OK .. a few Yada Yadas about the weekend ..

1. Finally sat and watched THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER. Beautifully shot, very interesting sub plots, incredible costumes, but in the end, I felt like .. ?? I feel if they had spent more time on the inner politics of the Forbidden City and taken out the useless action scenes [which did not work for this movie], the film would have been much better.

Now, I loved me some Gong Li in MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, and she was very good in CURSE, but missy, we have got to start using more than three facial expressions. Is this girl ever allowed to just smile? I know that she has that look that says "Get Your Hands Off My Man" [in a way that only DJ AIRICK could say it :)], but please, lighten up.

2. Went to the Southern Bears meeting Saturday night, and then continued my "training" to be a volunteer bar tender.

**OK, I just have to say a HUGE - OOOOOO apology to MAD PIPER. Since we had never officially met before, I had no idea that was him sitting next to me at the meeting. I did not realize this until he said goodbye while I was behind the bar. PLEASE, PIPER forgive me :)!!

3. Finally, Brit Brit. Ok, I have posted her new song, GIMME MORE, because I think it is actually very good. Not as good as TOXIC, but in the hands of the right DJ .. could be an incredible remix. Besides, the intro of "It's Britney Bitch," is just classic!

But her performance on the VMA's [which I know many, many others have written about as well] was beyond awful. Her dancing was BAD, and that used to be a redeeming quality. She lyp sinced so poorly. There are newbie drag quuens who could do a better Britney than Britney.

I honestly was hoping that Brit would come back with a performance that reminded MTV who she was. But when you have Rihanna looking at you with a WTF??? attitude, this is not a good sign. Madonna needs to pop her upside the head.

To quote a posting on TMZ .. "Britney, your career is calling!"