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  • And the Oscar for Best Over Acting Goes To…


    Every year at my company we do a Christmas video for our customers, and every year I ham it up pretty bad!  This year’s theme was a financial bailout for Santa, who was going to have to cancel Christmas because of all of the debt he had racked up from financing his toy factories with subprime loans, (even using his reindeer as collateral!). 

    My character, Neb Neezer a modern financial expert, pioneered the concept of Toy Factory Obligations (similar to the Collateralized Debt Obligations which caused the real financial meltdown).  In this short scene from the video, I’m interviewed by a Larry King-like, Chris Moss. 

    Watch for my wink and nod to Sarah “the AntiChrist” Palin, and my artful shoe dodging at the end!  (By the way, did you hear Levi’s mother is dealing meth!?  I still think they should name that boor bastard “Tweaker”!  Do you still want Bristol married in to that white trash family Sarah, you moron?)  Anyway, this is just a small portion of the video, but in the end our company saves Christmas!

  • Can You See It If You Open Your Heart?

    This week, Americans are preparing to celebrate their Thanksgiving holiday.  This year, we have much to be thankful for; a new president, a renewed sense of hope for our tattered worldwide reputation and the fact that Sarah Palin is finally back in her kitchen in Alaska where she belongs.  (Click here for David Letterman’s Top 10 Palin excuses for the unfortunate interview she gave after “pardoning” a Thanksgiving turkey while the guy behind her feeds LIVE turkeys into a GRINDER!)

    This Thanksgiving, I was lucky enough to participate in a truly memorable and worthwhile project.  My friend Seth, owner of Garbo & Ruby, wrote a song about peace on earth and shot a truly cross cultural video that I hope you will all enjoy.  Hannah steals the show at about 32 seconds, and I make my first cheesy appearance at 39 seconds.  Take a look, but be warned, the song will stick in your head!


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    If you can’t see the video above, click here

    In Seth’s own words:

    On Thanksgiving 2007, I asked myself for what was I truly thankful. I have many people, experiences, and things to be grateful about in my life, and so I gave a heartfelt thank you to the universe for all of them. Then I closed my eyes and imagined what I would really like to give thanks for, and I had a vision of the world and the human race as it should be, helping each other instead of hindering, loving each other instead of fighting, giving to each other instead of hoarding, and it felt amazing. My whole body and mind relaxed and a smile came to my face. I think I even laughed.

    I know that I’m not alone with this experience. I know that there are many people out there doing amazing work every day to make this world the best place it can be. There are countless others who, while they may not outwardly appear to be “peaceniks,” are doing their part in their own way, be it through making contributions to the charity of their choice, performing random acts of kindness, meditation, prayer, or even just taking a breath before they react in anger. Anyhow, in the midst of these thoughts and feelings, a simple song of peace literally fell out of me.

    I had a vision that night of people all over the world hearing and singing this song of peace, and this being a small piece of the tipping point where the majority of the population of the world becomes fed up with conflict, hunger, and injustice and finally leaves the governments of the world no choice but to disarm and refocus their efforts on the greater good. Yes, we singer-songwriters are prone to megalomania. :) But no matter what happens, this song will be out there. Even if it changes only one person’s mind, that will be success.

    So this year, before another year goes by, I’ve recorded the song with a large group of singers. All the proceeds from the song will go to benefit peace on Earth by way of Peace Partnership International.

    Aside from the charitable contributions that people make by buying the song, getting the song into the public consciousness will also have a great positive effect, because these kinds of ideas are infectious. I know I always think twice after reading those “random acts of kindness” bumper stickers ;)

    Peace!
    Seth

    The parts I’m in were filmed on the roof of the Hotel Careyfonia  Here are some “Behind the Scenes” photos that might just show up on VH-1′s “Behind the Music” someday after I come out of rehab for the 5th time following my meteoric rise to the top of the Hollywood elite in this video:

    And if you’d like to see some short “making of” videos, they’re on the song’s Facebook page (click now and become a fan).  If you’re not on Facebook, you can watch the videos here and here.  If you like the song, please purchase it for .99 cents.  All the proceeds go to Peace Partnership International.  I’ll do another post as soon as it’s available on iTunes, because I know that’s how a lot of people prefer to purchase their music.  Thanks to Seth and his inspiration.  I wish you all a peaceful Thanksgiving wherever you may be.

