"You Know when You're a Meryl fan when/if..."

"You Know when You're a Meryl fan when/if..."

In celebration of Meryl Streep's 62nd birthday on June 22 (yes, that's today) , this blog has been created to give tribute to her Royal Hollywood highness (if Hollywood is royalty, of course). But more importantly, today, this entry also gives due recognition to her fans who have done or have been doing certain things -smart, funny or downright weird- all over the world, and through the years, to honor the said to be greatest living actress today.


So what makes a Meryl Streep fan? Do you have to go over her extensive biography? Or Google the latest news about this notable thespian? Certainly, we all do have standards or some 'qualifying' moments for us to be considered a certified Streeper. And today, we will share them here. As for me, these are just some of the moments that I can vividly remember of which I had utterly professed what a Streep-aholic I am. 


"You Know when You're a Meryl fan when/if (you)..."


*** you have already Google-ed her and would have probably read her Wikipedia entry, no matter how untrustworthy it is, so as they say.
*** after which, you read the nth articles that follow such thing.
*** you subscribe to Google or Yahoo news for a Meryl Streep update.
*** you decide which is the best website about Meryl Streep, which all Streepers would agree to be Simplystreep.com 

Meryl Streep day is celebrated worldwide every May 27.

*** you won't forget the relevance of May 27 to you...aka... oh you know why...
*** you would type Meryl Streep at the Youtube search bar, then be ecstatic to find that Meryl did attend the Ellen show with Ellen de Generes - who are undoubtedly two of the most fantastic women you know today.
*** then you'd probably reenact her Bronx accent incident in the show. "50 cent!?!?" "Yknow something..."
*** you'd spend a day or two Youtube-ing her, and can't get over how good she is...with almost anything, even messing up seems to be a normal Meryl Streep thing: just plain freaking fabulous.

A movie poster photo compilation of the Meryl Streep films.

*** would collect her DVDs and would go to far places just to get your hands on these collectibles. And if you don't, even if it's against your will, you'd rather download her films illegally than not seeing them at all. 
*** you'd even buy another DVD even if you already have the same kind if it has another kind of cover design, and more importantly, updated features like a commentary or enhanced color version.

She-Devil in VHS format.

*** you'd buy a Meryl movie in VHS or Betamax format, considering it a vintage collectible, even though you don't have the right player for you to view that.
*** you're dismayed, even heartbroken, when you find out that you don't have enough money at your reach, when you come across a Meryl stuff. 
*** so you decide to put that stuff on reservation so that you can claim it next time, when you have no idea how to get the money to get that in the first place.

Some of the things that make of my Meryl Streep collection. This was way, way back, around 2008 perhaps.

*** you wander from one book shop to another  in search for those books which were made into movies that Meryl was in. (e.g.: The Devil Wears Prada, House of the Spirits, Evening, etc)

*** you log on to Livejournal for that steamy Peryl/ Strummer fic update! ;p 

*** you have a Twitter list that goes by the name of "streepers"

*** and you tweet about Meryl with them, or tweet about her period, at least once a week (Are you now counting? ;p)

*** then you remind yourself you should also be buying the magazines which she was on the cover of... (e.g: Ladie's Home Journal August 2009, EW December 2009, Vanity Fair January 2010)
*** you giggle discreetly when you hear someone talking about Meryl Streep, especially if these people would refer to her as the 'best actress' today










*** then you tell your friends, or whoever would discuss the Oscars or these kinds of award-giving bodies to you, that Meryl deserves to win it because "if there's no such thing as best Actress, who the hell is Meryl Streep?!"
*** you frantically get your cellphone or camera to record that TV moment when Meryl Streep is mentioned. 
*** you get your planner to write a certain event which Meryl would be in, wherein most of the time, you're not personally/officially invited, but is certainly allowed to look at, stalk of  (e.g. award shows, galas, premiere nights, photo calls)






*** you spazz when your friends at school or at the office, finally acknowledge that Meryl, is indeed, the epitome of good and great acting there is today, because they initially claimed that the likes of Jennifer Aniston and even Megan Fox, deserve such title.
*** then you secretly despise the people who think, believe otherwise.

*** when you watch any award show like the Oscars and would root for her to win because she has been robbed of this honor for nth times already, and simply because she deserves to win, like many times before, more than the person who won it that year.
*** interact and post your thoughts about La Streep or her movies, at least once in your Meryl fanatic-life, on the internet
*** you channel your inner Meryl Streep and imitate her gestures, her manner of speaking, and the accents, and even that famous giggle or laugh the best way you can.

