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OCTO-BNAT Attendees Chosen! Did You Make It? Celebration or Sadness? Click Here To See
Hey folks, Harry here... Well I just got done with the list. There is no making everyone happy and in two years when we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of BUTT-NUMB-A-THON the odds will get quite a bit better as we're trying a noble experiment that year which could mean I'll be able to let a great deal more of you in. Keep your fingers crossed.
Some people that have been to every single BNAT were cut this year in favor of fresh blood. Quite a few BNAT virgins have gotten in. And as always - I've tried to even up the sexes for swifter bathroom access for all. I know that seems like an odd criteria, but when you've got a schedule to keep, it helps.
Now - what does it mean if your name is on the following list?
It means that YOU and only YOU have permission to buy your BNAT ticket from the Alamo Drafthouse when they become available. Once you have bought this ticket - you are guaranteed admission to the world's most exclusive and mysteriously secretive film celebration. Which begins at 12 noon on Saturday, December 9th, 2006 and continues non-stop till 12 noon on Sunday, December 10th, 2006.
Wait, didn't you mention something about screenings on the Friday and Monday before and after OctoButt-Numb-A-Thon?
I did. Your ticket is good for these, but you'll need to RSVP for these events through the DRAFTHOUSE once the pages for them are set up. I will notify you here on AICN. The Friday film is Guillermo Del Toro's PAN'S LABYRINTH and the Monday film is Alfonso Cuaron's CHILDREN OF MEN. The Friday film should be starting at either 6pm or 7pm Austin Time - again - this will be clarified closer to the event. And CHILDREN OF MEN will start at 7pm Monday. The RSVP for those is so I know how many available seats can be offered to the local public, in case your travel plans don't allow for you to attend these stand alone screenings.
Tickets should be purchased as soon as possible once they are made available. The ticket money goes towards the cost of the event and to sponsor the SATURDAY MORNING KIDS CLUB that screens cool and wonderful films to kids of all backgrounds - as well as the HEROES OF THE ALAMO foundation for the preservation of the Original Alamo Drafthouse which has become a non-profit in order to stay in the original location and bring the best in cinema programming to Austin.
My Name Isn't On The List - Is there any Hope?
Yes, you have one avenue left to you. The STAND BY LINE. Calling me, won't help. For whatever reason - your application didn't make the cut. This process is especially hard on me as many of you are friends - however after 10 years of running AICN - I've made a lot of friends. For example - BNAT has been going on for 7 years, this being its 8th - and in all that time, my sister has never been able to come - even though she loves films like you wouldn't believe. This year, she can and she will. My personal list doesn't change in size each year - to keep it open to as many people who I wish to invite to experience this experience. If you didn't make it in and you are local. TRY the STAND BY LINE. Details on the STAND BY LINE will be forthcoming closer to the event.
Where's the List?
