Andrea Harner: PHILIP SEYMOUR SOY LUCK CLUB HOFFMAN

April 3, 2003

Was skipping! and whistling!, enjoying a lovely "Almost Spring in NY!" day and minding my own business!...

when I HAD TO STOP DEAD IN MY TRACKS...as I came across this name of a West Village Cafe which I have no doubt, Perry would label, "Gay in a Bad Way"

Actually, scratch that, I'm pretty sure he would call it "Gay in a Really Bad Way":

Oh, the horror, I mean, PULEEEASE, people...even for a cheezball like me, this is TOO MUCH, I tell you!

I pulled myself together, turned my frown upside down and managed to get myself to the Guggenheim on time! (those who know me, can scrape their jaws off the floor!) for an advanced screening (yes, please indulge me as I'm being a pretentious New Yorker) of Owning Mahowney, starring the magnificent actor and fellow New Yorker, Philip Seymour Hoffman!

For the PSH fans out there, my emphatic thumbs up review of the movie and his acting, surely comes as no surprise.

I do however have one issue that's furrowing my brow:

IS IT WRONG OF ME TO BE BOTHERED BY HIS LONG NAME? I mean, can he shorten it without diminishing his integrity and identity? For Chrismas sakes, I can hardly repeat his name in a conversation without DANGEROUSLY DELAYING THE POINT OF THE STORY!

While capturing the shot below, I played the part of a starf&*@er (very well I might add!) with longing eyes and seductive smiles...for the sole purpose of getting him to look my way for photos, of course!

*(Left to Right) Guy from the Hamptons International Film Festival, Woman from the Guggenheim, PSH and photographer with a really really nice camera.

uh, i feel obliged to point out, andrea, that PSH isn't actually looking your way in this photo. i know it's probably fun to think that he is, but unless you produce some photo's of PSH actually looking at the camera, i will have to continue to believe that the medication is not helping with the delusions.

Posted by: jamie at April 3, 2003 10:35 AM

Larry,

Awesome. Love your comment.
It turns out, according to a little bird named Jonah, that Mr. Rollins has been called out on this type of thing in the past and could very well get a little on the defensive here!
Lots of love, Jamie!
:-)
andrea

Posted by: Andrea at April 4, 2003 12:52 AM

hmm. this is an interesting tactic, andrea. try to distract from the issue by harping on my errant use of an apostrophe. not falling for it. it only makes it worse that you would think that my imperfect grammar would protect you from confronting your need to throw yourself at celebrities and then cover the subsequent rejection with lies. can we say denial?

and you can tell jonah that i'll show him defensive. bastard.

Posted by: jamie at April 4, 2003 9:22 AM

OK, let's focus on the important things: soy mochas and a bad-ass airport connection!

PSH is all over the place. He's a talented little man but I've seen him more often in NYC than my old grad school friend who lives in the apartment across the hall.

However, Soy Luck Club is a dream. As gay-ass as their name is (and there is none more gay) they serve tasty low-fat thingies and offer free airport connection. Little did andreaharner.com know but the day she posted this I sat in their front window enjoying a reasonably priced beverage and completed both my federal and state taxes with turbotax for the web.

THANK YOU GAY-ASS SOY LUCK CLUB!!! THANK YOU!!!

Posted by: Perry at April 4, 2003 12:28 PM

PSH looks like this guy who took money right out of my hand to buy himself a slice of pizza...

I was about to pay for a slice and this whacked out guy came up behind me and ordered a slice and then took my money out of my hand to pay for his slice.

When I grabbed the money back, he laughed and said that he just wanted a free slice of pizza. He kept laughing as he walked out the door.

Smacked out pizza freak!

Posted by: anonymous at April 4, 2003 4:54 PM

PSH's name is probably so long because of a SAG thing. There can only be one person per name in SAG. Hence Michael J. Fox (real name: Michael A. Fox, is in "Michael's a Fox, for a short guy.") and Vanessa L. Williams (the "L" is for Luscious Lesbian photos in L'Penthouse, Miss America!).

So maybe there's a Phil Hoffman already, and he had to add his middle name.

Posted by: Anil at April 10, 2003 1:50 PM