that's hair raising :o ;D
Boy this is a strange one, why should a book and film affect me in such a way that I need to find a forum to express it? I knew when I read the book that I didn't want to see the film, but my partner bought the DVD and we sat down to watch, it's a very happy relationship of 24 years and I have no reason to align myself with Jack or Ennis other than empathy. I can't get this film out of my head (a tribute to Ang & Annie). All the loves that "could have been" not me but for others, that's the sadness. I don't think I want to see it again, at least not for a while. But I'll be back here.... at least to try to exorcise this feeling of loss.
I've been lurking on these threads after finding the forum (thank God!) when I saw BBM for the first time in mid-January and knew I needed help desperately. I have enjoyed reading everyone's input immensely. They have certainly helped me to cope. I finally registered, then after a while, decided to share my thoughts and feelings. I saw BBM 30 times in the theatre before it left NYC for good in early April. Since I don't have a DVD player at home, I knew my last viewing would be just that -- the last time I would see it on the big screen -- and I kept reminding myself of this with every scene. I remember when the last two words on the screen, and I might add, two of the most magical words in the English language (when used together) -- BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN -- scrolled up at the very end, then stopped mid-screen and stayed there as Rufus Wainwright held on to the last note of his haunting song. Then simultaneously, his voice was no more and those two beautiful words disappeared, the screen went black, the house lights came on, and I was the last audience member to leave. Back to reality. This movie has devastated me. I thought I would eventually heal, then move on. Life does, but I haven't. I think about BBM constantly. Where ever I am, I often tear -- even in public in broad daylight. Sometimes I've cried softly and briefly at my desk, catching myself in time before my co-workers do. I've often thought that owning a DVD player might not be a good idea for me. Imagine, retreating to the privacy of your home to watch BBM, crying afterward, shutting out the world. Not very healthy. Not a wise thing to do. I'm very happy to read that "feverites" who live in the same city, town, or geographical area are getting together and doing things. That's great!
I can't get this film out of my head (a tribute to Ang & Annie). All the loves that "could have been" not me but for others, that's the sadness. I don't think I want to see it again, at least not for a while. But I'll be back here.... at least to try to exorcise this feeling of loss.
The only time in my life I got poetic.
Thanks, Nellie, for welcoming to the family. I feel better already!
Hi Everyone,
I am a brand new member, but i have been lurking for months because just when i thought i had something to add, discuss, introduce, etc., i found that others had said it better, briefer, funnier, more serious, let's face it better, so.....i lurked and lurked!
That being said, i have so enjoyed everyone's input that i couldn't restrain myself any longer, especially when you all started the book club. I am a voracious reader and ..."here i am."
Don't have to add how BBM has affected me -- i have the DVD, book to sceenplay, and the sound track on CD. Can't tell you how much i have watched, played, read it all. Love, love, love it and all of the members' comments which had me chuckling outloud late at night. Feel like i know you guys personally.
Kind of afraid about formatting the replys, quotes, boxes, etc.. though.
Pleased to meet you!
The only time in my life I got poetic.
I think you should "get poetic" again!
Very nice.
I've read a few amazing pieces of poetry on various forums here.
I see another forum book in the future:
"Brokeback Poetry"
...and someone also suggested a cookbook from the recipes thread:
"No More Beans".
montezumae
I loved your poem it took me back not just to Crete but to another place too! I hope you publish it. As for understanding those close to us - just love them, with love comes understanding.
NAX
I posted a picture in the Sandbox about NS. Could some kind person move that to the symbolism thread? I don't know how to move stuff around to the right places. And if anyone could point me to any discussion between the mothers of gay men of about Jake and Heaths'a ages (another reason this film got me good), I'd be interested to join that discussion.I don't know how to rederect a post what I'd do is re-post it in the proper thread.
Thanks to all the kind people who commented on my poem. When I get time I will follow that one up. Thanks again. M.
The only time in my life I got poetic.I think you should "get poetic" again!
Very nice.
I've read a few amazing pieces of poetry on various forums here.
I see another forum book in the future:
"Brokeback Poetry"
...and someone also suggested a cookbook from the recipes thread:
"No More Beans".
If you have more work you'd like to post, or just want to read the work of other members, we have a place to post poetry, called "Deep Thougths and Poems".
Here is a link to the thread:
http://davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=3482.0
hallo to everybody, i'm Alex from Italy, i've seen the film last february and get intoxicated by the magic of the story. I've often visited the fiction sites for the pleasure of reading the works, and now i'm tying to come up with my own work, only problem is the lenguage. i hope i can finish . for now thanks to everybody here for the commitment dedicated to this forum. regardss
hallo to everybody, i'm Alex from Italy, i've seen the film last february and get intoxicated by the magic of the story. I've often visited the fiction sites for the pleasure of reading the works, and now i'm tying to come up with my own work, only problem is the lenguage. i hope i can finish . for now thanks to everybody here for the commitment dedicated to this forum. regardss
I started posting here a few days ago before I noticed this thread.
I saw BBM for the first time on DVD last week and have been haunted by it ever since. The third day after I got the DVD I'd seen it three times but none of my PHOBE-ASS people would watch it with me, no way. So I did a search on the Internet for a BBM discussion group, and I hit pay dirt. To know I'm not alone in perceiving this movie as an epiphany, a life-changing experience, like a religious conversion. I feel as though I've seen the face of God, and God is much more beautiful than I had ever imagined. (Sorry for the hyperbole, but hyperbole is about the only way I can describe how I feel about BBM at this point)
Thanks to all of you for this forum. It is a life-saver and brings me much happiness.
Welcome to the Brokeback family, B73. I am a newcomer myself and have been made to feel very welcomed and comfortable. I first saw "the epiphany" in mid-January; it is still haunting me to this day. You are going to love it here, interacting with all these wonderful people who have the fever, too; sharing your thoughts, feelings, ideas with them; responding to theirs. And you will be delighted in the variety and scope of the vast number of threads. Simply an amazing group of people.
God Almighty!!!Hi Jim, exactly. I was questioning my sanity until I found this forum. Such kind people, such support, you will feel better in no time. I have disentangled so many of those old experiences, seeing this film was a kind of epiphany for me, and that was back last January!
Listen to you all!!! You're all beautiful and wise and raging with empathy and humanity!!! If you all got together and stormtrooped your various Govt buildings, this world would be such a fabulous place!!!!
God! I can't believe how raw and cheesy this film is making me!!! Why is this happening to me!!!!
God Almighty!!!Hi Jim, exactly. I was questioning my sanity until I found this forum. Such kind people, such support, you will feel better in no time. I have disentangled so many of those old experiences, seeing this film was a kind of epiphany for me, and that was back last January!
Listen to you all!!! You're all beautiful and wise and raging with empathy and humanity!!! If you all got together and stormtrooped your various Govt buildings, this world would be such a fabulous place!!!!
God! I can't believe how raw and cheesy this film is making me!!! Why is this happening to me!!!!
Follow the road it leads you on, it is a safe one. I found this unnerving at first, treating my most private feelings this way, but it works. So good luck for your own journey.
I feel as though I've seen the face of God, and God is much more beautiful than I had ever imagined. (Sorry for the hyperbole, but hyperbole is about the only way I can describe how I feel about BBM at this point)
Thanks to all of you for this forum. It is a life-saver and brings me much happiness.
I feel as though I've seen the face of God, and God is much more beautiful than I had ever imagined. (Sorry for the hyperbole, but hyperbole is about the only way I can describe how I feel about BBM at this point)
Thanks to all of you for this forum. It is a life-saver and brings me much happiness.
Hyperole?!?! Not!! I have used the expression "I felt as if I had looked into the face of God and seen the beauty of the universe."
This is the thread for new members to introduce themselves.Well, I reckon I should just jump in and start and start being a torchbearer for this incredibly powerful cinematic performance. Mountainkicker53 is the handle. My first post, so bear with me. I've watched this movie dozens of times, bought 10 copies of the DVD, handed them out to people I know to pass out to people they know. Those DVDs have made the circuit back to me,(ready to go around in another circle) and have changed hearts and minds, challenged beliefs, and have shown what is really in the hearts and minds of everyday people, both pro and con. A Masterpiece performance, this movie, hands down. No debate. Period. I gave my heart, right down to the bottom of it, to this movie, and a lot of salt water from the peepers, too.... I keep constant reminder of how this work of art has affected me in the stills, posters, and memorabilia proudly on display in my little corner of the world. I was even fortunate enough to get to know someone who actually worked on this project during its production in Calgary. Brokeback Mountain is never far from my heart, my thoughts, my daily existence. And folks, that says a mighty powerful lot about 2.25 hours of film!!! So thanks for reading my little "intro" here! Haven't even scratched the surface!!! Got a whole lot more to say, if anyone wants to say hi....
Welcome to our wonderful community! We are glad you found us!
This is the thread for new members to introduce themselves.Well, I reckon I should just jump in and start and start being a torchbearer for this incredibly powerful cinematic performance. Mountainkicker53 is the handle. My first post, so bear with me. I've watched this movie dozens of times, bought 10 copies of the DVD, handed them out to people I know to pass out to people they know. Those DVDs have made the circuit back to me,(ready to go around in another circle) and have changed hearts and minds, challenged beliefs, and have shown what is really in the hearts and minds of everyday people, both pro and con. A Masterpiece performance, this movie, hands down. No debate. Period. I gave my heart, right down to the bottom of it, to this movie, and a lot of salt water from the peepers, too.... I keep constant reminder of how this work of art has affected me in the stills, posters, and memorabilia proudly on display in my little corner of the world. I was even fortunate enough to get to know someone who actually worked on this project during its production in Calgary. Brokeback Mountain is never far from my heart, my thoughts, my daily existence. And folks, that says a mighty powerful lot about 2.25 hours of film!!! So thanks for reading my little "intro" here! Haven't even scratched the surface!!! Got a whole lot more to say, if anyone wants to say hi....
Welcome to our wonderful community! We are glad you found us!
*Waves* Hello!
I can't quite believe it's taken me sooo long to join this forum, but here I am, better late than never.
I'm Louisestrange and, like everyone here, ol' Brokeback sure got me good. I'm 25 years old and live in the UK. I'm addicted to BBM fanfic and even write one of my own - 'Go Fish' - which you can find through the slashlinks thread elsewhere on this forum (much to my amazement as a newb!), if you feel so inclined.
I'm looking forward to joining in the BBM-related fun with y'all :)
oh man..just saw all my spelling mistakes...sorry! ;D
Wecome Ruby, your husband is way cool!
and I agree, 2nd night in tent - incredible!!!
'Guess I'll see you around huh'
am sorry saw this to late...
So what can i say...uhm..im from Germany so excuse my bad english.
Im Glad that someone gives us the chance to talk bout Ennis n Jack.
If someone wants to know more bout me ..pleez visit my profil.
You all seems to be very nice and tolerant..so please forgive my (sometimes very) euphoric Postings... *g
Im sure well have a nice time:)
Greetz,
Fricky
am sorry saw this to late...
So what can i say...uhm..im from Germany so excuse my bad english.
Im Glad that someone gives us the chance to talk bout Ennis n Jack.
If someone wants to know more bout me ..pleez visit my profil.
You all seems to be very nice and tolerant..so please forgive my (sometimes very) euphoric Postings... *g
Im sure well have a nice time:)
Greetz,
Fricky
Well apparently i never bothered to scroll down to the bottom half of the page with all the forum listings. Ooops.
A little late, but here I am.
I'm from Queens, NY. Graduated last May a degree in anthropology but am now doing freelance web production/graphic design. I'm saving up so I can go on a few excavations experience under my belt before I apply to grad school (want to get a masters).
In my spare time....which is a lot since I'm still trying to find full-time work, I play computer games and watch those forensic FBI shows on the Discovery network. And read fanfiction (anime, mainly and some LoTR). I drink too much coffee and iced tea and not enough healthy things like water or orange juice. I have 2 cats, 1 sister, and a boyfriend. The boyfriend may be up for adoption.
The boyfriend may be up for adoption.
Welcome home!
Is the boyfriend neutered ;D
Great come back. ;D ;D
Is the boyfriend neutered ;D
Is the boyfriend neutered ;D
Errm. Hmmm, well not physically. Philosophically ......?
Hopefully I, too, can become a part of this community.
Having no experience with this sort of thing and a long-time reticence about internet chat-rooms, I am surprised to find myself drawn repeatedly to this vibrant forum. It is irresistible to me to find people who freely discuss very complex ideas that are frequently of little interest or simply off-limits to most people I know.Quote
Me too!!QuoteYet still I find something missing in my life. I am currently dealing with recurrent depression that's been bad enough to keep me home from work, a classic case of burn-out and mid-life crisis. The discussions here are helping me feel part of something larger than myself, to feel a part of the greater human condition. Perhaps it sounds corny but I don't know how else to explain it. I send sincere thanks to all who have created this place and been part of its growing community. I'm working on composing a few posts to start out with. Hopefully I, too, can become a part of this community.
Not corny at all. Many of us have "found" something within ourselves, good or bad, as a result of this beautiful movie, the outstanding book, and the people on this site. Keep searching your soul, (praying helps me a lot) and you'll find what you're missing. Some need a professional to pull it out of them, not a bad thing at all, but not very beneficial to me. I find freedom here that I lack in my day to day life, because nobody I know wants to talk about BB as much as me :D!!
Welcome to the neighborhood Jen_i !! It's good to have you here!
This movie was wonderful. (I am a married, middle-aged woman who is a minister and mother of two.) I need some advice on how early to watch this film with my 13 year-old son. I believe he is probably gay and have attempted to give him every opportunity to talk with me about anything, but I am wary of "labeling" a child. Also, there is the one slightly graphic scene. Any guidance?
This movie was wonderful. (I am a married, middle-aged woman who is a minister and mother of two.) I need some advice on how early to watch this film with my 13 year-old son. I believe he is probably gay and have attempted to give him every opportunity to talk with me about anything, but I am wary of "labeling" a child. Also, there is the one slightly graphic scene. Any guidance?
