Burn After Reading, Uninsured, and The Road
So, I saw Burn After Reading yesterday. It was so hilarious! Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand were really great in it. :D I can't really say anymore about it because then I'd give too much away, so you'll have to see it for yourself. It's like Fargo but much funnier. Definitely the funniest film I've seen this year. Yes, even more so than Tropic Thunder. :D
So, yesterday I found out I officially don't have medical insurance anymore. In fact, I haven't been covered since July 31st, but they didn't even inform us! Something could have happened to me while I was on vacation and that would have been really bad. So, I need to get an individual plan now. I think my mom applied to this HMO with Kaiser Permanente. So, we'll see how that goes.
Last night I finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I thought it was good, but the plot and dialouge got pretty repetitive after a while. It reminded me of the Studio Ghibli film Grave of the Fireflies because both dealt with families trying to survive in a world that is against them. I'm not sure how this one is going to carry over in the film, but we will see. Now I'm reading Dragonforge by James Maxey. :)
We went to Borders because we are planning on working to replace some of our VHS tapes we really love watching with DVDs. So, we managed to get a whole bunch. Also I got this book Pandemonium by debut author Daryl Gregory. I heard about this book on Locus Online (a great resource for discovering new sci-fi, horror and fantasy) and the story and excerpt caught my interest.
Here's a summary of the plot and a link to the excerpt
It is a world like our own in every respect . . . save one. In the 1950s, random acts of possession begin to occur. Ordinary men, women, and children are the targets of entities that seem to spring from the depths of the collective unconscious, pop-cultural avatars some call demons. There’s the Truth, implacable avenger of falsehood. The Captain, brave and self-sacrificing soldier. The Little Angel, whose kiss brings death, whether desired or not. And a string of others, ranging from the bizarre to the benign to the horrific.
As a boy, Del Pierce is possessed by the Hellion, an entity whose mischief-making can be deadly. With the help of Del’s family and a caring psychiatrist, the demon is exorcised . . . or is it? Years later, following a car accident, the Hellion is back, trapped inside Del’s head and clamoring to get out.
Del’s quest for help leads him to Valis, an entity possessing the science fiction writer formerly known as Philip K. Dick; to Mother Mariette, a nun who inspires decidedly unchaste feelings; and to the Human League, a secret society devoted to the extermination of demons. All believe that Del holds the key to the plague of possession-and its solution. But for Del, the cure may be worse than the disease.
http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345509697&view=excerpt
So, yesterday I found out I officially don't have medical insurance anymore. In fact, I haven't been covered since July 31st, but they didn't even inform us! Something could have happened to me while I was on vacation and that would have been really bad. So, I need to get an individual plan now. I think my mom applied to this HMO with Kaiser Permanente. So, we'll see how that goes.
Last night I finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I thought it was good, but the plot and dialouge got pretty repetitive after a while. It reminded me of the Studio Ghibli film Grave of the Fireflies because both dealt with families trying to survive in a world that is against them. I'm not sure how this one is going to carry over in the film, but we will see. Now I'm reading Dragonforge by James Maxey. :)
We went to Borders because we are planning on working to replace some of our VHS tapes we really love watching with DVDs. So, we managed to get a whole bunch. Also I got this book Pandemonium by debut author Daryl Gregory. I heard about this book on Locus Online (a great resource for discovering new sci-fi, horror and fantasy) and the story and excerpt caught my interest.
Here's a summary of the plot and a link to the excerpt
It is a world like our own in every respect . . . save one. In the 1950s, random acts of possession begin to occur. Ordinary men, women, and children are the targets of entities that seem to spring from the depths of the collective unconscious, pop-cultural avatars some call demons. There’s the Truth, implacable avenger of falsehood. The Captain, brave and self-sacrificing soldier. The Little Angel, whose kiss brings death, whether desired or not. And a string of others, ranging from the bizarre to the benign to the horrific.
As a boy, Del Pierce is possessed by the Hellion, an entity whose mischief-making can be deadly. With the help of Del’s family and a caring psychiatrist, the demon is exorcised . . . or is it? Years later, following a car accident, the Hellion is back, trapped inside Del’s head and clamoring to get out.
Del’s quest for help leads him to Valis, an entity possessing the science fiction writer formerly known as Philip K. Dick; to Mother Mariette, a nun who inspires decidedly unchaste feelings; and to the Human League, a secret society devoted to the extermination of demons. All believe that Del holds the key to the plague of possession-and its solution. But for Del, the cure may be worse than the disease.
http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345509697&view=excerpt