A Very Natural Thing (1974)

I came across this film because I downloaded the Russ Meyer's movie "Up!" while doing research of sexploitaion films. Up! is a very silly sex movie that wasn't very good, but had this dreamy man in it by the name of Robert McLane:

I was trying to find out more about him, but the wiki article for Up! links to this soldier guy from like the 1800s... Eventually I found out his name is Robert Joel actually and that he did this movie called "A Very Natural Thing" where he plays a gay ex-monk... !!! Needless to say I had to find it!

I searched around for a while and finally came upon a copy of it on a gay torrent site!

I had a sit down with the movie today and was very pleased I did. The movie follows an ex-monk, David (the very sexy Robert Joel) who moves to New York to be a teacher by day and try to find a partner at a gay club by night. At the club he meets Mark and the two hookup for the night. Mark and David decide to see each other more and eventually end up moving in together ("getting married" as they say). Things are going great until Mark realizes he doesn't want to be tied down like a married straight couple and begins exploring the bath-house world. Mark tries to get David into the bath scene, but David knows he's meant to be with someone who wants only him. The movie is a very bittersweet look at the relationship of these two men and does a nice job being honest about it. The dialogue is a bit straighforward at times, but for a film in 1974 it's very groundbreaking. The movie contains scenes of the 1973 Pride Parade in New York which are lovely and nicely placed. All in all it was a very good movie and I'd definiely recommend trying to grab a copy sometime. This film was the first mainstream gay film and it didn't hold back at all, there's some great nudity throughout (some of which is very sexy slow motion running).

And to finish it off, here's another shot of Robert Joel! Yum, the 70s sure were sexy!

Sadly Robert Joel died in 1992... Rest in Peace dear man, I'm very thankful that you stood up for my rights and future!

This shit is the shit and it's free!

So, to start off I'm in love with this crazy bitch "Simon Curtis"! What a sexy little bitch and he makes killer music! You can get his album "8 Bit Heart" for FREE on his site: http://simon-curtis.com/ It's like Britney, GaGa, and Adam Lambert fucked... HARD! And birthed out sexy sexy messes!

It's alright! (Yeah it was alright!)

You betcha!

Hello loves! How art thou? I've been having a relaxing day at home putting the finishing touches on my application for a grant to write a screenplay and feel really good about it. I really want to start conceptualizing this story more (Captain Native America) but first I need to get back to work on my hooker werewolf feature and complete that first. So right now, I'm just waiting for my lover to get home from work so I can venture out and mail off my application (the rain outside is scaring me and he has my car)

Yesterday was my birthday, Saturday was my party, and it was a really fun weekend! I worked Saturday, then ventured out to Davie street where we ate dinner at Moxies (more like drank a lot, really) and then had a blast dancing the night away at The Odyssey! A bunch of great people came out for the evening and I felt really blessed to know them all.

Friday was spent in Squamish with Taylor and two of his fellow Paramedic buddies, Ryan and Martin (pronounced en francais "Mar-Tawn"). We ventured around and saw some really pretty areas:

Including a 1000 year old tree!!!

It was a jolly good day and, afterwards, we went to see "How to Train Your Dragon" a super cute movie that I'd recommend checking out! I felt the whole thing was a really nice allegory for queer culture (probably not meant to be) but as a gay boy it meant a lot! Check out this ADORABLE poster! <3

Dreamworks is finally catching up, in caliber, to Pixar!

On Thursday I got to see my LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY friend beric for a short, but sweet, breakfast date on Commercial Drive (notice I don't call it "the drive") He and I went to Capilano College together for film and he's back there again right now working on his next short film! For some wonderful examples of beric's genius watch this and this! He's gonna be HUGE someday, so check him out so you can say you knew him when! <3 I'm super excited whenever he's working on something because I KNOW it's always going to be amazing!

Right now I'm kinda obsessed with "Rock and Roll" by "The Runaways"! I wish they'd redone this for the movie! <3


That's all for now you sexy things!

With Love,
Tyrel!

KETCHUP TIME!!!

Oh dear, oh dear... Where does time go? Okay here we go time to play catch up!

FRIDAY
     I went to see two movies with the boyfriend and sister. First we saw "The Ghost Writer" which was a surpisingly awesome treat. Polanski really got me back in the "Chinatown" feel and I found myself in love with the movie (except maybe the very end, which I felt was a bit too much like one of Dan Brown's  "Robert Langdon Mystery Club" scenarios) The performances and dialogue throughout were just too freaking wonderful and it made me curse the trailer a bit.
       After that we watched "The Runaways" (this year's bio-pic) and I kinda loved it. It's a silly garbage movie that doesn't really have a point, although some would argue "girl-power" or "without them..." is the point, but calm down, I liked it, alright? Again, it really is garbage, but it has some pretty cool performances (mainly Dakota Fanning's kick ass take on Cherie Currie, but also Kristen Stewart who doesn't stutter once!) and I never once found myself bored and it is fucking crazy the shit they actually did for that time (and even now, really, I mean Cherie was SIXTEEN!!!).

