Movie thoughts and music

[thrihyrne]

Due to so much overtime that I've worked, as a way of saying thanks, my supervisor has given me (and my coworkers) movie tickets which don't expire. I doubt that December Boys will ever come here, and I'm just not up on what else is out there, so I went over to Apple's trailers site— I'm an unrepentant Mac User. ::looks lovingly at months-new Mac mini, hereby named Bianca:: Before that, even, Friday afternoon I looked to see what actually was playing here, and both Elizabeth and Into the Wild caught my eye. I've decided that going to see wide expanses of Alaskan landscapes is going to be the one I see on the big screen today. In looking at the trailers, though, I also noticed Control, about the lead singer of Joy Division, which looks fabulous; and probably will never come here. The other one which caught my heart and already pulled — hard — on my heartstrings, is Grace is Gone with John Cusak. John Cusak's name was more than enough to get me to click on it, but seeing him as a father (which is totally plausible; he's only four years older than I am), and the circumstances... I'm so there. And in a very melancholy way, it made me think a bit of my own former situation. Still, it looks like a definite winner, coming out in early December.

In music news, my High Sister of Music Holiness, sexyscholar, loves to make mixes, and she's made a special Ron/Draco mix that she shared with stuckinsea and myself and now I can't stop listening to it. I find the cross-pollination, as it were, of music combinations and the thought processes behind it from my friends absolutely fascinating. I'll admit it: I love being a recipient of CD mixes, because inevitably I'm exposed to artists and songs I'd never otherwise know about. To beat this metaphor into the ground, it is indeed creative and all kinds of inspired stories influenced by their musical gifted offerings have blossomed from my purple-ink pens. As I wrote to sexyscholar in an email last night, I've now had multiple exposures to groups like Garbage and Muse and Bjork and Interpol from different mixes from different friends, and the kaleidoscoping creativity behind all of this is really enough to make me dizzy at times.

You all awe me, truly.

Got to unplug here for a bit and go write, and then escape into the world of a guy who I could have gone to college with. And I very unwittingly left out eldritchhobbit in my previous post of people who have sent gorgeous correspondence through the post. I also have a dedicated space for music mixes from her. You rock, m'dear!!

Comments

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Psst, *points you here* *g*

Glad you sound like you had a good weekend!

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Have gone, and participated! Thanks!