Without question TGIF!

It's been one really rough week. I'm hoping next week is better. I know it'll definitely be shorter and that alone makes it better already. :D

I'm trying to figure out the insanity that is my Pepco bill and get it straightened out.

I wanted to go see Inception this weekend, but sadly, it looks like that won't happen this week either.

I've got a package from the Laurell K. Hamilton fan club to go pick up. }:D Saw her blogging about writing the next Anita Blake...I'm anxious to see and afraid to see what Anita's in store for this time.

I also have books to pick up at the library (when do I not). I'm wrapping up Eat, Pray, Love and Steve Turner's Trouble Man. I'm returning Trouble Man late, mostly because I've been exhausted all week. I want that Ali exhibition fight if it's available on DVD and I definitely want The Ballad of Andy Crocker too. I've got to convert my cassettes...That is also so far down my list right now it isn't funny.

The chiropractor has been helping a lot with my stomach, back and ankle pain. He said the stomach pain might be due to too much roughage...Not to sound like a complete idiot, but I didn't realize there was any such thing with the stress on a healthy diet nowadays. You're also supposed to get more servings of fruits and vegetables than anything else if I'm not mistaken.

I got some Yoga Nidra tips from a friend, so that should help with the insomnia.

I need to go to the grocery store, but heaven knows when I'll make the time...I can't stand going when it's crowded and I know that much.

This guy playfully grabbed my ankle and almost got decked...We've only known each other for a few months...I'm not used to being touched a whole lot and there was a split second when I almost wigged. He wouldn't have understood it, if I'd have went off. Yeah, I could explain, but even that's a coin toss. Some dudes get it, some don't and think you're being a drama queen or a tease or whatever.

Am going to see my dad this evening. Hope everything's alright with him, because I don't think I can handle any more on my plate just now. But then, God never gives you any more than you can handle or so the saying goes, right?

Marving Gaye Biopics...Yeah, I'm still on it

Started to pick up Michael Eric Dyson's book on Marvin, but...my heads still to full of Michael and I freely admit it. Although I loved Marvin Gaye's music, I was never into him in the same way...I have read the Ritz book though...

Anyhoo, now I hear that Terence Howard may be playing Marvin...somehow I can't quite see that...And before I get flooded with nasty comments posts...I'm not saying he can't do it, I'm just saying I can't quite see it right now. As good an actor as he is, he may just blow me and other sceptics away...Will Smith did it in Ali. Jamie Foxx did it in Ray. Why not Mr. Howard?

I'm still waiting for Jesse L. Martin's Marvin Gaye biopic....I'm going to keep my fingers crossed until he gets too old for the part [That's what happened with a biopic that was planned about Jimi Hendrix...Laurence Fishburne got too old to play him...And that Wood Harris TV movie was just lousy...]. I don't know who is backing what pic or if both are one in the same...

I sort of like to see both hit the screen, if only just to compare and contrast...I think both would bring different gifts/visions to their portrayals of Marvin...some of you out there will probably think I'm just copping out, but I really do feel like in some things...variety is the spice of life. I also enjoy both actors performances...

In the meantime, what do y'all think?

Will Smith's turning down the role of Marvin Gaye...My two cents

This morning in The Express, I saw a blurb about Will Smith turning down the role of Marvin Gaye. (Jesse L. Martin I could see. Will Smith not so much...Apparently there may be more than one biopic in the works. This happened with the dueling Janis Joplin biopics being in the works a few years ago too. Phil Morris might be good to, but I'm not sure if he can sing...that's the only drawback...)

I couldn't understand why he'd refuse that and say yes to an Independence Day sequel. (The way I see it a sequel can is either a very good idea or a very bad idea. Very seldom is there an in between.)

I think Mr. Smith decided to stick with the Independence Day sequel, because he doesn't see Marvin Gaye as a positive enough role model to portray (He takes that very, very, seriously. It's a very admirable personal quality to have, but as an actor, it limits him).

My other thought as far as Mr. Smith's refusal goes is, he's a little more flexible than I think, but he doesn't want to go the places this role might take him. I have heard story upon story of acting fathers that would "bring a role home" with them.

Another possibility could be the money, but I think he's taken ensemble stuff or pay cuts/percentages before, although I'm not certain (He's not an actor I follow too closely. ).

It'll be interesting to see who does decide to work with Cameron Crowe on this, whether it moves to another director, or whether the project never materializes at all. [As I type this, yet another possibility has occurred to me. Maybe Will Smith subscribes to the same school of thought Denzel Washington and Spike Lee do (ie. a Black director would be able to tell the story more accurately. ]