Tuesday, May 01, 2007

"This is my private life"

JOURNAL ARCHIVE: aka_Kerry_Wayne_Burgess_Journal 071306 083106
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July 16, 2006

Seconds after I awoke this morning, I felt compelled to make about a note about something from the 2001 movie "A.I." I felt the need to note that "Gigolo Joe" has some kind of similarity to the phrase "G.I. Joe."


The star of that movie, as well as the 1999 “The Sixth Sense” was born 333 days after the day I recognize that I completed my escape in Africa. I keep thinking that 1998 embassy bombing in Kenya is connected to my return on 5/13/1987 but I can’t remember all of that yet.

From 5/13/1987 to 4/10/1988 is: 333 days

Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor.

After a series of roles in television and film during the early 1990s, Osment came to fame with his starring role in the 1999 thriller, The Sixth Sense. He subsequently had leading roles in several high-profile Hollywood films, including Pay It Forward and A.I.,




This actress portrays the mother in the 2001 “A.I.” movie. I noticed first off that her 10th birthday was 59 days after I returned to Earth on 4/14/1977, which was slightly interesting to me. But it became more interesting when I calculated that she was 3594 days old on 4/14/1977, which reminds me of 3/3/1959 and 3/4/1959.

From 6/12/1967 to 4/14/1977 is: 3594 days
From 4/14/1977 to 6/12/1977 is: 59 days

Frances O'Connor (born on 12 June 1967 in Wantage, Oxfordshire) is an Anglo-Australian actress.

At two years of age she moved to Perth, Western Australia, with her nuclear physicist father and pianist mother. O'Connor was raised a strict Roman Catholic and attended a convent school in Perth, but considers Melbourne her home. O'Connor attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts as well as earned a BA in literature from the Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia.

Filmography

Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)


The 6/26/2001 release date was 3 years, 3.3 months, after 3/15/1998. That is the day I recognize as when I last saw my wife. There are probably more clues relevant to me associated with this movie, but this all I can find right now.

Release date(s) Premiere (NYC): 26 June 2001

Artificial Intelligence: A.I. is a science fiction film co-produced, written, and directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 2001. It was the last project on which filmmaker Stanley Kubrick worked — he died before the film started shooting, and Spielberg dedicated the film to him.

The film won five Saturn Awards, including Best Science Fiction Film. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Effects, Visual Effects and Best Music, Original Score.



I wonder if they are positioning stand-in's for Phoebe Cates around me now as I walk around outside with all these creepy strangers around me ever inch of the way. Something about giving me a better impression of how she looks now since I haven't seen her in so long. Does it really matter?

A stand-in in film and television is a person who substitutes for the actor before filming, for technical purposes such as lighting.

Stand-ins are helpful in the initial processes of production. Lighting setup can be a slow and tedious process; during this time the actor will often be somewhere else. Stand-ins allow the director of photography to light the set, the camera department to light and focus scenes. The director will often ask stand-ins to deliver the scene dialogue ("lines") and walk through ("blocking") the scenes to be filmed. In this way, a good stand-in can help speed up the day's production and is a necessary and valuable cast member on a film.

Stand-ins are distinguished from body doubles, who replace actors on camera from behind, in makeup, or during dangerous stunts. Stand-ins do not appear on camera. However, on some productions the jobs of stand-in and double may be done by the same person.

Stand-ins must not necessarily look like the actor, but they must be the same skin tone, hair color, height and build as the actor so that the lighting in a scene will be set up correctly. For example, if the lighting is set up with a stand-in shorter than an actor, the actor might end up having his head in relative darkness.



And I wonder too, now about Tina Mason. I wonder about those conversations we had a few years ago. I wonder who she really is. I think some of my 1998 memories of her might be real. And I really wonder about those times she was trying to get me to respond back to her but I don't think I was responding to her. The one that really gets me is a very uncharacteristic comment similar to "I know I've put on some weight." It was the kind of comment someone would make when they feel rejected and I feel that is the kind of comment a person would make if they feel rejected by someone they have known for a while. Why would she say that to me? I had known her for a while, but we had never actually dated. Why would she say any of that? Every email I got from her was connected to my undercover identity, just as Lesa Jewell.

Lesa Jewell was the woman who sent me the photos of her family with her three children. At first, I thought her name was an anagram for “sale” as in some kind of “diamond sale,“ as I wrote earlier. But then I understood it means “SEAL.“ Anyway, I’ve been trying to remember what I commented to her about her family. I also remember after 9/11 she wrote me something about how she had a flag from her husband’s ancestor’s military service and I have been thinking that is really about my wife, Phoebe, getting my Medal Of Honor flag. I don’t know if they give out a flag for each Medal Of Honor. Probably not, as I read that you only get presented with an actual medal the first time you receive the Medal Of Honor and then for subsequent awards, you wear gold or silver star on the fabric of the Medal Of Honor and the associated ribbon.