It is very possible that he "knows" what is going on. In 7th grade I thought I was bi, by 9th grade I knew I was gay. Give him a couple of years. Really you know best. What I would've liked was to hear positive things from my parents. I remember a conversation my father was a part of that I only listened to. Somebody asked him if he thought homosexuality was a sickness and he said yes. This was 1970's so cut him some slack. But if the opportunity ever comes up, just say positive things. This will be an invitation for him. He will know that you are okay with it. You and your husband, if possible, might stage a conversation. That sounds manipulative but direct questioning might seem confrontational and he will clam up. In short, just let him have the knowledge that it is okay with you, that way he will feel like he can tell you when he is ready. Also, professional advice might be best. Not counseling for him, but professional advice for you. Good luck.
By the way, foothills, thanks. I wish I had a mom like you. That may bide you over until he realizes he should thank you himself.
This movie was wonderful. (I am a married, middle-aged woman who is a minister and mother of two.) I need some advice on how early to watch this film with my 13 year-old son. I believe he is probably gay and have attempted to give him every opportunity to talk with me about anything, but I am wary of "labeling" a child. Also, there is the one slightly graphic scene. Any guidance?
I'm proud to announce that today I got my "Feet Wet".
I am no longer a "Virgin".
This movie was wonderful. (I am a married, middle-aged woman who is a minister and mother of two.) I need some advice on how early to watch this film with my 13 year-old son. I believe he is probably gay and have attempted to give him every opportunity to talk with me about anything, but I am wary of "labeling" a child. Also, there is the one slightly graphic scene. Any guidance?
Thanks Nellie! It's very nice to meet you too. And I'm glad to be here.
I love my son the way he is, he is a wonderful little boy the way he is. I no longer feel that I have to change him or make him better'.
He as a wonderful quality of enjoying the 'here and now'. I feel that that's is something we can all learn from.
I have nothing but love for Annie Proulx, Diana Osana, Larry McMurtry, Ang Lee, Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams. Ang's beautiful smile personifies love, and Jake Gyllenhaal's on screen persona rivals even the alluring James Dean, who was killed on the last day of the month in which I was born, September, 1955. I think that our lives and the world is a better place because of BBM, because love is a force of nature.
Stookslady honey you are not alone! Our experiences and the those of many here are the same. Even though we are in long term relationships that are fulfilling, this film just hits a soft spot and we fall to pieces (all credit to Annie Proulx, Ang Lee and the cast). It is a watershed, it leaves you venerable but hopefully lets you move on stronger. If you haven't read the short story Brokeback Mountain I would recommend that you do. Stop by Aunties 24hour diner sometime for some "virtual" coffee and a chat with a nice crowd.
"There ain't no reigns on this one..." - E. Del Mar, BBM
there is no one i can talk to about this and no one who understands..
brokeback was the best most phenomenal movie i've evr seen, and its not letting me go
i loved it
i love ennis and jack
as soon as i heard about brokeback, i wanted to see it, and i'm still cursing myself for not finding the time to see it on the big screen.
i don't know what i'd been expecting, i guess i'd thought the love scenes would be hot and i was hoping the plot would be good.
i'd never read the short story, and although i was never prejudiced about whoever someone loved, i'd never really thought that much about it either, y'know.
well goddamn was i blown away. i felt like someone had poured liquid fire into my heart as i sat like a stone with tears dripping through my first viewing.
i've never felt that way...
when i saw ennis all alone in that shitty little trailer mourning the love of his life and deeply regretting how he let his fear destory their lives, i died inside a little.
you see, i looked at ennis and i saw me.
i meam i'm a girl and i'm strait, but that's just semantics because regret and lonliness knows no demographics.
i'm still heartbroken now. i can't let this go
i just don't feel ok anymore but alternately all i want to do is bring ennis and jack into my home and take care of them and keep them and their love safe.
there is no one i can talk to about this and no one who understands..
brokeback was the best most phenomenal movie i've evr seen, and its not letting me go
i loved it
i love ennis and jack
i read madlori's human interest story and i swear i smiled for the first time in weeks.
i can't count the number of times i've read the book, seen the dvd, or trolled the web looking for something, anything about my boys.
for the first time i got a taste of that sweet life
what it would feel like to live without fear all the time.
Hi Folks,
First of all, I so glad to have found this site. I thought I was the only one who was so preoccupied/obsessed/overwhelmed/disturbed or whatever word you want to insert by this movie. No film has ever affected me so much, and I'm glad to see that there are others who seem to have had a similar experience. I've never participated in one of these discussion boards before, so please bear with me while I learned how to work it, and the etiquette, and so on. Thanks to those of you who run this site and all who contribute. I've read some wonderful things and have learned so much already.
Dan :)
Hi Folks,
First of all, I so glad to have found this site. I thought I was the only one who was so preoccupied/obsessed/overwhelmed/disturbed or whatever word you want to insert by this movie. No film has ever affected me so much, and I'm glad to see that there are others who seem to have had a similar experience. I've never participated in one of these discussion boards before, so please bear with me while I learned how to work it, and the etiquette, and so on. Thanks to those of you who run this site and all who contribute. I've read some wonderful things and have learned so much already.
Dan :)
Rich (Chicago)
"rickpouch".
Hi, thought I'd pop in with a welcome of my own, since y'all had been so kind... and then I saw the word, CHICAGO!!!!!
what... I thought I was the only person out this way to be a complete emotional wreck over this movie...
Nellie, your from out here, too?
That rocks...I live right over state line, in good ol Indiana, up by the lake...
Hey, are there more of us?
It's gets pretty lonely out this way.
Just wonderin and again, nice to meet y'all.
Hey,
s'now I'm starting to entertain some crazy thoughts of a good 'ol MIDWEST BBM BASH!!!!!!!!
I, however, am planning on makin' my way down to Texas cuz the thought of 3 whole days w/people who understand is so overwhelmingly wonderful that I've just gotta do it...
Credit Card Debt: Many Dollars
Airfare: Even More
Hotels: $$$$$$$
Meeting BBm lovers: Pricelass
Cheesy, but y'all bring it outta me
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Hi, thought I'd pop in with a welcome of my own, since y'all had been so kind... and then I saw the word, CHICAGO!!!!!
what... I thought I was the only person out this way to be a complete emotional wreck over this movie...
Nellie, your from out here, too?
That rocks...I live right over state line, in good ol Indiana, up by the lake...
Hey, are there more of us?
It's gets pretty lonely out this way.
Just wonderin and again, nice to meet y'all.
Hi, thought I'd pop in with a welcome of my own, since y'all had been so kind... and then I saw the word, CHICAGO!!!!!
what... I thought I was the only person out this way to be a complete emotional wreck over this movie...
Nellie, your from out here, too?
That rocks...I live right over state line, in good ol Indiana, up by the lake...
Hey, are there more of us?
It's gets pretty lonely out this way.
Just wonderin and again, nice to meet y'all.
Hey! What town on the lake, Michigan City or another one? I get to that part of Indiana frequently, to South Bend, since I went to a rather well known school there for college (back in the 60's)
Hi all. I'm a latecomer to the film here but am so glad to have found you all. I missed Brokeback at the cinema (busy with new job, new house blah blah) and so didn't see it until travelling to the US 12 days ago. Yep, saw it on the plane on a tiny seatback screen and it made me cry (the man next to me was slightly disturbed - got more disturbed when I watched it all over again on the next cycle and blubbed all the way through). By the time I arrived in Chicago I was obsessed - found a wifi place and downloaded the audiobook plus the soundtrack before making my next plane and bought the dvd the next day. I don't know why this wonderful film has effected me more deeply than any other I've seen. I feel bizarrely cheated that I wasn't involved 6 months ago so have missed many of the interviews etc I've seen mentioned here - but then am having enough trouble doing anything but watching my favourite bits in slow motion without even more things to distract me!
Anyway, just wanted to say hi and thanks for being here.
Hi all. I'm a latecomer to the film here but am so glad to have found you all. I missed Brokeback at the cinema (busy with new job, new house blah blah) and so didn't see it until travelling to the US 12 days ago. Yep, saw it on the plane on a tiny seatback screen and it made me cry (the man next to me was slightly disturbed - got more disturbed when I watched it all over again on the next cycle and blubbed all the way through). By the time I arrived in Chicago I was obsessed - found a wifi place and downloaded the audiobook plus the soundtrack before making my next plane and bought the dvd the next day. I don't know why this wonderful film has effected me more deeply than any other I've seen. I feel bizarrely cheated that I wasn't involved 6 months ago so have missed many of the interviews etc I've seen mentioned here - but then am having enough trouble doing anything but watching my favourite bits in slow motion without even more things to distract me!
Anyway, just wanted to say hi and thanks for being here.
Hi aliceathome and many many welcomes.
This here is my new favorite place in the world.
Can't believe you had to see it on a plane, either.
I saw it with a friend and the minute it was over I promptly sent him home (he didn't get it) so I could watch it all by myself...
I too feel cheated as my first time was back in May...I'd waited for school to let out, grrrr...should've said screw school.
Prepare yourself for the emotional rollercoaster but know that you have friends here who will help you through it...
It's been 6 weeks and I'm still a wreck half the time...
although I've heard it gets easier.
Take care and glad you found us.
Hey
nice to meet you, too.
It's Munster, Indiana... we're about 5 minutes from the Il border... Lansing and Cal City, Illinois are my neighbors...and on a good day it takes 30 minutes to get downtown.. (damn construction) >:(
I'm probably about 25 minutes or so from Michigan City..
but we get out that way a lot for the Lake, y'know.
Lake Michigan is better than any ol ocean.. no sharks!
::)
Hey
nice to meet you, too.
It's Munster, Indiana... we're about 5 minutes from the Il border... Lansing and Cal City, Illinois are my neighbors...and on a good day it takes 30 minutes to get downtown.. (damn construction) >:(
I'm probably about 25 minutes or so from Michigan City..
but we get out that way a lot for the Lake, y'know.
Lake Michigan is better than any ol ocean.. no sharks!
::)
Well heck. You're right off Rte. 30 just there at Hammond! (Lived in Valparaiso for 10 years)
Made drives back and forth through there all the time!
Small world gets smaller, Melissa.
Hey Planetgal,
I'm loving your newest fic, Human Voices. Thanks, and welcome!!
Hi Planetgal!
Here's a pic i took back in May with my LX-90:
Planetgal:That is so cool. I've never even seen a comet through a telescope, just a spotting scope. I had no idea they moved so fast! What's the time between frames?
It wasn't an asteroid.
It was Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
Planetgal:
My scope is a Meade LX-90, 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain.
I have it set up on an tripod with an equatorial wedge. Hope to build a permanent pier to mount the scope before the end of the year. I have a nice garden shed that I want to convert into a backyard observatory.
Hey guys,
I hate to ruin the party and I am a great offender of this, but...watching those comets go by has made y'all stray a bit off topic. You know you can start your own thread. It's easy to do. You might even get some people looking just for this topic. :-*
Planetgal is a great fic writer. I've traded in my obsession with the movie to one with fics :-\
Melissa, where is the slash thread you mentioned? Which category does it fall under?
I am a fic reading demon! :o
I've traded in my obsession with the movie to one with fics :-\
I am a fic reading demon! :o
Hey all! Im Kymberly and im from UK. I have been lurking for the past few months or so and now ive decided to out from lurksville and actually introduce myself!
Welcome Kym! You'll enjoy yourself here! Come over to the Little Brits thread sometime.
Hey all! Im Kymberly and im from UK. I have been lurking for the past few months or so and now ive decided to out from lurksville and actually introduce myself!
Hi Kym,
Welcome to our family hon and so glad you decided to join us. Let's not be shy now ::) ;D 8)
Nellie
Welcome, Kym! Make yourself at home here! If you would like to chat with other people from Britain, you can find the Brits thread at this location:
http://davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=8629.msg21695#msg21695
(This is the first page of the thread, you might want to go to the last page, which is the present, and work your way backwards a bit)
Enjoy and have fun!
Hi I'm Alison from the UK and I have just joined your forum. Cannot begin to say how much I love BBM. My story goes like this (hope it's not too boring!!) My mum wanted a copy on DVD for her B'day. Having never seen it before I decided to watch it before giving it to her (bad I know!). Well I 'm so glad I did as it is just about the best film I have ever seen. I am keeping the DVD and buying mum a new one. Have watched it twice now and I have cried my eyes out each time. The scene that particularly gets me is when Jack has a flashback to the mountain where he is standing by the fire and Ennis comes up behind him, holds him and hums. In the short story this is Jack's warmest memory from the mountain. I think this is also because Jack is killed shortly after this. I also love the reunion scene. There is such passion between the two of them it is unbelievable. There is also a scene in the tent after they have had sex where Ennis is sitting beside the fire and he suddenly goes into the tent and he and Jack are kissing and holding each other. I just cannot seem to get enough! It is such a beautiful love story. It also makes me feel sad to think about the fact the Ennis could have had such a great life with Jask if he had just been brave enough. Anyone that says it is a gay cowboy movie is wrong. It is a very moving love story. Hope I haven't gone on too much. Looking forward to posting regularly.
One of my interests that I can't find on a thread (like slash)..... BBM ART!
A fanart thread is a great idea! You can start your own threads here
Rick! Nice to meet you! That is hilarious. I love it.
Thanks to all of you for allowing this country boy to be a part of this.
Curley
I am still trying to read and figure out some of the other threads. The fanfic sounds like one I will definitely be checking out.
No one else I know has been affected by this movie as I have.
No one else I know has been affected by this movie as I have.
Biteme! I'm pleased to tell you you're wrong! Welcome home :)
biteme,
There is actually a BBM gettogether in London. Click on the link below and if you can make it, you will be able to actually meet and hug a bunch of people who are in the same place you are. Good luck know that you are not alone.
http://davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=10629.msg308339#msg308339
biteme,
There is actually a BBM gettogether in London. Click on the link below and if you can make it, you will be able to actually meet and hug a bunch of people who are in the same place you are. Good luck know that you are not alone.
http://davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=10629.msg308339#msg308339
Welcome Biteme! Love your username - it's one of my favorite sayings. ;Dit is you know.. ;D
Welcome Biteme! Love your username - it's one of my favorite sayings. ;Dit is you know.. ;D
Hello, I'm David and I have been hearing about this place for a long time from Sheera... Anyway, I went to the BBQ in Texas as her guest, discovered how discustingly beautiful inside and out you all are, and am now trying swim through the threads (I think I might be drowning, can anyone give me CPR ? ;) )
The reason why I'm interested in BBM is because I've done a lot of work around LGBT issues and have been involved with a queer comunity since I was 17 and all the positive public attention that BBM received astonished me and brought a tear to my eye, and after seeing all of the people at the BBQ, I'm still at a loss of words. This tiny little move has changed so many lives.
