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Oct 29, 2010 23:49:04 GMT
Post by terri on Oct 29, 2010 23:49:04 GMT
that's cool that P wrote so nice about F. -Thanks for letting us know! -Terri
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Oct 31, 2010 22:49:10 GMT
Post by angelan on Oct 31, 2010 22:49:10 GMT
so stoned and portishead
i fuking love francesca gregorini. listo.
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Nov 2, 2010 3:11:59 GMT
Post by terri on Nov 2, 2010 3:11:59 GMT
i already pre-ordered my copy off of amazon.com. it'll be here soon. I plan on reading everything about FG first then i'll read everything else. so i will post all the FG stuff on here.
-Terri
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Nov 3, 2010 22:23:22 GMT
Post by terri on Nov 3, 2010 22:23:22 GMT
alright fellow Fran fans, here we go, I got the book today and skimmed and scammed it for everything that Portia wrote about FG. The book is 305 pages long and she starts writing about FG on page 292. Here's what she wrote: "9/11 changed my life. I was so deeply disturbed by the realization that I could die without living my life openly and happily that I reached out to a friend who'd wanted me to meet a girl she knew and went on my first date with Francesca. We instantly began a serious and happy relationship that lasted 3 years. Although i still struggled with self-acceptance, Francesca was loving and patient and taught me how to be in a relationship. I sold my apartment and Francesca and I bought a beautiful house in Los Feliz." "I decided to tell my producers and co-stars on Arrested Development that I was gay, as I felt I couldn't be in a serious relationship and hide it from the people I worked with. I felt that trying to do so was very disrespectful to Francesca, even though I was mostly terrified to introduce her as my girlfriend, especially to Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, I was truly afraid I could lose my job. But it suddenly seemed pointless to have a gf if I was going to hide her from the rest of my life. Hiding her from the rest of the world was a diff. story, however." "The Papparazzo who had begun stalking me around the time I was beginning to date accomplished her mission to out me when she got pics of Francesca and me making up after an argument in an alley off Melrose. I had pulled F into an alley after our conversation got a little heated because I didn't want to make a scene and inadvertently out myself to people walking by who would surely recognize a couple having an argument." That's it for pg. 292. On pg. 294, she writes: "Living with F forced me to deal with issues surrounding my acceptance of my sexuality and it also forced me to deal with my relationship to food. I shared a kitchen and a bathroom. I couldn't binge and purge without a lengthy and embarrassing discussion." "I slowly stopped purging and just binged in my car or at work when she wasn't there to see it." "Living without dieting sounded like a utopian phlilosophical ideal. That is until I witnessed at work with Francesca. A naturally thin woman who ate whatever she wanted and never gained or lost a pound was the most fascinating case study for this woman who had spent her life gaining and losing weight. I watched her eat pasta, candy, ice cream, and cheese. I watched her dip her bread in olive oil and wash it down with Coke- real Coke, not diet- while I ate dry salads with no dressing and sipped iced tea. I was dumbfounded that I was eating boring, dry, diet food, and maintaining or gaining weight during the course of any given month when she never even thought about what she ate or how her body looked. I was equally amazed as I watched her order food at restaurants and only eat a small portion of her order because she was too full to finish or skip breakfast or lunch because she got a little too busy and simply forgot to eat. After initially dismissing her eating habits as a result of her just being one of those lucky people who can eat whatever they want and stay thin, it suddenly occurred to me that maybe people who stay thin are the people who eat whatever they want. I put this theory into practice after an incident between F and me that was fraught with emotion and very revealing. I was sitting in the closet in our master suite crying because I couldn't fit into a pair of pants that I had bought only a month before. They were size 6. I was in despair and when F came to comfort me, I almost accused her of causing my weight gain, saying that she'd let me get fat again, and that she didn't care how I felt about myself or that my career depended on my ability to control my weight. After patiently hearing my wailing, she said something that I'll never forget, she said, "Fine, I'll help you diet, But you'll only gain it back." It was a simple statement but the truth of it overwhelmed me. All I did all my life was diet and gain the weight back. Therefore, I concluded that the diets didn't work. I decided to never diet again. After that day, instead of watching her eat, I joined in. I ate whatever she ate. We cooked meals together and loaded our plates with pasta. We ate ice cream. Because I knew I could eat it again the next day if i wanted to. I stopped wanting in excess. If it was going to be available to me anytime, why eat like it was the last meal? pg. 299. "My passion for riding horses was reignited after spending time with Francesca's mother in England over the holidays. As a kid, I loved riding horses but dislocated a shoulder after falling off a cantering horse. I stopped riding out of fear, 20 yers later, I found myself with the same enthusiasm and excitement for horses that I'd had when I was a child. Over that Xmas in England, I would wake up at 6am and head down to the barn hoping to be able to watch Francesca's mother ride dressage and take a lesson on the Welsh cob she kept for interested visitors. When I returned to L.A., I joined a hunter/jumper barn and in a few months, bought my own horse. and that's everything that she wrote about FG. -Terri
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Nov 4, 2010 18:09:41 GMT
Post by angelan on Nov 4, 2010 18:09:41 GMT
Thanks, Terri!
