Based on the talent involved, the new FOX television series Dollhouse has the potential to extraordinary.  The show is created by Joss Whedon, who was responsible for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly/Serenity, all of which I have a certain devotion to.  Further, Dollhouse stars the absolutely beguiling Eliza Dushku (Tru Calling, Faith in ( Read more... )

Ten years ago, on October 12, 1998 a twenty one-year-old University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard died after several days in a coma following a brutal attack.    An investigation was launched, arrests were made and it was revealed that the motivation for murder was Shepard’s homosexuality.  There was, of course, more to it than that.  There ( Read more... )

My much rescheduled appointment with the endocrinologist is tomorrow.  I think I may actually make it this time as the office gave me a courtesy call a few minutes ago to make sure I was coming.  I’m really hoping it’ll help because I continue to feel poorly.  Yesterday I made it through work (always an accomplishment on a Sunday which is our ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went to see Funny Games.  It’s directed by Austrian Michael Haneke, best know for controversial films such as The Piano Teacher (2001) and Cache (2005).  Funny Games is rather peculiar in that it is a shot-by-shot English language remake of a film of the same title that Haneke made in 1997.

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Last night I read a couple of posts at telesilla ’s journal on heterosexual privilege in fandom that really got me to thinking on a more general level about sexuality, honesty, deception and the advantages I often gain by allowing myself to be preceived as straight in most of my day to day interactions.

It's something that's been confusing to me for a long ( Read more... )

During the winter when I can’t exercise outside I watch DVD’s of television shows and anime while I work out inside.  I find things like the fixed scene length (for the purpose of commercials) and the repetition of the theme song and closing credits very reassuring.

So far this year since I put my bike away in November I’ve worked my way through ( Read more... )

I must admit I’m feeling rather smugly satisfied about Al Gore winning the Noble Prize,   I always thought he was dismissed and denigrated in a very nasty way after the 2000 Election with so many people laughing at him and saying he’d become a crazy mountain man just because he grew a beard, put on a few pounds and continued to work for ( Read more... )

            Why it is that spending money I don’t have always makes me feel so much better about all things?

On Saturday I finally rode down to Chicago Comics and picked up issue #4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and volume 7 of the digest sized editions of Runaways both of which I have already devoured.  I really can’t afford to be ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago I started reading the novel Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides who had previously written that lovely, mystical tragedy The Virgin Suicides. The Virgin Suicides focused on upper middle-class teenagers living in the suburbs of Detroit in the 1970’s.  This millennia is in Middlesex as well but the novel pulls back, taking a far wider ( Read more... )

I watched the Mike Leigh film Naked.  It’s one of those movies-like Young Adam and almost everything by Lars Von Tier-that really confuses me.

It was a darkly fascinating film, mesmerizing and David Thewlis was excellent (and naked-- God I love English films-- what do Americans have against male full-frontal nudity?) in it.  However the ( Read more... )