OH THE PLACES YOU'LL GO...
Oct. 4th, 2013 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
burnadette_dpdlI WROTE TOO MUCH AGAIN. THIS IS MY LONGER RESPONSE TO CAPSFRI: ON LOCATION http://vc-media.dreamwidth.org/225152.html
BUT FIRST: A LITTLE OFF-THE-RAILS ITEM:
THIS WAS ON LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE, Y’KNOW, EVEN WHEN I DON’T CHOOSE TO WATCH IT FOR THE BAZILLIONTH TIME, THE UNIVERSE WANTS ME TO, ANYWAY… CHECK OUT TIMEWARNER’S SYNOPSIS OF IWTV:
"THE IMMORTAL LOUIS (BRAD PITT) TELLS OF HIS LIFE AS A VAMPIRE RECRUITED BY LESTAT (TOM CRUISE) IN 1791 LOUISIANA."
OH, TIMEWARNER. THAT’S WHAT THIS MOVIE’S ABOUT? LOUIS WAS RECRUITED BY LESTAT? SOUNDS SO MILITARY.
ON TOPIC:
I'VE BEEN SPOILED IN TERMS OF TRAVELING, SINCE MY PARENTS LOVE TO TRAVEL, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE FOLLOWING, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE BRAGSPLAINING. WHEN I GET ALL FLOWERY, IT'S MEANT TO SHARE THE MEMORY, NOT TO TAUNT.
NEW ORLEANS:
MY FAMILY ALMOST MOVED TO NOLA WHEN I WAS 15. WE WENT TO CHECK IT OUT IN THE FALL OF '98, IT WAS BEFORE KATRINA, AND, HAVING READ IWTV AT 11 YRS OLD, AND THE VC THAT WAS PUBLISHED SO FAR, I REMEMBERED THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE A DREAM COME TRUE TO HAVE MY WEEKENDS TO PROWL THE STREETS IN THE EVENINGS, AND IMAGINE I MIGHT BUMP INTO LOUIS AROUND A DARK CORNER... AND CHARM HIM OUT OF MAKING ME DINNER. LITERALLY.
THE LOCALS ALSO WARNED US ABOUT HUGE MOSQUITOES. SINCE I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING BITTEN, AND THINKING BACK ON IT NOW, I WONDER IF THAT WASN'T ACTUALLY A VAMPIRE JOKE...
WE ALSO TOURED METAIRIE, A SUBURB ABOUT 15 MIN OUTSIDE OF N'AWLINS (HOW THE LOCALS INSISTED WE ALL PRONOUNCE IT), WHICH HAD A VERY OLD-TIMEY FEEL TO IT. ALOT OF THE HOMES WERE, HOWEVER, VERY INSTITUTIONAL-LOOKING, BEING MADE OF RED OR WHITE BRICK, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE PREVALENCE OF TERMITES HAD FORCED PEOPLE TO CHOOSE BRICK IN MORE MODERN TIMES...
ONE THING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS THAT THE MASTER BEDROOM WAS OFTEN JUST OFF THE MAIN ENTRYWAY, BUT THE KID'S BEDROOMS WERE ALL ON THE ABOVE FLOORS. JUST SEEMED STRANGE. IN PHILLY, ALL THE BEDROOMS ARE ON THE ABOVE FLOORS. ALSO, THE FRENCH BEDS WERE SO CRAZY HIGH THAT MOST OF THEM (INCLUDING IN THE PARENTS' BEDROOMS) HAD LITTLE FANCY STEPLADDERS TO GET INTO THEM! CLAUDIA MUST HAVE ALWAYS NEEDED ONE, TOO.
BUT RUE ST. CHARLES (THAT'S THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE, WITH THE TROLLEY, I THINK?) WAS AS MAGICAL AS I EXPECTED, AND TO THIS DAY, I REMEMBER THE HOUSES REMINDED ME OF JEWELRY BOXES LIT FROM WITHIN. SIIIIGH.
PARIS:
YES, I'VE BEEN TO PARIS. A FEW TIMES WHEN I WAS A TODDLER AND SO I HAVE NO MEMORY OF IT, BUT MY PARENTS SAID EVERYONE STOPPED THEM TO OOH AND AHH OVER HOW ADORABLE I WAS. THEN I DID GET TO GO, FOR A FEW DAYS, WHEN I WAS 16. MY DAD TOOK ME IN LIEU OF A 16TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. MAYBE ALSO AS A FORM OF APOLOGY FOR US NOT MOVING TO N'AWLINS AFTER ALL, WHEN HE KNEW I WANTED IT SO BADLY! BUT WE WENT, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE PICS IN THE LOUVRE, HIS FRENCH WAS BETTER THAN MINE, AND WE EAVESDROPPED ON CONVERSATIONS AT EVERY CAFE. WE SANG BILLY JOEL SONGS BY THE SEINE, SINCE THAT'S THE ONLY MUSIC WE BOTH HAD MEMORIZED AT THE TIME.
