tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post114694574060778197..comments2023-10-30T04:55:07.062-07:00Comments on my year of new things: Driver in the DarkErikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147513617701622162006-05-13T02:46:00.000-07:002006-05-13T02:46:00.000-07:00I had the exact same experience with "Dancer in th...I had the exact same experience with "Dancer in the Dark"; Loved it, brilliant movie, but there is no way I'm watching it again... unless someone feels like giving me an obscene amount of money to sit through it again. <BR/><BR/>I sobbed through nearly all of it, and leaving the theatre I was still crying. When I eventually stopped I felt so drained by the whole experience that I sat down in a chair and looked at a wall in my apartment for about two hours.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321407313148968734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147215321396061342006-05-09T15:55:00.000-07:002006-05-09T15:55:00.000-07:00PAM, I swear there used to be an off-color joke fr...PAM, I swear there used to be an off-color joke from someone with a sick/twisted and (at times) culturally insensitive sense of humor.<BR/><BR/>But I don't know if that would have done it for you.christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401963598900389708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147213189780064512006-05-09T15:19:00.000-07:002006-05-09T15:19:00.000-07:00_X_Tootsie_X_Wet Hot American Summer_X_Back to the..._X_Tootsie<BR/>_X_Wet Hot American Summer<BR/>_X_Back to the Future<BR/>__Dude, Where's My Car<BR/>_X_Gremlins<BR/>_X_Howard the Duck<BR/>_X_50 First Dates<BR/>_X_Buffalo ’66<BR/>_X_Vertigo<BR/>_X_Hedwig and the Angry Inch<BR/>_X_It’s a Wonderful Life<BR/>_X_Breakfast at Tiffany’s<BR/>_X_Dancer in the Dark <BR/>_X_Overboard<BR/>_X_Irreconcilable Differences<BR/>_X_Hello Again<BR/>_X_Outrageous Fortune <BR/><BR/>I really must see Dude, Where's My Car. It's the perfect movie for a Punk Ass Momma. At least it sounds like something I should have seen, but it came out before I knew about the Punk Ass in me.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I think this whole string of comments is really boring.<BR/><BR/>PAMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147198938266548262006-05-09T11:22:00.000-07:002006-05-09T11:22:00.000-07:00Christy, it's because I actually wrote the second ...Christy, it's because I actually wrote the second half of this post first, the part about Dancer in the Dark, and I started writing it because I was driving home when a Dancer in the Dark song started playing on my ipod, and then I almost got lost driving home because I was so overwhelmed by the song. Hence Driver in the Dark, because I was driving. Not really very clever. But then I added the stuff about all of the movies that I had seen a million times and I put that at the beginning of the post, making the title of the post even more obscure.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147198498929198972006-05-09T11:14:00.000-07:002006-05-09T11:14:00.000-07:00Erik, it's been bugging me for days. Why is this ...Erik, it's been bugging me for days. Why is this post called "Driver" in the Dark?christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401963598900389708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147196044621407962006-05-09T10:34:00.000-07:002006-05-09T10:34:00.000-07:00Any friend who has Lemonheads and Frente featured ...Any friend who has Lemonheads and Frente featured prominently in their music library is a friend I will keep for life.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147195965295658242006-05-09T10:32:00.000-07:002006-05-09T10:32:00.000-07:00Angela, YOU KNOW THE "AND THEN" WOMAN!?!?!?!?!?!?!...Angela, <BR/><BR/>YOU KNOW THE "AND THEN" WOMAN!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!<BR/><BR/>Not only do you know her, but she acted in one of your plays (that you didn't invite me to)!!?!??<BR/><BR/>Okay, OMG. <BR/><BR/>Knowing the "and then" woman is seriously cooler than if you were like, "Marlon Brando is literally my godfather--he and my dad are best friends, and, yep: he's my godfather." Or if you were like, "Julia Roberts decided that the SECOND play she does on Broadway is going to be my new play." Seriously, those things would be cool, and all, but not nearly as cool as being able to say that YOU KNOW THE "AND THEN" WOMAN!Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147195662891778922006-05-09T10:27:00.000-07:002006-05-09T10:27:00.000-07:00FWL, (1) I'm really glad you didn't delete your mo...FWL, <BR/><BR/>(1) I'm really glad you didn't delete your most recent entry. <BR/><BR/>(2) I wish that WE had had a weird conversation in one of our random theater crossing of paths and that you had written about that because that would be funny and I've had lots of weird exchanges with people.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147192997053448082006-05-09T09:43:00.000-07:002006-05-09T09:43:00.000-07:00To clarify, I didn't delete my most current entry;...To clarify, I didn't delete my most current entry; I accidentally clicked save. It's back now. I'm TOTALLY deleting that post from 2004.