to think this all transpired from a silly userinfo graphic.

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OH, HELLO JULY! This month is kind of turning out to be an advent calendar of magazine articles and photoshoots and interviews and clips and stills ALL LEADING UP TO THE 25TH JULY, AKA THE DAY WHEN MULDER AND SCULLY ARE BACK IN BLACK.

It's been a long eight months since XF2 became official, and there have been so many doubting Thomas moments -- David-looks-old-and-bloated moments, Gillian-looks-weird-and-bony moments, look-at-their-scary-wrinkles moments -- and I know I have had a vague but constant undertone of worry if they were really still young enough to play the two incredibly good-looking FBI agents they spent so many years portraying.

ALL THAT IS OVER.

ANYWAY, it's not like everyone hasn't had the pleasure of seeing this set of photographs several times over, so this picspam is... mostly for me. So I can come back and look at these pictures again and again and again and again!



(PS. We're getting SKIN. AND GILLIAN IS A GOOD KISSER. And OHMYGOD I LOVE PRESS TOURS.)
(PSS. Please don't, like, make icons out of these pictures I have colored? All of the originals should be in xfiles! You can use those!)

Lately I'm reaaaaally addicted to friendsfriends. And I kind of started rebooting my LJ. And the weather is really hot. And the new powercord for my laptop still hasn't come in the mail. And I might need to reorganize my tags. AND MY IPOD IS STILL BROKEN! I really like fireworks! Sometimes I feel like my friends go out of their way to ORCHESTRATE DRAMA IN THEIR LIVES. And what exactly do you do when your DVD copy of your FAVORITE MOVIE EVER is tragically missing and has been for months? Buy a new one? I MISS IT.

Comments

[modernthirst.livejournal.com]

1. what is your favorite movie ever?
2. I listened to that Acid House Kings song on my bike the other day and you were right, it was perfect!
3. I had not seen those photos (ha obviously), so posting them was helpful to at least one person outside of you! I love them, especially the ones of Gillian Anderson (I use both names because I don't know her in a fandom way?) with the alien mask and her thumb in her mouth. Those are the kind of photos I always wish for my favorites to take - kind of soft and whitely lit (Terry Richardson style).

[praedial.livejournal.com]

this is the only thing i'm ever going to say about anything pertaining to xfiles ever.

gillian is gorgeoussss/stunning with long hair.

[leucocrystal]

Aww, you doubting Thomas! Are you finally coming around. ;D

P.S. I miss you! *glomps*

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1. the philadelphia story! Have you seen it? IT'S SO EMOTIONALLY MAGNIFICENT, and subtly told, and so many great people are in it!
2. Your bike mix turned out to be equally perfectly pitched!
3. I agree, THOSE ESQUIRE ONES OF HER ARE MY FAVORITES. They're clever and lit prettily and unique and relevant? And she looks so nice! It's always really lovely when nice shoots like that happen to people I like.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

i'm sorry you hate fun :(

but I KNOW, I WANT THAT HAIR SO DESPERATELY RIGHT NOW. Does dying my hair red sound totally crazy? I always feel weird about dying it because my natural color is so nice :(

[modernthirst.livejournal.com]

I have not! I have seen maybe five older movies in my life, something I've been trying to rectify recently. I will put that one on my list.

(and yay glad the mix sounded good to you)

ESQUIRE. Takes good photos. Not as good as GQ, but let's not kid ourselves, who does.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

I've come around like seven times now -- I KEEP WAVERING! But I think I'm convinced for good. They've still got it.

DITTO, FRIEND :(

[praedial.livejournal.com]

no i totally understand!

i am not even kidding when i say i think she's one of the prettiest people i've ever seen

[praedial.livejournal.com]

i didn't mean to use a sim icon.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

the sim icon use is actually kind of ironic with this comment. BUT I DO AGREE. i would actually sell my soul to look like that at 40.

[lissie-pissie.livejournal.com]

hellOOOOOO, hotties!
♥ ♥!!

[praedial.livejournal.com]

heeee.

well, i totally agree with that.

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You know I've actually never thought to compare which magazines produce the best photoshoots? I mentally keep track of the tacky ones but not the good ones. HMMM. Investigative research may have to be done.

[modernthirst.livejournal.com]

I don't think anything touches GQ photoshoots. There is nothing more delightful than turning the page of an issue and seeing one of my favorite actors in a fashion spread. SO CLASSY. They had that one with Chacey a few months back and I THOUGHT I WAS IN HEAVEN.

But GQ is my favorite magazine anyway so I'm biased. When I used to get Blender I liked theirs even though they were kind of trashy and slutty. Otherwise it's hit or miss for me.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

THAT MAXIM SHOOT IN YOUR ICON WAS ANOTHER HIGH POINT OF THEM BEING PRETTY IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MOVIE.

[coast.livejournal.com]

LOL @ so many things in this comment section. SOME BEING UNNAMED (i'll email shittalk later) and one being:

Al says: I would actually sell my soul to look that good at 40

I'd sell my soul to look that good at ANY age, are you kidding me? The woman is fucking stunning. My jaw dropped to the ground when I saw those. That's why I must follow her-- to Letterman, to London, and beyond! :D

Yawn sleepyhead

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I doooooo remember that Chace photoshoot -- I think of GQ as always picking nice clothes. They're really good at putting men in suits and making it look different every time. I can't remember the last time I actually read one, though.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

LOL, YOU TERRIBLE PERSON.

