Wake the fuck up, Beast.

Sunny and warm outside. Shadowy and hot inside. One day I will no longer be a prisoner of this House in this city in this strange realm of this sunset country.

Yesterday, I played hooky, and we made the 2:30 p.m. matinée of Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer (2013; Seolgungnyeolcha), based on Jacques Lob's* graphic novel, Le ( Read more... )

So, no Oscars for me, since I won't pay outrageous cable or Direct TV bills or what the hell ever. But, I am appalled that Tree of Life didn't win Best Picture and that Mallick didn't win Best Director. That Melancholia and Von Trier were not even nominated...well, there's no accounting, as They are wont to say.

However, I am very pleased that ( Read more... )

Yesterday, there was more than a bit of drama on Facebook. Because I reposted an article unconditionally supporting a second term for President Obama, and pointing out what a bunch of loons the GOP has become. I'm honestly not sure when I started my FB page, but it was years ago. I must still have been in Atlanta. In all that time, I've found the ( Read more... )