"Black blizzard round a cold grey sun."

[greygirlbeast]

The Lamictal finally started taking affect about two weeks ago, and my moods stabilized. Until yesterday, and now depression has found me again. It's not the unmedicated, violent darkness, but it has sharp little claws, all these same

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[shanejayell]

Good luck with the writing.

[setsuled]

Cliff Martinez' soundtrack, perfectly matched to the film's quiet, ominous, haunted atmosphere.

He is really good at that. I have a copy of his score for Drive and it creates a great, subtle, volatile mood.

I haven't seen that Solaris since it was in the theatre, I remember it being rather refreshing.

[greygirlbeast]

I haven't seen that Solaris since it was in the theatre, I remember it being rather refreshing.

That's a fine adjective to describe the film.

[ministry_victim]

Agreed on Solaris.

I'm in a minority of one among my friends, so far past and present, who enjoy this film. Back before the internet made the purchasing of movies somewhat superfluous and silly, it made itself into the illustrious few that I actually cared enough about to buy. I'm kind of backwards in that fashion with my media. Whereas most of my friends and family would purchase any old movie that struck their fancy, and only buy books if they were sufficiently tickled by them, I do the opposite with books and movies.

[greygirlbeast]

Back before the internet made the purchasing of movies somewhat superfluous and silly,

Has it? I mean, I only buy DVDs of films that I truly love and need to have frequent access to, but I'd never thought of the relationship been DVDs and the internet this way.

[ministry_victim]

I think it has.

Given the existence of services like Netflix, and barring that, aggregate sites like Project Free TV, I don't see why anyone should have to pay the unnecessary and exorbitant prices that DVD retailers are asking. There may be a trade-off regarding time spent searching for quality, quality found and amount of money spent, but the days of being price-gouged by greedy retailers is at an end. I think that as long as the marginal benefit of finding a quality movie outweighs the marginal cost of searching for it, it beats shelling out $35.

That being said, I realize that project free TV and the like are presently operating in a questionably legitimate fashion across international lines where there are curious vacuums regarding intellectual property. When and if these vacuums are filled these options may dry up, although they may be replaced by something better.

[greygirlbeast]

I've never heard of Project Free TV, and I've never used anything like bit torrent. It's all entirely too sketchy.

But, mostly, if a movie means a lot to me, I want an actual physical copy that I know will be there when I need it, always. Steaming services are nice, but they don't replace the permanence and archival value of having a DVD library.

[nimeu]

Hope you find a way through. I've been enjoying "The Ape's Wife" this month.

[everville340]

Martinez was the drummer on the first two Red Hot Chili Peppers albums...

I did not know this, and now must revisit the albums as well as check out that soundtrack/movie.