An award star is a decoration issued by the United States military in lieu of multiple awards of the same award, for example, a second and subsequent Legion of Merit.[1] Award stars are commonly issued to personnel of the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. An award star is very similar to an oak leaf cluster, which serves the same purpose. Award stars are sometimes referred to as Gold Stars and Silver Stars (not to be confused with the Silver Star Medal).

Award stars are issued in two degrees, gold and silver, with silver considered the higher degree as is the tradition in the U.S. military. An award star is issued in lieu of multiple awards of the same decoration with the first award star issued for the second award of the decoration. For instance, if a service member received three Achievement Medals, their service record would reflect the Achievement Medal with two gold award stars.

Silver award stars are issued in lieu of five gold, meaning that a silver star is provided for the 6th, 11th, 16th and so on, for subsequent awards of a decoration. There are no higher degrees of award stars authorized in lieu of five silver award stars.

It is a common misunderstanding to mistake the silver award star for the Silver Star medal, which is an entirely different decoration.

Award stars are only issued for individual medals which are awarded for combat or meritorious actions. They are not issued for service medals, which receive service stars.


Lesa Jewell wrote about that flag and I wrote back about how I was concerned about my families safety. I commented further that I was going back to uniformed service if the fighting escalated.

From 3/3/1959 to 10/23/2002 is: 43 years, 33 weeks and 3 days

FINDINGS
Pub. L. 107-248, title VIII, Sec. 8143(a), Oct. 23, 2002, 116 Stat. 1570, provided that: "Congress finds that -

"(1) the Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Forces of the United States;

"(2) the Medal of Honor was established by Congress during the Civil War to recognize soldiers who had distinguished themselves by gallantry in action;

"(3) the Medal of Honor was conceived by Senator James Grimes of the State of Iowa in 1861; and

"(4) the Medal of Honor is the Nation's highest military honor, awarded for acts of personal bravery or self-sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty."

PRESENTATION OF MEDAL OF HONOR FLAG

Pub. L. 107-248, title VIII, Sec. 8143(d), Oct. 23, 2002, 116 Stat. 1571, provided that: "The President shall provide for the presentation of the Medal of Honor Flag designated under section 903 of title 36, United States Code, as added by subsection (b), to each person awarded the Medal of Honor before the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 23, 2002] who is living as of that date. Such presentation shall be made as expeditiously as possible after the date of the designation of the Medal of Honor Flag by the Secretary of Defense under such section."



Microsoft-Corbis didn't position a Phoebe Cates look-alike around me. But they did position that woman around me who resembled "Anakin Skywalker's" mother before he turned into "Darth Vader." They had the Ilan Ramon of the Israeli Air Force and pilot during Operation Opera and they had Ramona Ramadas around me. But no Phoebe Cates. They had people spreading rumors that I was a U.S. Navy SEAL, but no where did I see someone that resembled the love of my life.

They had the “Sarah Connor” look-alike from “The Terminator.” There was Sharon Bjeletich - who made a joke at work that her name sounded like “big yellow tits” - and who mysteriously threw something that looked like a hissy fit just as I was walking past her cubicle. Those people outside the windows that we were in clear view of would have captured more on video that I could see because I couldn’t see her but the cameras would have caught me in the frame with whatever it was she was doing in her cubicle. I told a friend about it and she told me that was wrong and then I wondered why she would even have such an opinion that it was wrong what she was doing if she didn’t even know what Sharon was doing. All I saw was the end part of it. What did my friend - who didn’t even work on that floor or even know any of my co-workers - know that I didn’t know? Sharon at some point put a curtain up across her cubicle to block the view of the Microsoft-Corbis-paparazzi outside the windows and that just really pissed me off.




Oingo Boingo
Private Life lyrics

This is my private life
I have no friends to fear
I've got no problems no cross to bear
If you can find me
come and get me out of here
This is my private place, Everythig is neatand clean,
The skeletons are hidden in the closet,
This is my private place, come & get me out of here
CHORUS
This is my private life
This is my private life
This is my private life . . .
These are my private things
There they are against the wall
The dirty pictures, religious objects
These are my private things
come and get them out of here
This is my private bed
This is where I lie at night
Staring at a light bulb hanging on the ceiling
Waiting for a dream to
come and get me out of here
BRIDGE
Here in my humble room at night
I often wonder what goes on out there
What makes them runs so scared
I often stare at the people passing by
But they can't see me through my window shades
Just like I'm not even there
CHORUS
This is my private life
This is my private life
This is my private life
There's something dangerous I like
This is my private life
I know my problems aren't your fault
What I really want to know
Has it always been this way
This is my private life
This is my private life
This is my private life
Come and get me out of here