Holidailies 2008: Special Holiday Edition*: Day 10

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Day 10

Stuff and...Stuff.

So i've been exceedingly busy this weekend. I'm trying to keep busy to keep my mind off of things. It's working so far.

Yesterday and into the early morning hours of today I was at my Big Brother's rockin' Xmas Party, which was quite possibly exactly what I needed. You know, the combo of gay men and booze- gotta love it.
Not that there was a dearth of straight, male energy. There were a few of those. See Exhibit A (below). As one of the only straight men there, he was an added bonus. Move over, McDreamy. I have McBartender.
Of course there were photos.

I did manage to take photos with just about all my family members plus SO's. But I seemed to be very popular with the rest of the party. Random! But they brought me drinks so I let them stay.

Behold! My minions.

Today I saw "The Queen" with my movie meetup group. I really did like it- I found it to be quite fascinating. HRH does not get off too lightly in this one, although she's not made into a villain(ess) exactly. It's difficult to describe. If anything, I gained more of an understanding of her perspective (not that Stephen Frears is a direct link to the queen or anything), and it was just as sympathetic as it was a scathing indictment of the Monarchy's overall disconnectedness and attitutde in the days following the death of Princess Diana. I did find the actors portraying Charles, Blair, Mrs. Blair, et. al. to be more than disconcerting at first though. I mean, I'm so used to seeing the real people! But then I got used to it and they sort of did become them. The guy who played Tony Blair actually did sound like Tony Blair, if you closed your eyes and imagined him speaking. Creepy. Helen Mirren...just...wow. She can go from sympatheic queen to steely-eyed queen in a matter of half a second. She was fabulous.

So.. busy this weekend, and ever so slightly hung over. That can only mean this weekend was an overall success.

posted by purplefishy 3:49 PM

1 Comments:

At 4:02 PM, Anonymous said…

Minions! I could definitely use some minions. Great sweater, btw. Faboooo. ~LA