    If you’d like to help spread the word, please recommend this post.  It’s for a good cause!
  • It’s A New Day

    “I” woke up this morning with Garbo on one side of my pillow and Ruby on the top against my head.  LOL.  I wish I could have taken a picture, it was so cute.  Anyway, Seth and Jessica came home today, so I’m sleeping alone again.    I had a good time with the dogs as usual.  Here are a few photos:


    They always need a vacation after leaving the Hotel Careyfornia
    I taught Garbo & Ruby a new trick this week.  It’s called “Pretend you’ve been shot by Sarah Palin“:


    Please Sarah, don’t shoot!!


    What do I look like, a moose??


    Best of the rest…

    Lisa thinks I’ve been wasting too much negative energy on Sarah Palin of late, but I respectfully think that we must remain vigilant, so that Governor Avon Lady never gets so close to the presidency again.  Bill Maher really sums up my feelings perfectly here.  “I’m trying not to be mean, but I’m sorry, I can’t…”  It’s worth watching to the end:

    If only she went away this easily:

    This bit about Prop 8 appeared on the same Bill Maher show, and brings up some good points about the “elephant in the room (Religion…you can’t poke in the naughty place…)” at about 2:35.

    So yes, it is a new day…but we still have a ways to go!

  • Happy Days Are Here Again


    HOPE vs. FEAR

    The history of America is studded with great breakthroughs followed by decades of consolidation and occasional regression. Tonight’s victory proclaims the end of the dark years of the Bush regression. It’s time for another American breakthrough. Click here to read more.

    So long sad times
    Go long bad times
    We are rid of you at last

    Howdy gay times
    Cloudy gray times
    You are now a thing of the past

    Happy days are here again
    The skies above are clear again
    So let’s sing a song of cheer again
    Happy days are here again

    Happy Days Are Here Again” is a song copyrighted in 1929 by Milton Ager (music) and Jack Yellen (lyrics). The song was recorded by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra, with Lou Levin, vocal (November 1929), and was used in the 1930 film Chasing Rainbows. Today, the song is probably best remembered as the campaign song for Franklin Delano Roosevelt‘s (FDR) successful 1932 Presidential campaign. Since FDR’s use of the song, it has come to be recognized as the unofficial theme of the Democratic Party. The lyrics suggest optimism and buoyancy.

    Even though I supported Hillary Clinton in the primary, I was proud today to cast my vote for President Elect Obama.  The line wasn’t bad at all:

    But my vote almost didn’t get counted!

    Election Worker:  You can’t take photographs in here.
    Me:  Sure I can.  I just press this button.  Snap….blinding flash.
    Election Worker:  You CAN’T
    Me:  I did last time I voted:  (http://weblog.xanga.com/CareyGLY/641073173/making-history-herstory.html)
    Election Worker:  It’s a federal offense.  Here’s your ballot.  You can take that booth (pointing).

     

    Election Worker:  I told you that you couldn’t take pictures!
    Me:  Gayle King said I could.  (http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/20081031_tows_fridays)
    Election Worker:  Who’s Gayle King?
    Me:  Who’s Gayle King??
    Election Worker:  Yes, who’s Gayle King??
    Me:  She’s Oprah’s best friend!!  She told Oprah to take a camera to her polling place and take a picture of her ballot.
    Election Worker:  I don’t care, it’s against the law.
    Me:  So arrest me.
    Election Worker:  I will.
    Me:  See ya!  (Walking away a la Tina Fey past Sarah Palin on SNL…snapping this photo behind me as he follows me.)


    Oh well, at least I stuck my ballot in the box! 


    Here’s hoping that vapid, idiotic, reprehensible, repulsive, moronic waste of a woman, Sarah Palin, is never again on a national stage. 

    The LA Times said it best when they endorsed Obama:

    Indeed, the presidential campaign has rendered McCain nearly unrecognizable. His selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate was, as a short-term political tactic, brilliant. It was also irresponsible, as Palin is the most unqualified vice presidential nominee of a major party in living memory. The decision calls into question just what kind of thinking — if that’s the appropriate word — would drive the White House in a McCain presidency. Fortunately, the public has shown more discernment, and the early enthusiasm for Palin has given way to national ridicule of her candidacy and McCain’s judgment.

