Sinner's Alley Happy Hour (Part 1)

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2041

<p>You're right, doddsdad. Who knows what natural catastrophes I might unleash on humankind! Naked, Cyclone fence-jumping men, carry on. :p </p>

<p>So, how are we doing on the donations? Any moola, yet? Dodds, all I have in my pocket is a twisty-tie, a wooden button from SluggJr's hippie shirt, and a scrunched up grocery list. Remind me to beat SluggJr for putting a dent in the Volvo. ;)</p>

<p>I deserve a good-behavior Stoli, today. I refrained from reporting Evilneighbors to the Public Works Dept for pouring an illegal concrete patio in the creek setback. I'll let the neighborhood creek vigilante committee take care of them, instead. :rolleyes: </p>

<p>(An old Klingon toast) QuvlIjDaq yIH tu'be'lu'jaj. May your coordinates be free of Tribbles, Comrades! :)</p>

2042

<p>Hey, maybe we can set up a tatoo parlor in the hallway next to the bathroom! Ooo, I'm hatching a plot...rich, tatoo-seeking persons stagger back to the hallway after Mudge gets 'em good and liquored up. While BHappyMom distracts our jamooks with her coinless belly dancing, I'll leave a trail of slugg goo, then, we roll 'em around until all of the change drops out of their pockets! Capiche, paisans? We'll have to do this...oh, say 4,000 times to pay for a year of college. And, it qualifies as exercise in Sinner's Alley. :)</p>

2043

<p>...perhaps we could emulate our brethren of the South Seas..and start some"Cargo Cult" magic of our own...some cardboard, duct tape and christmas lights and I'm sure we could make a giant ATM machine :D,...</p>

2044

<p>:D Works for me, BHappyMom! Do we get a Mai Tai every time we make a withdrawl? Hey, those XL twin sheets ought to be here, anytime! I'm putting on my coconut headphones. I'll be in the bamboo hut, if anybody needs me.</p>

2045

<p>sluggbugg and BHappyMom, sisters in crime.</p>

<p>Why am I not surprised? :D</p>

2046

<p>Avast ye mateys, we saw a baby pirate on our walk, today! :) We saw a baby in a stroller with a black patch over one eye. Trying not to stare at the little bilge rat, we quickened our pace, and as we passed, he looked right up at H and said, "Aaaaarrrgh!" piratey-style. Then, the little picaroon smiled. Back atcha, baby buccaneer! Aarrrrgh!</p>

<p>And, it was a grog moment when we went to see the Chronicles of Narnia last night, and the couple in front of us had an infant. Now, I enjoy babies as much as the next wench (especially for breakfast), but, daaaa--mmn! That baby cried, squealed, gurgled, and flat-out screamed through the whole movie. I know I missed whole sections of dialogue because I was watching the mom and dad take turns playing with the baby in the aisle next to me. </p>

<p>This is not a movie that I would recommend for toddlers, either, even though it has a PG rating. When I was seven, it would have given me nightmares, and don't tell me that kids these days have thicker skins. I grew up on movies like, Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963), and Marnie (1964), not to mention the hypervisceral, Fantastic Voyage. Eww. :) </p>

<p>SKIP THIS PARAGRAPH IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE, BUT PLAN TO: Terrified screams from 3-year olds punctuated every scene. Mutant hellbeasts and witches with twenty-inch daggers will do that. Other preschoolers helped reassure the audience by announcing, "He'll come back to life!" </p>

<p>READ ON...Next weekend, when we go to see Brokeback Mountain, we'll be sure to catch the eleven o'clock show. Toddlers probably don't mind watching cowboys hold hands, but it's probably past their bedtimes. ;)</p>

2047

<p>Okay, kids -- Hop in, we're going to the drive-in! No indoor multiplexes for this crowd, no overpriced popcorn and candy. There's plenty of room in the Vista Cruiser, and I'll be sure to park close to the speaker pole. Bring your pillows, and no kicking in the back! :)</p>

