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chameau:
ennisjack.com Weekly Newsletter - July 3 - July 18, 2006
Hi Brokies,
Time flies so fast :P Sorry for skipping last week's Newsletter but it's summer, many editors are on vacation and the Montreal Gathering kept others busy ::). Montreal's first encounter of ennisjack.com members was a huge success, better than what we expected. The live chat on Sunday July 2nd was one of a life time experience for my guests and I :-\\ :\'( <^(
What I liked about the MG experience, was that we proved we could make it!! We proved people that had never met before could meet, hug, laugh and cry as if they had lifelong time friends.
I'm looking forward to meet friends in Chicago next August, and in Europe next December.
We are Decent People United
(thanks Froggy for the picture :-*) I love you Brokies and thanks for your support at ennisjack.com
Chameau %)
Quoting posts with pictures
From Tpe
To all forumers:
The moderators have requested that in both the Heath and Jake pix threads, we should all refrain from quoting long sequences of BBM screencaps in their entirity. I am quite guilty of this myself! I plan to post a similar guideline in the Jake Pix thread.
I will try to edit such quotes that repeat multiple screencaps in their entirety. But feel free to quote a few pix in a sequence of screencaps for specific comments. This should not be a problem.
This decision was made for your convenience. We appreciate your continued enthusiasm and show of support for Heath and Jake!
Thanks all. :)
The following editorial was written by Bubbaluna (Domenick) and reflects ONLY the opinion of this author and not necessarily that of the entire newletter team
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As I See It.. The Women Of Brokeback Mountain [/b] [/size]
Alma
Poor Alma.....Is she ever happy?? Does she bring happiness to anyone...I think not.....
Alma's first three appearances in the movie are by far her happiest; she and Ennis getting married; she and Ennis frolicking in the snow; and she and Ennis at the drive in movie. In her subsequent appearances we find her increasingly burdened with chores, children and unhappiness...and burdening Ennis with something he has to take care of but doesn't want....a life without Jack.
Alma is truly a tragic figure in Brokeback Mountain because she is a victim from the start. She is totally shocked when the kiss occurs and finds no way to deal with it. The little serenity and chance for happiness she might have dies with that kiss and the realization that Ennis loves Jack and not her. She does her best to deal with it but is trapped in a life of poverty, unhappiness and devoid of love. She finds a way out with Monroe but one sees that she cannot truly escape the humiliation and hurt of all the years she bore witness to having Ennis steal away with Jack.
Alma's strength lies in her ability to carry on, raise her children while still providing a decent home for Ennis under very strained circumstances. Unlike Lureen who has her family's support (at least financially) and material goods to help compensate for what Jack cannot give her Alma has none of this. Alma has only her dignity and pride and the hope that she can raise beautiful children and rise above the hurt she feels every day.
Very few viewers feel much for Alma...she seems only to "get in Ennis' way".....but I for I see her as heroic and brave....and a lady above all others......
and That is HOW I See It...
Some quotes from last 2 weeks
--- Quote from: gimmejack on Jul 03, 2006, 04:16 PM ---
If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
~Michel de Montaigne~
--- End quote ---
Pix with Poems
From gimmejack on July 3rd
http://www.ennisjack.com/index.php?topic=3816.msg186779#msg186779
--- Quote ---This is why I love this place:
I wandered alone in a crowded world full of chaos and noise. Then through the darkness I saw a gentle light that somehow beckoned me near. As I reached the light I found a small community and the sign on the open gate read simply: ennisjack, with a note below - everyone welcome. So I continued in, thinking I’d just look around and be on my way. Then someone approached and said “Welcome friend. Stay awhile.” So I strolled the many paths and everywhere I went I was met by warm smiles, cordial handshakes, and the occasional pat on the back. Then, perhaps sensing I wanted to stay, someone took me by the hand and led me to a camp. Many friendly faces greeted me there. Someone said “Rest your feet by the fire.” And another said “If you’re tired, there’s a tent for you here; if you’re cold - a blanket; if you’re hungry - food and drink.” And as I sat by the warm glow of the fire, I realized what I had found - a new home; full of love, respect, support, and compassion. A place where you are free to come and go as you choose, to express yourself expansively or sit quietly in the shadows. Where everyone is equal and still everyone is unique. A place that allows you to take this warmth and love out into the world with you, yet never runs out for the supply is endless. A place that helps you to be the best you there is and that allows you to see how valuable that person you are already is. It sounds like a fictional place; too good to be true. But I have found it and it is real. And knowing how rare and valuable it is, I will always cherish, protect, and treasure the community of ennisjack.
--- End quote ---
Why I Love this Place
from Flwrchild on July 7th
http://www.ennisjack.com/index.php?topic=3662.240#msg190792
Calendar for last and next week
July 3rd, Events: * Montreal Gathering
July 4th, Independence Day, USA Birthday: Insomniac487 (19)
July 6th, Birthdays: richardwatts (39), Desireé (17)
July 9th, Birthday: MChantal76 (30), Events: * Independance Day - Argentina
July 10th, Birthday: Mélanos (55)
July 12th Birthday: dblippy (37)
July 13th Birthdays sspude4 (30)
July 14 Birthday: Jack del Sur (47), Event: Fête Nationale (National Day) France
July 15th Birthday: daveya26 (34)
July 16th Birthday: donnaread (57), Stephie (18)
Forum achievements
The amazing and heart tearing thread Pix with Poems reached 50 pages on June 26th. The Silver Wolves reached 800 pages in their thread on June 27th. The Congratulations for Achievements [/color] thread reached 75 pages on July 7th, ennisjack.com reached 190,000 posts on July 9th
Member's levels updates
20 posts, Alma Jr.
