TOR! DAY!

[sexyscholar]

"We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!"

That pretty much sums up my feelings about B-Fest. It was a blast, my dear friends, and I don't use that word lightly -- um, that word being "blast." Yes. I'll stop digging now.

We got to Ann Arbor, and loaded up into the ShortBus of DOOM!, along with a most excellent bunch of fellas: shawnj, shugotenchi, TheMike, hexslinger, and fmh. I was the only girl in the bunch. :D They are all members of fns, the Friday Night Society, and while I'm certainly not clever enough to be a member (in my opinion), I've been invited to join them in some of their viewings. Can I tell you that I squee with girlygeek glee at the prospect of this? Yes?

I squee with girlygeek glee at the prospect of joining these guys for FNS.

After a 5-hour trip in the ShortBus of DOOM!, entirely too much fast-food (and good Lord, was it wonderful), and trying to get rid of ice INSIDE the car, we finally made it to Evanston, Illinois and the campus of Northwestern University. Got our tickets, but I was too late to get an XL B-Fest t-shirt. Curses!

Squee! I got to see my teofphiglet again, along with two of her most excellent friends, Di and Amy. I don't like letting Alexis get away from me. It hurts muchly. :( It felt really good to see her again, though.

Movies. Yes, I remember there being movies. There was a John Agar nightmare called "The Brain from Planet Arous." Now, I don't remember how "Arous" is pronounced...but you know me, it became "Arouse" in no time flat. A few other horrors from the 50s & 60s. I managed to crack up TheMike with a Gollum quote during "The Beatniks," which made me most happy and stuff. There was a really bad blaxploitation flick called "Monkey Hustle" starring Yaphet Kotto and Rudy Ray Moore. The highlight of that movie was seeing what kind of gold lame' disaster Rudy would appear in next.

I finally got to see "Plan 9 From Outer Space." ♥ It was as horrible/wonderful as I had heard it was, and to see it with audience participation was joyous. We must remember to bring paper plates next year. That was definitely the highlight of the fest, as far as movies go.

I also got to hear The Best Line Ever Spoken In Film History. There was a flick called, "The Beast With Five Fingers." The "beast" is a hand. *cue The Addams Family theme* Anyhoo, there's a scene where Peter Lorre is standing on a balcony as the hand plays a piano downstairs. In classic Peter Lorre (heeeeeeh), he says, "the hand...is playing...down there!" As if this weren't bad enough, the next shot is of Peter with a look of agony?/ecstasy? on his face. Yes. Mona has a filthy mind, which apparently comes in handy during such an event.

The low point? A soft-core porn version of "Alice In Wonderland." I've scheduled hourly brain-boiling sessions to try to get rid of that one. I'll give you an example: there's a scene with Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum. The former, a guy -- the latter, a girl. They romp in those wheelie-beanies, wear only blue tops, and they have sex. After it's all over, they happily informed Alice (and the horrified audience) that they are brother and sister. Yes. SUFFER!

After "Plan 9," the movies got rather boring. I agree completely with shawnj -- after that movie, they really need to put on the interesting stuff to keep the die-hards awake. I am proud to say that I stayed awake for most of the 24 hour fest. I think, in total, I got about 30 minutes of sleep. I found a comfy spot at the very top of the aisle with fmh, and we helped keep each other awake and relatively sane. Still, 24 hours without laying down definitely takes its toll on a puny mortal. My whole lower body hurts.

We got back to shugotenchi's at about 2:30 very early Sunday morning. I crashed out on their sofa, and just before falling into a coma, I remember two things: that it was the first time I'd been in a fully recumbent (ooh! a mood theme word!) position since 7:00 Friday morning, & shugotenchi's doggy climbing on me and going to sleep. :)

It was a most excellent weekend -- stiff body and all.

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I'm just catching up with the rest of the world. So, Justin Timberlake "accidently" pulls off part of Janet Jackson's top? Suuuuuuuure. And white wine is "Jesus Juice" apparently.

Oh, those loveable wacko Jackos!

Comments

[greyyguy.livejournal.com]

That sounds like it was a blast! B-movies are wonderful :)

The Alice in Wonderland sounds pretty out there.

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[sexyscholar.livejournal.com]

It really was a lot of fun! :)

That movie was the only one where I said to myself, "okay...this is just WRONG."

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[greyyguy.livejournal.com]

That is what makes them fun :)

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[sexyscholar.livejournal.com]

Very true. :)

[ryl.livejournal.com]

ENVY

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[sexyscholar.livejournal.com]

Sadness.

[buscemi.livejournal.com]

You'd probably like Night of the Ghouls. For the "ghost", they have a helium balloon with a sheet over it. Whenever the ghost appears, you hear this goofy slide-whistle music.

[copy.livejournal.com]

LOL
That sounds brilliant.

"the hand...is playing...down there!" I must see that movie...

[ex-dogmeat720.livejournal.com]

Damnit! I wish I'd been there!