I know this movie is horribly real, and I want a better ending in real life, and I want to help make better endings happen. This thread reminds me that its not just the people who have lived a hard life and are talking about it publicly, nor is it just the outspoken activist who struggles with these issues. It's you and me, and baby makes 3...
...do not let Sheera drag you into all the slash - hahahahahaha!!!!!!
hey princess......do not let Sheera drag you into all the slash - hahahahahaha!!!!!!
Good to see you posting David :) Hope you can figure out how to "casually" use the forums so you can stop by more often!
And too late, Zed, we've already had him reading fics aloud for us and discussing plotlines on the drive home. :D
Hello, I'm David and I have been hearing about this place for a long time from Sheera... Anyway, I went to the BBQ in Texas as her guest, discovered how discustingly beautiful inside and out you all are, and am now trying swim through the threads (I think I might be drowning, can anyone give me CPR ? ;) )
The reason why I'm interested in BBM is because I've done a lot of work around LGBT issues and have been involved with a queer comunity since I was 17 and all the positive public attention that BBM received astonished me and brought a tear to my eye, and after seeing all of the people at the BBQ, I'm still at a loss of words. This tiny little move has changed so many lives.
I know this movie is horribly real, and I want a better ending in real life, and I want to help make better endings happen. This thread reminds me that its not just the people who have lived a hard life and are talking about it publicly, nor is it just the outspoken activist who struggles with these issues. It's you and me, and baby makes 3...
And too late, Zed, we've already had him reading fics aloud for us and discussing plotlines on the drive home. :D
And too late, Zed, we've already had him reading fics aloud for us and discussing plotlines on the drive home. :D
Hmmmm... Stop abusing the poor boy...!!! That should be my job...!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Hello, I'm David and I have been hearing about this place for a long time from Sheera... Anyway, I went to the BBQ in Texas as her guest, discovered how discustingly beautiful inside and out you all are, and am now trying swim through the threads (I think I might be drowning, can anyone give me CPR ? ;) )David: Welcome! It was great to see you at the bbq.
Hi, David! I'm tired of hearing about you without getting to talk to you, so I'm glad you're changing that. Chicago-bound at all?
John, I think there would have been a line to administer CPR in this case! ;D
I did not know where to put this. So feel free to delete or move or whatever.
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Thought I should warn you. If I get out of hand just wop me up side of my head.
Silk
Hello, I'm David and I have been hearing about this place for a long time from Sheera... Anyway, I went to the BBQ in Texas as her guest, discovered how discustingly beautiful inside and out you all are, and am now trying swim through the threads (I think I might be drowning, can anyone give me CPR ? ;) )
The reason why I'm interested in BBM is because I've done a lot of work around LGBT issues and have been involved with a queer comunity since I was 17 and all the positive public attention that BBM received astonished me and brought a tear to my eye, and after seeing all of the people at the BBQ, I'm still at a loss of words. This tiny little move has changed so many lives.
I know this movie is horribly real, and I want a better ending in real life, and I want to help make better endings happen. This thread reminds me that its not just the people who have lived a hard life and are talking about it publicly, nor is it just the outspoken activist who struggles with these issues. It's you and me, and baby makes 3...
lenny...* Well, look what the wind blew in... *And lookey here, it says he's a virgin!A warm and heartfelt "hello" to you all!
Lenny D.
Thanks, Jack, for your greeting.lenny.. you missed a great bunch of folks, and especially a great bunch of men, of all ages and many walks of life. never fear though, because you can start your journey of acquaintance online. tell they guys whos posts have moved you that you have been listening. it means more than you know that what you share to lighten your own load moves someone else, someone you never knew was listening. and apparently even the progression of avatars is a journey.
Man, I must say, you are one who I've noticed making some of the most stunning changes. You look GREAT sans beard and close-cropped hair! The BBQ pics and videos are SO moving. I grinned and cried with ya'll all weekend. I wanted to go so bad, but figured it inappropriate since I wasn't 'here'. SA is but a 10 hr. drive from NO, and I had to work Sunday night. (Is this the right place to discuss?) Anyway, thanks again for your welcome!
I'm preparing another more in depth 'get to know me' and will post on the "How BBM affected me" thread. More pics on the Pics thread, too.
See ya 'round?
A warm and heartfelt "hello" to you all!
Lenny D.
i know an awful lot how you feel, and i am neither new here nor particularly shy.
Umm, yeah, Jack, I've noticed that... ;)
we thank you for your trust, and hope it proves well founded.
Thanks, I already know it will be.
Lenny D.
you can count on seeing many of us around. and if you lose us in the maze of threads, you can always track our posts through the profiles....
jack
Yeah, I've already figured that out, now trying out this quoting thing..
Lenny D.
Welcome Bass51, pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable,we've been waiting for you. :)
Lenny a warm welcome to you to, I look forward to reading your posts. I always like to invite new people into Auntie's Diner, a light hearted lounge and speakeasy (best way I can describe it) hope to see you there; it's under Our Community, Meet your Neighbors, Auntie's 24 Hour Diner - you've met her already, got your feet wet? come take the plunge.
Kindest regards
Neil
Lenny....hello amigo !!
Nellie, que paso...'!
So glad you decided to post and even more glad you decided to put your gorgeous picture in your avatar !!!
<blushes>
I'm delighted to meet you and hope you introduce yourself all over the threads....it's great to have you in our family!!
WELCOME !!
Nellie
Thanks, Nell, I'll be getting around now that I'm no longer a phantom!
I must say, your beautiful smile is quite compelling. I can hear that hearty laughter loud and clear.
The pics of you at the BBQ are beautiful. You go girl.
Lenny D.
Hello All
I am a bit embarrassed to say that I have only seen the movie once....a few months ago at home with my husband. But reading your comments I have this huge urge to rent it again and then maybe I will feel more comfortable getting involved in the conversations more so I don't feel so lame. The reason I chose to be a member on this site is because I really did enjoy the movie! Chow for now...
Hello All
I am a bit embarrassed to say that I have only seen the movie once....a few months ago at home with my husband. But reading your comments I have this huge urge to rent it again and then maybe I will feel more comfortable getting involved in the conversations more so I don't feel so lame. The reason I chose to be a member on this site is because I really did enjoy the movie! Chow for now...
<sounds of chair dragging on floor>
Well, thanks, John John, what're ya'll clairvoyant or sumthin'? <look of bewilderment on Ennis's face!> :)
Hello, my name is Julie and I am a brokaholic. ...
Welcome Lenny.
We're all here for the same reasons. You are free to be who you need to be here without harsh judgement. We don't cast stones, we lend an ear or a shoulder and offer support. We're all working through this "force of nature" that is BBM....together.
Can't wait to see your face in the pic thread and to read your impact story soon.
xoxo
Heidi
Hello, my name is Julie and I am a brokaholic. ...
Welcome Julie!
We're glad you found us. I can understand your struggle to have someone to share this with. My family has tolerated my obsession but I they still don't really understand it. (though I'm not sure I how I would handle a spouse who loved *rash.) I found that meeting others and seeing the film with others from this forum was a great experience. Everyone understands and there is always someone here to chat
So go to the NYC get together, I'm sure you will enjoy it.
Hey guys,Welcome WyomingBoy, make yourself at home there's plent to go at here from the serious to the lighthearted to the plain insane. If you're passing in real time (RT) try Auntie's 24 hour diner in the Our community, Meet your neighbors section. There are usually a few of us cheing the fat and drinking coffee in there.
Another newbie...fresh meat...whatever. Didn't know a place like this existed till the other day. It's great. Not sure how or what I can contribute. Know I got a lot to say jusy not sure how to say it yet. Read some really intense stuff here. Never thought about witing my story down. You just kind of live it and sometimes you forget the details. Maybe I should write it down. Make a helluva movie...kidding. So you guys know, yeah I am a cowboy, and gay, but haven't really come out to anyone yet cept a few close female friends. Maybe that could change if I hang here a while
Hi WyomingBoy,
Gees, you must be the only actual Wyoming cowboy here! I'm sure you know how we all feel about two other Wyoming cowboys! You'll be so welcomed here like you won't believe!
Pull up a log and join us around the campfire.
Hey guys,
Another newbie...fresh meat...whatever. Didn't know a place like this existed till the other day. It's great. Not sure how or what I can contribute. Know I got a lot to say jusy not sure how to say it yet. Read some really intense stuff here. Never thought about witing my story down. You just kind of live it and sometimes you forget the details. Maybe I should write it down. Make a helluva movie...kidding. So you guys know, yeah I am a cowboy, and gay, but haven't really come out to anyone yet cept a few close female friends. Maybe that could change if I hang here a while
Hi WyomingBoy,
Gees, you must be the only actual Wyoming cowboy here! I'm sure you know how we all feel about two other Wyoming cowboys! You'll be so welcomed here like you won't believe!
Pull up a log and join us around the campfire.
Yeah thought about sayin I was from somewhere else
Hey guys,
Another newbie...fresh meat...whatever. Didn't know a place like this existed till the other day. It's great. Not sure how or what I can contribute. Know I got a lot to say jusy not sure how to say it yet. Read some really intense stuff here. Never thought about witing my story down. You just kind of live it and sometimes you forget the details. Maybe I should write it down. Make a helluva movie...kidding. So you guys know, yeah I am a cowboy, and gay, but haven't really come out to anyone yet cept a few close female friends. Maybe that could change if I hang here a while
Nothing wrong with Montreal! Place I really want to visit!
I'm from Montreal, how boring is that!!!
although I'm pretty low profile around here I would still like to welcome all newcomers. The wealth of ministry outa this place will meet just about everyone's various needs 'n all. :)
Nothing wrong with Montreal! Place I really want to visit!
I'm from Montreal, how boring is that!!!
I've been wanting to get my pic up for ages but have only just gotten round to doin it...thanx to bbmbliss. I don't handle computers too well. :)
Hi to all!
I'm a little nervous at writing this first "post" - I hardly know where or how to begin!
It's certainly been a godsend to discover this wonderful forum only a few days ago - you all seem or sound like such a wonderful group of people. From the few hours of reading I've done thus far, I know that I've found the "right site"! Wish I'd found it months ago when I first saw Brokeback Mountain. I'm sure it would have helped my almost "broken-hearted feelings" somewhat!
After my first viewing of BBM, I couldn't express within myself how or what I felt - I know that I was in a type of emotional shock. In some ways this has not subsided because I listen to the soundtrack every day - and I know that that just maintains those initial feelings I experienced from that first viewing! Also, I recently bought the DVD which I have watched several times.
I'm trying to analyse how and why I'm feeling this way about BBM - I still get choked-up at the first bars of the soundtrack and a couple of the songs. The haunting music also keeps me in that BBM "space"!
I empathise with both Jack and Ennis all the way through - I identify with them both and have had in my life "my Ennis period" and "my Jack period". There are so many corelations to the BBM story in my experience that I feel and resonate to, and this causes waves of grief to not just engulf me, but to stay for prolonged periods. I've noticed that when my grief is subsiding, I play the soundtrack again - as if I want to maintain this whole experience (which I still struggle to understand).
The part of Ennis that I have experienced so strongly and I still live to this day is the loneliness and inability to communicate this level of my identity truthfully to anyone - I feel the awful feeling of living a lie, expecially to my children - I become tearful just remembering the scene where Ennis agrees to go to his daughters wedding - it was similar for me. The scene in BBM at Thanksgiving were Alma confronts Ennis and Ennis's reaction was almost an exact scene from my own life. When I first saw that scene in the movie I remember my cheeks flushed - I was glad for the fact that nobody could see my face. There were too many resonances with my life experience in this story - especially Ennis.
This forum has been so good for me to read - and now, to contribute to. Whether or not I feel brave enough to continue contributing remains to be seen, but I most certainly will continue to visit this forum - you are lovely and loving people.
This is the first time I have shared such thoughts - thank you for the opportunity
Love, Luke
I've been wanting to get my pic up for ages but have only just gotten round to doin it...thanx to bbmbliss. I don't handle computers too well. :)
Geez, that hair color looks familiar! Mine started greying at age 14!
Well Luke, now that you're officially a Brokaholic, just regard yourself as a new work in progress cos the longer you hang around here and mix in with everybody or just lurk, you'll be amazed at how things start falling into place and making some kinda sense where it wasn't before.And the wonderful things is that you dont have to conform to anybody's idea of right n wrong, black or white or whatever. Here you have the freedom and opportunity to come to terms with the effects of this fabulous story/film and apply it as only you'll know how, as and when. Please hang around and enjoy the company of so many like minded people and see what comes out of it. I wish you well mateThanks so much for your welcoming/encouraging comments Andy. Yes, I certainly feel like a Brokaholic - and most certainly a "new work in progress" as you said! I will hang around - just "reading" the threads makes me feel part of this great community and not so isolated with regard to BBM-type feelings. I wish you well also
Andy.
Hey Luke welcome. I'm new here to, but feel like I've been around forever thanks to the great people that have welcomed me here.
Hey Luke welcome. I'm new here to, but feel like I've been around forever thanks to the great people that have welcomed me here.
Hey Dan, Thanks and welcome to you too. You beat me to it - I had you lined-up for a welcome note when I read a post of yours yesterday. I feel pretty much the same Dan - its a great forum. I'm so glad I found it. Nice "mug shot" buddy.
...Luke
Hello. I'm new to this forum. My name is Rayne, and I currently (I am probably moving at the beginning of next year) live in Boston. I am a professional musician, who works throughout the US primarily, but have performed in several European countries. I'm glad to have found this forum, and look forward to reading the posts and interacting with others who were so affected by this wonderfull film.
