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La Belle et la Bete of the Ball

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About Me

Stamps foot, throws right arm in the air, clicks an imaginary castanet and shouts: "Ole!"I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

asking questions, being fancy, clever words, cocktails, emulating martha stewart, european history, fagging out, fashion terrorism, museums, old ladies wearing hats, old movies, publicity, reading, red crayons, speculating, sunglasses, surrealism, taxidermy, true crime discussion groups

I'd like to meet:

"Needy, sexy people."

Music:

abba, babyshambles, barbra streisand, belle and sebastian, bessie smith, bette midler, bjork, blondie, bob dylan, cher, christophe mae, clay aiken, connie champagne, david bowie, dirty sanchez, dolly parton, eartha kitt, edith piaf, elliot smith, elton john, ethel merman disco album, grace jones, greenday, kurt weil, johnny cash, judy garland, kanye west, klaus nomi, liza minnelli, loretta lynn, madonna, maria callas, marlene dietrich, martha reeves, morrissey, nico, peaches, peggy lee, puccini, rufus wainwright, the scissor sisters, serge gainsbourg, stevie nicks, the streets, tammy wynette, tori amos, t-rex, the velvet underground

Movies:

8 1/2, 8 femmes, alice in wonderland, all about eve, all that heaven allows, angels in america, the anniversery party, auntie mame, la belle et la bete, blonde venus, boom!, bringing up baby, brokeback mountain, cabaret, ciao manhattan, la dolce vita, eraserhead, far from heaven, female trouble, forbidden zone, funny girl, fur an imaginary portrait of diane arbus, gigi, grey gardens, half nelson, the hours, ja zuster nee zuster, johnny guitar, lifeboat, le notti de cabiria, mary poppins, meet me in st louis, a nightmare on elm street 2 freddy's revenge, now voyager, queen christina, rebecca, rebel without a cause, the roman spring of mrs. stone, the sound of music, a streetcar named desire, suddenly last summer, summertime, sunset blvd, the talented mr. ripley, twin falls idaho, valley of the dolls, velvet goldmine, victor/victoria, the vips, the way we were, the wizard of oz, the wolves of kromer, whatever happened to baby jane?, yeaux sans visage

Television:

absolutely fabulous, american masters, anderson cooper 360, barbara sher's life party, bravo, cities of the underworld, dexter, dirt, the golden girls, the history channel, jackass, law and order svu, martha, msnbc, , murder she wrote, oz, pbs, pee wee's playhouse, rescue me, the vicar of dibley, weeds

Books:

andy warhol diaries, anne sexton poetry, armistead maupin's tales of the city, the ballad of the sad cafe, cheri, a christmas memory, dancing on my grave, dispatches from the edge, dv the autobiography of diana vreeland, eloise, the emily post blue book, february house, great expectations, infinite variety the life of luisa casati, jazz cleopatra, jean cocteau diaries, leaves of grass, madame bovery, myra breckinridge, nazis on speed, on beauty and being just, the optomist's daughter, orlando, our lady of the flowers, palimpest, the patchwork girl of oz, pentimento, peoples' history of the united states, le petit prince, pheobe 2002, point to point navigation, a la recherche du temps perdu, running with scissors, the selfish giant, tallulah my autobiography, to the lighthouse, truman capote's local color, ulysses, la vagabond, valley of the dolls, volumptious panic, the waves

Heroes:

Jeanne d'Arc, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Josephine Baker, The Beales of Grey Gardens, Carmen, Luisa Casati, The Cockettes, Jean Cocteau, Jean Genet, Theresa Heinz-Kerry, Katharine Hepburn, RFK Jr, Liza with a Z, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Carson McCullers, Saint Sebastian, Martha Stewart, Caroline Torem-Craig, Gore Vidal, Walt Whitman

My Blog

CC

You know what always gets me? The end of Charlie Chaplin movies. I know, I'm sure this is true for most people, but isn't the little tramp just everything that's good with humanity? He's the outcast, ...
Posted by La Belle et la Bete of the Ball on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:11:00 PST

No direction home

Sigh, I've been listening to a lot of Dylan lately and I don't know why. I guess you don't need a reason and frankly it's a little strange how well it goes with the soundtrack to Rent. I am a rolling ...
Posted by La Belle et la Bete of the Ball on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:54:00 PST

And I am telling you I'm not going

I want to state that loud and clear today as I check into the hospital for yet another kidney surgury. Shit. I'd like to take this opportunity to complain about all the mattress and sleeping pill ads ...
Posted by La Belle et la Bete of the Ball on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:30:00 PST

Tis the Season to Drink Stoli

I know with all that's happened in the last couple of weeks this should be the least of my complaints but seriously, you know what I miss with all this sickness? Aside from seeing daylight, socializin...
Posted by La Belle et la Bete of the Ball on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:55:00 PST

Premature Return to The World of the Living

Alright, I know I made my big Dolly Gallagher Levi announcement of my return to the world of the living before the parade passes by a week or so ago but I spoke too soon. Apparently my kindeys aren't ...
Posted by La Belle et la Bete of the Ball on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:02:00 PST

It's a Brazzle Dazzle Day

Let us not underestimate how the music of one Ms. Helen Reddy influences our every day lives. Really now. I am Bravo; hear me roar. Okay, so on to the big news. It's happened at last, we've been waiti...
Posted by La Belle et la Bete of the Ball on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:19:00 PST

Special Announcement: My return to the world of the living

Because many of you have been wondering where the hell I've been during my month and a half of seclusion I'm making this special announcement; As of the second week of Novemember, 2006 I will again be...
Posted by La Belle et la Bete of the Ball on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:40:00 PST

Sink the Biz Markie

Am I the only person who thinks "You Got What I Need" by Biz Markie describes the human condition in an important way? I might just be; I went to three karioki bars over the weekend and none of them h...
Posted by La Belle et la Bete of the Ball on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:23:00 PST

Dirty Pop

So, Lance Bass is a great big blond ass pirate; who knew? Well, I for one. A member of a boy band likes boys? Um, that pretty much confirmed about half of every gay guy's teenage fantasies. Of course...
Posted by La Belle et la Bete of the Ball on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:26:00 PST

A moment like this

Last night I had, not one, but two, sex dreams about Kelly Clarkson. REALLY!!! I ask you, WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT???Dear God, why? I don't even own any of this young lady's music; how could I possibly...
Posted by La Belle et la Bete of the Ball on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:07:00 PST