Wednesday: We cannot break bread with you. . . You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans, and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the road sides, you will play golf, and enjoy hot hors d'oeuvres. My people will have ( Read more... )

Edward: Hi, I am Edward and I am a vampire. I have no personality and you and I are void of any actual chemistry.
Bella: Ooo, you're pretty! We should be in love! Let us frolic!
Edward: Okay.

Head Trip

I want sparkly vampire babies that will break my spine when I give birth! That's so beautiful!

Head Trip, again

Any fan of the genre will tell you that ( Read more... )

Spoilers to various degrees throughout, primarily for Grindhouse, Hostel, Hostel: Part II, Death Proof, Captivity, Planet Terror and The Devil's Rejects.
Triggers include but are not limited to: physical/psychological torture, rape, dismemberment, murder.
The quotes I have chosen to encapsulate each article or blog post, the ones that do NOT appear ( Read more... )

Death is a disability, not a superpower. It's hard to run with a cold, let alone the most debilitating malady of them all.

Simon Pegg, on why zombies cannot run
The Dead and the Quick

I got a library card! And took out 14 books! Many of them are about werewolves!

WANT.

Repo! The Genetic Opera!
Sarah Brightman? Anthony Stewart Head? Yes, please. Re: ( Read more... )

The postmillennial version of a Leather­man is the Apple iPhone. Like all digital technologies, the iPhone has yet to achieve the hard-grained, Spartan elegancies of the steely Leatherman. It makes up for this with its cannibal appetite for other tools.
Self-Reliance 2008 by Bruce Sterling

8. Make sure you pack a snack (like a juice box and cookies) ( Read more... )

Rasputina is performing at the Black Cat in D.C. tonight, but I doubt I'll be able to find anyone to go with me.

I spent the morning vomiting water. It was a good workout for my abs though.

Last night I watched Escape From New York. It was, if possible, even better than I remember. Apparently the character Romero is NOT played by Steve Buscemi as I ( Read more... )

But when will it be translated into English?
(Helen speaking to herself): “Don’t be disappointed. The next self-fuck will be better, Helen, I promise.”

I really don't like Robot Chicken. I think I am the only person aged 17-28 (approximately) who feels this way.

My new favorite thing ever is The Four Word Film Review.

Would you believe it, I actually ( Read more... )

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museum exhibit
(musical) theater/opera
dance
music
movies
bookish


May 25-September 7   National Gallery of Art
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

June 19-September 7   Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image

July 9th to August 3rd   Sheperdstown, West Virginia
The ( Read more... )

Free Poverty

5o Ways to Help the Planet

14. RETHINK BOTTLED WATER
Nearly 90% of plastic water bottles are not recycled, instead taking thousands of years to decompose. Buy a reusable container and fill it with tap water, a great choice for the environment, your wallet, and possibly your health. The EPA's standards for tap water are more stringent ( Read more... )