THIS WEEKEND, I...

[telophase]

a) drove to Houston to visit the boy, taking off early Friday because of the forecast of dire stormage all the way. The drive was sunny and hot.

b) watched Spamalot. Thanks to a review by theferrett, I knew there wasn't a significant amount of new material, mostly recycled Monty Python, but there are far worse things in this world than recycled Monty Python.

c) discovered isancho and his wife sitting in the seats directly behind us in the theatre. I am not surprised they were at the show, but that they were at that matinee and that they were directly behind us.

d) finally saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3, at the Alamo Drafthouse, so the food was good even if the movie was stupid-but-watchable (Chow Yun Fat deserved a better part).

e) as a consequence of the Short Person's Curse (sitting behind a tall person with a fat head) at Spamalot, sitting wonky for three hours, and then due to the typical uncomfortable movie theatre seats, sitting wonky for three more hours at PotC3, Sunday morning had Serious Back Issue, with a muscle that had never had a problem before, to the point of being rather worried I wouldn't be able to drive home for a few days. But serious application of massive amounts of Advil and icepacks reduced it to a dull ache. It's in my mid-to-upper back, below my left shoulderblade and off to the side, and is one of the muscles seriously involved in breathing, which was extremely painful for a while Sunday morning. Now I only feel it if I breathe deeply or sit without back support for a while.

f) discovered I am dating the Antichrist.

g) overnighted Sunday night with my mother and her cat, as I didn't want to face the full five-hour-drive home from Houston in one go, with the dire stormage predicted all the way. the Sunday drive to College Station and the Monday drive to For Worth were ... sunny and hot all the way.

h) got home Monday afternoon and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening backing up and restoring my iPod, which has been acting funky for the past few months (if I went to the Podcasts playlist and played a podcast and backed out of that playlist, the iPod crashed. If I played a podcast and let it finish by itself and go to the menu, it was fine. Go fig).

i) had a dream Tuesday morning that presented me with three bishounen with angsty anime backstories and colored hair.






what, you want context for something above? Fine. The boy, last week, managed to lose a fight with a car door, which put a mostly-horizontal slice into his forehead, and then lost a fight with ... I think a cabinet or desk drawer or something, the result of which was a mostly-vertical slice into his forehead at exact right angles to, crossing, and re-opening the first. As a result of which, he has a perfect inverted cross branded into his forehead at the moment. Maybe I'll start calling him Damian.

Comments

[selenite.livejournal.com]

he has a perfect inverted cross branded into his forehead at the moment.

You know that calls for posting a picture.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I did take photos, but I have to dig the camera out of the bottom of my backpack and transfer them over. So expect photographic documentation before too long. :D

[sleary.livejournal.com]

*laughs and laughs*

[mechamel.livejournal.com]

I second the laughter. :P

[emtigereyes.livejournal.com]

sitting behind a tall person with a fat head at Spamalot, sitting wonky for three hours

I could have sworn Spamalot was only 2 hours. I doubt it'd make much difference to your back, esp. if followed by 3 hrs wonky sitty for PotC.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I'm counting the time spent sitting there before the show and at intermission as well. :) Although it's more "generic unfomfortable theatre seats" and not "sitting wonky" at that point.

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

Thank you for adding the context re Antichrist. I was wondering if I should volunteer to go break somebody's head for you.

(But it seems he already did that himself.)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

:D It may actually be because he only has one eye, and therefore perspective is slightly more theoretical to him than most of the rest of us, but it may also just be normal clumsiness. XD

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

Wow, you have been busy. I'm eagerly awaiting pictures. I thought the worst part of PotC was the anti-climactic end with Kalypso.

[oyceter]

That is awesome! He is Anti-Cross! Now all that has to happen is for him to have an angsty eye trauma backstory involving his sekrit evil twin and for the inverted cross to manifest from his forehead!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

If it helps, he was raised Catholic and is a former altar boy. XD

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

One eye + inverted cross on forehead = perfect manga boyfriend.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

And what did you think of my Bishounen Dream? My subconscious has completely embraced the manga crack, I think.

[chomiji]

>> discovered I am dating the Antichrist <<

Since I had recently decided that Light Yagami is the Antichrist, this gave me an extremely muddled mental image ... and one that only got worse with your explanation!

>> three bishounen with angsty anime backstories and colored hair <<

XD   tsk!   You have no one to blame but yourself ... I guess it was Cute who was msising from the lineup?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Nope! Snarky. :D

[chomiji]

Clearly the part of my brain that picks icons has better ESP than does the part that writes messages! I bet Snarky was off with someone cute he picked up in a bar ... .

[telophase.livejournal.com]

XD I've been waiting for a great demand as to exactly what the dream was and the bishounen were, so I can post it but so far no go. THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW.

[chomiji]

Oh noble Telephase-san, tell me, please! What exactly were those lovely men doing in your dream?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Mostly standing around. :D

I'll write something up slightly more detailed and post it soon. XD

[chomiji]

>snort!<

You are such a tease ... !

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Et voila! (http://telophase.livejournal.com/885999.html)

[snarp]

Perhaps this book could help you with your problem.

Courtesy of my little sister, whose boyfriend evidently believes himself to be Gackt, much to my concern.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Now, that's scary...

[chomiji]

Oooooh, thanks, that hurts so good, I'm sitting here laughing out loud at my desk. Did you read the on-line extract Amazon gives there, which includes the full text of the "Antichrist" entry?

[snarp]

My sister has the book, so I've read it - my personal favorite is "Actually Twins."

[nekonexus.livejournal.com]

re: d) extensive application of monomyth (http://aidan-mutou.livejournal.com/17969.html) makes the movie somewhat more interesting. ^_^;

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Oh, good - thanks. I'd seen that essay referenced a couple of times on the f-list and wanted to read it, but only after I'd seen the movie. And now I don't have to go searching for the link. :D

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

...he has a perfect inverted cross branded into his forehead at the moment.

That's certainly one up on the average career-limiting tattoo!