Right Here in the order picked:
1. Jessica Breckenridge
2. John Carpenter
3. Shelly Carpenter
4. Alan Cerny
5. Michael Contreras
6. Megan Murray
7. Joseph McDonald
8. Darren Tange
9. Melissa Tange
10. Shauna Leveille
11. Meghan Murphy
12. Sarah Sprague
13. Bryan O’Donnell
14. Martha Tauke
15. Christopher Cargill
16. Jessica Cargill
17. Heidi Ann Zarse
18. Pamela Nail
19. John Gholson
20. Jen Bryan
21. John Osmon
22. Becky Osmon
23. Michael Reeves
24. Brianne Corn
25. Tim McCanlies
26. Ernie Cline
27. Steven Prokopy
28. Simeon Peebler
29. Jeff Mahler
30. Nick Wilson
31. Nicky Ankers
32. Erik Secrest
33. Katie Pfeil
34. Karin Mente
35. Andy Howell
36. Brinton Bryan
37. Julie Gonzalo
38. Elisabeth Rinae Rappe
39. E. David Vespe
40. Tony Vespe
41. Kristoffer Morgan
42. Michaela Morgan
43. Jarrette Moats
44. Brian Miller
45. Patricia Jones
46. Melissa Mosley
47. Kevin Clark
48. Evangaline Keck
49. Angelique Ibrahim
50. Kipling Sanders
51. Katherine Tomlinson
52. Ryan Fons
53. Brandy Fons
54. Robin Chalkley
55. Russell Lingo
56. Jesse Lingo
57. Gordon Jones
58. Brandy Dial
59. Kim Thompson-Jones
60. Thorr
61. Brian Satterwhite
62. Walker Dollahon
63. Stephanie Nelson
64. Amy Nelson
65. Emily Hagins
66. Megan Hagins
67. Ingrid Richter
68. Mary Elizabeth Young
69. Elizabeth Katheryn Gray
70. Melvin Lee Gray
71. Alyssa Marie Saucedo
72. Michael Saulters
73. Chris Ladusky
74. Shannon Howard
75. Catherine Horlick
76. Liam MacNamee
77. Jason Alan Hong-Turney
78. Loan Hong-Turney
79. Maximilian Michael Andres Hoffman
80. Barbara Elizabeth Patnode
81. Leslie Schlotman
82. Anne Schlotman
83. Lauren Ellig Lenzen
84. Windy Therese Bowlsby
85. Chris Bowlsby
86. Perrin Klumpp
87. Jennifer Klumpp
88. Christopher Jones
89. Melissa Kaercher
90. Jeremy F Stomberg
91. Amy Tucker
92. Pat Wick
93. Timothy Wick
94. Neil Cook
95. Matthew Perniciaro
96. Annie Bulloch
97. Jeremy Bulloch
98. Amada Marquez
99. Romeo Azar
100. Lyrae Anderson
101. Neil Anderson
102. Greg MacLennan
103. Reed Oliver
104. Mark Wensel
105. Johnny Wise
106. Cheryl Westerman
107. Monica Knighton
108. Ed Kelly
109. Glenn Leavell
110. Lisa Kelly
111. Darrell Golliher
112. Laura Steadman
113. Jennifer Hoyt
114. Bob Jones
115. Sam Rowe
116. Bernadette Johnson
117. Andy Walker
118. Joey McCoy
119. W. Boyd Ford
120. Ulf Kastner
121. Shannon Leigh Jordy
122. Patrick Morgan
123. D Campbell MacKinlay
124. Derek Mahr
125. Craig Titley
126. Jamie Wesson
127. Jennifer Gray
128. Daniel Osborne
129. Jacky Lee Morgan
130. Richard Heim
131. Rod Whitenack
132. Kirk Johnson
133. Bradley Howard Jackson
134. Jed Strahm
135. Drew McWeeny
136. Roland De Noie
137. Kevin Biegel
138. Tricia Wilk
139. Sean Lavery
140. Rob Biegel
141. Jon Peele
142. Josh Loiko
143. Thomas Allen Humphreys
144. Zachariah Wood
145. Mindy Constant
146. Jeremy Daniel Smith
147. Claire Harlin
148. Jack Pattillo
149. Michael Wilson
150. Holly Blain
151. Brooks Blain
152. Dannie Helen Lorraine Knowles
153. Aaron Wade Dunn
154. Jay Knowles
155. Harry Knowles
156. Rebecca Elliott
157. Neil Reece
158. Fitz Meshbane
159. Gavin Wilson
160. Tim League
161. Andy Tucker
162. Brent Lyles
163. Justin Ishmael
164. Harry Guerro
165. Harry Guerro + 1
166. Lars Nilsen
167. Kier-La Janisse
168. Chloe Okuno
169. Vanessa Archambault
170. Jovah Siegel
171. Horst Christopher Sarubin
172. Kessa Sun
173. Katy Daiger
174. Kristal Cooper
175. Angela Lynn King
176. Jimmy Dewey Scott
177. Rebecca Thompson
178. Sam Graham
179. Ryan Stuart Davis
180. Elizabeth Margaret Rizzo
181. Susan Joy Walkup
182. Gary Miller
183. Elizabeth Christine Hickey
184. Alec Michael Joler
185. Stephanie Anne Willborn
186. Omar Salinas
Ok - So realistically - are there any extra seats?