Hi Rayne! Welcome to our campsite! Hope you like beans.
Yeah thought about sayin I was from somewhere else
Hi Rayne! Welcome to our campsite! Hope you like beans.
I'm afraid not. But one can always acquire a taste for most anything, given enough time. Thank you for your welcome.
from boston and you don't like beans?? oh my! ;) ;D
welcome rayne!
Sherbrooke PQ. Baked Beans? Detestable!
... Not much of a baked beans fan myself. Way to sweet. It's like beans as candy. Yuk!
gee gonzo, i always took you for an ennis... you done burst my bubble... :-\ :-\ ;) ;D ;D
hey there, rick..! :D ;)
Sherbrooke PQ. Baked Beans? Detestable!
PQ?? Province Quebecois?? BTW, Not much of a baked beans fan myself. Way to sweet. It's like beans as candy. Yuk!
Sherbrooke PQ. Baked Beans? Detestable!
PQ?? Province Quebecois?? BTW, Not much of a baked beans fan myself. Way to sweet. It's like beans as candy. Yuk!
Yes indeed I am Quebecois, and I vote for cessation! ;D
Cassoulet is baked beans -- just baked with yummier extras. But I agree, the canned baked beans -- American or English -- are awful.
Hello, my name is 'Cyprian" and I am from New Zealand and this is the first time I have ever joined a forum. I new that this forum existed but never came here. A very good friend of mine raved aboput this site and finally got me to join it. My friend has recently died, I was too late. I had hoped, finally, to meet up with him here and join in the fun. that is not to be.
I have seen Brokeback three times and each time it has reduced me to tears. I can relate to both Ennis and Jack, leaning more on the 'Jack' side. I have been suffering from unrequited love, so i get where he was at.
I have a lot of exploring to do so here i go ........ C
I love baked beans. Unfortunately, the feeling isn't mutual... :( :D
Rick
I love baked beans. Unfortunately, the feeling isn't mutual... :( :D
Rick
Rick?
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I'd like to say hello. Finally I found the courage to register here. I discovered this community months ago in march 2006. At this time I was terribly suffering from the film BBM I saw a few days ago. But I was too insecure about my English skills. But within the last two or three months I improved my English by reading lots of English written fan fictions - and now I think I can manage to deal with all the postings here. I surely won't understand every single
word, but I will try my very best to communicate as clear as I can. So I ask you for some understanding if some sentences may not be as clear
as you are used to ;-).
My history to BBM - well ... first of all I wasn't really interested in this film. I work seven days a week, nearly 12 hours a day 'cause I run my own business together with my husband (I'm 32 years old and I have a cute little boy at the age of two and a half). So my days are really fullfilled with work and care for my son and all the daily stuff that everyone has to deal with. Since my son is born I don't have really much time for myself - and going to the cinema belongs to the category "no way - no time". But then I read the Oscar nomination in our newspaper and I became curious. A film about gay cowboys - well, this could be interesting. So I finally watched the movie and fell apart...
NEVER, never in my whole life a film touched me as deeply as BBM did. I have never felt such pain, never felt such sadness, never cried so worse.
I've had hard months after watching the movie BBM because it left me alone with this kind of feelings I never thought I could feel - and six months later the sadness (of a lost love, a lost life, of two men suffering) is still in my heart, terribly aching , most of the time covered by all-day work but now and then the feelings come back with such fierce - it's sometimes a little bit overwhelming and frightening ... And Jack and Ennis still live in my heart and I don't know if this will ever stop...
I'm not recovered from the film - I'm not recovered at all ... My husband (who has sadly never seen the movie ...) always tells me, that it's just a film. Just a film - yeah, easy to say and hard to accept, because for me it's so much more. The film turned my whole universe just the other way round.
And I wasn't prepared at all for the feelings that film caused. The feeling of an unsophisticated love, of true sadness, the feeling of an incredible painful loss and the powerful feeling of guilt and lost chances. Basic feelings, which everyone of us surly has in his life but I think a lot of us barely recognizes them in such profound way the film showed us because of our everyday business.
So, I'm really glad to find communities with people feeling maybe in a same way. I think it will take me months to read all your postings (our German community isn't as big and as busy as yours ;-)) but this is a task whitch I'm looking forward to do. ;-).
So, I'm really glad to find communities with people feeling maybe in a same way. I think it will take me months to read all your postings (our German community isn't as big and as busy as yours ;-)) but this is a task whitch I'm looking forward to do. ;-).
You write very well, so don't let that stop you!!!
Once again thank you for joining this great communty here and hope to see you in the threads!!!
killersmom
Thank you so much !!! You will definitely see me in the threads - I'm so glad to talk to others about the film. As I said our German Community is a small one and I'd like to hear more opinions about and experiences with BBM, so I will take this chance ...
I just need to go into the structure and the technical handling of this community which isn't so easy in German - and which causes me a Headache in a foreign language ;).
mel08: Thank you for sharing your intense feelings about Brokeback.
You describe well the issues that are heartbreakingly portrayed in the movie: lost opportunity, regret, guilt, "once-in-a-lifetime love" that is lost forever. When you use the term "unsophisticated love," I recall Annie Proulx referring to Ennis and Jack as limited young men "who find themselves in emotional waters of increasing depth."
Larry McMurtry describes Brokeback as "a tragedy of emotional deprivation."
I hope you will read the superb essays about the wrting of the short story and the making of the movie - written by Proulx, McMurtry, and the wondrous Diana Ossana. You will find a great kinship with them. The essays are in the Story-to-Screenplay book. Perhaps there is a German version?
I wish I could read German - as I would be fascinated to know what German people have been saying about our beloved Brokeback. I do know that the film was very well-reviewed by German critics.
well goddamn was i blown away. i felt like someone had poured liquid fire into my heart as i sat like a stone with tears dripping through my first viewing.
when i saw ennis holding on to and feeling jack in the second tent scene, i just lost it. it was like his whole life he never knew how to breathe, and then here it was jack ewas his air. he could finally let go ... and the way jack held him like he would save his ennis from his own damn self... i just lost it, damn i'm getting teary just typing this.
but there was and still is this huge part of me that is closed. no admittance cuz i can't afford to make another mistake.
when i saw ennis all alone in that shitty little trailer mourning the love of his life and deeply regretting how he let his fear destory their lives, i died inside a little.
you see, i looked at ennis and i saw me.
i meam i'm a girl and i'm strait, but that's just semantics because regret and lonliness knows no demographics.
i'm still heartbroken now. i can't let this go
i read madlori's human interest story and i swear i smiled for the first time in weeks.
As you know, Ennis and Jack were unsophisticated, "high-school-droput country boys," steeped in the rigidly conservative, homophobic, rural culture of 1940's - 1960's Wyoming. What, of course, makes the story so fascinating - and so heartbreaking - is that you have these two young men - products of this culture - who find themselves in love with each other. Given the unremitting hostility to homosexuality that surrounds them, it wouldn't be realistic to think that they could've found a happy solution. One critic said that the real story of "Brokeback Mountain" is what these men had to do to sustain their love over twenty years - under impossible circumstances.
I recommend a story entitled "Somebody New" by Jennasts. Most lovers of slash seem to agree that this is "the gold standard." It is beautifully well-written, dramatic, heartbreaking, and very satisfying - and it has a wonderfully happy ending. In it, Jack end his relationship with Ennis - after that final confrontation - because he can't stand more years of longing and loneliness. Ennis is devastated, goes into a downward spiral and nearly dies, but finally decides to go down to Texas to try and win Jack back. It is a hell of a good story.
Whatever you do, we'll all look forward to more posts by you - and give our love and good wishes to your German "Brokeback Buddies."
I am the secretary of my college's GSA and an avid slash fanfiction reader.I don't actually read a lot of BBM fanfiction- only one or two so far- because I can't get over a feeling that the story is complete enough on its own. I think I might be coming around, though. Some of the work just looks so interesting that I might not be able to pass it up. (And I'm pretty much addicted to slash.) :P
I also frequent a couple of other message boards, and I'm looking forward to finding a new community to interact with. I can't wait to browse around and see what this place is all about. 8)
Saena
Hey Dani, it's good to meet you. We can be newbies together! :P Your story about seeing "Brokeback" with a girl from your class who you barely knew seems really awkward. It's just not the kind of movie you normally see with someone you don't know very well; light, shiny, happy movies are easier. ;)
Hope to see you around the forum...
Saena
welcome dani, saena, and opinionista
*huggleglomps Dani*
ahem, that is all. So glad Max was able to drag you along. ;D
*huggleglomps Dani*
ahem, that is all. So glad Max was able to drag you along. ;D
LOL Great to see you here too! ty :D
well goddamn was i blown away. i felt like someone had poured liquid fire into my heart as i sat like a stone with tears dripping through my first viewing.
when i saw ennis holding on to and feeling jack in the second tent scene, i just lost it. it was like his whole life he never knew how to breathe, and then here it was jack ewas his air. he could finally let go ... and the way jack held him like he would save his ennis from his own damn self... i just lost it, damn i'm getting teary just typing this.
but there was and still is this huge part of me that is closed. no admittance cuz i can't afford to make another mistake.
when i saw ennis all alone in that shitty little trailer mourning the love of his life and deeply regretting how he let his fear destory their lives, i died inside a little.
you see, i looked at ennis and i saw me.
i meam i'm a girl and i'm strait, but that's just semantics because regret and lonliness knows no demographics.
i'm still heartbroken now. i can't let this go
i read madlori's human interest story and i swear i smiled for the first time in weeks.
Hi Melissa,
even though your posting is three months old, I hope you will look in this forum from time to time. Well, I'm here in this forum since yesterday and I just started to read some threads - and so I also read your post.
I'm so deeply touched by the way you are describing your feelings - I felt the same way. I saw Ennis - and I saw me, too. Part of my heart is closed, too. Slowly but surely I get the feeling why's so. But this film hurts so bad, I stopped breathing while watching the last scene with Ennis and Jack, I was shocked, extremely depressed for several weeks - and I was totally heartbroken and still I am.
Than I read Madloris Human Interest - and my soul started to recover. I'm not healed, I have such bad days when the film assails me once again so I hardly dare to watch it, 'cause this would be too much for me. I need the fan fictions to get a little bit peace, to calm down a little bit. They help me ... sometimes ...
Mel
NEVER, never in my whole life a film touched me as deeply as BBM did. I have never felt such pain, never felt such sadness, never cried so worse.
I've had hard months after watching the movie BBM because it left me alone with this kind of feelings I never thought I could feel - and six months later the sadness (of a lost love, a lost life, of two men suffering) is still in my heart, terribly aching , most of the time covered by all-day work but now and then the feelings come back with such fierce - it's sometimes a little bit overwhelming and frightening ... And Jack and Ennis still live in my heart and I don't know if this will ever stop...
I'm not recovered from the film - I'm not recovered at all ... My husband (who has sadly never seen the movie ...) always tells me, that it's just a film. Just a film - yeah, easy to say and hard to accept, because for me it's so much more. The film turned my whole universe just the other way round.
And I wasn't prepared at all for the feelings that film caused. The feeling of an unsophisticated love, of true sadness, the feeling of an incredible painful loss and the powerful feeling of guilt and lost chances. Basic feelings, which everyone of us surly has in his life but I think a lot of us barely recognizes them in such profound way the film showed us because of our everyday business.
So, I'm really glad to find communities with people feeling maybe in a same way. I think it will take me months to read all your postings (our German community isn't as big and as busy as yours ;-)) but this is a task whitch I'm looking forward to do. ;-).
Pretty good for a young kid, imho. Attitudes are changing, tolerance is growing.
I'm glad to be here. Peace to all.
I'm thrilled to see all these new faces in here...welcome guys....!!
your friend,
Nellie
Hello Mel08! Welcome to paradise, a place where everyone understands your sorrow and we all know it's not "just a film". BBM has changed many of our lives for the better, awoken in us feelings long ago buried, and made us alive. It is so much to so many and it still affects me with the same overwhelming sadness. I don't think that will ever change, but it goes through stages, and the pain is not always so bad. We are here for you, anytime day or night, there is always someone to listen and understand. We all love Jack and Ennis as if they are family, not actors or characters in a movie and it is devastating to accept their fate. We have slash for that, lots of happy endings there, but not for everyone. It is in The Juicy Bits section, poetry, canon, all sorts of wonderful fiction. It has helped me immensely to read the alternate endings.
I'm so glad you found us. I hope you plan on sticking around, you will love it here!!
Karla
Well, of course I jumped little-cat-feet-first into the Juicy Bits before I introduced myself - better late than never. I have been mainly on BetterMost and have photos, info, etc. about me posted there. Then I started getting into the fan fiction and wrote some myself [blushes modestly] so am now on LiveJournal as well as BMost. While reading through fanfic everyone kept thanking the people on the DC boards for their wonderful support so I thought, well I could use some a that so here I am.
Briefly, I live in the midwestern United States by Minnehaha Creek and across the river from PlanetGal. I just got a new job at the University here, I have 3 cats, I love to be on these boards, and of course I love BBMountain, J&E, and Jake G. (Many of my postings are on the Jake Jake Jake thread on BetterMost.)
A lady can't have too many friends!
cc33 aka Leslie
Thanks for the welcome! :D
Before you all think my name has something to do with anal activity, let me explain:
Buteo is the genus name for Hawk.
My favorite bird is actually the Great Horned Owl, but I would rather not be known as a "Bubo Virginianus."
I like your site, I hope to have a good time (despite being late to the party).
Before you all think my name has something to do with anal activity, let me explain:
Buteo is the genus name for Hawk.
My favorite bird is actually the Great Horned Owl, but I would rather not be known as a "Bubo Virginianus."
I like your site, I hope to have a good time (despite being late to the party).
Thanx, German Louisiana Virginia Dude, for your warm welcome, and your advice.
Am actually Dutch myself, so we're almost like neighbours... ;)
Off to bed now, it's the middle of the night here (2:22).
Thanx, German Louisiana Virginia Dude, for your warm welcome, and your advice.
Am actually Dutch myself, so we're almost like neighbours... ;)
Off to bed now, it's the middle of the night here (2:22).
