Last but not Least

Being the last day in June, today will be the last birthday I acknowledge. Well, not the last birthday but the last of my promise to deliver one for every day in June. Anyway, Happy Birthday Fantasia Barrino, this year's American Idol winner. Fantasia (who apparently has dropped her last name a la Cher and Madonna) turns 20 today. What I'm assuming is a great birthday present for her, her newly released single has hit #1 on the charts!

Goodbye Todd!

On Last Comic Standing, I was so glad to see Todd Glass go. He has annoyed me from the beginning. I'm not so sure that Tammy's set was any funnier but at least she isn't as annoying a person. Ant was pretty funny on the tour bus - not funny ha ha but funny in that he killed the competition. He was totally right in not trying his stupid stand-up act with those people and pretending to actually give a tour. Plus, he told his celebrity home lies with such conviction! Now the next person I want to go is Jay London.

That'll Be The Day

Here it is, the second last day in June, and I searched far and wide for a birthday to honor. Good thing the month ends tomorrow because this is getting to be harder and harder as the month goes on. Finally, I chose to wish a Happy Birthday to Gary Busey, who turns 60 today. A wacky guy but proficient actor.

Ti-Faux

Yay! My parents just got a Ti-Faux, aka the DVR from Adelphia. I am way too excited about it, especially since I won't be living here in about a month and should probably contain my joy. They even chose to install it in the family room instead of their bedroom, which both benefits me yet also surprises me greatly. I have already programmed our first "season pass" for Last Comic Standing. Hopefully I won't become too addicted in one month and will be able to subscribe (cheaply) in my new home in Syracuse!

Jason's Birthday

Okay, so Jason is only the character he plays, but today is the birthday of Steve Burton, who plays Jason (Quartermaine) Morgan on General Hospital. A definite cutie, Steve grew up in Cleveland. Yay! Although he ultimately graduated from Beverly Hills High School, if you remember my June 8 post re: Kelli Williams' birthday.

Spider-Man

My birthday has come and gone now but we still have a few more days of June so I might as well end the month with the birthday listings. So, Happy Birthday Tobey Maguire! Tobey's movie, Spider-Man 2, opens on Wednesday and I'm sure it will do phenomenally. It's gotten some very good reviews.

My Big Day!

Happy Birthday to ME! Today is finally my birthday after a month of build up. Yay! Here are some of the famous people I proudly share a birthday with: New York Yankee Derek Jeter, the hilarious Sean Hayes, newly engaged soap opera star Rebecca Budig, and newly retired football star and soon-to-be CBS Sports broadcaster Shannon Sharpe.

Celebrity Poker Showdown

Another enjoyable episode last night, but I found it a little disappointing that they showed us who won early in the episode during the commercial for next week's show. Since next week is the championship game, we already knew Rosario Dawson, Dule Hill, Michael Ian Black and Lauren Graham were going to be playing. However, in the commercial, we clearly saw Maura Tierney playing too - thus spoiling the outcome of last night's show.

Oh, in related news, I think I now officially have a crush on James Blake. What a cutie!

Gotta Have Faith

Today is George Michael's birthday! George was apparently named Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou way back on June 25, 1963, on the day of his birth. Here is his official Web site, which features lots of exclusives.

Hello to the Newest Cavalier!

Assuming no trade is made, I want to welcome the newest Cleveland Cavalier - Luke Jackson. According to this article from the Indianapolis Star, Cleveland is keeping him despite the Pacers really wanting him. He's kinda cute. Hope you like Cleveland.

Another ER Birthday

You might remember earlier this month when we were a little overrun by ER cast member birthdays (some former cast members, too...). Well, we have yet another today: Sherry Stringfield turns 37. That's pretty cool that her birthday is two days before mine. I have a natural affinity to other people named 'Sherry' anyway - regardless of how they spell it - and now our birthdays are close too. Kismet.

