One of the things about eavesdropping half-heartedly is that sometimes conversations are hard to follow. The guy and girl behind me are having a very non-linear conversation that is hard to follow. They seem to be discussing a sport, I can't figure out exactly what sport, maybe ice hockey, maybe roller derby, but I didn't think we had co-ed roller derby here in Seattle. Something where there are refs, and they are on a co-ed team.
The league sounds bizarre, like it's small enough that people think you should know about the league but big enough that you don't really know, or at least the guy doesn't know much.
Random Comments of Interest:
Heterosexual dating is discouraged, but apparently lesbian dating is almost encouraged. Really do they not know about lesbian drama?
They both make comments that are a bit disparaging of the girls on the team.
They're both dating other people, the girl is dating someone on her team, apparently he's gone and she's curious how it will impact the team dynamics. He's dating someone on the other side of the state or something. Yet there's just something about their interaction that feels like a date, but it could just be that this is one of the first times they've hung out together.
Now they're talking about Austin, maybe their team went to Austin, she couldn't go, but would have liked to because she went to school there.
They're now going back to her house, which seems a little odd, kind of date-like before their movie.
And now the visual as the leave, he's got to be in his 40s and she has got to be in her late 20s. He didn't sound that old...
But now they're gone and no one else is nearby to distract me, so I will work on my reasons for being at a coffee shop.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
90s Kick Butt Movies - Chocolati 3/29/08
Most of the morning I have been completely alone (and being fairly productive), and now there is an interview going on. Three kids, can't be much more than maybe 22 or 25 are interviewing this guy (probably early 40s) from Kenya (been in Seattle for 8 years), who seems pretty cool. He's a journalist or photographer or something, described himself as a shooter (as in cameras, probably film). One of the interviewers, who couldn't even remember the guys name and admittedly didn't even look at the guys resume asked, so what made you apply to our project, are you just looking for a job? The woman, seems to just not be that respectful, distracted like being there is a little bothersome for her. The other guy interviewer asked some getting to know you questions and seems like he's being respectful, though sort of ignorant (asked the "where are you from" question stupid white people ask.). The guy who didn't look at the resume, isn't even sitting at the table, he's sitting in a couch away from it and as he talks, I understand why, this whole project is pretty much his ego project.
Apparently they're doing a documentary on explosion films, etc., mixed with reality T.V., apparently the goal is to watch his path to fighting Steven Segall. Apparently, he loves Steven Segall, "he's one of the great B-Grade action stars, never broke out like Stallon or Bruce Willis." Segall is the real deal and Van Dam is a dancer, Segall is a real Akido black belt and there are rumors that he's worked with the CIA.
Seriously sometimes entertainment value of coffeeshop easedropping is priceless. He wants to some day fight Segall (he says "i'm an out-of-shape, donut eating...) - joke, catering to jack-ass crowd who want to see him get pummelled, but also wants to change his life around...
Haha he wants to interview Ralph Machio from the Karate Kid for advice on how to beat Segall.
I want to transition myself, mentally, spiritually and physically. And then... These guys slam hard alcohol and I'm not a drinker, so I think the outtakes from that will be hilarious, I'm sure I'll vomit right away. One of the things we filmed was me getting a tattoo, because that's a tough guy thing to do, and I was a pussy throughout the whole thing because I don't like pain. (I, of course, take offense to the description of pussy in such a negative use of the word, plus, I have two tattoos, and I'm a wimp, but I handled them quite well).
Really it's one lame guys "everyday man" personal self-development/transformation, "I'll probably still get my ass kicked, but at least I'll go in there with confidence. And who wouldn't get behind the transformation?"
I can't help but wonder how the other two people got involved with this project.
This interview finishes and the star of the film goes out for a smoke (because of course there's no time like the present to begin getting in shape for your big fight).
Two more interviews, and they're running late. And it's as if they think that running late is a sign of how important they are, but really it's just rude. More of the guy being self-indulgent in how cool he thinks his idea is. I can't help but wonder if the guy who did Supersize Me sounded this stupid when he was planning his film, because that turned out to be an interesting film, but I have very little hope for this guys film and am quite skeptical about the idea that there is a built in audience of people who would go see it because they're fans of Steven Segall. And I'm really surprised that no one asked, "have you gotten Segall to agree to fight you?" because I can't help but think that if I'm Steven Segall, I wouldn't want to fight some out of shape guy making a movie who is a self-described scrappy fighter (I omitted his discussion about his fight style was faggy, because really he sounds stupid enough without also adding in his homophobic banter).
Apparently they're doing a documentary on explosion films, etc., mixed with reality T.V., apparently the goal is to watch his path to fighting Steven Segall. Apparently, he loves Steven Segall, "he's one of the great B-Grade action stars, never broke out like Stallon or Bruce Willis." Segall is the real deal and Van Dam is a dancer, Segall is a real Akido black belt and there are rumors that he's worked with the CIA.
Seriously sometimes entertainment value of coffeeshop easedropping is priceless. He wants to some day fight Segall (he says "i'm an out-of-shape, donut eating...) - joke, catering to jack-ass crowd who want to see him get pummelled, but also wants to change his life around...
Haha he wants to interview Ralph Machio from the Karate Kid for advice on how to beat Segall.
I want to transition myself, mentally, spiritually and physically. And then... These guys slam hard alcohol and I'm not a drinker, so I think the outtakes from that will be hilarious, I'm sure I'll vomit right away. One of the things we filmed was me getting a tattoo, because that's a tough guy thing to do, and I was a pussy throughout the whole thing because I don't like pain. (I, of course, take offense to the description of pussy in such a negative use of the word, plus, I have two tattoos, and I'm a wimp, but I handled them quite well).
Really it's one lame guys "everyday man" personal self-development/transformation, "I'll probably still get my ass kicked, but at least I'll go in there with confidence. And who wouldn't get behind the transformation?"
I can't help but wonder how the other two people got involved with this project.
This interview finishes and the star of the film goes out for a smoke (because of course there's no time like the present to begin getting in shape for your big fight).
Two more interviews, and they're running late. And it's as if they think that running late is a sign of how important they are, but really it's just rude. More of the guy being self-indulgent in how cool he thinks his idea is. I can't help but wonder if the guy who did Supersize Me sounded this stupid when he was planning his film, because that turned out to be an interesting film, but I have very little hope for this guys film and am quite skeptical about the idea that there is a built in audience of people who would go see it because they're fans of Steven Segall. And I'm really surprised that no one asked, "have you gotten Segall to agree to fight you?" because I can't help but think that if I'm Steven Segall, I wouldn't want to fight some out of shape guy making a movie who is a self-described scrappy fighter (I omitted his discussion about his fight style was faggy, because really he sounds stupid enough without also adding in his homophobic banter).
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