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in_the_blue) wrote2010-12-01 01:22 pm
in_the_blue) wrote2010-12-01 01:22 pm
I thank you for the air to breathe, the heart to beat, the eyes to see again
Over Thanksgiving, I saw that a number of you posted things you were thankful for. I love reading those. In a way, that's what inspired me to do this post. I thought it would be fun to do a virtual tour of the zodiac and share with you some of my guiltiest guilty pleasures sign by sign. Typically, guilty pleasures don't need explanation, right? Behind the cut, to save my friends list from this extensive picspam.
Aries (fire)
Aries men are a little bit of a downfall for me. My ex was an Aries, and I love their aggressiveness and fearless plunging ahead no matter what.
Oh, geeze, my love for Eric Clapton goes back so far I can't even remember how far back it goes. I think he keeps getting better as he gets older, too. He might not be God, but he sure sounds the part when he picks up that guitar.
Steve McQueen fascinates me. He lived fast and rough and scraped his way into everything he got, and most people don't even realize he was deaf in one ear from a diving accident. I cried when he died.
Taurus (earth)
I have a love/hate relationship with Taurus people. My favorite Taurus is my kid, but that's no guilty pleasure. Taurus men have a solid luxury to them, stubborn and insistent as they are.
If I could have someone read to me every single night, it would be Steve Blum. Not only does he have one of the most spectacular voices I've ever heard, I'm also pleased to say that he's a complete sweetheart and so friendly. I want to wrap him up and take him with me everywhere I go. Also, he has eyes to die for.
HelLO, Taurus! Looking at Kevin Garnett is so deceptive because as a pro athlete he moves and runs like a gazelle, which makes me think Gemini. But he's as stubborn and determined as anyone, and just watch him play basketball sometime if you need proof of how solid a performer he is.
Gemini (air)
I could've populated this list with a couple dozen Gemini men easily. They're deceptive: with Gemini, you always get more than you bargained for, even though they like to pretend they bend with the wind whichever way it goes. Here you go, my first nod to absolute celebrity coming right up. Not that I was given a life-size standee of Captain Jack Sparrow by my coworkers or anything a few years ago...
Was there a time when it wasn't popular to adore this guy? He's such a Gemini: impossible to pin down, impossible to label, impossibly talented. He's like two dozen different people all in one, and like fellow Gemini Bob Dylan, impossible to predict.
Air-sign eye candy, but not just that, Ryan Black is every bit as versatile as Johnny Depp and as a bonus, is one hell of a sweet person. He's a fairly incredible actor and while I don't follow him any more to know what he's doing these days, Dance Me Outside is one of my favorite indy films and he's absolutely stunning in it (as he was in the CBC-TV spinoff, The Rez).
Cancer (water)
I have a stupid weakness for water sign men. As in I have to stop myself when they walk into the room and remind myself it's just the pull of their sun sign doing it to me. I'm sure I'm not the only one who can't help themselves around them. Yes, Cancerian men are lunatics -- they have to be, they're ruled by the moon -- but lunatics of the best possible sort. They exhibit this stupid sweetness and dedication and loyalty and I just... okay, enough.
Michael Trucco needs no explanation. He just has that presence that practically invites staring. This might be my favorite picture of him. It's not my fault if you can't turn away.
Look at that grin! LOOK AT IT! BenJarvus Green-Ellis is so Cancerian. I don't know if he's crabby in person, but he personifies the giddiness of this sun sign to a tee. At the start of the season my husband (Capricorn) and I were watching the Patriots and I said who's this Green-Ellis guy? I like him, he's on my personal fantasy team for the season. He's been such a go-to guy for the Pats but my favorite thing is watching that huge grin break out on his face after every successful play.
Leo (fire)
The showoffs of the zodiac! I actually had a hard time with Leos. I love them, but I'm not usually as wowed by them as I possibly should be. Maybe that's my Scorpio sun sign at work being skeptical. Not that it was hard to pick.
With Antonio Banderas, his Leo sun shows in those gorgeous eyes and in the tilt of his chin. He's pretty much a spectacular example of a Leo man, strutting and grabbing the spotlight no matter where he is or what he does.
