This Is A Race

DON'T TELL ME

Dear Diary,

It's been a while since I've written to you...but tonight I felt compelled.

I was just watching the Daily Show. The guest was Tim Robbins. He was promoting the movie he's in - City of Ember. He casually remarked that it was about "the human spirit". Ugh. This stupid little thing set me off. They showed a clip and I just couldn't believe that he related this obvious and simple film about common people overcoming evil to something so complex as the human spirit. I don't even have to see it to know what is going to happen and the obvious metaphors about the environment and bla bla bla.

I felt so strongly because yesterday I watched SILENT LIGHT, the Mexican film about a Mennonite farmer who questions his faith when he falls in love with a woman who is not his wife. It's so gorgeously filmed, acted, and the ending is handled so incredibly well that I can't imagine the over-blown crap that Tim Robbins is promoting could in any way relate to my human spirit and I find it insulting that he could be so pretentious to boil down the human race like that.

Anyway, watch Silent Light - it's quiet and downtempo but so great.

Labels: EW, FILM

BLINDNESS TRAILER

I'm totally put off by this TRAILER FOR BLINDNESS. I was a little skeptical when I heard about the film version of Jose Saramago's terrifying novel, but held out until I saw some images. This looks like it's going to be a big disappointment. Just the way they transferred the film makes me shiver in a bad way - my boyfriend looks like Anne Frank in Schindler's List in the screen cap above. I also think the guy behind him is looking into the lens.

And Sandra Oh? Really?

On the other hand, I'm gagging to see THIS

Labels: BOOKS MOVIES AND OTHER CULTURALISTICALITIES, EW

SNAILTRAIL

FROM BAD SHAPE

Labels: EW

QUIT BOTHERING ME

I'm back after holidays and the flu.

I had a dream last week that my teeth were falling out. According to online dream dictionaries either something great is going to happen, or something terrible is going to happen. So I'm going to continue spending my time alternating my mindset between "excited" and "terrified".

Labels: DEATH AND DRAMA, DESPERATE AND SAD, EW, MAYBE THE FUTURE WILL BE BETTER, NARCISSISM

DRESS YOUR SUBJECTS IN CHICKEN-HEADS AND TRIPE

Artist PINAR YOLACAN went to Central St Martin's, Chelsea School, and Cooper Union. Then she ~~(he?)~~ fashioned clothes out of meat and photographed women wearing the pieces. Is that all you have to do?

Above is from Pinar's latest series and below from an older work.

Via INSTINTO GUAPO.

Labels: BOOKS MOVIES AND OTHER CULTURALISTICALITIES, BUY ME THIS, DEATH AND DRAMA, EW, THINGS I WISH I'D DONE

AT LEAST THERE'S FREE CANDY

WEIRD

Labels: EW

GOOD MORNING!

Enjoy your week!

VIA OMG

Labels: DEATH AND DRAMA, DESPERATE AND SAD, EW, REALLY FUCKING GAY

MEOWOEM

Via DLISTED

Labels: BUY ME THIS, DESPERATE AND SAD, EW

GIGERFISH

Via ENGLISH RUSSIA

Labels: EW

WANNA KNOW WHAT I DO?

When I see someone I know but don't really feel like stopping to talk or even waving but I know I have to pass through their sight-line and I want them to think that I haven't seen them if they see me I just do something like pretend to pick my nose or stick my finger in my ear then look at it or try to lick at an imaginary piece of food on the side of my face or something really embarrassing so they think "Ew, look what he's doing! There's no way he saw me if he's doing that!"

It probably would just be easier to wave. Oh well. I'm retarded.

Labels: BAD DOG, DESPERATE AND SAD, EW

EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW!

THIS DUDE gives me the creeps. It looks like he has trees growing out of his hands and legs and bark up his arms, but it's WARTS! I actually get the shivers just from looking at it...

Via !! OMG BLOG !!

Oh and I know it's weird but his son's really hot. What?! He's 18!

Labels: DEATH AND DRAMA, DESPERATE AND SAD, EW

IS WANTING TO MARRY YOUR COUSIN A DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN TRAIT?

Here's a map of where it's legal and illegal to marry your first cousin. Weird.

Apparently, Sweden allows marriage between siblings who share one parent.

Labels: EW