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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