It's that smooth-as-silk voice. Or maybe the dimples. Or maybe the way he just oozes into a space and takes it up, the way his presence is undeniable, but I have such a soft spot for Kevin Spacey. He's just so good at every role he takes on and even if my favorite is still Lester Burnham from American Beauty, I pretty much can't refuse to see him in anything.
Virgo (earth)
Surprise me, astrology! I came up with more Virgo men for this than any other sign and in fact, have to give you three instead of two. I don't know if any of these men weigh in on the troublingly neurotic side of Virgo but they're all stupidly beautiful. They have a tendency to exhibit this beautiful restraint, carry themselves like princes, and there's just something impeccable about them.
I know, right? Stupid sexy Cylons. The truth of the matter is that I've had a little thing for Callum Keith Rennie ever since I saw him in the film Double Happiness. And then there was that Due South business too, and... and then BSG. The thing about him is that he's got this precision of movement, no matter what he does, that's so Virgo and so helplessly lovely. Watch him for how much he keeps inside as much as for the emoting he does.
That I'm a fan of voice actors is no secret. What you might not know is that I have such a crush on Beau Billingslea. It's not that he's a former University of Connecticut (my almost alma-mater) football star or that he's been in dozens of movies or that he's such a huge part of what I love about Cowboy Bebop. It's that he's a gorgeous and amazing person, sweet and kind and gracious, beautiful and dignified. In short, he's everything good about Virgo.
Bonus Virgo man. If you've never seen Yusaku Matsuda, you should. Watch a few of his films: he had an amazingly beautiful restrained passion that looks like it's just begging to be let loose. He was long and lean and lanky and determined and his very own force of nature just waiting to be unleashed.
Libra (air)
Librans are the balance of the zodiac, or at least they wish they were! If you've ever heard the phrases then again... or on the other hand... peppered into a conversation, odds are you're talking to someone with heavy Libra influences in their chart. They're like see-saws: one thing, another, the first, the second, until they balance out to a nice level place. Ruled by Venus, they're also very sensuous people.
Look. At. Him. Jason Carter has dimples (a Libra trait) even when he's serious. He's funny; he's determined. He's crazy; he's level-headed. He's a million miles an hour; he's stability. I wish he had opportunities to do more serious work because he's a beautiful actor, although he does great with the horror and more campy stuff too. Also, in this picture, he's like... my perfect archetype.
Okay, so I confess this to the world: no one would have made a better Aragorn than Viggo Mortensen. He is the perfect embodiment of that role for me, and that's the way I love him. He's a pretty brilliant and talented person in so many different ways: poet, musician, actor, photographer. He has that air-sign vibe of simply floating through the world, but I'm not fooled. I know there's a monster amount of determination and work that goes into everything the guy does.
Scorpio (water)
Home at last with my very own sun sign. My favorite astrologer, Linda Goodman (triple Aries) said that Scorpios always walk a dangerous line and that they smolder with passion and intensity. That they soak in every experience and live it and wear it for all to see. These guys fit that bill.
Jeff Buckley might be one of my favorite Scorpios of all time. There's just something about him. In every interview I've read about him, the person being interviewed always mentions that he was just an amazing person, impossible not to love. Would that he'd had the chance for that, right? He's got those intense Scorpio eyes, that sense of so much broiling just below the surface.
Talk about wearing your life experiences on your sleeve: I can't think of anyone who embodies that more than Anthony Kiedis. He and the Red Hot Chili Peppers might have already seen the bulk of their glory days, but he fascinates me and has from the first time I saw him. I think he's pretty much magnetism personified.
Sagittarius (fire)
The boyfriends of the zodiac! Kind, generous, friendly, outgoing, athletic, and clumsy, they almost manage to come off as boy scouts. But they're not, even if they are completely adorable.
