Misc. Thoughts
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thehefner1.) My friend Kevin... you know Kevin, my director from "Blue Surge," the man whose name you should be forever cursing for unleashing my pasty arse and kit upon the world in the name of art (he's probably secretly dada)... he decided to comment on the whole Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes marriage in his LJ. I think he put it pretty well, and without his permission I'm gonna copy/paste it here, just because it's that brilliant: "So, Tom Cruise is engaged to Katie Holmes, and it's such a sensationally bizarre and high-profile scoop that people seem to have forgotten that Ben Affleck planted his oafy demon seed in Jennifer Garner. But really, what's the big deal? As I told Hefner, who are we to judge this psychotic, brainwashed dwarf and his nasally, wall-eyed child bride?"
2.) Just came back from seeing ANNA CHRISTIE at Arena Stage, caught it just before it ended on Sunday. Oh my GOD how I love Eugene O'Neill. Love him love him love him. I actually had to miss my Al-Anon meeting to see this, but you know what? In many ways it amounts to the same thing. O'Neill understands the same way the people in Al-Anon do. Maybe that's why I seem to love him so much more than most anyone else I know. That, and the fact that his plays aren't produced that much simply because they're usually four hours long at least. Which is one of the major plusses of ANNA CHRISTIE in that it was little under two and a half hours. Normal play length with all of the O'Neill goodness! So far, all of the plays of his I've seen have explored similar issues of guilt, confession, redemption, forgiveness, revelation, denial, confrontation, family, and booze. All of my favorite topics, and all so wonderfully played out! Hmm! I am so gonna need to get a movie night together to watch my DVD of THE ICEMAN COMETH.
3.) Anyone ever see A BOY AND HIS DOG? Woo, what a wonderful, funny, disturbing, fucked-up movie. This, THIS, along with BUBBA HO-TEP, is one of the true inspirational godfathers for my Johnny Go and Bub novel. I tried to watch THE ROAD WARRIOR and was bored outta my skull. But a teenage Don Johnson and his telepathic friendship with his sarcastic dog as they trek across the irradiated wasteland looking for food and ass... well, that's just magical. An excellent film (Harlan Ellison, you're one sick bastard) and a fucking brilliant ending. Plus, I love Jason Robards in any form, but I can't help but wonder what he was doing in this offbeat, super low-budget film. Did he read the script and really believe in the project, or was he just slumming, due perhaps to his rampant alcoholism (he was the ultimate Eugene O'Neill actor, after all.)
1. your name: John Hefner. Aliases include Heffie, Hef, Heffo, Heftier, Jordan, Beetle, Harvey, Kit-Kat, Biff Tannen, etc.
2. grandparents' first names: Yvonne and Bob.
3. what songs do you sing in the shower: for awhile there is was "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," as loudly and as angrily and as tenderly as I could muster. Lately, it's been quiet mulling and contemplation while the conditioner takes effect.
4. what did you fear was going to get you at night as a child: the earliest thing I can remember... well, it was nothing specific, but did you ever see ERNEST SCARED STUPID? Yeah, um, that movie scared the shit out of me as a little kid. There's this one scene where the girl rolls over in bed and sees the troll staring right back at her. I don't know if the fear came from that specifically, but as far back as I can remember I've been afraid of rolling over in bed and seeing something standing there, or lying next to me. If I hid under the covers it wouldn't get me. I was also (and still am somewhat) deathly afraid of basements.
5. when and why did you last vomit: May 3rd, this past year. I was so upset with Misty I just had to throw the sickness up, even though I hadn't eaten anything to bring up. I still feel like it some days.
6. what's in your pockets right now: nothing. I'm writing this in my boxers.
7. what color are your bedroom walls: white, eventually to be something darker, green perhaps.
8. last thing that you decided to do: Um... fill out this survey?
9. nicknames your parents call you: Johnny, Bubbie, Bonny Prince Johnny (I hate you, Dad)
10. best bed sheets you had as a child: I still have and love my Empire Strikes Back sheets.
11. favorite childhood pet: Simba, my old, foul, bitter Siamese cat. No one loved him but me. He was actually just like my father, in cat form, strangely enough. My therapist will have a field day with that one.
12. any pets now: Two dogs, and two cats who think they're dogs, and a bird who we still haven't figured out a name for.
13. others describe your ass as: "hot" I think covers it. I've heard "nice" from people like Val (who I bet wishes she never said anything at all", but I think hot applies. Just ask Erin and Tammy from when they saw VIGIL *evil smile*
14. do you like your teeth: Yeah, I think my orthodontist did a great job. It's just the ones in the back that are riddled with fillings that aren't so hot to look at.
15. inny or an outty: Inny
16. things you shout to stupid drivers: Turn signals! They're not that hard! Tailgating's not gonna get you there any faster. Dude! Wait in line like the rest of us!
17. favorite bathroom: my private one in my room.
18. bake or broil: Bake. Cookies are made that way!
19. black olives or green olives: Neither, olives are gross.
20. what kind of phone do you own: Um, a nokia thingamabob.