La musica, July 2nd
Browneyes, July 7th
Mélanos, July 8th
100 posts, Lureen
KatKat, June 27th
Amtamburo, June 28th
Rpmnh, July 9th
200 posts, Alma
Carmilla, June 28th
Ravenus 19, on July 5th
Jack, 500 posts
Shielmaid, July 1st
Ennis, 1000 posts
Welshwitch, July 4th
Jack + Ennis, 2000 posts
Flwrchild, June 27th
Mrl, July 9th
Special achievements
Bubbaluna, 5000 on June 28th, Chameau, 10,000 on June 29th, City Slickin' Cowboy, 5000 on July 2nd, Froggy, 9000 , on July 3rd, LuvJackNasty, 4000 on July 5th, Frances and Jerasjr, 4000, on July 6th, BBBOY 5000 on July 7th, Twisted 3000 on July 7th, Esme, 4000 on July 8th
;)
Congratulations to all! :^^)
Topic of last week
Montreal Gathering Live Chat
Our first encounter ever of members on ennisjack .com, was a huge success. This is the link to the live chat from Montreal, 935 posted messages read 2470 times. The full story is there:
http://www.ennisjack.com/index.php?topic=5102.0
Topic of the week
Euro Get Together ~ EGT for the friends!
Following the success of our Montreal get together, there is now an Europe get together planned next December, go there for the details:
http://www.ennisjack.com/index.php?topic=5166.0
DVD Release around the World
U.S./Canada - April 4th (zone 1 DVD)
U.K. - April 24 (zone 2 DVD)
Hong Kong - April 28 (zone 3 DVD)
Spain - June 7 (zone 2 DVD)
Norway, June 11 (zone 2 DVD)
Finland, July 12 ( zone 2 DVD)
Sweden, July 17 (zone 2 DVD)
France - July 19 (zone 2 DVD)
Australia - July 20 (zone 4 DVD)
Italy - August 30 (zone 2 DVD)
Any update about the release in your country? :P Post it there:
http://www.ennisjack.com/index.php?topic=5071.0
Archives of the previous Newsletters
Are you looking for the previous Newsletters ???
Go there: http://www.ennisjack.com/index.php?topic=4671.0
Bye Brokies, see you next week :)
July 3 - July 16 editor: Chameau. Please PM me if you have any questions regarding this issue of the newsletter.
chameau:
ennisjack.com Weekly Newsletter - July 17 - July 23, 2006
Howdy mates, ( ;D sorry it's hot and sunny and I though I was back in Australia!)
Most of you know me (I think ??? ), well just in case, I'm a crazy French Froggy who lives in the UK. I joined the forum last December and quickly became a Global Moderator... who just recently got the scary "Administrator" title!
It goes without saying that I am a HUGE BBM fan.. ;)
..Anyway, another week, another newsletter, which I have to say has been running quite smoothly thankx to our dear Chameau...well that's when he is not entertaining some brokies that is! But he has recruited some great chaps to help out, so once again, thank you and welcome to the Editors' team, Stephan and Carlos_H82.
Our dear Ethan is still away at the moment and I cannot wait to see his pretty face back here...we miss y'a x
I love it here. Alsmost 200 000 posts (already!) and over 2700 fantastic members ... We argue, we tease, we cry, we comfort and make each others laugh...I say let's have another crazy week of LaShawning shall we?
~ Froggy ~
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Calling for Newsletter Team
First of all, welcome to Carlos_H82 and Stephan who volunteered to be Editors. The forum still invites members to get involved with our weekly Newsletter, If you are interested in helping out, please click the picture below to post your reply, thank you!
Editorial
The following editorial was written by Guest Editor Stephan and reflects ONLY the opinion of this author and not necessarily that of the entire Newsletter team
As I See It... The Women Of Brokeback Mountain
Alma Jr.
For this second contribution as guest editor, I have the pleasure of sharing a few thoughts on one of those women that has earned a place in all of our hearts : Ennis's eldest child, his daughter Alma, AKA Alma Jr. Different actresses for different ages, yet always the same character, and surely Ennis's best friend after Jack.
Undoubtedly, one of the traits that endears Alma Jr. to us is her confidence in her father. I mean the sort of confidence that stems from genuine love. In the very first word she utters («You girls need a push or something ?» «No-o-o.») she already shows that she can see behind the mask of her father's emotions ; both girls know somehow that their parents are more in pain than in anger, therefore their «No» contains that much more compassion. Some years later, at the end of that ghastly Thanksgiving dinner, Alma Jr. makes a point of saying a cheerful goodbye to Ennis in the face of a violently tense atmosphere. One can practically hear her saying «Goodbye Daddy, I love you.»
She has audacity, but also a sense of discretion. When sounding Ennis out about moving in with him, then later asking whether he will come to her wedding, she doesn't whine or cajole or use other forms of affective blackmail. When she hears the negative answer, she isn't surprised, but neither does she insist on having her own way. She displays understanding for her father, and places more value on his point of view than her own. She doesn't hide her disappointment, but neither does she throw it in his face like an accusation.
Thirdly, she understands Ennis and accepts him for what he is. Her remark to Cassie about him («Maybe he's just not the marrying kind») sums the situation up tactfully, while Cassie was unable or unwilling to face up to the fact. One could say that the teenaged daughter had a sense of reality that the waitress didn't possess.
All these admirable character traits, plus being a bouncy, smiling, pretty young lady, make Alma Jr. radiate with a rare light in this beautiful but otherwise sombre story of eternal love that begins on Brokeback Mountain.
There has, of course, been some discussion in the forum on Alma Jr. Just in case you are interested, you might want to participate. A few links you could click on :
**Not the marrying kind**
**Alma Jr. and Daddy Ennis**
**Alma Jr.**
HELP SUPPORT THE MOVIE CANDY - WIN GREAT PRIZES SUPPORTING HEATH AND THE FILM!
