Paul's Corner

Beautifully said. You should get published.
A very succinct way of putting much of self help guidelines into a poetic format.
If anyone aspect becomes skewed or out of balance; friction and discontent begin to build.
Great new thread!
"I like it."
Tim

Answers to previous thread.
Aunt Mil...
Thanks for the correction...It was a "world war" song right? : ) I certainly wasn't around then either. My moms dad foughtin WWI. She wasn't born until 1933.

If GWB doesn't watch out we'll have WWIII. : (
Just what we need more deaths and peril. I think Georgie and Saddam and N. Korea's guru should get in a bullpen and have a cockfight. Let them "feel" the pain. I hate it when they use the media to sensationalize everything and say they can feel it. The can't feel shit. They don't "feel" how we do. Sitting up there in there in their lofty places. They don't surrender or allow for destiny...They just bulldoze in and look back later at the tracks. Enough.

You amaze me with your knowledge of films and the arts in general. I would love to just sit down and let you talk to me. Just spill it. I'm going to have to come down for a weekend.

Paul. You're right about the accent. No one sounds like "anything" on this board per se. You and Peter have both thrown in a few phrases but other than that...I definitely don't want to over do it. Just the "right" amount of it. My writing coach tells me I need to put it in for character development while at the same time from reviewing scripts and watching the films a lot of actors tend to ad lib so where do you draw the line? Jack in As good as it gets...verbatim from the script. Demi Moore in GI Jane from the script..very loose the general prose is kept intact. The "Suck my D**k" was not in the script.
Thanks for the feedback though. You've been there; you should know. Sorry to hear about your bad week. I'm on commission too. It does in fact SUCK the BIG ONE. Yesterday was a 12 hour day and I had two clients. So I worked on my screenplay. Couldn't leave in hopes that a "walkin" would show up, but it was cold and rainy, not likely. Thanks for the new thread. Always amazed with your interest in us.

Still hoping for those that are sick.
Peace and luv..
Tim

Lovely thread, Paul. How does one explain your poetic soul, and your guiding light? Bless you, for "listening" observing, suggesting, and answering! Who else in the industry, on any continent, would have the inclination,the patience, or the ability to do that? We are truly blessed.

Timbo, yes, it was World War I, the "war to end all wars." Your mom is exactly my age. I was born in 1933 also, in the first year of FDR's term, on a day that was later to become the Inaguration Day (January 20th) for every president to this day.

Why not come down for a weekend, if you can? A little respite from work is good for the soul. We would put you up in my den, with the 400 video tapes with their thousands of scenes, which I use to produce my monthly show, "The Sights and Sounds of Music". I just completed two presentations this past Tuesday and last night again, to capacity audiences...I have been doing this for 8 years. It is a compilation of scenes from the MGM musicals,Broadway, opera, ballet, and
that one Australian film that has captured our hearts! The program is projected on a 9ft screen in a special multimedia auditorium. You would appreciate the nostalgia!

Love to you all,

Grandma

I heard that the new curtain was installed already for an evening show last night in the big theatre. So far, I have not been summoned
to move my people in for our rehearsals!

WOW, DEEP insite there, Paul. Best wishes to you and your family.

Just a quick hello to everyone. Please keep my father in law in your thoughts and prayers. He is not doing well. He has kidney failure resulting from a weakening heart. The doctor says that it wont be long. My poor husband is beside himself. He lost his mother in 1999 and is just beginning to heal from that, now his father.

Whitney, i hope your grandfather is doing better. I will continue to remember him.

I will also be thinking about Audrey. Bless her heart.

Tim, I also do a little writing in my spare time. I am actually working on three different manuscripts now. It's fun to step out of reality for a little while and live the life of a made up character. Hope all goes well with your manuscript.

Hugs to everyone and take care.

WOW, DEEP insite there, Paul. Best wishes to you and your family.

Just a quick hello to everyone. Please keep my father in law in your thoughts and prayers. He is not doing well. He has kidney failure resulting from a weakening heart. The doctor says that it wont be long. My poor husband is beside himself. He lost his mother in 1999 and is just beginning to heal from that, now his father.

Whitney, i hope your grandfather is doing better. I will continue to remember him.

I will also be thinking about Audrey. Bless her heart.

