I used to listen to angsty, depressing music, like the Cruxshadows.

Then I started listening to happy music, like Utada Hikaru and video game soundtracks.

Now, I listen to happy-sounding music with angsty-depressing lyrics. Things have achieved a balance, of a sort.

Watching this video has made me want to play Symphony of the Night again. For a ( Read more... )

I don't understand how insurance repricing works. I got a bill for around $800 from the doctor today. Okay, not surprising, he's a specialist. What was surprising is how far down insurance reduced it: $180. That's to $180, not by $180. And most of my bills are like that. Either health care is obscenely overpriced and only people with good insurance ( Read more... )

I went to see Pan's Labyrinth last night. I had read the wikipedia article on it back when I thought that it would never make it out here, but I had forgotten enough of it that parts of the movie still took me by surprise. For example--the violence. Despite being able fairies, there wasn't anything fairy tale-esque about the violence. The world of ( Read more... )

It comes out on DVD in a couple weeks.

See it.

It is, perhaps, one of the most important movies you will ever see.

...which is why I haven't posted in a week. There's stuff coming up this weekend, though, so I should have another post after that. I'm going to spend a day in the city with softlykarou and see WickedI had a big angst rant prepared but...well, you've heard it before, so I'm going to skip it. Instead, I'll pose an ethical question to you. This question is ( Read more... )

...governments should be afraid of their people."
-V, V for Vendetta

We saw V for Vendetta this weekend, which was really good, though it did make me want to punch a Republican in the face. It's by the same people who did the Matrix, but without any of the pseudo-religious philosophy. Instead, it just has political philosophy, which is fine by me ( Read more... )

...softlykarou and I watched Serenity last weekend.

I'd known about Firefly for a while, though I'd never seen it--the people on RPG.net are, frankly, crazy over the series. I admit, I had a little bit of geek aversion to it at first (i.e., a bunch of other people like it, so clearly it sucks), but when I actually watched it, I realized that they were right ( Read more... )

That's one of the lines from Reefer Madness: the Musical, which I watched with softlykarou and a bunch of her suitemates on Saturday. It was hilarious. I liked it enough that I'm seriously considering getting a copy myself. It follows the original pretty closely, even using the same lines in some cases, but also manages to incorporate a Jesus dance number ( Read more... )

I cleaned my room! There is nothing on the floor anymore, my bookshelves are neat and tidy and everything is visible (no more two-rows deep to hold all the books). Now I just have to vacuum and dust more. The shelves and the dresser are dusted, but there are probably other places that need it.

My visit with softlykarou was quite long (eight days), and a ( Read more... )