Please help to support the movie Candy, for now it will be released in only one or two theaters in New-York City and Los-Angeles, for two weeks... that's all! :(
No release at all is expected in the rest of U.S.A. and Canada :( Click on any of the two pictures posted here to access our thread and the link to the addicted to the movie Candy webpage
Thread of the week
Why I love this place
Some of the most beautiful posts on this forum are posted there. Everything about love, friendship, respect and dignity... Decent People are United on ennisjack.com, this link will bring you to the latests posts but take the time to read a bit more, **Why I Love this Place**
:) :-\\ :\'( Many posts will make you laugh but so many will make you... :\'(
Have a box of tissues ready ;)
Quote of the week
from Frances
--- Quote from: [b]frances[/b] on Jul 04, 2006, 07:38 PM ---
“I wasn’t kissing him, I was whispering in his mouth.”
--- End quote ---
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Suggested by Froggy
From the thread Pix with Poems **click here for the link**
From Make 'em Laugh
Everything you want to know about posting on a forum? Click this link: **The art of posting**
To go to the thread Make 'em Laugh click the Smileys: ;D ;D ;D
Calendar for next week
July 17 Birthdays: torontoguy20 (25), TeddybearEyes (23)
July 18 Birthdays: Nerk (18), chinook (42)
July 19 Birthdays: SpanishEyes (33) Events: * DVD Release - France
July 21 Birthdays: Ghosted Angel (17)
July 23 Birthdays: just like this¯always (16)
Forum achievements
The Silver Wolves busted 900 pages in their thread on July 10th
Member's levels updates
20 posts, Alma Jr.
Theresa, on July 11th
Smilesalot, on July 12th
Ms.bluesky, on July 14th
Jeffjoe, on July 16th
100 posts, Lureen
Gimmejack, on July 11th
Aintfoolin, on July 13th
Ms.bluesky, on July 15th
Ennis, 1000 posts
Allyce, July 10th
Hpv, July 14th
Special achievement
Cowboy Cody, 5000 posts on July 13th
Congratulations to all! O0
Montreal Gathering Live Chat
Last week Old Cham was a bit lost and was lookin' for stuff for the newsletter he tought were lost... they were in a word document on his hard disk at home :s) *^)
I would like to come back to the Montreal Gathering, there are 2 quotes I found very representative of the spirit of that very special Sunday in particular and the spirit of our forum in general
--- Quote ---From Welshwitch
« Reply #786 on: Jul 03, 2006, 03:28 PM »
If we could bottle the love and support and affection between us and sell it, they could chuck away the missiles and tanks. How come we can love each other when so many others find nothing but people to hate?
--- End quote ---
Quoted by Esme
--- Quote ---« Reply #789 on: Jul 03, 2006, 03:32 PM »
We are here because we all love one thing...a small wonderful film about love.... the Bushes and Blairs and Bin Ladens of the world don't think our little Brokeback is important... and that is why they are more hung up on hurt than love... I doubt none told them how wonderful they looked or offered a virtual shoulder when they have a tough day....
And I am pretty sure they have never had a live chat, skype or forum with a can of beans on their heads ... If they had tried that they might have had a little more tolerance for each other ;)
--- End quote ---
This is the link to the quotes **Montreal Gathering Live Chat**
Decent People United - Thoughts from Montreal Gathering
We could make it... we made it. A get togheter of members on ennisjack.com is possible and believe me it's an unforgetable experience. All the members wo attented the Montreal Gathering posted their toughts, the thread is now open to all, click on the picture below to access it:
Euro Get Together ~ EGT for the friends!
Europe's Gathering is confirmed, from December 8th to December 11th 2006 in London UK, click on the London Bridge picture to go to the thread:
DVD Release around the World
U.S./Canada - April 4th (zone 1 DVD)
U.K. - April 24 (zone 2 DVD)
Hong Kong - April 28 (zone 3 DVD)
Spain - June 7 (zone 2 DVD)
Norway, June 11 (zone 2 DVD)
Finland, July 12 ( zone 2 DVD)
Sweden, July 17 (zone 2 DVD)
France - July 19 (zone 2 DVD)
Australia - July 20 (zone 4 DVD)
Italy - August 30 (zone 2 DVD)
Germany - October 16 (zone 2 DVD)
Any update about the release in your country? Post it there: **DVD**
Got News or Ideas?
Please help the editing team by sending new items you think should be in the newsletter. Is there a post that really touched you? Do you have something that needs to be announced? Whatever you think would be good for the newsletter, please PM the editors or post them there: **Newsletter** [/u]
Archives of the previous Newsletters
Are you looking for the previous Newsletters? Click here: **Archives**
Bye Brokies, see you next week %)
July 17 - July 23 editor: Chameau. Please PM me if you have any questions regarding this issue of the newsletter.
chameau:
ennisjack.com Weekly Newsletter - July 24 - July 30, 2006
Is this July? Is this Summer? Is this vacation time? When we busted 100,000 posts, last April, we were considering 200,000 would happen around the end of August or beginning of September. :s) If the Forum would be then still alive.
Yeah! Right! 200,000 happened Monday July 17th, new members are still registering every day and some older members are posting like LaShawn is talking. ::) ;D
You will find on this edition of the Newsletter a link to a new thread about ennisjack.com history. Thank you to Ethan, Froggy, the Moderators and all our dearest Brokies for making this place an island of love, peace and respect, our home on the cyberspace,
Born from their Love... Forever bound by ours
(Quote from LuvJackNasty)
I wish you another excellent week on ennisjack.com
Chameau ^f^
Editorial
The following editorial was written by Stephan and reflects ONLY the opinion of this author and not necessarily that of the entire Newsletter team
As I See It... The Women Of Brokeback Mountain
Lashawn (and Other Half Randall)
« I have no resistance ! »
One of my favourite lines in Brokeback Mountain is spoken by lively young Lashawn, another minor character in the film. She speaks a lot, in fact ; so much so that in ennisjack.com slang, her name has become synonymous with long spates of posting on the forum :-X. Yet without her, and her very cute husband Randall, we would be missing something in our perception of Jack's dilemma and distress.