21. whats one of the strangest thing you ever chewed on: Um, next question...
22. your music kept in a particular order: Alphabetized by artist by my iTunes.
23. where do you get your film developed: monkey banana raffle.
24. if your skin could be any color rainbow what would it be: erm... dude, what crackhead made this survey up?
25. where did you go to pre-school: Montessori School, I forget the actual name...
26. strangest drug experience: Um, well that one time at Ty's, they were playing this Richard E. Grant movie, "How to Get Ahead in Advertising," which I really want to see, but I was just like, "Dude, this is so totally the stereotypical movie not to watch when I'm like this." I was just fine actually, more melancholic than anything else, and I'd like the see the film again.
27. favorite weather: 70 degrees, overcast, slightly foggy, slightly misty
28. describe your fingernails: badly chewed
29. last time you had to go to the hospital: lab work done for an ear infection
30. worst injury you've ever had: I hurt my back pretty bad. Nothing was broken, but I couldn't sit up or anything without excruciating pain. It several hours before I could even sit up.
31. how do you like your chocolate: like I like my love- creamy, dreamy, and bittersweet.
32. favorite kind of tape: duct, the scourge of Larry Stahl.
33. favorite thing to write or draw with: mechanical pencils. Never need sharpening, boo-yah!
34. last movie you rented: I just rented FIVE EASY PIECES and DUCK SOUP, but haven't seen either yet.
35. last movie you went to see: HIGH TENSION.
36. were you a thumb sucker: No
37. how old are you: 22
38. what are your dreams usually like: Odd stuff, nothing usually memorable. The only thing I dream of repeatedly these days is Misty.
39. hallucinations: No, but Kevin's response to this was golden: "You're one to talk, you pink elephant"
40. worst hotel you've ever been in: this one in Florida that smelt like a toilet.
41. best vacation: If you don't count being abroad in London, then my spring break in Ireland. My only regret was that I went alone.
42. what languages can you speak: English and a few french curse words.
43. favorite house: ooh, um... I really wanna live in the mansion from Clive Barker's UNDYING.
44. favorite mode of transportation: train or car.
45. favorite place to swim: Ehh, don't like swimming. I hate getting out and being all cold.
46. last pet peeve you saw: I didn't really see it, but c'mon people, I don't care how commonplace it is, it's still pronounced "Fe-BREW-ary" not "Feb-U-ary"! If you can pronounce "brew," you can pronounce it correctly!
47. last song you listened to: "Relax," by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. My GOD how I love that song.
48. favorite kitchen utensil: my flat metal spatula. Nothing works better for cookies!
49. favorite driving albums: CHESS, Johnny Cash Live at Folsom Prison, Beastie Boys "Paul's Boutique"
50. what will you be doing tomorrow: Working at the comic shop in Bethesda (come visit!) and then to Mikey and Kevin's party, probably. And maybe, just maybe, a late-night cameo at Alan's party, but I doubt it.
2.) Just came back from seeing ANNA CHRISTIE at Arena Stage, caught it just before it ended on Sunday. Oh my GOD how I love Eugene O'Neill. Love him love him love him. I actually had to miss my Al-Anon meeting to see this, but you know what? In many ways it amounts to the same thing. O'Neill understands the same way the people in Al-Anon do. Maybe that's why I seem to love him so much more than most anyone else I know. That, and the fact that his plays aren't produced that much simply because they're usually four hours long at least. Which is one of the major plusses of ANNA CHRISTIE in that it was little under two and a half hours. Normal play length with all of the O'Neill goodness! So far, all of the plays of his I've seen have explored similar issues of guilt, confession, redemption, forgiveness, revelation, denial, confrontation, family, and booze. All of my favorite topics, and all so wonderfully played out! Hmm! I am so gonna need to get a movie night together to watch my DVD of THE ICEMAN COMETH.
3.) Anyone ever see A BOY AND HIS DOG? Woo, what a wonderful, funny, disturbing, fucked-up movie. This, THIS, along with BUBBA HO-TEP, is one of the true inspirational godfathers for my Johnny Go and Bub novel. I tried to watch THE ROAD WARRIOR and was bored outta my skull. But a teenage Don Johnson and his telepathic friendship with his sarcastic dog as they trek across the irradiated wasteland looking for food and ass... well, that's just magical. An excellent film (Harlan Ellison, you're one sick bastard) and a fucking brilliant ending. Plus, I love Jason Robards in any form, but I can't help but wonder what he was doing in this offbeat, super low-budget film. Did he read the script and really believe in the project, or was he just slumming, due perhaps to his rampant alcoholism (he was the ultimate Eugene O'Neill actor, after all.)
1. your name: John Hefner. Aliases include Heffie, Hef, Heffo, Heftier, Jordan, Beetle, Harvey, Kit-Kat, Biff Tannen, etc.
2. grandparents' first names: Yvonne and Bob.
3. what songs do you sing in the shower: for awhile there is was "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," as loudly and as angrily and as tenderly as I could muster. Lately, it's been quiet mulling and contemplation while the conditioner takes effect.
