Arcane holidays

[cybertoothtiger]

 Happy Robbie Burns Day!

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang's my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o need,
While thro your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour dight,
An cut you up wi ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like onie ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin, rich! 

Comments

[xbedhead.livejournal.com]

I love that movie so hard. Even though Kiefer's in it just a little bit, his performance was so good.

The rest of the story is a bit boring and I find the woman's actions quite fickle, but I think that has more to do with the editing troubles and productions woes I've heard that lagged over the film

[cybertoothtiger.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the movie yet. I might have to get a copy, if only for this scene!

[xbedhead.livejournal.com]

I got it off Amazon as an import, but it played in all regions. I think it ended up being about $20.

If I knew how to do it, I'd burn you a copy because...well...I love his scenes, but like I said, the rest of the movie is kinda choppy, the story's a little off, etc. It's really pretty, though.

And as I mentioned before - Kiefer's scenes are amazing. I didn't even care that I got to see his butt because his acting was so good in it.

And that's saying something.

[cybertoothtiger.livejournal.com]

Maybe we could ask LOSTin24 to post just his scenes on Youtube?

I'm going to watch To End All Wars tonight.

[xbedhead.livejournal.com]

Ahh! One of my favorite movies ever! I loved every single one of the actors in that film - I thought they all did a great job, Robert Carlisle in particuar.

And it'd probably be a good idea to do that with his scenes - he's probably in the movie a total of ten minutes (if that). He definitely made the most of them, though.

[marinw.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, very nice poem.

Now, on to a very important question: Where are Kiefer's pants? Not that I'm complaining.

[cybertoothtiger.livejournal.com]

Bah! Who needs pants? And you know he has nothing on underneath. That would have been a fun set to be on.

Kilts are so awesome. Sadly, they're an increasingly rare sight in Alberta, except at the Banff Springs, where some of the bell dudes wear them. If only I lived in Nova Scotia!

The local restaurant reviewer was going to review a Scottish restaurant today in honour of the day, but the only one he could find was a place called MacDonald's.

[marinw.livejournal.com]

What movie are we referring to? I am somewhat lacking in my Kieferology.

[cybertoothtiger.livejournal.com]

A movie called The River Queen shot in New Zealand, about land struggles between Europeans (Scottish? Irish? There were Scots from Nova Scotia there in 1851, apparently) and Maoris (Did you ever see Utu?) The trailer's on Youtube. Kiefer's accent is disconcerting, somehow. Not as disconcerting as in the TV show where he played an Irish boxer. It begins with his voiceover "Loov harts"

But the beard in this kind of rocks, and the kilt, definitely.

Kilts

[marinw.livejournal.com]

DIRECTOR: Anything worn under the kilt?

KIEFER: No, sir. Everything's in good working order.

Sorry. It's an old joke told by one of my photography profs, but I couldn't resist.

Re: Kilts

[cybertoothtiger.livejournal.com]

Bwah-ha-ha. Very good working order, I think.

Hope he doesn't fall off the wagon tonight. Or at least, if he does, he stays home.

Just one little scotch for auld lang syne.

River Queen

[marinw.livejournal.com]

Just saw a clip on You Tube with a horrible soundtrack. Wounded! Shirtless! Suffering! Hurt/Comfort! Let's cauterize the wound with a hot poker! My kind of film.

The ending looks like a downer. Hygiene, people, hygiene.

[xbedhead.livejournal.com]

He doesn't need pants - he's a MAAAAAAN!

Sorry - that's my brother's answer to everything ("Where's your coat?" "I don't need one, I'm a MAN!") and it seemed particularly fitting here. *G*

He's wearing a kilt b/c he's playing a Scottish infantryman posted on some British (French?) colony in New Zealan.