IGD

I am chagrined.

I was informed today that I missed an event as important to me as almost anything on the calendar. I'm talking, of course, of International Gigli Day.

This is not some kind of fly-by-night festival. Conceived over a year and a half ago after an ill-fated trip to Amoeba Music, IGD is a day-long celebration of all things Gigli on the anniversary of the international release of, you guessed it, Gigli.

Everyone says that Gigli is one of the worst movies of all time, and my co-organizer and I have no argument with that. However, we're not in the "so bad it's good" camp. This movie transcends "so bad it's good," spins around a full 360 degrees, and lands back on bad. It's not laughable; it's simply boring. And that is the biggest crime of Gigli.

We held our first IGD last year in my old apartment, and we got quite a good attendance. Maybe 15 people which, I believe, is the largest number of people to attend that movie in one sitting ever - including its initial theatrical run. We cooked bad Italian food and wore leather. We went all out.

This year was supposed to be bigger...

But alas, my co-organizer and I let the date (August 1) pass without so much as a mention. We didn't even watch the trailer! And now it's too late to do anything about. Plus, we're too poor right now to throw a real party.

So we're thinking about making this a biennial celebration. Stay tuned till next year. IGD will rise anew, like a phoenix, out of the ashes of Gigli.

Rhymes with really.