Tim, I also do a little writing in my spare time. I am actually working on three different manuscripts now. It's fun to step out of reality for a little while and live the life of a made up character. Hope all goes well with your manuscript.

Hugs to everyone and take care.

WOW, DEEP insite there, Paul. Best wishes to you and your family.

Just a quick hello to everyone. Please keep my father in law in your thoughts and prayers. He is not doing well. He has kidney failure resulting from a weakening heart. The doctor says that it wont be long. My poor husband is beside himself. He lost his mother in 1999 and is just beginning to heal from that, now his father.

Whitney, i hope your grandfather is doing better. I will continue to remember him.

I will also be thinking about Audrey. Bless her heart.

Tim, I also do a little writing in my spare time. I am actually working on three different manuscripts now. It's fun to step out of reality for a little while and live the life of a made up character. Hope all goes well with your manuscript.

Hugs to everyone and take care.

sorry for the double post, dont know what happened there.....:(

CAT!
I'm warning you, woman - please, take care of posting some new and up-to-date info. about Paul on the opening page!!Otherwise, I will start to hate that site!It keeps 'floating' only because of the comments fans make here(which is great but running that kind of site requires also a bit concern about some other aspects!). The last information about Paul comes from the 1st of November, 2002 - isn't that shameful, CAT??????!!!!

Is there any way we can help you Cat? We do want to take every opportunity to generate a buzz about Paul. I confess I don't know much about this stuff, but I'm willing to learn.

My grandfather did a swallowing test this morning and the doc says he has "some concerns". Thanks for thinking of us. I'm thinking of all of you. Paul made a good point about enduring pain with love. It is part of life.

Paul did you write that? It was insightful and serene. Thanks for posting.

Love to my grannie and y'all,
whitney

That's a very nice Buddhist meditation, Paul. I do so appreciate your expressions, whatever form they take!

I thought of another possible stanza: surrender to who you are. It's a bit of a twist on your first stanz.

You've written, as have many of us here, of the process of finding ourselves. Lately, I've been thinking about the signposts I've encountered along my path and how often I've resisted ideas or advice because they've run counter to my self-image. Some of the concepts and opportunities I've resisted most adamantly have, upon my surrender, proven most instrumental to my personal growth. As a young woman, I was NEVER going to be a pie-baking mommy. (I became that and a PTA leader, too boot!) As a less than brilliant math student, I didn't see myself performing analytical tasks. (I'm a commissioner analyzing detailed planning documents and government regulations.) So finally, I've recognized that there are signals all around me all the time. Who I am is very likely linked in some way to what I resist.

Now, I have friends who are telling me I should be a teacher. Hmmm, well wait a minute now, I don't know about that...

Good evening, Whitney,

To "Up To Date"...who are you anyway? Bug off, and find another site that better suits your purpose!

You'd rather be anonymous and complain, so just leave, you have my blessing! Go write to any other celebrity site and see what you get!

Cat has done a remarkable job, and Paul has always shared his thoughts, his hopes, and his concern for us, so either get a good pair of reading glasses, Up To Date, or Bye, Bye!

Ann, your father-in-law is in my thoughts and prayers as are you and your family. My father died of kidney failure, too, and it happened too quickly to hold him one more time. I hope your husband will have that time with his dad and be able to share love on the deepest levels.

Whitney, I continue to pray for your grandfather and for you and your family.

Mildred, you are a wonderful fountain of information. My father-in-law played with some of the big bands. I still enjoy that music.

Ah, Tim. Politicians as power-brokers and our children-soldiers as their pawns. (Donald Rumsfeld stepped in that one with a recent quote about draftees.) I'm with you. Let Bush and Hussein duel or put them in the ring. Whoever's left standing wins. (Somehow, I think they'd broker an agreement, first; don't you?) And will someone, for the love of God, stop the press from putting Bush in the center of every photo with the grieving families of the shuttle astronauts. (btw, I'd say the same thing if it were Clinton.)

Hello all,

I agree with Grandma "up-to-date". Enjoy what you can. Forget the rest. Does it really matter?
We love Paul and It's evident in his writing so often and directly that he loves us too. Isn't that what counts?

Ann, So sorry to hear of your father-in-law. I'll put him and the prayer list too. So much pain in this world nowadays. It hits each of us in a different way. It doesn't miss anyone though.

On a happier note...Diane, you live about an hour from me. I'm about 60 miles south of you. I really appreciate what you've posted recently.

