Misc. Thoughts: "Your Little Butterfly" Edition

[thehefner]

1.) Caught THE DEATH OF MEYERHOLD at Studio last Saturday. God, this was an awesome show. It's a crime that it was playing to almost empty houses until its last week. From a drama geek's perspective, it's chock full of wonderful bits and in-jokes. I doubt they'll remount the show, though if they did I'd see it again and drama my professors down to see it. Awesome show, great use of sound and visuals, and a punch-in-the-gut ending.

2.) Between the weight loss, haircut, loss of sideburns, and general apathy to me, most everybody I recognized from Studio either didn't recognize me or didn't care. Most interesting was the cold fake-smile response from Serge, who I strangely still kinda like even if he is a prick. When the house was filled, I had to do standing room, which was fine, but by Act III a couple seats opened up. Serge saw that I was waiting for a seat, but pretended to ignore me as he raced up to snatch it when an usher caught him with a disappointed, "Serge!" and like a scolded naughty child, he gave me the seat. Such a little prick.

3.) The cockteasing motherfucking bastards at the Student Center here at WAC bought a DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION machine for the weekend and the weekend only, totally free play. This machine is a gift from God. It cures HEARTBREAK, people! Or if not cures, it definitely defeats it for awhile. It is simply impossible to be miserable with j-pop-fueled adrenaline pumping through my body. God, how I miss the machine. Must I be forced to go to the town's local bowling alley and blow ten dollars whenever I feel like shit? Sigh, how I wish that machine were here right now.

4.) In the battle between zombies versus vampires, I think it all hinges on one major factor- what kind of zombies? If we're talking Romero zombies, slow, dumb, shambling flesh eaters, then yeah, vampires win. After all, vampires are undead themselves, so the zombies wouldn't want to eat them. The zombies would be like lumbering, inedible cattle. On the other hand, if we're talking about RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD zombies, vampires might be screwed. Those zombies are fast, have human intelligence, are cunning and can set traps, and can only be killed by total incineration. Plus, they don't eat flesh, but brains, and vampires have brains! Besides, the vampires themselves are too crippled by angst to fight back.

5.) Robert Mitchum icon from NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. Because Mitchum is one badass motherfucker who owns all your asses, the movie is some surprisingly disturbing shit that deserves to be seen, and very few people know that this is the film where "LOVE" and "HATE" on the knuckles originated. If you've seen the remake of CAPE FEAR, DeNiro's Max Cady is actually an amalgamation of TWO Mitchum roles- the original CAPE FEAR, and the psychotic preacher of NIGHT OF THE HUNTER.

6.) I may have to drive down to DC this weekend. Why? Because Sinestro has returned in GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH. Finally, not since Ted "Buffalo Bill" Levine voiced him on Superman: The Animated Series has Sinestro seemed to utterly scary and evil instead of... well, a twerp named Sinestro. *squee*

7.) French exam tomorrow. Blarg. Between writing this entry to angsting, I'm too distracted. Power of caffeine, be with me now!

Comments

[fishymcb.livejournal.com]

I know...man cannot live on bowling alone. I'll be happy to come angst with you (and I love that you've turned it into a verb). If all goes well, we might even de-angst. Either way, we're watching Yatta. That's always good for what ails ya.