Cameron H.

Ha! No. That's nothing official. That's just a wish a "Hey, I posted 500 times, I should get to pick a movie" kind of thing. You don't have to watch it.

Can we all answer this? Because the correct answer is Leonardo.

Holy Crap! I let my 2,000 post pass by without making my Milestone Movie Recommendation! Well, Airborne was a big one for me, so I'm super happy that's coming up. I think the last time I had a Milestone Recommendation I chose Weekend at Bernie's 2 and I feel like I'm always talking about Rockula... So for this momentous occasion, I'm picking...

Christ! People passing by would think there was some kind of cult meeting going on. You guys should totally do it!

Nah, bro--I'm just a fan.

June's married, bro. I would dress up like Fister Roboto.

"Break out Google maps and my abacus...there's a C&O to be solved! And this time, it's personal..."

I like to think that moments ago he sat up in bed in a cold sweat and said, "Something's wrong..."

If it was spelled "Cambert" I'd be more inclined to accept a Frech accented pronunciation, but since it's separated by a space, I don't know why it would be anything but "Burt." However, I will say, anyone here who recently signed up for a Letterboxd account knows exactly how to pronounce it...and I'm not going to spoil it

I meant to say earlier, but that seriously does sound pretty awesome.

So...who would everyone cosplay as if given the opportunity to go to a show? Follow up: How would you overdo it and thus embarrass yourself?

Your question was way more fun! It was community building. Besides: (CTRL+F) Escape, Snake, Cuervo, Carpenter, Russell, Hair, Dumb, and (if it's one of my posts) probably Fuck.

I'm following you!

You mean it's not like Jurassic Park?!? I'm shocked. But seriously, I'm just done with all negativity. What's the point? I can't stand bitching (Which I realize I'm doing right now unironically. You don't need to say anything). HDTGM feels positive to me because there is a joy in watching bad films. And I honestly believe there is more that can be learned from bad art than good. I'm just sick of a culture that feels "too cool" for everything. If you don't like something, fine, but let's not be dicks about it. There's too much negativity in the world as it is, why even add a small amount more?

Oh yeah! You move that progression up or down a key and you can play almost anything!

Thanks! (I'm sure it's just me...)

What was the pick? Oh, and I'm, like, a very accomplished stalker :)/> I'm pretty sure the tuning is okay...I'm used to hearing a C on either a guitar, piano, or a mandolin and for some reason it doesn't sound right to me on the uke...Everything else sounds fine. It doesn't feel like it's in the correct octave or something...it sounds better when played like a B, but as you said, that's a kind of annoying transition when going to a G. Thanks anyway!

I haven't seen it yet, so I stopped the episode there (Did anything interesting happen in the episode after that?). I think I've gotten more and more like June in that I want to know as little about something as possible so I can make my own judgement. And if all someone is going to do is shit on something, I'd rather not listen to it. Also, Taylor Anne, you play the ukulele, right? Any tips on making a C-chord not sound like total garbage? Do you play with just your finger on the third fret on the A-String or do you play it like a B-Chord just moved up a fret? It's really starting to piss me off...

I'm doing well. Thank you for asking, Internet June.

