....Doctor Who and My Whole New Level of Nerd....

SO, LAST NIGHT, ON DOCTOR WHO "MARGARITA SATURDAY" I bought myself a sonic screwdriver. Not just ANY sonic screwdriver, but the 11th Doctor's sonic screwdriver. Now, this came as a surprise to me. YES!! Ladies and Gents, I did surprise myself as I ordered a replica of the tool the Doctor uses for everything (except a screwdriver). I have even decided my halloween costume this year, and yes, you guessed it, I will be The Doctor.

Now reading that whole thing back to myself, I have realized, even if my sister says it isn't true, that I have crawled onto a whole new platform, a new level of nerd that I didn't know existed. I will tell you that it's NICE to have a new obsession! It's nice to be in love with something fresh and new.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still that rockabilly gypsy you all know and love, but I do wonder how much more there is to me. Clearly, science fiction fangirl never crossed my mind.

Of course, I am strictly an Eleven kind of girl.

Matt Smith is one hot timelord. I absolutely love him as the doctor, love him in his little bow tie and suspenders, love his little quips and jumbles. I love to watch him be the Doctor. Beyond that, my love for him seems to stay aboard the Tardis.

And my Amy Pond love is huge! I usually don't like cute girls on TV because they fake their way through it all. They just don't TRY because they are so cute. Well, Karen Gillan is cute, yes, but she makes Amy Pond funny and smart, wonderful and quirky. I dig that. I dig that she's doing her job as an actress: making me believe she's a wide eyed Doctor's companion.

Now, so far I've only seen up to Episode 6, "The Vampires of Venice". Everyone else who actually has the BBC (you're probably not watching Ramsey's Fucking Kitchen Nightmares 99 percent of the goddamn time) is already two episodes ahead of me, and BBC America isn't showing the next episode until June 5th.

That's not that far away, right? I'll be fine.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!! BUT NOBODY TELL ME!!! I actually REALLY wanna know if Rory, (Amy's fiance) is actually gonna stick around for as long as I think he might, because he might not grow on me. OH well, at least I will have Matt to stare at.

Anyways, back to my Level of Nerd.

Tonight my Nikki-Sisser bought me a Doctor Who eleventh doctor action figure. Complete with the screwdriver, and the body, of the tenth Doctor. I let out this weird Pod People scream when I saw it, too. Above that was Tardis Talking Bank. HOLY CHRIST!! Somewhere to keep my Chris Isaak ticket money!! LOVE!!

I left with the doll. I'm a sucker for a picture of Matt.

She assured me this was nothing like the Level of Nerd I had reached when I watched seaQuest. Of course, I was watching seaQuest for essentially the same reason I'm watching Doctor Who. A cute, skinny, light eyed white boy. For sure, they are my downfall.

I loved Jonathan for his big blue eyes, I love Chris for his big blue eyes and guitar playing and voice and ass and....*cough* sorry. I love Matt for his cuteness and whiteness, I guess. Of course I just learned he plays guitar. So, there's that.

Okay, well I'm getting sleepy. It's time for the.....

GRATUITOUS CHRIS ISAAK PICTURE!!

OH THANK YOU JESUS!!! HALLELUJAH!!

HAZ A GOOD NIGHT PIPPLEZ!!

~Moni

....PhylNez, The Monkees, and Why I Know Who They Are....

PHYLLIS ANN BARBOUR NESMITH MET ROBERT MICHAEL NESMITH IN COLLEGE. The fact that I just typed that means, well, I wasn't doing much French homework (or any homework for that matter) in high school. I can also tell you the name of their two boys, and the dogs. YES I know too much. Phylnez died on Saturday of Lou Gherig's Disease. She was a pretty lady and apparently a very nice person too. If you can hear me Phyllis, I hope you're feeling much better. To Christian, Jonathan, and Jessica (is she Phyl's or Katherine's daugther?), I'm sorry about your Mommy. Jason, sorry about your stepmoms.

Why do I care? Well....The Monkees and their various familial off-shoots were a big part of my life in High School. I wasn't particularly a POPULAR teen, and you're really not too hip when you own, and carry around, a Monkees lunchbox full of Monkees CD's that you and your best friend literally saved our pennies for. You're hip alright, in 1966 standards.

I trade in my "stud" every seven or ten years. Needless to say I can name them all: Jonathan Brandis, A.J. McLean, Michael Nesmith, and Chris Isaak. (It's obvious the famous man that holds my affection holds it for a long time. I'm a Sagittarius, what can I say?)

Back in the day Michael was the "least" favourite Monkee, Davy being the favourite, (he just got drunk and challenged the whole audience to fight at one of his shows and on my birthday NO LESS) but to me, Michael was VERY attractive, and I appreciated his skinny, geeky, gawky frame. I loved his huge nose, pouty lips, and olive skin. No matter that he looked like that CLOSE TO 40 YEARS BEFORE I EVER SAW HIM....although I'd loved the Monkees since I was six. He always stood out to me; it was that damned GREEN woolhat! I would have posted another picture to illustrate how hot I thought he was, but without the hat nobody even realizes its him.

