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Dec. 17th, 2010 11:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
koncupiscencefrom a recent article about the album: Gerard Way peers through cigarette smoke and the late-afternoon Pasadena haze as he searches his memory... damn it, gerard. you're supposed to tell me when you're in my hood so we can do lunch! whatever, i see how it is.
ion, i know i am years late to this party, but omg how great is PSYCH. my friend jen totally got me hooked on this show the last time i was in san diego. it's hilarious! every episode is a pop culture extravaganza! there are currently 5 psychs on my dvr waiting for me, I AM EXCITE. the last episode i watched had ralph freaking macchio in it, HOLLAHHHH. :D (not to mention that our two protags are totes married.) favorite new (to me) show. <3
ioon, i started this post over two weeks ago, and i meant to come back to add/edit whatever, but that just hasn't happened and clearly is not going to, so i'm going to dump this here in order to move on. (i get very stuck sometimes where i think i can't post new stuff until i finish up with the old - and then i don't post for a month.) it's very tl;dr.
harry potter and the second to last
i loved it! it was so much better than i had expected! i mean, you go in excited, but aware that it's likely going to suck a bit (or maybe a lot), you know? but good GOD, hermione had me cracking a tear before the title even came up! when did that girl learn to act?! bc, dayum, she is usually a weak spot for me in the films, but she really moved me in this. i certainly wasn't expecting that. radcakes being a bit awkward and rupert tingling my bits? i was expecting that, and check, check, it was all there in the best possible ways.
i had forgotten so much of what happened in the book (i haven't read it since it first came out), that it was kind of nice to not have that constant mental rolling checklist of what they changed/left out. i could just sit back and enjoy. mostly what i remember from the book is the death count, and when fred (or george, i honestly can never remember which is which /o\) came in with his head all shot to shit, i freaked out - what? no! it's too soon! this doesn't happen yet!! i'm not ready! :(((( but of course, he was fine. woops. my bad.
and i cried. a lot. more than expected. those three kids, i think, finally got it. and i liked that 'not much happened' and it was just them for so much of it. (my only complaint in that regard is that i kept thinking NEEDS MOAR SNAPE, but i guess that'll come in part 2). i couldn't help but wonder if i cried because the movie itself really moved me, or if it was merely the catalyst that brought back all those emotions i felt when i read the book. would someone who had never read the book have such an emotional reaction to dobby's death like i did? was it really there in the film, or was i just recalling, here lies dobby, a free elf. ;_____________;
that deathly hallows animated bit kicked ass, though. i had completely forgotten that part of the story, and was completely charmed with how they executed it. well done, filmmakers! the other scene i really enjoyed was the little dance scene with harry and hermione. i thought at first that it was going to go to this awful, cliche place where harry would actually put the moves on hermione (barf), but it totally didn't! it was just... lovely and heartwarming and bittersweet and... nice. i really appreciated not being beaten over the head with certain ideas or intended/expected emotional responses. which isn't to say that i didn't have intense emotional responses (see above), but that i didn't feel manipulated into having them, some scenes were, dare i say, almost subtle in their execution, left for the viewer to respond as he/she saw fit. like harry looking at his parents' grave. there wasn't anything to say, it just was what it was (and i wept).
in conclusion: would watch again! also, is it july yet??
mcr, danger days record release @ the house of blues
it started off a little shaky for me - we got there a little late and the spot we were planning to occupy was taken up with all the filming equipment, so we were booted toward the back. but, you know? once that band came out, it was alllll gooooooood. \o/ well, mostly. there were these two women standing in front of me, between me and the railing (and an amazing view) and i had to dodge there heads for a good eye-line most of the night. but that wasn't the annoying part. they were all dolled up in their perfect hair and perfect make-up and fancy black clothes (killjoys, they were not). they were likely industry people, but the vibe i got was one of meeting a guy in bar who said he was in band, and then getting invited to their gig (but in a casual way, because they weren't up in the balcony), and knowing nothing about that band, but going anyway in hopes of fucking that dude. but our guys are all married, so i doubt that's actually the case.
