Dawn of the Misc. Thoughts
Jun. 27th, 2005 03:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thehefner1.) Well, I called Dad. We had a pleasant conversation, and I told him about my paintball exploits with Yancy and the Gang. I didn't bring up the idea of going over there, and surprisingly, neither did he. So I didn't go. I'm here. At home. Where I actually want to be. Hmm. This is a good thing. Let's see if we can't make it more frequent.
2.) Some time ago, I crashed at Ty and Roddy's, but tired as I was, I wasn't quite able to fall asleep. So they let me watch TV, and I managed to catch the last half hour of a Richard E. Grant movie I'd never seen before. This movie, I discovered later, is known as HOW TO GET AHEAD IN ADVERTISING, and it is precicely the exact opposite of the kind of movie I should have been watching in that state. Seeing it again all the way through and clear-headed, I can say that this movie may, honestly, be one of my new favorite movies of all time. Directed by the same guy who did WITHNAIL AND I, Grant plays a sleazy and charming ad exec who, ala Bullworth, gets fed up with the bullshit and hypocrisy of his profession and rampant capitalism (don't get me wrong, I like money) and sprouts an evil talking boil on the side of his neck. And it just goes on from there. This movie is brilliant. If it weren't a comedy, it'd be heavy-handed and insufferable, but it's just total glorious madness and has one of my favorite quotes ever: "I'm an expert on tits. Tits and peanut butter." Maybe the context makes it work better, maybe not, but it helped that it was said in that glorious Richard E. Grant Withnailly way.
3.)
On one hand, it's a pretty cool mask. On the other hand, I'd be much better off doing the makeup myself and going thrift shopping for the costume. I think I've decided upon this fall's Halloween costume. I was gonna be Col. Ives from RAVENOUS, getting increasinly beaten and bloody as the day went on, but as I'm no longer with the girl I wanted to turn on with it, there's no point. Besides, it's be great to be Bub for a day. Or heck, maybe I can make someone else my Bub and I can be Johnny Go. I'd just need a tux and martini and I'll be golden.
2.) Some time ago, I crashed at Ty and Roddy's, but tired as I was, I wasn't quite able to fall asleep. So they let me watch TV, and I managed to catch the last half hour of a Richard E. Grant movie I'd never seen before. This movie, I discovered later, is known as HOW TO GET AHEAD IN ADVERTISING, and it is precicely the exact opposite of the kind of movie I should have been watching in that state. Seeing it again all the way through and clear-headed, I can say that this movie may, honestly, be one of my new favorite movies of all time. Directed by the same guy who did WITHNAIL AND I, Grant plays a sleazy and charming ad exec who, ala Bullworth, gets fed up with the bullshit and hypocrisy of his profession and rampant capitalism (don't get me wrong, I like money) and sprouts an evil talking boil on the side of his neck. And it just goes on from there. This movie is brilliant. If it weren't a comedy, it'd be heavy-handed and insufferable, but it's just total glorious madness and has one of my favorite quotes ever: "I'm an expert on tits. Tits and peanut butter." Maybe the context makes it work better, maybe not, but it helped that it was said in that glorious Richard E. Grant Withnailly way.
3.)
On one hand, it's a pretty cool mask. On the other hand, I'd be much better off doing the makeup myself and going thrift shopping for the costume. I think I've decided upon this fall's Halloween costume. I was gonna be Col. Ives from RAVENOUS, getting increasinly beaten and bloody as the day went on, but as I'm no longer with the girl I wanted to turn on with it, there's no point. Besides, it's be great to be Bub for a day. Or heck, maybe I can make someone else my Bub and I can be Johnny Go. I'd just need a tux and martini and I'll be golden.
