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cleolindaStill tired--I'm starting to think I'm coming down with something, because I'm taking way too long to get over the level of exhaustion I hit a few days ago. Got a lot of work done on Star Wars last night, but still a lot more to do. I'd like to crank out another one over the weekend, but... well, you know me.
Mom, meanwhile, is now obsessed with 24. She's managed to scam the third season DVD off Sister Girl's best friend, and she's currently downstairs, curled up in the recliner, up to her ears in Kief. Bless.
Oh, and Vladimir was bad! very bad! and bought me another present. I am so spoiled. But I'll tell you what it is when it gets here.
What's this about Beyonce singing the Phantom song at the Oscars? Three of the Oscar-nominated songs, in fact? Fnarrrr. (Somewhere, Minnie Driver is shaking her fist at the sky, and possibly in the general direction of the Knowles clan.) (P.S. I'm PrincessCleo. The second quote in that post about "Walt Disney's Phantom of the Opera" is actually from me. I know, I know--you'd think I couldn't have planned that link any better.)
Speaking of Phantom of the Opera, I feel like I've been giving you far too many linkspam/"Tired. Busy. Writing. Class" entries lately, so I am going to tell you an adorable, highly embarrassing anecdote from my childhood. P.S. It will be uber-rambly. When I was about ten or eleven--it was 1990 and I was in fifth grade, at any rate--NBC ran a two-night Phantom of the Opera miniseries. Talking about the new movie here on my journal has caused people to bring up other versions, and this was one of them. The funny part is that not only does it have jack to do with the ALW musical, which I think first came out about four years earlier, it also has jack to do with the book. It may or may not be related to the plot used in a completely different Phantom musical, but the miniseries itself was not (to my recollection) a musical. It's got a strangely impressive cast and crew (Tony Richardson directing? Young Teri Polo? Burt Lancaster?), and people who have watched it recently tell me that it holds up pretty well. I'm actually about to order it for myself as a post-Titanic treat.
ANYWAY. The point of this story is that I vividly remember wanting to see this, for some reason, when it was on. My mom had recently gotten me a little TV for my room, but on the strict understanding that I was not to watch Bad Things. I'm serious. "I trust you not to watch Bad Things." That was the entire statement. And I was the kind of child who knew exactly what she meant (or thought I did), and obeyed with the fear of God in my heart. I can't remember exactly what she had to say about this particular movie--we were talking about it today, and she was like, "I wish you'd told me you wanted to see it! I would have let you!" Right, right. The real issue on this occasion was bedtime, not content, however, since it involved two school nights--and now that I think about it, I think she said that I could watch the first hour (8-9 pm) each night.
Now, think about this for a moment. What the hell are you supposed to do with half a movie? Not even a continuous half? You'd think someone would have gotten the bright idea to tape it for me, but I was a very shy and quiet child and never would have said, "Mom, I really really want to see this. Could you tape this?" In fact, I would have gone out of my way to disguise the fact that I wanted to see it. (I was a very weird kid, what can I say.) So I'm upstairs in bed, watching the first hour, and here comes nine o'clock, and I turn it off. And then I turn it back on. And then I feel guilty and turn it back off. And then I turn it back on, and then I think I hear my mother coming upstairs to check on me, and I turn it off and dive back under the covers. Repeat this sequence until 10 pm.
Night 2. I can't remember if I watched the third hour at all. I may have. Either I didn't watch it because I was all like, "Nooooo! I can't turn it off if I start watching it, but if I don't turn it off I am BAD!," or I watched the third hour and did the Turning Off and On of the Television hokey-pokey again. I finally got up the nerve to watch, like, the last ten minutes. It was pretty different from other endings I've since read or seen, and very poignant, although somewhat marred by the fact that I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. Woe. And now it turns out that she would have let me stay up if I'd asked (or so she says now). So, in conclusion: I was a champion goody-two-shoes, the end.