Bruce Lee burned with an amazing fire. Competitive to the core, he was bound and determined to be the best at everything he did. In typical Sagittarian fashion, he was an athlete and a kindly philosopher. He had so much wisdom and so much wit, and was a cocky flirt and practically single-handedly managed to transform an entire genre for generations of people. I started watching his films when I was a kid and have never stopped. He's one of my heroes.
If anyone ever doubted that Sagittarius was a fire sign, Jimi Hendrix would have put them straight. Everything about him screamed of fire, from the way he used to light his guitars ablaze on stage to the amazing sounds he was able to coax out of those same guitars. Yet in typical Sagittarius fashion he was immensely private and shy and couldn't understand why people thought so highly of him. When he stumbled he stumbled too far, but brother, did he shine no matter what.
Capricorn (earth)
Capricorns are secret dreamers. I know; I'm married to one. They're steady and determined and they keep moving forward no matter what, and they get things done the way they want, and they're secretly delighted when people adore them, and they're beautiful if practical romantics.
Have you ever heard Dave Grohl interviewed? He's typically Capricorn: a little self-effacing but not really. Very firm on knowing himself and his limits. Filled with wonder at his own success, yet taking every chance to acknowledge his own hand in it. He's almost stupidly engaging, gritty and honest, and a beautiful overachiever. In short, he's compellingly adorable, just like a Capricorn should be.
I confess that regardless of sun sign, Ralph Fiennes would have made this guilty pleasures list for his eyes alone. They're gorgeous. He's gorgeous, in that earth-sign sort of way that speaks of grounded, of steady, of reliable without being predictable. He also has such a typical Capricorn face: rugged but beautifully delicate at the same time. What can I say?
Aquarius (air)
Aquarians are global people. So often, they put the needs of the group above the needs of just one (sound familiar, Star Trek fans?) but they absolutely do. They think on a big scale; they're big-scale dreamers and while plotting and planning isn't their forté, they're certainly good at imagining and pretending and playing. They can be troubling in their brilliance and in their ability to see what matters.
One thing I love about Crispin Freeman is his versatility. That combined with his willingness to go above and beyond and make himself available on a regular basis to his fans is so endearing. He... also might just happen to have one of the very best voices out there. It's lulling to listen to him, and he's voiced so many of my favorite anime characters. He has that unique ability to give away just enough of himself to satisfy people, but keeps the rest of it like he's a closely-held secret. He's also really smart and, in typical Aquarius fashion, makes it his business to share that knowledge with other people.
Talk about someone that had a global view of things. Spreading his message of peace through Rastafarianism, Bob Marley is still considered something of a prophet. He had such a unique and far-reaching outlook, so typically Aquarian, always dreaming of a better tomorrow.
Pisces (water)
Pisceans move through life with this strange, dreamlike, fluid grace. They really are the dreamers of the zodiac, and they always give off an aura of wanting more in this hypnotic and buried sort of way.
It must just be a Northwest thing, you say, but I'm not so sure. There's something incredibly compelling in Kurt Cobain. Yes, he was completely fucked up. Yes, he suffered from a great many clinical diagnoses, and spent the better part of his life with someone's foot on his throat but still, if you watch footage of him, he had that beautiful floating presence that so many Pisceans have. That the adulation he had wasn't the right thing to keep him from suicide, there's an amazing complexity to him that's too easy to write off as pure selfishness. Look beneath the rough exterior and there's a pure beauty to him.
Jon Hamm is the one I look at and see a huge neon sign that reads PISCES on it. It's in the way he moves, in the way there's softness to every line on his face and body. He's got a huge amount of grace; he's self-effacing but honest; he moves like a study in contrasts. It's not that I'm that huge a fan of his work, although I like it a lot. It's that he screams Pisces to me in a way few people do.
And there's my tour through the zodiac for you on the Guilty Pleasure bus. I hope you've enjoyed it. More amateur astrology is always available on request, and boy, do I wish I had room for some of my other favorites who didn't make it into this post!
Aries (fire)
Aries men are a little bit of a downfall for me. My ex was an Aries, and I love their aggressiveness and fearless plunging ahead no matter what.
