Gay Asian Movies Yeah!

Once upon a time, I made a point of tuning in to all the queer movies on Showcase, or at least taping them to watch later. Then I moved to Japan and started downloading all the queer movies I could find torrents or dowload links for, and for a while I sort of had my "queer movie of the week" habit, but that fell by the wayside when I stopped watching as many movies and tv shows because I suddenly had a full-time job and a social life! I didn't stop downloading stuff, though, so things have been piling up. In an effort to get back into the gay groove, over the past week I've watched two movies that have been sitting around for a while (well, technically, I only found a torrent for Lan Yu a few months ago, but my aunt recommended it to me three years ago, and I'd been searching for it ever since).

[BL movies are about pretty boys overacting and pretending to kiss and/or have sex, sometimes more convincingly than others. I don't count them as queer movies, because they're not. Show me one in which the characters are more than some sort of air-brushed fantasy of what gay men are, and I'll reconsider my stance.]

There are spoilers for both the movies, in case any of you were planning on watching them and are worried about such things. *crickets chirping* No? Right, then, carry on.

Taiwanese lesbians! ( Spider Lilies )

This next one, gets my highest recommendation. Watch it. It's one of the most touching love stories I've ever seen. The fact that it's about two men is really incidental, though if you're into that kind of thing, this movie also has some of the best depictions of tenderness between lovers, gay or otherwise, that I've ever seen.

Gay Chinese men! ( Lan Yu )

Sort of Go Me!

My ballet recital is on a national holiday, the 23rd of November. Tickets are Y1,000. It's at 6:00 (doors open at 5:30) in Kichijouji, though closer to Mitaka Station. Would you like to come? It's Carmina Burana! And there will be cardboard boxes! And imaginary flying takoyaki! (don't ask XDDD).

I have three unclaimed advance tickets at the moment. For extras, I have to wait until the 3rd for general sale, and the email I got said there might a lottery, I guess if there's too much demand (not quite sure about this, will have to check the website when they update!)

Anyway, let me know! First three replies will get my remaining tickets, and I'll try to get extras for anyone else, though I won't know for sure how many I can get until the 3rd. (Eda, yours is already put aside, so ignore this! ^_^)

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Today I did NOTHING!

Sort of. Not Really. It was one of those days that turned out to be both more and less productive than I'd hoped.

Did: laundry, dishes, vacuumed, wrote a Travelpod entry, posted pictures to lj, studied Chinese, sewed a futon cover, put away summer clothes, took out more winter clothes, helped Kimberly with something for her online class, ate lots of Halloween candy, cuddled Tabitha.

That sounds like a lot, but I feel like I spent most of the day sitting around like a bump on a log.

Did Not Do: cook anything for my lunches this week, get my bike's brakes tightened, reschedule my doctor's appointment, schedule a laser appointment, schedule a hair appointment, take care of my nails, or finish the pair of socks I was knitting in Kagoshima.

Well, the socks only need their ends woven in, so I can take care of that right now. That'll be another sticker! :D And I really do need to trim my nails.