MAY and a Meme

[thehefner]

Has anyone seen the movie MAY directed by Lucky McKee of "Alice" fame? I saw it yesterday while drawing comic pages. On one hand, it sometimes feels like it's trying to hard to be what it is, that is to say, something tailor made for people who go to Hot Topic (like Emily the Strange... what the fuck is the deal with Emily the Fucking Strange?!). I mean, it's Lucky McKee, for god's sake. On the other hand, I haven't been able to stop thinking about this film since I saw it.

There's only a small handful of people out there I'd actually recommend seeing this film, people like Danny, Lea, Misty, etc. It's crazy, Angela Bettis's May totally was Misty, it was fucking crazy. All she needed was to be blond and scowling more, and it would have totally been her. Wow. I imagine a lot of people will call this film beautiful and moving. Those are the people who, like MAY, I must resist the urge to date at all costs. I'm still not sure if I liked the movie, but damn if it'll be in my head for awhile yet.

Meme gacked from several: Please fill this out with your...

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5. Currently listening/the last thing you listened to:
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7. If yes, what makes it especially good or bad?:
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9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment?:
10. Favourite place to spend time:
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12. The best time of the year:

RECOMMEND
1. A film:
2. A book:
3. A band, a song, or album:
4. A new LJ friend:

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me:
2. Two things you like about yourself:
3. Look at my friends-list and tell what you like about one of our mutual friends:
4. Put this in your journal so that I can tell you what I like about you.

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[fishymcb.livejournal.com]

1. Name: Kevin
2. Date of birth: 8582 - it's up to you to divvy them properly
3. Where you live: The Condo of Chaos, Columbia MD
4. What makes you happy: Currently, rediscovering GTA III (this time on XBox, with custom soundtracks)
5. Currently listening/the last thing you listened to: Collective Soul - "Heavy"
6. Do you read my journal?: that's self-evident
7. If yes, what makes it especially good or bad?: especially good, I'd say that it is an accurate reflection of you. Neuroses, grand dreams, movie and book and comic geekery. I wouldn't have it any other way
8. An interesting fact about you: During the reunion/commencement weekend fireworks last year, I referred to President Tipson as "Moleman", not realizing that he was five feet away from me
9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment?: Blow me
10. Favourite place to spend time: with my friends
11. Favourite lyric: oh hell, I don't know...let's go with, "Two steps ahead of him, punctures in your neck, hoverin' just above your bed, hoverin' just above your bed" from Pearl Jam's "Red Mosquito"
12. The best time of the year: Christmas

RECOMMEND
1. A film: A History of Violence
2. A book: "The Alienist", Caleb Carr
3. A band, a song, or album: "Confession" by Richard Shindell
4. A new LJ friend:

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me: your ability to find humor in the struggles of your life
2. Two things you like about yourself: my sense of humor and my eyes
3. Look at my friends-list and tell what you like about one of our mutual friends: surrealname - he says whatever the fuck he wants to, dammit
4. Put this in your journal so that I can tell you what I like about you.

[ortugatay.livejournal.com]

1. Name:
2. Date of birth: 5/7/86. Yeah, I'm a young'un.
3. Where you live: Owings MD, but C-town the rest of the year.
4. What makes you happy: Oh, so many things! Friends, puppies, books, theatre.
5. Currently listening/the last thing you listened to: Feel Like Makin' Love--Bad Company.
6. Do you read my journal?: Well, duh.
7. If yes, what makes it especially good or bad?: Good: It is so full of Hefnery passions and energy and stories. :-)
8. An interesting fact about you: Once I got bit by a wild dolphin.
9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment?: With Zach Braff, from Scrubs and Garden State. Oh wait, I meant with my boyfriend. That's what I meant.
10. Favourite place to spend time: Any place that my friends are.
11. Favourite lyric: Currently, it's "Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile." It's a Molly kind of lyric.
12. The best time of the year: Autumn and Christmas.

RECOMMEND
1. A film: This is hard, because you've seen practically everything. I'll come back to it later.
2. A book: Wonder Boys, by Michael Chabon. I was gonna go with Kavalier and Klay, but I know you've read that one.
3. A band, a song, or album: The Garden State album is pretty chill.
4. A new LJ friend:

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me: Your enthusiasm.
2. Two things you like about yourself: My eyes and my perpetual happiness.
3. Look at my friends-list and tell what you like about one of our mutual friends: Dormsquirrel, because she's big and fat and we're married.
4. Put this in your journal so that I can tell you what I like about you.

[gore-whore-5.livejournal.com]

I actually have seen May. It was weird and kinda creepy. I don't really remember much, though. What the hell is Emily the Strange?