That's the adorable part. (I think.) Here's the highly embarrassing part: do you remember those Lady Lovelylocks dolls? Yeah. I was all up in those and My Little Ponies. Anyway. Among the plethora of props and accessories I owned, I had the swan boat. I think you see where I'm going with this. And guess what? Miniseries!Christine was blonde! Also, I had a boy LLL doll, a prince whose name escapes me at the moment. He was woefully unaccessorized, so I gave him She-Ra's sword. But he had a pretty bitchin' cloak, so that was awesome. I happened to have some Silly Putty, which was sort of a beige-flesh color, so I made Prince FancyPants a mask... ish... looking... thing. So here I am, eleven years old (YES, I WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD AND STILL PLAYING WITH DOLLS, SHUT UP, IT WAS A MORE INNOCENT TIME), playing Phantom of the Opera with Lady Lovelylocks dolls, inspired by a TV movie I didn't even frickin' see. And you could tell I hadn't seen much of it, because after I'd made, like, an underground lair with a bedspread and stuff, I... kind of didn't know what to do. I didn't have, like, a plot or anything. It was mostly just cruising around in the swan boat. So, you know, good times.
And here's the crazy part: as I said, I vividly remembered my inner angel and devil fighting over that movie. But I had completely forgotten about that particular bit with the dolls--hell, I had a lot of toys, and I played a lot of crazy shit with them. You wanna know why I'm a writer? Crazy shit with toys, that's why--until just today, and remembering it felt like being knocked upside the head. I don't know why, either--but it was this very powerful moment of Jesus, I was a strange kid mixed with this bizarre déjà-vu feeling of Damn, no wonder I'm obsessed with the new version--it's been hardwired into my imagination since childhood.
Also? I still have all of those dolls, packed away in the back of my closet. Couldn't tell you where the silly putty went, though.
Heard about the "Jeff Gannon" scandal? Well, you need to.
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Ewwww, the Bush twins. (I also tried out the name "Happy Cat," which I really like for some reason, but my "heroic level" was... 1%. Because, you know... "Happy Cat.")
ETA: Heeeeeeeeeeeee. I altered it a bit and tried again:
Note on choice of current music: This is the original version of the song, which I think I like better, actually. I think the acoustic version works in its own way, but each version of the song becomes about a different kind of desire. I prefer the kind with the crazy guitars. (Does anyone remember the exact back story to the song? I have this fragment of a story floating around in my head--something about it really being about Linda McCartney? Which is hard for me to imagine, somehow? And really funny to think of Clapton howling "LIIIIIIIIIIINDA!"?) (ETA: Someone does.)
Mom, meanwhile, is now obsessed with 24. She's managed to scam the third season DVD off Sister Girl's best friend, and she's currently downstairs, curled up in the recliner, up to her ears in Kief. Bless.
Oh, and Vladimir was bad! very bad! and bought me another present. I am so spoiled. But I'll tell you what it is when it gets here.
What's this about Beyonce singing the Phantom song at the Oscars? Three of the Oscar-nominated songs, in fact? Fnarrrr. (Somewhere, Minnie Driver is shaking her fist at the sky, and possibly in the general direction of the Knowles clan.) (P.S. I'm PrincessCleo. The second quote in that post about "Walt Disney's Phantom of the Opera" is actually from me. I know, I know--you'd think I couldn't have planned that link any better.)
Speaking of Phantom of the Opera, I feel like I've been giving you far too many linkspam/"Tired. Busy. Writing. Class" entries lately, so I am going to tell you an adorable, highly embarrassing anecdote from my childhood. P.S. It will be uber-rambly. When I was about ten or eleven--it was 1990 and I was in fifth grade, at any rate--NBC ran a two-night Phantom of the Opera miniseries. Talking about the new movie here on my journal has caused people to bring up other versions, and this was one of them. The funny part is that not only does it have jack to do with the ALW musical, which I think first came out about four years earlier, it also has jack to do with the book. It may or may not be related to the plot used in a completely different Phantom musical, but the miniseries itself was not (to my recollection) a musical. It's got a strangely impressive cast and crew (Tony Richardson directing? Young Teri Polo? Burt Lancaster?), and people who have watched it recently tell me that it holds up pretty well. I'm actually about to order it for myself as a post-Titanic treat.
