The news that “Legally Blonde: The Musical” is opening on Broadway next Spring really does signal that we are indeed living in the end times.
Author: Chas.
Post-Holiday Life Soundtrack
I really don’t have much to say today. Thanksgiving at Roger and Kat’s rocked out ’cause the company was goood and the food yummy.
But, today I am all run out.
So, now amuse yourself with a “If Your Life Was a Movie What Would the Soundtrack Be” meme … found via one or two (or three) other bloggers.
“If Your Life Was a Movie What Would the Soundtrack Be”
The rules:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.).
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool.
Opening Credits:
“It’s No Good” by Depeche Mode
“I have all the time in world to make you mine. It is written in the stars above … you can run but you cannot hide.”
Waking Up:
“The Night I Fell in Love” by The Pet Shop Boys
Hmmmmmm. Gay Boy makes it with supposed Straight Boy. Sounds like a kick I have been on before (Evil One).
First Day at School:
“Complication” by Nine Inch Nails
A NIN instrumental track … fast and loud.
Falling In Love:
“A Thousand Hours” by The Cure (Studio Demo)
“A thousand wasted hours a day just to fill your heart for a second …”
Sounds very familiar.
Fight Song:
“Give Me It” by The Cure (Studio Demo)
Works for me.
Breaking Up:
“This Corrosion” by The Sisters of Mercy
Hmmmmmm. Not sure this would be an idea breakup song.
Prom:
“Maxine” by Donald Fagen
I could see this as a slow dance at the Prom.
Life:
“Some Speculation” by The Pet Shop Boys
Dark. Thumping. Mistrust and Deceit.
Mental Breakdown:
“Sexbomb” by Tom Jones
Hmmmmmm. This is about as far from a mental breakdown that you can get.
Driving:
“Shopping” by The Pet Shop Boys
Peppy song but something is telling me I have too much Pet Shop Boys on my iPod.
Flashback:
“In Your House” by The Cure (Live in Amsterdam)
Good flashback song. Definately from the period of the first boyfriend.
Getting Back Together:
“Fight” by The Cure
“Never give in.”
I guess this works … and also informs me I have too much Cure on the iPod as well.
Wedding:
“The Carnival is Over” by Dead Can Dance
Oh-So Somber … fitting for the fact that I will never be “married.”
Birth of Child:
“Crooked Teeth” by Death Cab for Cutie
Pop hooks … that’s about it. Might work for the bouncing baby that I won’t ever have.
Final Battle:
“Sugar Hiccup” by The Cocteau Twins
Yes. I am a Pansy and this is my Final Battle Song.
Death Scene:
“Bruce Lee” by Underworld
“They’ve got the wrong bloke.”
Indeed.
Funeral Song:
“Shoplifters of the World Unite” by The Smiths
And Always …
End Credits:
“I Didn’t Know About You” by Ella Fitzgerald
Love. That would be nice.
First of Three
Yes, yes. Here we go with the end of the year craziness. It all kicks off tomorrow with Thanksgiving. One of the two fun holidays where you are expected to go and deal with your family. Looks like I might be off to a friend’s house for drinks and good food instead of doing the zany “family thing.”
I guess I should make a list of things to be thankful for. It’s kinda hard considering that I have been on the anxiety kick and have had two rounds of strep throat in the last four weeks. Plus, any list I make would sound all shallow and stuff. I would be thankful that “Tarantula” and “The Incredible Shrinking Man” are now out on dvd. I would be thankful that I have Granger Evermore in my life. I would be thankful that I have a handy PowerBook and not a crappy Windows based PC. I would be thankful for Region Free DVD Players. I would be thankful for dirty, dirty pornography. I would be thankful for flannel sheets.
Actually, I can be non-shallow (and a little sappy) and say that I am very thankful for my circle of friends (be it in person or via the ‘net) and for a certain fella I met recently.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving, y’all.
Robert Altman Dead at 81
Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind “M-A-S-H,” “Nashville” and “The Player” who made a career out of bucking Hollywood management and story conventions, died at a Los Angeles Hospital, his production company said Tuesday. He was 81.
The director died Monday night, Joshua Astrachan, a producer at Altman’s Sandcastle 5 Productions in New York City, told The Associated Press.
