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I am so oddly fatigued. Bleh.

Jeff had to help a friend at lunch, so no lunchtime fun. Mowr. And he's still not back, so I hope everything's okay.

I don't want to work. I just want to read this new thing the guy at Arcane Comics recommended. I'd heard of it before and I felt like trying something new. It's called Y: The Last Man and it's pretty good so far.

Also, the new SiP was in and it was freaking hilarious. Now that was a good issue. Entertaining without making me aggravated.

It needs to be 5:30 right now, dammit. Then I can hustle over to meet Sarah downtown where we can gorge on our respective literary obsessions and then meet group of people for moviefun. Yay for Jodie Foster. And Jeff says he might be able to go see A History of Violence on Saturday. He said NPR was giving it a raving review, which is exciting.

I wish I didn't feel so blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. I want so very much to be at home in bed with kitty and book and good lighting and cocoa.

Date: 2005-09-23 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] verbicide.livejournal.com
I hope it isn't as upsetting as Crash was. Amazing movie, but it really shook me up for a few days.

I'd prefer my entertainment a little less under-my-skin.

Date: 2005-09-23 11:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greyaenigma.livejournal.com
I haven't seen Crash, but being familiar with the rest of Cronenberg's word, I'd say that's likely to be one of the least under-the-skin movies.

Date: 2005-09-23 11:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] verbicide.livejournal.com
Well that is very good to hear :) I really haven't seen anything else of his other than Crash.

Date: 2005-09-23 11:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greyaenigma.livejournal.com
Oh! You're missing out! Now I have to see Crash.

And yes, I meant "work".

Date: 2005-09-23 11:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] verbicide.livejournal.com
Hrm. Are you saying it's a remarkable work of art, vs. just mindless movie entertainment?

Recommendations, please!

And let me know what you think of Crash.

Date: 2005-09-24 12:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greyaenigma.livejournal.com
I'm saying I meant "work" instead of "word".

Oh dear, recommendations. For Cronenberg. I'm not sure that's a legal enterprise across state borders. eXistenZ is probably a good start. The thing about his movies is not that they're mindless entertainment, but they can pretty off-kilter. I think he's tapped into a disturbing vein of the subconscious zeitgeist. Videodrome is another that explores the sometimes thin line between perception and reality, often shattering the characters' sense of self in the process. He tends to explore these themes in a fairly signature... organic way.

Date: 2005-09-24 12:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] verbicide.livejournal.com
OH. Hee. I'm doing this via email, so didn't note your earlier typothingie.

I have seen Videodrome. I was in the 8th grade and we were on that ubiquitous class trip to Washington, D.C. The girls in my room were tittering because there were Marines in the next room that would buy them beer and flirt with the idea of statutory rape.

I was less excited by lip-gloss than they were, so I stayed in and watched Videodrome—and would be scarred for life by that one scene where that guy burns himself (I think) with a cigarette.

Date: 2005-09-24 12:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greyaenigma.livejournal.com
You can see why I was wary of recommending something. But suddenly I want to watch a bunch of this movies now.

In my copious free time, of course.

Date: 2005-09-24 05:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] verbicide.livejournal.com
In my copious free time, of course.

Naturally!

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