ANYWAY. The point of this story is that I vividly remember wanting to see this, for some reason, when it was on. My mom had recently gotten me a little TV for my room, but on the strict understanding that I was not to watch Bad Things. I'm serious. "I trust you not to watch Bad Things." That was the entire statement. And I was the kind of child who knew exactly what she meant (or thought I did), and obeyed with the fear of God in my heart. I can't remember exactly what she had to say about this particular movie--we were talking about it today, and she was like, "I wish you'd told me you wanted to see it! I would have let you!" Right, right. The real issue on this occasion was bedtime, not content, however, since it involved two school nights--and now that I think about it, I think she said that I could watch the first hour (8-9 pm) each night.
Now, think about this for a moment. What the hell are you supposed to do with half a movie? Not even a continuous half? You'd think someone would have gotten the bright idea to tape it for me, but I was a very shy and quiet child and never would have said, "Mom, I really really want to see this. Could you tape this?" In fact, I would have gone out of my way to disguise the fact that I wanted to see it. (I was a very weird kid, what can I say.) So I'm upstairs in bed, watching the first hour, and here comes nine o'clock, and I turn it off. And then I turn it back on. And then I feel guilty and turn it back off. And then I turn it back on, and then I think I hear my mother coming upstairs to check on me, and I turn it off and dive back under the covers. Repeat this sequence until 10 pm.
Night 2. I can't remember if I watched the third hour at all. I may have. Either I didn't watch it because I was all like, "Nooooo! I can't turn it off if I start watching it, but if I don't turn it off I am BAD!," or I watched the third hour and did the Turning Off and On of the Television hokey-pokey again. I finally got up the nerve to watch, like, the last ten minutes. It was pretty different from other endings I've since read or seen, and very poignant, although somewhat marred by the fact that I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. Woe. And now it turns out that she would have let me stay up if I'd asked (or so she says now). So, in conclusion: I was a champion goody-two-shoes, the end.
That's the adorable part. (I think.) Here's the highly embarrassing part: do you remember those Lady Lovelylocks dolls? Yeah. I was all up in those and My Little Ponies. Anyway. Among the plethora of props and accessories I owned, I had the swan boat. I think you see where I'm going with this. And guess what? Miniseries!Christine was blonde! Also, I had a boy LLL doll, a prince whose name escapes me at the moment. He was woefully unaccessorized, so I gave him She-Ra's sword. But he had a pretty bitchin' cloak, so that was awesome. I happened to have some Silly Putty, which was sort of a beige-flesh color, so I made Prince FancyPants a mask... ish... looking... thing. So here I am, eleven years old (YES, I WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD AND STILL PLAYING WITH DOLLS, SHUT UP, IT WAS A MORE INNOCENT TIME), playing Phantom of the Opera with Lady Lovelylocks dolls, inspired by a TV movie I didn't even frickin' see. And you could tell I hadn't seen much of it, because after I'd made, like, an underground lair with a bedspread and stuff, I... kind of didn't know what to do. I didn't have, like, a plot or anything. It was mostly just cruising around in the swan boat. So, you know, good times.
And here's the crazy part: as I said, I vividly remembered my inner angel and devil fighting over that movie. But I had completely forgotten about that particular bit with the dolls--hell, I had a lot of toys, and I played a lot of crazy shit with them. You wanna know why I'm a writer? Crazy shit with toys, that's why--until just today, and remembering it felt like being knocked upside the head. I don't know why, either--but it was this very powerful moment of Jesus, I was a strange kid mixed with this bizarre déjà-vu feeling of Damn, no wonder I'm obsessed with the new version--it's been hardwired into my imagination since childhood.
Also? I still have all of those dolls, packed away in the back of my closet. Couldn't tell you where the silly putty went, though.