Yes. But these are seats for Filmmakers bringing films and the folks that they inevitably bring along.
There could be people that due to financial problems or personal issues have to say goodbye to their BNAT8 dreams. These seats become holdovers for the STANDBYS and I'm not reassigning them under any circumstances. Because this list is now in Tim League and the Alamo Drafthouse's hands. My attention is now focused on finalizing the line-up, the incredible BNAT BAGS, the Poster Art and all the other creative things I have to organize and set up. I'm sorry if you didn't make the list.
For those who are on the list, welcome to Geek Christmas aka OCTOBUTT-NUMB-A-THON!!!!
Rough of BNAT 8 Poster by Cartuna
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I want to see just "diverse" a group you have chosen.
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Thank you so much, man.
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No cool Disney concept artwork for you this year Harry!
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As in...Boba Fett?
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Sweet baby, Jesus! Hopes dashed! Life terminating ... maybe in another lifetime, sweetheart!
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The people that got in are of all races and sexes. There's people up there that flip pancakes, exotic dance, work in comic shops, read scripts for studios, teach school, take care of the elderly, that write screenplays, that are students, that are retired, etc etc etc
There are easily an extra few thousand I'd loved to have included, but the room is just so big, ya know? -
Just check the list ... I mean ... the Klumps. You're talking about two seats per Klump. The room is only so big.
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Maybe some of you that are going could post up your applications. I am more then curious to see what it takes to stand out.
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See you guys there! ALso, for those that didn't make it in, don't give up hope. I got into my first BNAT in the standby line. Years past many people I personally know got in on standby! Don't give up... if you really want it, you can get in, and it's worth it! To the rest of you, SEE YOU IN DECEMBER!!
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See you soon.
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Unless there are two applicants with my name....
Thank you so much Harry :) Time to get plane ticket shopping!
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Jeremy Bulloch gets the Boba Fett thing every year.
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I'm extremely excited to find my name on the list this year! I'm curious why people should want others to post their apps since it's not like anyone lied on their own app, so what could you possibly take from someone else's? You may not be in the group chosen this year, but the same (or similar) answers may have gotten you in before (or in the future). Just keep it real and know why you want to be at BNAT - I think that probably worked for everyone accepted now and before. For those that'll be going, I guess we'll all find out a bit more about each other via the "yearbook", is that correct? Is that what the app answers go into?
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Are all these peeps into the same kinda flicks etc. Just curious. I'm sure their choices in film is just as diverse as their choices in life. Way to go fellas/fellinas and enjoy.
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Damn you to hell, Knowles!
Michael Regina
Editor in Chief/Segment Producer
http://www.TheOneRing.net
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I know it's not a big deal. I know it's Harry's party and he can do what he wants. I also truly believe he's 100% sincere about wishing he could accept 1,000 more people. But it still goddamn sucks not getting in. Goddamnit.
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Now we have to think if we should risk flying down to Texas and waiting in the standby line. If I can't go, I'm not taking her with me! Or something...seriously though, I am not bitter. Good for her... Yes... Good for her...
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Like every other BNAT, I´ll experience BNAT8 through your posts and reviews guys. Enjoy.
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I suppose there were hundreds of compelling applications. I'll be sure to work harder next year.
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upset much ? You damn right.
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Elisabeth Rappe--that is me. I'm going to BNAT....!
