NaNo 2008 Day 18: Credit where it’s due
Dave’s Movie Marathon was a total blast. He and his lovely wife Sarah were generous hosts and made everyone feel welcome. The only person I’d met before was Jorge so I was a little nervous going in, but I had nothing to worry about. You guys made me feel right at home, and it was great to finally meet you in person. The movies were varied and intertesting, and all of us on the nomination and selection committee [1] deserve a round of applause. Also, mad propz to Jorge for liveblogging the whole damn thing [3].
The highlights:
Death Race 2000 – I arrived after it had already started, and Dave got me caught up. It was a great ice breaker movie because I could turn to the person sitting next to me and say, “Did Sylvester Stallon really just insult her by calling her a ‘baked potato’?”, or exclaim in amusement with everyone else when David Carridine put on a mask to have sex [4].
Lifeboat – This is a movie I never would have chosen to watch on my own, but I’m glad I saw it.
Glengarry Glen Ross – Since I got back, I’ve been raving about it to anyone who makes the mistake of passing through my line of sight. It was a truly awesome movie with so many outstanding performances, although I’d have to say Jack Lemmon was my favourite. He could go from depressed to obsequious to furious to begging in the blink of an eye.
Hard Core Logo – I have lengthy theories about the dysfunctional relationships in this movie, but in the end, it’s a bittersweet movie about a rock band.
Audition – All I know of this movie is that at one point, the cries of horror from those still standing woke me up. I snickered and went back to sleep.
In the end, I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
(As for my NaNo story, sadly I’ve fallen rather behind. Sunday when I got home, I was too exhausted to write more than 500 words, and yesterday I didn’t get any done either. Maybe I’ll have to pull an all-nighter tonight.)
[1] Which was all of us, since we all nominated a slate of movies, and then ranked the nominees; the winners being the ones with the most votes [2].
[2] Or the ones Dave wanted to watch and snuck in.
[3] Seriously, go read his post! The funnest part of the whole thing were the photos and movies we made for each movie we watched – we weren’t just passive participants, we were ACTORS!
[4] And the dancing!
Hey Rebecca! Thanks for coming out. Technically it’s not my event to thank you for, but it’s always awesome to see you!
You fit right in with the madness. I’m glad you game out. We always have a lot of fun, and it’s one of those times when the more really is the merrier.
I’m looking forward to the end of January when you’re in town!
Hugs,
J
Rebecca,
The pleasure was all ours; thanks so much for coming! And know that you are always welcome to visit/stay when you are in the area.
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It’s definitely one of my favourite days of the year.
Awesome to have you there. I hope it didn’t totally derail your NaNoWriMo efforts.
Nah, not so much. I was just over a day behind on Friday, almost a week by Tuesday. Now I’m just over three days behind, but I’ve worked out how much I have to write each day until the end of the month to make it, and it comes out to just over 2000 words per day. Easily doable, with time left over to do other things, like laundry and personal hygiene.
And if you drop personal hygiene, you can be even more efficient!
Not to be a jackass, but I would like to say that anything is possible.
I think I finished my NaNoWriMo in 2005 in about 14 days or something.
I might be making this up, though.
How is that being a jackass? Really – it’s so possible, it’s entered the realm of actually likely to happen. I’ve already done today’s and part of tomorrow’s word count, and I’m feeling good about hitting 50,000 before the 30th.