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Hi *waves*. Today is going by so freakin’ slow. Its mind numbing. I feel like I’ve been at the office all day and its only 11am. I’m dying… please put me out of my misery.

I’m thinking I probably feel like offing myself right now because I’m completely and utterly sleep deprived. I got about 3 hours of sleep last night which wasn’t the plan, but my sister had to do some work on my computer and my mother decided to get all into The Phantom of the Opera (which I was watching because Gerard Butler is my new obsession (poor Mattie)). In fact, she made me play the finale, starting from The Point of No Return for Inbal, who was over that night to watch a movie with Quiana.

Phantom of The Opera is an interesting movie. I happened to completely adore it. The ending makes me cry; Gerard is so good. I think the look of the movie is gorgeous, but Christine and Raul leave me completely cold. Those two are so freaking boring it’s ridiculous. I end up fast forwarding through all the parts that don’t have Gerard in them. Not just because he is too beautiful to walk among mere mortals, but also because that Christina/Raul shit makes want to blow major chunks.

This got me thinking about what other people thought of the film. I know it got mixed reviews and a lot of people hated the fact that they cast Gerry as the Phantom; one reason being they thought he was way to good looking to play this supposed grotesque, twisted character. This is funny because, when mom and I first watched the film like last year, she kept saying, throughout the entire movie, “He’s not that bad? I’d take him. He looks pretty good to me. The left side of his face is fine.” And it happened again last night when Inbal walked into my room, as the climax scene was on when The Phantom tells Christine to choose between him and Raul, “He’s not bad looking,” She said. “Why are they making it out like he’s so terrible?” Dude, that totally cracked me up. I mean, Gerry is hot. No amount of prosthetic is going to cover up his perfection, no matter how hard you try, but damn. The guy is an actor. He’s trying to act the part of a tortured creature abused by the world because of the way he looks.

I would think it’d be really hard to get into the head space of that kind of person when everyone keeps telling you, “You’re too pretty. You’re the exact opposite. You’ll have to flip yourself and basically stop being you.” But I could see how that would be distracting to the audience as well. Everyone is too busy focusing on Gerry’s looks that they find it hard to believe that he is supposed to be this hideous and repulsive thing. It is distracting and the movement of the piece is lost on them. So, in that case, some critics have a point. But why, unlike everyone else, was I able to look past Gerry, so to speak, and focus on the way he played the part? I was able to moved by his acting and sympathize with his creature of the night. Am I not particularly shallow? Or is everyone else just stupid?

So yeah, I made the mistake of going to Netflix and reading the reviews of “Phantom”. Man, are people bloody dumb. They kept going on and on about how Gerry could never compare to Michael Crawford who originated the stage role in the musical in 1984. But here is the thing… Gerry is not trying to channel flippin’ Michael Crawford. I understand the guy has the voice of an angel, but hello, two different people, two different acting styles and two different approaches to the character. I’m sure if they could have gotten Michael to play the part in the film, they would have, but the guy is 65 years old. He has moved on. Not to mention that this was a film, not a stage musical. It was adapted for the screen… ADAPTED for the screen, by Andrew Lloyd Weber himself! The guy who wrote the whole shebang had a hand in every bit of this movie and the “Phans” still weren’t happy. They ripped it to shreds. It’s like, if the freaking guy who wrote the original play likes the direction of the film and approved Gerard to play The Phantom, who the hell are you fucks to tell him he’s wrong? He is supposedly the God of musical theater, right? You all worship the ground he walks on, correct? Still the peeps continue to get their hate on? What up with, player? What up with that?

As you can tell, I’ve thought a lot about this over the past few days. Of course it has everything to do with my wanting to marry Gerard and bare his children. I think He may be replacing Matt as my main obsession, which is sad. Matt and I have been together (not really together… you know what I mean) for the last 5 years and now we are growing apart. My goodness, I’m getting misty. I’ve never been obsessed with someone as long as I’ve been obsessed with Matt. But that just goes to show the rampant progression of my supreme neurosis. My obsessions are completely unhealthy and I have my theories as to why I get enchanted with unknown or barely know actors who don’t even know I exist on the planet earth… but that, my friends, is for another post.

Peace, Love, Blessed it be.

Hi *waves*. So I bought The Forever Knight Trilogy - Part 1 at DeepDiscountDVD.com. You're talking to a Forever Knight fan from way, waaaaaay back. I love that fucking show. I had such a huge crush on Geraint Wyn Davies *blush*, so I'm totally looking forward to that showing up in the mail soon. Fun, fun stuff.