    And if you recall, I said it seconds after he introduced the crazy gun toting whack job on August 29th:

    President Obama & The Beauty Queen


    I wish I was home, in Chicago right now.  Doesn’t it look great?  For more, check out my blog entry from my trip home last summer:
    http://weblog.xanga.com/CareyGLY/660904934/the-prettiest-city-in-america.html

    Speaking of the Spruce Moose:

    From Newsweek‘s Special Election Project comes the real Sarah Palin. She met staff members in a towel:

    At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys’ club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. “I’ll be just a minute,” she said.

    She raised William Ayers before the campaign signed off on it:

    Palin launched her attack on Obama’s association with William Ayers, the former Weather Underground bomber, before the campaign had finalized a plan to raise the issue. McCain’s advisers were working on a strategy that they hoped to unveil the following week, but McCain had not signed off on it, and top adviser Mark Salter was resisting.

    And she spent far more on clothes than was reported:

    NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin’s shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain’s top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family–clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent “tens of thousands” more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as “Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast,” and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.

    Finally, Steve Schmidt (who reportedly picked Palin as VP) would not let her speak on election night.

    McCain himself rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign, and aides kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

    Read more highlights here. Read the Newsweek story here.

    And now FOX News of all outlets has this incredibly damning report on Caribou Barbie!!  (Update 11/13/08 – Apparently some of this stuff about the Spruce Moose was made up as a hoax. (To be clear, none of this means the Africa story is false.)  See what happens when you trust Fox News (where I first heard this story)??  She’s still a dangerous MORON, and I’m getting tired of her sexed up cutesy act on TV.  Save it for your white trash boyfriend Sarah, maybe you can double date with Cindy McCain.)  Gosh, it feels good to vent.  LOL


  • The Abba Reunion Tour

    When Halloween is on a Friday, it makes for a very long weekend.  After surviving several assassination attempts on Friday night, I headed up to Oxnard to photograph Claudio, Ryan, Julia and Susan’s transformation into Abba!  Ryan made the boy’s outfits, and he really outdid himself.

     

     


    The GRAND entrance….Take a chance on them…They even did better than me!!

    Luckily, the Sarah Palin at the party on Saturday night came with her own moose, so she didn’t have to shoot me!

     


    More dancing, featuring The Spice Girls, Abba, Sarah Palin & friends, performing
    such classics as Xanadu, Dancing Queen, It’s Raining Men and more.


    Best of the rest…

    After returning to LA, we went to a No on 8 rally at the bottom of my street.  Then, Luis and David drove from Las Vegas to pay a visit to the world famous Hotel Careyfornia.  We just had time for a quick dinner before they had to jet off to D.C.  All in all it was a great weekend, but I’m tired!  Tomorrow night I’m going to see Tyson at The Magic Castle.  Should be fun!


    Here’s some video I shot walking down Santa Monica Blvd.  I was encouraged by all the supporters honking their horns, but then again, this is West Hollywood.

  • I Was Shot 12 Times Tonight!!

    Life sure isn’t easy for a moose on Halloween this year.  Luckily I had my Anti Palin Bulletproof Vest on.  That didn’t stop a myriad of hideous Palinesque women and men from shooting at poor moosey me!


    This one was a real maverick!


    You betcha!


    Note the helicopter circling my chest.


    Sarah six pack

     
    Love the flask & cigarette.  LOL


    Yikes!


    Note the black baby!


    Double Yikes


    Triple Yikes!


    McCain in his maverick days with Sarah.


    Even Bristol Palin and her unborn baby were there!

    Luckily Jad was there to nurse my wounds and protect me with his anti Palin demon powers.  Thanks Jad!!


    Blog buddies!


    Jad, Carey, Flo & Eric

    Other notables:


    No comment


    Bobby Trendy

     


    Joe the Plumber


    Tootsie!


    Abracadabra!


    Best of the rest…

  • Yes We Will – Count On It

    I had a disturbing conversation with someone yesterday who basically told me they still cannot believe America will elect a black president.  “How could they?”  This person still thinks McCain can win.  This person is one of the most intelligent people I know, and clearly one of the most racist.  How can someone so smart be so woefully misinformed?  It’s like the Jesus freaks who think “Yes on 8” will “protect” marriage.  Protect it from what??  I’m so tired of arguing with ignorance.  A week from right now, I guess we’ll know.  It can’t come soon enough.  Both Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert summed it up perfectly last night.  These are both worth watching until the end if you haven’t seen them. 