The couple Randall/Lashawn illustrates what Jack tells Ennis about his marriage : they might as well do it over the phone. Jack and Lureen barely look at or speak to each other. The situation where they meet - a dinner and dance - also serves as a flashback to the rodeo bar where Jack and Lureen had met. In those days, Lureen was the lively gal, whereas Jack seemed tongue-tied. We recall Lureen's eagerness to get intimate with Jack... « Do you think I should put the brakes on ? »
The couple have now traded characters. Now Jack appears more eager and determined to enjoy himself, whereas Lureen appears to have engaged the parking brake - she doesn't get out of her chair at the dinner-dance. Lashawn presents Jack with an opportunity to enjoy the evening and an acceptable excuse to get away from Lureen. But here is the dilemma : Jack enjoys intimacy with men. And there is one gorgeous one sitting right next to Lashawn !
Randall... does not say much. Does not miss much either. When Jack says « Wanna dance ? » he knows Jack is really interested in dancing with him. Hence the suggestion of a week-end à deux while the two men are sitting outside waiting for their wives. Which is when Jack's dilemma becomes distress. Lashawn's husband is not just a boy from Mexico. A tryst with Randall would have an impact on Jack's relationship with Ennis that no Mexican encounter could ever have. Randall is offering something that Jack longs for but that he « don't hardly never get ». What to do ? Will Jack be able to put the brakes on ? Does he want to ? Is it time to give up on Ennis ?
Jack's subsequent relationship to the Randall/Lashawn couple remains ambiguous - if Jack and Randall get together, why does Jack tell Ennis that he « don't hardly never get » the intimacy he wants from Ennis ?
But thanks to the characters of Randall and Lashawn, we are better able to understand the depth of Jack's frustration when meetings with Ennis become increasingly difficult to arrange. Perhaps too we identify more closely with Jack : some of us in this forum may have had to deal with a similar experience in life....
Euro Get Together ~ EGT for the friends!
Europe's Gathering is confirmed, from December 8th to December 11th 2006 in London UK.
Click on the picture to go to the thread:
New Threads of the Week
ennisjack.com Chronology - past, present & future
When and how ennisjack.com started, click on the banner below to read the full story
And some sequel...
Your thought on the Chronology of ennisjack.com
Click on the picture below to access this thread
Quote of the week
From Swisscowboy
--- Quote ---I think after all I would not call Post Brokeback Mountain as a syndrom. Isn't it a kind of addiction to something we do understand, but can't understand either at the same time. The way Brokeback hit me and the way Brokeback the movie and the friends I found are sharing my life is unbelievable. I agree that most of the people I met and correspondend are only via the forums. But as we had a Brokeback Meeting in Switzerland with 12 people out of Switzerland, Germany and Austria we knew how it could be like this. Writing quite openly in the threads is totally different than standing in front of the persons you have only internet contact. And it worked out very, very well.
I can only encourage you to meet and to stand face to face. Each and every single one of the participants of the meeting very quite afraid to go. But we all took a step forward. And I think we always have to move forward.
--- End quote ---
PBS (post brokeback syndrome)
« Reply #1225 on: July 21 at 07:02:40am »
This is the link: Post Brokeback Syndrome
Your inputs to re-organize this forum
As the forum grows larger, we need your inputs to better organize the contents. The Mod's Team likes to hear your inputs/suggestions/comments on the current structure of the forum and how we can make it better. Click on the picture to post your suggestions.
As a beginning of the re-organisation, a new Board has been created, Member Connection, all the topics concerning members reunions such as the Montreal Get Together, The Montreal Gathering Live chat, Decent People United, The European Get Together etc... have been re-united there. You wish to meet your Brokie Brothers and Sisters? Click Here.
Talking about Member Connection
Talking about Member Connection, Ethan created this video/photo collage from the Montreal Gathering event, click the picture to see it:
Good one Fearless Leader O0 To go to the thread, Click Here
Old Thread from the Past
March of the Penguins: Return to Brokeback
Another version of the BBM trailer ;)
Click the picture to see the video
This is the link: March of the Penguins: Return to Brokeback
Another Old Thread from the Past
Willie Nelson & Gay Cowboys
Willie Nelson Releases Homage to Gay Cowboys
Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)’ available on iTunes
The Associated Press
Feb. 14, 2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Country music outlaw Willie Nelson sang “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” and “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys” more than 25 years ago.
He released a very different sort of cowboy anthem this Valentine’s Day.
“Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)” may be the first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist. But it was written long before this year’s Oscar-nominated “Brokeback Mountain” made gay cowboys a hot topic.
Available exclusively through iTunes, the song features choppy Tex-Mex style guitar runs and Nelson’s deadpan delivery of lines like, “What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?” and “Inside every cowboy there’s a lady who’d love to slip out.”
The song, which debuted Tuesday on Howard Stern’s satellite radio show, was written by Texas-born singer-songwriter Ned Sublette in 1981. Sublette said he wrote it during the “Urban Cowboy” craze and always imagined Nelson singing it.
Someone passed a copy of the song to Nelson back in the late 1980s and, according to Nelson’s record label, Lost Highway, he recorded it last year at his Pedernales studio in Texas.
Nelson has appeared in several Western movies and sings “He Was a Friend of Mine” on the “Brokeback Mountain” soundtrack.
click here for the song and video
For the thread, click here
Calendar for next week
July 24, Birthdays: Tiger24 (17)
July 26, Birthdays: needabbm
July 27, Birthdays: mikele (41)
July 30 , Birthdays: Nightwolf (38), tpkomodo (30)
Forum achievements
ennisjack.com busted 200,000 posts on July 17th, the Germans busted 300 pages in their Channel on July 18th, we busted 100 pages in the Movie Quizz Thread on July 20th, 100 pages in the Oh Baby...pix thread on July 21st. the Silver Wolves busted 1000 pages and 30,000 posts on July22nd.
