Awarding Shirtlessness

Take heart, gentle readers, because our work is apparently having a farther reaching effect than even I could have imagined!  I found out yesterday that MTV has a "Best Shirtless Performance" category in its famed Movie Awards, and last night, Zac Efron accepted his award shirtless - very appropriate!  I find this clip amusing because the host keeps playing the shirtless moment over and over.  Enjoy the above clip as I did.  Even though I still feel a touch icky about enjoying the shirtlessness of someone so young, I can't deny that his abs are rock hard and ready for many shirtless scenes to come.  I'm pleased to report that the nominees were four men and one woman, a sign that the shirtless tables have indeed turned.  Thank you for all the hard work you have done, IMS members.  Savor the sweet shirtless victory!


Yours in triumphant shirtlessness,
Nandita
President
IMS

Remembering the Greats

I got some very sad news of the passing of an old friend this morning and am still trying to make sense of it.  The last time I saw this friend, he picked me up and carried me into the theater we were attending, and so it seems impossible to imagine that today he's no longer here.  On Facebook today, I saw the above image and remembered how this friend introduced me to Gregory Hines.  Actually, it was less of an introduction than a work assignment to take care of Mr. Hines while he attended our event, but still.  When I was accompanying Mr. Hines and his wife into the theater, he insisted on taking the stairs while his wife and I took the escalator.  He told me that Mary Tyler Moore told him the secret to aging well was taking the stairs whenever possible.  And to this day, I still do, even though Mr. Hines left this earth far too early as well.  Remembering them both, I can't help but think that all the stair-taking and superfood-eating cannot stop the inevitability of death.  They were both men who seemed to take great pleasure in life.  And that is perhaps all there is.

Yours in shirtlessness and friendship and love and life,
Nandita
President
IMS