Does anyone ever feel weirded out when others say to you, "If only there was a male/female version of you!" Now granted this usually comes in the form of a borderline flirtatious/complimentary comment. But either way- why associate a gender with my characteristics at all? To generate comfort because of biological differences? To separate fact from ( Read more... )

( Some fan poetry and band imagery to describe a concert experience... )

Alright. So here is a list of twelve black metal albums that I listen to for welcoming the winter and invoking a dark wretched mood. Most beneficial when I have four open hours during my job before the store opens up. But also good for bicycle rides through a murky forest at night or walking amongst the dead cold grassy plains. This music inspires ( Read more... )

I just finished watching what I like to call a genre-less film. And not because it is necessarily a bad movie, quite the opposite really, it was a very powerful and overstimulating film from beginning to end. Genre-less on the level of understanding what type of film goer it would most likely sync well with? Sci-Fi? Fantasy? Horror? What if certain ( Read more... )