Over a long, nightmarish evening, Jody dates Rufus, a man who inspects strange imports from foreign lands. And she plays with them.

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Jody finally agrees to go on a date with Larry, the man who's been stalking her for years. But she comes prepared, determined to make the night a good one for both of them.

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Helen and Ted wanted to have a threesome. They invited Jody, and she refused. Now, she's giving a chance to everyone she's ever rejected - even couples. Sadly, since that initial offer, Helen and Ted have suffered a messy break-up. But that shouldn't be a problem, should it?

Starring: Tracy Clifton, Diana Toshiko, Kristin Quinn, and Ben Dzamb...

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To prove to her roommate that her bad luck in love has nothing to do with the men she chooses, Jody decides to date every man she's ever rejected, starting with the schizophrenic guy she just passed on the street.

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The ongoing financial meltdown is just the latest example of a disturbing trend that, to this adoptive American, threatens to put the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave on a par with Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and Equatorial Guinea.

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This about captures how I feel about things right now:


Also nice to see that music used at the APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF TRAGEDY for a change.

Tags: bush, future, mccain, war
Current Mood: terrified

James Howard Kunstler, who predicted the sub-prime housing meltdown well before it happened, not to mention the predominate voice warning of our failure to confront the peak oil crisis, is one of the first smart people I've found ANYWHERE that feels similarly about The Dark Knight! However, he misses some of the (perhaps) unintentional right-wing war-cheering (or at least forgiving) in it... He is also clearly of the mind that society's state simply shapes the stories it tells -- but I think it's a two way street -- the stories we tell also shape the society we create. ..So maybe I'll still have to write my article...

This is his site: http://www.kunstler.com/index.html

This is the article: http://www.kunstler.com/mags_diary24.html

This is a taste of it:

The most striking thing about the new Batman movie, now smashing the all-time box office records, is its emphasis on sado-masochism as the animating element in American culture these days. It must appeal to the many angry people in our land who want to hurt others, even while they themselves feel deserving of the grossest punishments. In other words, the picture reflects the extreme depravity of the current American sensibility. Seeing it all laid out there must be very validating to the emotionally confused audience, and hence pleasurable, in all its painfulness.

The rich symbolism in this spectacle represents the tenor of contemporary America as something a few notches worse than whatever the Nazis were heading toward around 1933. We like nothing better than to see people suffer and watch things get broken. The more slowly people are tortured (including the movie audience) the more exquisite the pleasure derived from the act. Civilization offers no consolation. In fact, its a mug's game. Thus, civilization is composed only of torturers and their mug victims.

Tags: dark knight, storytelling
Current Mood: thankful

Tags: movies
Current Location: work
Current Mood: determined
Current Music: Pink Triangle, Weezer

After a messy break-up with her boyfriend, Piper only needs a couple AAA batteries to put everything right with her world.

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Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has taught us much. I've long wondered why it is that, when our brain surgeon retires, we are so quick to let his wife take up the bone saw and scalpel. It turns out -- it's because we recognize her experience.

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