The first Tremblayan story that popped into my mind was when
Ray and
Sheyne first met, and he brought her a
goldfish, and the three of them had their picture taken together. The second story that came to me about as quickly was when
Meryl and
Jenny newyearsday serendipitously met for the first time at a theater showing BBM and discovered they were each other, two friends who hadn't met until then.
Next comes to mind how
Banner Hill was driving along a Santa Monica street he doesn't normally drive, and there on the darkened
Aero theater marquee it said something like
"Ang Lee and the cast of Brokeback Mountain." Astonished he checked into it, and reported it to us. I wavered for about two minutes and then went online and bought two tickets to it, even though it was over 1000 miles away. Ticket to the Aero: $9. Airfare, hotel, etc: a lot more. The experience of seeing Heath, Jake, Michelle, Diana Ossana, Gustavo and Rodrigo with some true blue Brokies: priceless.
The next story I think of -
John Gallagher's stroke and recovery and the love he got from
NY Brokies. We love John!
The next story I think of just happened: There we were in the chat a week and a half ago, celebrating Chez Tremblay's anniversary and what we have experienced together, a great gang of oldtimers and new, and in popped
Casey Cornelius, and we yukked it up with him for a long time. That was a highlight of my Brokie career too.
Saying 'Brokie career' makes me think about when a large group of mingling Brokies from all boards, plus even board-less Brokies (the poor dears) filled the sidewalk outside of the
Castro Theater in San Francisco, and I had more than a couple of people gasp when they met me and say, "You're THE
Ellemeno!?!" One woman had her friend come over fast to meet me, "It's Ellemeno!" That was a different kind of experience. And I hasten to say, I wasn't the only Tremblayan that day to experience that.
Peeing my pants laughing filling threads with
emoticon and emotional scenes from BBM. Reading yours.
Getting very familiar with a certain
online dictionary over the months, looking for words for the
ABCs thread, and eventually having to quit that online dictionary for a new one, because I had literally used it up, no more BBM-related words in it that we hadn't used. Whodathunk that was possible?
Putting people on
ignore, taking people off
ignore.
The Warshrag and Friends.The miracle of this photo and others like it:
Getting an email from
Celeste on March 30th, saying something like, "I think I may have found us a
home....."