        
     

     
  • Scary Times & Simpler Times

     


    I took this photo of the Irvine Spectrum out the car window going 65 mph. on the way to dinner.  (Here’s another, two moths later.)

    “There is indeed something mesmerizing about Palin, with her manic beaming and fulsome confidence in her own charm. The force of her personality managed to slightly obscure the insulting emptiness of her answers last night. It’s worth reading the transcript of the encounter, where it becomes clearer how bizarre much of what she said was. Here, for example, is how she responded to Biden’s comments about how the middle class has been short-changed during the Bush administration, and how McCain will continue Bush’s policies:

    Say it ain’t so, Joe, there you go again pointing backwards again. You preferenced [sic] your whole comment with the Bush administration. Now doggone it, let’s look ahead and tell Americans what we have to plan to do for them in the future. You mentioned education, and I’m glad you did. I know education you are passionate about with your wife being a teacher for 30 years, and god bless her. Her reward is in heaven, right? … My brother, who I think is the best schoolteacher in the year, and here’s a shout-out to all those third graders at Gladys Wood Elementary School, you get extra credit for watching the debate.”  Read more…

     I listened to the debate on the radio on the way to my aunt and uncle’s house for dinner last night.  As they’re both in their 80′s, I enjoy visiting with them and hearing about the old days.  Their memories of life back then are remarkably crisp.  (I can’t even remember what I had for dinner two nights ago.)  As the sun set behind the Orange Curtain, I listened to Caribou Barbie (The Spruce Moose) hem and haw her way though the debate like a (more) retarded Barney Fife in drag, and wondered what she was wearing and how she looked.  No, she wasn’t dressed as Wonder Woman (as my straight male Republican friends like to imagine).  As it turns out, she departed from her maverick political style (brightly colored pumps, pricey Valentino jackets, and the alleged use of a tanning bed and tattooed lipliner) and wore an understated, somber black suit. But the governor still managed to weave in some personal pizzazz with a folksy half french braid (the other half was a mish mash of bangs and God knows what else).  And folksy, as it turned out, was also her debate strategy.

    I can only hope that straight men in America tire of her shrill, whiny cackle before election day, because she proved once again how scary it would be if she were even close to the White House.  Even my aunt remarked how absurd she sounded, and my aunt is no Obama fan.  My uncle said that because of Palin, he was leaning towards Obama.  These are people who voted for Franklin Roosevelt.  They’ve seen this country through good times and bad.  I never thought though, in a million years, that my uncle would ever even consider voting for Obama.  Maybe there is a God??  Maybe he will win this election? (Obama, not God…on second thought, are they different?  LOL.)  At any rate, it’s more fodder for the brilliant Tina Fey!

    If you’re like me, you’ve been getting scads of email all week about politics.  I’m glad so many people are engaged in this political drama.  And for every crazy Palin email I get, I also get some ridiculous Obama Muslim emails as well. 

    Bassam even wrote a whole expose on Sarah Palin’s glasses!  LOL

    Palin’s Glasses
    1 message


    From: Bassam Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:53 PM
    To: Carey Anthony

    So I discovered something interesting about Palin. Looking at some of her pictures on the web, it appears that he eyeglasses have pretty much no prescription. I think she just started wearing glasses so that she looks more professional. This is easy to see if you look at the pictures. If you look at a picture in which the edge of the face appears, examine the line of that edge inside the lens are and just outside it, there should be “break” in that line. See for example the picture of Paul McCartney in glasses.  Now any amount of prescription, no matter how slight, will cause a little break in the face edge lines.  None of the Sarah Palin pics I was able to find on the web have any breaks in the lines.  So the lenses on her glasses have no correction power. This is how eyeglasses model’s pictures (the ones you see at the optometrists) are usually taken, because it looks better on the models. They are totally cosmetic and not medical.  My guess is that she started wearing glasses at some point her political life so she can look more professional, but the glasses she is wearing are purely cosmetic.  Don’t you think this is blog worthy? :)

    Some other email offerings from the week:


    David Letterman: Top Ten “Things Overheard At Palin Debate Camp”

    10. “Let’s practice your bewildered silence.”