Heard about the "Jeff Gannon" scandal? Well, you need to.
shesnotallthere brings us a link to the Best Valentine's T-Shirt Ever.Your Passion is Purple |
 Sophisticated and classy, you're a bit picky about sex. You're more likely to be turned on by a fancy hotel room than a dirty flick. Sex is fine enough, as long as it doesn't mess up your hair. For you, sex is more about power and favors than actually pleasure. |
Ewwww, the Bush twins. (I also tried out the name "Happy Cat," which I really like for some reason, but my "heroic level" was... 1%. Because, you know... "Happy Cat.")
ETA: Heeeeeeeeeeeee. I altered it a bit and tried again:
Note on choice of current music: This is the original version of the song, which I think I like better, actually. I think the acoustic version works in its own way, but each version of the song becomes about a different kind of desire. I prefer the kind with the crazy guitars. (Does anyone remember the exact back story to the song? I have this fragment of a story floating around in my head--something about it really being about Linda McCartney? Which is hard for me to imagine, somehow? And really funny to think of Clapton howling "LIIIIIIIIIIINDA!"?) (ETA: Someone does.)
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Date: 2005-02-12 05:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-12 05:50 am (UTC)Screw it. I'm going to bed. But I might order that t-shirt first...
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Date: 2005-02-12 05:54 am (UTC)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=337484&in_page_id=1794
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From:And speaking of Layla...
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Date: 2005-02-12 05:54 am (UTC)My rock knowledge is a little fuzzy tonight. Am tired.
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Date: 2005-02-12 05:58 am (UTC)(Sleeeeep!)
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Date: 2005-02-12 05:55 am (UTC)*points to the soon-theatre-entering Kingdom of Heaven about one of my favorite time periods*
(Which would be the time of Saladin. Random historical factoid for cocktail trivia: His full name was Yusuf Salah-al-Din)
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Date: 2005-02-12 06:03 am (UTC)Anyways, I think you're story about the Phantom mini-series was super-cute. Also, I am shocked that someone else knows who "Lady Lovleylocks" was. I thought I was the only person on the planet who watched (and loved) that show. I never had the swan boat though, but I did have the purple horse!
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Date: 2005-02-12 06:25 am (UTC)What's wrong with dolls at age eleven? Dude, I was totally playing with dolls at that age. Surely there wasn't some other activity that could compare with doll playing in terms of fun and fabulousness? If such an activity did exist it must have involved dolls on some level. Or perhaps dress up.
Get some rest and feel better dear :)
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Date: 2005-02-12 06:25 am (UTC)damn, that makes me feel old.
side note: there's something really wrong about teri polo as christine. i don't have any problem with teri polo per se, but that just doesn't work.
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Date: 2005-02-12 06:34 am (UTC)No she is FUCKING not! Okay, this girl needs to stay the hell out of my fandoms. I already have to listen to her enough to make my eardrums bleed at work and now I have to deal with her at home to? *stabstabstab*
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Date: 2005-02-12 06:35 am (UTC)More on 'Layla'
Date: 2005-02-12 06:57 am (UTC)Patti Boyd was a model who married George Harrison, Eric Clapton's best friend. (As an aside, her sister and fellow model, Jenny, was married to Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac.) Clapton fell in love with her, tried to woo her with songs ('Layla' being the most famous of these) and succeeded.
George wrote on of the most perfect love songs ever (IMO) for her, 'Something'. She later claimed that at the time she had no idea of the significance of the song, nor her role in its genesis.
Picture of the happy couple here (http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/gallery/2001/11/30/george04.jpg).
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Date: 2005-02-12 07:10 am (UTC)ANYWAY, I felt really guilty but I was also flaming mad at her for being so totally bossy about it that I watched most of the movie in my room with the door shut, standing RIGHT AT the TV because I had to keep the volume super-low and this was a pre-remote-control TV.