Oh, geeze, my love for Eric Clapton goes back so far I can't even remember how far back it goes. I think he keeps getting better as he gets older, too. He might not be God, but he sure sounds the part when he picks up that guitar.
Steve McQueen fascinates me. He lived fast and rough and scraped his way into everything he got, and most people don't even realize he was deaf in one ear from a diving accident. I cried when he died.
Taurus (earth)
I have a love/hate relationship with Taurus people. My favorite Taurus is my kid, but that's no guilty pleasure. Taurus men have a solid luxury to them, stubborn and insistent as they are.
If I could have someone read to me every single night, it would be Steve Blum. Not only does he have one of the most spectacular voices I've ever heard, I'm also pleased to say that he's a complete sweetheart and so friendly. I want to wrap him up and take him with me everywhere I go. Also, he has eyes to die for.
HelLO, Taurus! Looking at Kevin Garnett is so deceptive because as a pro athlete he moves and runs like a gazelle, which makes me think Gemini. But he's as stubborn and determined as anyone, and just watch him play basketball sometime if you need proof of how solid a performer he is.
Gemini (air)
I could've populated this list with a couple dozen Gemini men easily. They're deceptive: with Gemini, you always get more than you bargained for, even though they like to pretend they bend with the wind whichever way it goes. Here you go, my first nod to absolute celebrity coming right up. Not that I was given a life-size standee of Captain Jack Sparrow by my coworkers or anything a few years ago...
Was there a time when it wasn't popular to adore this guy? He's such a Gemini: impossible to pin down, impossible to label, impossibly talented. He's like two dozen different people all in one, and like fellow Gemini Bob Dylan, impossible to predict.
Air-sign eye candy, but not just that, Ryan Black is every bit as versatile as Johnny Depp and as a bonus, is one hell of a sweet person. He's a fairly incredible actor and while I don't follow him any more to know what he's doing these days, Dance Me Outside is one of my favorite indy films and he's absolutely stunning in it (as he was in the CBC-TV spinoff, The Rez).
Cancer (water)
I have a stupid weakness for water sign men. As in I have to stop myself when they walk into the room and remind myself it's just the pull of their sun sign doing it to me. I'm sure I'm not the only one who can't help themselves around them. Yes, Cancerian men are lunatics -- they have to be, they're ruled by the moon -- but lunatics of the best possible sort. They exhibit this stupid sweetness and dedication and loyalty and I just... okay, enough.
Michael Trucco needs no explanation. He just has that presence that practically invites staring. This might be my favorite picture of him. It's not my fault if you can't turn away.
Look at that grin! LOOK AT IT! BenJarvus Green-Ellis is so Cancerian. I don't know if he's crabby in person, but he personifies the giddiness of this sun sign to a tee. At the start of the season my husband (Capricorn) and I were watching the Patriots and I said who's this Green-Ellis guy? I like him, he's on my personal fantasy team for the season. He's been such a go-to guy for the Pats but my favorite thing is watching that huge grin break out on his face after every successful play.
Leo (fire)
The showoffs of the zodiac! I actually had a hard time with Leos. I love them, but I'm not usually as wowed by them as I possibly should be. Maybe that's my Scorpio sun sign at work being skeptical. Not that it was hard to pick.
With Antonio Banderas, his Leo sun shows in those gorgeous eyes and in the tilt of his chin. He's pretty much a spectacular example of a Leo man, strutting and grabbing the spotlight no matter where he is or what he does.
It's that smooth-as-silk voice. Or maybe the dimples. Or maybe the way he just oozes into a space and takes it up, the way his presence is undeniable, but I have such a soft spot for Kevin Spacey. He's just so good at every role he takes on and even if my favorite is still Lester Burnham from American Beauty, I pretty much can't refuse to see him in anything.
Virgo (earth)
Surprise me, astrology! I came up with more Virgo men for this than any other sign and in fact, have to give you three instead of two. I don't know if any of these men weigh in on the troublingly neurotic side of Virgo but they're all stupidly beautiful. They have a tendency to exhibit this beautiful restraint, carry themselves like princes, and there's just something impeccable about them.