4. what did you fear was going to get you at night as a child: the earliest thing I can remember... well, it was nothing specific, but did you ever see ERNEST SCARED STUPID? Yeah, um, that movie scared the shit out of me as a little kid. There's this one scene where the girl rolls over in bed and sees the troll staring right back at her. I don't know if the fear came from that specifically, but as far back as I can remember I've been afraid of rolling over in bed and seeing something standing there, or lying next to me. If I hid under the covers it wouldn't get me. I was also (and still am somewhat) deathly afraid of basements.
5. when and why did you last vomit: May 3rd, this past year. I was so upset with Misty I just had to throw the sickness up, even though I hadn't eaten anything to bring up. I still feel like it some days.
6. what's in your pockets right now: nothing. I'm writing this in my boxers.
7. what color are your bedroom walls: white, eventually to be something darker, green perhaps.
8. last thing that you decided to do: Um... fill out this survey?
9. nicknames your parents call you: Johnny, Bubbie, Bonny Prince Johnny (I hate you, Dad)
10. best bed sheets you had as a child: I still have and love my Empire Strikes Back sheets.
11. favorite childhood pet: Simba, my old, foul, bitter Siamese cat. No one loved him but me. He was actually just like my father, in cat form, strangely enough. My therapist will have a field day with that one.
12. any pets now: Two dogs, and two cats who think they're dogs, and a bird who we still haven't figured out a name for.
13. others describe your ass as: "hot" I think covers it. I've heard "nice" from people like Val (who I bet wishes she never said anything at all", but I think hot applies. Just ask Erin and Tammy from when they saw VIGIL *evil smile*
14. do you like your teeth: Yeah, I think my orthodontist did a great job. It's just the ones in the back that are riddled with fillings that aren't so hot to look at.
15. inny or an outty: Inny
16. things you shout to stupid drivers: Turn signals! They're not that hard! Tailgating's not gonna get you there any faster. Dude! Wait in line like the rest of us!
17. favorite bathroom: my private one in my room.
18. bake or broil: Bake. Cookies are made that way!
19. black olives or green olives: Neither, olives are gross.
20. what kind of phone do you own: Um, a nokia thingamabob.
21. whats one of the strangest thing you ever chewed on: Um, next question...
22. your music kept in a particular order: Alphabetized by artist by my iTunes.
23. where do you get your film developed: monkey banana raffle.
24. if your skin could be any color rainbow what would it be: erm... dude, what crackhead made this survey up?
25. where did you go to pre-school: Montessori School, I forget the actual name...
26. strangest drug experience: Um, well that one time at Ty's, they were playing this Richard E. Grant movie, "How to Get Ahead in Advertising," which I really want to see, but I was just like, "Dude, this is so totally the stereotypical movie not to watch when I'm like this." I was just fine actually, more melancholic than anything else, and I'd like the see the film again.
27. favorite weather: 70 degrees, overcast, slightly foggy, slightly misty
28. describe your fingernails: badly chewed
29. last time you had to go to the hospital: lab work done for an ear infection
30. worst injury you've ever had: I hurt my back pretty bad. Nothing was broken, but I couldn't sit up or anything without excruciating pain. It several hours before I could even sit up.
31. how do you like your chocolate: like I like my love- creamy, dreamy, and bittersweet.
32. favorite kind of tape: duct, the scourge of Larry Stahl.
33. favorite thing to write or draw with: mechanical pencils. Never need sharpening, boo-yah!
34. last movie you rented: I just rented FIVE EASY PIECES and DUCK SOUP, but haven't seen either yet.
35. last movie you went to see: HIGH TENSION.
36. were you a thumb sucker: No
37. how old are you: 22
38. what are your dreams usually like: Odd stuff, nothing usually memorable. The only thing I dream of repeatedly these days is Misty.
39. hallucinations: No, but Kevin's response to this was golden: "You're one to talk, you pink elephant"
40. worst hotel you've ever been in: this one in Florida that smelt like a toilet.
41. best vacation: If you don't count being abroad in London, then my spring break in Ireland. My only regret was that I went alone.
42. what languages can you speak: English and a few french curse words.
43. favorite house: ooh, um... I really wanna live in the mansion from Clive Barker's UNDYING.
44. favorite mode of transportation: train or car.
45. favorite place to swim: Ehh, don't like swimming. I hate getting out and being all cold.
46. last pet peeve you saw: I didn't really see it, but c'mon people, I don't care how commonplace it is, it's still pronounced "Fe-BREW-ary" not "Feb-U-ary"! If you can pronounce "brew," you can pronounce it correctly!
47. last song you listened to: "Relax," by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. My GOD how I love that song.
48. favorite kitchen utensil: my flat metal spatula. Nothing works better for cookies!
49. favorite driving albums: CHESS, Johnny Cash Live at Folsom Prison, Beastie Boys "Paul's Boutique"
50. what will you be doing tomorrow: Working at the comic shop in Bethesda (come visit!) and then to Mikey and Kevin's party, probably. And maybe, just maybe, a late-night cameo at Alan's party, but I doubt it.
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