saw "this is it" the other night, michael jackson's documentary...if you can get past what he looks like and his lurid history, it's a pretty cool movie...it runs about 1OO-minutes and was taken from about 1OO-hours of footage...as you know, m-j died about a week before his london concerts were to begin...the movie is pretty much a greatest-hits package...you'll hear all of your favorites: "billie jean", "thriller" and "black or white"...the movie company paid 6O-million dollars for the rights to show the documentary, so if you think it's only going to be around for 2-weeks for an "exclusive engagement", you can "beat it"...

there's a much smaller movie worth checking-out...it's called "amreeka" and much of it was filmed here in winnipeg...it has to do with a single mother and her son coming to a "small town in illinois"...both experience prejudice and problems adjusting to life in america, or "amreeka"...don't think you'd recognize the actors, but it was produced by "buffalo gal pictures" of winnipeg and i do believe you'll enjoy it...

have you been to a doctor recently? went for my first check-up in way too many years and it's been quite the experience...when you get a blood-test, you need to fast for 12-hours...normally, it wouldn't be bad, but i start work early in the morning...going without food was no big deal, but no coffee! that's just wrong...it was traumatic for me(and beau and frazier)while i was there, they wanted a "sample" as well...but since i hadn't had any liquids, i had a little trouble giving them their "sample", so i told them i always seem a spare cup of urine in my car...they didn't laugh...