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403932428529704506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147192808910096572006-05-09T09:40:00.000-07:002006-05-09T09:40:00.000-07:00Oh no, is he a friend of yours too?! We just had ...Oh no, is he a friend of yours too?! We just had a weird exchange after I said hi to Jamie that night and I posted a blind recap of it.... Remind me to delete that entry....<BR/><BR/>I didn't delete it; I just accidentally clicked "save" instead of "post."Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403932428529704506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147192692982900612006-05-09T09:38:00.000-07:002006-05-09T09:38:00.000-07:00And RE: POEI totally have Poe's album. I totally f...And RE: POE<BR/><BR/>I totally have Poe's album. I totally forgot I had Poe's album, until my Hubby's friend came over one day and was like, "Hey, can I burn a copy of this Poe album?" <BR/><BR/>He also wanted a copy of the Lemonheads and Frente.<BR/><BR/>How effin' awesome is my music collection?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147192502297130912006-05-09T09:35:00.000-07:002006-05-09T09:35:00.000-07:00ERIK--You should be surprised that I have not seen...ERIK--<BR/><BR/>You should be surprised that I have not seen "Dude Where's My Car" because I will watch anything (ANYTHING) that is on cable. (Which is how I saw "50 First Dates", and how I watched "The Family Man" starring Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni approximately 2.5 times.)<BR/><BR/>(I have actually seen the end of DWMC and many pieces of the middle on cable. But I just can't quite bring myself to Tivo the whole thing...)<BR/><BR/>On a DWMC-related side-note: the woman who did the "...and then?" drive-thru voiceover starred in my last one-act play (that I didn't invite anyone to).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147155983929144542006-05-08T23:26:00.000-07:002006-05-08T23:26:00.000-07:00Kyle, You have to get over your thing against 50 F...Kyle, <BR/><BR/>You have to get over your thing against 50 First Dates. If you haven't already put it on your netflix que, do it now. <BR/><BR/>I'm waiting. <BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>Done? <BR/><BR/>Okay. <BR/><BR/>You can let your nemesis keep his love of Dude Where's My Car. There's really no use trying to leap that hurdle and try to love it.<BR/><BR/>If I wasn't so tired right now, I would try to use the word "cotton." <BR/><BR/>Why did you delete today's blog entry on your blog!?!?<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen Jamie in ages. He's really more a friend of friends, but we DID go to that reading together. Next time I see him, I will say hi for sure though. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and I can't remember what you said in your Taper post, but you're talkin' about a friend of mine...so watchit.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147155692474918122006-05-08T23:21:00.000-07:002006-05-08T23:21:00.000-07:00McBurgler, Hamburgler. Tomato, Tomatoe.(Okay, mayb...McBurgler, Hamburgler. <BR/>Tomato, Tomatoe.<BR/><BR/>(Okay, maybe not.)Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147135979967868982006-05-08T17:52:00.000-07:002006-05-08T17:52:00.000-07:00Erik and Lindsay, I TOO saw Tootsie at the drive-i...Erik and Lindsay, I TOO saw Tootsie at the drive-in! In De Queen, Arkansas! I'm sure I had no idea what was going on for much of the film. I must've been about 8-years-old.<BR/><BR/>Erik, I promise I haven't shunned 50 First Dates for any reason other than my finding the trailer a little irritating. Aside from that I have no opinion whatsoever. I'll add it to Netflix on your rec. And I think my dad was all weird about my seeing Gremlins when I was a kid, and when I got older I didn't really care. Seems like I read the book tie-in, though. I always read the book tie-in when the parents wouldn't let me watch the movie. And my grad school nemesis tried to make me watch DUDE.... but I wasn't drunk or high so I didn't think it was that funny, and my grad school nemesis was singing its praises, which made me hate it before it even started I think I either left before it was over or moaned until he turned it off. Unfair, I know, but there you have it.<BR/><BR/>I did finally cotton to the fact that half of these comments are from you -- but still, if you're only leaving half and you've got over 100, that's pretty damn impressive. I should nag my friends more.<BR/><BR/>In case you wondered, I love to use the word "cotton" in that context. And I'd sound like an ass or a hick (which I often sound like without the aid of southern idiom) if I said it out loud, so it's fun to use it in print.<BR/><BR/>As for the blog action -- WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING? COULDN'T YOU SEE HOW STARVED FOR COMMENTS FRANK'S WILD LUNCH IS?? (Other readers of this blog, take note.) For example, if I'd known you were a longtime FWL reader I might not have bored you with my adoration of YOU CAN COUNT ON ME, since I've done it countless times on those pages. Except that I love that movie and I love Laura Linney in that movie and I love...no, I mean I LOVE Mark Ruffalo in that movie and sometimes I think I'd still be in the closet if not for that movie and everyone should see it except that I worry when I get so excited about such an understated movie people don't really get my enthusiasm because I've built it up too much. Anyway, my ex-roommate used to scold me for repeating my stories. One of the many reasons why he's my ex-roommate. <BR/><BR/>Seriously though, tell Jamie I said hi! Hope he's doing well. And say hi yourself next time you sit behind me in a play!