A hodgepodge catch-up post

[wook77]

Couldn't post last night due to lack of strike :D.

It was really nice that a bunch of a customers came in last night and asked about me. A few of them were ones that really surprised me including a couple of customers that had been hardasses to deal with. There's this lady that comes in with her Yorkies (yeah, I don't get how that works in a grocery store, either) and she only deals with me for anything whether it's general merchandise (my area) or grocery (definitely not my area). She'd tried to buy a sofa and got fucked over by a few people and I helped her out. So, now, I'm it. She always tries to tip me but I ask her to donated it to my main job instead. So far, that's gotten my main job about 50 bucks which isn't that bad at 5 bucks here and 5 bucks there!

It was really really nice that these people were worried about me. Makes me feel like maybe the job isn't just lifting shit and cleaning up after assholes who can't be bothered to put shit back on the shelf where they got it.

Today was spent doing displays. Oh Crayola, how I hate you, sometimes, with your tempting colors and new products and fun glow-y dome thingies. You are ever so tempting and shiny.

I'm scrambling like mad to write my happy_trekmas fic. I've started multiple versions but this latest one seems to be the one that I'm going with.

I've had a low-grade headache for days. It flared today so I think it's mostly weather-related as we went from the high 80s/mid-90s to like, 65 on Saturday and maybe 68 on Sunday. It's also sort of stress-related, as well, like my body didn't know how tense it was until *BAM* reason for tension went away.

I got to skip600 and have about a hundred tabs open so if you get random comments on older posts, that would be why.

Dear Author reviewed Latter Days and it reminded me that I need to buy it. Instead of buying it (gotta wait for pay day as my movie money is being taken up by a little known movie known as "star trek", you prolly haven't heard of it), I streamed it tonight. I still love it.

What LGBT movies do you love? I'd recommend the following: Shelter, Brokeback Mountain, Yossi & Jagger, and Latter Days. Gimme more movies (not tv. I watch most of it on youtube) that you would recommend to me. Happy endings preferred. I can only take so many gay men dying before I get bitter about the kill-or-cure.

Comments

[fitzette.livejournal.com]

Loving Annabelle. It is SO GOOD but it does NOT have a happy ending, unless you watch the DVD. It has an alternate happy ending.

[ciel-vert.livejournal.com]

No strike? That's awesome!

My fave is Summer Storm. The ending does not involve death! It's a really lovely gay coming of age story. It's a German film, and very good.

[andrealyn]

BROKEN HEARTS' CLUB!!!

[elanorofcastile.livejournal.com]

My Beautiful Laundrette! Because hellooooo 1985 Daniel Day-Lewis! It's a rough ride, but it does end well. I'm a Stephen Frears (director) fan, too, so that's part of why I saw it, and wasn't disappointed.

[fiona-fawkes.livejournal.com]

Were the World Mine is probably one of my all-time favorite movies. Ever. Every fandomer that I've shown that to has gone off the deep end with love and bought their own copy post haste. Every time I watch it, I leave with a happy feeling. Also: singing/dancing rugby-playing gay private school boys. Oh yeah, they went there. It's available for streaming on Netflix, but if you buy it, I'd suggest going straight to the source: http://www.speakproductions.com/

[shygryf.livejournal.com]

eee! i second this!

[midnight-birth.livejournal.com]

Yay for no strike, and people asking and caring! :) It's the best when you find out about stuff like that! xD

Hm.. Movies.. Well, there is Rent, the new one of which I haven't seen, but apparently it's really good. And there is Milk, which I also haven't yet seen, but he won an Oscar for that role, and it's based on a true story that's truly inspiring, so it could be a good watch.

Also, this is a good page to check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBT-related_films_by_country

[shygryf.livejournal.com]

Not another Gay movie is campy bad, a billion times funnier than any other parody film, (the sequel is TERRIBLE)

completely seconding were the world shirltess boys reciting Shakespeare

Consenting Adults with my favourite boy.

My friend Weasel says "Fleeing by night"

I just usually search the Gay and Lesbian section of Netflix.

[tailoredshirt.livejournal.com]

I love Shelter and Latter Days. They are not without their faults, but I enjoyed both of them a lot. My favorite LGBT movie ever is Summer Storm, which is German and is just gorgeous in every way. I also love Just a Question of Love, which is French. Both are a bit angsty, but not depressing. I think you'll like them, or at least I hope you will. :)

[libgirl.livejournal.com]

YAY!!! I'm glad you didn't lose your job! :D Also, it's always nice to be appreciated.

You know, I've still never see Latter Days in its entirety? ~sigh~ I really should sometimes. Really.

I've seen a couple pretty good ones later, but I can't think of them. ~sigh~ I'm so old and senile, wook. ;/