Contessa Donatella

I try to sing a little jingle in my head, "Thanks for the tags, VF!" but it keeps sounding like "Thanks for the memories." 🎶🎧🎹 And how in the hell did this go on for this long & stay out of the news?! Do the experts think it is bad to feed these monsters with attention?

Personally, I think it's time spoiler had a drastic new definition & applied strictly to future. If it's today, it's okay. And I will remember the rhyme.

Blast it, I forgot Nadia! I love Cynthia Watros even though I hate Nina & she is just a character actress face to me. So no go on this list.

DOOL: Giovanni, Leo, Clyde, Orpheus, Gwyneth, Kristen(Stacy), Susan Banks (Stacy) & I'm sorry but Nancy. I just cannot take her attitude about Clyde. It's sick. GH: Victor, Austin, Cody Bell, Spinelli (I'm sorry he is just not straightforward.) Spencer and most of all of the men, Scotty & Sonny. (And Scotty is in this because of Kin.) One woman: Nina.

GH: Laura Wright, Maura West, Genie Francis & Joss (whoever plays her). Oops, almost forgot: Britt (Kelly Thiebald sp?) DOOL: Stephanie (whoever plays her), Mary Beth Evans, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Cady McClain, Jada (whoever plays her) I don't watch B&B but McInnes who plays Steffy is definitely a gorgeous woman. I've never liked Krista Allen's looks. Oh, damn, KKL is gorgeous too. I don't watch Y&R but I think Diane & Lauren are both beautiful women. And whoever plays Tessa is gorgeous.

Saw a tweet today that I loved & adored because it was a hooray for DAYS Rah rah go team type message about the move & it was from Laura Wright who is now Carly GH & used to be Cassie GL & used to be uh blank, LOL on LOVING. So that's P&G, Agnes, ABC, CBS with nary an NBC or Sony affiliation in sight & clearly she was just positively high on the soaps that are left without regard to affiliation. Go, LW!

@SoapsudsOkay, is she sorted now? Well that sounds like a good idea. I saw about 10 minutes of Dee & she did very well, like of course she would!

Well said. I was just thinking about vengeful soap gods taking her away from us! Like someone said Friday, we don't get to have nice things. Sheer inane superstition! But, i like her too much to quit! 🙄🤣

Okay. Check. Okay. Check. Uh-oh, this is getting scary. Does everyone of us like Stephanie a lot? It just seems so unusual!

Huh? I didn't see any little intro. Weird. For me it was watching mid-morning because the phone & email & all manner of stuff got between me & the show! But, it was good. I like Stephanie more every time I see her. Lovely for Alex to change tracks. But, please don't have Stephanie do an about face. We'll get whiplash! And, always nice for our girls to recommit & snuggle. Grief & sex, death & sex, proximity of a dead body & sex, all unrealistic. But, how about that Rolf brainwashing?!! Stefan is there, chapter & verse. He even said ChloeLane like it was one word. His annoyance at people calling him Jake is the perfect touch. He is truly a good actor.

And, lest we forget, this is not Original Kristen v. 1.0 (Eileen), no this is Kristen v. 2.0 (Stacy). Kristen the character has no reason nor rationale to be manic & v. 2.0 (Stacy) is manic all the time. Manic characters are exhausting & use up all the air in the cabin! Therefore they should be used only sparingly. Spare us so much manic Kristen! Going now to log on at 9 in the morning. Got waylaid. Haven't made it there yet. This: This morning, attuned to the peacock as I am, I got email from Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary, Locust Grove, GA that they have Avian Influenza & just had to euthanize all the peacocks! (and other birds, too) They will be closed & under strict quarantine for a minimum of 5 months!

If I'm up I might. Often I wake at 4.

Yesterday's info about Robyn Griggs Wiley's life celebration service was inaccurate. Now you can't get to do it live but you can see it after if you want. Here's the link:Robyn Griggs Wiley's Life Celebration A friend has just found a rare find, AW Thanksgiving, circa 1993, Robyn Griggs as Maggie Cory and she sings a little. Maggie at Thanksgiving

@AlexElizabeth Congrats!! Heck, I'm behind on GH & DOOL & Ozark & Sandman & my only excuse is that I was stuck with a dead computer monitor for a week & then my favorite actress had a hideous accident & died.

You & me, too! Stacy is not doing it for me. And, Kristen just has nothing about her character that would cause her to be manic! I love Jada. I have no problems with her but I know some do. Love Stephanie. Cannot abide Alex. I can't stand Sloan. However, Rafe is more interesting when he is hollering at her than any other time, so, there's that. I have never liked Orpheus. I have never liked Johnny. But, Ava does make him more tolerable, so, there's that. It's like these guys are "character conditioners". LOL And, @AlexElizabeth I agree with everything you said.

Dawning realization! Of course you couldn't DO Eileen's 5 characters without extensions on guarantees! [smacks self in forehead] But Drake & Dee should have had 4 per week & no usual role needs more than 4 days. I had no idea they let Reilly go over like that. That's amazing. He was lucky they valued him. Although, of course, I know in other jobs he followed the rules, so it was clear to him that he had some leeway at DOOL that he didn't have at GL or Y&R or any of the other shows he worked at, so many ya know. Maybe he was sly like a fox & just acted like he didn't understand going over guarantees! So many different fanbases hated Higley, I don't think it was just you!!!

How in the world could they work in the biz & not understand that fundamental?

That was lovely. I miss GL. I miss Jerry verDorn.

I never saw that before. Thnx for posting it. I can't come up to this day without in some way going back there, that day & for some long time after, in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. It's just like living through Camille all over again. Certain touchstones in your life just never lose their grip on you.

Prospect Heights, Brooklyn - There were some children who lived halfway between our place & the main subway we used & they drew things with sidewalk chalk all the time. Well, this is what they drew on Sept. 12, 2001, that's right, the day after the World Trade Center Attack & they drew it back in & colored it artfully for every day to make it look fresh for 3 months.

Did you see the 10 minutes that the tweeter Angie who goes by @evangelistasomenumbers did? It was inspired & just showed to me anyway what kind of a phenomenal production number the pros could have done!! Damn them for not, too, while we're at it.

And, it had Doug & Julie named by the main stream press as the first supercouple & they had 16 mil at their wedding, an unheard of number that was then beat out of the record books by the second main stream press so-named supercouple, Luke & Laura with their 30 mil "wedding guests." All told the two couples amassed numbers never to be beaten again.

Anne Heche: Roll Call by Jeff Snyder, used by permission

I think we can be objective but we may not share perspective with people who are more reluctant. I am definitely on the ride, prepared to go around many times. Not everyone is. I wish we didn't face 6 months in the can with another month in writing & fully vetted. But there's nothing to be done about it. It is what it is. I've actually been liking Gabi and that's a weird feeling.

Yeah, now I think you've said a mouthful. The ladies getting sick felt like DANGER, get kicked in the stomach, maybe the most serious thing in ... can I say years?!