OF COURSE I WORE THE WRONG SHOES (BIRKENSTOCKS! THE HORROR!) ON THIS TRIP AND WE WALKED SO MUCH THAT JUST TOUCHING THE SOLES OF MY FEET TOGETHER AT THE END OF EACH DAY FELT LIKE HEAVEN.
I'VE GOTTA GO BACK TO PARIS WITH HIM!
toriwrites:"IF YOU COULD THROW OUR VAMPIRE FRIENDS ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE (OR OFF IT) WHERE WOULD THAT BE?"
YOU KNOW, THERE IS A BILLY JOEL SONG THAT IS APPLICABLE TO THIS QUESTION. LESTAT WOULD FOLLOW LOUIS TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, AND VICE-VERSA. BACKSTAGE AT A ROCK CONCERT, IN A CRUMBLING OLD NOLA BUILDING, IN A FANCY THEATRE... WHENEVER THEY'RE TOGETHER, THEY'RE HOME, AND THAT'S WHY THE TENDER SCENES OF THEM TOGETHER IS SO PRECIOUS AND HEARTWRENCHING.
BILLY JOEL'S "YOU'RE MY HOME"
"If I travel all my life
And I never get to stop and settle down
Long as I have you by my side
There's a roof above and good walls all around
You're my castle, you're my cabin and my instant pleasure dome
I need you in my house 'cause you're my home.
You're my home."
NEW YORK:
I LIVE HERE! I WANT TO MEET MORE VC PEOPLE IRL, SO IF YOU'RE VISITING NY, HIT ME UP! I LOVE THE FASHION HERE, THE INSANE HAIRDOES AND COLORS, I SEE MODELS TROMPING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS DAILY, RIVERS OF TOURISTS, CRAZY PLASTIC-SURGERIED FACES... I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD EVER LEAVE. IT'S JUST TOO RICH.
SAN FRANCISCO:
MAYBE I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, BUT I COULDN'T FIND THE ACTION. WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN SOMEDAY. EVERYONE WHO WARNED ME ABOUT THE HILLS WAS RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO PARK PERPENDICULARLY ON SOME STREETS TO AVOID ROLLING DOWNHILL. IT'S NUTS!
MIAMI:
VISITED MY AUNT, WHO LIVED IN A FANCY APARTMENT IN THE UPSCALE NEIGHBORHOOD OF COCONUT GROVE. EVERYTHING WAS CLEAN AND POLISHED, MARBLE ARCHITECTURE, AND THE BEACH NEARBY HAD THE SOFTEST SAND, WARM OCEAN WATER, AND VERY HOT GAY GUYS. MIAMI WOULD BE THE PERFECT PLACE FOR THE NIGHT ISLAND BECAUSE OF THESE ELEMENTS!
LOUIS WOULD BE JEALOUS OF MY MEMORY OF ONE MORNING: SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN, THE WATER FELT A LITTLE WARMER THAN BODY TEMP... THE OCEAN WAS A PALE TURQUOISE, THE SKY A ROSY PINK, AND THE WATER REFLECTED THE PINK WITH MIRROR PERFECTION IN THE CONCAVE DIPS OF THE GENTLE WAVES. NOT SURFING WAVES, CERTAINLY. NOW I'M GETTING FLOWERY.
FROM THE IWTV SCRIPT:"I wanted those waters to be blue. They were black, nighttime waters, and how I suffered then, straining to remember the color that a young man's senses had taken for granted, that my memory had let slip away for eternity."
I'LL STOP THERE. COULD GO ON FOREVER ON THE SUBJECT OF LOCATIONS... SIIIIGH....
BUT FIRST: A LITTLE OFF-THE-RAILS ITEM:
THIS WAS ON LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE, Y’KNOW, EVEN WHEN I DON’T CHOOSE TO WATCH IT FOR THE BAZILLIONTH TIME, THE UNIVERSE WANTS ME TO, ANYWAY… CHECK OUT TIMEWARNER’S SYNOPSIS OF IWTV:
"THE IMMORTAL LOUIS (BRAD PITT) TELLS OF HIS LIFE AS A VAMPIRE RECRUITED BY LESTAT (TOM CRUISE) IN 1791 LOUISIANA."
OH, TIMEWARNER. THAT’S WHAT THIS MOVIE’S ABOUT? LOUIS WAS RECRUITED BY LESTAT? SOUNDS SO MILITARY.
