i have been posting a lot. this is due to the fact that my apartment is completely stripped and packed and shipped and i am sitting on the floor surrounded by dirty walls, eating korean seaweed, getting it stuck in the cracks of my keyboard.
very soon, i have to commit to a ticket to europe. but the jet-powers that be, much like the japanese airlines, are trying to gouge me with prices harder than a horny boy on promnight. for my dates, i can't find anything for less than 900, and that is just dumb.
i know i am constantly posting vague questions. but if anyone has good internet sites for ticket purchasing, id be much obliged.
also, did anyone actually get laid on prom night? i sure as hell didn't.
I really don't want to see Brokeback Mountain. Not because it's about a couple of gay cowboys but I just don't want to see it. Every once and a while there are movies, even of the arthouse variety that I don't want to see. And now with all the hype and critical acclaim it's receiving I fell less inclined to see it.
Does that make me homophobic? I personally don't think so at all. It looks boring and depressing. Not really into boring and/or depressing movies right now. I just don't want to see it. Am I afraid I'm going to like it? I don't care. It's probably an excellent movie with great acting, great cinematography and great writing. The last time there was a mega-hyped Ang Lee indie-minded film (though it wasn't hyped to THIS degree) I also didn't really want to see it and when I did, was proven correct in summation of how much I'd dislike it. That was The Ice Storm.
A couple of years ago, Clint Eastwood's movie Mystic River received loads and loads of acclaim. I still don't like that one. I'm so in tune with knowing exactly what movies I am going to like or dislike that my percentage of movies I've gone to see that I liked dwarves the percentage of movies that I go to and dislike.
In fact I can think of a few minor changes one could make to Brokeback Mountain that would make me first in line to go see.
1. Make them gay rappers. I think it would be much more fascinating to see a movie about a pair of gay rap stars. Considering the level of homophobia and macho braggadocio that exists within the hip-hop community how fascinating a movie would it be if the reason say 2Pac and Biggie hated each other was not because of any east coast/west coast beef but because one dumped the other?
2. Make them gay professional athletes. With the existence of ESPN and the constant and passionate level of 100% wall to wall coverage pro sports receives, think of the emotional and psychological pressure it must put on the athletes out there (and there are some out there) who are homosexual. When Lisa Leslie of the WNBA announced she was a lesbian it created a bit of stir but then it fizzled away because, well she's a female athlete and for some reason that's more acceptable (that doesn't quite sound right but what I mean is for some reason people weren't as surprised that a female athlete was a lesbian as if it's expected that most female athletes are automatically lesbian.) But what if Kobe Bryant's affair had been with a MALE hotel clerk? It would have shaken up the world because surely our big male athletes can't possibly be gay can they?
3. Make them gay gang members/mafia. This is a very bad pun but imagine: Boyz in tha Closet. But again, going back to busting up the macho image of the movie mobster and the potential for violent consequences (and yes, without seeing the movie I already know that there are violent consequences in Brokeback Mountain), a gay love story set within the world of the mob or on the streets of [insert urban location here] would be immensely fascinating.
4. Make them gay cowboys...but in the old west. I have a feeling that if BBM were actually set in the 1800s and there were train robberies and bank heists and shootouts then I'd be much more inclined to see it. I'm not saying it has to be campy like that. But I mean more along the lines of Unforgiven, Dances With Wolves kinda westerns. I think that would be more interesting because it's a little more primal time in our country's history.
That's all I can think of for now, plus I really need to be on my way to work. But I don't wanna hear no homophobia crap as this weekend I'm going to continue to work on this cool little local indie film being directed by a transgendered person.
Yesterday I got up early so I could go by the grocery store on my way to the Warehouse (yeah, I know almost like I have a real job!....) to pick up food for the day. I was tired and cranky, and wandered around the store in pouty frustration. So, I have no idea why I finally snatched up a jar of peanut butter, a jar of jelly, and a loaf of bread before storming out.
I thought,"Sure peanut butter is filling, maybe I will eat one for luch and take the rest home for late night snacks." Needless to say, I ate about five pb&j's yesterday. I just can't get enough. After my roomate took a fourty-fucking-five minute shower today, and I was FINALLY able to get ready for work (wow I actually said it!) all I could think about was getting here to slather on the creamified peanuts and the abstraction of fruit into "the color purple."
God....I think I'm going to have another.
(Also, I can't stop listening to Jawbreaker today, does this mean I'm pregnant?)
Michael Rapaport pleaded guilty to the aggravated harassment of her. He was ordered to stay away from her and undergo counseling for one year. - from Lili Taylor's IMDB bio
In August 2005, the New York Post and Access Hollywood reported that she was in Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan under a pseudonym, and had been there for over a month, suffering from hepatitis C, a heart infection, and a collapsed lung. She was also allegedly undergoing methadone treatment for a heroin addiction. The Post reported that prior to being in the hospital, Lyonne was kicked out of her apartment (by actor Michael Rapaport, her landlord) and living on the streets. Lyonne's father denied she was homeless and threatened to sue the paper on Access Hollywood. "There's a confidentiality between patient, doctor, and hospital, so all of this is probably going to be a major lawsuit." [3] Her father also said he believed she contracted hepatitis C while filming 2001's The Grey Zone in Bulgaria. - from Natasha Lyonne's Wikipedia page
What's up with this guy? I had no clue he was a raging jerk. Does anyone else have some Rapaport factoids?
So I was on the train today and I was knitting (of course) and listening to Louis XIV on my Ipod. And they have a song with a lyric that's something like 'i know you like my lovin' better/ cause you said so in a letter/ that was marked "return to sender"'. And I was thinking about that and I was like, so if she sent him a letter and he marked Return to Sender on it, how did he know what it said? Are you allowed to open mail and THEN return it to sender? Then I remembered that part in the Outsiders where Sodapop runs away because Ponyboy and Darry are arguing and he JUST CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE and they find his letter to Sandy that was returned unopened. And I was like, aw, poor Soda. And then I thought, why did she move to her grandma's again? I remember Steve saying something like "Does he have to spell it out for you? It was either that or get married and her parents nearly flipped at the idea of her marrying a sixteen-year-old kid."
And then I thought, "Holy shit did Soda get Sandy pregnant? OH MY GOD WHY DID I NEVER GET THAT BEFORE!?!?! Am I wrong? That has to be it! That never made much sense otherwise! I should look at the book when I get home to make sure. Wait, I don't have the book at home. I think it's in Slidell. Crap. I can't believe Soda got Sandy pregnant and they sent her away. Man. Poor Soda. Why was that not part of the reading comprehension test when I read this book in eighth grade?"
