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THE PLACE TO IMPROVE THE WORLD IS FIRST IN ONE'S HEART AND HEAD AND HANDS.
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Dec 9, 2008 1:09 pm
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Robert Pirsig said that zen is nothingness.
I think he's wrong.
Zen to me is a very special place, that inhabits
the void between the forces of life and death, and to me
this is not a sad place, but a place of eternal energy,
intense libido and soaring spirit.
The strange this is, that being in the state of zen
is a neutral state where our physical being
seems almost abstract ... like a rothko painting
that nobody is watching but is full of blood and guts
and the refusal to die, to let death destroy us.
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title quote by dr. zen - r. pirsig
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WHY DO WOMEN PREFER EATING CHOCOLATE OR GOSSIPING TO HAVING SEX WITH MEN?
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Dec 7, 2008 11:15 am
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The latest Terence Higgins Trust survey
concluded that 53% of men rate sex as their
number one preferred recreational activity.
i thought it would be higher - perhaps 60-70%
whereas only 28% of women chose sex.
most women preferred to gossip with girlfriends
than engage in the world's oldest pastime.
does this data confirm that men and women
are growing further and further apart?
it seems that women concur to have sex for
procreational reasons rather than for fun.
is modern life to blame for the loss of the
female libido or is it the failure of feminism?
most of the women i know (25-45) all suffer
from eating disorders and there's a strong tendency
to participate in group social networking than
intimate 1-to-1 relationships (which most of
the time don't last for various reasons.)
there are a few close female friends that just
treat men like accessories, and they're not
afraid to admit it.
britney spears has alot to answer for.
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THE MALL.
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Nov 28, 2008 10:56 am
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people don't go there to shop,
they go there to watch people
watch other people.
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DEAR MOTHER-IN LIFE I WAS A WASTE OF SPACE, BUT NOW I'M DEAD YOU CAN BE PROUD OF ME.
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Nov 25, 2008 12:50 pm
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Somewhere in Marseilles-France
a team of bio-mechanical surgeons
wired receptors into the muscle tissue
and internal organs of a male corpse,
cladding the entire body in an orange
and yellow lycra suit with impact
stickers anointing him for the most
important day of his life.
As the cameras rolled, the car
gained momentum before colliding
with the suspended crash test dummy
which was thrown several metres
upon the concrete floor.
It's a shame the mother of the corpse
wasn't there to see what her son
had achieved for road safety.
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I FELL INTO THE OCEAN AND YOU BECAME MY WAVE.
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Nov 22, 2008 12:39 pm
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airport lounge >
there was a late
20 something
brunette
wearing a green jacket
jeans
i can't remember what
shoes
she walked in a way to provoke
the male gaze
i was sipping a nicely chilled
chardonnay
not buttery
enough
i was reading the whitsun
weddings by pl
our eyes met as she waited
for her latte
i read a little more
found her sitting behind
to my left
she pulled a paperback
from her brown leather
rucky
crime and punishment
i smiled
while a landslide of images
moving and still
crashed.
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blog title by tom waits
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THE ART OF SHIATSU AND HOW IT MAKES ME GIGGLE BUT NOT THINK ABOUT SEX.
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Nov 18, 2008 12:27 pm
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shiatsu has this really serious
reputation but, it's a gas.
i mean, when she started doing things
inbetween my toes
i was grinning wider than the joker.
after an hour i didn't want it to
stop.
the girl was lovely too.
even though i thought about thinking about it
i couldn't think about sex.
all sorts of shit ran through my mind
blancmange, big bang, big tits, big cocks
but nothing that made me wet ...
i was so into the whole let go thing
it was fabulous.
she said, after i paid her (with a tip)
do you want to come again?
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portrait of lionel trilling
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RICH OR POOR, EVERY HUMAN CORPSE SMELLS THE SAME.
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Nov 14, 2008 12:54 pm
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i've never actually been
in the presence of a freshly
plucked slab
of human
ex-humanity
have you guys?
it's something
i want to experience
because there is a solid reason ...
i want to avoid
leaving the same ghastly bouquet.
what is the best exit
without
the trail of slime?