Whitney, the swallowing is fundemental. hmmmm. do you really want to do the stomach feeding, or does it have to come to that? That's what happened in my dad's case. He did well for 6mos or so.. I will remember you grandfather in prayer.

How are Audrey's spirits? I think that you said that she has children, right? I've been thinking about her a lot lately. My neighbor across the street has a severe case of Lupus and just had her speen removed. Boy, do I feel fortunate the my family is healthy.

Best to you all,,

Love,
Margie

Tim, thanks for the acknoldgment. I hope you enjoy it, and please do take the 40 days. I'll be praying for you too..

Margie, thanks for your kind words. Audrey's having a tough time. She's not yet able to prepare for the possibility that she may not pull through. A mutual friend is going to try to bring her to that point over the next two weeks. She has a fourth grader and a 9th grader, plus two grown children.

Love to all,

Diane

Firstly: Up To Date. Please note that no one on this site needs to have an attitude other than friendship and mutual understanding compassion. If you wish to join in this site with that in mind then we all will welcome you. The attitude you have shown twice towards Cat and the family here in Pauls Corner is less than welcome and I would ask you to not post here in that way again. You are looking for information on me - well it is all here in Pauls Corner. The main site has not been updated because at present there is nothing to update and so I have not given Cat any thing to add. If you read any of my posts here you would be intimately up to date on what is going on with me professionaly and somewhat personally.

Yes I did write the prose and Diane's added suggestion is right on the money. In fact I feel it would be the ideal title for the prose. It is about surrendering to who you are. Or perhaps more so surrendering to what it is you are becoming - something we can only know by peering within the looking glass of hindsight.

Please note that surrendering and giving up are two distinctly opposing things. One is an action of choice the other is an inaction of volition.

Happy Birthday Susan! It is today isn't it?

Go get 'em Grannie! I always assumed those messages had come from one of our own, trying to playfully suggest an update for the home page. Could it be some meanie picking on our Cat?

Love!!!
whitney

Well said Paul and then well said again. Surrendering may mean leaving my comfort zone, but peering into my past has shown that those experiences offer the greatest oportunities for growth.

Diane: I really hope that your dear friend Audrey is not stripped of all vestiges of hope in her battle for life. I have seen, in my own family, the devastation that that information will cause to an already depressed and frightened person.

We all live with hope, and were you to ask Audrey outright, I somehow feel that she does too.

Our prayers are with her and her family.

Love,

Grandma

P.S. Diane: I was 38 years old when I decided to go back to college and get my teaching degree. I already had 15 college credits that were 15 years old, from when I quit college to get married!

I assume you already have a college degree...all you would need then are some educational courses, and student teaching credits. Teaching is a noble
profession, and if you already have a degree in science or math, etc., you should be in demand!

Also, teaching has the added bonus of providing time off during holidays and summers, the same schedule as your children...think about it!

Love,

Grandma...Goodnight, Whitney!

Wow so much since this morning. I was going to say something about "up-to-date" myself. But it is Pauls board. All of us in this little family are privileged to be here and discuss different issues on almost any level we choose with Paul. He answers us sometimes directly and sometimes indriectly, but hey man/woman whatever you are, he actually cares about us. I firmly believe that. Since joing this site, I have had some truly shitty things going on in my life and I've been an open book here and Paul and Aunt Mil, Whit and Peter and sorry I can't type everyones names but they've ALL supported me and given me their opinions. Even on some of my past behavior they've posted their feelings and they didn't condone my behavior they just tried to help me deal with how it's affecting me now. Again whoever you are you have completely disrespected CAT and Paul. This board is an incredible display of love among friends on different continents and we were all brought together by an interest in one incredible talent that happens to enjoy interaction with people that recognize his talent and ability to touch peoples hearts and souls. So like Paul said if you can't post anything nice...please go away. This is not the board you are looking for. For someone with celebrity status Paul is without a doubt one of the kindest and most interesting and giving ones. I could keep writing I guess, but I hope you get the point. There is no room for rudeness here.
Ann, wow I'm so sorry about what your husband is going through. When I lost my mom back in 97 it was a catalyst to a lot of unfortunate things to follow, some good came of it, but it's been one tough road to drive. He's in my thoughts. Since he's been through it before he does know I'm sure that time will make it less raw, but it still doesn't take away that immediate blow to the gut. That total lack of control in your life and feeling of utter emptiness inside. Just hold him tight and tell him it's ok to cry. Regarding teh writing...yes it's a wonderful form of therapy for me.
Marge thanks again.
Diane...give Audrey a big hug from me when you see her. Tell her to focus on truth and honesty.
It'll help her come to grips. (a friend told me so) Doesn't make it better just helps them focus on what they DO have now.
Paul. I had to reiterate your feelings even though you posted directly to that person. Also, Iwasn't sure you wrote that poem yourself. It's really very insightful. Are you keeping all these things in a book or manuscript? You should. A book about a celebrity and his online friends. Chapters starting with your prose and then our anaylysis. Interesting reading. Saleable. $$ for the family and your next trips to LA. Go for it mate. I'm going to kill you with this but say it again...YOU ARE ARTISTICALLY and CREATIVELY VERY TALENTED. There nuf said.
Peace and love to everyone
Tim

