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deadsoul's birthday. Have a very
happy birthday dead soul!!! You deserve it!
Just scrolled through all today's entries on my flist. It's funny, but reading my flist always makes me feel a little less...not sure what the right word is, adrift? no. irritable? wanting to kick people? possibly the last one. What's funny about it - is the number of times I've considered kicking this livejournal habit once and for all - deleting the thing, leaving the world behind. But each time I'm tempted, I'll read a post or see something that gives me a new perspective on myself, others, the universe, and I change my mind. Makes me wonder how many other people out there have considered deleting their livejournals? Or feel a whisp of embarrassment about keeping one? Few people in RL know I keep one. And none of them know where it is or the url.
Almost as if I've compartmentalized myself. Offline. Online. But then I've always been that way. Each person who knows me, sort of sees another angle.
It makes me feel a bit schizophrenic at times. Wonder if others feel like that?
Do you ever feel as if you are showing contradictory portions of yourself?
I certainly feel that way.
redredshoes just did an unintentional meme that I sort of liked and am co-opting here, by unintentional - I mean she didn't intend it to be a meme, she was basically just listing movies that whenever they appeared in front of her on television, she'd stop and watch, mesmerized unable to quite flip the channel no matter how many times she'd seen it in order to explain why Royal Tennebaums is happy movie for her. Ah. Interesting. I had exactly the same train of thought late last night while I wrestled with sleep. Except it wasn't about Royal Tennebaums, which I did love by the way, but am not nearly as enamored with. We all have our own favorites, don't we? Those movies that no matter when they appear on tv, we watch, no matter how many times we've seen them? No mine was Noises OFF, yes I know it's not quite the quality pick Royal Tennebaum's is. Most people haven't heard of it. I dare you to find it on DVD or on VHS. And if it appears on TV, it is late at night or some weird hour on the weekends, but when it does, I'm always happy and watch. I call it my happy movie. Why? Ah - the first time I saw it was late on Thanksgiving night with my mother and my granny (my mother's mother) - we'd rented, thought we'd hate it, but found ourselves rolling in our seats, sides splitting with laughter. Couldn't believe how funny it was. There's nothing more wonderful than shared laughter.
So here's the meme:
List ten films that you would stop to watch or pause on a tv channel to watch whenever they pop on your tv set. Films that no matter how many times you've seen them, still mezmerize you. (Note not films you'd necessarily have to own on DVD or on VHS.)
1. Noises OFF - the film stars Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, Denholm Elliot,
Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Marilu Henner, Nicolette Sheridan, and that
women from Lost in America that I can never remember the name of and only liked in Noises Off. Ritter does his trademark pratfall down the stairs, and no where is it funnier than in this film, because of the situation and how it affects the characters. I'm not a fan of physical comedy - neither are my mother or grandmother, and this film is mostly physical comedy and farce - but here, it made me laugh as opposed to making me cringe in sympathetic embarrassement. It's about what goes on backstage during a theater tour.
For anyone who adores the theater, I highly recommend it.
2. Gross Pointe Blank - I have no idea why, but everytime it comes on, there I am. It makes me laugh. A hitman goes to his high school reunion.
And discovers his family home has become a convience store.
3. Wizard of OZ - there's just something about it..
4. The Princess Bride - ditto...
5. Jaws. I never grow tired of this movie. It may be my favorite horror film.
Why? Because the monster isn't that important, this baby was all about the characters.
6. My Name is Nobody (which is a spoof/homage on the Sergio Leone Westerns, complete with Sergie's cooperation.)
7. Philadelphia Story with Grant, Hepburn and Stewart - it's rarely on.
8. Raiders of the Lost Arc
9. Ladyhawk
10. Bladerunner (I actually bought this one on video once.)
Tiring week. Didn't sleep much last night. But alls well that ends well. I am no longer behind. No more backlog. Finished all the work that had to get sent off this week. Leaving just paperwork, filing, data entry, cross-checking,
and follow-ups for Monday. Plus, I managed to figure out two confusing, somewhat difficult situations more or less on my own. Yay me! Than to cop things off? Pumpkinpuss pleasantly surprised me with an invite to dinner tonight. Took her up on it - haven't seen her since the baby shower. Had a nice dinner, an ostentatious, yet yummy desert, and chatted about a wide variety of subjects. Now if only I could have teleported home afterwards.
