buddhist, a recovering-Baptist, several non-denominationals and at least one full-bore atheist. I've worked with Jewish people in the past (at the same time I worked with the single most uptight right-wing fundie in the known universe, so that was interesting). One of my church friends is married to a guy raised in the Greek Orthodox tradition. We have a growing Buddhist temple in town and quite a few Hindus. For a small town, it's not as Stepford-y as one would think.
What's the hardest part about writing a paper for you? As in homework? Nothing. Writing is right in my wheelhouse. Getting a topic might be tricky, but really the hardest part is getting started. I'm a world-class procrastinator.
How often do you doubt yourself and has this helped or hindered you? I'm slowly getting less concerned with my limitations. I mean, I know they are there, but I'm not constantly worrying over them. I overthink everything and wish I'd handled things differently, but I'm getting better at not beating myself up about mistakes.
What's a fear you want to overcome? Going places in public alone. I have had a goal for decades to go to a movie by myself....and I just can't seem to manage it.
What's something you don't like about yourself with good reason? I really MUST learn to control my tongue.
Do you do anything harmful and if so, what? I eat like a 10-year-old. This is not a healthy thing.
Would you rather someone be kind or physically attractive? Kind.
Are you often alone or are you often around others? I work in a large room full of randomly loud people, or in a larger room with randomly bizarre people. I love being home alone while Beast travels, and in general I prefer small groups of people or none at all.
What does your current outfit say about you, if anything? That I'm color-blind: blue-and-orange pajama bottoms and my Tournament of roses black long-sleeved T (with a large very-red-with-green-leaves rose on the front). And pearl earrings. Very natty, aren't I?
Do your clothes express your personality in general? If my personality is "comfort and price over fashion" then yes.
Or how DO you typically express who you are? With my mouth and/or my keyboard.
Who's taught you the most about life? No one person. Books are a great learning place. And watching others, and my reactions to the events of the world.
What do you spend a lot of your time doing? Staring at a computer screen. Good thing I enjoy that!
Have you ever been stuck in a rut and if so, in what way? Yes. Then again, I don't mind ruts so much, which makes me worried because i don't want to be in a rut.
Does the universe ever make you feel small? In an astronomical sense, yes.
What do you usually cry about? Other people's pain, usually.
What do you laugh about? My biggest laughs have been while watching Whose Line Is It? lately, but I like smart, quick humor in general.
Have you ever laughed at anything inappropriate? Far too often.
Do you think less of pregnant teenagers? Less than what? I don't think they're horrible people. I feel bad for them having to derail their lives at a young age to care for a child, or at least to give birth.
Or of teenagers that choose to have sex? At this point, I'm fairly sure that if I have a room of 10 kids the majority have had sexual contact with someone in their lives. I don't judge them. Just be safe, and if it's not consensual, get help!
Have you ever seen an air show? Yep. Stiff neck FTW.
What does "success" mean to you? Choosing and living comfortably and joyfully with those choices. Loving and being loved by those you care about.
Do you have an actual phobia of anything? Nope, not in a clinical sense.
What's something that you seek in life? Absurdity.
What's one opinion you have about change? It's going to happen. Try to enjoy it.
Do you have nerves before presentations? Of course, but if I'm ready to talk about the topic, I settle down as soon as I start talking.
Do you like pizza better on the second day? I adore leftover, cold pizza!
What's your favorite fall color? Dark orange.
What do you like on your pancakes? Butter and syrup. Lots and lots of syrup!
What energizes you? Laughter and kids.
When was your last adrenaline rush? Approximately 10 days ago when I realized I'd been "outed" in a particularly nasty way.
What emoticon do you often use? I think it's probably pretty close between :-) and ;-)
Have you ever made up your own emoticon? Nope, I'm a follower in this field.
What type of bread do you usually like? Yes, please. ... I just like bread. Just about any kind works for me. I like the heartier breads--oat, wheat, etc.--more than plain white, but I'm not averse to Wonder Bread on occasion.
Do you like to do things your own way? Who doesn't??
Do you believe in past lives and what might you have been? Nope, though it's pretty to think about.
Do neon colors bother you and why or why not? Depends on how they are used. Generally, not really bothered by them.
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This recipe comes from my grandmother and is insanely popular with my family. The name sounds silly, but it holds so many memories. The ratio between the cream cheese, chocolate cake, and chocolate chips is absolutely amazing. These cupcakes can also be made ahead of time and frozen. My grandmother used to keep them in the freezer. When I would go to her house, I would always head to the freezer and eat at least 1 or 2. I actually think I might help myself to one right now since I am talking about them so much…Yum! These cupcakes are a tradition in my family, and everyone out there needs to try these. I even asked my grandma if I could share the recipe on my blog. I didn't want to give away the recipe without her consent! 🙂
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Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cookies
Brandon and I went to a co-worker's annual party this past weekend, and I wanted to bring a dessert. When I asked Brandon what I should bring, this was the first dessert that popped in his head. Growing up, I vividly remember making these cookies with my mom. They are my favorite cookie ever, as well as Brandon's. They are extremely easy to make and are delicious! I am pretty sure I've made them 100 times…