I know, right? Stupid sexy Cylons. The truth of the matter is that I've had a little thing for Callum Keith Rennie ever since I saw him in the film Double Happiness. And then there was that Due South business too, and... and then BSG. The thing about him is that he's got this precision of movement, no matter what he does, that's so Virgo and so helplessly lovely. Watch him for how much he keeps inside as much as for the emoting he does.
That I'm a fan of voice actors is no secret. What you might not know is that I have such a crush on Beau Billingslea. It's not that he's a former University of Connecticut (my almost alma-mater) football star or that he's been in dozens of movies or that he's such a huge part of what I love about Cowboy Bebop. It's that he's a gorgeous and amazing person, sweet and kind and gracious, beautiful and dignified. In short, he's everything good about Virgo.
Bonus Virgo man. If you've never seen Yusaku Matsuda, you should. Watch a few of his films: he had an amazingly beautiful restrained passion that looks like it's just begging to be let loose. He was long and lean and lanky and determined and his very own force of nature just waiting to be unleashed.
Libra (air)
Librans are the balance of the zodiac, or at least they wish they were! If you've ever heard the phrases then again... or on the other hand... peppered into a conversation, odds are you're talking to someone with heavy Libra influences in their chart. They're like see-saws: one thing, another, the first, the second, until they balance out to a nice level place. Ruled by Venus, they're also very sensuous people.
Look. At. Him. Jason Carter has dimples (a Libra trait) even when he's serious. He's funny; he's determined. He's crazy; he's level-headed. He's a million miles an hour; he's stability. I wish he had opportunities to do more serious work because he's a beautiful actor, although he does great with the horror and more campy stuff too. Also, in this picture, he's like... my perfect archetype.
Okay, so I confess this to the world: no one would have made a better Aragorn than Viggo Mortensen. He is the perfect embodiment of that role for me, and that's the way I love him. He's a pretty brilliant and talented person in so many different ways: poet, musician, actor, photographer. He has that air-sign vibe of simply floating through the world, but I'm not fooled. I know there's a monster amount of determination and work that goes into everything the guy does.
Scorpio (water)
Home at last with my very own sun sign. My favorite astrologer, Linda Goodman (triple Aries) said that Scorpios always walk a dangerous line and that they smolder with passion and intensity. That they soak in every experience and live it and wear it for all to see. These guys fit that bill.
Jeff Buckley might be one of my favorite Scorpios of all time. There's just something about him. In every interview I've read about him, the person being interviewed always mentions that he was just an amazing person, impossible not to love. Would that he'd had the chance for that, right? He's got those intense Scorpio eyes, that sense of so much broiling just below the surface.
Talk about wearing your life experiences on your sleeve: I can't think of anyone who embodies that more than Anthony Kiedis. He and the Red Hot Chili Peppers might have already seen the bulk of their glory days, but he fascinates me and has from the first time I saw him. I think he's pretty much magnetism personified.
Sagittarius (fire)
The boyfriends of the zodiac! Kind, generous, friendly, outgoing, athletic, and clumsy, they almost manage to come off as boy scouts. But they're not, even if they are completely adorable.
Bruce Lee burned with an amazing fire. Competitive to the core, he was bound and determined to be the best at everything he did. In typical Sagittarian fashion, he was an athlete and a kindly philosopher. He had so much wisdom and so much wit, and was a cocky flirt and practically single-handedly managed to transform an entire genre for generations of people. I started watching his films when I was a kid and have never stopped. He's one of my heroes.
If anyone ever doubted that Sagittarius was a fire sign, Jimi Hendrix would have put them straight. Everything about him screamed of fire, from the way he used to light his guitars ablaze on stage to the amazing sounds he was able to coax out of those same guitars. Yet in typical Sagittarius fashion he was immensely private and shy and couldn't understand why people thought so highly of him. When he stumbled he stumbled too far, but brother, did he shine no matter what.
Capricorn (earth)
Capricorns are secret dreamers. I know; I'm married to one. They're steady and determined and they keep moving forward no matter what, and they get things done the way they want, and they're secretly delighted when people adore them, and they're beautiful if practical romantics.
