History of Violence was, well, violent. A very good movie, and I really think I represented a chunk of its intended audience... in that it disturbed me profoundly and I had a hard time dissociating from what was going on--by which I mean I was just not able to reassure myself that this was all special effects, which is my usual defense against ( Read more... )

An amusing tidbit from Discworld, posted in the multiplicity community.

Edit: Multiple meme/survey. Interesting read for the curious. If you like you can scroll down to find my answers. :) Though multiplicity is mostly about drama these days, I still think the few good gems are worth staying in the community.

We'd heard Lain was confusing, so we didn't think anything of the odd way we were thrown into the story. We watched the first disc last night... sort of. Today I realized that the content on the back didn't match what we'd seen. Further investigation revealed someone had put disc two into disc one's case. We managed to follow along well enough ( Read more... )

I suddenly wonder: How often do you think you state what you're doing, whether out loud or in writing? I just left two comments; at the end of one I said, basically, "I'm going to stop now" and in the other I said, "And I will say..." before saying what I was going to say. It reminds me of learning about how it's never a good idea to open an essay ( Read more... )

For fun and silliness: a Chinese Coke/World of Warcraft commercial. For some reason, I'm not getting any sound, but since it has subtitles, that's all right. :)

Huh. I'm not sure what to make of this. It's an article on babies crying before they're born. It's from Fox, so I'm not sure how trustworthy it is, but really, it makes logical sense to me.

It also makes me want to be very careful around pregnant women.

When I am (socially) nervous, I'm either ridiculously quiet and self-contained or else mindlessly chatty. Why is there no middle ground, to help me at least seem like a likable human being? Can I blame my age, and expect to grow out of it? (I am only twenty, after all. Mildly arthritic in the knees, though, which might be why I always expect to be ( Read more... )

You Passed the US Citizenship Test
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I think it would be nice to be someone who was easily given to artistic expression, and talented at it.

Warning: Existentialism right before sleep.

L's post about people crying combined with me finishing Return of the King makes me think of how we spend far too much energy on meaninglessness. How so much of your typical American angst doesn't have an ultimate meaning. Hardly anything I get angry over is worthy of anything more than a shake of the ( Read more... )