Zeer goed! Maar ik woon in de staaten, in Virginië. Welkom noog eenmal! En mijn naam is Fritz. Wij hebben eenige persoonen uit Nederland hier.
welcome to the forum, amiennis!!
Shelley!!!!!!!!
Many welcomes!!! So so thrilled your here, thrilled for you and Jeanine and thrilled to finally meet ya!
Stick around girl, this is the Happiest Place on Earth!
This is Walt Disney World?Of course it is Fritz!!
This is Walt Disney World?Of course it is Fritz!!
And we're all on the ride of our lives!!
Didnt'cha know? ::)
This is Walt Disney World?Of course it is Fritz!!
And we're all on the ride of our lives!!
Didnt'cha know? ::)
well then didnt i stop lurking at the best time ever! woohoo. and thanks for the nice welcome everyone, jeanine has spoken highly of you all. cant wait to jump right in, i hear clothing is optional?Girl, come join me in Le Bar...it's a fab , slightly naughty place, like the diner here, cept AFTER DARK.
I am so excited to have Shelley here. Hiya! That's all ;D
Welcome Shelly, I haven't met Jeanine yet, I'd love to invite you to Auntie's 24 hour diner for a cup of coffee, Same goes to all new members.
N.
.....I have the sheet music and am trying to learn to play some of the songs on my piano.....In the past week, when I took a few social risks, I told myself that Jack and Ennis would be rooting for me to take those risks. I can't say my life has changed completely due to my mental immersion in the movie, but the beauty of the movie has suffused me, and the lesson it tells, to not let life pass one by and to not let fear curtail relationships and what one can be, has inspired me to take small risks often.....Now, however, I am extremely conscious of gay issues and have even become vocal on several occasions in groups stating how strongly I feel that gays should have all the same rights as the rest of us do. And that is quite a big step for a shy person like myself, but it's like Ennis and Jack are living in the back of my mind all the time.
Hi, Lobezno! Never too late! There's always going to be newcomers, just as sometimes people drift away. Looking forward to gettng to know you.
Hi, another newbie here. My name is Marjolein, I'm from the Netherlands.
I'm a big time lurker on livejournal, but I decided that I would like some more interaction with fellow brokeback addicts (without having to maintain a journal...). So that's what I hope to find here!
This already looks like a nice place. Interesting discussions, friendly people. I think I'll stay for a while :D
Hi Marjolein, welcome. There's a lot to talk about in here, so make yourself at home, you can drop by the Diner and have chest hair coffee, the diner's specialty!!! ;D
yup, the cyber strong stuff..
Hi Marjolein, welcome. There's a lot to talk about in here, so make yourself at home, you can drop by the Diner and have chest hair coffee, the diner's specialty!!! ;D
chest hair coffee ??? sounds very intriguing...always like to try something new!
Welcome to our family y'all. ;D ;D
Thanks for the welcome. I cannot come in very often but I'm slowly getting to know this place. Like I said I lurked for a while but once I became a member I saw there were other forums for members only. I'm particlularly interested in all Brokeback fan-fiction, but I don't know what to read first! So many options!
Thanks again for the warm welcome
Nan
oh yes, there something else i forgot: what better way to introduce you to this board but providing the link to yesterday's Daily Sheet, our forum newspaper, which featured a nice little snippled from a thread discussion where you can easily see what important pieces of discussion we austrians can provide on the topic of brokeback mountain :D :D
Thread of the Day: Should Jack and Ennis Have Learned How To Yodel?
http://davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=17427.msg575874#msg575874
oh yes, there something else i forgot: what better way to introduce you to this board but providing the link to yesterday's Daily Sheet, our forum newspaper, which featured a nice little snippled from a thread discussion where you can easily see what important pieces of discussion we austrians can provide on the topic of brokeback mountain :D :D
Thread of the Day: Should Jack and Ennis Have Learned How To Yodel?
http://davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=17427.msg575874#msg575874
oh my goodness, i guess i better leave this thread... ich muss meinen kopf einziehen damit niemand weiß dass ich from austria bin...
you seem to be here for quite some time - i have heard about you in other forums (YES!!), too! it's always important to have one prominent austrian on important places, isn't it?
;D
Hi, I'm Colleen I live in Bonney Lake, Washington and I have been Rob of puyallup friend for 16 yrs. :)
Willkommen Tizi! Welcome Colleen! I'm sure you can appreciate more than any of us here the wonderful changes that Rob has experienced over the past year.Yes I couldn't be happier for Rob, to finally find someone to share his life. I haven't had the chance to meet Nick, but he seems to be a real sweetheart. ;)
Hi Tizi and Colleen:Thanks Gerry
Welcom to the Forum, I've made many good friendships here and I know you will too. So jump in with both feet.
Gerry
just don't pay attention to the scowl that is on nick's face most of the time. the only time we EVER see him smile is when he is with rob, or thinking about him...Yes at first in pictures, Nick never seemed to smile, but now when hes in pictures with Rob he's smiling more often.
Welcome to the Forum Colleen... took you long enough to find your way here! :)Thanks, this is so much better then talking in those chat rooms.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f70/Robinpuyallup/avatarsepia.jpg)
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Hi, I'm Colleen I live in Bonney Lake, Washington and I have been Rob of puyallup friend for 16 yrs. :)
Hi, I'm Colleen I live in Bonney Lake, Washington and I have been Rob of puyallup friend for 16 yrs. :)
OOhhhh...so cool...great to have you here....any friend of Rob's is okay by me.......yeah!!!!
Welcome to our family
Nellie
Looks like I picked an *interesting* day to arrive, what with Dave's message. Anyhow, I'm Charlotte from the city of the same name in NC. My life was at a major crossroads last year when BBM was released, and seeing the film had a profound effect on me that I still have a hard time articulating. I thought the feeling would subside but it did not.
I'm new to posting here...but looking forward to *meeting* you guys and sharing some thoughts.
Charlotte
Hi! Niims :)
HI NIIMS! This is exciting, I know you from around :) You should head on over to the The Juicy Bits if you haven't already.
well, i've been meaning to join up here for a few months now, but i'm kinda lazy so ... i only got around to it now. I should really be writing my next chapter, but instead i'm on here with a glass of wine. lol
Looks like I picked an *interesting* day to arrive, what with Dave's message. Anyhow, I'm Charlotte from the city of the same name in NC. My life was at a major crossroads last year when BBM was released, and seeing the film had a profound effect on me that I still have a hard time articulating. I thought the feeling would subside but it did not.
I'm new to posting here...but looking forward to *meeting* you guys and sharing some thoughts.
Charlotte
Thanks, planetgal! I love it here already. :) This whole forum is huge - it will take awhile to get my bearings. But I already made it through the entire "Scene by Scene" FNIT thread. [*pats herself on the back*] :)
This whole forum is huge - it will take awhile to get my bearings. But I already made it through the entire "Scene by Scene" FNIT thread. [*pats herself on the back*] :)
ummm... rainy,You right Jack I havent mentioned it. I saw some links to my pages from this forum, read a few post , seemed like a great bunch of folks.
if i may, can i ask why this forum. you didn't mention a connection to the movie and story that brought us together, or another poster of your acquaintance. we have become fairly all-purpose, but underneath it all beats the heart of a simple short story and a finely crafted film.
welcome in any case,
jack
Well, that was strange. I've never heard of addictions to forums in general. ???ummm... rainy,You right Jack I havent mentioned it. I saw some links to my pages from this forum, read a few post , seemed like a great bunch of folks.
if i may, can i ask why this forum. you didn't mention a connection to the movie and story that brought us together, or another poster of your acquaintance. we have become fairly all-purpose, but underneath it all beats the heart of a simple short story and a finely crafted film.
welcome in any case,
jack
But your right > I shall delete myself
have a great holiday everyone !
i don't think i was being unfriendly, just rather curious, myself. :-\
Hey, y'all,There is a small thread for people who make them, and you can take them from there:
I am still new here -- is there a page on the site where you have avatars? Or are you getting them from other sites? (Oh, and I also have a new computer I am still learning...at least I have my priorities in order by visiting here most often, right?)
Thanks,
Charlotte
Hi,
I have been lurking in this site for about a week and finally got up the courage to post. Look forward to talking with other's like myself, an eternal Jake fan.
why couldn't i live in canada and be looking for a new doctor....... ;)
b
why couldn't i live in canada and be looking for a new doctor....... ;)
b
haha, yea yea. You don't live "that far" from here, from what I remember, Washington State right? Not that far of a drive ;) Besides, "once" I'm licensed, I'd be happy to do physical's on cute American guys :D
cough ;)
Sign me up! lol I wanna be next!
cough ;)
haha, ok, I think we're taking this convo somewhere where this thread don't wanna tread! ;)
btw - cough? not so much. rubber glove - that's the way. :D
next...
Hey, y'all,There is a small thread for people who make them, and you can take them from there:
I am still new here -- is there a page on the site where you have avatars? Or are you getting them from other sites? (Oh, and I also have a new computer I am still learning...at least I have my priorities in order by visiting here most often, right?)
Thanks,
Charlotte
http://davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=13073.0
There's also Jake's Eyelashes 1, 2, 3, and 4 to work through, in the archived section. If you want pictures, I'm probably the guy to ask, I have a bit of a reputation when it comes to my admiration of everything Jake Gyllenhaal :D If you have any questions or need any help, please feel free to PM me and I'll help you find your way around. For General chat you might also want to check out "FanFair" in the Actor's threads. ;)you can say THAT again !! ;) ;D
hi everyone! mcnell1120 (nellie?) you dont mind using your name? thats cool :) hi nellie, nice to meet you. Im never nice to adrian, why you think he keeps coming back for more, lol. what diner? questions, questions, sorry. :)
hi everyone! mcnell1120 (nellie?) you dont mind using your name? thats cool :) hi nellie, nice to meet you. Im never nice to adrian, why you think he keeps coming back for more, lol. what diner? questions, questions, sorry. :)
*deep blush* thanks chad... :)more interesting still, who defines "naughty"? santa wants to know...
sounds like a good deal you have with adrian...just who defines "nice" ? ;D ;D ;D
hi desertrat! mcnell1120 and desertrat, in case you dont hear it enough, just wanna tell you that your both stunning women! :)
well Im sometimes nice to him, but it depends on if hes being nice to me :)
yes nellie, I am moving into condo. this condo was going to be ready at the end of november, but we had crazy weather for a few weeks so because of that they had delay. now because of xmas they have delay again so now they say january 15 :-\ but yes, I stay here with adrian, and it is fine :) long drive for me to go to work but thats ok. :)
Hi Karin and welcome the BBM forum, there are a few Austrians here, Pop into Auntie's 24Hour Diner, it's in the "Meet your Neighbors" section for a chat when you next have time.
Nax ;)
Hi Karin! Welcome to the campsite. You live in a very beautiful city, I visited it many years ago and still have fond memories.
JJ
if you have questions about the forum, where to look at or technical questions, you can always pm me, i've been around for quite a while and can help with (almost) everything.
Hi Karin! Welcome to the campsite. You live in a very beautiful city, I visited it many years ago and still have fond memories.
JJ
guess we should think about a forum meeting in austria, jean....there's so many people who told me already how much they liked our little country.. ;)
P.S.: they're currently playing "Little Drummer Boy" by David Bowie and Bing Crosby on the radio. Christmas can come now. I love this song, compared to "Last Christmas"... :(
If you'd seen the extremely naughty version of Little Drummer Boy on the Photo Captioning thread you mightn't feel quite the same about it! I'll see if I can find the link.
The Truth About Christmas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9pn6V-o2Wg
Hey Kristy. What was the audience reaction in Australia? Happy for Heath (their native son)? Or just really enjoying a really good movie?
Hello, I am the new kid on the block.
Not news to any one here but I am BBM addicted.
Have been since just this past summer when I saw it for the first time.
Will be forever.
I've been reading here a bit,
Love the comments and discussion.
Hello, I am the new kid on the block.
Not news to any one here but I am BBM addicted.
Have been since just this past summer when I saw it for the first time.
Will be forever.
I've been reading here a bit,
Love the comments and discussion.
You need to write what your spirit tells you to
Here is one of my latest pieces, called "In Their Dreams".
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l113/PatSinnott/InTheirDreams.jpg)
Possibly a stupid question here.....but what do the stars mean that are under our names? I have noticed that mine is growing and was just wondering what they meant.
Possibly a stupid question here.....but what do the stars mean that are under our names? I have noticed that mine is growing and was just wondering what they meant.
Nevermind....I found my answer in another thread :D
Hi I was really hoping that there are still some people out there that I can talk to about this unpredicatable obsession
Hi I was really hoping that there are still some people out there that I can talk to about this unpredicatable obsession
jwm:
Welcome to the forum and am really glad you found us. You will be OK now.
Obsession, indeed. You've only just begun. Even though my 1 year anniversary joining this Forum was yesterday, I am currently at my most active here. My life has changed because of Brokeback Mountain. I have also come to realize that I was not alone and have developed many great friendships around the world. John has directed you to some very good threads which you should check out.
I will let you search out on your own, but come back to any of us, at any of the threads or through personal messages with any questions. I'm sure that within the next few days you will see many responses to your introduction. It is always nice to see that the BBM effect rolls on. One word of advise, I have come to know that not everyone reacts the way we have to this film. For example, I have been in a gay relationship for 28 years, my partner thinks it's a great movie, but did not react at the emotional level that I did.
Oh, and BTW (by the way), it's OK to cry. We've all done it. :)
Hugs and :-* :-* :-*
I would love be be active here, but I cannot deny that I am a bit intimidated...
Just wanted to say hello.
This probably belongs on another thread, but I know that this film has influenced my life in the past year, beyond turning me into a compulsive liar sneaking off to watch it by myself. It's made me think about things, and change some things I wasn't happy about in my life. I suppose the destructive power of rural homophobia is the key to the story, but I see it also as a lesson in missed opportunities, lost chances — an admonition not to let yourself end up with nothing but two old shirts.
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It's introduced me to other pleasures too. Would I be going to see Rufus Wainwright next month? Or smile fondly at tins of beans? Or look on my pale jeans and brown boots as my Del Mar combo?
Anyway, that's how come me end up here!