Member's levels updates
20 posts, Alma Jr.
Drama_Queen, on July 18th
Josie81, on July 20th
Rosie, on July 21st
Gyllenhaalic, on July 22nd
FulOfSadness, on July 22nd
Ejr, on July 23rd
200 posts, Alma
Gimmejack, on July 20th
Jack, 500 posts
Sabine, on July 19th
Jessianne21, on July 20th
Special achievements
City Slickin' Cowboy, 6000 posts on July 17th, Tpe, 6000 posts on July 18th, Cowboy Cody 6000 posts on July 23rd.
Congratulations to all!
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DVD Release around the World
U.S./Canada - April 4th (zone 1 DVD)
U.K. - April 24 (zone 2 DVD)
Hong Kong - April 28 (zone 3 DVD)
Spain - June 7 (zone 2 DVD)
Norway, June 11 (zone 2 DVD)
Finland, July 12 ( zone 2 DVD)
Sweden, July 17 (zone 2 DVD)
France - July 19 (zone 2 DVD)
Australia - July 20 (zone 4 DVD)
Italy - August 30 (zone 2 DVD)
Germany - October 16 (zone 2 DVD)
Any update about the release in your country?
Click on the picture to post the information.
Got News or Ideas?
Please help the editing team by sending new items you think should be in the newsletter. Is there a post that really touched you? Do you have something that needs to be announced? Whatever you think would be good for the newsletter, please PM the editors or post them there: Newsletter
Archives of the previous Newsletters
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Bye Brokies, see you next week %)
July 24 - July 30 editor: Chameau. Please PM me if you have any questions regarding this issue of the newsletter.
chameau:
ennisjack.com Weekly Newsletter - July 31 - August, 2006
Hello Brokies <^(, we have a new Editor, Amtamburo, she volunteered last week and joined our team, thank you and welcome Angi. The Editors are now, Bubbaluna, Balchy28, Stephan, Carlos_H82 and Amtamburo, of course Ethan , Froggy and I, are contributors too.
Since it will be their first contribution this week, I asked Carlos_H82 and Amtamburo to introduce themselves.
from Amtamboro
--- Quote ---Hello there,
I was asked to write a little introduction of myself, (and my first thought was "ugh… I don’t know how to do That!") so here I go. My name is Angi, I am 35 years old, I live in California, and I am a (as my boyfriend so affectionately puts it) a certified, Grade-Double A, Obsessive-Complusive and Fiercely Loyal ‘Brokie’. (Let no-one defame nor make a derogatory remark about BBM, Heath or Jake in my presence… to do so will evoke a wraith most unpleasant! Sorry, inside joke… something to do with my sister dubbing me the ‘Brokie Defender’ that came about after a somewhat heated conversation with some mutual friends…)
I was not fortunate enough to see BBM in the theater, (I made the mistake of listening to a co-worker who went to see it and talked for two days about how dreadful it was… what a mistake!) so I did not see the movie until Mother’s Day, when I received it as a gift from my daughter and my BF, who both know about my years long obsession and closet crush on Heath Ledger. (Of course now I have to add Jake Gyllenhaal to that obessive crush, albeit to a slightly lesser degree. Though Jake is a sexy little devil, Heath will always be #1 in my book!)
I have been an addict ever since, and can’t seem to get through a day without my “BBM fix” (another of my BF’s little sayings). Thanks for the chance to help out this wonderful forum… I spend so much time here it feels like my home, glad I to have a chance to help maintain it!
Thanks again, Angi (Amtamburo)
--- End quote ---
From Carlos_H82
--- Quote ---Well here's a little of me
Hola!!!! ^f^
Well as you may know I just recently joined the Editors for the Newsletter which is a big Yay!!! For me ;) My name is Carlos I just recently turned 23 (Yay! Again) and I’ve just recently got engaged with my girlfriend (Let me hear big Yay! From you) and hopefully we’ll be getting married soon (well not that soon ;) I hope) I’m currently living in Panama, but my fiancé and I are thinking to move out to another country Canada? Maybe who knows ::) I’m the third child of a family of four. I have two brothers one of 19 years…wait he have 20 and the other have 35 years and a sister of 30 years. My older brother lives in England but he’ll be moving out to Poland soon. I have to nephews one of four years (my sister) and the other of ten months (brother) and I love them in pieces.
Now I became a brokie thanks to my friends Yitzhak and Rajel who after many unsuccessful attempts convinced to see the movie and after that I saw another side of love that I never saw before. Well let’s say that I’ve realized that everyone deserves to be happy no matter what. And that’s how I joined forum my friend Yitzhak told me that it was fun and a good place to share opinions. And knowing that I’m a person that get bored on forums easy I tried entering here and guess what? I like it!!
I’m a BBM addict which is weird to some of my friends and my family, though my dad and my sister saw it and like it, they are just not as fan as I am (maybe they should join here :8 :8 ) and well I like to add that I’m a big fan of Ann Hathaway <^( <^(
I love writing and I like writing stories and articles for college, fan fiction and articles for the forum (well from now on) I spend much of my time on college, home and work on this forum and looking for BBM related things. Well I think that some of you know me I’m that crazy member that just wants the Spanish thread to be fulfilled of posts!!
I’m a Graphic Design Student, which is my second bachelor (I have a Computers Engineer already) I like to say that I like making lot of friends because you never know if you have to go there and you could get a free housing! (joking :8) Well if you want to know me better! I’ll recommend you to send me a PM, I like to have new friends!
