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Rape
This scene from Gaspar Noé's disturbing and controversial 2002 film Irréversible is VERY NOT SAFE FOR WORK, so mind what you're clicking on, all you cubicle mice. It features the brutal beating and anal rape at knife point of Monica Bellucci's character in a scary red-lit underpass -- the rape itself is filmed in one static nine minute long shot, ( Read more... ) -
Root Canal #2 (also, tits and dick)
Dentist today. I need yet another root canal. I basically have the rottenest mouth ever. Except maybe for this guy.
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Why not have a parade?
My neighborhood is typically very noisy. The boom-ts-boom ts-ts of reggaeton, pumped from just below my window out of car speakers that cost more than the car itself, is a near-constant undercurrent of my life here. I've grown some what inured to it over the years, but I can't say I'm a big fan of being woken up at 3am by the sound of eight cops ( Read more... ) -
Award-Winning Mother's Day Gift
I got Anne Sofie von Otter's autograph today at rehearsal for Les Troyens, as an early Mother's Day gift for my mom. She's a huge fan. That is to say, my mom is, of Anne Sofie von Otter. I'm fairly certain Anne Sofie von Otter has no feelings one way or the other about my mom.
Anyway, check it out:
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I Feel Pretty
Today, as I walked through Downtown Crossing, a bum said good morning to me, very politely. I smiled at him as I walked past, and I heard him murmur "...and so pretty, too" under his breath. Am I the only one who gets a glow when street people give compliments? I know its silly, but it really makes my day ( Read more... )
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