cowboys, dragons, and boys in bands

Movie seen: ( 3:10 to Yuma )

After the movie, RM and I were talking about Christian Bale's crazy intensity in every role and his apparent inability to take a role anything less than seriously (see, for example, Reign of Fire, which had a certain promise until Bale and Matthew McConaughey decided to make totally different movies) -- and I suggested the closest Bale had ever come to a comedy was American Psycho. natlyn reminded me that he was in Newsies, which I still find difficult to fathom.

On a different topic: Despite having read a half-dozen Pete/Patrick stories, I don’t consider myself a proper participant in bandom -- it's more that, being a slasher, and also being someone who likes Fall Out Boy enough to buy a couple albums and see them live, of *course* I'm gonna read a few stories.

Having said all that? Songs like "The Take Over, The Breaks Over" (video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJIbKU23Oew, lyrics here: http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-take-over-the-breaks-over-lyrics-fall-out-boy.html) make it hard for me to believe Pete is dating not Patrick, but Ashlee Simpson.

(Note: I am not saying Pete is dating Patrick, or is not dating Ashlee, I am merely expressing the difficulty I have BELIEVING in that situation.)