GOOD POINT, conceded. Although EESH, YOU STALKER.

[adinfinitum.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD YOU SO BEAT ME TO THIS BECAUSE I WAS TOO BUSY SPENDING THE LAST MANY HOURS CLEANING UP HUNDREDS (I'VE GONE CERTIFIABLY INSANE) OF SEASON FOUR CAPS SO I CAN POST A PICPSPAM TONIGHT. AND I WANTED TO INCLUDE THESE BUT I JUST GOT SIDETRACKED. BUT OH MY GOD WHY ARE THEY SO HOT??????????????????????????????????????????

I CAN'T EVEN. SERIOUSLY, I JUST CAN'T. THAT TV GUIDE SHOT KIND OF MAKES ME WEAK IN THE KNEES. (ALTHOUGH IT'S KIND OF WEIRD TO SEE THEM LIKE THAT TOGETHER -- ALL DONE UP AND 2008 -- BUT THEY'RE BOTH REALLY HOT AND DAVID AND DAAAAVID AND GILLIAN AND GIIIIIILLIAN. MY GOD.) AND THE ESQUIRE SHOTS!!!!!

...I need to calm down. but I seriously don't see that happening until maybe two or three months after july 25.

PS i didn't read a single word you actually wrote, so maybe I should go do that?

[adinfinitum.livejournal.com]

(PS. We're getting SKIN. AND GILLIAN IS A GOOD KISSER. And OHMYGOD I LOVE PRESS TOURS.)
OH MY GOD I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I DONT KNOW.

I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA HEXPLODE.

And it's also kinda hilarious that I've spent the last couple years eagerly awaiting The Dark Knight and now that it's here I could care less because HI MULDER AND SCULLY AND SKIN AND KISSES AND AGE DOING MINDBLOWING THINGS TO THESE AGENTS.

butting in to say

[adinfinitum.livejournal.com]

I CONCUR. very few things on this planet beat GQ photoshoots. I also really enjoy shoots from that one magazine that had a cover with Gosling throwing something (I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT FOR THE LIFE OF ME. Do you even have any idea what I'm talking about?) I'm pretty sure it's in my pretty men picspam (WHICH I'M THINKING OF DOING A SEQUEL TO. CURRENTLY TAKING SUBMISSIONS FOR MEN AS WE SPEAK) so I'll have to go back to reference that.

Vanity fair is also quite lovely, but don't have nearly as much as others.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

SEASON FOUR SEASON FOUR SEASON FOUR!!!!!!! I watched Memento Mori last night because my bff waaaaanted to, ARE YOU PICSPAMMING THAAAAAAAAT????

OKAY THE TV GUIDE -- I'm torn about it! BECAUSE IT'S BOTH OF THEM AND THEY'RE PRETTY but the coloring's off and OH GOD, HER MAKEUP. But I like the clothes! And I guess I shouldn't expect that much from TV guide.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

RE: THAT KISSING QUOTE -- I love how four kisses + two almost-kisses + a couple of cut kisses = KISSING ALL THE TIME.

AND RE: SKIN -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW. My mind STOPS WORKING every time I try and consider the possibility.

The idea that there are other things going on in other fandoms and other movies coming out in this WONDERFUL MONTH OF JULY is so foreign to me?????? I cannot concentrate on ANYTHING ELSE anymore. (WHY DO I ONLY HAVE ONE DAVID/GILLIAN ICON???)

[adinfinitum.livejournal.com]

FDJSLKFJDKSJFDKSJFKD:SJFKDJS:LFJDKSLJFD:LKS MEMENTO MORI. I WANTED TO DO AN IN-DEPTH ONE OF THAT!!! Okay, so here's the deal, I started it out just to post about season four -- random thoughts, pictures, etc. because it's been eating my BRAIN -- before I finish the last four episodes, and I started that literally hours ago. And then i was like, HOLY SHIT. THERE ARE 300 PICTURES HERE AND I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO THE CANCER ARC. So I think i'm gonna save that for my next post, which will be dedicated solely to flailing over the angst and pain and misery and UTTER AWESOME that is that storyline. I also need to see what you guys would want me to do episode picspams of because i'm torn between Memento Mori, Paper Hearts, Elegy, and Demons. Maybe even Small Potatoes? JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO FUN AND NOT MADE OF 110% ANGST AND DRAMA.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

MY FAVORITE (okay i'm using "favorite" really loosely here) PART IS WHEN THEY'RE BOTH TRYING NOT TO CRY ON THE PHONE WITH EACH OTHER. And... all of it!

I also need to see what you guys would want me to do episode picspams of because i'm torn between Memento Mori, Paper Hearts, Elegy, and Demons. Maybe even Small Potatoes? JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO FUN AND NOT MADE OF 110% ANGST AND DRAMA.
HOW EXACTLY IS ANYONE SUPPOSED TO PICK BETWEEN THOSE???? (Damn, I guess season 4 was just... really ridiculously good?) Did you not do Paper Hearts in the first 300 pictures????