The cause of death wasn’t disclosed. A news release was expected later in the day, Astrachan said.
A five-time Academy Award nominee for best director, most recently for 2001’s “Gosford Park,” he finally won a lifetime achievement Oscar in 2006.
“No other filmmaker has gotten a better shake than I have,” Altman said while accepting the award. “I’m very fortunate in my career. I’ve never had to direct a film I didn’t choose or develop. My love for filmmaking has given me an entree to the world and to the human condition.”
I can’t even begin to tell you how sad this makes me …
Four Years and Counting
Wow. It suddenly dawned on me that today is this ‘lil blog’s Fourth Birthday! Horray for four years of horror films, dvds, porno, theater, cute fellas, hot men and my near mental collapse.
Le Calendar 2007
Unfortunately, those of you really interested in getting your own copy of “The Full Monty” 2007 Calendar … you can’t just go to the theater’s website and order one. It was something the cast just kinda did and really was never “approved” by the Board of Directors. Hence no information or order link on HART’s website. So, if you really, really want a calendar with me (and some friends) in various states of nakedness … mail me at chas@cgm13.net and I’ll send you info on purchasing and stuff. They are expected to be delivered to us around the first of December.
Lazy Post: “Feels Like Summer”
Nerves & Things
Anxiety & Panic:
Dear sweet Jebus … anxiety/panic attacks suck. Suck more than you could possibly imagine. Suck more than having Dubya being our “President.” They just plain ole suck. I know what I would wish on my worst enemy … Panic Attacks!
“Zodiac”:
The trailer is now out for the new David Fincher film “Zodiac” … which features my dream fella, Jake Gyllenhaal. I know there are those of you who don’t like Fincher’s films … but I do ’cause he rocks and stuff.
Jake + Fincher = Mmmmmm.
Beefcake ’07:
Remember that Beefcake Calendar that all those hot studs of “The Full Monty” posed for? Well, it looks like it’s actually gonna get printed … finally. April is gonna be the best month, of course.
One Other Thing:
Being on Penicillin for 10 days sucks. I have 4 more days of pills to take.
Lazy Post: “For Love”
From Lush … one of the truly great bands from the late 80’s/early 90’s.
Strep Throat: Updated
So, I went back to my doctor yesterday and he confirmed pretty much what I suspected … that my old friend Streptococcal Pharyngitis is back. The Doc seems to think that I just have a really resilient strain of the stuff and that the last round of drugs didn’t clear it up totally. So, now I am on 1500 mg a day of Penicillin for the next ten days.
If I relaspe a third time … then he said we would check and see if I might be getting sick off the totally cute fella I have been kissing on. Apparently one can be a strep “carrier” and not show symptoms. That would be my luck. Totally Hot Kisser plus Carrier of Illness. But honestly, I am not too worried about it right now. I’ll deal with that if it happens again.
I have felt nowhere near as bad this time around which is great. I have a slightly sore throat, no temperature and just feel a wee tired. It’s not even been close to what it was like a couple of weeks ago when I totally thought I was gonna die.
Strep is also a wonderful thing … especially when you can chase away pesky co-workers with the threat of breathing on them. Now that’s fun!
Some Visual Distraction
Mmmmmmmm.
Sick Boy (Redux)
So, yeah … not been 100% the past few days and so I am off to the doctor again in 30 minutes. Whoo freakin’ hoo.
Update:
I have tested positive for Strep again. Yea! How fun is that? It’s so much fun that I am gonna be on Penicillin for ten days.
Bad Mood Boy
This past weekend was horrifyingly depressing for so many reasons … some of which you ain’t gonna hear about …. screw that “Back to Blogging ’06” shit.
The River District Artist’s Studio Stroll was fun to a point. I wasn’t feeling 100% well on Saturday. We saw some nice art but it was all way too damned expensive. Art isn’t made for the poor person to afford it. I really wonder how some of those artists actually make money to keep their studio spaces with the price tags that we encountered. The art I like the best was some woman doing some cool digital art. The print (mind you … I just typed “print”) that I liked was $2950 framed. Sheesh.
I am gonna end up back at the doctor’s office tomorrow. I just know it.