Monday, December 12, 2005

Work was lots of fun on Friday, though we were hella busy, and I was tired after work. I watched some Bats, and slept. On Saturday I watched all but 1 episode of Bats, and then took a break from the computer and went to Borders to get some mashup related tunes, and some books that I didn't really need, but wanted to read anyways. My new cock ring arrived, with some nifty posters for my room, and I ordered some shtuff. (for anyone reading this that remembers, I didn't order pot or acid - lol)

Sunday. Mark went shopping to get stuff, including frames for my new posters, but when he got ready to check out, he had forgotten his wallet! Luckily, he didn't need to buy gas to get home. He came home, got his wallet and headed back out. I made sure to eat something before work, and shaved & showered, and made a mixed cd. Work was mostly fun. I had a really good Buffy/Angel conversation with Redcloud; it's been a while since I had one, and it made me ache to watch the show again. Mark wants to watch it all again, so maybe we can start watching them... Carrie came to see me, which was awesome, but it got really busy at the end, or at least constantly busy, and I was tired, and tired, and even more than that: I was tired. I rented that Lord of The Fans DVD to her on my account, and she left so I could finish my work... I didn't get out too late.

Oh! Also, when I went to work, I also forgot my wallet! lol funny. So I've watched the first couple Superman episodes from the 2nd boxed set, and I really love the Superman show, which I really didn't expect to. It just has a really good continuity to it, that I like, and a really good balance. And the Superman stories carry over so well into Justice League - plus Supes appears in Static Shock and Batman Beyond.

I also learned over the weekend, that while Justice League Season one is being released in fullscreen (which is fine, because that's how it was animated) - the followup seasons are reportedly also being prepped for fullscreen releases (which is absurd, because those seasons were animated in widescreen) - which is really annoying, and pisses me off. So I'm writing friendly letters, and faxes, and possibly even phoning them to let them know that this is a huge mistake, and hopefully they will release them in widescreen.

I just got out of bed about an hour ago. Mark is home; he called in to work. I think he's cleaning the bathroom. I should eat something, and watch some more Supes. ;-0) I might try to track down Mollie later; she wants a mashup cd, and I want to see if we can find the time to see "Rent" and "The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe" together sometime this week.

Ooh. I'm also trying to find a theater that will be playing Brokeback Mountain on Monday, the 19th. It will be playing in about 50 theaters by then, but won't be in really wide release, which sucks, because Mark & I would like to see it on the 10 year anniversary of the night we met.

Brokeback Mountain is doing great in it's limited release. It's grossed an absolutely unheard-of $109,000 in each of its 5 theaters for a total of $545,000! Almost all showings were sold out. The movie scored the highest per screen average of any film this year so far. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival; it's taken Best Picture awards from The Los Angeles Film Critcs Assn, and the Boston Society of Film Critcs. It's taken Best Director from the same groups, and also the Nationl Board of Review of Motion Pictures; the latter also noted Jake Gyllenhaal as Best Supporting Actor. The movie made the American Film Institute's top 10 list for 2005. There's a ton of Oscar Buzz, and generally good reviews - plus other wacky awards...Entertainment Weekly rated all of Jake Gyllenhaal's on screen romances and Brokeback Mountain got 10 out of 10. Heath Ledger is getting a ton of good press from the movie. Other GLBT themed movies like Capote & Transamerica are also being cited for praise, as well as a few films with gay twists. Nice.

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   Thursday, December 15, 2005

I wasn't feeling like going out Monday, so I stayed in with Mark & watched some dvds. Tuesday, work was work, though it flew by. Tuesday night I watched more Dawson's Creek with Mark. I later went to the Aut Bar, where I hadn't been in a few months. I talked to Terry, and Robert, and Bob. And then in walked singing Robert, with Franklin in tow, with Garret & Zeek, and some other guys. We all went up stairs, and had lots of fun talking and laughing, and being affectionate, and singing of course; the last song of the night being Angel by Sarah McLachlan, which Robert, Franklin & I kicked ass on ;-0) Franklin fixed my bent up glasses, and said he'd like to hang out with me on Wednesday, and before we said goodbye in the parking lot we decided that he would call me. He didn't, which didn't surprise or overly disappoint me. I think I'm slowly becoming immune to the boy gene.

