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[evitagenspace]

Very little is new in life. A few random notes to keep this thing updated:

-Saw Grindhouse opening weekend, Easter Sunday. A nice way to spend three-and-a-half hours, although I don't think my friends quite came out of it with their sanity intact. Poor Miss Kou and Mister E... I don't think either came out with their sanity intact. My bad. I

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[ex_catachre]

"I have yet to scare her off is that she was home-schooled, so her experiences in dealing with people are nil"

You missed the word "boring" between "with" and "people." The homeschool advantage is that she's never had it made plain to her that she's not supposed to like anyone interesting. Abuse your advantage, kid!

[ygg13]

Dude, totally agree about Planet Terror being much better than Death Proof. Which I considered evidence that Quentin Tarantino has enough money now that he's stopped trying.

[evitagenspace]

Well, for me Death Proof is more of a problem of promise. Not just the fact that he kind of loses the whole 70's vibe after a short while (save for a pure Russ Meyer-ish ending... C'mon, the man was the person whostarted this whole retro project, how could he be the one to lose the 70s vibe of it all?!), but that he sets up a plot and never freaking does anything with it!

We start off the film with a good half hour setup, with some interesting characters, a good premise... then drop everything and instead hang around with four girls I wanted to beat with a tire iron the second they came onscreen... That, and, really (avoiding spoilers in case anyone sees this who hasn't seen it ^^; ), I've never seen a movie that misuses Kurt Russel before... the guy's a presence, how could he not make an impression in the film

[ygg13]

Dude, I totally agree about the second batch of girls. The first ones were both attractive and somewhat likable, while the second ones? Jeesh. Part of me thought that this was Tarantino's idea of a mean joke. The girls that you like, get killed off abruptly, and then the second one's, you're like, "Yes. Kill them now. Kill them!" and well, you know what happens.

[ygg13]

Out of curiosity, why do you think you'd scare the girl off? You seem like an incredibly interesting and unique person, which is something which might be confusing and intimidating to girls who aren't interesting and unique as well, but seriously man... I don't know you, but I didn't start reading your journal for nothing.

[paper_crystals]

Out of curiosity, why do you think you'd scare the girl off? You seem like an incredibly interesting and unique person, which is something which might be confusing and intimidating to girls who aren't interesting and unique as well, but seriously man... I don't know you, but I didn't start reading your journal for nothing.

He thinks this because he lives in rural Maine which is unfortunetly populated by people without these qualities and who do not value them very much. Which is fucking depressing.

[ygg13]

Jesus. I live with a guy from rural Maine here at Columbia. (By mistake. We have a mutual friend.) He seems completely fucking normal on the outside, but worships Hitler. Like, wants to be Hitler when he grows up. Yet isn't half as interesting as you'd hope someone so out there to be.

It's probably easy for me to say this because I spent most of my childhood moving around (no my parents are not military, but they might as well be), but my advice would be for him to go to college somewhere that's not rural Maine. Like a large city or something. From the looks of his writing, I'd say that he's at least as smart as most of the people who go here, which is on a similar academic level as Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.

This may be something of a stretch, since New York City is more or less as precise an opposite to rural Maine as you'll find on the East Coast, (and even if you hate rural Maine, it would be something of a culture shock) but it might be worth considering to transfer to the General Studies program here at Columbia.

[paper_crystals]

Jesus. I live with a guy from rural Maine here at Columbia. (By mistake. We have a mutual friend.) He seems completely fucking normal on the outside, but worships Hitler. Like, wants to be Hitler when he grows up. Yet isn't half as interesting as you'd hope someone so out there to be.

The social networking part of my brain says "So it is NYC, they probably have a Nazi party..." and the Jewish part of my brain starts making noises about scariness and running quickly in the other direction.

my advice would be for him to go to college somewhere that's not rural Maine.

I believe noises were made about transferring to U Southern Maine in Portland.

This may be something of a stretch, since New York City is more or less as precise an opposite to rural Maine as you'll find on the East Coast, (and even if you hate rural Maine, it would be something of a culture shock) but it might be worth considering to transfer to the General Studies program here at Columbia. Living here and going to this school is stressful as fuck, and expensive as

[paper_crystals]

Out of curiousity have you been watching Heroes? What do you think? I have been watching it over the internets because I have no TV.

I will be taking Intro to Philosophy as well next semester.

Best of luck with the lady.

[evitagenspace]

Egads, I've become the third wheel in my own LJ! xD

No, can't say I've gotten seriously into Heroes, to be honest. I don't hate it or anything, I just can't get into it, myself. Kind of half the reason I don't mind losing cable: I'm kind of a TV cynic (heck, the only reason I even watch Drive is that it stars Nathan Fillon... well, that, and car chases with conspiracy mixed in can be fun :P).

Nice to see folks still read this LJ, at least!

[paper_crystals]

Drive is that it stars Nathan Fillon... well, that, and car chases with conspiracy mixed in can be fun :P).

All the former Firefly people seem to star in romantic comedies, movies I can't watch because they would be too icky for me or things which are on cable and I am televisionless so I cannot watch.

You don't update that often and you usually say interesting things about movies, lit, college and your mental health. This merits reading.

[paper_crystals]

Drive is that it stars Nathan Fillon... well, that, and car chases with conspiracy mixed in can be fun :P).

All the former Firefly people seem to star in romantic comedies, movies I can't watch because they would be too icky for me or things which are on cable and I am televisionless so I cannot watch.

You don't update that often and you usually say interesting things about movies, lit, college and your mental health. This merits reading.

[tagaseguchi]

"I guess the reason I have yet to scare her off is that she was home-schooled, so her experiences in dealing with people are nil."
You were just waiting for me to comment to this quote. For those of you who dont know me I am NOT this girl that is spoken of. I am a friend of the Lj-er who just happened to be Homeschooled. You havent scared her off probly because of the same reason why you havent scared me off yet. Most homeschoolers (those who are not taught through the Bible) look at things differently. True we havent had the "people interaction" that public schools offer, I think that is makes us to be comfortable with who we are and not conform to what everyone else is.
We are different and proud of it since we were not BRAINWASHED by the public school system.