SATURDAY
       I had to work, but afterwards Tay and I went to dinner at Red Robin (gotta love the endless fries!) and then went to see "Repo Men", I think needless to say it wasn't my idea and it was bad... The movie plays like snippets of good action movies thrown into a blender and pureed into shit... It has elements taken from every action movie pretty much, but main highlights were Blade Runner, Pulp Fiction, Old Boy and Lock Stock... Instead of heading out to this one, you should just spend the $12 renting the old releases it tries so hard to emulate...

SUNDAY
I worked and Tay went to family dinner. I also got to work on my application to get a grant from the government to write a screenplay called "Captain (Native) America"! I'm super excited to write it and hope I can maybe even get funded next year to make it myself!

MONDAY & TUESDAY
Didn't do much... Had to go to effing ICBC and pay $300 before my birthday because I got two speeding tickets in a 12 month period, even though one was Oct 2008 and the other was August 2009, lame I know... So anyways I went to the shit-hole fifth layer of hell that is the Surrey ICBC office and had to wait 45 mins to pay the stupid thing. Their system is effing ridiculous! You get there and they give you a number and a lettered card:

Then they say "NEXT!" I'm sorry, but I don't understand right away so QUEEN BITCH:

Shouts that the number will be called in sequence, but since my task is quick and easy they might call the letter sooner... They didn't call the letter... So we just sat there and waited the 45 mins while queen bitch did nothing but stare off into space at her stupid computer and trashy people gathered around... I had to delouse myself afterwards because I was afraid this rug (held under some girl's hair) sent it's residents my way looking for shelter on my scalp!

I kid... I kid... But seriously, the colors didn't even match on the extensions... I'm such a cunt!

TODAY
       I was supposed to hang with my pal beric after Tay went to work, but our schedules confucked a bit, so we're going to try again tomorrow. Instead, I went downtown with Tay and got my tax form from VFS (the one I've been waiting on for 3 weeks now) and finally filed them taxes. Got an okay return, will be using it to pay back my sister for the $300 at ICBC. <3 her for always being there when I need help!

So there we have it, I'm gonna be 24 on Sunday (party on Saturday night).

Thanks for reading loves,
Tyrel

It's twilight...

Prologue - The Obvious Wording of Edward Cullen...

That's right Edward, it is... Ha ha! I found this little gem in Twilight: The Graphic Novel at Chapters today... But first, let's rewind and discover how I got there in the first place. (I am so Stephanie Meyer, right now!)

Chapter One - Breakfast... with my Mother!
I woke up early this morning next to my (vampire) lover, Taylor. He nibbled on my ear playfully until I opened my eyes.

"Morning sleepy head..." He whispered, "it's time to get up, or we'll be late..."

"Late for what?" and then I remembered breakfast, with my mother!

I shot out of bed and ran for the shower. Ten (okay, maybe 15) minutes later I was dressed and ready.

HOLD UP!

Okay, this shit is getting nauseating already. So anyway, I woke up for an early breakfast with my mother, sister, and (vampire) boyfriend. We went to IHOP and I ate the entire shop in one bite. I was super full when we got home so Taylor suggested we do something active.

We decided a bike-ride made most sense considering we bought the stupid things, so off we went... Destination: METROTOWN MALL! We headed out on the old dusty (bike) trail and enjoyed the sunshine and warm breeze along the way! At Metrotown we went to Starbucks (for coffee), Winners (for sexy underwear), Fresh Slice (for pizza), and Chapters (for books).

Speaking of Fresh Slice, it's this BRILLIANT pizza chain across BC that I am just in love with and think someday I should do a post on...

Anyway, here are some snapshots of today's journey...

I'm a drifter... okay?

YAY! Bike bridges are so COOL!

Awww! Taylor on the bridge!

My boyfriend's a dirtbiker?

Metrotown Mall

Awwww!

AND FINALLY...

Found in Chapters... Edward Cullen with cum in his eyebrow?

Death of the Dead...?

No, this isn't a picture from some updated version of "Thriller" it's from George A. Romero's latest zombie piece "Survival of the Dead", and a piece is exactly what I found it to be.

The film follows a few familiar characters from Romero's last film "Diary of the Dead", a film I had high hopes for and found only 5 minutes of it to be really relevant, as well as some new ones. The setting this time is Plum Island, a small remote island run by two feuding Irish families, the O'Flynn's and the Muldoon's. The feud is a child-like "I'm right, you're wrong" argument that seems to have been going on since Elementary School, and this time it's about zombies! O'Flynn thinks the zombies should be killed right away and Muldoon wants to try and teach them to eat other kinds of meat, not humans. Anyway, the army assholes from "Diary of the Dead" (remember those guys who rob the RV at that one part) show up and agree with O'Flynn so they start a killing spree. Meanwhile, Muldoon's having trouble controlling the zombies (REALLLLLLY?) and has had to kill a bunch of them and O'Flynn's daughter (now a zombie) is riding her horse all around the island...

