a good birthday

[thehefner]

Y'all rock. I don't say it enough, but it's true. That said, I feel extra special attention must be paid to two of you in particular.

civilbloodshed wrote the following on her LJ: In celebration of this, your natal day, I have chosen to honor you in the form which I feel most adequately expresses my respect and admiration--Haiku.

On his Blog:

Movies, musicals
theater and gore! On such
the Hefner abides.

On John himself:

Dig it--Johnny Go:
Singer, Swinger, Humdinger
will drink your milkshake.

On his wooing skills:

While it's really cool,
Ravenous might not be first
date material.

When I finally meet you, my dear, remind me that I owe you a cookie.



Meanwhile, marred82 proves once again to be perhaps my most-quoted friend with this response to my recent post, wherein I realized (after the Misty/Clancy wedding) that it was impossible to plan a Hefner Monologue before it happens:

I think most people told you that you can't plan a Hefner monologue, nor a Hefnerian moment...they just happen...like an earthquake that gives you herpes or a tornado that breaks up with you on prom night.



This was a hell of a birthday. It sure didn't seem like it was going to be, but while I'm as of yet unable to divulge details... it was a hell of a birthday.

Comments

[tazira.livejournal.com]

It sounds it. Many happy returns!

[fishymcb.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad someone else appreciates the delicious pop joy of Chick Habit. I've played it for Mikey and for my sister, and they both scrunched up their faces and said, "What the hell is this?". Phillistines.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Well, it very much helps that I now forever associate that song directly with wrapping up three glorious hours of GRINDHOUSE with a huge fucking grin on my face.

[heleneotroy.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you enjoyed the booty. ;)

[angrylemur.livejournal.com]

While it's really cool,
Ravenous might not be first
date material.

Hee hee.

Happy birthday, dude.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Thankee, lady. ;)

[nymphgalatea.livejournal.com]

...is that a "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" icon? Cooool. I didn't think it had been shown in the US.

Happy birthday! (And I am intrigued by the "Ravenous-first-date" haiku. You didn't, did you? Really?)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

They tried once a year ago, but I didn't pay attention then, fool that I was. Then they brought it to Adult Swim, and I was instantly hooked. I curse that they only made six. As my friend Mike says, "John, how is it possible that you haven't made this show already?"

You didn't, did you? Really?

I will have you know that Misty still considers that the best first date EVER.

[nymphgalatea.livejournal.com]

It's just so wonderfully awful, in the very special way only UK TV in the Eighties could manage.

If you like that kind of affectionate spoofing, I urge you to seek out "Look Around You", which is much the same sort of take on the dreadful educational films and school programming made in the same time period. It's a bit more...British-specific, though I suppose you Yankees must have been made to sit through the same type of films in science class when you were 9 or 10, no?

And I can't possibly comment on weird first date behaviour, seeing how one of mine once ended in a ragingly horrible argument over homeopathy (which I regard with a deep loathing bordering on mania).

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Once we got to the final episode, with "One Track Lover," I knew I would love this series for ever and ever and ever.

Okay, so once youtube gets their shit together, I am apparently going to seek out this "Look Around You." And yes, I'm sure we did have the same films, if I'm thinking what you're thinking. Although I remember the ones in Sex Ed most vividly. Oh, "Am I Normal?", you gave us all such joy.

See, that's the kind of bad first date that could easily have been prevented by Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle as homoerotic cannibal vampire wendigos in the 1840's, driven by a musical collaboration between THE PIANO's Michael Nyman and Damon Albarn. When will you people ever learn...

[nymphgalatea.livejournal.com]

You make Ravenous sound so good that I had to dig it out of the Heap o' VHS tapes mouldering in my hall cupboard and pop it in to watch, as I haven't seen it in about 8 years. I don't recall liking it that much back when I first saw it, but I'm sure I've got a stronger stomach now than I did when I was 16.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

It ain't for all tastes, I'll be the first to admit that. But it's very close to my heart, has been ever since I first caught it on late-night cable, and has remained one of my personal little cult films. Give it another go! But watch out, yeah, it gets a little gooey. That said, damn, the stew looks great...