Sigh.
Off to get some sleep and maybe read a bit more of Bujold's "The Mountains of Mourning." Finished Warrior's Apprentice earlier in the week. Was quite good but not as good in my opinion as Cordelia's Honor and Shards of Barrayare. I think I like Aral, Bothoria, and Cordelia better than Miles, Elena, and the people in Apprentice. That said, Apprentice was much more gripping, after the memory of Honor and Shards had lasped a bit. Recommend that new readers wait about a year between the books, since the characters from the first two barely have cameos in the later ones.
Also - bothcoffeeandink and oyceter reviewed Nonnie St. George's Regency novels. Interesting reviews. I've met the author and read the Ideal Bride, did dim-sum in Chinatown with her, pumpkinpuss, and another friend about two years ago. Was first time I met pumpkinpuss in person, I think. (Absolutely agree with coffee and ink's take on it by the way. Course, I whole-heartedly admit that I'm not a huge fan of Regency romances, read quite a few as a teen though. Name the genre - I've read something in it. Both the good, bad, and the ugly.) Nonnie learned to write the books from watching BTVS. And apparently the Ideal Bride came into being from a Spuffy fanfic she wrote. What she did, I think, was change the characters names, the setting, and over time the situation. Writing fanfic was her spring-board for writing an actual novel. Oh and I think she credits my friend pumpkinpuss somewhere in it. Also if you look closely, you'll catch references to BTVS and ATS. I didn't catch them but others have.
deadsoul's birthday. Have a veryhappy birthday dead soul!!! You deserve it!
Just scrolled through all today's entries on my flist. It's funny, but reading my flist always makes me feel a little less...not sure what the right word is, adrift? no. irritable? wanting to kick people? possibly the last one. What's funny about it - is the number of times I've considered kicking this livejournal habit once and for all - deleting the thing, leaving the world behind. But each time I'm tempted, I'll read a post or see something that gives me a new perspective on myself, others, the universe, and I change my mind. Makes me wonder how many other people out there have considered deleting their livejournals? Or feel a whisp of embarrassment about keeping one? Few people in RL know I keep one. And none of them know where it is or the url.
Almost as if I've compartmentalized myself. Offline. Online. But then I've always been that way. Each person who knows me, sort of sees another angle.
It makes me feel a bit schizophrenic at times. Wonder if others feel like that?
Do you ever feel as if you are showing contradictory portions of yourself?
I certainly feel that way.
redredshoes just did an unintentional meme that I sort of liked and am co-opting here, by unintentional - I mean she didn't intend it to be a meme, she was basically just listing movies that whenever they appeared in front of her on television, she'd stop and watch, mesmerized unable to quite flip the channel no matter how many times she'd seen it in order to explain why Royal Tennebaums is happy movie for her. Ah. Interesting. I had exactly the same train of thought late last night while I wrestled with sleep. Except it wasn't about Royal Tennebaums, which I did love by the way, but am not nearly as enamored with. We all have our own favorites, don't we? Those movies that no matter when they appear on tv, we watch, no matter how many times we've seen them? No mine was Noises OFF, yes I know it's not quite the quality pick Royal Tennebaum's is. Most people haven't heard of it. I dare you to find it on DVD or on VHS. And if it appears on TV, it is late at night or some weird hour on the weekends, but when it does, I'm always happy and watch. I call it my happy movie. Why? Ah - the first time I saw it was late on Thanksgiving night with my mother and my granny (my mother's mother) - we'd rented, thought we'd hate it, but found ourselves rolling in our seats, sides splitting with laughter. Couldn't believe how funny it was. There's nothing more wonderful than shared laughter. So here's the meme:
List ten films that you would stop to watch or pause on a tv channel to watch whenever they pop on your tv set. Films that no matter how many times you've seen them, still mezmerize you. (Note not films you'd necessarily have to own on DVD or on VHS.)
