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Hi flist! Hi! Hi!

So here I am at work, nothing to do until someone decides to kill a rat. So I've caught up on my flist, and now it's time to post! \o/ After this I'll read the Wincest and the BOY MEETS WORLD SLASH (yes, you read that right) that I've got open in other windows. I am really starting to warm to this getting-paid-to-LJ notion. And yes, 'LJ' is a verb.

(Just looked over my shoulder and the guy behind me is checking out some message board, so I don't feel even a smidgen guilty anymore! Yay!)

So this was a fun weekend. It was Father's Day and Meg's birthday yesterday, which is just so cool. Meg and Jeff went to Detroit for a friend's baby shower and to go to IKEA, and they had a great day, which is awesome :) Then they came home and there were presents and both Meg and Jeff liked what I got for them, so yay. I got Meg Something's Gotta Give and As Good As It Gets and I got Jeff (and Meg, it was kinda a thank you present for taking me in for the summer) the new Tool CD. There was Chinese food and brownies for dessert and it was lots of fun.

So apparently this weekend was a Keanu weekend. Saw two movies with him in them, and I gotta say, he's let himself go in the past three years. But three years ago, he was STUNNING.

So Meg and I went to see The Lake House on Friday evening. I hadn't been to the theater in a long time, so that was fun. I gotta say, I did like the movie. It really isn't up my usual alley, and I was like... where are the guns? the knives? the blood? the heart-stopping action sequences? the slashy love? WHAT'S GOING ON??? But despite all its shortcomings, the movie still managed to make me very worried at the end, meaning that I did care about the characters, so, that gets it some points. I thought Sandra Bullock did a lovely job, she was very sweet and sympathetic. Keanu, though, really isn't the most brilliant of actors (this isn't news) and while usually the pretty can distract me from that, he's gotten kinda... blurry around the edges. His face used to be so sharp and cleanly defined and smooth and sexy, but now it's rounder and his skin is blemished and basically he's just not the greatest eye candy anymore. Alas. But I still liked his character, he was a sweetheart.

In terms of the movie as a whole, I thought the premise was cool and unique and interesting. The movie lost momentum when it got away from the main concept and got bogged down in boring conversations between Keanu and his family members (his brother could NOT act, and his relationship with his father just... didn't matter to me) but it didn't do that TOO often so it was okay. Overall, quite enjoyable, and it didnt feel like a wasted evening.


Then last night I watched Something's Gotta Give with Meg and Jeff and it was AWESOME. Hilarious and touching and just what a fantastic movie. Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson did a fabulous job, obviously (I mean, hello, Oscars!) and it was just a great movie. I cared about all the characters, I laughed so hard I almost peed myself, and I was never ever bored. So, yay!

And KEANU. Oh. My. God. SO PRETTY. So so so so pretty. The kind of pretty that steals my breath away every time it's on screen. He had the most gorgeous haircut (floppy and adorable and I wanted to tangle my fingers in it SO badly) and every outfit was sexy as fuck (um, he was a DOCTOR. That white coat? *fans self* And the black turtleneck he wore, nnnngh. And the blue TSHIRT. And and um I may have died from the hot). He was prettier in this movie than in the MATRIX. Basically he exploded my ovaries time and time again. And so I must share the pretty with you.


LOOK. JUST LOOK AT HIM. *falls over* I plan on making an icon later because GUH. And maybe a screencap picspam :D

Date: 2006-06-19 03:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paddle-slut.livejournal.com
*giggles* well im glad that you had fun
*fixes your ovaries* but really i don't think keanu is that great looking...............don't give me that look...& please don't hurt me...ive never really liked the guy as an actor.
Ah well...so work's fun eh? *snickers* sounds kinda like my job........except i don't kill rats...in fact im thankful that i never get to see them *grins*.
have fun my luvely

Date: 2006-06-19 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zeispunim.livejournal.com
Why do you say Boy Meets World slash like it's a shocking thing? My sister likes to watch it after school, and when I casually pointed out that Cory/Shawn is basically canon, she was shocked for about five minutes and then realized I was totally right.

Oh, I just heard the ice cream man again.

Date: 2006-06-19 04:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exsequar.livejournal.com
*laughs* It's not necessarily shocking nor unexpected, I've just never read fic about it before! Completely unusual for me. But you're right, they are canon :P

You have a new icon! Tree climbing, yay!

Date: 2006-06-19 05:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zeispunim.livejournal.com
Seriously? Because I definitely have before, and I don't generally go out of my way to read slash. *shrug* The one episode my sister was watching a couple of weeks ago was where they decide to "break up" as best friends and "see other people"--they even drop off boxes of each other's stuff--and in the end they make up and Topanga's in the background saying, "Stop hugging; you're boys!" I was cracking up the entire time.

Yes, I know. Tree climbing=love. A couple of weeks ago I went and snooped around for a whole bunch of new icons, but I hate ads enough that I don't want to go to the Sponsored level, and I'm too cheap for a paid account. And I'm saving up for China.

If I end up with crutches though, screw it all--I'm going for the paid account.

Date: 2006-06-19 05:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exsequar.livejournal.com
I suppose I just never ran into it before, and I never actively looked for it. Someone just happened to link to it on my flist today, so I followed! And it was really very good, very well done. So that was fun. I want to rewatch some of the show, I havent seen it in far too long! I think I vaguely remember that episode - sounds hilarious :)

Maybe just get a paid account for two months? That's really not that expensive. Though I warn you, once you have all those icons it's really really hard to go back. They're addicting!

Date: 2006-06-19 05:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] acostilow.livejournal.com
Dude, you found BMW slash?

Link me, link me, link me!

Please?

Date: 2006-06-19 05:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exsequar.livejournal.com
Yeah! Someone on my flist linked to it, and it was lovely! Here you go: http://wistful-fever.livejournal.com/105002.html Have fun!

Date: 2006-06-20 03:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] flamingkitten.livejournal.com
NO WAY! keanu was way hot as a total badass in Constantine. i loooove that movie. i think he looked too girly before.

Date: 2006-06-20 03:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exsequar.livejournal.com
*laughs* Oh don't worry, I agree. He was quite hot in Constantine. But for some reason, Pretty!Keanu hit my buttons like nothin else. He made me squirm and want to hold him in my arms and lick him and snuggle him because he was JUST THAT PRETTY. *wibbles*

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