ON TOPIC:
I'VE BEEN SPOILED IN TERMS OF TRAVELING, SINCE MY PARENTS LOVE TO TRAVEL, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE FOLLOWING, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE BRAGSPLAINING. WHEN I GET ALL FLOWERY, IT'S MEANT TO SHARE THE MEMORY, NOT TO TAUNT.
NEW ORLEANS:
MY FAMILY ALMOST MOVED TO NOLA WHEN I WAS 15. WE WENT TO CHECK IT OUT IN THE FALL OF '98, IT WAS BEFORE KATRINA, AND, HAVING READ IWTV AT 11 YRS OLD, AND THE VC THAT WAS PUBLISHED SO FAR, I REMEMBERED THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE A DREAM COME TRUE TO HAVE MY WEEKENDS TO PROWL THE STREETS IN THE EVENINGS, AND IMAGINE I MIGHT BUMP INTO LOUIS AROUND A DARK CORNER... AND CHARM HIM OUT OF MAKING ME DINNER. LITERALLY.
THE LOCALS ALSO WARNED US ABOUT HUGE MOSQUITOES. SINCE I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING BITTEN, AND THINKING BACK ON IT NOW, I WONDER IF THAT WASN'T ACTUALLY A VAMPIRE JOKE...
WE ALSO TOURED METAIRIE, A SUBURB ABOUT 15 MIN OUTSIDE OF N'AWLINS (HOW THE LOCALS INSISTED WE ALL PRONOUNCE IT), WHICH HAD A VERY OLD-TIMEY FEEL TO IT. ALOT OF THE HOMES WERE, HOWEVER, VERY INSTITUTIONAL-LOOKING, BEING MADE OF RED OR WHITE BRICK, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE PREVALENCE OF TERMITES HAD FORCED PEOPLE TO CHOOSE BRICK IN MORE MODERN TIMES...
ONE THING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS THAT THE MASTER BEDROOM WAS OFTEN JUST OFF THE MAIN ENTRYWAY, BUT THE KID'S BEDROOMS WERE ALL ON THE ABOVE FLOORS. JUST SEEMED STRANGE. IN PHILLY, ALL THE BEDROOMS ARE ON THE ABOVE FLOORS. ALSO, THE FRENCH BEDS WERE SO CRAZY HIGH THAT MOST OF THEM (INCLUDING IN THE PARENTS' BEDROOMS) HAD LITTLE FANCY STEPLADDERS TO GET INTO THEM! CLAUDIA MUST HAVE ALWAYS NEEDED ONE, TOO.
BUT RUE ST. CHARLES (THAT'S THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE, WITH THE TROLLEY, I THINK?) WAS AS MAGICAL AS I EXPECTED, AND TO THIS DAY, I REMEMBER THE HOUSES REMINDED ME OF JEWELRY BOXES LIT FROM WITHIN. SIIIIGH.
PARIS:
YES, I'VE BEEN TO PARIS. A FEW TIMES WHEN I WAS A TODDLER AND SO I HAVE NO MEMORY OF IT, BUT MY PARENTS SAID EVERYONE STOPPED THEM TO OOH AND AHH OVER HOW ADORABLE I WAS. THEN I DID GET TO GO, FOR A FEW DAYS, WHEN I WAS 16. MY DAD TOOK ME IN LIEU OF A 16TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. MAYBE ALSO AS A FORM OF APOLOGY FOR US NOT MOVING TO N'AWLINS AFTER ALL, WHEN HE KNEW I WANTED IT SO BADLY! BUT WE WENT, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE PICS IN THE LOUVRE, HIS FRENCH WAS BETTER THAN MINE, AND WE EAVESDROPPED ON CONVERSATIONS AT EVERY CAFE. WE SANG BILLY JOEL SONGS BY THE SEINE, SINCE THAT'S THE ONLY MUSIC WE BOTH HAD MEMORIZED AT THE TIME.
OF COURSE I WORE THE WRONG SHOES (BIRKENSTOCKS! THE HORROR!) ON THIS TRIP AND WE WALKED SO MUCH THAT JUST TOUCHING THE SOLES OF MY FEET TOGETHER AT THE END OF EACH DAY FELT LIKE HEAVEN.
I'VE GOTTA GO BACK TO PARIS WITH HIM!
toriwrites:"IF YOU COULD THROW OUR VAMPIRE FRIENDS ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE (OR OFF IT) WHERE WOULD THAT BE?"YOU KNOW, THERE IS A BILLY JOEL SONG THAT IS APPLICABLE TO THIS QUESTION. LESTAT WOULD FOLLOW LOUIS TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, AND VICE-VERSA. BACKSTAGE AT A ROCK CONCERT, IN A CRUMBLING OLD NOLA BUILDING, IN A FANCY THEATRE... WHENEVER THEY'RE TOGETHER, THEY'RE HOME, AND THAT'S WHY THE TENDER SCENES OF THEM TOGETHER IS SO PRECIOUS AND HEARTWRENCHING.