In other movie news, I'm totally in love with the movie, The Outsider. I have a new found appreciation for Tim Daly and Naomi Watts. Tim has always been a good looking guy, but he was totally hot in this movie. And the only thing I've seen Naomi Watts in was The Ring. I don't like or dislike her, but she was really good in this movie. Romantic Westerns with beautiful cinematography always get me. If you haven't seen it check it out. I broke myself when I bought Forever Knight, but I get paid every week so it's all good.

Oh yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm over Mark. The reality of his unavaliableness (is that even a word?) is starting to sink in. Actually I don't really know what I saw in him in the first place. Why do we always get crushes on people just to look back and realize they weren't all that to begin with? Human nature is a strange creature.

Gotta go. Peace and Love.

Hi *waves*. I've decided to go out for a drink (or 10) after work on saturday. I haven't gone out for a drink in a while and although I'll have to work on sunday, I'm demoing pineapples so it's not like I have to be sober. I can do that with a needle full of heroin sticking out of my arm, so a few drinks won't hurt.

Anyway, yeah, maybe some strawberry marguritas at the local bar will do it. That will definately take the edge off of work. I'll get drunk and hit on guys, then fall asleep on my bed room floor and drag myself into work hung over and irritated. That should be fun.

I'm just tired of working. That's it, period. Fuck working. Working sucks. It should be band.

To answer Karen's question: There was a lot of stuff left out of Salem's Lot, but that often happens with Stephen King adaptions. His writing is so detailed that it's impossible to fit everything into a movie. That is painfully obvious with "Hearts in Atlantis". It was a great film, but it was only based on the first fourth of the book. The book goes on and on from there with many different characters, but like I said, they can't fit all that into a movie.

As far as Salem's Lot goes, I thought it was far and away the best adaption of that book. Much scarier than the orginal TV mini-series. Much more intense. But that is to be expected as TV has less restrictions on what they can and can't show as compared to 1979.

The only beef I have with this version is the way they pretrayed the part of Father Callahan. They made him out to be a bad guy in this version but that was so far from Stephen's vision it isn't even funny. Callahan did infact get "baptized" by the vampire, but he didn't turn into a servant. After he was baptized he caught the last bus out of Salem's Lot to New York and lived there for awhile drinking and working for a homeless shelter. He eventually became a vampire hunter and travelled all around the country. He finally ended up in a mirror world of ours called Mid-world destined to run into the last gunslinger, Roland of Gilead.

You have to read "The Dark Tower" Series, Stephen King's magnum opus, if you will, about a loan gunslinger who must travel the depths of mid-world to save the nexus of all worlds, The Dark Tower. That's the only way you'll understand Callahan's part in Salem's Lot and beyond.

Callahan actually shows up in the 5th installment of the series in a little town off the edge of End-world that is terrorized by masked wolves on horses. He's also found "Black 13," the last crystal ball in a set of magic balls called "Bend 'o the Rainbow" and is the most dangerous, allowing the owner to travel through time.

So, you can see why I was a little pissed that they totally changed up Callahan's character like that. Ben Mears didn't chase him and he sure as hell didn't kill him. Callahan didn't even stay around to see Salem's Lot burn.

... but other than that I liked it.

I highly recommend reading "The Dark Tower" once you get into it you'll realize that all of Stephen's books have some connection to the series. It's very exciting to read it and then remember a scene from another book or short story that ties into what your reading right then. Every single book or short story he has ever written has some referrence to The Dark Tower. Some more than others, but it's still really cool.

Yeah, I'm gonna go now. Peace and Love.

Hi *waves*. Called in sick to work today. Yes, I really am sick. I had these totally intense dreams last night and then I woke up this moring with my throat all swelled up, so I called in. I don't feel guilty about it either. Considering all the times Vons called me in on days off to work, I deserve to be sick for a day.

Anyway, I feel like shit. My throat still hurts, but I'll survive. Thankfully I don't have to work tomorrow. I really need to get some errands done like put my check in the bank. I'm not broke, but I still need the put that money in the bank.

I'm also watching the remake of Salem's Lot on TNT. It's soooo much better than the original TV mini-series! The original sucked! I'm not a fan of Rob Lowe in his later years (although he was totally hot when he was in the brat-pack), but he isn't bothering me playing the title character. Stephan King TV movies can go either way, so I'm glad this one isn't crap.

I know I'm boring you. I'm boring myself so I'm going to go. Peace and Love.