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I didn't get to the big question (why I want to go). In fact, I didn't even send in the application. I decided to attend the AFI Fest in L.A. instead. Anyway, just for shits and giggles, here's how I filled mine out. Not sure if it would've gotten me in or not. 1) Garbageman33. 2) Sorry, but the authorities generally frown on middle-aged men with their own myspace pages. 3) 40. 4) Male. 5) Chained Heat. I didn't see my first R-rated movie until I was 18. So I figured I had a lot of making up to do. Fortunately, this chicks behind bars flick crammed about 3 years worth of boobs, sex, violence and more boobs into a single evening. 6) Armageddon. I just love how unabashedly cheesy and over-the-top it is. And I think the guy who said, "Permission to shake the hand of the daughter of the bravest man I ever met" should get an honorary Oscar for getting all the way through that line without snickering. 7) Advertising Copywriter. And trust me, it's not nearly as glamorous as Tom Hanks made it seem in Nothing in Common. 8) Chicago. 9) Blindsight, a documentary I saw at the Toronto Film Festival about a group of blind Tibetan teenagers who attempt to scale a 23,000 foot mountain peak as a way of proving their worth to a society that ostracizes them. 10) Superstar by Todd Haynes. The weird part was, after about 5 minutes, the idea of telling the Karen Carpenter story using Barbie dolls didn't seem that weird anymore. 11) Mitch Kramer in Dazed and Confused. Basically, Mitch had the perfect day. He wakes up and he's a gawky freshman. And by the end of the day, he's pitched a shutout, humiliated the school bully, been befriended by the varsity football team, smoked a doobie, thrown a bowling ball through a car window and made out with a cute sophomore chick. And somehow, you know his life will never be the same again. We've all been in Mitch's shoes (at the start of the day, at least). I think it'd be cool to experience his transformation. And to see what happens next. 12) X3 never happened. They had a great director, but he wanted to do another movie. So they got another really good director, but he went away too. And before you know it, they were down to their 4,327th choice, so rather than use him and jeopardize the franchise, they said, "Screw it, if we can't do this right we may as well not do it at all". Remember? Well, that's how I remember it. 13) Hot Fuzz, Black Snake Moan, I'm a cyborg, but that's OK. 14) Le Cercle Rouge, The Killing, Throne of Blood.15) Claire Cleary from Wedding Crashers. She's gorgeous, she's got loads of family money and, most importantly, she seems like she's a lot of fun to be around. I mean, how many girls can you play touch football with? How many girls would think of impersonating a folk singing group from Salt Lake City on a lark? Or get really excited about a stupid game where you try to slap the other person's hand before he pulls it away? She just seems like the kind of girl you could grow old with because every day would bring new surprises. 16) The double-ended dildo from "Requiem for a Dream". But only because psychiatrists say we should confront the things that disturb us most. 17) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Not for the violence or torture scenes themselves, but for the fact that those horrific acts are performed by otherwise ordinary people. And that they seem perfectly logical as you're watching them. Really makes you wonder what you might be capable of under the right/wrong circumstances. 19) No. 20) I haven't tried before. See, I have this thing about rejection. A girl dumped me in grade school and I just got over it earlier this year.
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Many thanks Harry. I was sad to see some names missing, but not enough that I'm not delighted... er, wait, FUCKING ECSTATIC to see my own name there.
You're the king! -
Even though I was pretty certain I wouldn't make it, I still feel devastated 8 (
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There are several people's entries up over in the BNATTERS LiveJournal community if you want to read them.
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LiveJournal users can post their applications in the "bnatters" community.
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You owe me a Coke at BNAT, smallerdemon!
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One Coke on me 433.
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Who's dick do I have to suck to actually get into this event? Fucked again. : /
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I actually checked the ticket prices for flights between Los Angeles and DC. Was going to be the last thing I did before my third daughter was born. (Insert sad puppies and wilted flowers here...lol).
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Harry's, I think... but I haven't tried that part.
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Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!! I really am happy dancing and it's silly since I'm sitting and typing! I promise to have fun!! For the guy who wanted to know what applications looked like here's mine.
1) Full Name and Aliases
Barbara Elizabeth Patnode/Betsy/Y.T.
