I switched the CD at home from Elton John's "Blue Moves" to Ray Lynch's "Deep Breakfast." (I like writing to instrumental new agey or electronica stuff). I switched the CD in the car from "The Best of the Beegees Volume Two," which has only four songs I like, back to the new Cure CD. I listened to The Thrills CD "So Much for the City" at work. I still love their song "One Horse Town."

After work, I went home and watched "Everwood" (while I taped "Joey, "Will and Grace" and "The Apprentice" with Trump.) I don't know why I continue to watch "Everwood;" it isn't a very good show. Bright (I swear to God that's really a character's name played by Chris Pratt - I swear to God that's really an actor's name) Anyway, where was I... Oh yes, Bright has taken in a hunky gay guy as his roommate and in tonight's episode he came out of the shower in next to nothing. Efrem (Gregory Smith - the only reason I really watch the show - even though as he is getting older he gets less and less hot) is moving in with Bright and the gay guy. The only way I'm gonna keep watching the show is if Efrem has a gay-on-guy kiss. If there isn't one within the next few weeks, I'm done with this show! (He he, not really). The thing I like most about the show right now is the relationship between Bright and Hannah. But I tell you right now, that bitch Amy has got to go!

Got to the Arbor around 9:15 and the shorts program that Johnny Oh! was in wasn't out yet. (Details tomorrow on how the show was Johnny promises). When I finally did see him, Johnny said that he didn't even get in to the theater for the 7pm showing until 7:05. He waited outside in the cold while they did God knows what in there. This theater sits empty all day. Why in the world would any Agliff movie-goer ever be waiting until five minutes after the scheduled start time to get into a movie? That's just bad timing, bad planning and inconsideration.

Before I saw Johnny, I was feeling a little self-conscious. I don't know exactly why. I saw cutie volunteer Kevin but he was really busy so I didn't say hi. He was dressed flawlessly in huge heeled shoes, blue jeans that clung his cute little bubble butt cheeks like rind on a cantaloupe, and a white t-shirt. He looked scrumptious. Brooks, on the other hand, had cut and dyed his hair and it simply did not suit him. I wanted to go up and say hi to him but I was just too chicken. I was hoping he would catch my eye and wave or something but that didn't happen. I also saw Agliff Film Programmer Mo Ratel and wanted to say hello but she was deep in conversation with two hot chicks and I knew better than to stick my nose into that!

I stood around the lobby waiting for Johnny and lusted after the kid in the "Garcon Stupide" poster. This isn't playing at Agliff yet but the staff at the Arbor was smart enough to put up the poster which features a hot naked young man with the picture cropped just below where his thighs start. (My favorite part of a guy's body is where his legs meet his torso - several years ago I dubbed this "The Groovy Triangle.") The poster is tagged with something like "Opens December 6th" and it's right by the entrance to the house Agliff is using. Oh, that is genius marketing. That movie is going to be very popular in Austin in December. The poster makes the film an automatic "must see" for any gay guy.

Another poster at the Arbor promotes that they are going to have a one-day- and-one-day-only showing of the uncut and unrated version of George Romero's latest zombie film, "Land of Dead" sometime in October. I totally missed the film during this summer, so I'd kind of like to see it even though I'm sure this uncut version is going to be gross.

Eventually the shorts program Johnny was seeing let out and there was a ton of guys in there, lots of young cute hotties, spilling into the lobby. Maybe I made a mistake missing this screening. I also saw Scott Dinger and a guy whom I swear was the big, fat owner and film producer from Hot Desert Knights who was featured prominently in "Cycles of Porn" last night.

For some reason I was feeling really self-conscious, so I just stood to the side and waited for Johnny to come out. He was one of the last ones out of the theater and I finally caught his eye and we chatted a bit.

The volunteers were trying to hustle everyone around and Kevin 2 was being his usual hoity-toity self and was yelling at everyone to get outside or get out of the lobby or whatever. It was so lame. I'm all for making the "non members" wait outside on busy showings and weekends but to worry about it on a Thursday night at 9pm is just being snooty. Cutie Kevin came up and told us, "The sooner you get in the theater the sooner we can start the movie," which was funny. Like, they're going to hold the movie until we get in there... right. (I shouldn't gripe at Kevin, he does an awesome job and is super sweet and I like him a lot).

I went in while Johnny got snacks and I was so excited because I thought they were playing a video by The Rocket Summer, one of my favorite new bands with a gorgeous blonde lead singer. I was oohing and cooing and then finally realized that I didn't recognize the song at all. I watched a little more and snapped! It wasn't TRS at all - it was Hanson! Wow. Taylor Hanson still looks as hot as ever. He is one of those adorable young fey boys who actually got older and still looks hot! (unlike what seems to be happening to Gregory Smith).

The feature, "Twist," was preceded yet again by trailers for "The Favor," "29th and Gay" and "Hellbent." Also, there was a trailer for the encore screening of "Summer Storm." A short called "Night Swimming" was supposed to play before the feature but did not. For some reason the film was on video. I assumed it would be on 35mm. I looked in the program and it said "video." Ugh.

After the film, Johnny and I stood around talking. The two volunteer Kevins were cleaning up and tallying the votes that the audience gave the film. The majority were 4's and 5's (which sickens me) and the ones who gave it a 1 or 2 had the most inane comments. One said something like, "Film Festivals should be for pleasant movies," the most ignorant thing I have ever heard.

A guy with a hanging badge came up to me and suddenly shouted, "I don't think my choice of music videos is weird." I assumed this was someone who worked at the festival and had read my site where on day one I said something about the music videos that play before the films being odd. I also think I said, "At least they're not diva music and gay electronica dance videos," which is what I said to this person. He also said something shitty like, "I'm sorry they are not Elton John or The Cure" (a reference to the fact that I mention what CD's I've been listening to this week on my little daily reports here). Now, I simply hate it when someone has an issue with something I write. This is my forum and my thoughts. It's not up for debate and I don't feel any obligation to explain or defend what I write to anyone but myself. So, when you come up and start challenging something I've written, it immediately puts up my defenses and makes me uncomfortable. Sigh. Such is the life of a web star like myself, however, so I engaged this person in conversation and noticed his name tag said Kris White. He told me he was the technical person dealing with presentation at the festival and I asked him about the bad video on "Wilby Wonderful" and "Loggerheads." He went into some technical jargon about how he ripped it and converted it that I really didn't understand. Whatever his reason or excuses are, bottom line: The presentation at this year's festival was horrible a lot of the time.

I flirted a little more with cutie Kevin and told him I liked his shoes (which were big heeled Sketcher type shoes with silver flames on the elevator heels). Then I told him I also liked his shirt and his jeans. He said, "What about my butt?" and poofed it out in a way that just made me want to eat him alive.

Kevin 2 was also there cleaning up and he and Johnny and I were talking about this and that. At one point when we were talking about the "Garcon Stupide" poster and the scrawny cute little half naked guy on it, he said," I like my guys to be beefy." Johnny, always trying to find me a date, said, "Lodg is beefy." To which I quipped, "He said beefy John, not by-product-y." Kevin 2 laughed at this and laughed at several other things I said. I love a guy who laughs at my jokes. Kevin 2 is a hottie. (John says he could tell me stories about him cruising and such but who cares about that - Johnny's the biggest slut I ever met anyway). Anyway, the point is, I liked Kevin 2 too. Both the Kevins can be loud and pushy when they are doing crowd control (you have to be) but they're also nice and cute and fun and friendly and they make Agliff fun to attend for me.

Giving away the bitter - for free no less!

lodger2005