I really do need to surrender. On New Years Day I decided to read over my journal of the past year. I don't know why I was surprised by what I read, after all I wrote it, but it really did start me thinking.
I noticed that I write about the same shit, albeit in different forms, over and over again. My issues remain the same because I continue to fight the current. Why is it we try to hold on to things we know we don't really want? Or do we really WANT them? What's the pay-off?
I decided to start letting go of these issues, and to NOT write about them or devote any time thinking about them for a while. I won't ignore the fact that they are with me, but I will not dwell on them any longer.
Surrender. To me it means a huge change of perspective. Stop the linear thinking. Stop trying so hard, but don't give up trying. Float down that middle path.
And for all of us concerned about this war that seems to be looming, let's keep thoughts of peace in our hearts. And remember what Gandhi said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world.".
Love to you,
Michelle in Chicago

Hello, Paul...

Destiny plus faith equals living...Simple, profound and so true. I am writing an article for students (aspiring designers) and would like to use this quote (giving you full credit, of course!). OK with you?

Thanks, Linda

Linda, by all means quote away. I am sure I am not the first to say it or express it and as living is a work in progress no doubt I will rewrite, change and nuture the thought along. That said, the way you have put it... "destiny plus faith equals living" is an interesting idea and one in which I am not so sure if it is exactly as I said. I will need to contemplte this thought.

As for people making comments regarding 'up to date" enough has been said and I would rather you leave it at that from this point on. Thanks.

Michelle some good points made and I hope to get back to them today, let me have lunch, take the kids to ballet, brew a beer and walk the dogs first!

Well put, Paul, but I'm afraid I'm going to say that having just watched "Exit to Eden" for the first time . . . your thoughts on surrender took on a whole other meaning,lol.
hugs,
Sally

good work, m'curio! the words feel good!

timmer, on the mark as usual....a book....or movie - courageous, brave, faithful, funny, witty, weird, it's all here....

was ready to do some "blasting", but will honor m'curio's request and leave alone...granny mil had already taken care of the matter and the troops were backing her up!!!! love it!!!!

outta here....weekend calling...

Paul, that's a deep post. Living with our destiny and having faith to accept it. I believe that this is where I'm supposed to be now in my life. However, I feel that I'm here because of some of my choices and therefor have some control in which path I'm on. Granted life's paths do give us unexpected twists. Is this what they call the spice of life? Oh to be able to handle living gracefully all the time.

Whit, Grandma, Kelli, thanks for the birthday wishes.

Diane, you asked for a kick of motivation right? Kick.

Evelyn, uhhh, the paper? KICK

Whit, Audrey-Diane, Ann, Prayers for all of you and your familles for wellness. I wish you all strength to get through these difficult times.

Evelyn, Whit..Kick

Paul. Don't let this little lull in sales get you down. Sow, sow, sow your garden.

this forty year old has to get to bed now

hugs to all
SUZ

Sally, just going where the currents took me:)!! Taking the hairbrush scene for example the character needed to surrender so as to release from what was holding him back and there by allow himself to move forward. LOL

Your comment made me laugh. Thank You.

Bluedog always good to hear from you and thank you for leaving it alone. (no comments needed here from Dhiana)

Sally, Paul, getting me stoked on that surrender scene. Wow! So true about following the impulse that takes you where you need to go. Gotta run. Gotta wake up my husband!