No, I get that. My wife actually became a huge Vader apologist after our first child which has only grown with our second. He literally makes her sad. She thinks he's like a really dumb dog that's been abused and manipulated by the Emperor. All he wants is to be loved and keep his family safe. His whole thing has always been "let's rule as husband and wife" or "father and child" and time and time again he gets rebuffed. And then, once he gets all cyborg'd out, he just becomes this big pathetic thug. He doesn't rule anything. He doesn't have the respect of the Emperor or even regular Imperial officers. He's just this big old loser, kind of like the overly confrontational middle aged men you see at bars who clearly peaked in High School and could have "made it to the big leagues" if wasn't for "blowing out" their knee senior year. She sees what his potential could have been and then considers the loneliness he must feel after losing every person that's ever meant anything to him. And she's completely right! He's not scary, he''s sad and should be pitied. No one would want that kind of life for their kid. Now for a tangentially related story... So we've had Audible for some time. I used to use it strictly for work, but since the birth of my son, we've been using it as something to entertain us in the middle of the night when we feed the baby. The books we choose have to be pretty specific too. They have to be something we can both enjoy, but not so entertaining that they keep us up after the baby goes back to sleep (The Harry Potter series--which is both wonderful and fucking hilarious if you ever get to hear the audio book*--was not good for this purpose.) They also have to be pretty simple as we pretty much leave them on as we fall asleep. It sucks to get a really convoluted book and have no idea what's going on when you pick it back up the next day. Anyway, this is all a really long way of getting to the last book we listened to--Star Wars: Lords of the Sith. Production-wise, Star Wars books can be pretty fun since they get to use all the music and sound effects from the films. We chose this one because it was, supposedly, all about Vader and the Emperor laying waste to this planet, and they do, but it takes a while to get there. And not before, I shit you not, Vader and the Emperor have a heart-to-heat around a camp fire. Like, I'm talking real getting-in-touch-with-your-feelings shit. This was, like, two in the morning, and my wife and I just turn to each other and started cracking up. All I could picture was Vader, in full regalia, sitting on a log drawing circles in the dirt with a stick as he "opens up." It's like at any moment the Emperor is going to say, "Patience, My Apprentice. I shall now reveal to you the darkest mysteries of the Sith. But first, hand me my six-string sonic emitter. We shall sing dark hymns to Master Ya'Kum Ba and feast on the toasted Mallows of the Marsh..." *Hermione is so whiny! ("Harryyyyyyyyy!") And Professor Sprout sounds like an alcoholic recovering from a traumatic head wound.

Oh! 100%. I mean, there's the obvious stuff that might have made me cry before, like the the trio of songs "Blow Us All Away," "Stay Alive (Reprise)," and "It's Quiet Uptown" from the 2nd Act of Hamilton. Prior to having a son, I might have cried at the thought of losing of a hypothetical son, but after my first son was born, it was way too easy to imagine how terrible that would actually be. But there's also a lot of random ass stuff that hit me when I least suspect it. Over the past couple of days, I have cried twice during a movie. The first was during Joe Versus the Volcano when he's stranded at sea and the moon rises over the ocean and he says, "Dear God, whose name I do not know--thank you for my life. I forgot how big...thank you. Thank you for my life." The second time was while watching Parenthood--which has become oh-so-relevant. While I was struggling all through the final scenes, I think I really began to lose it when the father goes to Steve Martin for advice about the deadbeat son. And he's like (paraphrasing), "It never ends. The worry. You're always a father and he'll always be my son." But I really lost it when the deadbeat son skips town and leaves his son own son, Cool, behind. And this happens: Cool: My Dad's going away? Grandfather: Yes. Cool: Is he ever coming back? Grandfather: No. (beat) Would you like to stay here with us? Cool: Yeah. Grandfather. Good. However, I think the most weirdest time I started crying was when my eldest son was maybe 2 years old. I was driving home from work one night and this song came on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMl8cQjBfqk Now, to be clear, I'm not really an Angels & Airwaves fans (I only have the one song and I'm not even sure why), and personally, I think Tom DeLonge comes off as a bit of a douche nozzle (#New182). But when it got to the bridge where he repeats, "I cannot live, I cannot breathe, unless you do this with me" and "Hey yo, here I am, and here we go, life's waiting to begin" I kind of just started to break down. I was just thinking of all the things in my life that I want to show my son (now sons) and share with them. How I want to provide for them and how I never want to see them hurt. I was thinking of the pure joy that passes over my son's face when ever he experiences something new. (My wife and I privately call it a "full body boner." I know that sounds crass, but you should see how he gets fully rigid, his mouth drops open, and his eyes go wide.) I don't know that I've ever looked at the world with such a pure and uncynical eye, and I wish I could experience the world as he does. I thought about how I want them to experience life to the fullest, and how I never ever want to be apart from them. And I worried that people will hurt them. That a girl (or guy) will break their heart. They will be made fun of and all I want to do is wrap them in a big Daddy Bear hug and never let the life's jagged edges touch them. ...All from a stupid song I don't even like. But even listening to it now, I've gotten a bit misty. Thanks, Jack... Hey, man, my life is an open book! :)/>

I know, right? But I think that is what me stand back and say, "Whoa, boy! Reddit's calling us unreasonable? Really?" For my part I was never angry at anyone. You're all my Internet family.

I usually don't. It just made me take a hard look at how some of my posts might come off to an outsider. I just felt the need to clear the air.

I want to, but I can't turn away...