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Thank you friends, we are looking forward to work with you. #$#
Chameau
Editorial
The following editorial was written by Carlos_H82 and reflects ONLY the opinion of this author and not necessarily that of the entire Newsletter team
The Reunion Embrace
“With the pass of time Love don’t die, it grows bigger”
Most of us agree when we say that this is one of the most beautiful scenes of the movie, and it is also one of those rare instances where we see Ennis taking the lead. We know that for them this moment is magical.
After their last encounter four years ago, we see them suffer in their own way as they go on opposite sides of the road. Jack looks back at Ennis through his truck's rear view mirror and knows that maybe this could be the last time he could see him. Meanwhile Ennis have a breakdown on the side of the road. They both continue with their lives. Ennis marries and Jack, after trying to keep his bull-riding career, eventually marries as well.
During those four years, we see how their lives go and how they try to deal with each other’s absence, however, we know that they are missing something: each other. We know that because they don’t have that glint of happiness that we see in people who find promise and fulfillment with a beloved.
Four years have passed and they have tried to move on, but a love doesn’t die when it is born out of “Real Love”, and that’s what happened between the two of them. Those four years spent being separated from each other made them realize the big error they made by going on different paths. As soon Ennis received a "sign of life" from Jack, all those feelings cam back to him with renewed force.
When we see Ennis declining Alma’s suggestion to hire a nanny and take Jack to a restaurant, it is clear to us that he doesn’t want anybody else to ruin that moment. His Jack Twist, his Jack “f***in” Twist, the one that he is waiting for. His nervousness increases as time passes waiting for Jack to appear. So long as there is no sign of Jack, he tries to find relief by drinking beer, fidgetting, looking out the window, smoking, etc. Some of us think that maybe all that beer drinking had a hand in what happens next.
When at last he hears Jack’s truck parking outside the laundrymat, his joy and happiness is evident in his face as he looks through the window with eyes that seems to say: “There you are, my love”. He comes out of his flat as fast as he can, saying the first thing on his mind: "Jack f***in' Twist!" Then, at that moment when he runs as fast he can to hug Jack and listen him whisper “Ennis”, he just knows that he shouldn’t have let Jack go four years ago. We know that in the Short Story, he admits this much to Jack in the motel scene (although this admission was not included in the film version).
The way they looked at each other in the eye informs us of the magic of this moment. Then, it happens: Ennis pushes Jack against the wall and, in less than a second, their lips are together, just as the right key enters the lock. We see Jack's obvious surprise when Ennis did this; indeed, this is not Ennis's normal way of acting. This is Ennis, the real Ennis, the one that he had been trying to hide from the rest of the world -- but not from his beloved Jack.
They kiss each other as if they would never see each other again..., as if they were thinking that this wouldn’t last. That kiss seals their fate; they know that nothing will be the same for them henceforth. They know now that, no matter how much time had passed by, they still loved each other. And maybe, taking note of the fact that the word "love" was never mentioned, no words were needed in that moment of moments. Their actions showed us the plain truth deep within their hearts.
Quote of the Week
From Mélanos
--- Quote ---PBS is a strange desease, you don't immediatly realise you're ill and when you do it's too late!
I went to see the film in a theater in Paris with my wife and never could I imagine what would happen to me. At the end I was a bit bored, she was crying and I told her maybe it was too slow for me, what a mistake! I had been much more moved by others movies but this one, I could not get it out of my brain. I thought about many people I knew as Ennis or Jack and I found I understood them better...
So I came back alone to try to understand and that was when I was striken, hard, frontal! I had to be alone to get down to the deepness of my own fantasies. "I'm no queer"... but maybe I never met Jack when I was a sheperd at twenty (in fact, there was a sheperdess whose name was Mireille, but that's another story! ^f^). I still wonder myself why I can be so moved by this story, so personaly moved, I mean. That is PBS for me, I try to understand and I write... it began by an itching and now it is more like a book, weird is not it? :i
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PBS (post brokeback syndrome)
« Reply #1260 on: July 27th at 03:47:28pm »
click here for the PBS thread.
Wolf at Work
Your ennisjack.com experience
Jerasjr started this thread on July 20th.
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While BBM is the focus of this forum, had time to think over the last couple of days to ponder the forum itself, an it's effect on me.
As a first timer in joining any forum, did not know what to expect. but what I found is beyond even the most fantastic imaginings. Ennisjack.com is a place where respect is utmost - a place to explore and express - a place of sharing and caring - and even a place of joy and sorrows. But most of all it is a place that shows us that all of these things are part of each of us regardless of gender, age, orientation or nationality which are used to limit persons at times.
Has it all been positive, not necessarily, but that is just a personal thing - I simply do not understand the need to dissect each word, move or mannerism because the whole is what is brought us to this forum. But do think that it is great that there are such enquiring minds.
But most significant of all is the force of nature that this forum has become, engendering friendships that would never been formed had it not been for ennisjack.com. That is one of the strengths we see and feel.
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clik here for the thread
Quiet Corner - your prose collection
New topic started by Jerasjr this week
Poetry strikes a chord with many of us. There are also many pieces of prose that we can relate to because they express things in a more conventional manner, yet probably more effectively than we ourselves feel we are capable of.
So this first selection goes to my compatriots, the pack.
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Subject: A Lesson,
A simple and direct idea:
An elder Cherokee Native American was teaching
his grandchildren about life. He said to them, "A fight is
going on inside me ... it is a terrible fight and it is
between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy,
sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt,
resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and
ego.
The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope,
friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and
faith. the same fight is going on inside you, and inside
every other person, too. "They thought about it for a minute
and then one child asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will
win?" The old Cherokee simply replied..." The one you feed."
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Thanks Jerasjr O0
Calendar for next week
August 3 - Birthdays: shakestheground (43)
August 4 - Birthdays: LadyArmand (37), zathycat (44)
August 6 - Birthdays: nohairforoil
Forum achievements
100 pages in the Congratulations for Achievements thread on July 24th, 100 pages in the Pics of You thread on July 26th, 200 pages in the BBM Recital thread on July 29th, 50 pages in the It is YOUR Board! - Introducing yourself please thread, on July 30th.
