these tarts of pop

I love this crowd. So much.

So, it's that time again. The gang and I are here at B-Fest down at Northwestern University in Evanston, just outside of Chicago.

It's been a pretty pleasant trip thus far, with the exception of spending nearly two hours on the "expressway" once we got into Chicago. Feh.

The movie line-up has been acceptable...by B-Fest standards. I've seen the two movies I really wanted to catch with this crowd: Barbarella and Xanadu, the sountrack to which I will be singing FOR THE REST OF THE FRAKKING DAY OMG. I also got to see rockcandy76 again, so that was very cool. I think we've been at the same B-Fest for years now, but we didn't officially meet until last year. D'oh!

A special treat: one of the films on the lineup, Empire of the Ants, isn't screening properly, so they're replacing it with Lone Wolf McQuade, which is my FAVORITEST CHUCK NORRIS MOVIE EVER. And yes, Virginia, you can have such a thing as a favorite Chuck Norris movie.

I didn't win anything in the raffle this year, but my brother "won" some god-awful made for TV movie starring Tom Skerritt and a cast of...ones. fmh continues his streak of wins (he's picked up something for each of the five years we've attended), scooping up a 6-CD set of B-worthy music tracks.

Xanadu...Xanadu-ooh-ooh...

The folks at A&O Films have announced the dates for B-Fest 2008!

Mark your calendars for January 18th and 19th, 2008.

That's right; it's a little earlier next year, kids.

So. Um. Who's going? XD

In case you hadn't heard...

B-Fest update for January 14 2006

B-Fest tickets sold out within two hours yesterday morning.

ZOMG.

"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!