The king of all drinks….simple, classy, delicious, and possibly one of the least harmful (health-wise) mixed drinks available. My fave.

Fantastic! Much more sci-fi sounding than “Pleasure Vibrations”. The opening track really cracked me up, and I had to explain to my listening companion how it was pulled from the Godzilla epic, “Monster Island” (the name of the song, too). My companion then informed me about the samples from the original “Last House on the Left” in “Piss Your Pants”. Lots of fun samples.

In my perfect cocktail party happening in my head, we would all wear Luna Me*noh’s fashion creations and groove to Seksu’s two albums. Total tragedy they’re not making music together anymore.

Good build up leading to a hollow ending. I just felt cheated out of the whole story between Burt, Virginia, and Burt’s father. And this whole happy ending? Wha?

I dunno, just a tad disappointing…

This was the first Joan Crawford movie I have seen. She really does have this very interesting face, hard to keep your eyes of her.

“There’s some really good DJ’s out there right now….like, DJ Boo Boo, or, DJ Num Num…” lol

only “By Alissa”. Found a great recipe to bake up as a welcoming present for the new neighbors and snagged one for myself…best cookies I’ve ever made (I’m a horrible baker, yes, it’s a misnomer).

OMG so much fun! my husband and i play for 3-4 hours every evening lol

pretty boring, and what was up with the female leads? offensive.

then again, i haven’t liked any of these ‘superhero’ movies (save the x-men trilogy). guess it’s just not my genre.

my husband didn’t like it either, though…

pretty standard. no big surprises here. karen black’s face looks like it’s all puffy from too much plastic surgery the whole way through. quite remnescient of octomom’s face, actually.

quite long and for most of the movie simply heart wrenching.

main message of the movie is to not waste your life, the folly of bureaucracy, and the contrivance of those we live with day in and day out.

one of the most interesting aspects of the movie for me was the portrayal of a western american culture saturated post-war japan. there were several points in the film where characters sang american songs (in english), nearly everyone wore western clothing styles, listened and performed american music, danced in the style of american post-war jitterbug, etc. all the while with more traditional japanese architecture to play it all out in. it was something i have read about but found it to be very striking to see.

the movie itself played out much like an american hollywood production of the time, only with the ‘drawn-out-ness’ that seems to be a part of many asian films i watch (not a bad thing) (expressing ideas without a crap ton of worthless dialogue). the ‘western-ness’ of the movie production was something that i’m still not sure how i feel about. i guess this in itself is just another layer of american culture impacting japan.

overall, good. i guess i’m not quite at the whole, ‘this is a masterpiece’ feeling about this movie…but not bad. i really enjoyed ‘onibaba’, a japanese piece from this era of film making. i would suggest that movie over this…more subtle theme and an original story (original to me…i think it may be based on traditional japanese folklore).

This is quite possibly the best book I’ve ever read. As just about every page succinctly wrapped up bits of gender psychology and knowledge spanning different cultures, eras, and considerations; it is extremely difficult to really discuss this book. It was extraordinarily educational, intellectual, easy-to-read, and has given me tons of brain food. It is a book that is simultaneously rewarding to the intellect and to your personal life. This book is something I hope to include in my future teaching career, and fully recommend it to everyone. I am in fact making at least a one chapter reading assignment to my husband (a chapter that deals with the idea of marriage in modern America).

Mead so fully extracts every possible tie and inkling of potential to fully elucidate her ideas and observations, it is a pure delight to read for those who are analytically minded.

Do yourself a favor and check this out. I won’t recommend this to just those who are interested in social sciences, this is one for every human being that finds themselves living within a society (that means all of you, fools!). :)

I really want someone I know to read this so I can discuss it with them!