Member's levels updates
20 posts, Alma Jr.
Susans Rose, July 26th
TexRob, July 28th
Killroy1972, July 30th
BBMaddict, July 30th
100 posts, Lureen
Jeffjoe, July 25th
Jagrafess, July 27th
Jack, 500 posts
Loris, on July 25th
Karen1129, on july 25th
Special achievements
Mars, 8000 on july 24th, Flwrchild, 3000 on July 24th, BBBOY, 6000 on July 29th.
Congratulations to all! :)
Old Thread From the Past
A Sampling of BBM Humor
An excerpt from this thread, Brokeback Mountain in 30 seconds... yes 30 seconds ;)
Click on the bunny to see it.
There is more funny stuff on the thread, click on the smileys to see it ;D ;D ;D
Chicago: Watching BBM (August 28 2006)
This thread is to check member interest for a meeting in Chicago around August 28 (Monday) to see BBM at the Waukegan Public Library (Waukegan is a northern suburb of Chicago, close to the Wisconsin border). For more details click on the picture.
Euro Get Together ~ EGT for the friends!
After Chicago, our next meeting is Euro Get Together, from December 8th to December 11th 2006 in London UK.
Click on the picture to go to the thread:
DVD Release around the World
U.S./Canada - April 4th (zone 1 DVD)
U.K. - April 24 (zone 2 DVD)
Hong Kong - April 28 (zone 3 DVD)
Spain - June 7 (zone 2 DVD)
Norway, June 11 (zone 2 DVD)
Finland, July 12 ( zone 2 DVD)
Sweden, July 17 (zone 2 DVD)
France - July 19 (zone 2 DVD)
Australia - July 20 (zone 4 DVD)
Italy - August 30 (zone 2 DVD)
Netherland - September 28 (zone 2 DVD)
Germany - October 16 (zone 2 DVD)
Any update about the release in your country?
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July 31 - August 6, editor: Chameau. Please PM me if you have any questions regarding this issue of the newsletter.
chameau:
ennisjack.com Weekly Newsletter – August 7 – 13 2006
Hello Brokies,
Even if it's summer and vacation time, busy LaShawns :-X Brokies are posting on ennisjack.com, we are now close to 225.000 posts and 3000 members and we have some new interesting discussion threads. We got some technical issues last week but we went over them... And we are getting closer every day to the Chicago and London Gatherings. To know more about all of this just read what follows.
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Chameau
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Editorial
The following editorial was written by Amtamburo and reflects ONLY the opinion of this author and not necessarily that of the entire Newsletter team.
The First Night in the Tent
Sometimes the smallest spark, blown about on a summer breeze, can ignite a fire that may be smothered, but never truly extinguished. -A.M. Tamburo.
There have been many theories and thoughts about, what Brokeback Mountain fans have come to call, the First Night in the Tent, (hereafter known as FNIT). By this, I am of course referring to the first sexual encounter between Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar in 1963 on Brokeback Mountain. This is my take on it…
First off, let me say that I have always firmly believed that the FNIT was not about much of anything other then sex. I don’t doubt or deny that Jack and Ennis were feelings things pretty much from their first glimpse of each other. However, I have never really believed that “love” was a motivation, not at first, and certainly not in this scene.
The best way to explain my thoughts here is to approach the FNIT from a stand-point of motivation. In order to effectively do this, I think it is important to look at each man’s point of view separately.
Jack’s motivation: A lot of people have stated that they feel that Jack had planned the FNIT encounter, and set the whole thing up. I don’t think so. I don’t see any way that he could have set things up in such a way that he could be certain that Ennis would end up in the tent with him. There was nothing indicating beforehand that Ennis intended to stay in camp that night, which would pretty much rule out Jack thinking something might happen later. Not only that, but recall his demeanor when he calls Ennis into the tent, he does not sound like someone who’s thinking, ‘Yes, my plan worked!’ In fact, he sounds rather put out by the fact that Ennis’ teeth chattering is disturbing his sleep.
I firmly believe that the FNIT was something that happened by chance. Inevitable… probably, something that he had wanted/fantasized about for sure… but I truly don’t think it was planned ahead. I believe that once Ennis entered the tent, Jack found himself aroused by the close proximity, and given the fact that they had both been drinking, he saw what he perceived to be his chance, and he took it!
However, the fact that he very plainly places Ennis’ hand on his crotch, and then unbuckles his belt with little attempt at ‘intimacy’, no kissing, or more then half-hearted attempts at kissing or anything like it, in short no indication whatsoever of any attempted seduction, basically says to me that he is driven by a physical urge, not overwhelmed by feelings or emotions. The feelings and emotions were there, no question, but I don’t think they really came into play until later.
Ennis’ motivation: I think there is little doubt that Ennis’ motivation in the FNIT was indeed, purely physical. I believe that he had been experiencing feelings for Jack, although I don’t think that he would have admitted or even considered what those thoughts and feelings meant. He was obviously drunk, and I think that this brought down his defenses. I believe that Ennis became aroused by Jack’s obvious arousal and advances, and the alcohol took just enough of the edge off of his refusal to even think that he wanted Jack so that he acted on his physical urges in a way that I don’t think he would have had he been sober. As with Jack, I believe that the feelings and emotions were there, but I also feel that given who Ennis was, his past, and his fear, I don’t think that Ennis ever truly acknowledged those feelings and emotions until much later. But that is of course another topic altogether…
Given all of these things, my feeling is that the FNIT was nothing more then two people experiencing physical attraction for each other and acting on that attraction. Though I do believe that subsequent encounters were very much about love and emotion, I don’t think they played much of a part in the FNIT other then being a fringe object hovering on the horizon.
