Category: Random

Journalism: the [mistaken] belief that what you think is true becomes true once you write it down.

The most interesting part of this review of A.I. is the last couple of lines: “Movies should be rated by how much they’re worth. If you’re looking for a science fiction movie that will provoke, madden and irritate you, A.I. is worth $10 — otherwise keep yourself and any youngsters far away.” The idea of rating a film based upon how much you should be prepared to pay to watch it is actually an extremely interesting one. Hence Memento becomes a $15 film while Deep Blue Sea is a highly unsatisfying $0. I’m going to have to think about this more…

Mardi Gras

Today on Barbelith: Rap is Gay – “At its most expansive and inclusive, hip-hop, like the Zapatista movement, extends to include anyone who is dispossessed.”

Word of the day: ‘sarcasrony’ – being a useful word to use when you’re too confused by Alanis Morrissette to tell the difference between irony and sarcasm. Particularly should be used in confused American accent to highlight cultural stereotyping: “Jeez – you English people are so Sarcasronic – you know?”.

I’m excrutiatingly tired. Totally, completely, ridiculously exhausted. Workshy fop, you say? Not at all. But a combination of stress, work-related self-hatred and an inability to sleep brought about by three months of gradually escalating worry has finally taken its toll. I want to sleep for a thousand years. And tomorrow it’s Mardi Gras.

Yesterday on Barbelith: Grant Morrison (Part Two) – “It’s 1999 all over again with the second part of our classic interview – featuring Grant’s thoughts on The Invisibles, the future and Dictaphones…”

I find squeezing plasticbag.org completely around work incredibly difficult and frustrating. I hate temp work with such a passion.

I am stunned to report that I’ve had a word accepted into the pseudodictionary. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you ‘unsightful’.

It’s just not fair. I should be able to post to plasticbag.org during the day if I want to. I have to feed my baby. It’s so unfair.