Hollywoodland and other things

On Tuesday, September 19, 2006, I went to see the film Hollywoodland, starring Diane Lane, Adrian Brody, Ben Affleck, and some other high profile actors. (Like Bob Hoskins, for example).

This story is based on the true events of the death of George Reeves, who was an actor who played Superman on the TV series. This was a very well written films, and the performances by Brody and Affleck are spectacular. I don't know how true the events depicted in this film are to the events that happened in real life, but as a movie that passes time, it not only does its job, it does it in an amazing manner. The only criticism I have is that the film starts to drag a little towards the end, for the last 10 - 15 minutes or so.

And now, onto other matters/comments. Today, I tried the Buffet Maharaja, which is an Indian buffet that is close to Concordia's downtown campus. It was not impressive at all. In fact, their best dishes were aloo ghobi and French fries. When your best dish is French fries, something is not right. Their Tandoori chicken was okay.

Audrey de Montigny, the 4th runner up in the first season of Canadian Idol is releasing a second CD. I cannot wait to hear it. It's entitled: Si l'amour existe (If love exists). It's scheduled to be released next week, September 26, 2006.

So, when I taught step today, I ended up falling flat on my ass. I laughed it off, and I'm glad that some of the people wanted to know if I were okay, which is good. I just feel a bit embarassed. I started off with ten people, and I ended with about four. But people who left told me that they were leaving earlier, or they were going to yoga class.

At the end of the movie, when I was exiting the theatre, someone who worked there followed me as if I were a criminal. I stayed until the end of the credits, and then I got out of the theatre, and she followed me. I went to the washroom, because I needed to do number one, and after I came out, there she was again, following me... I went up the esculator, and went out the door. It was only when I went out the door that she went the other way. I realize that when a cinema is closed, you want to make sure that only staff are left in the cinema, but there must be a more discreet way to do this, a less noticeable way?

Speaking of cinemas, I saw a trailer today for Trailer Park Boys, the movie. I screamed out in the theatre, "Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy? Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy?"

And then, when I was waiting for the night bus to get home, because I stopped by and was bad, and got a satay beef chow mein, I bumped into someone, and started chatting. It turned out that this guy, Matt, also went to Queen's, and did his degree in music (guitar major). And as we conversed, we discovered that we graduated in the same year, and then he reminded me that he and I auditioned in the same Gael group! Small world eh? He now lives about two blocks from me. Unfortunately he didn't offer me his phone number. I suppose it's one of those nice surprises, but probably someone whom you'd not call? (Or who wouldn't call?)

Last but not least... Louis at YMCA winked at me again when I left today. And this time, there were no girls around me, so he was definitely winking at me... What does it mean when a guy has winked at you on two different occasiions? Do straight guys wink at other guys? It's something that doesn't seem very straight, to wink at another guy. But I don't know. I think I'm just overreacting. Thoughts on this?