Taking myself out
Sep. 30th, 2003 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hiddenmuseYes, I actually went through with taking myself out for dinner and a movie - and had a wonderful time.
I had dinner at Cicero's, where they had an "All-you-can-eat Spaghetti for $3.95" special. Considering the serving size, one helping was sufficient - we're talking a big plate/bowl of spaghetti with a delicious Marinara sauce, full of chunky tomatoes. Yummy.
After dinner, I went to the used bookstore and almost wanted to forego the movie in favor of browsing the aisles for a couple of hours! I wasn't too bad, spending about $18 and leaving with three books - Joseph Heller's Catch 22; a paperback copy of Michael Moore's Stupid White Men for $6; and Anaïs Nin's Henry & June. Of course there was so much more that I'd wanted ... but there is always another time.
I did make it to the movies & saw Party Monster. I loved the movie - it was a bit dark (well, considering that it dealt with a murder, yeah...) and the homoeroticism was merely implied - so if you're wanting to see Macaulay Culkin kiss Wilmer Valderrama or Seth Green, use your imagination, my lovelies. One of the big surprises (to me) was Marilyn Manson as a tranny club kid named Christina - I thought it was a woman until I saw the credits.
I admit that my main reason for wanting to see the film was not because of the possibility of seeing Mac Culkin kiss another man, but because I remember hearing about Michael Alig killing his drug dealer, Angel, in the early '90s. Yes, I have lived my entire life in St. Louis - but managed to live vicariously through the media as a teen. I remember seeing the club kids and thinking they were freakish and cool as hell at the same time. All I knew of Michael Alig was that he was a club kid that had apparently killed his drug dealer. I'd heard of all the clubs - Limelight, The Palladium, Danceteria, etc. Of course, I could never be part of that scene - it was just something that I found to be incredibly fascinating, because I'm just a huge geek in that way.
Now, part of me wants to read James St. James' book Disco Bloodbath (probably re-named Party Monster by now), while another part of me almost doesn't want to, afraid that the film may have tainted my perception of the book.
And that's what I did tonight. Now, I'm going to get to bed and try to go to sleep. Tomorrow is another day - one day closer to the weekend. Have a good night my lovelies, and a great tomorrow!
I had dinner at Cicero's, where they had an "All-you-can-eat Spaghetti for $3.95" special. Considering the serving size, one helping was sufficient - we're talking a big plate/bowl of spaghetti with a delicious Marinara sauce, full of chunky tomatoes. Yummy.
After dinner, I went to the used bookstore and almost wanted to forego the movie in favor of browsing the aisles for a couple of hours! I wasn't too bad, spending about $18 and leaving with three books - Joseph Heller's Catch 22; a paperback copy of Michael Moore's Stupid White Men for $6; and Anaïs Nin's Henry & June. Of course there was so much more that I'd wanted ... but there is always another time.
I did make it to the movies & saw Party Monster. I loved the movie - it was a bit dark (well, considering that it dealt with a murder, yeah...) and the homoeroticism was merely implied - so if you're wanting to see Macaulay Culkin kiss Wilmer Valderrama or Seth Green, use your imagination, my lovelies. One of the big surprises (to me) was Marilyn Manson as a tranny club kid named Christina - I thought it was a woman until I saw the credits.
I admit that my main reason for wanting to see the film was not because of the possibility of seeing Mac Culkin kiss another man, but because I remember hearing about Michael Alig killing his drug dealer, Angel, in the early '90s. Yes, I have lived my entire life in St. Louis - but managed to live vicariously through the media as a teen. I remember seeing the club kids and thinking they were freakish and cool as hell at the same time. All I knew of Michael Alig was that he was a club kid that had apparently killed his drug dealer. I'd heard of all the clubs - Limelight, The Palladium, Danceteria, etc. Of course, I could never be part of that scene - it was just something that I found to be incredibly fascinating, because I'm just a huge geek in that way.
Now, part of me wants to read James St. James' book Disco Bloodbath (probably re-named Party Monster by now), while another part of me almost doesn't want to, afraid that the film may have tainted my perception of the book.
And that's what I did tonight. Now, I'm going to get to bed and try to go to sleep. Tomorrow is another day - one day closer to the weekend. Have a good night my lovelies, and a great tomorrow!
