always late for lunch, learning dirty little lessons from you
It's that time of year again, where I spend every day skidding just past meltdowns to end up underfed, underslept, and, like, two tiny catastrophes away from bursting out into angry sobs (I can cry angrily: it is one of my superpowers) and ragequiting life. Everything is brittle right now and everything hurts like your half frozen fingers bashing against car doors. Fuck winter, man. Also, life is legit stressful right now. Fuck that shit. Why did I sign up for holiday fic swaps? This is not my season; what was I thinking.
I tried a bunch of times today to write an entry with actual substance, but no dice. Instead, we are gathered here to celebrate the hotness of Oscar Isaac, who I totally refer to as "Standard," each time he's on screen, even during Sucker Punch, which I just watched, because his character in Drive is the best ever.
Ignore the watermarks:
Cute, yeah? But, okay, look. You have to understand that he's a great actor (juilliard grad!), his character in Drive is fucking fantastic, and, also, spends his time in the movie either looking like this:
or like this:
Let's recap this.
1) dad sweaters, and
2) bloody
FUCKING FANTASTIC, ALL RIGHT. My buttons.
But they thug him up a lot for Standard--which is great. He doesn't look so obviously Hispanic the rest of the time.
Anyway, he also lived in Miami for a while and fronted a ska band (!!!!!), so naturally I think he is great. He's also all kinds of sinister and delightful in Sucker Punch.
Sucker Punch was surprisingly pretty good. It's definitely a homage--perhaps even a love letter--to Gilliam's Brazil, but with mecha and panty shots. I definitely think you need to know this going into the film or else there's little inherently reason to take it seriously, but the references to it are all over. Brazil's good shit and you all should go watch it, anyway.
Apparently some people shit on Sucker Punch for being misogynistic via bullshit feminine "empowerment," but I feel that the movie makes absolutely no claims of feminine empowerment via sexualization, nor is it particularly misogynist (beyond the usual male gaze Hollywood shit). Maybe it's misogynistic in the way that Brazil is misanthropic, but that's sort of...the point and besides the point. Crap sack world trope. Accept and move on.
Anyway. Pretty fun.
And, well. Fucking Oscar Isaac.
It's nice to picspam someone who isn't a rich white guy for once. As far as racial flava goes, I definitely have a case of yellow fevs, okay--I am pretty sure Marc Dacascos triggered puberty in my tiny little body, and Brandon Lee nourished it--but tonight I feel like posting some fine black dudes.
fucking DONALD FUCKING GLOVER, OKAY--
I love Doland's stand up. I fucking love his budding rap career. I love his character on Community: Troy is the best. I think he's hilarious and hot and he would have made a fucking FANTASTIC Spider Man/Peter Parker.
Random story: while leaving New Orleans, we met a dude who was a music label exec--or, well, a radio guy. What counts a big shot? I would have killed to get my hands on this guy while I had a band, is my point. Anyway, we were talking about the label he works for--Glassnote--and he was talking about how he was flying up to somewhere to do some time with the new rapper/actor they signed.
[quiet]
Z: TV actor turned...rapper?
Music dude: yeah, it's his thing.
Me: So, uh, what's his name?
Music dude: Donald Gl--
Z+Me: CHILDISH GAMBINO WE LOVE HIM.
The point is: Donald Glover is great. kkthx.
Also, he raps fucking filthy AND makes a Batman (and Joker!) reference here:
Donald isn't actually my imaginary rapper boyfriend, though. No, that honor goes to: Travis McCoy.
Of course, I also love his band. Gym Class Heroes is good shit and I have been wildly and secretly in love with them for years, until I decided I would no longer be ashamed of Travis or Gerard's projects, and, also, hey: I like Blink 182, as well, and I don't even want to have sex with anyone in that band.
TRAVIE I LOVE YOU TOOOOO
How fucking cute is this man? FUCKING ADORABLE, that's how cute.
I would have so much sex with this man.
But then mostly rummage through his closet.
RANDOM BONUS:
Gary Dourdan is fucking fine.
THANK YOU GOODNIGHT.
I tried a bunch of times today to write an entry with actual substance, but no dice. Instead, we are gathered here to celebrate the hotness of Oscar Isaac, who I totally refer to as "Standard," each time he's on screen, even during Sucker Punch, which I just watched, because his character in Drive is the best ever.
Ignore the watermarks:
Cute, yeah? But, okay, look. You have to understand that he's a great actor (juilliard grad!), his character in Drive is fucking fantastic, and, also, spends his time in the movie either looking like this:
or like this:
Let's recap this.
1) dad sweaters, and
2) bloody
FUCKING FANTASTIC, ALL RIGHT. My buttons.
But they thug him up a lot for Standard--which is great. He doesn't look so obviously Hispanic the rest of the time.
Anyway, he also lived in Miami for a while and fronted a ska band (!!!!!), so naturally I think he is great. He's also all kinds of sinister and delightful in Sucker Punch.
Sucker Punch was surprisingly pretty good. It's definitely a homage--perhaps even a love letter--to Gilliam's Brazil, but with mecha and panty shots. I definitely think you need to know this going into the film or else there's little inherently reason to take it seriously, but the references to it are all over. Brazil's good shit and you all should go watch it, anyway.
Apparently some people shit on Sucker Punch for being misogynistic via bullshit feminine "empowerment," but I feel that the movie makes absolutely no claims of feminine empowerment via sexualization, nor is it particularly misogynist (beyond the usual male gaze Hollywood shit). Maybe it's misogynistic in the way that Brazil is misanthropic, but that's sort of...the point and besides the point. Crap sack world trope. Accept and move on.
Anyway. Pretty fun.
And, well. Fucking Oscar Isaac.
It's nice to picspam someone who isn't a rich white guy for once. As far as racial flava goes, I definitely have a case of yellow fevs, okay--I am pretty sure Marc Dacascos triggered puberty in my tiny little body, and Brandon Lee nourished it--but tonight I feel like posting some fine black dudes.
fucking DONALD FUCKING GLOVER, OKAY--
I love Doland's stand up. I fucking love his budding rap career. I love his character on Community: Troy is the best. I think he's hilarious and hot and he would have made a fucking FANTASTIC Spider Man/Peter Parker.
Random story: while leaving New Orleans, we met a dude who was a music label exec--or, well, a radio guy. What counts a big shot? I would have killed to get my hands on this guy while I had a band, is my point. Anyway, we were talking about the label he works for--Glassnote--and he was talking about how he was flying up to somewhere to do some time with the new rapper/actor they signed.
[quiet]
Z: TV actor turned...rapper?
Music dude: yeah, it's his thing.
Me: So, uh, what's his name?
Music dude: Donald Gl--
Z+Me: CHILDISH GAMBINO WE LOVE HIM.
The point is: Donald Glover is great. kkthx.
Also, he raps fucking filthy AND makes a Batman (and Joker!) reference here:
Click to viewDonald isn't actually my imaginary rapper boyfriend, though. No, that honor goes to: Travis McCoy.
Of course, I also love his band. Gym Class Heroes is good shit and I have been wildly and secretly in love with them for years, until I decided I would no longer be ashamed of Travis or Gerard's projects, and, also, hey: I like Blink 182, as well, and I don't even want to have sex with anyone in that band.
TRAVIE I LOVE YOU TOOOOO
How fucking cute is this man? FUCKING ADORABLE, that's how cute.
I would have so much sex with this man.
But then mostly rummage through his closet.
RANDOM BONUS:
Gary Dourdan is fucking fine.
THANK YOU GOODNIGHT.