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[channonyarrow]

The other day, after an involved discussion of whether I was talking about Wild Palms, and why wasn't that a David Lynch flick, and spending a lot of time on Netflix going "Wow, this is not the movie I thought it was; all I remember is the hippo in the bathtub and the karaoke scene, and Angie Dickenson being terrifying ... where did all this come from?" that segued naturally into a discussion of David Lynch as a whole, I found myself looking at a website that reveals top movie twist endings, to find out just what the fuck happened in Mulholland Drive. Or possibly Mulholland Falls. Whichever one David Lynch did.

The explanation didn't make sense either. I guess they were only two people? Or maybe they were all four only one person?

Some of the theoretically-great movies I find overrated (or in some cases actively hate): Taxi Driver, Wild Palms, Brazil, Pulp Fiction, and anything made by Woody Allen.

On the other hand, no one understands my pain about Twist, or 37 Uses For A Dead Sheep, or C.R.A.Z.Y., or Son of A Lion, or Breathless (srsly, BEST. MOVIE. EVER.), so I will feel free to reside in my tower of video superiority and mock people who think "complicated plot that makes no sense (or Woody Allen, or time-travelling movie tropes)" make really good movies, rather than the obvious, which is that movies in a foreign language that have totally un-understandable symbology and non-obvious endings are better movies. Even though one of the movies on that list was in English.

Do not poke me with a stick about this, either, because if you do, I will spend the next two days of your life discoursing on the comparative thematic similarities between The Secret of the Grain, Tengri: Blue Heavens, and Free Floating, with occasional exegeses on Snijeg and Frozen River, and forty minutes on fuck Plan 9 From Outer Space, To Get To Heaven First You Have To Die is the worst movie ever made.

No one wants this, least of all you. And by that, I mean, I would relish the opportunity, but trust me, you don't want to spend 48 hours in my company, with your hands tied to the back of the chair and toothpicks holding your eyes open, watching me stride up and down in my Napoleon uniform, bitching about movies no one's ever heard of. I, of course, would love this.

Unrelatedly, I have the desire to go buy something, but I'm not sure what that something should be. I can't decide between tech-toys, clothes, music, toys-toys, or something else. Though I did buy three books yesterday, so that urge is kind of muted right now. I don't know, I feel like I should be able to think of SOMETHING.

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[stratospherique.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure their cd comes out the same week as KH's, which is both awesome and suck because YAY TWO CDs and BOO NO MONEY.

This is the best plan ever. Clearly we cannot fail and will take over the world with our harem of band guys and our sassy newsletter of pornography, sarcasm, and grammar nazism.

I will not admit how much time I have already spent trying to figure out what to wear on Monday. It might be a little pathetic.

[channonyarrow.livejournal.com]

Shit, I'm trying to figure that out too, and I'm not even going to BE there. Something different, but same jacket - that's my advice. AREN'T I HELPFUL?

Wait, wait, what is the release date? I can't find it online - did they announce it at the show?

I am preemptively christening Mat "Intern Mat".

[stratospherique.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking boots, short skirt- with cropped leggings for pit modesty, tshirt from Toronto museum over a really light hoodie thing and the jacket, of course. Or jeans, if it's cold, tucked into boots and the same top layers.

I think he mentioned something, for some reason I have mid-September stuck in my head and the name "Wake the Sleepers" or something of that ilk.

I like this name. This is a good name. It may even be better than Stokholm Mat.

[channonyarrow.livejournal.com]

I have heard Wake The Sleepers as the album name. I need this album to come out and I need them to come back to Seattle. NEED, DO YOU HEAR ME?

The outfit sounds cool! I think that Intern Mat should be the code phrase for Stockholm Syndrome. I think in private, he should just be Stockholm Syndrome, personally.

[stratospherique.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW BELIEVE ME I KNOW. And I need them to do it when I have money so I can come see them with you.

Intern Mat it is.

I finished my hat! Tomorrow I'll have pictures, if I can get a patch for it. It's grey with red stripes, slouchy and just a little too big for me and matches my shirts for the show. Here's hoping my creepy devious scheme works.

[channonyarrow.livejournal.com]

There is also the possibility of Chicago, which I am not taking off the radar just yet!

Cannot wait for pics! Also, if you find yourself in possession of anyone you'd like to remove from the scene of the crime, I can be to SF in about 18 hrs.

[stratospherique.livejournal.com]

I may HAVE to go to Chicago fairly soon, if I can talk my mother into accepting that Uni of Chicago is my best career move. I definitely want to go for Christmas, but as I still have no job I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it this year sans parental accompaniment for school purposes.

Semi-decent pictures will be up tonight, really good ones should go up tomorrow afternoon before I head out. If all goes according to plan there will be at least one picture of Intern Mat wearing it tomorrow night.