Have you ever heard Dave Grohl interviewed? He's typically Capricorn: a little self-effacing but not really. Very firm on knowing himself and his limits. Filled with wonder at his own success, yet taking every chance to acknowledge his own hand in it. He's almost stupidly engaging, gritty and honest, and a beautiful overachiever. In short, he's compellingly adorable, just like a Capricorn should be.
I confess that regardless of sun sign, Ralph Fiennes would have made this guilty pleasures list for his eyes alone. They're gorgeous. He's gorgeous, in that earth-sign sort of way that speaks of grounded, of steady, of reliable without being predictable. He also has such a typical Capricorn face: rugged but beautifully delicate at the same time. What can I say?
Aquarius (air)
Aquarians are global people. So often, they put the needs of the group above the needs of just one (sound familiar, Star Trek fans?) but they absolutely do. They think on a big scale; they're big-scale dreamers and while plotting and planning isn't their forté, they're certainly good at imagining and pretending and playing. They can be troubling in their brilliance and in their ability to see what matters.
One thing I love about Crispin Freeman is his versatility. That combined with his willingness to go above and beyond and make himself available on a regular basis to his fans is so endearing. He... also might just happen to have one of the very best voices out there. It's lulling to listen to him, and he's voiced so many of my favorite anime characters. He has that unique ability to give away just enough of himself to satisfy people, but keeps the rest of it like he's a closely-held secret. He's also really smart and, in typical Aquarius fashion, makes it his business to share that knowledge with other people.
Talk about someone that had a global view of things. Spreading his message of peace through Rastafarianism, Bob Marley is still considered something of a prophet. He had such a unique and far-reaching outlook, so typically Aquarian, always dreaming of a better tomorrow.
Pisces (water)
Pisceans move through life with this strange, dreamlike, fluid grace. They really are the dreamers of the zodiac, and they always give off an aura of wanting more in this hypnotic and buried sort of way.
It must just be a Northwest thing, you say, but I'm not so sure. There's something incredibly compelling in Kurt Cobain. Yes, he was completely fucked up. Yes, he suffered from a great many clinical diagnoses, and spent the better part of his life with someone's foot on his throat but still, if you watch footage of him, he had that beautiful floating presence that so many Pisceans have. That the adulation he had wasn't the right thing to keep him from suicide, there's an amazing complexity to him that's too easy to write off as pure selfishness. Look beneath the rough exterior and there's a pure beauty to him.
Jon Hamm is the one I look at and see a huge neon sign that reads PISCES on it. It's in the way he moves, in the way there's softness to every line on his face and body. He's got a huge amount of grace; he's self-effacing but honest; he moves like a study in contrasts. It's not that I'm that huge a fan of his work, although I like it a lot. It's that he screams Pisces to me in a way few people do.
And there's my tour through the zodiac for you on the Guilty Pleasure bus. I hope you've enjoyed it. More amateur astrology is always available on request, and boy, do I wish I had room for some of my other favorites who didn't make it into this post!
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Yeah.
Love your list!!!!! And your visual enhancements. ;)
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I am a Pices and I can see "strange" and "dreamlike," but I don't know about "fluid grace." :D
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I will be there for The Thin Man. I hope they retain the sense of snark in the original(s).
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Well, if I remember the story right, I think my rising sign is Capricorn. Hi, Ralph Finnes!
And thank you for doing this - it's fascinating!
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There are many sites where, if you know the time of your birth, you can get a free chart done. The very rough rule of thumb for guesstimates on rising signs (ascendants) is that they change every two hours, and if you start at 4-6am and go through the zodiac every 2 hours, you get something that looks like this for a Pisces:
4-6am: Pisces ascendant
6-8am: Aries ascendant
8-10am: Taurus ascendant
10-12am: Gemini ascendant
12-2pm: Cancer ascendant
2-4pm: Leo ascendant
4-6pm: Virgo ascendant
6-8pm: Libra ascendant
8-10pm: Scorpio ascendant
10-12pm: Sagittarius ascendant
12-2am: Capricorn ascendant
2-4am: Aquarius ascendant
Of course, those are just rough guesses but they hold fairly true. That's why the time of birth is important in astrology. Not only does it provide the ascendant, but it tells you what planet rules your first house and the whole chart is crafted around that.
