"We may not know what we're doing . . . but we do it well." Campus Cinema ProjectionistAgain, this entry is more for yesterday than today. Today I've got to spend doing things like French, and filling out my ballot, and cleaning up the joint, and taking out the trash. Whoopee. But today was pretty damn good!
I went to my Clinique thing, which was fun- I came out looking all pretty and purple, and with some new stuff- which is always fun. Too bad I wasn't going anywhere exciting to show it off- a reason why school sucks- who do I dress up for? No hotties to attract, who cares?
At Campus Cinema (really one of my lecture halls, but it works great as a theater) was showing a double feature of The Wedding Singer and Happy Gilmore, which I wanted to go to. Unfortunately the people I know that would appreciate those flicks (Mike, Evan, Sarah) weren't around, and everyone else was either locked in their rooms or lying around staring at the ceiling- which is what Kevin and Adrian were doing- frankly it was kinda creepy. So I got together my last few dollars (I hope I don't have to spend anything between now and Friday- but I doubt it!) and went . . . alone.
Just a comment here, but what is it with going to certain places (like the movies) by yourself? Why is that so bad that I've seen whole sitcom shows dedicated to ragging on alone people? Geez. Okay, so there were only two of us that were alone (me and another chick) and I got stared at by the people around me, and I kept hoping that the few people in the audience I knew wouldn't see me- but once you're in the dark, is it really all that bad? No.
The Wedding Singer is EXCELLENT. Fabulous movie! And Adam Sandler is HOT in it. I don't know what it is, but when he's got that short hair (the kind when he goes, "Is my hair messed up?" you just start laughing!) he isn't exactly hot- but give him that 80's shag-thing and he is a stud! Woo hoo! I wonder if he's that great of a kisser IRL though, since he's not shown doing it very much in either movie. (I heard Harrison Ford isn't supposed to be good either. How sad, my lovely Han can't kiss? Another illusion destroyed) I don't normally go for the brown-puppy-dog-eyes effect (probably because I do it, and there can only be one of us pulling that off), but in this movie it was hot.
Okay, to the plot: His character Robbie is a wedding singer (ex-wannabe band member) in his small hometown, and he's engaged, but his a-hole fiancee dumps him for having a job she doesn't like. (Let me just interrupt to say here that some of the outfits are HYSTERICAL- i.e. the fiancee's, Julia's sister, Julia's "Miami Vice" fiance, and George- you have to see this guy because I can't describe it without laughing too hard. He reminded me of the bands Tammy listened to in high school- which made me wonder, "What happened to all those freaks after the 80's were over anyway?" Okay, I'm through) Julia (aka the cutest and sweetest person I've ever seen in my life- great necklace and clothes too! Her wedding dress is one that I'd wear, totally. Her engagement-party dress too. Then again, like any of y'all care!) and her sister Holly work as caterers at the same hall where Robbie does his gigs. And they're friends, and she gets him to help her with her stuff, because her fiance Glenn is too busy working (read: too busy shagging) to help. Anyway, I loooooved seeing Adam do something like this, too bad he doesn't do sincere very often. I was just totally swept up in the moments, it was excellent, I want this movie on video!
Something I found interesting in between the movies were the weird things that the projection person put up on the screen. Like the quote at the top, definitions of cinema and movie (stuff like "If it examines a character's total lack of feeling, it's cinema; if it examines Sharon Stone's total lack of underpants, it's a movie."), the requisite Davis cow butt pictures (don't ask), trivia, and my personal favorite, "Sexual Lines From Star Wars". I'll put up what I remember:
"Curse my metal body, I wasn't fast enough!"
"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!"
"Luke, put that thing away before you get us all killed!"
"Luke, are you sure you can pull out at that speed?"
As for Happy Gilmore, it's not as good, but I was still laughing. Basically, Happy is an orphan, raised by his grandma, who just got foreclosed on by the IRS, forcing Happy to put her in a nursing home run by Ben Stiller the nutcase. He's a wannabe hockey player, but can't skate for shit and has a VERY violent temper. Anyway, it's discovered that he's excellent at long drives in golf, so even though he hates the sport, he joins the pro tour to make the money to get back his grandma's house.There are some excellent lines in it, like this one between Happy and his golf rival, Shooter (nope, I didn't make the names up):
Shooter: "I eat turds like you for breakfast."I mean, really, haven't we ALL wondered about lines like that in movies? And here's another one I loved, describes that whole "friends" thing perfectly. Here's the setup: Happy has persuaded his publicist to go on a date with him, but she stipulates "just friends", and he goes along with it. So he takes her to the rink, and when they're on the ice, the lights go off and "Endless Love" starts playing. When she objects, he goes, "Friends listen to Endless Love in the dark!" 'Nuff said.
Happy: "You eat TURDS for breakfast?"
Shooter (sheepishly): "No."
One of the things that I had to do today was fill out my absentee voter ballot. When I finally opened it . . . well, other than the gubernatorial candidates, I had noooo idea who any of those people were. I know I'm out of the county that I'm voting in and haven't been watching that much TV lately (other than Buffy), but geez is that a scary thought to not have the faintest idea of what you're voting for. But on the other hand, I believe that I ought to vote (the one time I didn't was when my mother didn't bother to mail the ballots because she was late- again!), nobody else is doing it (there's a switch in phrases for ya!), and I do want to vote for governor (I'm voting for Davis- the other "Democrats" have way less experience, and Lundgren can't seem to manage having a difference between church and state. There's one girl I met at advising who said that Lundgren would be the next governor- God, I hope not!). So I randomly voted for Democratic candidates, even though that open primary thing confused me a lot. At least with the measures and propositions they have a description of what you're voting for, and for the local stuff some people had in blurbs- but I know nothing about the people running for any state offices other than governor (except for Michela Alioto). So is what I did bad? Better than what most people do (i.e. nothing)? Does one vote really matter? I don't know.
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