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thehefnerYes, May Day. A day of major signigficance both to my pagan friends and to my follow Washington College students. But with extra meaning for me.
Two years ago, I met Misty. And one year ago, for related reasons, it was emotionally the worst day of my life. It was probably the least fun I have ever had being naked.
The great WAC tradition has forever been marked by those two days for me. Whereas for many others, it's a day to get naked and have lots of sex, give or take a couple beers and pagan gods. Between all that, this is a day that makes me mightily uncomfortable. I just kind of wish we could bypass the whole event.
Which got me thinking, maybe I could be the May Day Ebeneezer Scrooge.
Just think about it. I could go around, grumbling about how everyone should put clothes on, stop dancing around that may pole, what's the point, you're just going in circles!
But then, of course, the ghosts would come, wouldn't they?
Ghost: I am the Ghost of May Day Present!
Me: AIIIEEE!
Ghost: Be not afraid, I'm not a bad ghost!
Me: No, I mean, put some clothes on for God's sake! You're a huge fat bearded naked guy covered in drippings from the turkey legs you're eating!
Ghost: Hey, be cool, man. Have some Natty Boh.
I have had no food as of yet today, so don't expect me to have been going somewhere with this.
Two years ago, I met Misty. And one year ago, for related reasons, it was emotionally the worst day of my life. It was probably the least fun I have ever had being naked.
The great WAC tradition has forever been marked by those two days for me. Whereas for many others, it's a day to get naked and have lots of sex, give or take a couple beers and pagan gods. Between all that, this is a day that makes me mightily uncomfortable. I just kind of wish we could bypass the whole event.
Which got me thinking, maybe I could be the May Day Ebeneezer Scrooge.
Just think about it. I could go around, grumbling about how everyone should put clothes on, stop dancing around that may pole, what's the point, you're just going in circles!
But then, of course, the ghosts would come, wouldn't they?
Ghost: I am the Ghost of May Day Present!
Me: AIIIEEE!
Ghost: Be not afraid, I'm not a bad ghost!
Me: No, I mean, put some clothes on for God's sake! You're a huge fat bearded naked guy covered in drippings from the turkey legs you're eating!
Ghost: Hey, be cool, man. Have some Natty Boh.
I have had no food as of yet today, so don't expect me to have been going somewhere with this.
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Date: 2006-05-01 07:11 pm (UTC)I like this idea. :-)
I have had no food as of yet today, so don't expect me to have been going somewhere with this.
And, um, eat something...it's after 3:00 there! *feeds you*
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Date: 2006-05-01 07:47 pm (UTC)Was I supposed to join you on this spiritual fast in solidarity? ;-)
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Date: 2006-05-01 08:44 pm (UTC)No you didn't, but it's going on my list. Do I need to see the second one first?
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Date: 2006-05-01 08:57 pm (UTC)NO, NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO, never see Part II. Neither the original director nor William Blatty had anything to do with it; it's considered one of the worst movies of all time for a good reason. EXORCIST III is based on Blatty's book, LEGION, which is the true sequel to the original. In fact, if it's part III of anything, it's a trilogy that Blatty started with EXORCIST and continued in the movie THE NINTH CONFIGURATION. Not a trilogy about the Exorcist saga, but rather about faith, and coming to terms with faith in the face of the evil in the world.
Rememeber in the original EXORCIST when Regan tells that astronaut "You're gonna die up there"? THE NINTH CONFIGURATION is about that astronaut. I mentioned it in the Hefner Monologue. Find it if you can. But even if you can't, definitely see EXORCIST III. Regardless of the horrible studio-enforced ending/exorcist scenes (there's no exorcist in the actual book, which was why it wasn't called "Exorcist" originally), it's just brilliant.
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Date: 2006-05-01 09:03 pm (UTC)Hmm, I never much cared for the taste of gyn myself. I prefer vodka in my martinis.
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Date: 2006-05-01 09:07 pm (UTC)*laughs* Right. Done. :-)
NO, NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO, never see Part II.
Got it.
And yeah, I'll check out Part III and The Ninth Configuration if I can find them. Matters of faith fascinate me. I remember talking with my mom for hours after watching The Exorcist. It truly frightened me, not because of the gorte or the effects or anything, of course, but because I believe Satan is real. So yeah, scary. And they didn't even have the decency to make him look like Viggo, as the good folks of The Prophecy did. ;-)
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Date: 2006-05-01 09:19 pm (UTC)Ninth Configuration is mega obscure, but good luck. I can't say I "recommend" it, per se, but it's a movie I hold very close to my heart for reasons I just can't quite explain. But I can say with certainty that you will never, ever, ever see a movie like it in your life.
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Date: 2006-05-02 04:07 am (UTC)*DEAD SLAIN KILLED FROM FUNNY*
Okay, I ate lunch. I had curried tofu in coconut sauce and steamed dim sum.
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