Reports of my demise were slightly off the mark,

[hackthis_archive]

I am not dead (WTF! if you said I was; nevermind, if you didn't notice) -- I'm just v v busy. If I missed something important, lemme know, because I'm not checking back over four weeks of LJ.

In other news, I managed to get my smarmy paws on a copy of Brokeback Mountain which was not terribly easy as it's not being published anymore, full stop. (Yes, that's the gay cowboy story) And I have to say that considering it checks in at a whopping 58 pages long there's a whole lot of room for interpretation.

Did I mention that said book is travel-sized, the font is at least 14 pt, and I read it in 90 minutes?

Yeah, so, um, I can't wait to see the movie. I think. If it's true to the text then 'yay, we get smut' - but while I was reading the story I kept thinking 'dude, it's like a short fan fic,' -- only not quite as well written. The entire thing was published in The New Yorker at some point, I believe, and there was some beautiful imagery and I'm not even an imagery girl. So, if you can get a copy you should, but don't, like, wear yourself out or anything. Go read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay instead.

Comments

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

::clings::

missed you.

[kattiya.livejournal.com]

dude i need to borrow that book - esp. if there's some good smut.

and did you hear about this:
http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2004/04/29/malkovichbranagh/

i am still sad that i won't be here when PoA drops (b/c watching it with my nieces is going to be very anticlimatic - who will i squeal about the gay with? *cries*)

[xnitelite.livejournal.com]

I've missed you. *squeezes Z*

[issaro.livejournal.com]

Guilty as charged. I did indeed ask serialk if you were dead. She assured me you were not, but it's nice to see you back nonetheless. *g*

[switchknife.livejournal.com]

I wanked to that book the first time I discovered it. Gorgeous, isn't it? And the ending hurts like hell... I only wish Proulx wrote more smut. Gay smut, that is.

[sundaysunday.livejournal.com]

I now am in love with Ryan Adams.

I am sure you'll find this very important.

Also, my foot tastes delicious.

[plumsnickety.livejournal.com]

*dances* Yay, I was 'bout to send out the search party and everything!

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

Missed you! Glad I can call off the search party!

[corinna-5.livejournal.com]

Dude, it's a short story, of course it's short! And the collection it appears in, Close Range (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684852225/qid=1083283454/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-9393138-6687020?v=glance&s=books&n=507846), is still very much in print and easy to find.

You see the sort of trouble you get yourself into when you go off on your own? *g* Welcome back.

[queenofalostart.livejournal.com]

Dude, it's available online. I read it about 40 times last month.

*googles*

AH! Those fuckers took it down! AHH!

But I agree with you. I freakin' lurved it.

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

Glad to see you around!

[edigo.livejournal.com]

dude, welcome back. billy and his blanket missed you. as did i.

[lyra-sena.livejournal.com]

... you were gone?

heh.

[funkthis.livejournal.com]

I have a copy of it that I got off half.com (for about $.95! score!) and I loved it. it's depressing and I hope they keep it dark and just GO for it, ya know? dont dance around the sex which will just take away from the story

[lux--aeterna.livejournal.com]

i read the whole thing online. man, i would have given you the link had i known you were looking.

and yeah. AM SO EXCITED FOR GAY COWBOY SEX. especially with gylenhaal and ledger. for some reason, though, i kind of expected jake to be ennis, and heath to be jack. i don't know. ennis seemed more jake-like. *shrugs*

[wyoluvr.livejournal.com]

i'm confused. Close Range (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684852225/qid=1083299986/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-0236292-2787121?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) is the collection of short stories in which Brokeback Mountain was being, and still is, published. Unless of course someone snuck acid into my wine again and i'm just tripping.

but anyway, isn't it a fucking awesome story? and they're likely to film part of it in Wyoming. squee. v.squee.

I was about to send out a search party

[jersey-tomato.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're back! I was worried that perhaps you were trapped under something heavy or had been kidnapped. anyway, I missed your updates and I'm happy you have returned to us :-)

[cosmic.livejournal.com]

I loved the book myself. Loved the gay cowboy smut, loved how little Proulx had to say to tell *20* years of story. As a short story, it kicks ass. And the end *killed* me.

I've already fallen in love with the not yet finished movie, in a possibly scary way. GAY COWBOY SMUT YAY!

And actually, I've been looking for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay in bookstores for over a week now, so. That's next. *g*

[meret.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! You were missed. :)

[redfirecracker.livejournal.com]

If I missed something important, lemme know

*coughs*

Well, dunno if you think this is actually important, but for some reason I've found myself writing a lot of Riley/Graham smut.

If, you know, that sort of thing interests you.

Hope life is a little less busy for you now!