beachlass | home again, home again, jiggety jog

Hey, internet denizens! I missed you!

I've been away for the past week, and with non-existant to spotty internet, have mostly stayed offline the whole time. I think an occasional break is good for me anyway. But I missed you.

I missed your recipes and yoga poses, your links and thoughtful, insightful discussions. I missed fandom. I missed your stories and icons and chatter and in-jokes. I missed your comfort and distraction on the evening I was upset. I missed your crackalicious sense of humour.

Last night we were driving home from the night of dancing and drag queens, through the Dundas and Yonge intersection. Well, I was driving, and everyone else was slightly (or more than slightly) sloshing in their seats. Someone asked me something, and I replied "Whatever, because right now I'm totally distracted by the GIANT MOVIE BILLBOARDS". Which are giant. And were showing a preview for Repo Men. (Which I saw today and LOVED, but I'll tell you that later) - And then the RepoMen preview became an ad for the Ste. Marie Among the Hurons Historical Reenactment Village and I said what I really wanted was a movie with Jude Law and Forest Whittaker set in the Historical Reenactment Village, where Jude Law is a historical interpreter and dresses up like a Jesuit, and Forest Whittaker was a tourist and the movie would be all about their Tragic And Forbidden Love. And someone in the backseat said "What movie is she talking about?" and someone else said "No, she's just making it all up as she goes."

And I missed you fandom. Because you are the ones who know how to have that conversation.

As it turns out, I don't actually need a Jude Law/Forest Whittaker movies set in Midland, because RepoMen is simply fucking awesome. I loved it entirely and wholeheartedly from the opening sentence to the last lines of the closing credits, and that's all I'll say here, but there'll be a post about it soon.

Also - A Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is as good as everyone said, and even better, and I loveditloveditloveditlovedit and if you can buy a book this week, it should be that one.

Also, also - I had a great week off, and have about a bazillion tabs open from browsing the back entries in DW; and I don't know if I'll get through the LJ backlog - so if there's something you want me to know, or think I've missed that I'd love, let me know.