P.S. In layman's terms they call them "rising signs" because they indicate what sign was ascending in the skies at the time of sunrise, which... is probably self-explanatory but it still works. :)
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These men, Gwynne.
Steve. Johnny. The Trucco picture responsible for nearly sending me into overload. (You know I almost couldn't scroll past it.) They are probably my biggest weaknesses on your list, the ones that would without question be on mine.
I think you really nailed my feelings for Callum Keith Rennie in your description: the precision of movement, the awareness of what he's holding in and not just what he's displaying. He strikes me as a beautifully deliberate actor. He doesn't subscribe to the usual physical male traits I have weaknesses for, but I'm completely fascinated by him.
I still have a soft spot for Anthony Kiedis, and that picture of Dave Grohl is wow.
I always forget how beautiful Ralph Fiennes can be. Jeebus. Look at those eyes.
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That Trucco picture is your fault. (I take all responsibility for my icon, however.)
I'm not... uh, in love with these people but they fascinate me, and I picked them as representatives of their sun signs and tried to explain why. Except with Trucco, who needs no explanation. It was really fun to analyze them from a 1/12 perspective, which is really what astrology is. All the characteristics of human beings, segmented twelve ways. It's an imprecise art at best, but it's a fun one to practice.
For what it's worth, the two men that inspired the post are Trucco & Dave Grohl, and I can't even say why. I could fumble around for it, but what the hell: the inspiration was enough.
Now I'm eager to see Double Happiness again. I loved loved loved it way back when. Want to have a movie date? CKR aside, Sandra Oh really shines in it.
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My glaring weaknesses aside, I was as interested in your explanations as the pictures.
I've never seen Double Happiness. I would absolutely watch it with you.
(And this is why I will probably get no threading done tonight. I've only tried three times to post this.)
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It's a shame Double Happiness isn't streaming on Netflix. That would've made it way too easy. Now we'll have to juggle things, but it can be done!
♥
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And for this, which I love: in typical Aquarius fashion, makes it his business to share that knowledge with other people.
I also have a strong soft spot for some of these men; I loved what Viggo Mortensen did with Aragorn, and as he's been one of my favourite characters for ... pretty much half my life, that's saying something.
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Aragorn was my first fictional boyfriend. I love the way he was portrayed in the film, like someone went into my brain and plucked out the perfect image. It couldn't have been any better, and Viggo was fantastic with that character. Not many people get to fall in love with the same guy twice!
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Oh how I love to get all nostalgic about Tolkien. :)
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I actually pretty well loved the movies both visually and emotionally. Bringing something like Middle Earth to the screen and having it meet my expectations was a big thing. It didn't make me want to race to NZ in-search-of, because I know it's all movie magic, but it was still a giant kick to think wow, this was just how I always imagined it. I guess there is a common cosmic creative consciousness after all!
Speaking of movie magic, off to see DH1 today. I go with no expectations.
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I'm actually in the middle of a Tolkien nostalgia kick right now. Including the Lord of the Rings rereading.
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And as far as that LOTR box set goes... I think I have the first two movies and never got the third? And I hardly watch them, but boy, did I love them in the theater. I should go check and see what I have. I'm going to go see HP/DH part 1 tomorrow and that might bring back the HP love, but it also might be time for a Strider fix.
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you do know that viggo wrote some bits of the spoken/sung parts of the soudntrack? at least for fotr I think. that was another thing that blew me away once I read that. soemthign else. i lsot my file of addresses/phone nubmers etc which held yoru addy as well sooo do you still have that filtered post where we could nick it in case we wanted to snailmail cards? There'll be also a chance for yo uto dare me into writign a gift fic because I like that idea too once you popepd up wit hit weeks ago.
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And I will send you a private message with my address.
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