1. Noises OFF - the film stars Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, Denholm Elliot,
Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Marilu Henner, Nicolette Sheridan, and that
women from Lost in America that I can never remember the name of and only liked in Noises Off. Ritter does his trademark pratfall down the stairs, and no where is it funnier than in this film, because of the situation and how it affects the characters. I'm not a fan of physical comedy - neither are my mother or grandmother, and this film is mostly physical comedy and farce - but here, it made me laugh as opposed to making me cringe in sympathetic embarrassement. It's about what goes on backstage during a theater tour.
For anyone who adores the theater, I highly recommend it.
2. Gross Pointe Blank - I have no idea why, but everytime it comes on, there I am. It makes me laugh. A hitman goes to his high school reunion.
And discovers his family home has become a convience store.
3. Wizard of OZ - there's just something about it..
4. The Princess Bride - ditto...
5. Jaws. I never grow tired of this movie. It may be my favorite horror film.
Why? Because the monster isn't that important, this baby was all about the characters.
6. My Name is Nobody (which is a spoof/homage on the Sergio Leone Westerns, complete with Sergie's cooperation.)
7. Philadelphia Story with Grant, Hepburn and Stewart - it's rarely on.
8. Raiders of the Lost Arc
9. Ladyhawk
10. Bladerunner (I actually bought this one on video once.)
Tiring week. Didn't sleep much last night. But alls well that ends well. I am no longer behind. No more backlog. Finished all the work that had to get sent off this week. Leaving just paperwork, filing, data entry, cross-checking,
and follow-ups for Monday. Plus, I managed to figure out two confusing, somewhat difficult situations more or less on my own. Yay me! Than to cop things off? Pumpkinpuss pleasantly surprised me with an invite to dinner tonight. Took her up on it - haven't seen her since the baby shower. Had a nice dinner, an ostentatious, yet yummy desert, and chatted about a wide variety of subjects. Now if only I could have teleported home afterwards.
Sigh.
Off to get some sleep and maybe read a bit more of Bujold's "The Mountains of Mourning." Finished Warrior's Apprentice earlier in the week. Was quite good but not as good in my opinion as Cordelia's Honor and Shards of Barrayare. I think I like Aral, Bothoria, and Cordelia better than Miles, Elena, and the people in Apprentice. That said, Apprentice was much more gripping, after the memory of Honor and Shards had lasped a bit. Recommend that new readers wait about a year between the books, since the characters from the first two barely have cameos in the later ones.
Also - both
coffeeandink and oyceter reviewed Nonnie St. George's Regency novels. Interesting reviews. I've met the author and read the Ideal Bride, did dim-sum in Chinatown with her, pumpkinpuss, and another friend about two years ago. Was first time I met pumpkinpuss in person, I think. (Absolutely agree with coffee and ink's take on it by the way. Course, I whole-heartedly admit that I'm not a huge fan of Regency romances, read quite a few as a teen though. Name the genre - I've read something in it. Both the good, bad, and the ugly.) Nonnie learned to write the books from watching BTVS. And apparently the Ideal Bride came into being from a Spuffy fanfic she wrote. What she did, I think, was change the characters names, the setting, and over time the situation. Writing fanfic was her spring-board for writing an actual novel. Oh and I think she credits my friend pumpkinpuss somewhere in it. Also if you look closely, you'll catch references to BTVS and ATS. I didn't catch them but others have.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2004-12-18 08:24 am (UTC)And yeah, the online/offline stuff is a little weird. Especially for me, where my online friends get more of "me" than my offline ones. (shrugs) Just the way it is, I guess.
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Date: 2004-12-18 08:07 pm (UTC)Done both. Poor deadsoul tried to get me on livejournal a year before I did. It was
I missed them.
Considered deleting again today...but got pulled right back in again. It's sort of like posting boards. I kept leaving and coming back, leaving and coming back...finally I just left for livejournal.
Switched one for the other. There's something both exhilirating and nerve-wracking about posting personal thoughts and feelings online. It's a bit like letting your brain dance naked in front of people who you've never actually met.
Also the online world is really volatile and somewhat
cliquish. If you say something against a popular person or say something that could be read the wrong way - watch out for the flames. Also, anynomity is an easy thing here.
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Date: 2004-12-19 11:28 am (UTC)The "cliquish" aspect is there, although I try to ignore it if I can. Switzerland, almost. This person likes that person who doesn't like the other. But the other likes the first person. Much easier to stay in the middle and keep my mouth shut. ;)