Streeptease created by Roy Cruz, a Pinoy pride.

*** must have probably known Streeptease. (hmmmm....)
*** coz, if you don't, then you'd search about it and you optimistically hope you'd actually be there and see it for yourself.
*** you, sometimes, watch her movies at the cinemas more than once. Twice seems to be ok. Thrice would be understandable and Four times would be quite a luxury, and 7 times would be perfectly fine, so long as you can bring your friends and enlighten them about who this acting goddess is.
*** you recruit others to become Streepers.

Another lovely photo op day with a Meryl 'stuff'. :)

*** you shamelessly take a time to have a photo op with your Meryl stuff.
*** you'd be willing to argue, even to a stranger, on how Meryl should be dubbed as the best actress today
*** but you're willing to let it go once you've heard Helen Mirren, Catherine Denueve, Cate Blanchett, or Tilda Swinton in these kinds of arguments, but still, you tell yourself, "there's no one like Meryl!!"
*** you read a book, then you have high hopes that Meryl should be playing that amazing character that you're reading.

*** you're watching a TV show and when you find people doing sloppy acting, you think "what a waste!" and apparently wish that Meryl was doing that instead, then the characterization would have been brilliant.
*** Meryl brings out the inner creative artists within you as you are inspired to make graphics, icons, and videos to accord due recognition to this woman!
*** you're enticed to watch a movie when it refers to a Meryl movie or to Streep, period (eg: I Love You, Man for the The Devil Wears Prada mention; Megamind, for the A Cry in the Dark quote)
*** you'd definitely wonder when in the world a person has come from when he/she has not, by chance and so far, heard of Meryl Streep, ever.

The Gummers! Mary Louise, Don, Henry, Mamie, Grace, and Louisa. 

*** have known about The Gummers and know their whereabouts respectively.
*** you think that The Gummers is the best family...ever!!
*** you've downloaded countless Meryl Streep photos in your computer and an album that takes up about at least 1G all for Meryl is perfectly...normal!
*** you have probably flooded your wall or your Twitter timeline during Oscars, Golden Globes or SAG, or any premiere night
*** you have probably included the word '#merylstreep' in your hashtag.
*** you print screen when Meryl Streep is among the trending topics.
*** you take a picture of anything that reminded you of her (like a Banana, pertaining to one of those Strummer fic moments. Haha!)
*** you normally have Meryl dreams, which all seems real to you (at least you wish)
*** then you tell it to your Streeper friends
*** and your share it with your friends who 'understand' your Streep fandom, yet you pray so hard for them not to disown you.

Oh definitely died when I saw this as the slide background of my professor's powerpoint presentation!

*** you ask your professor who his/her favorite actress is, and you hold on to your chest near your heart, when you feel your heart skip a beat and think that you might have had a heartburn that moment right there.
*** you become instant pals with this professor because she fell in love with Meryl after watching Holocaust, then Falling in Love.

My professor in film writing has made Kramer vs. Kramer as an example in his 'Transformation' type of screenwriting. I secretly died and went to Meryl heaven.

*** you spazz (yet again!!) when you see anything Meryl-related in your professor's powerpoint presentation.
*** you volunteer to bring The Devil Wears Prada DVD for a film viewing in your class.
*** you spazz (yet again) when your professor mentions that her favorite book is The House of the Spirits, which of course had Meryl in it. 

*** you somehow find yourself smiling, grinning and nodding when you read this, because you also do these things, well, if not all, then at least, most of them.

*** you think of other hundred reasons to add on this blog
*** then you share it to your friends, to the Streepers, and anyone whom you think would like this.
***you write a blog about her on her birthday, telling the entire world how perfectly normal you are, even though have been cast off as weird and most people had rolled their eyes at you and this blog, after all the things you have confessed as to how much you love Meryl Streep and how far you'd go to profess that 'love'. 


Goofy? Isn't it. Share if you must! And feel free to share your "You Know when You're a Meryl fan when/if..." here and tell others to do the same. Word though, no hating! :)


Then, in 1, 2,3, 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MERYL STREEP!

And to edit this, 62 fucking birthdays... DAMN, WOMAN! ;p

That's all...

For now.

-fmr2011