Category Archives: Donnaville Archive

Donnerstag, Juni 13, 2002

Excite – German Paper Mocks ‘Degenerate’ Brits I realize it is a joke but for a country that collectively enjoys taking off their clothes at public parks to play volleyball… degenerate seems a bit hypocritical. 🙂

Mittwoch, Juni 12, 2002

Lisa and I saw the movie: The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. We walked into the theater and were surprised to see a full room- we were less surprised that it was comprised almost entirely of women. The movie was cute, a nice distraction. The guy who played Sandra Bullock’s fiance looked so familiar to me– within a minute it hit me and I whispered excitedly to Lisa: “He is the guy who played Richard Burton in the Elizabeth Taylor Story!!!” Playing a hard drinker really took a toll on his appearance; he has gotten puffy. In the Divine Sisterhood, he didn’t drink whisky and slur but rather he donned just the cutest little Irish accent. I couldn’t imagine dating an Irish man– I’d feel as if I was talking to a wee Lebrechaun and that would just freak me out. Regardless, Richard Burton/Connor had the cutest little bangs that curled over his forehead– which I liked. I did realize that I don’t like the trend of men wearing V-neck sweaters without a T-shirt underneath. I think it looks kind of sleazy, although that might only apply to Richard Burton/Connor.

Sonntag, Juni 09, 2002

Anna’s Anthony Andrews Page – Multimedia: Movie Stills | Brideshead revisited
LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!!! An Anthony Andrews PAGE! Shortly after my crushes on Yul Brynner and Charles Bronson faded, I became slightly fixated on Anthony Andrews. When most girls were in love with New Kids on the Block, I locked myself in my bedroom to watch all 12 hours of Bridehead Revisited on PBS. (I also loved Princess Daisy….sometimes I would cheer for Prince Ram) Just last night I took out my dusty copy of Bridehead Revisited (I had spliced together all my favorite scenes so I didn’t have to sit through all 12 hours) and I found that it still did something to me. I really don’t know what attracted me to an obviously older man portraying an alcoholic teenager who carried around a large teddy bear. Apparently I missed some subtext at the time that now (after this last viewing) doesn’t seem so “sub.” 🙂 So, if you are at all interested in the long and varied career of Anthony Andrews (or want to see some kooky pictures from BR), this is a great link and perhaps you would agree with Anthony Blanche when he said to Lord Sebastian Flyte (Anthony Andrews), “My dear! I should like to stick you full of barbed arrows like a p-p-p-pin cushion!”