Goodnight!

Thanks, Paul, for letting me use some of this new thread. I find it extremely difficult, as I am sure you and anyone who has reached proficiency in what they do, to give advice to the aspiring. On one hand, you want to nuture and encourage. On the other hand, you want to say "Run for your life. Go another way, this road is much too hard." Frankly, I do not know how I got to where I am today. I do believe in destiny or serendipity. Not that I don't think I have been making conscious decisions to go this way or that all along. But it is a total mystery to me how those decisions brought me here! Yikes!! This is way too deep for this early in the morning. Thanks again. Linda

Thanks, Paul, for letting me use some of this new thread. I find it extremely difficult, as I am sure you and anyone who has reached proficiency in what they do, to give advice to the aspiring. On one hand, you want to nuture and encourage. On the other hand, you want to say "Run for your life. Go another way, this road is much too hard." Frankly, I do not know how I got to where I am today. I do believe in destiny or serendipity. Not that I don't think I have been making conscious decisions to go this way or that all along. But it is a total mystery to me how those decisions brought me here! Yikes!! This is way too deep for this early in the morning. Thanks again. Linda

Well done lady protestors at Byron Bay!

Michelle, I've read, and concur, that we somehow internalize authority figures from our life and continue to fight against them ( I do it with house cleaning). Unfortunately, we're the ones that get hurt, as we struggle against doing things that would actually benefit us. I guess this is one reason people go through counseling and use other methods to reach higher levels of self-awareness;)

I don't think most people here want war, but I do believe the US will be assaulted with nuclear weapons. For me this was never a religious war; I don't feel the need to impose my beleif system on another person. But then I read that 31 women were murdered by their families in accordance with a belief system and I don't know what to think. Are we the freedom police and what if GW is doing this just for the oil? I'll believe for peace, but I feel that my life is about to change.

Many Americans (me) think we lost control of our government long ago. Our recent election is blatent proof that the will of the people isn't being honored. I didn't vote for GW and most of the people I know didn't vote for him either. I couldn't believe that the time wasn't taken to count those votes (or redo them) and what about his brother discouraging voters in Florida?

Linda, you sound like you have a sensible idea about the combination of destiny and freewill. I think of it as potential destiny. It's up to me to play my part. What's that saying about preparedness and opportunity?

Suz, hope you had a good day. Thanks for the kick. I'm going into month two; kick harder. I confess I've bee eating a little cheese. I could be stricter about my food, but I do cook it at home and there's no salt and very little fat, but always vegetables and the occassional piece of fruit. I'm also taking my vitamins. Are you guys doing so? I recommend it.

Tons of loveing happiness and a long, leisurely day for everyone.

Good morning Grandma!
Love!!!!
Whitney

Goodmorning, everybody! Thanks for the kick, Susan.

Very true, Linda. We make our choices, and then events occur and people appear that aid us in our journey. It's not always a pleasant excursion; but a necessary one. That's why I wouldn't choose to go back to an earlier point in my life and, say, go to a different college, or move to a different city. I am where I need to be. There is a good book called "There Are No Accidents: Synchronicity and the Stories of Our Lives" by Robert H. Hopcke. I highly recommend it and now that I've pulled it off my shelf, I want to re-read it.

Whitney, I'm afraid you may be right about more terrorism here. The fact that our country has made some awful and self-serving choices in the guise of promoting democracy is one of the reasons we're in this position. I have no doubt that this is primarily about oil. If Bush seriously thought we'd face an oil shortage, he'd be pushing for renewable energy. (There's a web site called MoveOn.org where you can join in the protests.)

And yes, as far as I'm concerned, Florida secured Bush's votes and the Supreme Court appointed him. But the latest polls show his popularity dropping and some of his big campaign contributors recently put an ad in the Wall Street Journal asking for their money back. War or no war, I think our economy is going to tank and he'll be out of office in 2004. Question is, who can we elect to clean up after him?

Enjoy each day!

Diane

We ousted his dad on his run for a second term, but since GW's election, I've lost faith in the process. Even if we chose to lose him, we could end up with him anyway. And truth is we never really know who's holding the reigns anyway. It can't possibly be GW though they might let him think so.