And once I heard my mom come sneaking down the hall really fast, which given the way my mom sneaks sounded like a buffalo leapfrogging, and she yanked open the door, because privacy was the first casualty in our household's War To Make Sure Shannon Isn't Up To Anything, by which time I had snapped it off and launched myself backwards onto the bed and had a book in hand when she saw me. And she just sort of relaxed slightly and said, "Hm. *pause* OK" and closed the door again.
She still wonders why I live SIX HOURS AWAY now.
Bought my first She-Ra doll at 14. Still miss her.
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Date: 2005-02-12 07:10 am (UTC)That is too damn cute!
YES, I WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD AND STILL PLAYING WITH DOLLS, SHUT UP, IT WAS A MORE INNOCENT TIME
Ah, I remember those days. Good times. Now I go to the mall and eleven year olds are dressing more provocatively than me... and I'm 22!
It was mostly just cruising around in the swan boat. So, you know, good times.
I remember doing stuff like that too. Good times had by all.
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Date: 2005-02-12 07:39 am (UTC)Speaking of POTO I found out this form IMDB about Patrick Wilson:
He named his horse from The Phantom of the Opera, Frodo
LOL I thought, why not snowflake?
Ooooh...that's scary.
Date: 2005-02-12 07:49 am (UTC)I had a Lady Lovelylocks doll. I remember really liking the dress, 'cause it made crinkly-type noises. I was never big on dolls...I was all about the animal toys. I didn't have She-Ra, but I had the horse, Spirit. I would have had Swift Wind, but he was see-through and it freaked me out. I had big love for the Wuzzles, and I still say The Shirt Tails are responsible for the popularity of message t-shirts. :o)
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Date: 2005-02-12 08:50 am (UTC)1. Today my roommate didn't come out of her room once because she was...watching the 24 box set. (Well, her room connects to the bathroom, so...I guess she could have come out and I didn't know. But whatever).
2. I was totally the same way as a child, only I wasn't even allowed a TV in my room. So what did I do? The Reading By the Hall Light hokey-pokey. I can literally still feel the fear seize my heart at the thought that my parents are coming up the stairs I have to jump in bed and pretend to be asleep. You know the fear I am talking about.
3. I had those dolls. And the prince. I still have those dolls, actually. And the prince's name was Strongheart (gag) and he wore a felt cloak. I always thought he kinda looked like a girl with shorter hair. Not like Bow from She-ra. He actually looked kinda manly. (The biggest regret I have is accidentally allowing my parents to sell of my She-Ra collection in a yard sale, btw. I had them ALL. And the castle, and the fashions, and...anyway.) I played a lot of strange games, too. One of them involved Post Office, wherein my sister and I sent each other these dolls and various and sundry other things across the "lake" (i.e. my bedroom floor) via a basket on a zip-line-like piece of string tied from the bedpost to the doorknob. Poor Lady LovelyLocks fell in the lake a lot, though.
4. And lastly? Literally 2 hours ago,
5. P.S. The reason Richard and I got into the McCartney discussion in the first place. (http://www.livejournal.com/users/milestogo13/334696.html)
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Date: 2005-02-12 09:11 am (UTC)OMG I am obsessed with 24 too! I got the first season box set for Christmas, since I had gotten really into it last year, but had only seen season 3.
The result was, my best friend Matt and I (and his two brothers, who we got hooked on it too, hee) watched the entire 24 hours in three. days. Literally, it got the point where I would come over at 2 in the afternoon in my PJs, and we'd all sit in his living room watching all frigging day. Kiefer is teh awesome! *loves her some Kiefer*
ETA: Matt, brothers and I are now halfway through (re)watching season 3 (I've seen it before, but they haven't, and hell, I'll watch it again.)
And yes, we are crazy. But that show rocks.
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Date: 2005-02-12 11:02 am (UTC)So it was a lot of "Are we there yet?" "No." without any of the thigh flashing, then.
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Date: 2005-02-12 12:36 pm (UTC)Hee! Mom has good taste.
Thanks for the link to the PropaGannon stuff!
Hope you get some rest this weekend.