歡迎光臨! 你好嗎?我很好!谢谢!
Welcome to the Forum! I hope that you will enjoy yourself here with us. Feel free to roam around and read what you want, and if you find something that you would like to write something about, feel free to do that too. You may write as much or as little as you want, it's up to you. But know that you are very welcome here, and we are glad to have you among us. And thank you for posting your picture in the picture thread, it is always good to be able to see the person that we are chatting with. And thank you also for your kind PM.
Weird knowing that although none of my friends would get this, so many people I've never met personally do — it's pretty amazing.
Weird knowing that although none of my friends would get this, so many people I've never met personally do — it's pretty amazing.
Isn't that the truth! I experienced the same thing and so do many, many people here. We're glad to have you among us.
Charlotte
Hello! I'm very new here, just posted in a couple of threads so far, though I've been lurking on the forum for months — mainly at work, so I didn't dare register in case I wasted even more time and found myself out on my ear. This place has been a great companion to and stoker of my Brokebackitis. Thank God I'm not alone!!! :)
<snip>
Anyway, that's how come me end up here!
hello everyone, i'm inanna from the netherlands and the reason i want to join this forum is that i'm also deeply touched by bbm. here in holland it is absolutely found normal if you're gay, but it has taken a long time to come this far. ( i hope my english isn't too bad, because it is difficult to express oneself in a different language, especially when one tries to explain ones true feelings). i don't understand why i'm so moved by these gaythemes since i myself am not gay at all - though i can admire some women -. i'm 48, married for over 25 years and have a son aged 22 and a daughter who's 15. but when at highschool i was so shocked when i read about the trial of oscar wilde being sacrified to victorian homophobia, that up untill this day i still read his stories and poems still feeling sad for him. i also read e.m.foster's "maurice" and the same sadness came over me. i think what hits me is the fact that so many people have to wear masks and not being able to be who they realy are. we see it happen again in holland with the muslim people. they have to fight this battle also and it doesn't help the openness we created here in my country.
i hope to here from you.....
BBM Collectors Edition
Update
You all know now there are no deleted scenes and not much but post cards in the latest North American Collectors edition. Some of us choose not to buy it, others bought it but so many Brokies are disapointed... To say the least! ::)(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/chameau_7/misc/angels-raphael-cherubs-painting__ww.jpg)
You know what? There is a petition!
Carbyville started a petition a little while ago to be sent to Universal Pictures, please join in and sign it here (http://www.petitiononline.com/je1963/petition.html), there are 352 signatures for now.
Hello Lost Camel!
Welcome to the forum! I'll be meeting you in Bay City!
Hi, I'm an active member on another forum (ennisjack.com) one of our member there started a petion concerning the Collectors Edition released last month. Since I don't want to mess and strat a new thread that maybe areay exist, I prefer post it here and say hi Brokies.
I'll meet many of you in Bay City, by the way on ennosjack.com I'm chameau. :) So this is what was posted in the latest weekly Newsletter at ennisjack.com, please feel free to move this post to the place it should better fit. Please join and sign the petition.QuoteBBM Collectors Edition
Update
You all know now there are no deleted scenes and not much but post cards in the latest North American Collectors edition. Some of us choose not to buy it, others bought it but so many Brokies are disapointed... To say the least! ::)(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/chameau_7/misc/angels-raphael-cherubs-painting__ww.jpg)
You know what? There is a petition!
Carbyville started a petition a little while ago to be sent to Universal Pictures, please join in and sign it here (http://www.petitiononline.com/je1963/petition.html), there are 352 signatures for now.
Hey I'm lauragigs. I've posted a lot on the Brokeback IMDB thread (yes, IMDB — the shoot 'em zone) and Bettermost. I'm part of the planning for the Colorado/Wyoming BBQ this May, and figured I should get acquainted here since many of yall are coming! I'm excited to meet more Brokies and hear your stories.
I'm actually not a brand new member. I found this board last spring but deleted my account a few months ago. I had not felt very welcome on this board. Even though I had about 200 posts, I found that my posts for the most part were ignorned. Or in one case I had received a rather nasty reply from a particular member. I have decided to reregister. I will just have to see how it goes.
I'm actually not a brand new member. I found this board last spring but deleted my account a few months ago. I had not felt very welcome on this board. Even though I had about 200 posts, I found that my posts for the most part were ignorned. Or in one case I had received a rather nasty reply from a particular member. I have decided to reregister. I will just have to see how it goes.
I'm actually not a brand new member. I found this board last spring but deleted my account a few months ago. I had not felt very welcome on this board. Even though I had about 200 posts, I found that my posts for the most part were ignorned. Or in one case I had received a rather nasty reply from a particular member. I have decided to reregister. I will just have to see how it goes.Tia, I hope that you find a warmer welcome here than last time, it's usually it's a very freindly place, do pop into Aunties Diner in the meet you neighbours section and let me get you a coffee. ;) (Oh and I'm another veggie)
I'm actually not a brand new member. I found this board last spring but deleted my account a few months ago. I had not felt very welcome on this board. Even though I had about 200 posts, I found that my posts for the most part were ignorned. Or in one case I had received a rather nasty reply from a particular member. I have decided to reregister. I will just have to see how it goes.
I am 58, live in the Scottish Highlands, but was in the US in the 60s. I worked in the mountains of the northwest and there I met a boy my age. Although we had girlfriends, we started a secret relationship beginning in a tent. It continued during four years of liaisons in the mountains. In order to keep a distance from the Draft Board, he went under the name of Innes (from the Gaelic "Aonghus" to go with my own Gaelic name). He was killed (in an avalanche) in January 1971 - I learned this from a delayed postcard - and I found his clothes and other belongings had been hidden in a cupboard among my own in my brother's basement. When I saw Brokeback Mountain I was struck by the parallels, of course, but more importantly I knew the narrative to be totally authentic. Neither of us thought ourselves "gay", but our feeling for one another as two "outsiders" led to an intense, powerful love which I can feel to this day. I still keep his belongings as a shrine to the deepest experience of my life. The release of Brokeback Mountain has enabled me to come out about this experience and know that it will be understood. Lachlan
I am 58, live in the Scottish Highlands, but was in the US in the 60s. I worked in the mountains of the northwest and there I met a boy my age. Although we had girlfriends, we started a secret relationship beginning in a tent. It continued during four years of liaisons in the mountains. In order to keep a distance from the Draft Board, he went under the name of Innes (from the Gaelic "Aonghus" to go with my own Gaelic name). He was killed (in an avalanche) in January 1971 - I learned this from a delayed postcard - and I found his clothes and other belongings had been hidden in a cupboard among my own in my brother's basement. When I saw Brokeback Mountain I was struck by the parallels, of course, but more importantly I knew the narrative to be totally authentic. Neither of us thought ourselves "gay", but our feeling for one another as two "outsiders" led to an intense, powerful love which I can feel to this day. I still keep his belongings as a shrine to the deepest experience of my life. The release of Brokeback Mountain has enabled me to come out about this experience and know that it will be understood. Lachlan
I am 58, live in the Scottish Highlands, but was in the US in the 60s. I worked in the mountains of the northwest and there I met a boy my age. Although we had girlfriends, we started a secret relationship beginning in a tent. It continued during four years of liaisons in the mountains. In order to keep a distance from the Draft Board, he went under the name of Innes (from the Gaelic "Aonghus" to go with my own Gaelic name). He was killed (in an avalanche) in January 1971 - I learned this from a delayed postcard - and I found his clothes and other belongings had been hidden in a cupboard among my own in my brother's basement. When I saw Brokeback Mountain I was struck by the parallels, of course, but more importantly I knew the narrative to be totally authentic. Neither of us thought ourselves "gay", but our feeling for one another as two "outsiders" led to an intense, powerful love which I can feel to this day. I still keep his belongings as a shrine to the deepest experience of my life. The release of Brokeback Mountain has enabled me to come out about this experience and know that it will be understood. Lachlan
Thanks for the support! How do I "post to a new thread?" I don't have internet - where I live in the mountains there's no reception for TV, mobile phones or internet connections; I can only use the internet in a cafe when I'm in a town. And, honestly, I don't understand the jargon of internet. LachlanLachlan the board allows you as a member to post into any "public" thread. To be able to start a new thread of your own the system required you to post a minimum of messages - I think it's 50 but I'll check. After that you can go to the "Start your own thread" section and you will see a button to create a new thread is now visable. What is it you want to discuss - maybe I can help your thread creation ;)
Hi, my name is Daniel. I've been looking at the forums for a long time now and finally decided to join up. I have seen "Brokeback Mountain" probably about 50 times. I regret that I only saw it 4 times in the theatre (2 times by myself). I am currently making a music video for "The Wings" (Tony Moran Mix) using clips from the movie. It will take awhile but I finished the first minute of it and it is turning out really cool. I'm using a lot of special effects since it is a dance song and the video will be a little obnoxious but it does fit. Thanks.
hi ya'll! jeff here. i work with BayCityJohn. i work up at the front desk, so any of you that came to the Oscar screening prolly saw me. i went to the showing at first just as a helper for transporting everyone there and back, but after seeing themovie, i am truely moved and changed forever. i was so glad i went. thank you, John for the invite!!!
hi ya'll! jeff here. i work with BayCityJohn. i work up at the front desk, so any of you that came to the Oscar screening prolly saw me. i went to the showing at first just as a helper for transporting everyone there and back, but after seeing themovie, i am truely moved and changed forever. i was so glad i went. thank you, John for the invite!!!
no problem, and thank you for popping my PM cherry! lol
no mistake though, ALL the credit for this weekend goes to JOHN. he did an awesome job!!!!!
averell...
you are doing just fine. it took us all a while to get comfy here. if you have a specific question you can always ask a moderator, or post the question in the newcomers ask or in here. enjoy and give time time.
jack
IT WORKED! HURRAY!!!for the record averell, i had to have others create my first avatar, and host any pictures i hoped to post for the first couple months i was here. took me forever to get the hang of it.
IT WORKED! HURRAY!!!for the record averell, i had to have others create my first avatar, and host any pictures i hoped to post for the first couple months i was here. too me forever to get the hang of it.
hat tip: linda, alex and pgreg
Didn't see the "sandbox"...just trying something out before I post it out somewhere and look like an a**. Ok here goes.
Hi, Everyone:Welcome!
Been lurking here for some time and finally got around to posting. Watched BBM for the first time about 6 weeks ago, and it was life-altering. I have NEVER reacted to a movie like I have to this one. I watched it over and over, I started reading the boards, I started reading fanfic. I saw someone post not long ago about "pod people" and I thought "Exactly! That's what I feel like has happened to me!" Anyway, I'm happy that I have company in my obsession out here in Netland.
Glad to know you all...
I love it here, and I thank you for creating this safe place for those of us who have found passion on the screen, in the characters of Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar. I'm a bit out of the ordinary, I suppose...an African American lesbian from the south, in a committed relationship of 16 years. But seeing this movie changed my day to day living completely.Hi KLJ,
I connected with this beautifully crafted film almost immediately, and remained mesmerized until the end credits. As the last image began to fade to black on the screen, that of the closet door closing, the two shirts suspended from their crudely affixed nail, I found myself sobbing uncontrollably. (Both my wife and a friend attended with me...they had to stay with me in the theatre until I composed myself enough to leave.)
What followed were many, many days of thinking of Ennis and Jack constantly...abrupt outbreaks of tears while at work, as well as on the commute to and from... on my mind when I got up in the morning, wrapped around my brain when I went to bed at night, and haunting my dreams for weeks.
I had never, in my 40+ years, written a fan letter before...to anyone...but I wrote one to Heath Ledger. On the first Tuesday in April, I was at my local Walmart Supercenter at 12:30am to purchase BBM on DVD. I watched it as soon as I got home, even though I had to be up at 5:30am for work. Prior to the purchase, I saw the movie in the theatre 4 times. I bought the book on CD, dubbed it on cassette, and listened to it in my car constantly. I purchased the soundtrack and played it non-stop at work. Even now, I need only to hear the first guitar chord of the Opening to feel hot liquid well up in my eyes.
I could go on and on, but it would be the same as I've read from so many of those with which I share this mystical bond on this fabulous site. This movie changed my life. To help matters along, it coincided with another major life change that had just begun for me at the time (a substantial weight loss after bypass surgery). Because of both these factors, I was able to renew, not only the spirit in my weathered love relationship of many years, but also the love and knowledge of myself that I'd missplaced a long time ago. "My boys" (as I always refer to Jack and Ennis) taught me to appreciate this lovely, loving, luscious bond that my wife and I have, because we never know when these blessings will end...and to appreciate who I was, a living, breathing, fleshy woman, capable of experiencing the most wrenching torrent of love, and heartbreak, and raw delight imaginable.
I can actually go several hours, sometimes days now, without thinking of my boys or the film. But not much more than that. I mean, here I am, giving my words to you, because today BBM was solidly on my mind again. But being here is necessary. Being honest and letting others know how this film has affected me may help someone else that, like me, stumbles upon this forum, believing they're crazy or losing their grip on reality because they're unable to shake BBM loose from their gut or their heart. Coming here made me know that i wasn't alone...that I had a safe place to anchor when my boys would come around and "have a sit down". - KLJ
"There ain't no reigns on this one..." - E. Del Mar, BBM
KLJ - lean on Rob! He's as strong as they come! And his & Nick's story is amazing. You'll take great inspiration from him!!
He is a good friend.
Welcome!
Heidi
Hug and kiss each other for me!!!
:-* :-* :-*
welcome to jscbbm too!
You want a cup of coffee doncha? Piece of cherry cake?
;)
They used to serve a wicked cherry cake in the Diner thread...WE do and it's still VERY wicked ;)
They used to serve a wicked cherry cake in the Diner thread...
Hi Everyone,
I first found this site over a year ago, after I'd been to see Brokeback Mountain and just couldn't get it out of my mind.
I'd gone with my son, who is gay and we both thought that it was the most beautiful film ever. In my (for want of a better word ) grief, I desperately searched around the internet and found this site, not realising there was a forum attached.