    9. “Can you try saying ‘yes’ instead of ‘you betcha’?”

    8. “Hey, I can see Mexico from here!”

    7. “Maybe we’ll get lucky and there won’t be any questions about Iraq, taxes or healthcare.”

    6. “We’re screwed!”

    5. “Can I just use that lipstick-pit bull thing again?”

    4. “We have to wrap it up for the day — McCain eats dinner at 4:30.”

    3. “Can we get Congress to bail us out of this debate?”

    2. “John Edwards wants to know if you’d like some private tutoring in his van.”

    1. “Any way we can just get Tina Fey to do it?”

    So….after a delicious spaghetti dinner, my aunt dragged out the photo albums from “simpler times”.  I took photos of the photos, and they came out pretty good!


    Aunty LuLu back in the day


    Aunty LuLu and Aunty Gee Gee


    L to R:  Aunty LuLu being held by my Grandma (Nonna/Nona) and Aunty Gee Gee, Nona, LuLu and Geeg, my Grandpa’s (Nonno/Nono) mother.


    Nona and Nono, Nono, Nono holding Aunty LuLu, Nono with the wooden toys he made.


    My Great Grandpa and Great Grandma on Nona’s side.


    Nono in WWI

  • The Spruce Moose & Other Political Observations

      
    Things I’ve surmised/learned/heard this week from Bill Maher, Rush Limbaugh, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, ABC News, Fox News, CNN, Slate.com, Gawker, Daily KOS, The Huffington Post and my Republican friends:

    And finally, for those of you who think Americans shouldn’t care what the rest of the world thinks of us, please consider this:

    A new face for American diplomacy



    Barack Obama is perceived by Muslims abroad like no other candidate.
    He would begin a presidency with tremendous potential to heal U.S.
    relations with much of the world.

    By Hooman Majd

    Feb. 21, 2008 |
    When I was in Tehran, Iran, a year ago, I was asked by several senior
    government officials, including former President Mohammad Khatami, what
    to make of Barack Obama’s candidacy for president of the United States.
    The young senator from Illinois was still barely on the international
    radar then. My response was that I couldn’t see Americans nominating,
    let alone electing, a black man whose middle name was Hussein. My
    answer, clearly wrong in hindsight, stirred smiles and raised eyebrows
    among the Iranian leaders because they’d had no idea that Obama had a
    Muslim father. Even more surprising to them was that he carried,
    apparently without shame, a Muslim name. From Khatami this elicited an
    “Ajab!” — Farsi for, essentially, “You’ve got to be kidding!” There
    were also many nods of agreement with my conclusion about Obama’s
    chances.  Read more…

  • President Obama and The Beauty Queen

    John “McClain” as the “Alaska Daily News” called him, must really not want to be president.  (See below, just above the second biggest story in the state of Alaska today, “Grizzly Attacks Woman in Tent“**.  Incidentally, John McCain is 22 year older than the state of Alaska, LOL.)  Call me a sexist pig, but I don’t think most of America is ready for a woman who’s still breastfeeding her four month old baby, to be a heartbeat away from the presidency, should McCain (who will be 76 if he makes it to the end of a first term) kick the bucket.  Sarah Palin and her five kids, Trig, Track, Bristol, Willow and Piper (I kid you not.  Someone’s been watching Charmed & Buffy too much) is the best thing that ever happened to Barack Obama.  Oh, and she pronounces “nuclear” just like George W. Bush (nucular).  As a former beauty queen, I wonder if Sarah Palin knows Miss Teen South Carolina?  Maybe they could compare notes on “The Iraq”.  “US Americans”, get ready for President Obama!


    From the Alaska Daily News before they corrected their website.


    **Too bad Sarah wasn’t there, she’s an avid hunter and would have shot the grizzly!  What kind of governor are you Sarah??  Leaving innocent women to fend off bears while you travel to the mainland to hob nob with the Washington elite!


    Governor Palin even checked into a hotel last week under the name “Upton”, the same unfortunate name as Miss Teen South Carolina.  Coincidence??

    But of course there’s another option:

    Carey Anthony for President


    McCain, The Miss Teen South Carolina of Economics