2) If you have a website/myspace/live journal/blog type of thing - what is the URL?
http://www.myspace.com/bestyrules
3) Age
26
4) Male or Female?
Female
5) First R rated Movie You Ever Saw?
Risky Business
6) Biggest Guilty Film Pleasure?
Girly movies like Stick It and Drop Dead Gorgeous
7) Occupation?
Luxury Box Waitress/Building Manager
8) Where you currently live?
Oakland, California
9) Best Film You Have Seen Thus Far This Year?
A Scanner Darkly
10) Weirdest Film You Have Ever Seen?
Videodrome
11) If you could be any film character and could explore yourself, who would you be and what would you do? (maximum of 150 words)
I would like to be Leeloo from The 5th Element. I would like to walk around East Oakland at night looking for people who deserve to get beat up! If space travel was an option (do I get to live in her world or be her in mine?) I would get my own ship and fly around being a pretty, petty super hero type, having fun and being awesome!
12) What did you think of the portrayal of the Phoenix Storyline in X3, if you saw it? (maximum of 150 words)
WEAK, you can really go two ways on this issue. Either she was too weak to be called Phoenix and made a lame addition to the Whedon story rip off or there was too much going on in the film (i.e. too much story for a film) and her character was sidelined since she is so powerful. Either way it was a weak way to dispose of an otherwise kick ass female character in a franchise that is sorely lacking strong female characters!
13) What 3 future films that you could reasonably pray to see at BNAT do you most hope you'll see?
>1. Ratatouille
>2. Children of Men
>3. Grindhouse
14) What 3 vintage films do you most wish to see on the big screen at BNAT?
>1.The Killer or Hard Boiled
>2.Labryinth
>3.The Lost Boys
15) If you could live happily ever after with any film character ever - who would it be and why? (maximum of 150 words)
Larry, played by Clive Owen, in Closer. He seems to like ladies that are a little bit left of normal, which would work out. The apartment in the movie doesn’t seem like it’s his taste which means he probably doesn’t insist on trying to decorate. The character is also a plastic surgeon so you know he makes good money and in the waning years of woman’s life who wouldn’t like to know that her man can take off 10 years for free!
Oh, and Clive Owen…dreamy!
16) If you could possess one film prop, what prop would you possess?
“The one ring to rule them all”.... no, just kidding, ummm… maybe the mithril shirt that Frodo wears. That think looks pretty bad ass and I bet it would look good with jeans and heels so I could wear it out to bars and stuff. The when people asked me where I got it I could say Thorin gave it to me and see how long it would take them to figure it out!
17) What film most warped you?
Saam gaang yi,aka Three...Extremes. Not all of it warped me but the one where they make dumplings out of babies so the rich woman can look younger….man I still can’t eat dumplings at a Chinese food restaurant to this day!
18) Why do you want to come to Butt-Numb-A-Thon 8? (maximum of 350 words)
It sounds really fun, I know lame answer but I haven't been on a real live vacation (that wasn't a wedding) in like 5 years. I work 3 jobs and get time off but I’m always on call for one of the jobs so it’s not really “time off”. I love movies and I love sitting and watching good movies for long periods of time. This has become increasingly difficult with all the crap being churned out these days and I’m pretty sure you (Harry) will come up with some really great movies that even a hater like me won’t be able to complain. It would be like a 7 year old going to Disney World for me and my dude to get to come to the OctoButt-Numb-A-Thon. Also that is a really great name for it!
19) Have you ever attended a BNAT, if so, which ones?
No
20) If not - have you tried to get in and couldn't?
No
Extra Credit: Why can Moriarty (Drew McWeeny) never be as cool as Harry Knowles?
Because Harry is the coolest guy ever, he even talks to strange people in parks when he is playing Bullitt on a giant screen in the park in San Francisco!
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are you the same one from the CHUD messageboards?
