Welp, the hat ain't gonna get finished now, is it?

[thehefner]

Blast. I was all psyched to go to New York just for the day, with the sole and express purpose of catching the final weekend of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at Studio 54, and what happened? Mom punked out on me.

We were gonna drive up, seeing as how I was having a great deal of difficulty getting bus tickets scheduled, and there's no way I'm up for doing that drive solo in my still-exhausted-from-travel condition. Now it turns out she spaced on the fact that she was gonna be out of town for the weekend, so nope, NYC ain't happening.

Not that I'm surprised, mind you. She has a history of doing this, which is why I held off on actually buying the tickets. Still, shit.

Greyhound schedules aren't showing up for me online, and the train is a hundred bucks each way. Even still, going through all that just to see the show alone... man, I'm just hoping it's getting filmed for GREAT PERFORMANCES or something. Sigh.



Hell with this. If I'm gonna be grounded in DC for the weekend, I'm gonna finally get some goddamned sleep. And then, I'll spend tomorrow rehearsing hardcore, then reward myself with a Perfect Heftini (truly, a cocktail I can call my own!) and then see WALL*E, which I understand is a masterpiece.

I skipped RATATOUILLE in theaters, half because I thought, "Well, it's so obviously great that I don't even need to see it!" which makes no sense, and also because I was still disillusioned with Pixar for making CARS (which I haven't seen, can you blame me?), and I deeply regret that foolish decision. RATATOUILLE is neck and neck with FINDING NEMO as my favorite Pixar film, with INCREDIBLES floating up there as well, and was one of the top ten best films of the year. I won't make the mistake of missing out on a Pixar film in theaters again.



On the plus side, seeing Dethklok in concert last night was totally awesome. Even if it meant being in a packed house with metal fans and metal fan wannabes; a group that largely includes people who have no business going shirtless and girls who are walking Venus Heffie Traps. You know the kind I mean.

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[lonebear.livejournal.com]

we're driving up in the morning.

[cisic.livejournal.com]

Take this person up on their offer!


But if you don't make it to NY, you could always come to the play reading on Sunday.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I was gonna, but they're sold out. Missed the boat on this one.

What time? I'll need directions again!

[tompurdue.livejournal.com]

CARS is better than you think. At least, it's much better than the trailers made it out to be. It's far from my favorite Pixar movie, but it's worth your two hours to see it, if only for Paul Newman's performance.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I believe it. I'm just resistant on a base level. I'll check it out one of these days, and I'm sure I'll feel silly for avoiding it for so long.

[lairdofdarkness.livejournal.com]

Sunday in the park with George
Months after watching it on dvd, I still marvel at how it looked and sounded and if I was stateside, I would have gone with you.

Venus Heffie Traps.....classic descriptive prose
I imagine they are like my kryptonite but with less eye make up?

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Hell, that'd 've been awesome! Ah well. They're sold out anyway. Word is the new production is even better than the DVD! Nuts.

Less eye makeup? Now that, I couldn't say. How would you compare that to the eye-makeup-levels of, say, your average Suicide Girl?

[lairdofdarkness.livejournal.com]

Me Likee Suicide Girls
Heavy Eye Makeup = nice

One Day Hef, we will have that cultural feast. I'm being serious too. We will watch Sunday in the park with George and partake in alcohol afterwards. On that day a Scotsman will buy an American a drink.
Just the one mind!

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

They're one of my guiltiest pleasures. I've been warned repeatedly to stay away, and I do my best. It helps that most aren't attracted to me, although some are Hef Seeking Missles of needy issues-fests with a side dish of psycho gravy. There's such a fine line between interestingly eccentric and bugfuck crazy.

Ha, and yes, what a glorious day it will be! But will I have to do like Garth Marenghi and bring a peace offering of shortbread?

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

I just saw Wall-E yesterday. And speaking as a jaded cynic, awwwww.

Dethklok?

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I believe it! Pixar does genuine heart without fake cloying sentimentality or bullshit better than pretty much anyone else out there.

Also, indeed:





Brendon Small takes a cue from the Gorillaz (from what I understand about their live shows) and the results are awesome. I hope all the new video stuff will be on Season 2. They pretty well turned the concert into a live, hour-long episode, complete with the council at the beginning, Facebones ("Dethklok are here to provide the SWEET BLOWJOB-Y METAL!"), and of course the boys themselves.