Someone Gave Russell Brand A Bath & I Watched The VMAs, THE WORLD DID NOT END.
I didn't so much as watch the VMAs as I was flipping in disgust through channels of NOTHING and was set upon by Brie, who NEEDED to see the "Twilight: New Moon" trailer.
I keep forgetting it hasn't actually opened. Dammit. Well there was much starry-eyed looks, and drooling and a memorable "that's my baby-daddy" - and I was mildly confused cause the movie looked all MYSTERIOUSLY INTERESTING, when in reality the book sucked. AND THEN EDWARD LOST HIS SHIRT - and there was "squeeing" - HEY! was that DAKOTA FANNING?!
And apparently she's hating on some poor "Selena Gomez" chick, who has the misfortune of dating Jacob (OR SOMETHING)
It was rather scary, and a bit eye-opening - since I presume the elation is like what I feel for "Star Wars". Not everyone likes "Star Wars" (the bastards) but I kinda get it.
I offered to get her the books, cause I really would rather not, but she's now into "The Vampire Diaries" - so yay! I shall get those instead. And she would much prefer a movie-based book I think, with pics, I saw one I believe when browsing bookish places.
Back to the VMAs' - uneventful, apart from Kanye doing something crazy during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech (which I didn't see and thought was hilarious because Kanye is CRAZY) but Beyonce was all REALLY LADYLIKE, and let Taylor have her time-slot. And I was deeply moved, 'cause she's kinda wonderful - AND HER PERFORMANCE WAS FRICKIN' AMAZING (and wow, she waxes well, and DAYUM the girl can dance). Even if that song always makes me want to slap someone with Feminist!Rage and say a woman can propose to, she's amazing.
I missed Lady Gaga's performance too, but was told it was good, which is more than enough for me, considering I got to see her outrageous costume changes and her rockin' acceptance speech - FOR THE FANS, GOD AND THE GAYS!
ROFL!
Muse's performance was most excellent and the highlight of my viewing - Though Jay-Z and Alicia Keys were mad too, including the random loon that jumped up on stage with them.
Why are there always random loons at VMAs, doesn't security screen for batshit crazy? And YAY for Greenday for getting another award! <3
The Michael Jackson movie looks like it'll break records, it looks incredible really, cause he's being Michael in it - I hope some of the tributes at least go to his kids.
It wasn't a bad way to kill some time, AND THERE WAS NARY A JONAS BROTHER IN SIGHT! Though I know none of those 'new' hollywood faces who all look barely 18... and I look 35 *le sobs*
Upon entering la maison, Brie had borrowed some classic Mills & Boon from a cousin, and these things are circa 1980 - '82 (mother threw away her/ my collection 2 years ago, I was/ am very bitter) But the hilarity of the classic virginal working-class girl, and the uber-wealthy, powerful, masculine, tall, dark and hairy (I keep seeing David Hasselhoff) MAN is srsly too good. And one book kept desribing the poor guy as "satanic" (really? that charming eh?) and the other is some "singer" and he keeps manhandling the girl, it's all very domestic violencey and HE MAKES ME THINK OF NEIL DIAMOND. LOL! As these were classics, there is also a fair bit of what is casually racist, and fucking FUR coats *shudders*
But I now remember that the age difference of the characters in these classics always bothered me. The girl is perpetually in her early twenties, if even, and the man is mid-thirties. It's depressing, cause it's a couple thrown together not out of a common world view, but for the sake of settling down and havin' babies. The women don't seem to need life-parthers, but rather domineering males who will fulfil the sexual needs, without even trying, just through sheer magnetism, and let them go shopping, though they will *never* abuse the privalage, being as they are real working-class girls, and not elegant gold-diggers.
One wonders if reading those classics during my adolescence had any influence on the way I view marriage and children. Since it is all very unromantic and depressing. Hmm? Desire is one thing, but I don't buy the sudden onset of deep emotional attachment.