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Is there an application I can submit to get all the time back I completely wasted filling out my BNAT application? Who would I send that to?
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No sorry Nordling, I'm not that YT! We probably get our names from the same place, or maybe not mine is from the novel Snow Crash...my only other persona is the Y.T. from the zone....I post about Futurama and Lucifer and got teased! haha
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I didn't even apply!
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If u havent got the new Reservoir Dogs DVD that is a complete waste of money if u already own the other version save for one new special feature which features Harry Knowles referring to the film as, "Res Dogs" over and over...god this pisses me off like star trek dorks referring to Captain Kirk as Bill Shatner... what a fucking tool...in the know indeed
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give me a ticket please. im not a real nerd but i do love movies and i hated xmen3. so there
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John and Shelly Carpenter, as in the HORROR LEGENDS?! The real John and Shelly Carpenter? As in Halloween I, Halloween II, The Thing, Escape from NY, Escape from LA, The Fog, Prince of Darkness, El Diablo, and, may I include, Christine?! Because if this is true, then you can expect an application from myself in the coming years.
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That would make room for about thirty more people.
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bet it blows
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My sister and I are two very happy, very surprised BNAT virgins. Thanks so much!
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Ewww, we're not those Klumps!
And we've lost a total of 78 lbs altogether since the last bnat, so officially, we'll be taking up about 3/4's less of a seat! -
Cartuna has only improved over time. See y'all at Butt-Nine-Athon (here's hoping)...
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you better not put her in the corner harry, or your ass will be swazye-d!!!
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BIG Thanks to Harry for this! I can't wait for it. I called smallerdemon, dmann, saffy and mongo yesterday to plan and grin over the phone, which, while dorky, was at least shared by their dorky grins.
For those going, Miyazaki has started a BNAT community on myspace. find it, and many of us, there. We'll fgiure out hotel stuff and hanging out pre-show and calling each other. come on out! -
and the days just seem that much better right now. Thanks, Harry!
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If so, let's get some EBay action going on here!
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Too bad maybe next year
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Well, I've been to BNAT 6 & 7, but bowed out this year due to my unwillingness to leave my wife alone with our 6 mo old daughter for three days while I party at the Drafthouse. Plus I have tickets to take my four year old to his first concert--They Might Be Giants--on December 9. So yeah, I'm sure I'll be mopey hearing about all the stuff the attendees get to watch, but I'm hoping to be back in the mix next year. At any rate, I think it's amusing when people post "Who'd want to sit in a theater with smelly nerds for 24 hours blah blah blah..." The thing is, this shit is a blast. Even when the movies suck hard (Phantom of the Opera?!? Lemony Snicket?!!?), it's still worth it. Nothing beats being at the Drafthouse, drinking ice cream sodas and eating pineapple & ham pizzas for 24 hours straight, then washing it down with a good ol' Schlitz before heading to the airport and vomiting on the flight back to Jersey. The Drafthouse is the happiest place on earth, with the possible exception of being in Disney World while really high. Folks who are going this year, have fun. See you next December, with any luck.
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I didn't have computer access yesterday so I didn't get to check my usual sites, My friend calls me up and says, Hey you made it into But-Numb-A-Thon! I was so stoked! Thanks for choosing me Harry!
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Seriously. What a terrible thing to not get into. I am not worthy of geekdom. I'm sad. Very sad. Oh well. Have fun, you lucky few. Sure there's always next year, but that's what you said when Biggs and Tank left. Guess I'm going nowhere.
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Go here! http://groups.myspace.com/BNAT
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Man it feels good to see my name up there! Is that the seating list order as well?
Where's zee German? -
Wah, wah, wah. Oh well, I'll have my own festival! With blackjack! And hookers! In fact, forget the festival!
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"Zee German" is in Berlin this year, apparently shooting a short film, so he didn't apply. He wishes he could come, but events have conspired to make him BNAT-less.
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This is Meghan.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can't put in words what this means to me beyond that.
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