Last night in the ATL...

My sister and I decided to go and see Brokeback Mountain last night, and on our way there, as we drove down Hosea Williams, toward Midtown Art Cinema, we saw weird BIG lights a few streets over, and crowds of people off in the distance, for blocks on end. Right in the middle of a neighborhood called Kirkwood.


Because I'm a nosey girl, I turned into the crowd, and inched the car as far as I could. Everywhere I looked there were people hanging out, sipping Hennessey, drinking forties. Women were dancing all sexy by their cars, mostly wearing really tight velour sweatsuits. Mostly with really nice bodies... Men were appreciating them.


"Wow, this block party looks like a music video!" I said... "What a cool neighborhood!"


I pulled over and asked a really nice, really large man what was going on. "What's going on?" I asked.


He smiled a nice smile, a big enough smile to crinkle his eyes behind his large sunglasses. "It's a Young Jah video,.".


We thought about parking and sticking around, watching the video, sipping some Hennessey. But my sister looked down at herself. She said, "I'm wearing CORDUROYS and a Chinese SILK SCARF. I'm not really dressed for a video shoot.


Neither was I, so we sadly turned and drove off to see Heath and Jake kiss. Which was exciting, but not quite AS exciting as getting into a video. Especially since we had to confront the fact that what we WERE dressed for was Midtown Art.


We all make choices.


In other news, after Brokeback Mountain, we found ourselves talking about the two main characters, and about how those characters resembled the two main characters in Lonesome Dove as well. But without the sexy boy-love. The contrast of the "fun go getter" and the "restrained and silent".


Who would you love to love, Call or Gus? Ennis or Jack?