I'd never been on a forum before and didn't know how to go about it. Nevertheless, I kept being directed over to IHJ, which is where I've been for over a year (as I'm absolutely besotted with Jake) and joined their forum, which is great!! but there are an awful lot of youngsters over there and they make me feel quite old. Don't get me wrong, they're very sweet kids, and it's a lovely friendly site, but I hope you don't mind if I hang with you guys as well. :)
Sorry, I should have said,
My name is Dot
Hi Dot!
Welcome aboard. As John and Kim stated above, we have all ages and all sorts here on the forum.
It is so good you decided to come try us on for size.
We've been around awhile, but seem to be staying pretty constant and a lot of us have been around for a good while, but it is always good to see new folks join in.
I hope you will look around and see what appeals to you the most!!
Thanks and so good to see you.
Linda
I’ve been “lurking” for about a day now, and everyone here seems so nice and wonderful and passionate, I had to sign up. I’m thrilled to see so many other people who were so moved as I was by this film.kiska...
I am not alone.....
Hi! This here is my second post; thank you for steering me to this introduction forum (my first post was in the TV commentary post - oops). I can be a bit unconventional...well, okay, I am very unconventional :) LOL!
Good to see ya, Jeff!
Good to see ya, Jeff!
Hya Jeff nice to see you over here from Bettermost (have you been blinded by the speed yet ;D)
I look forward to chatting with you, pop over to the 24 hour Diner in the meet your neighbours section, it's bit like the The Studs 'n Spurs Bar & Grill ;)
neil
I was specifically looking for issues that affect the LGBT community - for example, civil rights, marriage equality. However, my interests are pretty broad if nothing here fits that bill.
Thanks!
I was specifically looking for issues that affect the LGBT community - for example, civil rights, marriage equality. However, my interests are pretty broad if nothing here fits that bill.
Thanks!
Here are some links to various threads.....
MTF? FTM? WTF? Everything you wanted to know about Transgender but were afraid
http://www.davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=12710.0
Gay bashing
http://www.davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=6854.0
Gay History -- How We Got Here
http://www.davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=20158.0
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Gays, friends, and the military
http://www.davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=4767.0
Did you check under "Gay, Bi, Whatever"? Maybe you could start a thread there.
Here are some links to various threads.....
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Thanks a bunch! I'll check them out. :)
Welcoming all the new comers....please continue to post around!! See ya around!
Nellie :D
Welcoming all the new comers....please continue to post around!! See ya around!
Nellie :D
Complete 'newbie' as you say here. 1st post too. I have been a 'lurker' for quite sometime, and finally got frustrated enough, because I just did not have the time to read everything in this forum. I have been very impressed with several of the moderators and contributors here. I am different from most posters in this way: the book is what brought me here, not the movie. And yes, I have seen the film a total of 3 times, still wasn't as moved by it as I am by the book. I like to read, when I get the time! Little info about me: I live in the Midwest USA, not far from twtplanner and I think BrokenOkie. I am an Ennis through and through, I cannot change what is, I know myself very well, am well-adjusted and content. There was a posted who lived in Iowa, I think his user name was Dave something,anyway out stories are pretty parallel. Enough about me, I enjoy TDS, the Diner, Fan Fair and the masculine threads. I am drawn to the male posters on here, my favorites are twtplanner, Cabin, Andy, Johnjohn, Marc, BradnBlue, WLguy,MountainBoy, BrokebackTom or is that Explosive Member, Dave Cullen, and for shear entertainment Adrian and Chad81! Love those two 'boys' and BTW, I guess congratulations are in order, you two 'warm my heart'...........thanks for listening and I'll try to post from time to time. Oh, the Ladies? Love you all..............
Thanks Debbie, yes, I'm getting around better now, Adrian and Chad eased my mind a bit, so I'm starting to relax a little. I still cannot believe it took me since early 2006 to finally take the plunge and just join up! Life is sure crazy sometimes. I read where you are heading to NY soon. I get there about 6 or 7 times a year myself. Love that city and the people. So have fun! RL is calling, so I need to head out, get some work done. Take care now...........May I add my voice of welcome, Flyboy. The book was my first love, as well, though I now rank it equally with the film.
Well, not really a new member here, but while using a camera a great deal, am basically camera shy myself. Earlier today, a German couple wanted me to take their photo in front of the Athabasca Glacier in the Columbia Icefield (the largest icefield in the Rockies at 325 square kilometers). Afterwards, they insisted they take one of yours truly, huntinbuddy, with his camera. While the focus and other things could be better, here you go folks....huntinbuddy in front of the Athabasca GlacierCharlie! So wonderful to "see" you finally, honey. :-*
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u70/gertie_06/Grand%20Teton/08-28-22.jpg)
I still cannot believe it took me since early 2006 to finally take the plunge and just join up! Life is sure crazy sometimes.
Charlie, good to see you! And the Athabasca Glacier is one of my favorite places. Did you go by vehicle onto the ice too?It was the second time I have been to the Athabasca Glacier. When there in 1999, I did the snocoach tour, and it was fun. They have like a dozen of these vehicles and for lack of better words to describe them, they are like an all-terrain bus. They don't go very fast, but can climb a 32 degree slope. In ski terms, this is the equivalent of a double-black-diamond run. I remember thinking that damn thing was going to turn over and we were all going to be killed! The tour takes about 90 minutes round trip, and it does take you up to an area of the glacier that if you had to hike it, would take several hours.
Hello. Can someone tell me how many posts it takes before I can send a PM??
thanks.
Now if only I could think of something scintillating to say...Only have a couple to go!
Puyallup is a very real place, in Washington state south of Seattle and east of Tacoma.You got that right, Fritz!
Welcome, Stars Go Blue!
When Rob's partner Nick visits him, Puyallup is heavenly!
Thanks for the welcome!
So Puyallup is here in the US of A. It sounded a bit foreign. Hope Nick visits soon and turns it back into heaven. :)
Hey Rob! Looking at our boys on the computer screen right now, and grinning myself silly because things are looking so different, now that I know what the locations look like! :D
Definitely more real, more three-dimensional! For example, I had always pretty much overlooked the fight hill in the background, never noticing it until Ennis sat on it and moped. But it's in so many other scenes that I'm flabbergasted!
Now if only I could think of something scintillating to say...Welcome to the Forum, stars go blue. Scintillating is not necessary here. :D
and a damn good thing, too, lol.Now if only I could think of something scintillating to say...Welcome to the Forum, stars go blue. Scintillating is not necessary here. :D
Now if only I could think of something scintillating to say...Welcome to the Forum, stars go blue. Scintillating is not necessary here. :D
Had you lurked and just decided to join, or are we new to you?
My name is Jackie...glad to have you here.
Welcome, Richard isn't it?
Many of us are also in Bettermost! Twice the fun!
Hello!Dual citizenship? I LOVE that, Richard! Welcome, friend!
I have been a member of Bettermost since April.
I met so many wonderful folks from this site i wanted to come and visit!
I guess I can hold dual citizenship! ;D
I just want to say thanks to everyone from here who was there!
I so enjoyed meeting you all!
Thanks ecspecially to everyone who helped make it happen!
Hello!
I have been a member of Bettermost since April.
I met so many wonderful folks from this site i wanted to come and visit!
I guess I can hold dual citizenship! ;D
I just want to say thanks to everyone from here who was there!
I so enjoyed meeting you all!
Thanks ecspecially to everyone who helped make it happen!
Hi my name is Ramona and this is my first time here... I live in Dubai ! Which is why it is so difficult to post anything because of the timing .Anyway I enjoy being around you guys you are very funny so thanks a lot for making my days brighter. Can I keep lurking???Welcome, Ramona, glad you found us, and yes, of course you can lurk...
Hi Ramona!!!
Welcome to the campsite, I hope you enjoy yourself here.
I'm wondering, how did you end up here?
Did you see Brokeback Mountain recently?
Hey Ramona! Of course you may lurk and read, or post, as much as you like. No pressure to do anything whatsoever. Feel free to roam around anywhere in here.Hi Dubai is wonderful you should come and visit specially in winter,,summer is very hot though,it is one a.m now I have to stay awake in order to post , but I like it.Thanks again
Dubai? Wow! Quite a place, as I have heard, though I've never been to that area of the world at all, Never in Asia except to cross the ferry at Istanbul (long before the bridge was built!) and go to eat dinner at a place on the eastern shore. :D
Welcome again!
Ramona, if you can answer, where is "here" where Brokeback has been banned?
Hi Thanks everyone my heart is warm,,, I did see Brokeback Mountain it`s banned here, but I`ve downloaded it through the net,after that nothing could stop me..it is how I landed to this forum Thank God for the internet.
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Ramona, if you can answer, where is "here" where Brokeback has been banned?
Hi Thanks everyone my heart is warm,,, I did see Brokeback Mountain it`s banned here, but I`ve downloaded it through the net,after that nothing could stop me..it is how I landed to this forum Thank God for the internet.
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Hello!
I have been a member of Bettermost since April.
I met so many wonderful folks from this site i wanted to come and visit!
I guess I can hold dual citizenship! ;D
I just want to say thanks to everyone from here who was there!
I so enjoyed meeting you all!
Thanks ecspecially to everyone who helped make it happen!
Welcome, Richard. You'll like it over here, nice to have you.
-- Debbie (we met on the van to the rodeo)
Hi Debbie!!Hi, Richard!
How are you!
I was so bummed I didn't get to say Goodbye when I left!
It was very nice meeting you and spending that time togther!
It's a memory I will forever cherish and you will always be a part of!
Thanks for the welcome! I'm loving it already!
Richard
Hi everyone... sorry to say it is banned here in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates,but not in the net only in theatres.
Hi everyone... sorry to say it is banned here in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates,but not in the net only in theatres.
Well you just gotta love those countries in the middle east. Only yesterday the Iranian president spoke to the students at Columbia University in New York and told them there were no homosexuals in Iran. ??? Amazing. So if that's the case, that is why there is no need to show a movie like Brokeback Mountain.....it just wouldn't be understood.
But we are glad to have you here Romona, and you will find many new freinds here.
maybe fun for you kaboyz, but like shopping with pennies at neimann marcus for us older folks...
nice tattooed calf btw. fierce ! :-*
sweetie, at my age, that is just past the legal limits for cradle robbing..maybe fun for you kaboyz, but like shopping with pennies at neimann marcus for us older folks...
nice tattooed calf btw. fierce ! :-*
lol....I am not that young...going to be 29!!
Hello everybody,
long-time lurker here (I’ve been lurking for about one and a half years now).
I’ve been lucky enough to find this board after I first watched bbm in the theatres and reading about all your thoughts and experiences on and with bbm has helped me greatly to deal with the sadness the movie caused then.
I’ve overcome the worst effects the movie had on me quite a while ago, but I’ve never been able to stay away from the forum.
I recently delurked in the German Speakers thread (to answer a particular question), so I thought now might be a good time to finally introduce myself here.
There is not much interesting to say about me, though. As you might have guessed from the German Speakers thread, I’m from Germany (Berlin, to be precise). I’m sorry, if my English is a little strange or difficult to understand at times, but it’s only my second language, after all.
I don’t know what else to tell you about myself, so I’m gonna leave it at that and if you’ve got any questions then just ask me (I think it’s easier that way). :)
I'm late here; but wanted to Welcome you Simone! I too, lurked in here for 18 months before joining, and I regularly kick myself for waiting so long........... ::), stay with us, there are many warm, wonderful people in here, as you have found, I'm sure!
Thank you all so much for the nice welcomes, I feel all warm and fuzzy inside right now. :-*
MaineGirl, I'm very glad to hear I'm not the only one who to so long to delurk. ;)
Now, about your questions, Jackie:
I'm not married, not partnered and I have no kids. I'm only 21, you know. ;)
I'm a law student at university so I have no 'real' job, either. (Assuming a side job to increase a poor little university student's 'income' is not an actual job. ;))
The most important leisure activity for me would be anything related to music. I spend a lot of time (and money) listening to music (and buying new CDs), I play the cello (hence the name) and I used to sing in a choir at school. I really miss that, but I've not been able to find a suitable choir for me again yet.
Other than that, I absolutely love going to the cinema, taking pictures (on a very amateur level only) and reading, though I don't find nearly enough time for that.
I'm also very interested in languages and would love to learn another one, but there#s the time thingy again. :(
Oh, and I really love travelling (strange leisure activity, I know, but it's true, I travel as much as my purse will allow).
I've only seen bbm twice, both times in the cinema so it's been a while since I last watched the movie. To be honest, I do not really feel like watching it again, though. I find it way too painful.
I'm sorry this has become so long (I bet, you regret asking :-[).
Thanks for the hugs (((Jackie))) :)
(My name is Simone, btw.)
Ingmar, I'm going to pester you about being an Ex-Berliner in the German Speakers thread. ;)
Sue, the cello is my favourite string instrument as well. I love the french horn as well - favourite brass instrument. Favourite wind instrument.
ME TOO! That's so weird....
WELCOME SHAQMEHTA !!
Whoops, well that was the most short lived virginity in history ;D
Thanks again Linda
"Once a virgin, always a virgin"
"Once a virgin, always a virgin"
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......................NO!
actually its in reference to his nice bottom hehheh ;D >:D
Thanks again all for the massive welcome.
I have decided to attend the Oxford, UK event this year, so will hopefully meet some of you in person. I've decided to put the stetson on hold, but may well fork out for a couple of plaid shirts. Unfortunately my denim ones no longer fit around my expanding waistline, so looks like the new year will mean dieting as well as giving up smoking. Wish me luck!
I'm still ploughing my way through this great source of Brokeback material, and will try to leave comments from time to time, so please don't feel I'm being ignorant by not replying to you all personally. I'm sure I'll get to know you all a lot better over the coming months.
I've been having a great laugh at the photo captioning section, and may well be posting some of my own shortly.
Big ups to the Brokeback crowd.
Phil
well, howdy neighbor is good for a start!
howdy...
Welcome to the forum, BoogaBooga!
I will join the chorus..... Welcome boogabooga!
Welcome, Lindsey in DC! I live in Arlington, right across the river!
hi everyone
ive finally found the right place to introduce myself im Marz and im obessed with BBM! i only saw it for the first time about a week ago! and i watched it again a few days ago! so i won't know as much as everyone else on here but i love the film loads!
