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[rusty_halo]

I'm back online! Well, from work now. But internet at home came back yesterday, too.

The weekend was fun. Friday night I went to see Eric Kufs (the singer in Common Rotation who isn't Adam Busch) play at the Bitter End. I like him--he seems sweet and shy. Adam came onstage and played one song with him too, but it was Eric's show and he did well.

I met up there with soulmate815, thefangirl, 10zlaine, and various friends of theirs. Afterwards we went to dinner at a nearby Spanish restaurant, where we stayed until something like 12:30am. Then we left the restaurant and stood outside talking in the cold for another half hour.

Some people went home, and the rest of us headed over to this club in the East Village where we met up with nautibitz, lovebytez, and people they knew. We spent a short time in the club, then went to a coffee shop and hung out for a while longer. At this point most of us were pretty exhausted, so we headed out after a short while.

Anyway, it was an interesting night. And I discovered that quite a few of us are going to be attending the upcoming Creation con in NJ, so I'm very much looking forward to that.

Anyone else going to be at that con?

The rest of the weekend was more calm. I saw Johnny's new movie, Secret Window, on Saturday, and liked it more than I expected. He's wonderful--spends most of the film alone talking to himself, and yet is riveting. Frustratingly, I figured out the "twist" within the first 15 minutes, so it wasn't as thrilling as I'd have liked. Still fun, though--watching Johnny Depp act is always a pleasure. Oh, and I *loved* the ending. :)

Sunday I was going to write up that post about Jaime Lannister, but then queenofthorns suggested that part of Jaime's story is a quest for truth, which I hadn't thought about before. So I'm re-reading and trying to incorporate that into my understanding of his journey. Also, I didn't have any coffee on Sunday, so I had no motivation to get anything done.

Oh, and I watched Nick Brendon's TV movie. *shudders* That's two hours of my life that I'll never get back.

Actually, though, from a gender studies perspective, it was sort of interesting to watch it and think about how issues of gender and sexuality are processed in mainstream popular culture. This film had so many conflicting and poorly thought out ideas all thrown together--for example, its lesson about not judging people by stereotypes was pretty hilarious in the context of it's own egregious stereotyping.

But still, Nicholas Brendon must be getting *really* desperate for work.

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[lumenara.livejournal.com]

Did you see the article on Zap2it? Brendon was *not* happy about that movie.

[marsterslady.livejournal.com]

I saw Johnny's new movie, Secret Window, on Saturday, and liked it more than I expected. He's wonderful--spends most of the film alone talking to himself, and yet is riveting. Frustratingly, I figured out the "twist" within the first 15 minutes, so it wasn't as thrilling as I'd have liked. Still fun, though--watching Johnny Depp act is always a pleasure. Oh, and I *loved* the ending. :)

I didn't figure it out until I was supposed to - so caught up was I in admiring the prettiness of Johnny, and the great acting. :)

Welcome back to the internet. :)

[shapinglight]

Poor Nick! I read somewhere that they wanted to make his character even more of a gay stereotype than it reportedly was (haven't seen it so can't really comment)but he resisted because members of his family are gay and he thought it disrespectful to them.

[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say hurray for your pc being back online now.
I'm going through the same thing these days: online by day - unplugged and lonely by night.
It seems the red moon is finally leaving us. Good things!

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[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

Yikes! What I wrote makes little sense without the line that went poof: So many weird and in various degrees of bad things have been going on lately, but it looks like they are on their way up now. It seems the red moon is finally leaving us.
Sorry - I don't know what happened that erased a whole sentence.

[soulmate815.livejournal.com]

Yay! You're back online! I've been missing your posts (and updates to All About Spike) -- OK, so I just saw you on Friday, but I can still miss your posts. I was so bummed to have to leave you all on Friday, but it worked out better (it took me an hour to get home) -- my friend had a big fight with her boyfriend while she was waiting for me to come and let her/them in my apartment (eek and it was his birthday!).

I also saw Nick Brendon's movie and it wasn't as bad as the promos made it look (though the promos were really, really bad, so...). I could see that Nick resisted the stereotypes as much as he could (which was good) but the movie did present quite an oxymoron (stereotyping is bad... except for when we can use it to tell our story). And I agree that Eric was in fine form and quite held his on in concert (yay for EK). And I can't wait to see Johnny's new movie -- can I convince you to see it again?? Looking forward to Creation Con in NJ.

Oh and I had a car accident (sideswiped on I-95) on my way to see my sister... but got here in one piece and the baby is ADORABLE!!!!!! We have so much to catch up on.

Wow, look at that long comment -- see, I told you I miss your posts...

[abbagirl.livejournal.com]

Hey, what Nick Brendon TV movie?

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

It was called "Celeste in the City" and aired on the family channel last night. I'm sure they'll rerun it. (It's quite awful, though).

[abbagirl.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, I do remember seeing a commercial for that...didn't realize Nick was in it, though. What sort of role does he play?

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

He's the flaming gay stereotype of a cousin who gives the little ditz a makeover.

[abbagirl.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Nick playing gay, that I might have to see. Lol. :) I'm meeting him (Nick) for the first time in Cleveland next month...it's too bad you're not going, I don't know that many ppl going this time, hmm. :( Still working on the hotel roomie thang (ditto for the Oakland Vulkon).

[10zlaine.livejournal.com]

I hadn't realized that Secret Window was from a Stephen King story until I saw the copy of it in the bookstore with Depp on it for marketing. I actually read that anthology when it came out (and really enjoyed it--I like his short stories), and can't recall, at all, that story. Sheesh. So, if I see the movie, it would be a total surprise.

Good gawd, I'm aboutthisclose to coming next weekend. I'll have decided in the next day or so. I had so much fun with you guys, and seeing Sharon Sunday, so I'm thinking if she can haul her ass down from Toronto, there's no excuse for me!

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure if it was a Stephen King movie, because the advertisements I saw didn't mention that. But the premise sure *sounded* King-ish, so I wasn't surprised to discover that it was. The movie is worth it even if you did remember the story, though, just for Johnny Depp's acting. :)

Please come to the con! It'll be so fun. :)

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

I'd like to know who else I know is going to the con next weekend too.

I read the King story, so I knew the twist, and still much enjoyed it.

They changed the ending quite a bit - and I liked this one better. Though I would have left out the bit after the... oh, never mind. I'm going to spoil someone and get yelled at.

Looking forward to seeing you.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Aww, I want to hear what you were going to say. Just leave spoiler space or something. Or put <font color="white"> before the spoiler and </font> after it, and then people will have to highlight the text to see it. Or, uh, don't bother, as we can talk next weekend. :)

The people who I know are going to the con are soulmate815, thefangirl, nautibitz, lovebytez, apparently Devil Piglet (!!!!!), you and rockgoddes, and possibly 10zlaine. And I could swear there are other people coming that I know tangentially, but now I can't remember who.

[rockgoddes.livejournal.com]

I just can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to next weekend, even though I get home tomorrow from here (Cape Cod) and then have to turn around and drive again on Friday. But dang, look at that guest list you have there! How can I not be as excited as I am? And - what? There are Buffy and Angel actors there too???

Stick a frickin' fork in me, I am DONE!

:oD