vagabonds

2004-04-12 - 1:09 a.m.

am currently working on making laura's summer mix, but actually being quite pleased that my new model army cd plays almost flawlessly on the computer, since it certainly does not do so in any other cd player.

it was easter. i ate eggs but no meat, went to a church to hear my mom sing, and vacuumed the whole house, including the place behind the couch where the cat vomited a few weeks ago. find myself still reverting to old ways of human weakness such as bitterness and an unwillingness to accept Things As They Are, despite my best attempts at applying the taoist principles which i have recently learned and found that i agree with. though my communication skills are greatly improved, i feel, and my patience stretches just a smidge further than usual. a smidge, mind you.

keep thinking about don the vampire. he reminds me of high school boys i knew. i took him with a pound of salt until i saw his ceremony last thursday. when he drained noel of energy and caused him to collapse to the floor i was impressed. vampire or no, that takes some serious learning. was much less impressed with his drinking a syringe full of goth chick #2's blood. he got real dorky real quick again with that one. and everyone watching was all, 'ohhhhh my god!' and i'm watching like, 'hello, just blood, people. obviously we have no e.r. workers in the house.'

some things i can handle, even if unpleasant, such as waking up in the night and finding a spider crawling on my arm. i smushed it in my surprise awakening, then felt remorse. however, had it been a worm or centipede, there would have been different feelings involved. it's in the way things crawl that determines my reactions.

tonight laura and i were reminiscing about reading wizard and the fantasy casting they would do for comic books. i said that i still agreed with them about johnny depp as dream, and laura pronounced that he must be clean-shaven. more edward scissorhands as god figure, i agreed. i think he's still got it in him, edward but with more wisdom and sex. not quite so innocent. but beautiful still.

then we tried to cast the rest. my favourite was my own idea of karl urban, from 'the lord of the rings,' as destruction. he looks perfect for the part. just dye his hair a shade redder and make him a bit more bohemian, and there it is. i would love to see that.

despair has to have a high, creepy voice, like the psychic from 'poltergeist' (my suggestion) or linda hunt (laura's). we agreed that the chosen actress would most likely be in a fat suit, so looks wouldn't matter so much.

for destiny, some dude in a robe, just with a cool deep voice. laura said jeremy irons, i jokingly threw in james earl jones, stating that it worked once for fantasy films, it could work again.

i drew a blank at desire. laura threw out k.d. lang, then moo suggested jonathon rhys-meyers. 'yes!' we other two yelled at once. if anyone embodies beauty and sex and just plain wanting, the untouchable delicious urge, it's that man. and we already know that he looks amazing in makeup.

death and delirium caused all three of us much ponderence. very delicate, very difficult. there's a specific look, and even more specific personality. for delirium i very much wanted innocent, yet blank, fear of the unknown behind her eyes. someone pixyish, but no tinkerbell. moo tossed in natalie portman, but i wanted more innocent and less composed. laura at first suggested scarlett johansson, but upon further thought declared her too much a classic beauty, too old-school glamorous. i agreed. then i looked at a picture of alison lohman with short hair, unsmiling, and decided that she was my favourite choice. i've seen her act both loud and young as well as quiet and mysterious, and delirium is all of those things. she has a pixyish face and you can't be sure of her age. young, innocent, but more. i love it.

after explaining all of this to the other two moo said that i should be a casting agent. i laughed, claiming that just because these people looked the part i still didn't know if they could act it, and she said that i could find that out. i felt flattered, though i still consider myself more a passionate fan of the comic than someone with a discerning eye for the perfect actor in any given picture. flattered, still.

we never could decide on death. at the time of that particular issue wizard suggested winona ryder, and it was very appropriate at the time, but i just don't see it anymore. laura put in helena bonham carter, and i thought about her in fight club. i could see it, though we both wanted someone younger. of course, having tim burton's baby can only give her cool points from the goth side.

if the sandman movie ever gets through development hell and gets made, maybe someone will share our discerning eye. i only hope that at least one casting agent, not to mention the director, are fans of neil's original work. or at the very least, that kate beckinsale has no role whatsoever in the film.

i'm still waiting on 'lost souls,' but then, i really don't trust anyone else to make that book into a film. maybe i'll have to be like those guys who remade 'raiders of the lost arc' frame by frame in their backyards and basements.

hey, cool shit happens with dorks like me.