Haydennet.com – Joseph Andrew Hayden, Juris Doctor

My family helped me tremendously with a lot of moving and I got to watch a bunch of movies when I collapsed, especially on Saturday night.  These included:

1.  Oscar Nominated Coraline with Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher and Saunders and French.

2. The 2001 version of Planet of the Apes with hottie Mark Wahlberg, who I can’t explain why he turns me on so much, except for that (probably roid-enhanced) rocking body.

3. Evolution, a kind of silly sci-fi comedy, with David Duchovny (typecast), Julianne Moore (always stunning), Orland Jones (annoying) and very sexy Seann William Scott, whose comedy timing wasn’t exactly on in this movie, but he’s still very easy on the eyes.

4. Hackers with a young Angeline Jolie.  It reminded me of War Games mixed with Tron and was embarrassingly outdated, speaking of their speedy 28.8 baud modems.

My favorite “Mommie Dearest” quote is “Because I am not one of your FAAAAAAAAAAANNNS”  There are some excellent remixes of it on Youtube.

I have lots of friends on Facebook (almost the maximum, even though I’ve had to rebuild the profile several times) and other venues, but those numbers pale in comparison to the number of people I actually have in my computer’s personal address book.  I pretty much have kept track of everyone I have worked with, done business with, went to school with or socialized with at least my second year of law school (1996).  I’ve used the same basic electronic tool to do it, too (Microsoft Outlook), which I’ve customized the hell out of.  I should have database expertise on that alone.

However, I still can’t fathom having a fan page for myself just for the sake of having one.  If I reach the maximum number of friends on FB, then I will weed out the ones who have been evasive or who have incomplete profiles.  A fan page to me, would require that I have some special title or elected position that warrants admiration from complete strangers.  Perhaps some day I’ll be a well-published author with books on various subjects and will have actual “fans” but for now I’d really rather just have friends.

Those who have invited me to their fan pages, whether or not I’ve met them in person or not, should not be offended if I don’t join.  If I really like someone’s art work, I’ll join their fan page, but media whore that I am with all of the times I’ve been on TV and in print and with all of the columns I’ve written and articles I’ve self-published or formally published, I still can’t imagine myself crossing into the line of self-proclaimed celebrity without a body of work that stands on its own.

Everyone who has ever been touched by autism should see this.  The movie about the woman’s life and how intelligence is mutually exclusive with the social functioning of people diagnosed with autism (in its various types) can and do contribute a lot to the world with special talents and different ways of thinking.

I think I like Judy Sheindlin (which is her husband’s last name, anyway) more when interviewed on Larry King than on her own, insipid show.  Sarah Silverman pointed out just this kind of self-hatred among people with ethnic names (in these cases Jewish) when she had a show within her show wherein they renamed her Sarah Saint Clair.  I’m always a little miffed when people drop anything that could be construed as ethnic to achieve what they perceive to be better mainstream popularity.  Indeed, when Sarah was on the View the other day, she was asked about her Jewishness by Joy Behar and Sarah said, “I can’t help it, it just oozes out of my pores.”

Can’t get “Midnight Train to Georgia” out of my head….She’d rather live in his world than without him ….in hers?  ”I’ve got to go, I’ve got to go…”  Years later Gladys Knight did a cover of “Superwoman,” so I guess she redeemed herself.

Thrilled to see my Barbra featured in We are the World 2, but miffed at false rumors that she was the only soloist who sang her part sang her part in a sound room alone.  That simply isn’t true and anyone who looks at the video all the way through can see that.

Autopsy confirms MJ’s vitiligo.  Why did so many people doubt it?  I knew about the condition in a friend since high school and have seen countless people with pigment loss.

Just as shocking as ever, with an amazing cast, I’m glad they were renewed and happy to hear that they won an Emmy!

In 2002, my friend Joe Doyle and I went to see Barbra’s re-release of Funny Girl (more than 30 years after it’s first release) at the Ziegfeld Theater in Manhattan.