now normally i'm pretty aware and respectful of people's ~space~ around me, and i try, probably to a fault, not in infringe on that space. with these chicks? i so didn't give a shit. i jumped and fist-pumped and sang my lungs out. and they? stood there watching the spectacle in front of them with bemused and mocking expressions. they didn't even nod their heads to the beat. occasionally (usually after gerard pranced around in front of us with extra flair), one would lean over to the other and say something with a smirk. i was so annoyed that they didn't even KNOW or CARE about this band AT ALL, and yet they had the good view. whatever, it didn't stop me from enjoying the FUCK out of the show right behind them, though. \o\ /o/ \o/
later, when the boys were coming back onstage for their encore, mike pedicone came out first and sat up at his kit and one of the women WAVED. i was so taken aback, like... did she srsly just WAVE at pedicone? the lights weren't up yet and he was the only one back on stage... um, yeah, idk. it was kind of hilarious. oh, sweetie, if you're not up in that balcony, you're definitely not fucking that dude tonight. (not to mention the fact that he has since gotten married.) ANYWAY, they FINALLY bailed during the encore and i got to have a few minutes of uninterrupted visual BLISS before the end. *____*
other things:
those two dumbshits aside, i loved the crowd. everyone knew this band and knew when to throw their hands in the air and which lines to scream back and it just felt like yes, yes, yes! \o/ maybe it's something about the house of blues, idk, because that was my favorite cobra show too. when gabe would hold out the mic we all knew the words to scream back, we knew the hand signs, he didn't have to teach us anything, everyone just knew because we were all there for THEM, we were all fans.
idk. it's just a great feeling. being part of this giant collective of joy and love and being in the know. and like, not to dwell on these two ladies, but i really appreciated the fact that they were the ones out of place. i'm going to guess they don't feel that way often. and sometimes i feel a bit foolish about being my age and being such a fangirl (in dress & attitude), but no. in that room i was dressed exactly as i supposed to be and i felt completely at home and comfortable in my skin. it was a nice twist on things.
this was the closest k2 has ever seen them - she went to msg with me, but we had seats and they were farrrrrrr :(. so yay for that! and they played her two favorite songs, planetary and teenagers. double yay! overall, i really liked their set list for the night. i would have loved a few more songs from danger days, but i was so excited for everything that they DID play, new and old, so no complaints!
what i don't need to see at an mcr show? vonda fucking shepard & co. singing and doing their back-up-singer flowing arm movements. ahahahaha, what? oh, gerard, please don't bring them on tour for one song. ray's back-up vocals are lovely! and enough! really. leave the cheese behind, bb. /o\
one of the best moments came at the end of the night when i finally had the kickass view. iirc, it was at the end of kids, when each member leaves the stage one by one. before ray bailed he walked over to frank (whose back was to us) and smacked his ass to say bye. i was kind of spacing out at that point - it had been a long day and kids is kind of... mellow like that. but THAT WOKE ME UP and i instantly looked at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
downmiles like, did that srsly just happen?? did i make that up?? consensus: no. i didn't make it up. :DDD THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT.
ion, i know i am years late to this party, but omg how great is PSYCH. my friend jen totally got me hooked on this show the last time i was in san diego. it's hilarious! every episode is a pop culture extravaganza! there are currently 5 psychs on my dvr waiting for me, I AM EXCITE. the last episode i watched had ralph freaking macchio in it, HOLLAHHHH. :D (not to mention that our two protags are totes married.) favorite new (to me) show. <3
ioon, i started this post over two weeks ago, and i meant to come back to add/edit whatever, but that just hasn't happened and clearly is not going to, so i'm going to dump this here in order to move on. (i get very stuck sometimes where i think i can't post new stuff until i finish up with the old - and then i don't post for a month.) it's very tl;dr.
harry potter and the second to last
i loved it! it was so much better than i had expected! i mean, you go in excited, but aware that it's likely going to suck a bit (or maybe a lot), you know? but good GOD, hermione had me cracking a tear before the title even came up! when did that girl learn to act?! bc, dayum, she is usually a weak spot for me in the films, but she really moved me in this. i certainly wasn't expecting that. radcakes being a bit awkward and rupert tingling my bits? i was expecting that, and check, check, it was all there in the best possible ways.
i had forgotten so much of what happened in the book (i haven't read it since it first came out), that it was kind of nice to not have that constant mental rolling checklist of what they changed/left out. i could just sit back and enjoy. mostly what i remember from the book is the death count, and when fred (or george, i honestly can never remember which is which /o\) came in with his head all shot to shit, i freaked out - what? no! it's too soon! this doesn't happen yet!! i'm not ready! :(((( but of course, he was fine. woops. my bad.
and i cried. a lot. more than expected. those three kids, i think, finally got it. and i liked that 'not much happened' and it was just them for so much of it. (my only complaint in that regard is that i kept thinking NEEDS MOAR SNAPE, but i guess that'll come in part 2). i couldn't help but wonder if i cried because the movie itself really moved me, or if it was merely the catalyst that brought back all those emotions i felt when i read the book. would someone who had never read the book have such an emotional reaction to dobby's death like i did? was it really there in the film, or was i just recalling, here lies dobby, a free elf. ;_____________;
that deathly hallows animated bit kicked ass, though. i had completely forgotten that part of the story, and was completely charmed with how they executed it. well done, filmmakers! the other scene i really enjoyed was the little dance scene with harry and hermione. i thought at first that it was going to go to this awful, cliche place where harry would actually put the moves on hermione (barf), but it totally didn't! it was just... lovely and heartwarming and bittersweet and... nice. i really appreciated not being beaten over the head with certain ideas or intended/expected emotional responses. which isn't to say that i didn't have intense emotional responses (see above), but that i didn't feel manipulated into having them, some scenes were, dare i say, almost subtle in their execution, left for the viewer to respond as he/she saw fit. like harry looking at his parents' grave. there wasn't anything to say, it just was what it was (and i wept).
