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Jan. 6th, 2006 03:54 pmDamnit! I am not too gay to function nor am I obsessed with everything LGBT, or at least no more obsessed than I am with any other sub-culture (*cough* Harry Potter, Trekkies, Hot Topic, Buffy, Acting, Improv, etc. *cough*).
Katie said I'm obsessed (hence the annoyance) because I looked at the movies section and saw Brokeback Mountain has come to town. One of the first main stream gay movies, staring big name actors (Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal), based on a wonderful short story written by a Pulitzer prize winning author. And, what's more, when we were in Florida I kept looking for this Freaking! movie at every theater we passed, and NO ONE had it, but now we DO! But only for a short time.
Ok, to review. This is one of the first of it's kind (excluding the subculture ones made in the 80's and 90's, and in those the gay relationships were the sub-plots anyway). It is an emotional, thought/anger provoking story (I read the short when I saw the movie synopsis - so good but it makes you want to strangle them for being so stupid and uptight!). I spent two weeks looking for it (grr). And, as the cherry to this floppy little cake, it has the strongest Oscar nod of any film currently showing and it has unanimous critical acclaim from coast to coast.
Well . . . to be honest she had evidence to support her claim. I have a rainbow-flag Mickey Mouse pin on my bag (a Christmas gift from Mom), and minutes before I started squeeing over Brokeback I showed her a new shirt I got from Hot Topic today that says 'no one knows i'm a lesbian <3', and I've always been a GSA supporter. Yeah she had reasons but still, I hate the thought of being (and for that matter the word when applied to me) obsessed. I see obsessed as deranged fans, with pictures coating every inch of their rooms, falling asleep on a picture of their stalk-ees face, able to recite random facts from memory, and happy to spend thousands on old underwear. That's obsessed, and I hope someone signs me up for counseling if I were to ever act like that.
I've gotta run, All my Love ~J
Katie said I'm obsessed (hence the annoyance) because I looked at the movies section and saw Brokeback Mountain has come to town. One of the first main stream gay movies, staring big name actors (Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal), based on a wonderful short story written by a Pulitzer prize winning author. And, what's more, when we were in Florida I kept looking for this Freaking! movie at every theater we passed, and NO ONE had it, but now we DO! But only for a short time.
Ok, to review. This is one of the first of it's kind (excluding the subculture ones made in the 80's and 90's, and in those the gay relationships were the sub-plots anyway). It is an emotional, thought/anger provoking story (I read the short when I saw the movie synopsis - so good but it makes you want to strangle them for being so stupid and uptight!). I spent two weeks looking for it (grr). And, as the cherry to this floppy little cake, it has the strongest Oscar nod of any film currently showing and it has unanimous critical acclaim from coast to coast.
Well . . . to be honest she had evidence to support her claim. I have a rainbow-flag Mickey Mouse pin on my bag (a Christmas gift from Mom), and minutes before I started squeeing over Brokeback I showed her a new shirt I got from Hot Topic today that says 'no one knows i'm a lesbian <3', and I've always been a GSA supporter. Yeah she had reasons but still, I hate the thought of being (and for that matter the word when applied to me) obsessed. I see obsessed as deranged fans, with pictures coating every inch of their rooms, falling asleep on a picture of their stalk-ees face, able to recite random facts from memory, and happy to spend thousands on old underwear. That's obsessed, and I hope someone signs me up for counseling if I were to ever act like that.
I've gotta run, All my Love ~J
