Last week, the Sci-Fi channel threw a Battlestar Galactica Gives Back party in Hollywood. Unlike another show this season which I won't mention (if I have to hear "This is My Now" one more time I'm stepping on a baby. I'll do it!), we weren't pressured into helping needy children or forced to think about malaria or AIDS and no one was asked to actually pony up any cash to better humanity. No Katrina families were saved at this Gives Back event, but for one magical night, a lot of geeky ass weirdos felt cool at a big Hollywood party, and for that I give thanks. It's the first night I haven't felt like the bearded lady since I moved here. Drop your inhibitions at the door and come with! No reason to feel insecure, we're totally the hottest people here! This is Battlestar Galactica Gives Back!
5:45 I arrive with a camera and a bad attitude. I'm pissy cuz driving SUCKS in Hollywood and the cocktail party isn't til' after the screening and a Q&A with the cast. I consider going on a beer run, but I force myself out of the car and chew on a piece of Orbit Sweet Mint instead. As I make my way down to the Plaza level of the Arclight, I wonder if I'm an alcoholic or if I suffer from severe social anxiety disorder. Or both.
5:50 Madeyoulaugh didn't put my friend Forrest's name on the list. BASTARD! He totally swore up and down that he had. I tell them to look for his name (Saul) and still nothing. There, on the last page, is Paul from TVgasm. Ah, I just cussed out Saul in my head unfairly. Poor guy. I hope he didn't get a headache. I've been practicing long distance pain infliction. I haven't practiced taking it back.
5:57 Is it rude to smoke in line? I light up and get dirty looks from 200 people, so I throw my fag on the street. Sorry. No drinking, no smoking. I look around for an imaginary husband to adopt Latvian babies with to occupy my time. Found him! I pull out my camera and take his picture. I act like I'm interested in the Jack in the Crack across the street, but he obviously knows I'm shooting him, and he's not happy. I wouldn't be either. It's Summer. Take off the suit for chrissakes.
6:05 Forrest is here! She's workin' it, too. It amazes me that women wear heels that high and can still smile like they mean it. My camera batteries are dead. Thank God she's got hers ready.
Free shirts that say "Get Fracked" are being passed around and we act like we're too good for them. Sure we love the show, but we're cool. We talk about how we're starving and then we talk about how fat we feel. And then we see this skinny bitch and decide to throw her down the first flight of stairs we come across. Love the Forrest.
We have marked this poor girl for a painful fall.
6:10 Ah, the Arclight Cinerama Dome. It's huge, it's plush, and it's fourteen smacks to get in to see a movie. When you have a job, you feel better than the poor slobs sitting in a matinee at the $3 theater full of screaming kids and crazy people talking back to the screen, but when you're unemployed (uh...me) and can't afford to get in, you resent the fact that you know there are people paying more to avoid losers like you at the ghetto cinema. It's the circle of life. And it sucks.
We find nice plush seats front-ish and center, and guess who's behind us? My husband!! I take this as flirting and don't let myself consider that he would want to sit front-ish and center for any other reason than to love me. It's sick, but I am in a much better mood than I was fifteen minutes ago. Forrest talks about some friend she has that loved BSG as much as she did, and how they don't talk any more because she is too gorgeous and talented. And then guess who walks in? THE GUY. I asked how he got tickets and she shrugs and rolls her eyes. "He writes for some blog. Can you imagine?" Like what a LOSER. I ask for a piece of gum and change the subject.
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Comments (4)
Dear lord, it was like being there.
With all the good and bad that implies... I am so jealous!
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Posted on June 16, 2007 5:31 AM
Flipit - you are certifiable. But big ups to you for sticking it to the camera Nazi.
I love Lucy Lawless too! I have a mad girl crush on her. I am so happy you got a photo with her.
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Posted on June 16, 2007 8:19 AM
Sorry, but I gotta ask this, was Lucy actually buzzed? You were up against her. I gotta know. Come on, spill it. PLEASE! Gods, I love her so much! xX
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Posted on June 26, 2007 6:52 AM
HAHA If she was buzzed, she held it together well. But wow, what a looker. And really sweet. And she's totally into you, chrisxx!
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Posted on June 26, 2007 9:48 AM