You're right on the oil crisis too Diane.
I'll always respect Jimmy Carter for his attempt to convert the US to solar energy. We could have stopped using fossil fuels a long time ago, but oil and coal interests thwarted his efforts and, I imagine, discredited him as well. With the bush family in the oil business, it's not hard to see where this is going.

You guys are so right. This war will be about power over oil. Or Money. And should they decide to do it, 9/11's are going to popping up all over the country. Our system of allowing people in is so convoluted. Doctors from Switzerland or Denmark have a hard time getting in, however, Mexicans continue to cross the border and get in by the Truck load EVERY DAY. Then on top of that we have no national language so you stand in line at the local KMart or Grocery store and the Islamic people, or Korean, or Mexican people or whatever are chattering away and you don't have a fucking clue what they are saying. To top it off things are reprinted in that language so they can read it. If they look scary it scares the shit out of me. If they were screaming to their "own" Get out of here we're going to blow it up"...obviously I'd be on my way to the afterlife or whatever lies ahead. Pretty screwy. I'd really like to just head on out of here...I really wanted to head down under.
The surrender concept is pretty funny in Exit to Eden there Paul. That particular scene must have been "hard" to do. You have my condolences, especially having to work with Dana Delaney (Yum).
I would have volunteered to do the Cinnamon and Butter scene. LOL
That's a happy thought...I'll end there.
Peace, Love and Happiness
tim

Serendipity, choices, destiny.... Yesterday my wife wanted to go to a ballet school that she used to train at as a child. She really wants our daughters to go there as it is a very good school and run by ex professional dancers that she herself danced with in the Australian Ballet Company. I didnt want to go - it was her thing, but after argueing my case to stay home (I lost) so we piled all the kids in the car - to much grumbling and a few tears (mine too). At the school my wife met her old teacher from 30 something years past and still teaching there, met her old fellow students with hugs nd girlie giggles and had a good look around the studios and of course stopped by her picture up on the wall exclaiming her as a successful past student. The girls oohed and aghed with genuine warmth and adulation - me too.

Whilst they watched a class in progress I went into the theatrette and proceeded to quote the one line of Shakespere I know to the empty chairs - I was magnificent and so said the chairs - when a women appeared through the door and looked at me and then asked was I Paul. I said yes. She then told me she was the new assistant casting director for a major TV show here and that she had been talking to the head casting director about me just last week. We had a quick chat re the sort of work I was looking to do and of course told her of my new agent. Then she left and I found the family and left. I wonder if they will call me soon with a part?? I reckon that when they find the type of role I said I was looking for they will.

If I hadnt of gone to the ballet school - kicking and screaming - would they still consider me for something? Yes, as they were talking about me but the chance meeting allowed, I hope, to break a mould that they may have been putting me in.

Serendipity, choices, destiny - know/trust all is as it should be.

That's good news, Paul. That's how it works, isn't it? Glad you surrendered to your wife's will and that she was so persistent. Best wishes to you all!

Diane

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm surrendered to my wifes will????? I wasnt quite looking at it that way :)! But yes you are right. I am glad that I surrendered to where the currents of destiny took me, and as is often the way there are people who help to nudge cajole and argue us into surrendering. Only because we are too stubborn fearful or full of it to give ourselves over to ourselves!

Still it is a matter of choice - to surrender or not. To fight or not. To give up or not. To follow or not. To be swept away or not. To be serrendipidous or not :)

I just might surrender to my wife more often:)

You go Paul. Way to go. I told you earlier Serendipity is a great word. And I think you've found it yet again. : )
And DO surrender to your wife she obviously loves you and has a way of making sure you are where you need to be when you need to be. Shame on youfor not wanting to go to a dance school in the first place....HELLO??? What got you started man.
Well anyway...question dude..do you still wear the beard??? to the right of this box with the brew??
Congrats..
Tim

Got another question for you and a general one foranybody that wants to answer.
Paul..do you still wear your earrings ever? Just curious..I have the same piercings and only wear them at work. The my middle son is the only one that thinks it wild that dad wears them.
Tattoos? Whadaya think? Everyone keeps getting them at the salon...and I said well maybe one on my ankle or something...but armband ain't happening, you have to have the biceps that go with it...
Crazy thoughts today...worked hard. Did well. Tomorrow (Sunday) who knows more cold weather, hopefully sunny and hmm, might finish this script finally.
Tim

Tim, the beard is gone and as I now have to wear a shirt and tie to work every day I also shave every day. When I am not working I have a beard for a week or so then a goatee then nothing then sideburns come short beard long mo etc etc get the picture. My face is a canvass.