Marz
Welcome, cazzyj. Glad to have you here.
I wasn't sure if "TY" at the bottom meant Thank You, or if your name was Ty. You didn't give any other first name, so I'll just call you cazzyj for now.
I hope you continue to read on the Forum, and post whenever you feel comfortable saying something. There's so much good analysis here, and many ways to make friends with people who might share interests not even related to the movie (pets, diets, music, other books, etc) -- so I hope you enjoy it.
Debbie
May I add my Welcome to the Forum, Carolynn. Stay with us, lots of warm wonderful folks in here............Canada, huh? Love those Canadians, we have many here, check out the International thread........again, Welcome, nice to have you!.. ;D ;D..Jonn
Hi all, my name is Teri and I just registered although i've been reading this forum for about a month. I didn't watch Brokeback until a few months ago and of course, I loved it. I'm glad I finally found a positive forum to discuss the movie. There are so many aspects of the movie that is left up to interpritation that i'd love to discuss. Glad to be here.
I wish I had watched BBM 2 years ago and found this forum. Ah well, better late than never!
Teri
I'm not technically a new member, but I have a technical question that wasn't answered on the other thread: I've installed a wireless network at home yesterday, but I can't seem to be able to logon the forum from the laptop, only the desktop (as before). I get an error message "Sorry tweetybird, you are banned from the forum". I tried deleting cookies, but it didn't help (though I'll try again). What am I doing wrong?
TIA, tweets.
Jack, that is a completely different thing. This is our forum's 'you are banned message'; it is not related to 403 or 404 server messages. This is being filtered through forum software.right bud, that was my point. just wanted tweety to be sure something didn't get garbled in translation. amazing what difference a synonym makes.
Well, Jean, I don't think it's a common expression. It seems very sexual. Someone in French literature referred to the anus as the rose, and I assume to stem it might be to put something in the shape of a stem into it ...... at least that's the general idea I got.
Hello Everybody,
I'm not sure I should be writing this intro just now, as I'm crying again, but what the heck! At least it will be brief ;).
I'm Andrzej, a Polish gay guy, based in London, UK; with my English partner for a long while now.
Started watching a pirate copy of BBM two years ago, but felt too fragile at the time and thought better to put it off for a while.
A while turned to 2 years, and then Heath died. It didn't register straight away, but slowly my subconsciousness started demanding: watch the movie, watch the movie.
And I watched. Watched it as I should have done two years back.
What can I say, you know, have been a bit of a wreck since then, dealing with my grief by listening to the music, reading what's been published and reading you guys.
Thank you very much for this place you've created.
Shit, early start tomorrow, time for bed, thinking of them, still happy on the Mountain helps to float away into dreams.
Dzień dobry, Andrzej! Witać do Formu!dziekuje/danke, fritzkep!
Thanks for all the kind words and hugs, with you all here it is the right place to be.
I feel quite raw... Funny, I'd thought I managed to make myself into a cynical stoic to cope with how world can be. BBM pierced this bubble, it hurts but is for the better.
MM
Tell him Hello and welcome, is he a forum member, or just lurks?
Tell him Hello and welcome, is he a forum member, or just lurks?
Tell him Hello and welcome, is he a forum member, or just lurks?
more importantly, is he single? ;=
Thanks Nellie and a big hello to Charlie!Thanks to all of you for the big welcome!!!!! Nellie is right, I barely have time to spend online to check normal email let alone trying to be on this forum. My long days at work and driving distance just don't allow it. But now that I can spend a moment, thanks again. I am intrigued by the friendliness of all of you and hope to be able to spend a little more time each week on here. I still have to update my profile and will explain a little more about me as time progresses. For now just wanted to touch base and say Hello!!! back to all of you. Nellie has really become a good friend to have in the short time I have known her and hope to continue the friendship for a long time. For now all of you have a great week!! :) :)
What a great picture and hope he is able to come in sometime!
Welcome Charlie.
Thanks Nellie and a big hello to Charlie!Thanks to all of you for the big welcome!!!!! Nellie is right, I barely have time to spend online to check normal email let alone trying to be on this forum. My long days at work and driving distance just don't allow it. But now that I can spend a moment, thanks again. I am intrigued by the friendliness of all of you and hope to be able to spend a little more time each week on here. I still have to update my profile and will explain a little more about me as time progresses. For now just wanted to touch base and say Hello!!! back to all of you. Nellie has really become a good friend to have in the short time I have known her and hope to continue the friendship for a long time. For now all of you have a great week!! :) :)
What a great picture and hope he is able to come in sometime!
Welcome Charlie.
This is the thread for new members to introduce themselves.Glad to be here
Welcome to our wonderful community! We are glad you found us!
This is the thread for new members to introduce themselves.Glad to be here
Welcome to our wonderful community! We are glad you found us!
hello julia welcome to the forum your certainly in the right place we are all brokeback,heath and jake mad,
:( Hi, Nefariouslash, good to have you here
Välkommen Nefariouslash!!!
So many Swedes! ;D
Välkommen Nefariouslash!!!
So many Swedes! ;D
How many? saw just u'n me :)
Miss Lash, there are lots of us! Except I'm a pseudo-Swede (American, but been here for over 10 years).
Check your pms......... ;)
Välkommen Julia!
So nice to meet you!
(((((((((((( Hugs ))))))))))
Mia
This is the thread for new members to introduce themselves.
Welcome to our wonderful community! We are glad you found us!
Oh, and a good place to start, if you don't have any plans yet, is the original "How Brokeback Affected Me" thread.
http://www.davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=101.0
welcome Summer63 :) nice name BTW.
I know what you mean... my name is a about that too.welcome Summer63 :) nice name BTW.
Thanks.
about the name..just want to imagine that time just stop at that time..then our boys only have their good time on brokeback mountain.
Well, I saw it first on Bravo...by accident, of course, must have been fate. Just had turned on the tube to look at some pics on the camera and saw Heath and Jake talking around the fire, and haven't looked back since! I loved every minute, then went out to buy the DVD later in the day and watched it feverishly that night! I have seen the movie, or parts of it so many times in the past 2 weeks...it's nuts. I listen to it in my car...and tear up just hearing that first note....I bought the book which have been reading almost daily along with spending lots of time on this forum!!
I have been so moved by this story, it's characters...it's beyond words. I just know it feels good! :D
Welcome, Ross!
How did you work with Brokeback?
Hi All, my name is Ross I live in the Chicago burbs and I worked on Broke Back Mountain in Canada and in the US in 2004.
Hi All, my name is Ross I live in the Chicago burbs and I worked on Broke Back Mountain in Canada and in the US in 2004.
Holy shit....where in Chicago?....I live in Niles ;D
and Welcome....by the way :D
Hi All, my name is Ross I live in the Chicago burbs and I worked on Broke Back Mountain in Canada and in the US in 2004.
Holy shit....where in Chicago?....I live in Niles ;D
and Welcome....by the way :D
Downers Grove
Medical/Safety advisor
Welcome to the Dave Cullen Forum, Ashley!
"When it came time to design the poster for the film, [co-president of Focus Features and frequent Lee collaborator James] Schamus didn’t research posters of famous Westerns for ideas. He looked at the posters of the 50 most romantic movies ever made. 'If you look at our poster,' he says, 'you can see traces of our inspiration, 'Titanic'.'"
Did you ever end up beating me with views of Titanic/BBM?
Wow thanks for the picture, I've never seen that one. <3
hi ashlee,
i, too, am sorry to hear about your dad. it's not for me to define other people's sexuality, but i think i can safely say my father is gay or bi. over the years, when i was living at home, i walked in on some compromising situations. i tried to talk to him about it, but he would have none of it. he was not is not gay or bi, no way, no how. i haven't spoken with him in ten years; largely because i didn't appreciate him being less than honest about this with my mom, and later, his second wife. of course, it's not my place to say anything, and i never would. but i am recalling my own reaction to BBM, or a part of it. we are all human, and all flawed: how reasonable is it of me to expect a 75 year old man to admit he's gay or bi to himself, let alone anyone else? the movie made me realize that it's far more complesx than i wished it was. i also remember thinking i'd pick up the phone and give him a call. he was not and is not well. years on, and i still haven't called. advice?
thanks,
cat
Cat, call him. Like Andy said, nothing ventured.
Whoops, I've been around for, like, one month and I just noticed that there was this place for new members to introduce themselves! :D
Well, right now it seems to me that I could be broadly categorized as a Rather Conservative Younger Woman (at least that's what I thought of myself prior to seeing the movie). Studying medicine (and that's what I've been doing for the last 6 years and all these years I've been totally concentrated on other people rather than myself) may have been a factor that shaped my personality and made me, paradoxically, less emotional. And then in November I saw Brokeback Mountain to which I was totally unprepared, neither emotionally nor in any other way. That is, I never thought that a film or any work of art could really change my way of thinking the way BBM did. For about two weeks I didn't really want to talk to anybody or go to work partly because it all seemed so bleak and imperfect compared to the powerful experience I got from the film and partly because I started to realize that I wasn't the same. Especially, the movie helped me to find a meaning of an unhappy, but strong relationship I had had years ago and which I had been trying to erase from my memory. It's not that the memories became less painful to me, it's just that I had finally courage to accept it as a part of my life.
It's really nice to be here, thanks for listening ;)
I know that members have gotten together to hang out on various occasions, but I’m curious about whether or not what drew you to the forums initially had something to do with the anonymity offered by the internet and non-face-to-face discussion? Since some of the posts here are so personal, I’m wondering about the motivation behind sharing them here; why you all chose to share your moving stories here rather than somewhere else, or with someone else? (Did you not have anywhere else to go? Anyone to talk to?).
This is my first post here. I love the movie and read Beyond Brokeback recently (wow!) and felt like I should start participating.
So…I’m Eric. I’m 24, grew up in Ohio, and am currently a graduate student.
I’ve got a question:
I know that members have gotten together to hang out on various occasions, but I’m curious about whether or not what drew you to the forums initially had something to do with the anonymity offered by the internet and non-face-to-face discussion? Since some of the posts here are so personal, I’m wondering about the motivation behind sharing them here; why you all chose to share your moving stories here rather than somewhere else, or with someone else? (Did you not have anywhere else to go? Anyone to talk to?).
Hello everyone! My name is Sara, I'm italian, I'm thirty. This is my first post here...i've lurked for MONTHS around without writing nothing because my english isn't very good and I was afraid of filling every line with silly mistakes!!
Now I try... a lot of interesting stuff in this forum, I've become seriously obsessed.
I love you, folks!!!javascript:void(0);
Hello everyone! My name is Sara, I'm italian, I'm thirty
thanks Ministering Angel - I love your name too!Yes, I speak Italian, but not well enough to have deep discussions about Symbolism and Imagery etc :D.
'There were only the two of them on the mountain flying in the euphoric, bitter air', this is my favorite quote. I've been obsessed with the movie for a while and now I'm obsessed with the short story.
Hi Sarah, io penso che dopo una certa età si ritorna giovani!! (= I think at a certain age you become again young!). Can you speak italian?
I'm unable to writing-in emoticons!! (Why? My PC? Isn't its fault..)
Hi there everyone,
I was looking for the right topic space to put this on and figured the Sports fans might just do. And one of the members there suggested I also post it here so I am.
I am on long service leave from my job in Australia ( school teacher) until July so I am finally heading to the mighty USA for 6 weeks. It would be great to meet some of you as i travel around so here's my plans so far.
Land in San Francisco March 15th - want to get to Yosemite and see the Sequoias as well as get to Big Sur and Monterey. Then I'm heading south to Santa Barbara to visit an old Uni teacher who lives there. Then I want to hike down the Grand Canyon. Then I'm going to get to Denver and hire a car and head north to the Black Hills and maybe across Wyoming to yellowstone and the tetons if there's not too much snow still. Then on to Chicago. After a few days there i'll be heading to Indianapolis to meet an old pen friend. From there to Washington and NYC. I am aiming to be in NYC about April 7th. I want to have about 2 weeks there. One thing i want to do there is go upstate to the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival at Bethel, New York. Then head to Boston and the north east. I want to get out to Cape Cod for a couple of days and hopefully up to Maine. I also plan to visit Robert Frost's grave in Bennington, Vermont. I fly out of Boston on April 30th for London. Then I have two months there. Lucky me eh ?
I will be travelling on Amtrak mostly and staying in hostels. I am travelling alone and although I know I will have the greatest time once I get going, I am a little "toey' ie. nervous about it. So if any forum members live somewhere on that trail, it would be great to meet some of you for a few beers as i pass through.
I dont have daily internet access at the moment so If i dont get back to you for a number of days that is why.
Cheers,
Bernie ( Aussie Bloke)
Hi, hi! Jules, here, a.k.a. LovelySmidge! I was directed to this site by freshrainprince. I do seem to dwell in his opinion these days... And I'm loving every minute of it (Good advice, mind you)! Any who... I have a good two and a half hours until I need to get up to go to my courses, fortunately only one today, so instead of sleeping (which, god knows, I should be doing) I am acquainting myself with the forum! Besides, who needs sleep, right? It's totally for squares! Yeah, no, I'll be out after "The Study of Linguistics through Cultural Anthropology"... Hmm, might be asleep during it, truth be told...
So, anyways, hi and feel free to ignore my ridiculous ranting!
The first welcome to Lovely has to be from Lovely.Glad to meet you too!
Glad to meet you :) :)
I like what you're studying! Where are you located?
Welcome to the forum Jules!I thank Prince too, lots of fun here!
I'm glad freshrainprince directed you towards us, it's a wonderful place!!
Have a look around, there is so much going on here!
This might interest you, it's the slash thread, you have been mentioned there more than once... ;)
http://www.davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=32220.new#new
I thank Prince too, lots of fun here!
Were they good things?
Or should I go look through the whole thread to find the bad things people said? ;D
Oh no, don't do that!Lol, no. That's okay! You say they are good things, I'll believe you!
They were indeed good things!
People thought highly of your writing!
Sad to say I haven't had time yet to read any of yours myself, but I will!
If you ask in the thread, someone might be able to direct you to the posts where you were mentioned.