If I had the ways and means to New Orleans
Mood:  don't ask
I am so pissed right now.
I am beyond livid.
I hate these bastards that put up fake websites to try to steal monies from people trying to help hurricane Katrina survivors.
I wish them all ill will three fold. Hell, ten fold sounds better.

And I am still ranting
For any person that ever walked off the landing of the Amtrak station in New Orleans for the first time and said to themselves: "I'm Home." You then know exactly how I am feeling right now. New Orleans, unlike Hollywood...Accepted you just the way that you are. Nothing against Hollywood, except it has a horrible tendency to try to change you to their standards if you let them. New Orleans (the veux carre to some of us) just gives you a big hug and ushers you right in. I know that it's the city that care forgot. But I will never forget. I will always remember her. So will you.

Pap Smears and cartwheels
Mood:  celebratory
You know, there is a certain moment of glee when your doctor calls to let you know that your pap smear came out okay. you feel like you should go and get drunk or something. Or get laid....ironically.
Boobs get a sonogram in a few months if she thinks its really necessary...thinks its still the wierd moving gland...monkey glands!!! whoo hooo. If I ever did get a masectomy....BIG HUGE NEON IF...I would tattoo Lilo and Stich right on the nipple!!!WHO cares right now! my hootchie is okeedokee whoooohoooo!!!!!

a study in hospital food
You know...you learn so much about various hospitals when your mother is hospitalized in two of them within two weeks of each other. I have learned so much about the department of veteran affairs even stuff I didn't care to learn in the first place. I have driven more in the last two weeks...and everyone wonders why I am so tired. I dunno. maybe it has something to do with not sleeping for two weeks straight without wondering, is she dying? is she dead? What do I do now? What can I do? What can I do for her? I am suppose to be the family flake...I am not good at being the responsible one.
At least I will know Diabetes up close an personal when I get it. Not a case of IF i get Diabetes...but WHEN.

does cancer move?
Mood:  not sure
an odd thing happened the other day at the doctor.
She finds a lump in my breast. Oh yeah...we all take a big breath on that one when we hear it, don't we?
The thing is...it's moved. from one breast to the other. Does cancer move?
Oh well...leave it to me to be the special child.
In truth as of right now she assumes its a gland...
No , i don't know if glands move either.

FIVE TOP PLACES PAN LIKES TO HANG HER HAT:
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Extreme home makeover
Alright, just for the viewing audience at home...
AUNTIE PAN PAN'S TOP FIVE PLACES TO HANG HER TOP HAT.
Number Five: CHINATOWN. (Chicago or Los Angeles)
Number Four: HOLLYWIERD.
Number Three: Home on a three day weekend.
Number Two: LAS VEGAS, BABY!
and....number one
NEW ORLEANS FOR HALLOWEEN.

Runners up: Peoria Illinois for Faire., North Dakota...or was it south? That place they filmed 'North by Northwest'., Prague., and of course., France/Scotland/Tuscany.

HAPPY BUNNIE DAY
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: Miss Congeniality Two: Armed and Fabulous
HAPPY BUNNY DAY!!!!!
I have come to the conclusion that for November of 2006 that we here at the castle are going to Vegas to celebrate a special family birthday. Anyone that's "Family" is more than welcome to attend.
We shall be probably going to either the Venetian or the Bellagio...not sure yet. There was rumor on the Phantom website that they were working on building the complete Phantom of the Opera permanent set construction at the Venetian, I believe.
Why go to Europe when you can see Vegas???
I have always loved Vegas. It's in my top five fabulous places I love to be.
Happy Easter everyone.
Cheers.

SEAN CONNERY IS GOD
Mood:  cheeky
Now Playing: League of Extraordinary Gentlement
I have come to the conclusion that if GOD were to come back to Earth and start kicking butt, he would look like Sean Connery. I also have a firm belief that if I were to cast the character of Marius for the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles, it would be Sean Connery. I also have a notion that he just gets better with age. That's magic, man. As Goldie Hawn so eloquently said it in 'first wives club' "Sean Connery is over two hundred years old and he's still a stud!"
---Out of the mouths of blondes....Well said Goldie.

Open up your mind...
Mood:  crushed out
Now Playing: Phantom of the Opera
Oh God. I saw the Joel Schumacher/Andrew Lloyd Webber movie version of Phantom. I wept. I wept officially three times...then I went to go see it again. Yep. I'm buying that movie. I already bought the soundtrack/book...ironically when I snagged the last copy of the Moulin Rouge two disc boxed set. Am I the only one that is schmaltzy??? I loved Phantom on stage. I love it still now. Relationships come and go...but Phantom remains. I waxed major nostalgia. I thought of people I haven't seen in years...wondered how they were...where their lives have led. stuff like that. I loved the film. I remember when I saw the Stage version with Michael Crawford. I remember seeing Sarah Brightman perform the first time I saw it. I remember the second time I went, I think it was to be Michael Crawfords last performance. It was breathtaking. Schumacher and Webber could be the next Rodgers and Hammerstein for films. If you love angst, this is the flick for you. Afterwords grab your bottle of Merlot, go home and watch Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame. Then walk up and down the streets in the rain singing Ewan Macgregors version of 'Come What May'. Hey! I am the queen of angst!!! If I didn't have to work,I would turn a Hearse into a traveling mini bar serving Absinthe Jello Shots to the masses! Actually Absinthe is too licorishy...give me Chambord Jello Shots anyday.

HOW COULD I FORGET DEATH????!!!?!?!?!?
Mood:  cheeky
Now Playing: Mulan II
I did not watch mulan two...I did however listen to it on DVD while I was typing here. It sounded cute. I however happen to have a problem when people make sequels of classic cartoons or films...sometimes just let the magic go with one film. otherwise you kill it with a sequel. just an opinion. Anythehow, I was rudely reminded by a woman with a wiffle bat, "HEY PAN! You forgot the Endless character of DEATH!?! Who would you choose to be death???"
You know, that is a hard question to answer. Because I Could be thwapped on many different angles. Someone perky definately. This one I may have to ponder. Waifish/perky/in her twenties and so white she would have to glow in the dark. Waitaminute... Will Kirsten Dunst be willing to dye her hair black???
By the way, If we could not get Jennifer Tilly for the character of Desire? Go with Gwen Stefani. She would be great for the role.