Just wanted to start a place where people can discuss his work - ask questions -

and generally learn about

Gael Garcia Bernal

and his films.

Have you seen his films?

^{I have seen almost all  (13 out of his 16 completed films to date - soon to be 14 out of 17)}

Did you like his performance?

^{superb and flawless in most films with a minor bump here and there in others}

What do you think he can and should do to become and even better actor?

^{choose your writers and directors very carefully}

Should he do other types of films and why?

^{English to expose him to America  -  Spanish because he is so damn good at it ...}

What would you like to see him do next?

^{anything as long as it is well written    (this should be a blog unto itself!)}

WireImages captured someone in the crowd that I don't think she knows happened.  She usually gets excited when this happens and there is no other way for me to send her this photo.  Just trying to add to her collection for her. 

Happy Thanksgiving

It might not be her but based on a photo she offered for public viewing that she took, these photos would indicate her in the crowd.  Again, just offering something she might find to be fun and exciting.  Oh, and by the way, we can thank a friend of mine who has a WireImage account so we can see these pictures without the watermark.

The links below are photos without the line indicating her so she can have a clean copy.
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1701/profphotogofgaelwithtabby12yh.jpg
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5348/profphotogofgaelwithtabby29gq.jpg

Ladies and Gentlemen:

It's not about who's right, who's wrong.  Everyone has an opinion.  Everyone has a viewpoint.  All worthwhile.  It's about providing an equal opportunity to another's viewpoint to be heard. Open dialog.

I suppose BLOGS are not the place for actual full-bodied conversations.  I'm learning some are definitely lopsided to the whims of the owner and maybe that is how they should be.

While a minor disagreement sparked the initial communication, it was the blocking and total disregard for the existence of a viewpoint that didn't match the owner of the blog that created the irritant.  A sign of immaturity on that blog owner's part (in my opinion).  And actually a sign the owner lacked self-confidence that their viewpoint was the correct one (again, an opinion but with merit).  One way to save face when someone points out you are wrong (even if they themselves are wrong) is to erase the evidence.

Arthur Andersen did it by shredding documents associated with Enron and look where it got them.

At the very least, it shows a lack of communication skills.

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Now, if you were raised in a culture where (1) freedom of speech or (2) viewing all beliefs to make an informed decision were not the "norm" - then maybe I could cut some slack with regards to a one-sided discussion.  I would honor and respect the cultural differences in that case.  I don't believe the cultural backgrounds warrant the slack in this case.

Purposefully blocking an opinion from being heard is disrespectful.  I suspect friends of the blogger will not post honest opinions here for fear of hurting that person's feelings.  And that is fine; the friend seems to be a sensitive soul.  Question - isn't maintaining an opinion based on another person's feelings surrendering a part of who you are and your life to another?  Can you express an opinion that might be different than one of your friends and still remain friends?  If you cannot, maybe you need to rethink your friendships.

So to reiterate.  It is not that I think I am right and another person is wrong.  To select part of a quote from an entry elsewhere "once theres been an argument from both sides it shud just be dropped".  I would agree with this statement if only it were true.  Key words being (both sides).  Only one side was heard.  The only reason my side can be seen at all is because I was smart enough to save my own copy and listed it in my blog accurately.  So without reviewing both blogs the argument is not honestly represented.  Restating the other side's argument is not accurate as it gives opportunity to inflection and interpretation that the opposing side did not express.  Opposing sides to any argument require original participants with all their good points and flaws as they present them.  And therefore my original posting in that person's blog should have remained or at least the ability to post offered.  Would you go into a court room and allow the opposing counsel to represent your side as well?

Explain to me where my thinking is wrong?

My blog is an open forum ...

Here is her post with my comments interjected:

I hate it when people insult other people (you insulted Gael first) and then when those people defend themselves the insulting people call the defending people "childish". Okay - you called me childish first - what does that say about you? Can't they see they're being just as childish? Yes this banter is childish and yet you can't talk TO me.  You have to talk AROUND me to your friends.  Did it ever occur to you that I might go away if you talk TO me about the issue that originally brought me here?  You started to then you blocked me because you didn't like what I said.  Isn't that a little childish?  You can disagree with someone and say so without having to hold them down like you are me.  The harder you hold - that harder I struggle.  Can't you see - you are the cause and I am the effect?  Especially when they start the fight. How stupid can you get? Seriously.

The adult thing to do would be ignore it and move on, unless you have impulse-control issues, like me. I tend to say things when I get really emotional (angry, sad, happy, whatever) that I don't really mean. It's not childish - it's just a part of my personality. Some people are like that. And then the confrontational people get angry when I'm not confrontational as well. I'm ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder - meaning I can't focus or keep my attention or interest on one topic for long periods of time) folks - I move from one subject to the next in the blink of an eye and my world moves faster than Superman.  Maybe you're not alone in impulse-control issues?  Why should only yours be dealt with here and not other people's?  I'm not diagnosed with anything but I can't seem to let this lie.

Some people just don't get it. We're not all built the same. We don't think the same way or do things the same way and if we did then this world would really suck due to boringness. That is exactly one of my points to YOU.  You cut off the part of the discussion you don't like because you want only the "I love Tabby group" and yet isn't that so fucking boring?  Isn't it more enjoyable to be well rounded, well grounded and have some differences among you?  I don't need to be apart of your group - just acknowledge its best not to exclude like you are. I quote you at the beginning of this paragraph "We're not all built the same. We don't think the same way or do things the same way and if we did then this world would really suck due to boringness."  Yet - there you are eliminating the differences from your own group - listening to only the pretty things.  Can you not see that !!!!  Are blind? 