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I'D LIKE TO BORROW SOME EGGS? HOW MANY? FOUR. WHAT FOR? I DON'T KNOW?
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Apr 5, 2008 3:35 pm
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q : why would a director remake one of his own films?
a : artistic integrity.
michael haneke is an 'auteur' ... an intellectual ... a maverick,
a highly-respected austrian film director who's made
'the piano teacher' and 'cache' also known as 'hidden'.
warners have just released an english version of his 1997
european art film 'funny games' starring naomi watts,
michael pitt and tim roth.
i saw the subtitled german version of 'funny games' a few years
ago, before i viewed the re-make at the multiplex yesterday.
the original version is very disturbing, peppered with moments
of black humour, suspense, banality and graphic offscreen
violence. there are moments when the audience is manipulated
into believing that the victims will be able to escape their
harrowing destiny, our hopes raised ... then dashed.
it's an 'intellectuals' idea of a visceral experience.
my beef is why the director chose to make an almost
shot-for-shot re-make.
the cinematography in the original is competent but not
outstanding. the art direction and styling has aged well (but
it's more high-end tv production than art cinema. the core
strengths of the original film is the script, the casting, and the
balance between mental cruelty and physical repulsion.
did warner brothers force haneke to duplicate the original
or was it pure arrogance?
it's an art-house film. it was never targeted to appeal to a
mainstream audience, it's only had a limited U.S. release.
so, what was the point?
the re-make is good (but it isn't better than the original.)
technically, it could have looked so much better, i consider the
cinematography/lighting and art direction to be mediocre.
moving from germany to long island could have provided a
chance to create a contrast between the vast open landscapes
and the intense claustrophobia/terror created by the softly
spoken young gentlemen. perhaps, even the torture inflicted
could have been heightened to new extremes?
the blood splattered tv looked ... tame ... as if it was from
a cheap slasher movie. i'm not suggesting brain matter was
required, but it could have looked ... well ... real.
my point is this - beauty is in the detail.
if the story is rock solid ... why not make it look 'gorgeous'.
use anamorphic lenses, intensify the colour palette,
push the contrast, the saturation, use different film stock,
crank-up the sound design (the use of john zorn is fabulous.)
in the original, the mother wears a flesh coloured bra and flesh
coloured slip, whereas naomi watts wears a flesh coloured bra
and white panties ... how 'naff' is that?
was the director pandering to the producers wishes of more
skin? (naomi just happens to be a co-producer.)
it's also curious, that although the young men force the mother
to undress in front of her husband and son (who's blindfolded),
the camera doesn't reveal anything except her tear stained face.
the mother is de-sexualised.
there's no gratification expressed in the faces of the young men
(one of whom is supposedly gay.) and yet, if they were gay
their verbal response that she has no 'flab' is unrealistic. flat.
if you haven't seen the new version yet, then watch the original.
if you haven't seen the original, then see the english version.
funny games 1997 : 8/10
funny games 2008 : 7/10
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DONALD DRAPER. WHAT KIND OF NAME IS THAT?
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Apr 1, 2008 6:19 pm
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okay. for the record.
i don't watch tv.
except for nature programmes.
you know ... educational stuff
where they hide cameras in elephant trunks
and under rocks beside mosquito infested drinking holes
incredible images of leopards discovering for the first
time their own reflections on the lens ...
cuddly tiger cubs suckling their mother's titties,
then running away like little lambs
when they encounter a massive python,
and sweeping panoramic shots of the gorgeous tigress
tearing apart an antelope.
i love that shit.
no, like i said tv is for losers - right?
hell, now i'm hooked on 'madmen'.
i've just watched episode 5
where don has paid his younger brother $5,000
to stay out of his life.
shit.
tomorrow, it's ...
'dexter'.
i love the title sequence.
i don't know the actor who plays dexter, i mean
i don't recognise him from anything before this show
cos like i said i don't watch tv.
but he's got just enough sleaze and mr.nice guy charm
to pull it off.
so glad they're making another season.
okay, i've got a novel to ...
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HYBRID EMBRYOS.
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Apr 1, 2008 5:41 pm
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what's the big deal with using cow embryos
to grow human stem cells?
we're descended from apes anyway ...
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