Gabriel Byrne to Photog: Have a Seat, B*tch!

91. You are part Indian, not solely, but it seems to enable you to paint a more exotic portrait of yourself or you wouldn't feel a need to emphasize that part alone as if it were all of you. Your ancestry is in India, but you & your mother were born and raised in America. Trips to India are visits to the home of your ancestors not your homeland. Your homeland is America. You are as much a westerner as I am. 'Back home' for you is America not India. You ARE big on countries as India is your first priority over all else, not people as a whole, otherwise you wouldn't feel a need to set India apart from all others as the one most in need of attention. "We" westerners include you.

I feel you zoomed in on Gabriel Byrne and remain fixated on him as a result because of a few articles you found where he mentioned his appreciation of Indian women (which I don't doubt as genuine albeit a bit PC). He seemed to disappoint you only when he behaved in a manner you deemed not in alignment with your particular brand of Indian philosophy (such as the chair-throwing incident).

You stated for example Byrne brought bad karma to his home with the Clinton soiree as if it were fact, as if you knew he really did not want to do it, & even went so far to say he lashed out at Winfrey to distract people from his bad decision. Your proof was in his so-called body language in a few photos. In actuality, there is no way to know unless he told you personally, (quotes in articles, second-hand accounts from friends don't count as personal knowledge). There is more than ample evidence you are preoccupied with Byrne and his whereabouts. Consider the following:

--You collect and save massive amounts of articles on this one guy
--You go so far as to study his body language in photographs & video interviews (I honestly don't remember seeing him ever give a tv interview, though I do recall some in things like DVD special features, so you had to do some digging, I doubt they're on the surface.)
--Your friend with the Sari store says Byrne buys things from her-- she keeps you informed
--Your cousin talks to him, & likely slept with him-- she keeps you informed
--Your boss at the church informs you. I can't fathom he (a supposed atheist for now anyway) attends Mass there, though it may look good in certain professional & publicity-generating capacities to associate with wealthy pseudo-Catholics like the Kennedys. Perhaps he's doing charity work there. Or perhaps he's still searching. Anyway, if Byrne does attend there I should hope he doesn't take Communion.
--Indian cabbies told you Byrne seeks them out (how does that work? Do only Indian cabbies service Indian neighborhoods, or does he wait 'til he spots an Indian cabbie & then hails them, or perhaps he calls the cab company and requests an Indian cabbie?)-- they keep you informed
--Your uncle who owns a craft services company knows Peter O'Toole who used to be Byrne's neighbor in London--he keeps you informed

Why would these people offer you all of this info if you did not solicit it, or make it known how extremely interested you are in him? How often can the topic of Gabriel Byrne possibly come up in normal conversation that one would be able to amass such a large amount of information? You DO seek it out.

You say you have it on good authority he's not in the Country, or you know from a reliable source he's well-endowed, or that he has not done an ET interview in years, (how could you know that if you did not keep track?) etc. Why so many sources if you're not interested in where he is or what he's doing?

Don't get me wrong, fantasy is great. My friend does all the same kinds of stuff & she's not a stalker either, but she admits her obsession. Why not acknowledge it? It's just an escape into a flight of the imagination. She's loved our posts because got more info. She showed me the TMZ site. I'd heard of TMZ, but was never sure what it was exactly 'til now. It's become a nice little distraction for me too. I do shudder to think what he would think of my assumptions & musings about his life. I'm pretty confident that he wouldn't be interested in TMZ judging from the chair-throwing incident, but I think he, like all of us, might be annoyed by us speaking so familiarly about him. For that I am sorry.

Posted at 1:25AM on Jul 30th 2007 by Brigid

92. I don't think Gabriel would be upset with us being familar with him. He doesn't strike me as stuck up. I have no wish to meet him. I think he's most likely a very nice guy. However I'm sure he wants his space. I'd rather see his movies and plays, and I wish him well.

Posted at 2:08PM on Jul 30th 2007 by MissIndiaM(Sarasvati)

93. I don't think of myself as exotic. I am the new American, or person of the world for that matter. I'm also Russian-Polish Jewish on my mother's side. I'm proud of that. I consider myself Indian-Russian-Polish Jewish. With Irish, Portuguese, Maori, and Iroquois thrown in for good measure.

Posted at 2:24PM on Jul 30th 2007 by MissIndiaM(Sarasvati)