Happy Halloween!

Since today is the anniversary of my dad's death, I started writing a post about him, but I don't want to bum you all out. So instead I'll leave you with some pictures from Books of the Dead. You see, back in the 19th century people had the habit of taking pictures of their dead loved ones, and making these albums called Books of the Dead, so go check them out.
You can musicalize the experience with my favorite Diamanda Galas song, Gloomy Sunday:
Sadly one Sunday I waited and waited
With flowers in my arms for the dream I'd created
I waited 'til dreams, like my heart, were all broken
The flowers were all dead and the words were unspoken
The grief that I knew was beyond all consoling
The beat of my heart was a bell that was tolling
Saddest of Sundays

Then came a Sunday when you came to find me
They bore me to church and I left you behind me
My eyes could not see one I wanted to love me
The earth and the flowers are forever above me
The bell tolled for me and the wind whispered,"Never!"
But you I have loved and I bless you forever
Last of all Sundays

"I'm not slow"

Really?

Then test your slowness here

Feel free to post your results (unless of course you are ashamed of your score). :P

Scattered

Great news! Ace Young's new single Scattered is finally out!

Get it here:

Ready? Now let's all sing along!

I camped out on your doorstep
with hopes you'd see me walking by
I feel you, I love you
Yeah you got me and I got ya
Stand forever by your side
With chocolates and flowers
I'll take my time

If I saw you walking by, I have to say hello
I have to say what's on my mind
And once I felt the things you do?
You don't need to do anything
You've got my heart and soul in two

Baby, I don't know what to do
Scattered by this love for you
and where I want to take you to
Scattered with that one thing left to do
Scattered is what I need to see
to be the man I long to be
But the one thing that belongs is you
in my brain, so scattered

The morning, you tease me
Waking up and you're not there
Just cold sheets and coffee
Yeah, you're working, I'm working
Work all day to come back home to kiss you
And hold you, you're so damn fine

And if I saw you walking by, I have to say hello
I have to say what's on my mind
And once I felt the things you do?
You don't need to do anything
You've got my heart and soul in two

Baby, I don't know what to do
Scattered by this love for you
and where I want to take you to
Scattered with that one thing left to do
Scattered is what I need to see
to be the man I long to be
But the one thing that belongs is you
in my brain, so scattered

And if I saw you walking by, I have to say hello
I have to say what's on my mind
And once I felt the things you do?
You don't need to do anything
You've got my heart and soul in two.

Augusten, Hank and Toby's Times

Future
A couple of months ago I was checking out something on imdb when I came across great news, a book I read a few years ago and loved was gonna be made into a movie: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. The only bad thing is that it won't come out until 2008. At least in the meantime The Sound of No Hands Clapping, also by the super enjoyable Toby Young, is making me happy.

Past
Still I have to wait more than a year to see How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, and I didn't get a chance to see Factotum (based on the book that made me fall in love with Charles Bukowski and after which it became imperative for me to devour all of his books until there was nothing left from him, just about him). :( Hank, I miss you!

Present
Luckily, not all is lost or in the far-off future, today I watched Running With Scissors by my beloved Augusten Burroughs, and I loved it! It opened today and already I can't wait to own the DVD (see? more waiting!)

I loved to see stuff on the screen that I had already pictured in my head. Obviously not everything in the book can be in the movie, so there were many great parts left out, but the cast was so awesome that I couldn't help wishing that since they were at it they would have made a scene out of every paragraph in the book.

And back to the Future
To my delight I learned that Augusten's funny novel Sellevision is also going to be made into a movie. I think that's the most adaptable of his books. And the least adaptable, my favorite book by him: Dry. I love that book so much, it's so intimate and I identify with it to the point that if it ever became a movie, I'd feel a little like my privacy was being invaded. Strange, isn't it? Hey, but if it ever gets made into a film I hope Gale Harold plays Augusten. I guess we'll have to wait, like I said, just wait....

Project Runway Finale

Is gonna be tonight, I so hope Michael wins!

He's definitely the best! He deserves to win, but on this show anything can happen: Remember the hideously tacky Chloe's triumph? Who wears her clothes besides the monsters in my nightmares? Cinderella's sisters?

Friday 13th in 3-D

I had the best Friday 13th! Went to the Midnite for Maniacs in 3-D at the Castro. Stopping for dinner at the best Indian restaurant in town made us miss the first movie, but we got there right in time for:

This movie was so funny! My favorite moment took place in a tunnel. Some tourists are checking out all the sea life when a girl sees the huge shark coming and she's like "Daddy see that big fish." The dad just screams "Holy shit!" and they all start running. LOL.

The show was so packed the host started kidding that since the theater is so old the balcony was gonna collapse. There were a couple of funny guys yelling a few jokes here and there, but it was definitely the movies that kept the audience laughing.
At exactly midnight this gem started:

It was awesome! After this experience I couldn't help wishing that all the movies were 3-D. Why, oh why can't all movies be 3-D? Maybe it's because of some Friday 13th curse. :(

Two scenes I love

From a movie that most people hate:

and

Latrell is the best, isn't he? :)

See whatcha did boy?

Tonight I went to the premiere of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.

The movie is awesome, I was very excited to see it cause you could only watch the trailer online from 10 PM to 4 AM, but then the movie wasn't all that gory. I read somewhere that they cut several scenes to avoid an NC17 rating, so we'll have to wait for the DVD to watch this movie the way it was meant to be. :(
Besides the awesomeness of the movie a couple things happened that made the experience even more enjoyable: First, even though I got to the theater an hour earlier, the line was already miles long, luckily an anonymous guy let me cut in line without me even asking! I went to the front just to ask if it was really the line for the premiere, and as I was walking back to my place at the end of the line this guy (the third on the line) started waving and calling me, so I went to see what he wanted and he invited me to cut in! Major coolness, I got the best seats in the house! And the other cool thing, the theater was number 13, coincidence? I don't think so!

Change your PIN number!

These guys grabbed everybody's PIN number! You are so gonna have to change yours or ask the bank to send you a new card or something!