The last couple of nights I have been plagued with insomnia. I toss, I turn, I moan, I thrash. Why? Because one image keeps floating past my brain... an image from the deepest part of my subconscious ... an image that is straight from the heart of darkness, the pit of nightmarish doom ... and every time I close my eyes it's there ... no matter what meditative process I go through ... no matter how hard I try to relax ...
THIS is all I see, on eternal repeat:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
(Tom went nuts on The View. Read all about it at Gawker. Thanks, Jess. Or ... should I not say Thank You since I will be haunted by this image for months to come?)
Posted by sheilaWhy oh WHY did I click on the link right before lunch?
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at July 5, 2005 12:40 PMOH YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!
Posted by: mere at July 5, 2005 12:44 PMI can't stop laughing. And here I was thinking he was starting to tone it down.
I mean... no person in their right mind would do that AGAIN...would they?
He is mentally ill. lock him up.
Posted by: mere at July 5, 2005 12:47 PMhahahahahaha
And look at Katie - she looks so "manhandled", doesn't she?
Mr. B - hahahahahaha I know - nuts, right???
Posted by: red at July 5, 2005 12:49 PMMere, my response is the same: You've got to be kidding me.
Isn't the whole couch-jumping thing a little old by now?
And it's - what? - week 8? Isn't that the time you start feeling more comfy, a little less manic about your beloved?
He may be an Operating Thetan but he's still a man, damnit. Neglect and disinterest will have to set in soon.
Posted by: RTG at July 5, 2005 12:57 PMD and the Boys wanted to see WotW this weekend, and I said, "NO. I am NOT going to give one OUNCE of monetary support to that freak ANYMORE!"
So we went to see Batman, and can I just say Christian Bale? Yum. Tom? Ew.
Posted by: Lisa at July 5, 2005 1:01 PMAnd what were the hosts thinking? were they surprised by this or were they making bets before the show? did they draw straws to see who would have to sit next to him?
Posted by: mere at July 5, 2005 1:08 PMUm...Tom? The hosts of the programs you are appearing on now prepare for your visit by stocking themselves with SEAT BELTS. Please, seek help. You care about everybody, and we care about you right back.
Posted by: Emily at July 5, 2005 1:10 PMhe needs heavy sedation.
Posted by: mere at July 5, 2005 1:14 PMBrooke Shields should hold him down and stuff antidepressants down his throat.
Posted by: red at July 5, 2005 1:16 PMI bet she'd like to stuff a lot more than anti-depressants down his throat...this guy don't need uppers. What he needs is a friggin' qualuude.
Posted by: Emily at July 5, 2005 1:23 PMmy morning show did a song today, set to queen's "crazy little thing called love" about tom (crazy little man called tom). spliced in clips from the famous "glib" interview. that kind of thing, and the "coverage" in the blogosphere, form the one upside to all this tom cruise craziness: some *serious* creativity is being unleashed simply in order to quantify the horror.
Posted by: beth at July 5, 2005 1:24 PMSheila-I would PAY to see that.
He needs a huge dose of something! EEEWEEEWWWWW,,,and WHY does Katie have to stick like glue to him?? Is he afraid she's gonna say too much if he takes his eye off of her for one second?
Hmmm.. He's doing the agressive laughing thing again..
Look around you carefully, Tom.. no-one's laughing with you..
Posted by: peteb at July 5, 2005 1:30 PMYup, that aggressive laugh thing. It's haunting. Creepy, like a teeth whitener commercial gone horribly wrong.
Did you see the New Yorker review of WOTW?
"It’s the right role for Cruise, but the movie is so devoted to him, so star-driven, that it begins to seem a little demented. The world is smashed and broken, with millions dead, but here’s our Tom, with his undeniable sincerity, his mastiff determination, and his limited interest as an actor, and we are asked to concern ourselves with nothing but his journey to maturity.........
It’s as if the aliens landed and everyone died so that Tom Cruise could grow up one more time."
Hehehehehehe.
Posted by: Stevie at July 5, 2005 1:38 PMTom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom....
Posted by: Emily at July 5, 2005 1:43 PMWhen he was on The View and Tom Robbins was asked a question about his technique, Tommy chimed in and said:
"Yeah. Yeah, Man.....like when you brought that Teddy Bear to hold or somethin'. Yeah. I was like, WHOA! I was BLOWN AWAY!"
Yeah Tom. See, when you work with actor's who prepare, sometimes they actually BRING things to help the character along. It's called acting.
I feel like I'm screaming into a vacuum. His WOTWs movie is #1. No one really cares how crazy this guy is. They still love him.
No.....one.......cares.
Posted by: Alex at July 6, 2005 12:13 AMAlex - I care.
Your message about it was hilarious. I laughed out loud on the bus.
"When Tom goes to the grocery store, is Katie like hiding in the back ... so he can bring her out to display to the cashiers?"
Katie. always hiding in the back. Tom: parading her around as though she is a possession or a deer he's shot.
It's sick.
Posted by: red at July 6, 2005 7:23 AMSomeone has posted an anonymous picture of Katie and Tommy on my dressingroom mirror. Everyone in both of these plays I'm doing now knows how obsessed I am.
I don't care, Sheila. I'm pissed, and I refuse to be quiet about it.
I'm waiting for the Tommy explosion. Can't wait until it happens. Can't....frigging....wait.
The final part of the 4-part Salon series is also online at the German magazine Der Spiegel website - the Cult V Psychiatry.. sans ads.
Posted by: peteb at July 6, 2005 4:30 PM"Tom demonstrates how he spends his free time when not with Katie Holmes."
Wow- funniest picture caption I've read in a looong time. That was great.
I love Lewis Black's remark about Cruise claiming there's no such thing as a chemicle imbalance from that article, Pete.
"No? Then what do you call what's happening to you right now?"
Posted by: Emily at July 6, 2005 6:35 PM