in conclusion: would watch again! also, is it july yet??
mcr, danger days record release @ the house of blues
it started off a little shaky for me - we got there a little late and the spot we were planning to occupy was taken up with all the filming equipment, so we were booted toward the back. but, you know? once that band came out, it was alllll gooooooood. \o/ well, mostly. there were these two women standing in front of me, between me and the railing (and an amazing view) and i had to dodge there heads for a good eye-line most of the night. but that wasn't the annoying part. they were all dolled up in their perfect hair and perfect make-up and fancy black clothes (killjoys, they were not). they were likely industry people, but the vibe i got was one of meeting a guy in bar who said he was in band, and then getting invited to their gig (but in a casual way, because they weren't up in the balcony), and knowing nothing about that band, but going anyway in hopes of fucking that dude. but our guys are all married, so i doubt that's actually the case.
now normally i'm pretty aware and respectful of people's ~space~ around me, and i try, probably to a fault, not in infringe on that space. with these chicks? i so didn't give a shit. i jumped and fist-pumped and sang my lungs out. and they? stood there watching the spectacle in front of them with bemused and mocking expressions. they didn't even nod their heads to the beat. occasionally (usually after gerard pranced around in front of us with extra flair), one would lean over to the other and say something with a smirk. i was so annoyed that they didn't even KNOW or CARE about this band AT ALL, and yet they had the good view. whatever, it didn't stop me from enjoying the FUCK out of the show right behind them, though. \o\ /o/ \o/
later, when the boys were coming back onstage for their encore, mike pedicone came out first and sat up at his kit and one of the women WAVED. i was so taken aback, like... did she srsly just WAVE at pedicone? the lights weren't up yet and he was the only one back on stage... um, yeah, idk. it was kind of hilarious. oh, sweetie, if you're not up in that balcony, you're definitely not fucking that dude tonight. (not to mention the fact that he has since gotten married.) ANYWAY, they FINALLY bailed during the encore and i got to have a few minutes of uninterrupted visual BLISS before the end. *____*
other things:
those two dumbshits aside, i loved the crowd. everyone knew this band and knew when to throw their hands in the air and which lines to scream back and it just felt like yes, yes, yes! \o/ maybe it's something about the house of blues, idk, because that was my favorite cobra show too. when gabe would hold out the mic we all knew the words to scream back, we knew the hand signs, he didn't have to teach us anything, everyone just knew because we were all there for THEM, we were all fans.
idk. it's just a great feeling. being part of this giant collective of joy and love and being in the know. and like, not to dwell on these two ladies, but i really appreciated the fact that they were the ones out of place. i'm going to guess they don't feel that way often. and sometimes i feel a bit foolish about being my age and being such a fangirl (in dress & attitude), but no. in that room i was dressed exactly as i supposed to be and i felt completely at home and comfortable in my skin. it was a nice twist on things.
this was the closest k2 has ever seen them - she went to msg with me, but we had seats and they were farrrrrrr :(. so yay for that! and they played her two favorite songs, planetary and teenagers. double yay! overall, i really liked their set list for the night. i would have loved a few more songs from danger days, but i was so excited for everything that they DID play, new and old, so no complaints!
what i don't need to see at an mcr show? vonda fucking shepard & co. singing and doing their back-up-singer flowing arm movements. ahahahaha, what? oh, gerard, please don't bring them on tour for one song. ray's back-up vocals are lovely! and enough! really. leave the cheese behind, bb. /o\
one of the best moments came at the end of the night when i finally had the kickass view. iirc, it was at the end of kids, when each member leaves the stage one by one. before ray bailed he walked over to frank (whose back was to us) and smacked his ass to say bye. i was kind of spacing out at that point - it had been a long day and kids is kind of... mellow like that. but THAT WOKE ME UP and i instantly looked at
downmiles like, did that srsly just happen?? did i make that up?? consensus: no. i didn't make it up. :DDD THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT. ![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2010-12-17 08:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-17 10:08 pm (UTC)ps, they just added a second show at the palladium, for the following night (saturday). one night might be more than enough for you, but thought i'd mention it just in case.