Anyways, back to my weird story.

We were such Monkees fans back in the day that we transcribed the "Fairy Tale" episode and did it as a play for the RenFaire here in our town. NERDS I TELLS YA!! Of course I was Princess Gwen, the character Nez played for most of the episode. You HAVE to see it:

Michael obviously meant a lot to me, and so I wrote fanficiton. Phyllis, being the first wife, got a lot of crucifying from my character, who took on the role of Nurit Wilde, becoming Michael's mistress and Jason Nesmith's mother. (I had no life, okay?) I had to do my research. I read A LOT of fansites, opened one of my own that I never quite organized, and developed enough of a fandom that I had favourite fansites, the best one being Psycho-Jello!!

How sad that the fansite had to die. There were some good ones.

I wrote a lot of stories, and put "Phyllis" through a lot. Hell, I was even Peter Tork's "wife" in a few of them.

Anyway, it's very sad that she's gone, and I hope that her family is doing okay.

AND NOW THE GRATUITOUS CHRIS ISAAK PICTURE!!!

"ooh my love...." You may very well be the last of those "studs".

HAZ A GOOD NIGHT PIPPLEZ!

~Moni

....Stevie Nicks....

WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT MY MOST FAVOURITE GYPSY? Only that I love her with all my heart. If you haven't noticed (and honesty if you didn't notice you weren't reading...) I am a huge Stevie fan. I have loved Fleetwood Mac since I was young, but I have been a hardcore Stevie Nicks fan since 2004 when I created "If Anyone Falls". At that time I had been messing around with Angelfire for a long time (I'd had several websites that went nowhere....) and the original purpose for the site was to be a memorial for Jonathan Brandis. Well....after extensively researching Stevie one night, meaning, I just started googling pictures of her, I fell in love with her. Her make up, her hair, her voice. I ran out and bought "Timespace". I always buy the greatest hits before I buy an album. If I like ALL the songs on that CD....I buy an album. Then another, and another, and another....UNTIL I HAVE CREATED A WEBSITE, BOUGHT KNEE HIGH PLATFORM BOOTS AND A TOP HAT, AND STARTED TWIRLING AROUND MY LIVING ROOM!! Until....my friends....I look like this:

BUT....I digress. I'm now going to smooth out my chiffon and tell you the rest of the story.

I named the site "If Anyone Falls" because that is the song that got me in my heart. I think maybe it was the lyrics. Stevie (whom my darling Chris called "a song writer of the highest order") has a way of writing that wraps around my heart and squeezes out my emotions. It's beautiful. "Somewhere in the twilight, dreamtime....somewhere in the back of your mind...." My god Stevie! Is there where that love resides? Of course I'm being a sappy dorkling, but that is a beautiful line. This woman can write a line like nobody else.
The most famous? "Thunder only happens when it's raining, players only love you when their playing".

My personal faves:

"Don't blame it on me, blame it on my wild heart."
"Dreams unwind, loves a state of mind."

All truths, wisdoms, declarations of love, and confessions of weakness in the face of love. Its true what I said in a story I once wrote, Stevie Nicks falls in love like rain falls from the sky. Do I know this? No. Not personally. But her songs are such that I can pretty much gather so. I don't usually like to read into song lyrics, but its very hard not to when the woman opens up her heart and spills it into a typewriter.

She's beautiful too. EVERYONE can see this. I mean for crying out loud she was a sex symbol. My darling admitted to lusting over her back in the day. I mean....she was HOT....still is hot....but back then she exuded this....sensuality.

I cannot in those boots, even if I own a pair, look that hot. COME ON!!! Sexy Gypsy Mama!!! Whoo whoo!! (Sorry I was nine years old again for minute.) Why haven't I done that as painting? Man!

If Stevie has taught me anything in the time I've been her fan, it's that being myself is the best way to be. That being a hopeless romantic with a passionate heart is an attribute, not a hinderance. That chiffon is not be ignored. That black lace gloves are hot, that top hats look good on me, and platform boots are not comfy but they are very beautiful.

Lately though, the Gypsy's talent and creativity have been questioned by people who don't realize this: STEVIE NICKS owes you squat. She's given you the world's most beautiful classic songs, a gorgeous voice, and many many wonderful glimpses into her heart. What more can you ask for? I say, there is nothing more. If the tattoos on my arms are any indication, I will love Stevie for my whole life.




The tambourine was my VERY FIRST tattoo and yes, it was inspired by the one on the cover of "Bella Donna".


AND NOW....THE GRATUITOUS CHRIS ISAAK PICTURE!!

I think its only appropriate. Hee!

When I met him he noticed my sleeve..."Nice ink," he said. I told him it was a Stevie tattoo....he told me they were friends....I wish I had reacted! LOL! HE WAS SO HOT!! OMG!!

okay...I'm going now....HAVE A GOOD NIGHT PIPPLEZ!!

~Moni