Author Topic: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament  (Read 180040 times)

Offline Kerry

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • BetterMost Moderator
  • BetterMost 5000+ Posts Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 7,076
  • ^ In pursuit of Captain Moonlite - 5 Sept 2009
    • Google Profile
Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #40 on: January 26, 2007, 10:52:13 pm »
I would like to propose setting aside some time at the Alberta gathering to carry out some of the rituals.

Thank you, Lynne. Me too! I had to dig through boxes of old books at the back of a wardrobe, and noticed the  discrepancy when I consulted a dusty old prayer book, located there.

I'm not sure what the "Alberta Gathering" is, but I would consider it an honour if my Brokeback Prayer was recited as part of the ritual.
γνῶθι σεαυτόν

Offline Lynne

  • BetterMost Supporter
  • BetterMost Moderator
  • BetterMost 5000+ Posts Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 9,291
  • "The world's always ending." --Ianto Jones
    • Elizabeth Warren for Massachusetts
Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #41 on: January 26, 2007, 11:22:37 pm »
I'm not sure what the "Alberta Gathering" is, but I would consider it an honour if my Brokeback Prayer was recited as part of the ritual.

Kerry - the Alberta Pilgrimage is a trip schedule for late July.  Details can be found at this thread:

http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,6345.0.html

If you're feeling like travelling across the planet, you'd be most welcome.  We're still in the very early planning stages, but I'm hoping to move heaven and earth to make it, as are many here.  It promises to be a terrific opportunity to visit some of the film locations and commune with nature and other Brokies.

Hugs,
Lynne
"Laß sein. Laß sein."

Offline Meryl

  • BetterMost Supporter
  • Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 12,205
  • There's no reins on this one....
Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #42 on: January 26, 2007, 11:29:33 pm »
Thanks for the revised version, Kerry.  I presume the four years in the Wilderness refers to the first four years after Brokeback?

Alberta is going to be really special, I'm sure.  One of the great Pilgrimages.  8)
Ich bin ein Brokie...

Offline Kerry

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • BetterMost Moderator
  • BetterMost 5000+ Posts Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 7,076
  • ^ In pursuit of Captain Moonlite - 5 Sept 2009
    • Google Profile
Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #43 on: January 26, 2007, 11:40:05 pm »
Thanks for the revised version, Kerry.  I presume the four years in the Wilderness refers to the first four years after Brokeback?

Alberta is going to be really special, I'm sure.  One of the great Pilgrimages.  8)

Yes, Meryl, that is correct. The "Wilderness" there refers to the wilderness of the spirit experienced by Jack and Ennis in the four desolate years that transpired between "Well, see you around, I guess" and "Sonofabitch, sonofabitch." 
γνῶθι σεαυτόν

Offline David In Indy

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • BetterMost Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 18,447
  • You've Got Male
Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #44 on: January 26, 2007, 11:43:56 pm »
Kerry, I am so sorry I was laughing when I first read your prayer in my blog. I wasn't sure how I was supposed to react to it, and therefore I interpreted it as satire. Now that you have added those two extra lines to your prayer, it is absolutely beautiful. I love it!
Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.

Offline Kerry

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • BetterMost Moderator
  • BetterMost 5000+ Posts Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 7,076
  • ^ In pursuit of Captain Moonlite - 5 Sept 2009
    • Google Profile
Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #45 on: January 27, 2007, 12:25:31 am »
Kerry, I am so sorry I was laughing when I first read your prayer in my blog. I wasn't sure how I was supposed to react to it, and therefore I interpreted it as satire. Now that you have added those two extra lines to your prayer, it is absolutely beautiful. I love it!

I confess that I smiled myself as I wrote the "Give us this day our daily Beans" line. No way to get around the beans thing, though. I mean, what's the name of this site? BetterMost, right?! So yes, I too had a chuckle. I knew where you were coming from and I really felt very deeply for you, when you told of your experiences with the "good nuns," whilst growing up. It's therapeutic and cathartic to laugh. Gotta be better than crying all the time, and God knows, I've already shed my share of tears over dear Jack & Ennis.
Much love,
Kerry
γνῶθι σεαυτόν

Offline Meryl

  • BetterMost Supporter
  • Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 12,205
  • There's no reins on this one....
Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #46 on: March 30, 2007, 12:24:05 am »


MARCH 30, 2006 - MARCH 30, 2007


THE GREAT EXODUS




Commemorating the day the
Children of Tremblay
Beset by Plagues and Tribulations
Chose to Relinquish their Ancestral Home
and Establish a New Order in


The Promised Land

BetterMost, Wyoming


In Honor of Which Shall
The Faithful Unite in



A MOST SOLEMN

YEEHAW
Ich bin ein Brokie...

Offline Ellemeno

  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • ********
  • Posts: 15,367
Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #47 on: March 30, 2007, 01:35:17 am »


YEEHAW

(and thank you, Moses YaadPyar, and thank you, Phillip)

Offline Front-Ranger

  • BetterMost Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 30,288
  • Brokeback got us good.
Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #48 on: April 02, 2007, 07:41:54 pm »
Question for the High Priestess: Is it Brokoholic, Brokaholic, Brokomaniac, or just Brokie???

"chewing gum and duct tape"

Offline Meryl

  • BetterMost Supporter
  • Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 12,205
  • There's no reins on this one....
Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #49 on: April 02, 2007, 09:34:50 pm »
Question for the High Priestess: Is it Brokoholic, Brokaholic, Brokomaniac, or just Brokie???

I'm no expert, but I prefer Brokaholic to Brokoholic.  Never heard Brokomaniac, but I know some to apply it to.  And Brokie?  There's no reins on that one.  8)
Ich bin ein Brokie...