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I got the chance to watch 'A Single Man,' Colin Firth's latest tour-de-force, and was anticipating the film equally because of its good reviews and personal recommendations as from the small portions of it I had caught in the daily grind of working in a movie theatre. So, in watching it I was really just measuring the real thing against my ( Read more... )

I had forgotten what it means to be reading something that is alive, that is still being written ( Read more... )

Insert compromising and proud self-examination here:

[Warning: minor plot spoilers for 4 different works beneath the cut]

( Speeches lie here...they concern Christianity, SciFi, and an old legend... )

I took one, and was struck by an interesting (and moderately distressing) thought. I have become the man I did not want to be, that I swore I would never be, the man I hated within myself as he tried to emerge ( Read more... )

Taxi Driver = awesome ( Read more... )

Watched the movie Leolo. Disturbing, but containing some truly inspired writing, especially the character descriptions. Caused me to realize ( Read more... )

Today is about reflections on the present time ( Read more... )

I do not understand why specifics are required ( Read more... )

So, having successfully completed another semester (and another research paper not quite on the topic I wanted to write it on) I am again trying to balance by time between work, cello and really good video games ( Read more... )