Earings I stopped wearing about three years ago. Had one in the right ear three in the left - that is the Aussie way. Had them peirced about five to six times!! Just thought it was time to move on from that look. I had been wearing them for about 18 years.

Tatts, I have had six. One I had to cover over as it was a bad job and started to smudge and was not recognizable - pissed in Paris will do that to you!

I might post a photo of the last one I got done. I designed it when I went home to bury my brother and then had it done when I went home the next year for the anniversary of hios death. I got it done by a guy in the town where we all grew up - Fremantle or Freeo as we call it in our vernacular. It is on my left leg on the side of the calf. It is a kind of celtic/tribal cross with ying yangs and celtic symbols for family, brother hood and the tree of life.

Much to my wifes annoyance I would like to get some more and have often joked about having my whole back done when I turn 50. Probably get a big fat laughing Buddha with kids crawling all over him - you know the one - I have a couple of him around the house and love him. Ive designed a great dragon whose tail starts on myforearm and then wraps around my arm going up to where the dragons body is on my upper arm and it heads sits on my shoulder looking out at the world with me. I love it. My wife hates it.

By the way my wife loves the cross tatt and my Mum came with me to where I had it done to view it before I got it done.

I love your sense of humor, Paul. But I'm not convinced that you're solidly committed to surrendering to your wife. So your assignment is to repeat "I will surrender to my wife" a few times. And if you say it directly to Andrea, I can almost guarantee that you'll be rewarded :))! Then, um, if you could get my husband to cave in without my having to prepare a case for my side, I'd be really happy :)))!!!

Paul,
Isn't life amazing!
The path not taken, we'll never know where it would lead us. Or would it be exactly where we ended up anyway?
Some say things are meant to be, I think they happen, make of them what you will.
Surrender is a gift of power, and a sign of strength and security, at least in this context. (I won't even mention that I entered "sexcurity" first, must have been a Freudian slip.)
Anyhoo, glad to hear about the interesting encounter with the agent. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
You're welcome, btw.
hugs and smiles,
Sally

Gosh! I just read so much! I'm glad you're posting more Paul. Going to the old studio sounds like a wonderful experience to share with your wife and daughters! Often things that require the greater investment, offer the richer pay-off. And the "coincidental meeting"! Certainly they would have tried to reach you, but this encounter nudges things your way and, as you mentioned, lets them know what sort of roles you're looking for. That might, in turn, guide development, etc. You were surely at the right place at the right time; that intersection of freewill and destiny. That's very encouraging!

You're going to laugh, but the brush scene is my favorite from that movie. You seemed most genuine;) The rest of the time, they seemed to film shots as if you were the subject of a documentary. I guess because you were under "surveilance". I must confess that even your sweet bum couldn't get me to watch that one again ( well maybe with Grandma), though I love you (maybe 'cause I do). It wasn't your acting at all, I just felt that the movie could have been done better in so many ways. It certainly didn't showcase you're real talent. I remember when it came out and I thought about going to the theater to see it, but didn't. There was no mention of you in the promos at all (somebody dropped the ball there!)! Now that I've seen it, I'm surprised it played in Huntington. They almost didn't allow "The Last Temptation of Christ" to play here!

I talked to my grandfather on the phone today and he was chipper. There are some swallowing problems. They still haven't told us how they want to proceed.

Grandma, where are you? Is everything ok?

Good night gals and guys. Happiness this instant for everyone from now on!
Love!!!
Whit

I'm posting more because it is the weekend and I come out to the office every so often and see who has said what and can respond straight away. Come the working week you probably wont hear too much from me. I ejoy being able to participate more often.

As for Exit to Eden, it was flawed from the start. Gary Marshal wanted to make a family S&M movie. Bless him for trying but lets face it, it was never going to be accepted. The movie is a bit of light entertainment. The book it was based on certainly wouldnt be classed as light entertainment. Although I didnt read it all, it was pretty full on and if a movie was made true to the book it would have to be at the very least a soft porn film. Thankfully our version did not go quite that far...