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and in case you were wondering, the name of the playwright I was complaining about in that Taper post appears earlier in this comment. If you add an S. And you put the word hilly in front of it. Thanks.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403932428529704506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147135446264800312006-05-08T17:44:00.000-07:002006-05-08T17:44:00.000-07:00"McBurgler"?Hamburgler, Erik. He's the Hamburgler..."McBurgler"?<BR/><BR/>Hamburgler, Erik. He's the Hamburgler.christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401963598900389708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147134714037498042006-05-08T17:31:00.000-07:002006-05-08T17:31:00.000-07:00I love Sharon in that, too (though I saw it twice ...I love Sharon in that, too (though I saw it twice before I knew it was her--didn't find out until post-Basic Instinct, which by the way you should see: it's fabulous in a Mommie Dearest sort of way; see it with a snarky group of friends, though I warn you: try to avert your eyes when Michael Douglas has his orgasms; they ain't pretty.)Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13609971299773817212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147133191366959752006-05-08T17:06:00.000-07:002006-05-08T17:06:00.000-07:00DOUG: "Arm in arm in arm in arm..."Just hearing th...DOUG: <BR/><BR/>"Arm in arm in arm in arm..."<BR/><BR/>Just hearing those words totally makes me all misty. <BR/><BR/>That movie is PAINFUL in such a good way. <BR/><BR/>And so so funny too. <BR/><BR/>And I think Sharon Stone's performance in it is my favorite Sharon Stone performance (which isn't saying much, maybe, but still) (I've never seen either of the Basic Instinct movies).Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147133039934509042006-05-08T17:03:00.000-07:002006-05-08T17:03:00.000-07:00OMG, I can't believe the Rhetorical Letter Writer ...OMG, I can't believe the Rhetorical Letter Writer left a comment on my blog! I feel like a I've just gotten a comment from a celebrity (but because the Rhetorical Letter Writer has no face--I mean, I'm sure they do have a face, but since it's anonymous--I feel as if I've gotten a comment from someone cool like the McBurgler). <BR/><BR/>I'm not going to reply to the Rhetorical Letter Writer's question because it was obviously rhetorical. <BR/><BR/>(Why is it so hard to spell the word rhetorical?)Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147132825039277062006-05-08T17:00:00.000-07:002006-05-08T17:00:00.000-07:00Dear Erik,Isn't your "do new things every day" phi...Dear Erik,<BR/><BR/>Isn't your "do new things every day" philosophy somewhat contrary to your "watch the same movies over and over and over again" lifestyle?<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/>The Rhetorical Letter WriterThe Rhetorical Letter Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006291244651712671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147132623235566512006-05-08T16:57:00.000-07:002006-05-08T16:57:00.000-07:00Joe, DUDE: Google KNOWS you!Joe, DUDE: <BR/><BR/>Google KNOWS you!Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147132309956472092006-05-08T16:51:00.001-07:002006-05-08T16:51:00.001-07:00http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD%2C...http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2004-33%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=%22Joe+Cahndler%22&btnG=SearchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147132260644839832006-05-08T16:51:00.000-07:002006-05-08T16:51:00.000-07:00I want a shirt that says: WWJCD? And then on the b...I want a shirt that says: <BR/><BR/>WWJCD? <BR/><BR/>And then on the back, it says: <BR/><BR/>"What Would Joe Cahndler Do?"Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147132175883441172006-05-08T16:49:00.001-07:002006-05-08T16:49:00.001-07:00But what would Joe Cahndler say?But what would Joe Cahndler say?Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403949.post-1147132161403471622006-05-08T16:49:00.000-07:002006-05-08T16:49:00.000-07:00LINDSAY: --I am really excited that you saw Tootsi...LINDSAY: <BR/><BR/>--I am really excited that you saw Tootsie at the drive-in. I've only seen one movie at the drive-in. It was Teen Wolf.<BR/><BR/>--Okay, if I was going to send you to the video store to watch only ONE of the movies on the list that you haven't seen (even though I think you should see all of them, if I had to choose ONE to send you out to rent and watch ASAP) I would tell you to go rent and watch HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, like, NOW.<BR/><BR/>--Is Poe still around? I like Poe. Actually, though, I don't think I own her album--I think the Angry Johnny song is from a compilation KROQ album that I have.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442902343936742742noreply@blogger.com