A Collective Thank You
The forum has started another wave of thank you to BBM cast and crew.
Let's share our thought after many months and let them know.
Thanks to LuvJackNasty for her initiative. click here for the details.
Old Threads from the Past
Thank you to Jerasjr for suggesting these 2 threads:
Maybe it's not the love, or the gay
(excerpt)
I definitely don't think it's the gay that makes Brokeback magnificent, and
maybe it's not the love either. We have seen both in the movies before, even
both together. Every attempt that I've seen to explain this thing falls short of
really ringing true, it seems to me. As far as I'm concerned it's still a mystery…
Started by Tireiron on February 15, 2006
To visit this thread, click here
The Hidden Blessing of Brokeback Mountain
(excerpt)
A Christian guy about how he thought about Brokeback Mountain. Personally i found it’s quite inspiring.
Last week the Oscar nominations were announced and Brokeback Mountain, popularly known as the “gay cowboy movie,” has been nominated for more awards than any other film. Although not a financial blockbuster, the film has been heralded by critics as a cinematic triumph. Newsweek's Sean Smith wrote, "Brokeback feels like a landmark film. No American film before has portrayed love between two men as something this pure and sacred. As such, it has the potential to change the national conversation and to challenge people's ideas about the value and validity of same-sex relationships."
Started by Laundrymat on February 11, 2006
To visit this thread, Click here.
Quote of the Week
Posted by Cherrycake
--- Quote ---Discussing issues and ideas is one thing, and, that, I never intended to question... of course not. In fact, it should be encouraged and rightly so. But the whole 'is he gay, is he not?' like so often happens with celebrities, which, in somewhat weird way, Jack is, doesn't seem productive.. can even sometimes downright vicious and petty. Jack even summed it up pretty nicely I think : "Ain't nobodys business but ours.' and I think we all agree with that, right?
one of my favorites quotes:
"Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people."
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)
please know that I am in no way calling anyone in here 'small minds' The love,wisdom, encouragement, strength and insights I have found from people on here warms my heart everyday and gives hope of a better human kind. That was just one of my favorite quotes. ActuallyI think we could all live together in a giant tent, even if it don't look right 'cause it aint going nowheres, on Brokeback or any moutain for that matter.
Thanks-Cherrycake
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Jack's Sexuality: A Discussion, posted on August 4th. To go to the thread, clik here.
Out of the Closet
Greenfrog posted this on August 1st in the Out of the Closet thread, it's very interesting but very moving too, have tissues ready.
--- Quote ---FulOfSadness, maybe this will help you feel free and ready to let love into you're heart. <^(
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Click on the picture to see the video.
Clik here to go to the thread
Calendar for next week
August 10 - Birthdays: bachalive (29)
August 11 - Birthdays: Michael (24), Lost_Girl (18), Eugen (39)
August 13 - Birthdays: brokenheart5813 (46)
Member's levels updates
20 posts, Alma Jr.
Fuu_beautifulbbm,on August6th
100 posts, Lureen
FulOfSadness, on August 3rd
La Musica, on August 6th
200 posts, Alma
Jeffjoe, on August 4th
Amtamburo, on August 4th
Jack, 500 posts
Elisabetta, on July 31st
Ennis, 1000 posts
MississaugaRed on August 3rd
Special achievement
Froggy, 10,000 posts on August 6th :*(
Congratulations to all! 8)
New Thread From Last Week
Why do women find men-in-love so compelling?
Monicita started this discussion:
--- Quote ---Hi, I am a woman, almost 40 years old, and since I was a teenager, I've loved the idea of men in love with men. It got so strong sometimes, that I almost wanted to be a man, so I might love men as a man. Maybe this is one reason why I have always had intense friendships with gay men. I don't think that any other kind of love scene ever touches me as much as love scenes between men. It is not so much the sex, even though I do find them exciting to watch too, it is more the feeling I get, a yearning for something that seems for ever out of reach. Most people I told about this thought me a bit strange, but of course I know I'm not the only one. There are lots of "fag hags" about, for very different reasons, I assume.
The love between Ennis and Jack is the most intense depiction of love between men I have ever seen. And that means, that for me it is the most intense ever. Are there others like me on this forum? What are your feelings?
monicita
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An ennisjack.com Museum
If you are looking for gems, the best posts ever, we have a special thread where we collect them. The thread is called In Your Words: an ennisjack.com retrospective, click here to visit it and see how it works. If you sometimes visit some old posts and one in particular appeals to you, please bring it to the Museum.
Thank you to BBBOY and Jerasjr for their commitment to the restrospective thread. ;)
Chicago: Watching BBM (August 28 2006)
This thread is to check member interest for a meeting in Chicago around August 28 (Monday) to see BBM at the Waukegan Public Library (Waukegan is a northern suburb of Chicago, close to the Wisconsin border). For more details click on the picture.
Euro Get Together ~ EGT for the friends!
After Chicago, our next meeting is Euro Get Together, from December 8th to December 11th 2006 in London UK.
Click on the picture to go to the thread:
DVD Release around the World
U.S./Canada - April 4th (zone 1 DVD)
U.K. - April 24 (zone 2 DVD)
Hong Kong - April 28 (zone 3 DVD)
Spain - June 7 (zone 2 DVD)
Norway, June 11 (zone 2 DVD)
Finland, July 12 ( zone 2 DVD)
Sweden, July 17 (zone 2 DVD)
France - July 19 (zone 2 DVD)
Australia - July 20 (zone 4 DVD)
Italy - August 30 (zone 2 DVD)
Netherland - September 28 (zone 2 DVD)
Germany - October 16 (zone 2 DVD)
Any update about the release in your country?
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Got News or Ideas?
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Bye Brokies, see you next week ;)
August 7- 13, editor: Chameau. Please PM me if you have any questions regarding this issue of the newsletter.
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