SXSW
2002 - Day 6 - Wednesday March 13, 2002
I worked all day and it was great. There is this cute
young guy where I work, let’s call him Reg, who is,
of course, straight, and we flirt a lot. On Wednesday,
he wanted something from me (a favor of sorts) and I
suggested that he would have to do a favor for me (wink
wink, nudge nudge) if he wanted one in return. This
flirtation escalated to the point where both of us actually
thought something might happen. My stomach was full
of butterflies and he even said, “I’m scared.” It was
intoxicating.
Of course, nothing happened. By the end of the day,
I told him I’d do the favor for him and if he was interested
in “the other” he should let me know whenever. He said,
“I’ll have to ask my girlfriend.” It was funny. But
it was also a great day. I love flirting more than anything.
Is there a film festival going on right now?
Allan Campbell called me about seeing films tonight.
I wanted to see “Salesman” at 8 at the Arbor and “Two
Towns of Jasper” at 10 at the Paramount. Somehow I let
Allan talk me into staying at the Arbor and seeing “Martin
and Orloff” there instead. I hate changing my plans.
I’m very set in my ways about stuff.
I went home after work and took a short nap and headed
to the Arbor. I was hungry as hell so I got some Super
Nachos and a large Coke. I went into the theater, which
was already seating and found Allan. He was in the spot
I like, the third row. I found it amazing that Allan,
who can be anal and picky about stuff, flexed to sit
in the place I usually like to sit.
Harry Knowles and his entourage, including Daddy Geek
(or is it papa Geek?), were in the row behind us. All
through the movie, some female friend of Harry’s talked
out loud. It was ridiculous. I can’t believe he didn’t
bitch slap her.
The 4th SXSW trailer I have seen preceded the film.
In this one, the guy and the puppet play a game to see
who goes on “fry duty.” They pick actors and then name
movies they were in. First one to blank loses. It was
okay.
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Lawrence
Blume
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We stayed for “Martin and Orloff” and I got another
large Coke and some Crispy M&M’s. My friend Rav
was in the row behind me and when we made eye
contact I said hello. We talked a bit about movies
we’d seen. Rav liked “The Slaughter Rule” and
“Looking for Leonard.” Even though the last title
refers to Leonard Cohen, apparently that’s only
a small part of the film. Rav hated “Chelsea Walls.”
He also talked about going to Telluride this year.
Rav’s a cool young man who loves films. We also
talked about how the “when” of seeing a movie
can color how you feel about it. It’s always much
easier to like films early in a festival when
you don’t have other films in your short-term
memory to color your objectivity.
The director of “Martin and Orloff,” Lawrence
Blume, was actually in attendance and did a Q&A
after the film. He lives right down the street
from the Upright citizen’s Brigade Theater in
NYC and that’s how he got to know the guys in
the troupe.
I saw a fifth SXSW trailer. In this one, the
guy and the puppet try and come up with “tag lines”
for the items in the Burger Hut” using film type
pitches. It was mildly amusing.
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I went home and discovered I had a message from J.K.
He said he would call me back before he went to bed.
He did. It was like things were back to normal. That
was awesome.
Lodger @ SXSW2002
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