Idol Wannabe on Soap

In the breaking news department, One Life to Live has cast Matthew Metzger, from the top 32 of American Idol, in the role of Duke Buchanan. How exciting for him. And he's a local guy so that is extra cool. Of course, I think he looks a lot like Jason Guy, who was on Big Brother a couple of years ago, so I hope that doesn't distract me once he joins the show.

Birthday Girls

Today, Selma Blair turns 32. I have never really liked her all that much, but she is just 3 days older than me, so hey. Plus, she is from Detroit and could very well have gone to high school with someone I know (or knew in college). She is also a newlywed, having recently married Ahmet Zappa.

A really amazing woman who was born today (although she is now deceased) is Wilma Rudolph. She was an Olympian and this tells her really inspiring story.

Last Call

Only a year younger than me, today is Carson Daly's 31st birthday. If I'm awake at 1:30 am and I want to watch something mindless, his talk show is a good choice.

Shocking Celebrity Gossip

I think it probably comes as no surprise to anyone who has seen pictures of her lately, but Mary-Kate Olsen has apparently gone into a rehab clinic to treat aneroxia. There were some pictures of her at the premiere of her movie, New York Minute, that were seriously scary. I'm just glad she stopped denying it.

Book Club Cookbook

I came across this cookbook at the library today. It offers recipe choices that match the books you might read at your book club. It's a cute idea, although our current selection, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, is not included. A few of our previous choices are listed, however.

Garage Sale Wrap-Up

Just wanted to let you guys know that our garage sale ended and I would call it a success. Sure, we have a fair share of items left over but we did manage to sell ALL of our big ticket items. We hadn't sold the organ when the sale ended, but someone called and bought it today, so my parents are just thrilled.

Making comparisons to our garage sale from last August, it was weird how different the clientele was. I mean, last year we sold a lot of books and a lot of glasses and dishware. This year, we sold almost NO books and very little glasses and dishware. There really seems to be no rhyme or reason to it all. Another thing that didn't sell too well was Christmas items, even though a few garage sale "experts" claimed that Christmas decorations were a good bet.

Anyway, we here are glad it's over. Now we just have to donate most of it.

Birthday Licks

Today, Juliette Lewis, an Oscar-nominated actress and lead singer of The Licks, turns 31. This is a pretty thorough Web site from some fans of hers. I've always kind of liked her, except for the Scientology thing.

In weird birthday news, today is also the birthday of Family Ties parents Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter (Birney). Both were born the exact same day in the exact same year. Kinda weird. Family Ties was a big June birthday show actually, because Michael J. Fox was born in this month, too, and part-time castmembers Tracy Pollan, Courteney Cox and Scott Valentine were also born in June.

Weekend Birthdays

Straight Up! On Saturday, the best female American Idol judge, Paula Abdul, turned 42 years old. And, on Sunday, Nicole Kidman, who is currently starring in The Stepford Wives , turned 37.

In the 'only days older than Cheri' department, actresses Robin Tunney and Poppy Montgomery (from Without a Trace) celebrated their 32nd birthdays on Saturday, while one of my favorite former Survivor contestants and NYPD police officer, Ken Stafford, turned 32 on Sunday.

Day Two Garage Sale Report

Well, another day of our garage sale has passed with only one more day to go. Today was nowhere near as busy as yesterday and moneywise, we did approximately one-third as much. But, overall, it wasn't bad. We heard of another garage sale that had TWO customers today. We did much better than that. Notoriously, Fridays are less successful garage sale days - at least around here. Many people skip Fridays altogether, although it seems a little silly to me if you have your garage all set up and ready to go to skip a day. Strangely, although it was slow, the day seemed to go a lot faster. No real funny stories, either, except two young teenage boys (well, they were at least 16 since they were driving) bought our ugly chair/couch combo. They just live down the street and were going to walk them down the street, which would have been a funny sight. My father offered to give them a ride in his borrowed-from-work truck so they lucked out.