I've been trying to get in touch with Shawn & Jonathan the last few nights. I've been worried about them, and worried about how I met react to them...and worried about how my big mouth might get me into trouble - but it didn't. And Shawn e-mailed me back, and let me know some stuff that hopefully means that things will one day be as right as they ever were; possibly better than that - so that's good.

Mark & I watched still more Dawson's Creek. I hate the first quarter of the 3rd Season, but once you get beyond that the show gets really good again. There are parts of it, which I know Mollie would love, if she'd watch it.

King Kong. I haven't been all that excited about it. It's odd because I used to love King Kong. I owned King Kong, Son of Kong, King Kong vs. Godzilla, King Kong (1976) and King Kong Lives!, when it wasn't cool to like them. I even had all the available Godzilla movies at that time (1987 or so), and the original Mighty Joe Young (I never saw the remake). Now Godzilla is back in a whole series of films that I never saw, and King Kong is back again, in a movie that is getting really good reviews. I'm starting to want to see it... But I'm just a bit wary, because I love the original & I even love the 1976 remake with all it's cheesy dialogue (it has a great music score - which gives me chills - and I don't care what anybody says - Jessica Lang was amazing in that role). King Kong Escapes (the only Kong movie I never owned, but had seen) is now available on DVD, and I'm tempted to get caught up in all those old movies I enjoyed as a kid...but I'm not sure that I want to.

I'm also considering seeing The Family Stone. I'm going to try to see Rent & Narnia today with Mollie. I hate the people at the theater; but I enjoy the movies when the audience is absent or obscure - or just really cool. I hope we enjoy our movies.

Word has it that Justice League's 2nd season will be released in Widescreen after all (which is a load of my mind, since I'm obviously pretty geeky). ;-0) I've been watching Superman, and only have a handful of episodes to go. I really like Bizarro, which I didn't expect. I didn't really love the Dr. Fate episode, though I enjoy him on Justice League. I'm wondering if I'll like the 2 upcoming Steel episodes; he's in JLU. Anyways...I'm sleepy, and rambly.

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I watched the gay themed comedy "Boat Trip" last night. It's like a straight movie, disguised as a gay movie, and some of it was fun, while a lot of it was just crap - but I don't generally enjoy comedies, so take that for what it's worth. I didn't get to sleep until aroun 4:30am. I woke up around 9:30am, or at least got out of bed around then - woke up when Mark was getting ready to leave.

I read a little bit, and mixed a cd. I watched last week's Nip/Tuck, which was fantastic - which was nice since I kind of hated the last one. 3 more episodes to go this season, but I'm trying to not watch them so I can see them with Mollie when she watches them; she won't be able to come over for NipTuck/Desperate Housewives until at least sometime next week, and I'm not even sure what my schedule will be like then.

Looks like Mark & I won't be seeing Brokeback Mountain on our anniversary after all; it will be playing in Detroit, but it won't have a wider release until at least January 6th, and we'd rather just wait to see it, and see King Kong on our day together, which suits me fine.

Mark & switched off the car around 1pm. The roads are pretty crappy, but the snowflakes are big and fluffy, and really beautiful, especially with my new cd playing. ;-0) I went to Hollywood to say hello, and DJ was watching SERENITY, which he thought was ok, though he said that he wants to finish it so he can watch episode 5 of Buffy, which has me geeked! DJ + Buffy = something I've been waiting years for!!! He borrowed the first season from me once, but didn't watch any of it, which I thought was the last straw, but he's getting into it, which is fantastic; he even liked the Mantis Woman episode.

The gift card readers weren't working, and I was going to use them to buy Clone Wars for my nephews, and get 3 queer titles for me - I got Clone Wars, but put off the hassle on my movies until work tomorrow, when I can deal with them.