[sabine42.livejournal.com]

1. Name: Heather
2. Date of birth: 03-19
3. Where you live: Baltimore
4. What makes you happy: Bubbles, friends, lots of laughter
5. Currently listening/the last thing you listened to: Mix of Australian artists
6. Do you read my journal?: yes :)
7. If yes, what makes it especially good or bad?: it’s intriguing to see in your head, you have cool things to say about movies
8. An interesting fact about you: stick with the other one… I can (could) play calypso steel drums.
9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment?: vaguely, but not really serious
10. Favourite place to spend time: anywhere where I’m with good people.
11. Favourite lyric: hmmm. . . mood is changing to rapidly. . . “don’t I make you laugh?” Kasey Chambers.
12. The best time of the year: fall/spring

RECOMMEND
1. A film: Linguini Incident (I’m in an odd, odd mood….)
2. A book: hum. . .anything I think you’d like you’ve probably read. . . Maybe “Jack of Kinrowan” by Charles de Lint?
3. A band, a song, or album: Badly Drawn Boy
4. A new LJ friend: [Bad username or site: “achellios” @ livejournal.com] is Phantom from party, you guys should be befriended

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me: You’re funny : )
2. Two things you like about yourself: I like to go out and meet new people, and I think I’m improving with age
3. Look at my friends-list and tell what you like about one of our mutual friends: jcsbimp is one of the most creatively funny actors I've worked with :)

[sabine42.livejournal.com]

drat! I do that every time... achellios

speaking of, I just got a cd from my neighbor of pics...will see if there is a good Bill one on it ;)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Odd. I would have thought it an ideal movie for you for some reason.

Near as I can tell, Emily the Strange is basically Hello Kitty for goths/wannabe goths. Google her, you'll find stuff. There're Emily t-shirts and purses and shit with the usual glib anti-social and therefore "cool" sayings. It's just a character without much anything in the way of real stories or source material like that. From what I've seen, she's become about as much a mainstay in the Hot Topic as Foamy (the difference being that Foamy is actually funny once in awhile).

[2sick2pray.livejournal.com]

1. Name: Melissa
2. Date of birth: 11/07/1985
3. Where you live: New York City 8 months/year. The rest of the time, Fulton, MD.
4. What makes you happy: Intimate chats with good friends over drinks and/or hookah.
5. Currently listening/the last thing you listened to: Stand By Me - Oasis
6. Do you read my journal?: Yes, except when I'm in skim mode anyways.
7. If yes, what makes it especially good or bad?: You're really really enthusiastic about almost everything you post about, which is both good and bad... but mostly good. ;)
8. An interesting fact about you: I have a twin sister.
9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment?: I have a sort of crush on a friend of mine at school but i'm like 99% sure that won't work out since he's kind of a player and generally dates girls much much more attractive in a conventional way than I am and I'm pretty sure I'm in that friend zone now, and not only that there's a good chance he'll end up being gay anyway, so...
10. Favourite place to spend time: Bennigan's or Prince Cafe when I'm in MD, in NYC... hmm. This year it's mostly just been my dorm room. I'm much less of a social butterfly this year.
11. Favourite lyric: I could make a career of being blue, I could dress in black and read Camus, smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermouth, like I was seventeen, that would be a scream but I don't wanna get over you. - "I Don't Want to Get Over You" by the Magnetic Fields. Also, the entirety of the lyrics to "A Pretty Girl Is Like..." by the same.
12. The best time of the year: Getting up to go to Dramaturgy class one morning and find that it was cancelled. For lack of anything better to do, I decided to spend three hours with Uncle Vanya and a cappucino while curled up on a couch inside Starbucks before my next class. That and the end of the year Group A party at Ted's apartment, particularly Blake and Ali's drunken antics. Good times.

RECOMMEND
1. A film: Cellular. It's just a stupid action movie, but it doesn't take itself terribly seriously and features Bill Macy as a police officer who is mocked mercilessly by his colleagues because he is leaving the force to open a dayspa with his wife. It's good fun.
2. A book: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
3. A band, a song, or album: The Magnetic Fields
4. A new LJ friend: myactingjournal. that's the best I got, as I'm pretty sure you're already friends with almost everyone on my friendslist.

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me: You have limitless ambition and passion for your work.
2. Two things you like about yourself: I'm sincere in my desire for self-improvement even if i rarely live up to my own standards, and I refuse to settle for less than my best work in school - even though I wait till the last minute to do it!
3. Look at my friends-list and tell what you like about one of our mutual friends: I like thirdbase because she's fun and kind and a generous soul, and because everytime my sister leaves her house jessie can't help but tell me, "she's awesome!" before thirdbase has shut the door behind us.
4. Put this in your journal so that I can tell you what I like about you. Okay.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I like the Magnetic Fields. Have you listened to his other band, the 6ths? I very much recommend the first three tracks off of Hyacinths and Thisthles, in that order. Those three are wonderful.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

i've seen most of MAY. it was pretty good..

Holly likes that film, i believe.

also, she actually has expressed interest is seeing Hostel with us.