Fumbled

F*ck For Forest (Marczak, 2013) - Trailer Interesting.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:00 -0400

F*ck For Forest (Marczak, 2013) - Trailer

Interesting.

Yeezus is on Spotify.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:54:00 -0400

Yeezus is on Spotify.

I put on my playlist of June. Costello filled the room. My dad...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:18:00 -0400

I put on my playlist of June. Costello filled the room. My dad swooped up my five year old niece and danced with her (held her and moved side to side with her legs dangled) for half the song until she demanded to be put down. If that doesn’t make your heart melt go back to kicking puppies or whatever soulless thing it was you were doing before I shared my life.

Father's Day

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:09:00 -0400

Leaves forced down a plastic bottle. We shared stories of the past two weeks. Her stories were more unrefined and scattered. I give her a break considering she’s five years old.

“Then we’ll put water inside.”

“Why?”

“Be-cause then. We can pour it into the fountain!”

“Uh.. lets fill the bottle with leaves first.”

Five hours, a pizza, and chicken panini later I pass out on carpet floor. Ten minutes of Shyla having fun later I wake up underneath a pile of toys and her wicked laugh.

“Lets pretend that you killed my wife and I’m the hero. Okay?”

Her ‘Okay?’ was much more declarative than questioning, yet it was still a question.

“Okay.”

“WHERE’S MY WIFE?!?!”

“I’ve killed her!!!”

“NOOOOO!!!”

I hope she never grows up.

Scratch that. I hope she never has a rebellious phase where she hates hanging out with her uncle.

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:28:21 -0400

Mission: Send shoes to grave. Status: In progress…

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:14:00 -0400

Mission: Send shoes to grave.

Status: In progress…

Life after school

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:52:00 -0400

I’m out! Free to fail however I choose! I think I’ll chronicle my daily experiences as I plunge towards growing as an adult human. It starts!

It Hurts

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:07:00 -0400

Crumbled crackers on bed sheets

Our love-hate presence speaks

Unfinished sentences, promises to keep

I think sleep

Hair that sheds, shares

Crumbled crackers on bed sheets

My tooth, loose

Twice maimed, once tamed, never there

Unfinished sentences, promises to keep

The outfit cheap

Your dress and hair

Crumbled crackers on bed sheets

The heat

My muse in red hair

Unfinished sentences, promises to keep

We reap
What we care

Crumbled crackers on bed sheets
Unfinished sentences, promises to keep

The biggest privacy violation of the last week wasn't against you

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:34:13 -0400

The biggest privacy violation of the last week wasn't against you:

gabydunn:

Mills’s hobbies are so irrelevant to this case they might as well be NBA stats or the number of times Leonardo DiCaprio has farted in the last year. People are calling her dumb, naive, self-involved, and insufferable on a national scale—for doing nothing except living her life. …Snowden’s leak is arguably the most important in national security history. On Tuesday, that all took a backseat to belittling some random woman.

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Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:49:22 -0400

Dagmar: Sometimes I get so lonely I forget what day it is, and...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:34:36 -0400

Dagmar: Sometimes I get so lonely I forget what day it is, and how to spell my name.

Lars And The Real Girl A man riddled with social anxiety turns...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:33:00 -0400

Lars And The Real Girl

A man riddled with social anxiety turns to a life size doll for affection.

The film “Lars And The Real Girl”, by Craig Gillespie, deals with three types of general conflicts: Man versus himself, man versus woman, and man versus society.

Man versus himself because Lars is the person creating the delusion, thus holding himself back from experiencing life.

Man versus woman because Lars, at the base of this journey, is unable to effectively identify and communicate with people, but more specifically, women.

Man versus society because the town must decide to accept or deny Lars and his peculiarity.

In terms of story structure it fits the Joseph Campbell eight step story structure.

1. A character is in a zone of comfort

Lars lives in the garage by himself. He is functional.

2. But they want something

Lars wants to be normal. More than being normal, he wants to feel loved.

3. They enter an unfamiliar situation

Lars buys a life size doll to be his girlfriend.

4. Adapt to it

Lars immediately deludes himself as the town plays along with the charade.

5. Gets what they wanted.

Lars and Bianca, the life size doll, have a seemingly great relationship. Lars is happy.

6. Pays a heavy price for it

Lars’s subconscious realizes he is sacrificing a real love with Margo for an artificial love with Bianca. He’s subconscious decides to kill Bianca off through a fake illness.

7. Then return to a familiar situation

With Bianca gone Lars and the rest of the town can go back to the way things were.

8. Having changed

Lars asks Margo to walk with him.

Ryan Gosling is amazing in the film. His quick, then elongated blinks were, to me, very well delivered and added a nice layer to the performance. In a non-articulate way of saying it, he pulled it off. I have a few friends with social anxiety and I could see similar traits within Lars.

Karin, Lar’s sister-in-law, was the character I identified most with. I felt the frustration in trying to get Lars to hang out and be around people. I’ve been in identical situations. It’s an impossible place to be for both parties.

The film was well worth watching. Gosling gets a lot of criticism for being an okay actor. I have never been apart of that opinion. He consistently shows me he is capable of showing us a vulnerability of humanity through the portrayal of different characters. I will say that, by far, my favorite performance of Gosling remains, and probably will always be, his portrayal of Dean in “Blue Valentine.” I could watch that movie another seven times, and still be absolutely in love with the performance and magic of capturing said moments. Keep on keeping on art people. I love it.

Spoiler Alert :)

In fear of her family misplacing nail clippers my mother has successfully hidden all nail clipping...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:00:10 -0400

In fear of her family misplacing nail clippers my mother has successfully hidden all nail clipping tools. Thus, no one can cut their nails other than my mother.

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Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:42:04 -0400

Watching He Man with my niece like a boss.

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:03:20 -0400

Watching He Man with my niece like a boss.

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Fri, 31 May 2013 22:01:26 -0400

Trust me

Thu, 30 May 2013 12:56:38 -0400

Aunt: Did you walk the dog?
Me: Yee-yes.
Aunt: You didn't.
Me: I'm going to.
Mom: wh-da-ble?
Me: What?
Mom walks into the room.
Mom: What about the ping pong table?
Me: I haven't walked it... I put it in the garage.
Mom: Have you?
Me: I will.

The females in my family assume I'm always lying, which is partially why I lie all the time.

I’ve just binge watched the entire fourth season of...

Thu, 30 May 2013 00:30:43 -0400

I’ve just binge watched the entire fourth season of Arrested Development. What now?

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Tue, 28 May 2013 20:25:03 -0400

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Wed, 22 May 2013 09:35:58 -0400