picture shows
It must be hard to make a movie that everyone already knows the ending to. The guy chops his own arm off with an imitation Leatherman—hey, it was in the news. I think the best part about this film was the scenery—the austere landscape of Canyonlands. I was there in December and I'll never get over it. But I can't lie, I did spend most of the movie just going, "When's he gonna hack it off!" And I can't possibly be alone in this.
Satanists! Murders! Church burners! This is the movie about Norwegian black metal, and how these guys were and weren't what people thought they were. Pretty engrossing. Mostly what I got from it is that it's hard to know what to do to protest something. Say you're pissed about the Catholic Church's 2000 years worth of blowing it—specifically, you're pissed that they snuffed out your native religion and built a bunch of churches on all your sacred spots. So ... Burn ’em down? But then you get slapped with "Satanist" (which is't the same thing as "anti-Christian"). And somehow you're point's totally lost. I dunno ... it's a dilemma.
If you haven't yet, watch it online here.
derek's day of birth
If you didn't do a heinous shot of tequila on your birthday, howcome?
War And Peace
I believe there's a time and place to read the classics. But I haven't found that time or place for War And Peace yet. I mean I've tried to plow through it twice now and neither time stuck. The farthest in I made it was 20 pages ... it seemed like all the women were princesses and they all were named Mary, or Marya, and all the male characters were generals in the army and named Peter and Pierre. So confusing. But I'ma changin my ways. As of yesterday, I'm doing it. I'm reading War And Peace. After all, it's "The Greatest Novel Of Our Time"—or so the book's back cover reads.
Tectonic Mysteries
Watch these wild videos on the BBC and think about a few things. Life. Clemency. Tectonic mysteries.
Huge whirl pool created by the earthquake.
How Do I Love Thee
Asparagus. It's impossibly easy to cook. Just put it in a pan and take a sec to eat some cereal straight from the box and then blammo, it's done. A little oil and salt and you're in heaven.
John Turturro. Jesus in The Big Lebowski. Al Fountain in Box of Moonlight. John Turturro is regal.
"Hot Freaks," by Guided By Voices. A minute and 43 seconds long, and pure radiance. And just listen to the lyrics—what do they even mean?!