Comments | arse_writes: I am so fucking emo today.

arse_writes

I am so fucking emo today.

Jul 12, 2007 09:16

You know, a little vicarious catharsis would really hit the spot right now.

Comment and let me know the last book you read (or, if books ain't your thang, the last movie you saw) that made you weepy, and why. And don't worry... I won't laugh at you.

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i remember it like it was yesterday... hindustan July 12 2007, 17:30:45 UTC

"where the red fern grows." 7th grade. cried my friggin' eyes out.

why? dead puppies aren't much fun.

Re: i remember it like it was yesterday... arse_writes July 12 2007, 23:06:00 UTC

My god, man. Biggest literary bawlfest of my childhood was Sounder, which is like Old Yeller but less chipper. So I know what you mean.

Re: i remember it like it was yesterday... fu_urns July 13 2007, 00:00:04 UTC

both of those got to me

Re: i remember it like it was yesterday... arse_writes July 13 2007, 13:03:49 UTC

And how about the Benji movies? Was that dog always getting hit by a car or something?

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arse_writes July 12 2007, 23:04:23 UTC

Silly as it sounds, I've always been put off from the book because of Oprah. I really should get over that....

eestiplika July 12 2007, 19:15:31 UTC

lots of things can set me off these days, so keeping that in mind, i just saw "the heart of the game", a documentary about an all girls' highschool basketball team in seattle. and yes, i cried.

I Try not to... netzard July 12 2007, 19:22:15 UTC

as I tend to weep easily these days. The world is such a weepy damn place.

The last book I read that made me truly weepy in a "its a sad and beautiful world" sort of way was "The Crossing" by Cormac McCarthy. Its part of his border trilogy that includes "All The Pretty Horses" as well. Its a coming of age story about a boy in New Mexico, but a cried my eyes out at the fate of the wolf.

Oh yeah, and I have been listening to a bunch of Edith Piaf of late as well.

Re: I Try not to... arse_writes July 12 2007, 23:10:50 UTC

As will quickly become apparent, canine misfortune in print form makes me go a big rubbery one. And can I borrow some Edith Piaf?

Re: I Try not to... taiaselene July 13 2007, 00:01:31 UTC

How about Dances with Wolves? The scene where Two Socks gets shot to death by the soldiers... I usually have to turn off the movie right there (and I never get any further).

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bellegabrielle July 12 2007, 19:28:29 UTC

"Memory and Dream" by Charles de Lint - a tale of not-exactly-unrequited love between two girls, one of whom is a painter, and one who's a writer of fairy tales. There are all KINDS of heartstring-twanging "but you're a girl, I can't *really* love you!" misadventures. Gets me every time.

also, and you have full permission to laugh at me for this, when I saw the movie "Brokeback Mountain" without knowing the full plotline first, I cried on and off for *weeks* (with breaks for water ingestion and meetings and such. Luckily for me, my officemate is literally a sadist, so doesn't mind random girly tears.) Goddamned queer cowboys.

and hey, didn't you mock me recently for admitting listening to that band? ;)

arse_writes July 12 2007, 23:15:19 UTC

I think you told me about Memory And Dream before...

I'm mocking myself, even! (They're a good band, though, even if they're goth as fuck.)

bellegabrielle July 13 2007, 05:24:41 UTC

even though you mock me, knave, you can still borrow my brokeback mountain dvd. :)

arse_writes July 13 2007, 13:11:17 UTC

Awesome -- thank you!

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arse_writes July 12 2007, 23:17:23 UTC

Out of curiosity, is being that filmically weepy annoying for you, wonderfully cathartic, or what?

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arse_writes July 12 2007, 23:26:09 UTC

Get a room, you two!