BILLY JOEL'S "YOU'RE MY HOME"
"If I travel all my life
And I never get to stop and settle down
Long as I have you by my side
There's a roof above and good walls all around
You're my castle, you're my cabin and my instant pleasure dome
I need you in my house 'cause you're my home.
You're my home."
NEW YORK:
I LIVE HERE! I WANT TO MEET MORE VC PEOPLE IRL, SO IF YOU'RE VISITING NY, HIT ME UP! I LOVE THE FASHION HERE, THE INSANE HAIRDOES AND COLORS, I SEE MODELS TROMPING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS DAILY, RIVERS OF TOURISTS, CRAZY PLASTIC-SURGERIED FACES... I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD EVER LEAVE. IT'S JUST TOO RICH.
SAN FRANCISCO:
MAYBE I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, BUT I COULDN'T FIND THE ACTION. WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN SOMEDAY. EVERYONE WHO WARNED ME ABOUT THE HILLS WAS RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO PARK PERPENDICULARLY ON SOME STREETS TO AVOID ROLLING DOWNHILL. IT'S NUTS!
MIAMI:
VISITED MY AUNT, WHO LIVED IN A FANCY APARTMENT IN THE UPSCALE NEIGHBORHOOD OF COCONUT GROVE. EVERYTHING WAS CLEAN AND POLISHED, MARBLE ARCHITECTURE, AND THE BEACH NEARBY HAD THE SOFTEST SAND, WARM OCEAN WATER, AND VERY HOT GAY GUYS. MIAMI WOULD BE THE PERFECT PLACE FOR THE NIGHT ISLAND BECAUSE OF THESE ELEMENTS!
LOUIS WOULD BE JEALOUS OF MY MEMORY OF ONE MORNING: SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN, THE WATER FELT A LITTLE WARMER THAN BODY TEMP... THE OCEAN WAS A PALE TURQUOISE, THE SKY A ROSY PINK, AND THE WATER REFLECTED THE PINK WITH MIRROR PERFECTION IN THE CONCAVE DIPS OF THE GENTLE WAVES. NOT SURFING WAVES, CERTAINLY. NOW I'M GETTING FLOWERY.
FROM THE IWTV SCRIPT:"I wanted those waters to be blue. They were black, nighttime waters, and how I suffered then, straining to remember the color that a young man's senses had taken for granted, that my memory had let slip away for eternity."
I'LL STOP THERE. COULD GO ON FOREVER ON THE SUBJECT OF LOCATIONS... SIIIIGH....
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Date: 2013-10-05 01:02 am (UTC)And yes, I have to admit I don't think I've ever met anyone whose parents could afford taking them to Paris in lieu of a birthday party. So you are definitely a very lucky girl...
I didn't know about the strange layout of NOLA houses... I wonder what were the reasons behind it. Also, it would be cool to have a bed so high you needed a ladder to get into it... But then again, I always get up during the night to use the bathroom, so maybe not. LOL.
LESTAT WOULD FOLLOW LOUIS TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, AND VICE-VERSA. BACKSTAGE AT A ROCK CONCERT, IN A CRUMBLING OLD NOLA BUILDING, IN A FANCY THEATRE... WHENEVER THEY'RE TOGETHER, THEY'RE HOME
Awwwww...;D
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Date: 2013-10-10 07:31 pm (UTC)EXACTLY my point!! TimeWarner doesn't get it.
And yes, I have to admit I don't think I've ever met anyone whose parents could afford taking them to Paris in lieu of a birthday party. So you are definitely a very lucky girl...
Well to be fair, and to clear up any confusion as to my spoilage, we usually had minimal birthday parties, usually family-only, so the trip was more of a "Hey, want a really special once-in-a-lifetime gift?" and was made possible by the lack of real parties before and after.
I didn't know about the strange layout of NOLA houses... I wonder what were the reasons behind it.
Ya, I wonder that, too. Certainly not the same in the townhouses, as we saw in the floorplan I found of 1132 Rue Royale.
Also, it would be cool to have a bed so high you needed a ladder to get into it... But then again, I always get up during the night to use the bathroom, so maybe not. LOL.
ha ha ha! Well at least Claudia wouldn't have felt like this was yet another slight against her size, since the master bedroom's occupant would have needed a stepstool, too.