Morissette continues channeling her anger

Morissette continues channeling her anger

NEW YORK (AP) — Alanis Morissette is not the person Rob Thomas thought she was.

Matchbox Twenty and its lead singer once saw her as a Zenlike soul, Morissette told Newsweek for its issue hitting newsstands today.

“He kept saying that whenever I wasn’t with him, his imagining was that I was levitating somewhere, meditating,” the Canadian singer said.

But then, “we had the most debaucherous, entertaining, hysterical time together, so they were the first to say that their perception of me was a little off,” she told the magazine. She did not elaborate on the debaucherous details.

Morissette is in the process of releasing her latest album “Flavors of Entanglement” and writing her first book, a compilation of essays, photographs and mood-boosting exercises.

She uses writing as an outlet for her anger, which she said is not directed toward ex-boyfriend Ryan Reynolds. The actor recently became engaged to actress Scarlett Johansson.

“I’m really happy for him,” she said.

Today’s birthdays

Guitarist-inventor Les Paul is 93. Sports commentator Dick Vitale is 69. Keyboardist Jon Lord of Deep Purple and Whitesnake is 67. Actor Michael J. Fox is 47. Actor Johnny Depp is 45. Actress Gloria Reuben (“The Agency,” “ER”) is 44. Bassist Dean Felber of Hootie and the Blowfish is 41. Bassist Dean Dinning (Toad the Wet Sprocket) is 41. Musician Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers is 38. Actress Michaela Conlin (“Bones”) is 30. Actress Natalie Portman is 27. Actress Mae Whitman (“Arrested Development”) is 20.