amiawakeyet's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=amiawakeyet2000-09-30T20:05:16ZHarold Perrineau (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/amiawakeyet/writeups/Harold+Perrineauamiawakeyethttp://m.everything2.com/user/amiawakeyet2000-09-30T20:05:16Z2000-09-30T20:05:16ZActually, Harold Perrineau, Jr. (mea culpa) <p>
Superlative performance as Mercutio in <a href="/title/Baz+Luhrman">Baz Luhrman</a>'s inspired <u><a href="/title/Romeo+%252B+Juliet">Romeo + Juliet</a></u> (1996). <p>
Perrineau truly brought the soul of <a href="/title/Mercutio">Mercutio</a> to life for me; previous actors (<a href="/title/IMHO">IMHO</a>) made Mercutio little more than a smartass rich boy. Shakespeare’s words roll from Perrineau's tongue smoothly, fiery, and alive and with MUSIC…but not only his WAY with the word…his entire being; all the subtle little nuances one could hope for in bringing a character to life. The only other actor I’ve witnessed utter Shakespeare with equal power is <a href="/title/Al+Pacino">Al Pacino</a>. Oh…and <a href="/title/Anthony+Hopkins">Anthony Hopkins</a> ain’t bad.<p>
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Perrineau’s other film work includes*:<p>
2000 <a href="/title/Woman+on+Top">Woman on Top</a><br>
1999 <a href="/title/The+Best+Man">The Best Man</a> (with <a href="/title/Taye+Diggs">Taye Diggs</a>)<br>
1999 Day in Black and White<br>
1999 <a href="/title/Macbeth">Macbeth</a> in Manhattan Chorus<br>
1999 Wings Against the Wind<br>
1998 <a href="/title/The+Tempest">The Tempest</a> (as <a href="/title/Ariel">Ariel</a>) <br>
1998 Lulu on the Bridge<br>
1997 Blood and Wine<br>
1997 The Stephen<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Little turtle legs (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/amiawakeyet/writeups/Little+turtle+legsamiawakeyethttp://m.everything2.com/user/amiawakeyet2000-09-29T23:22:36Z2000-09-29T23:22:36ZThe <a href="/title/cutest+thing">cutest thing</a> you'd ever want to see.<p>
Of an evening, I like to lay a fat pillow on the floor beside my <a href="/title/turtle">turtle</a> tank, and watch their fat little turtle legs kicking as they swim about.<p>
Now I know where they got the idea for <a href="/title/water+ballet">water ballet</a>.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Grandpa Weaver (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/amiawakeyet/writeups/Grandpa+Weaveramiawakeyethttp://m.everything2.com/user/amiawakeyet2000-08-29T14:56:13Z2000-08-29T14:56:13ZCharacter appearing in "<a href="/title/Hee+Haw">Hee Haw</a>", that old-time, down home, cornfed country variety show.<p>
Cast members routinely wore overalls and popped out of cornfields.<p>
Grandpa Weaver delivered country bon mots and dern near dirty jokes.<p>
He is grandfather to those Arquette kids, Roseanna, Patricia, and David (1-800-C-A-L-L-A-T-T).<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Aung San Suu Kyi (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/amiawakeyet/writeups/Aung+San+Suu+Kyiamiawakeyethttp://m.everything2.com/user/amiawakeyet2000-08-29T01:43:17Z2000-08-29T01:43:17ZAung San Suu Kyi
<i>(aung sahn soo chee)</i>
<br><br>Courageous and dignified woman leader of the <a href="/title/nonviolent">nonviolent</a> movement for <a href="/title/human+rights">human rights</a> and democracy in <a href="/title/Burma">Burma</a>.
<br><br>Native to Burma (born in <a href="/title/Rangoon">Rangoon</a>, July 19, 1947), Suu Kyi was educated at <a href="/title/Oxford">Oxford</a>. In the years following completion of her BA, Suu Kyi served as Assistant Secretary, Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions of <a href="/title/United+Nations">United Nations</a>, as a Visiting Scholar at Kyoto University, and a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Simla.
<br><br>In 1988 Suu Kyi returned to Burma to care for her ailing mother. (Her father, <a href="/title/General+Aung+San">General Aung San</a>, a national hero in the Burmese struggle for independence, had been assassinated in 1947.)
<br><br>That same year student protests against the Burmese Government (<a href="/title/military+dictatorship">military dictatorship</a>) began in <a href="/title/Rangoon">Rangoon</a>, and spread through the country. The Government response (<a href="/title/military+crackdown">military crackdown</a>) included open fire on peaceful demonstrators. The civilian death toll at one…Bushisms (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/amiawakeyet/writeups/Bushismsamiawakeyethttp://m.everything2.com/user/amiawakeyet2000-08-18T20:20:24Z2000-08-18T20:20:24Z"This case has had full <a href="/title/analyzation">analyzation</a> and has been looked at a lot. I understand the emotionality of <a href="/title/death+penalty">death penalty</a> cases."--<a href="/title/Republican">Republican</a> Presidential <a href="/title/Candidate">Candidate</a> <a href="/title/George+W.+Bush">George W. Bush</a>, as quoted in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 23, 2000 <p>
"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating."<p>
Actually, I—this may sound a little West <a href="/title/Texan">Texan</a> to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about—when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me."—Republican Presidential Candidate George W. Bush quoted in U.S. News & World Report, April 3, 2000 <p>
"It's clearly a <a href="/title/budget">budget</a>. It's got a lot of numbers in it."-Republican Presidential Candidate George W. Bush quoted in Reuters, May 5, 2000<p>"Unfairly but truthfully, our party has been tagged as being against things. Anti-immigrant, for example. And we're not a party of anti-immigrants. Quite the opposite. We're a party that welcomes people."—Cleveland, July 1, 2000 <p>
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Loving <a href="/title/epitaphs">epitaphs</a> learned from my esteemed Aussie colleague:<p>
<a href="/title/Ugly+Bastard">Ugly Bastard</a><br>
<a href="/title/Blood+Clot">Blood Clot</a><br>
<a href="/title/Cretin">Cretin</a><br>
<a href="/title/Weasle">Weasle</a> <br>
<a href="/title/Yank">Yank</a> (a particular stinging insult)<br>
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