The plot just gets sillier from there including the introduction of O'Flynn's other daughter Jane, Janet's TWIN who was never mentioned before.

Da'fuck Romero, Da'fuck! What kinda garbarge is this? I mean I had my doubts because Diary was pretty crappy too, but at least that had the poignant end scene about how sick humanity is even to zombies...

But Family Feuds about Zombies??? Really??? IRISH FAMILY FEUDS ON ISLANDS OUTSIDE DELAWARE??? DA'FUCK?????

Dear Romero,
Here's something that a family should REALLY Feud about!



Sigh... If Diary of the Dead wasn't the death of the dead... then this is... :(

What the...?

Damn it Jim! I'm a (writer)... Not a (phone jockey)!

Today I was sad. I sat at my desk at work and thought about my life goals. Sure, they've changed once or twice and had to be rearranged a bit, but damn it! I'm a (writer) not a (phone jockey)! I don't mean to be ungrateful for my current job or anything, I just mean that it's time for a change!

I graduated Vancouver Film School in August 2009 and haven't done much since! My goal was supposed to be "get something produced before you're 25" and as the days go by I find myself with little over a year to do that... What has been stopping me all this time? What's standing in my way? Fear!

But that's it! I'm gonna go Donnie Darko on your asses and say "I'm not afraid anymore!" No, today Taylor texted me to tell me about some positions opening up for first aid transport at a company that rejected him in the past, he wanted to know if he should try his luck and risk the rejection again. I told him "there's no risk associated with rejection, it's not like declined credit. Everything was accomplished by trying..." Super motivational speaker of me, I know, but it's true. If he doesn't try, he obviously won't get it.

Then I had to turn around and point that stinking finger at myself... I realized that I've been whittling away at my next writing project and not doing a thing about my completed ones because I am afraid of rejection myself.

But what is that going to do? How is a silly rejection going to harm me? If anything, won't it just make me that much stronger? Won't I learn what to do better for next time? Won't I learn how to recraft my work and make it the best it can be?

I think I know the answer to those damn questions and shall suck it up! I'm going for it and shall start submitting what I have and finishing what I've started! Make room, Make room! I'm a writer!

Love ya lots,
Tyrel

PS - When searching for a Fear Street cover I came across this...

It means nothing to you, right now, but it made me laugh because I remembered this gem from my childhood, "Wrong Number" by Tyrel Boelsma ( Cover , Page 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , Back Cover) . I wrote a little story that my classmates adored (a silly little "Scream" knock off). The best part is page 4 when the killer is talking to Julie it originally said "Lock your windows, Lock your doors, cause I'm coming you stupid whores!" and if you look close on the page you can still read it! ha ha! I watched WAY too many horrors as a kid! I think what I'm saying is... I'm secretly R.L. Stine...

Prom Night... Everything is alright!

I got Taylor to sit down and watch my favorite horror movie (next to Halloween and Carrie), Prom Night! This perfect little gem was gifted to me in the form of a Pawn Shopped VHS tape my parents got me when I was young and sick at home one day, they purchased it in a 3 for $10 deal along with A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (the only Freddy movie our local video store didn't have) and P.K. and the Kid (my sister was on a Molly Ringwald kick at the time).

I was blown away (and still kind of am) by the gorgeously laid out plot of this. It's nothing special by regular film standards, but for a horror movie, it's tremendous.

The story begins with 4 children playing "Killer's are Coming" (a deranged game of tag/hide-and-go-seek) in an abandoned school. Kim Hammond (played later by Jamie Lee Curtis) and her two twin siblings, Robin and Alex, pass by seeing them, Kim has to go back to school to get her textbook leaving Robin and Alex alone. Robin decides to go play as Alex heads home. Inside the abandoned school Robin accidentally falls from a window and dies, the 4 friends vow never to talk about the incident again. 6 years pass and we find out that a disfigured man was put away for the murder and has now escaped. It's prom night at the local high school and all 4 friends recieve an obscene phone call asking them to "come out to play"...

It's simple, but throughout it you're always wondering what's going to happen next. The plot plays out like a combination of Halloween and Carrie (as mentioned above) and the conclusion is extremely satisfying. If you've not yet checked it out, please do so now. You can find it on YouTube or Torrents and you won't be disappointed!

Oh, and the disco music/dancing is also amazing! <3

Love ya lots,
Tyrel!

Ebony's reaction to Twilght: Eclipse trailer... NSFW!

Ha ha ha! I'm pleased to present to you Ebony's reaction to Twilight: Eclipse trailer!