This is quite reassuring to get other perspectives on the mystique of life's journey and all the side trips it involves. I always take the road that feels right and rely on the kindness of others! It certainly makes things interesting to say the least. That's how I found Paul's site and am now enjoying all this great energy. I wish you well, Paul, on your recent side trip and hope it leads you somewhere wonderful! Linda

Way cool that you stop in on the weekends when you do. Really perks things up.
Thanks for the response on the wild side of life. I have two piercings on the left and one on the right. I can get away with it more now than when I was in college. And when I was in college in the 80's it was pretty "weird" too California for the east coast.
Didn't you have a tattoo on your right leg just above the ankle in Exit to Eden? Or was that justartwork for the movie?
You don't see it for that long..looked interesting. I've been thinking about it. As for the earrings I'vebeen wearing hoops for awhile, might wear my moms diamonds she wore for 20 years.
The BEARD. God my wifehates a beard. I do the same ritual. Decide...hey time to grow a beard. So let it go. Then it's time for a trim back so the goatee...which mine is all gray and with "brown" hair...looks a little too weird so then it's just sideburns. This year though when the weight is off I think I'll let the hair grow out. Kind of a last rebel yell...Hell I'll be 43 in July...might as well get one last hippee look in before I turn 50...it'll be here way faster than I'm ready for it to be.
Ah what fun...
Another note...saw a good movie tonight. About a Boy. Remember Toni Collette from Muriels wedding. She looked amazingly different. Great movie to rent guys.
Paul & Peter..Have a great rest of the afternoon down under.
Everywhere else goodnight and have a great Sunday.
Peace, Love and Happiness
tim

Yes Tim, she is a fairy sitting on a mushroom.

Good morning Grandma!

With Gary Marshall directing, Dan Akroyd and Rosie contributing, I can see why you took the role. Oh well, I'm sure it will somehow serve you in the most unexpected way. We know things can happen for multiple reasons.

Are you ready to show us a recent picture yet? I was thinking how cool it would be to have your picture taken by Richard Avedon, but you've given us no indication of whether you're making any headway with altering your bodies composition. You're Avedon's sort of subject: famous and moving, but is everything moving the way you want it to? It would be encouraging to know you're with us in making an effort. I know how hard it is to fit training into a working life (and then there are family responsibilities too), but it's something you can do!

Grow the hair Tim!
Love!!!
Whit

Hi. Sorry I've been away. Can't seem to focus on much these days. The winter weather really getting to me. Anyway, husbands submitting to wives..great idea! Exit to Eden..I liked it, flaws and all. It still entertained me! ;-) Been trying to keep up on the posts, but like I said, no focus. Hope everyone is well.

I too like the husbands submitting to wives idea--every once in a while at least. Will include that one in my essay of what I want from a man in a partnership. Grinning and chuckling!!! Mmmmmmmmm, like that thought, but perhaps in all fairness I have to think of what I am willing to give in return.

And guys, thanks for proving my hunch that you are just as vain as women are supposed to be. :-)))))

Love Exit to Eden as well ...

Hope you will find your focus soon, Innussiq. Be well, take a break and refocus. Hmmm, advice I should take myself ...

Hey Paul, I'm glad your wife gave you a shin kick to get into the car and go to her old ballet school. A new door has opened and obviously somebody up above is looking after you. I believe this is where you would say "run with it, not from it." I hope this pans out for you and you find yourself on a path that leads to your garden. Sow, Sow, Sow. I won't shin kick you since your wife already did it. Tell her thanks:)

Whit, thanks for reminding me about the vitamins. Kick. Kick.
Diane, Evelyn, kick.

Suz

Hey Paul, I'm glad your wife gave you a shin kick to get into the car and go to her old ballet school. A new door has opened and obviously somebody up above is looking after you. I believe this is where you would say "run with it, not from it." I hope this pans out for you and you find yourself on a path that leads to your garden. Sow, Sow, Sow. I won't shin kick you since your wife already did it. Tell her thanks:)

Whit, thanks for reminding me about the vitamins. Kick. Kick.
Diane, Evelyn, kick.

Suz

Now Paul, honey, what EVAH do ya MEAN that I shouldn't go commentin' on the hairbrush scene, hmmm?

Evil Dhiana!!!

Tattoos:
AS for me, this would be MY fairy on a mushroom choice (English major geek and all)...http://www.amybrownart.com/images02_0121/bookworm_2.jpg