I'm doing MY part!

President Obama says we should let go of partisanship and stop being assholes to one another. In that spirit, I cleaned out my saved calendar pages from my old Bushisms calendar. I am not holding onto the quotes that have tortured me for years with the stupidity of the drop-out other idiots elected. I have tossed out all of the pages save one, the parting shot for the parting ex-moron-in-chief:

"But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me." -December 21, 2001.

Once more, I breathe a sigh of relief that that man is gone.

Event reminder!

We're still going to FIT's "Gothic Fashion" exhibit this weekend!

The museum is at 27th and 7th ave. There is a breezeway over 27th St. that says "Fashion Institute of Technology" and on the SW corner (I believe) a bronze statue with a hoop and a ball. (It's the only statue, but I thought I would be specific.) Let's meet there by 11 am and then we can figure out where the entrance is when we're all together. Please be on time, okay? It's going to be cold. (If it gets too bad, we might relocate inside the doors next to the statue.)

See everyone on Saturday!

(Thanks jendaby for poking me. I was going to post again, but I'd forgotten.)

No Nutritional Value: My Best Friend is a Vampire

I was relating to people only this past weekend how I had, at that point, watched as many movies as there were days in the year, and how my ambition is to, one day, become such a couch potato that I do watch 365 movies in the space of a year. Consequently, it was pointed out to me that it would be much easier to do that by watching mostly terrible movies as many of the sort I'd be likely to watch (horror movies, bad sci-fi) would be short. Between my parents' TiVo and Netflix's questionable selection of streaming video, I'm all set. So here I go!

My Best Friend is a Vampire is your typical 1980s monster movie--the monsters aren't scary, just misunderstood minorities! It's explicitly campy in its references to vampirism=puberty, STDs, homosexuality, etc. The protagonist gets himself into trouble after a one-night-stand with a woman he doesn't know. Use protection, you kids! But if you really love your friends, you won't hate them for being different.

Robert Sean Leonard looks to be all of twelve. (Cusack syndrome!) It stars the worst actress in the world as the love interest/Molly Ringwald rip-off. (feiran took one look at her and went, "That's a girl?"; then after exactly one line of dialogue, "That's the worst actress in the world, right?") This guy is having way too much fun being an absolutely queer vampire mentor. The theme song is "The Future is So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades." My "Starz presents" Netflix streaming video had breaks that seemed suspiciously like commercial breaks and curious silences where curse words ought to have been. Truly, this was the ABC Family version of Teen Wolf. Only vampires! Totally different!

Worth it for exactly two lines of dialogue:
Vampire Teen's Dad: Our son is gay. How do you feel about that?
Vampire Teen's Mom: I really wanted grandchildren.