Not to mention, I've come to realize that people who are confrontational tend to have personal problems. (mirror time for Tabby - confrontation queen) I'm starting to not be angry with them anymore so much as pity them, though I know I shouldn't because they say mean things. What mean thing did I say? Really?  The only mean thing I said was in reference to skin condition and I apologized.  And for that I am truly sorry. I'm 'childish'? Look in the mirror. You're not clever, or smart - you're an internet bully. I am clever, I am smart, you are clever, you are smart - we both can be viewed as internet bullies but I don't think of you or me as that way.  I see these internet places as a way to communicate with my fellow man and learn from them.  As unpleasant as it is for both of us, you and I are both learning right now.  And seeing as this isn't the school yard, I don't have to sit back and take it. Not that I would - if this were the school yard I would have punched you in the gut by now.  You brought up the school yard - this whole thing started on the school yard with you bad mouthing Gael.  I came over and said my peace and an argument pursued.  You were the first to throw a punch by deleting the post, I still wanted to talk, you swung a second time when you blocked my ability to post, I still wanted to talk and created my blog [not naming names mind you] then you swung again and blocked me completely from your blog.  Seems I'm the scrawny kid laying down on the playground with a bigger bully tough girl not wanting to play nice sitting on top of me holding me by the shirt collar crying for the principal to make me play under Tabby's rules alone.  I side stepped that stance of yours and found my own playground right beside yours.

Edit:

bones  is the man I'm having difficulties with. He didn't even write in his blog until he started arguing with me and now his blog is devoted entirely to bashing me. Not bashing you - discussing my side of the story since you won't let me speak.  I don't name you to the point that someone can fiure it out it's you unless they already knew the story.  I could have posted links and such.  Well. He obviously doesn't know about how I already a 'I Love Tabitha' club and an 'I Hate Tabitha' club and seeing as the lover club has waaaay more members than the hater club, I consider Bones officially old news.  Sorry to hear you have a I hate Tabitha club.  Honestly, I wouldn't join either club and if I had to join one or the other - I'd join the "love" club.  I don't hate you.  I don't want to hurt you or your friends.  I just want to speak my feelings about what you said about another person and give you reasons behind my views.  What is wrong with that?  After today, he no longer exists. He can continue writing about me if he likes but he's one person in a world of 6 billion - why should I care? You do care.  You should care.  I would care.  It's human to care.

A little girl (not in size or age but in maturity) didn't like my entry in her public BLOG so she deleted it completely.  Then posted a note stating she deleted the blog because she didn't like someone's post in it and she couldn't delete the specific post.  I responded to that one as well.  Not necessarily meanly but not something easy for her to hear as I was suggesting a more correct way or at least was providing suggestions on how she might have gone about her BLOG in a different way in order for her to not delete the BLOG completely ruining her keepsake of her exciting celebrity weekend.  She has blocked me from being viewed at her posting so I've listed the same information here.  This is what she posted:

I've decided to get smart about this after getting advice from a friend. The best thing to do to people who are confrontational online is to ignore them. Eventually they go away and then I'm not irritated becuase irritation makes me stressful and I'm stressful enough without irritation.
So I've discovered the "screening" feature on Mindsay and have employed it here now. From now on, all blog comments will be screened.
Is this biased? Hell yes. That's the point. I enjoy living in my little bubble where I'm friends with everyone and love everybody and everybody loves me back because, really, life is just more enjoyable that way. When you go around picking fights with people, you get angry and annoyed and personally, I don't find being angry and annoyed very enjoyable.
When it comes to deciding whether to be jaded or naive, I choose naive. And anybody who doesn't agree with me is welcome to share their opinions by commenting on this blog though their comment won't appear since I prefer to be biased and choose for you to not exist.

This is what I responded:

Don't worry "bubble girl" my interest in your postings is fading fast.  Even more quickly as you build up your walls and turn your face from actual communicable interaction.  [gasp] Here I thought you might be on the verge of expanding your horizons and seeing the whole picture.  But alas, you are only interested in maintaining the safety of your lonely existence with micro-friends in la-la-land keeping mama close by.  Harry Potter is certainly more adventurous than you.  When school is done and you begin to live in the business world in whatever capacity you plop into, you eventually will get an understanding of how I was only trying to help.  Unless you become a shut-in, your bubble cannot exist and eventually you will not be protected like you think you are.  Not preparing for it now and "practicing" to be an adult will only hinder your personal growth and potential.  You were the confrontational one with your blog, I merely was responding and calling you on the carpet.  If you can't handle the so-called confrontations you encounter, the world will eat you alive and even sustaining a job at McDonald's will be too difficult for you.  Stay naive, stay purposefully ignorant.  That's truly pathetic.  (all your past teachers are cringing)  Your sentence is also incorrect when you invite anybody who "doesn't" agree with you to share their opinions.  Obviously you will prevent anyone who "doesn't" agree with you from having their posts viewable.  I am sure you meant to invite only those who agree with you to live with you in your micro-world.  "I choose for you not to exist."  *laughing my ass off AT you* Toot-toot for Tabitha from Chicago, high tootin' it in Scotland on her parent's dime.  You are so narrow-minded your personal slogan could read:  Tabitha for Taliban - she doesn't know any better and chooses to be that way.  She's off on her imaginary island.

Thanks for listening.  Comment if you like.