2048

<p>What are we going to see? </p>

<p>Saw Narnia on Sunday, very well done, but definately not a movie to take little kids to!</p>

2049

<p>We can see Brokeback Mountain if we put our hands over the kids eyes for about 2 3/4 minutes. </p>

<p>And it's the best modern version of Romeo and Juliet ever. Ah. Remember when your heart was broken? Remember when you loved beyond reason? And conveniently there were beautiful mountains or scruffy plains towns in the background?</p>

<p>I LOVED this movie.</p>

2050

<p>I wanna see it but my stupid male family won't go with me, waaaaaaah! C'mon, girlfriends, someone go with me?</p>

2051

<p>Alu, me too; LOVED it. My D loved it too. It was heartbreaking and haunting and beautiful.</p>

<p>Moot, go and drag your men! They will thank you! I am gonna go back with DH because I am sure he will like it.</p>

<p>This conversation brings to mind a sex study I read not so long ago... </p>

<p>Men and women were exposed to a variety of soft core pornographic material.</p>

<p>Men responded to M/W and W/W scenes with arousal, but not to M/M scenes.</p>

<p>Women, on the other hand, responded to all of the above.</p>

<p>Something tells me slugg will have insight here.</p>

2052

<p>mootmom, I'll go with you. My d. went and saw it with her bf instead of me, and she won't go see it again because she was bored by all of the scenery. She told me I would be sadly disappointed because apparently they already showed the closest thing in the movie to a homoeorotic sex scene in the previews. But I want to see it anyway.</p>

2053

<p>My W and D saw Brokeback and loved it, and D is only in HS. Apparently a multi-kleenex film. </p>

<p>I was home watching football with my son. GO STILLERs AN AT!!! YINZ BEAT DENVER!</p>

<p>Saw the new King Kong with W. Two adults came in with about a dozen 5 - 7 year olds. We lasted less than minutes before moving to a different screening. Multiplexes do have some value.</p>

<p>SB, mascot of UCSB, must be a long time since you have been to a drive in. Went to see Chicken Little and Wallace and Grommitt at the drive in this summer. Audio is broadcast over FM radio now. we go a few times each summer.</p>

2054

<p>I cannot believe they really showed the sex scene in the previews. The scene warrants an R. Previews are supposed to be G. But the scene is nothing like an NC-17. It was kind of too cold for the guys to take any clothes off beyond the absolutely necessary:).</p>

2055

<p>Calmom and Mootmom --We (the girlfriends in my 'hood) went to see Brokeback a couple of weeks ago, but we were slow and it sold out, so we ended up at Pride and Prejudice instead (second time for that one for me, but I love that movie, so no problem). So, hey, if you wanna date, I'm available too.</p>

2056

<p>OK, taking the arrangements to email! mstee, calmom, and I are GOIN' TO THE MOVIES! YAY!!</p>

<p>Who's gonna bring the tissues?</p>

2057

<p>hmmm, let jmmom know the details and maybe she can attend a simulcast on the right coast :cool:. Closest I can come to a movie night out with the coffee-klatch crew. :)</p>

2058

<p>I deserve to go. I went to see Glory Road yesterday. I usually end up seeing all of these sports movies, as my husband is a sucker for these feel-good athletic stories. </p>

<p>Maybe we could plan a time and we could all see it "together" in different places!</p>

2059

<p>The cyber Skyview Drive-in still has speaker poles, m&sdad, even though certain SA regulars keep driving off with the speakers. We'll stop and get a bag of cyberburgers before we go. I'll bring a Thermos of coffee and some pop for the overgrown children in the back. For the SA crowd, it's either Walk The Line and Touch Your Nose or Brokeback Dilapidated Jeep. :)</p>

2060

<p>I'll bring the mosquito coils and the little kids can sit on top of the station wagon - LOL. Surely they're showing a double-feature.</p>