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(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:40:36 pm)

Queenie:
I remember reading "Catcher in the Rye" and wondering what the big deal was. I mean, it was a lovely story, but what was so controversial about it?
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:46:32 pm)

Detlef Sping:
Is it society which has lost it's mind for failing to see the hopelessness of their own lives?
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:46:33 pm)

Detlef Sping:
"All I could see were these phonies, I never left the house though. They were on TV, in books and stuff, acting out crazy crap in the goddamn movies. I swear sometimes I think I'm crazy, surrounded by these goddamn princesses, and mexican dogs in sweaters, making out like life's perfect and all. That kills me."
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:52:36 pm)

Chewing Wax:
You should enter a contest
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:53:45 pm)

Queenie:
You guys want to read my new synopsis? I need opinions.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:54:59 pm)

Chewing Wax:
Sping does
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:55:18 pm)

Queenie:
But do YOU?
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:55:27 pm)

Queenie:
You're the only bastard around here whose opinion matters to me.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:55:37 pm)

Queenie:
Well... you and bela.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:55:42 pm)

Queenie:
And the birds, they're pretty sharp.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:55:50 pm)

Queenie:
Ok, everyone but sping.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:55:56 pm)

Detlef Sping:
mmm shnaps
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:55:57 pm)

Chewing Wax:
bela is a professional. You should ask her.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:56:33 pm)

Chewing Wax:
But you flatter me. Okay.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:56:45 pm)

Detlef Sping:
My opinion is you are insane and in denial.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:57:14 pm)

Queenie:
OK... hold on...
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:57:44 pm)

Chewing Wax:
There you go
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:57:45 pm)

Queenie:
Hold up.. I just realized I used the word "encounter" twice. Let me fix that first.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:58:11 pm)

Chewing Wax:
Have you gotten rid of that idiot with the Irish accent?
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:59:31 pm)

Queenie:
Frank Koromaus is perhaps the greatest tuba player in the universe... something that matters little to everyone but Frank. For 35 years, this shy, stuttering man wastes away in his father's small town music shop, until an encounter with a woman claiming to be his muse prompts him to leave it all behind and head to the City to seek out his destiny.

With only his tuba and the clothes on his back, he takes up residence at the St. Christopher, a seedy hotel occupied by drunks, dreamers, and junkies. The close-knit tenants become Frank's surrogate family as he reinvigorates their lives with music. His awkward romance with a troubled teenager forces him to confront his fear of women, and triggers a series of events that end in a violent confrontation with the hotel's villainous owner.

But despite the whirlwind of tragedy and humor that surrounds him, Frank's faith in his destiny remains unshaken, until the moment he must choose between his dreams of fame and his love for the girl.

Described by Jeff Balis (producer, Miramax) as having "wonderfully lyrical characters in a mystical urban setting", this comically dark tale reminds us that destiny is what we make it, and that, quite Frankly, anything is possible.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 4:59:32 pm)

Detlef Sping:
Holden Caulfield my ass
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:00:00 pm)

Chewing Wax:
It's good, but I'd start the third paragraph with Despite and lose the "but". It's just not good form to start a paragraph with "but". I see why you do it though.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:02:10 pm)

Queenie:
Shaun and I have gotten into violent arguments about that "but". Other than that, what do you think?
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:02:42 pm)

Chewing Wax:
good.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:03:09 pm)

Queenie:
And no, I still have the idiot with the Irish accent. Though his part's been shaved down considerably to make room for Ruthie's growth.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:03:36 pm)

Queenie:
Ruthie doesn't get raped anymore. Instead, she kills a man.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:04:03 pm)

Queenie:
A man who's trying to rape her.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:04:15 pm)

Chewing Wax:
That's much better. With a flame thrower?
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:04:29 pm)

Detlef Sping:
"head to the City to seek out his destiny."(tired old cliche)
"he reinvigorates their lives with music."(trite toyland fairy steam)
"his fear of women" ( bunny hugger homo pathos)
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:05:23 pm)

Queenie:
With a chopstick.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:05:55 pm)

bela:
I think its good, but Guy Kluscevek is suppposedly the worlds best tubaist - I think anyway.
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:05:56 pm)

Chewing Wax:
Sping has his points too. But I just hated the "But".
(Mon Jan 28, 2002 - 5:06:26 pm)