I'll probably leave early to pick up Mollie since I'd rather hang out with her before the movie, than arrive late. She gets off work at 5pm, and we'll see the Chronicles of Narnia at 6:10pm, and Rent at 9:10pm. Maybe I'll go get some food before, or we can run out to McDonalds or something between shows; there's like a 40 minute window there. I don't know.

My website has been getting a lot of traffic lately, which I don't quite understand, though it's nice. I've gotten a few random, positive e-mails from guys, who mostly live on the other side of the planet, telling me I'm hot, which is nice to hear, though I wish I could see these guys in person, if only to hang out.

Speaking of which...I need to find time to hang out with Bob. And maybe I'll give Franklin a call sometime soon so we can really hang out. Maybe. Maybe not. Not sure.

It's really warm in here; I'm gonna go do something elsewhere; maybe just watch the snowfall, or take a walk.

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   Friday, December 16, 2005

The watched highlghts from the first X-Men movie, before going to pickup Mollie around 4:30pm. It took me a half hour to get to Mollie's work in the snow, but it was very pretty, and Mollie got off at 5pm anyways. I got to see Jennifer & Kenny, and hear about Mollie's crazy customers. We went to Mollie's place so she could change, then we went to McDonalds on Carpenter, which had been completely restructured, and was really nice. We went to Showcase and saw the Narnia movie, which was long and boring; I love the story, and I liked Mr. Tumnis, and the hotness of the kids when they grew up at story's end, but the creatures looked like stuffed animals, and the added material wasn't worth it. If it had been a television mini-series, I would have cut it more slack, but it wasn't, so I don't. Thankfully, RENT was fantastic, so the movie night ended on a happy note. I dropped Mollie off; we said our goodbyes, and agreed that fun was had.

Driving home was easy; the roads had mostly been cleared, and it had stopped snowing. Mark's working on his phone/computer so he's not up for Dawson's Creek. I feel kind of sleepy, but I'm not sure I want to sleep right now. I could read, or have a snack, or play a game or watch a movie or...something.

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I played Aliens VS. Predator 2: Primal Hunt, and beat it as 2 of the species, then I went to bed around 2:30am. When I woke up this morning, I thought I had overslept, and frantically got ready for work, only to discover that I was ready an hour early. Better than late I guess. I ate & chilled, and I was ontime for work.

Work was fun. I worked with DJ, Bryan, Scott, Pat, Nate & Matt. I shared my riddles with Deej & Bry, and DJ told me he completely agreed with my views on the new Narnia movie. He also said that the guy who played Peter was cute, which I agreed on, though I think they all looked cuter when they were 'older'. I watched the dvd extras on the Serenity disc on my break, and around 6:10 (40 minutes after my shift officially ended) I punched out and watched the beiginning of the Polar Express while waiting for my ride with Mark. When Mark showed up, I rented the dvd and we were off to Media Play for their going out of business sale, which was mostly lame, though I picked up a few items for me (2 $7.99 movies, 2 cds & a Trek book) plus multiple gifts for my neice & nephews.

We went to Kroger to get groceries. In all that shopping I also had a phone conversation with my older sister Janice, and I left messages for Carrie & Mollie. Mark's currently asleep; he told me to let him rest his eyes for 5 minutes, so we could watch Dawson's Creek, but it's been nearly 2 hours, as I've been reading my e-mail, checking the news, and updating my blog - and listening to my new cds. I'll wake him in a little while and we'll watch the Creek.

I have the next 3 days off. I only work Tuesday & Friday next week. Wednesday night Necto is allowing the Hollywood crew to have a party in the red room, so I'll have to go to that, and I'm wondering if I can invite my friends; I know that I'm only supposed to bring 1 buddy, but it would be nice if Mollie & Carrie could come, though Carrie not drinking or smoking might hate it, and I wouldn't want to tempt her or anything, it would just be nice to spend time with her. She might be going to the Staples bowling party on Sunday, so hopefully I'll see her there.

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