This shows a little about Francesca's personality, I think, very patient and loving persona (but she also likes to fight, it seems, lol). love her. poor girl Portia with her diet problems, it must be terrible to be in that situation. ( I didn't really expected more thing related to Francesca from this book, but it gives us a beautiful image about her.)
thanks again Terri
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Nov 4, 2010 19:39:51 GMT
Post by terri on Nov 4, 2010 19:39:51 GMT
you're all welcome, glad I could help. "it also shows she likes to fight" hey, every couple argues. lol! it's kinda cute that they made up in an alley! lol! This book did indeed let us all know a little better about how great of a person F is. At the same time, it makes us think even more, about how crappy it was for her to be dumped just like that for someone else. But, I guess people have to do what's gonna make them happy....er. who knows?!
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Nov 4, 2010 23:58:10 GMT
Post by angelan on Nov 4, 2010 23:58:10 GMT
yes, those who haven't been ever dumped by someone else...raise your hand! that's one of the worst thing that could happen to anyone and however, I haven't heard yet of someone who had died because of that. Life's like that, don't u think? we are always looking for happiness even if we have to hurt other people in order to get it.
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Nov 5, 2010 3:06:29 GMT
Post by terri on Nov 5, 2010 3:06:29 GMT
do any of u get Ellen's show in your countries? Well, Portia was on her show today talking about the book and as she was talking about it, a picture of her and FG was shown on the show. The pic was of them while they were together and they were at some party and had arms around eachother. i thought it was cool but i didnt know they could show pics of F but I guess if it was Portia's pic, then there's nothing wrong with that. I was shocked when I saw that pic.
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Nov 5, 2010 17:10:46 GMT
Post by lee on Nov 5, 2010 17:10:46 GMT
I just read the book and watched the Ellen ep. I didn't see Francesca in any of the photos they showed though. When did they show it?
Also I was wondering about a thing in the book. She said they slipped into the alley to not be seen as a couple arguing. But some of the photos in the same series (either right before or right after the alley photos) show them holding each other when walking down the street, very much like a couple. If she didn't want anyone to know, why walk like that?
It was an interesting read, perhaps not the best writing, but very personal and honest. I liked the Francesca parts very much. Just shows you how amazing she is. =)
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Nov 6, 2010 18:28:42 GMT
Post by angelan on Nov 6, 2010 18:28:42 GMT
probably she just didn't want people watched her making a scene on the street, lol, because they were really really close in almost all those pictures
but who knows?
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Nov 8, 2010 6:46:24 GMT
Post by terri on Nov 8, 2010 6:46:24 GMT
maybe she thought that the little argument would draw more attention than just walking down the street together.
as for the pic of her on the ellen ep., it's right when P is talking from her old apartment. she's talking about eating everything with chopsticks and that's when u see the pic of her and F standing next to each other wearing black with there arms around each other. If that's not F. it sure as hell looks just like her!
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