Thanksgiving, family, and Jarhead!

[exsequar]

So I had a lovely Thanksgiving. It was a family reunion, so I saw lots and lots of people whose faces I only vaguely remember. I have a lot of cousins (second cousins) right around my own age, I had no idea! Jack and colleen are 18 and... 22ish, Keith and Marissa are 18 and 19, John, Meghan and Jennifer are 21, 25 and 26ish. It was very cool, a very youthful kind of feel, which I didn't anticipate. I obviously re-met all their parents as well, and I have a pretty darn cool family. :) Becky and John (who hosted the thing and have the three kids) in particular are awesome. I also got to see my close family members that I see all the time (read: at least once a year, as opposed to once a decade): Uncle Frank and Aunt Anne, Uncle Andy and his son Sam, cousin Meg and her husband Jeff with their kids Hazel and Toby. It was awesome. 28 people in a not so large house = deafening at times, but it was great nonetheless :)

I alas did not get to see Rent yet (Tomorrow!! *squee*) but I DID see Jarhead! And it was fantastic. Just extremely well done. I thought all the acting was wonderful - Jake, Peter, and Jamie are just so talented. So so talented. It was gritty and real but not grotesque. I loved that balance. I have a couple small quibbles with it, but that's true of all movies! Overall, two thumbs up :)
I have to ask... am I going to burn in a special level of hell for slashing marines? ^_^

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[redbrickrose.livejournal.com]

am I going to burn in a special level of hell for slashing marines?

It can't be any worse than the rest of the stuff fandom does can it? I mean, I would imagine that it's pretty much too late for most of us as far as the special hells goes. Seeing some of the stuff QaF, the Jossverse and HP (especially HP, damn) come up with, what's a little marine slash among friends? *g*

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

*grins* Very, very true! Gosh, fandom's a bit messed up aint it? Hee. Slash! Incest! Pedophilia! It's all there baby. crazy stuff!

[alazysod.livejournal.com]

w00t for family reunions. :)

Jarhead is so awesome. :D

I have to ask... am I going to burn in a special level of hell for slashing marines? ^_^
Peter Sarsgaard's character/Jake Gyllenhaal's character, OTP!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

HEE! Yay, I'm not alone!! *bounces* Their names are Swoff and Troy, by the way. I only remembered Swoff (because it's the guy who wrote the book, lol) and had to look up Troy on imdb, doh ^_^ But yes, SO HOT. :D

[alazysod.livejournal.com]

Oh, duh. I should have looked up on IMDB. (I woke up, like, an hour ago. /excuses)

Yes. So hot. Guh. I kept waiting for some hot marine action during the Christmas party scene. Or in the shower. Or in the tent...

There's a community for Jarhead slash on LJ somewhere, but I haven't gotten around to reading any of it yet. I probably should, though.