You know, 8MM is massively underrated noir film. Call me irresponsible or sacrilegious, but I actually like it more than Sunset Boulevard for films in this genre. Of course, Fight Club is a kind of noir in it's own way, it has the exact same narrative device as Sunset Boulevard, although the book version is much more shameless in ripping off Billy Wilder.
Plus 8MM is written by Andrew Kevin Walker -- the same guy who wrote SE7EN -- if you like that movie, you should really check 8MM out. Great inspired performances from Nicholas Cage, Peter Stormaire and James Gandolfini.
Fun day today, all about the working out. I'm down 93 pounds now. I was styling the preppy mohawk today [i.e. you know when you've got short hair but its long and scruffy enough on top to spike into a mohawk] Yes, it's horribly trendy and that Linkin Park idiot sports it at times, but it looked surprisingly good on me, since I was wearing this tight white undershirt and some loose jeans with my Docs. Not quite a fashion victim yet, but aspiring.
[Plus, yeah, I like the fact that I can wear white undershirts sized Large and have it look good right now, It'll look even better once I get down to my final goal weight. I'm vain and a dip so there :P ]
I was talking to someone today about how MTV [which has a magzine now -- like anyone who watches MTV even reads these days ] and it has a small feature on SuicideGirls -- it was remarked that the site looks so cookie cutter clean it's almost like an e-commerce page & the idea struck me to comment on wouldn't that be cute? "Yeah, I'd like a pixie-ish punk girl, hair color pink and black, white about 5'7, must like 80's Depeche Mode + Cure but show a slight indiffierence to Morrisey but not the Smiths -- back-ordered huh? Well just get her here by Christmas."
Come on, who wouldn't want a SuicideGirl for Christmas -- that'd be "teh deck"
Slightly better feeling today -- I've been venty on my personal log lately, but I'm working through it. I may shoutcast tomorrow, but I don't know yet -- I think it would be too emo-heavy still, although a few people did like me turning them onto Raising The Fawn & Subgod -- Coheed and Cambria is also good, but I'm still partial to Death Cab for Cutie. Kids who like the Ville Valo may also enjoy the musical stylings of The Rasmus, another fine band from Finland, sans the unfortunate Bam Margera stalkerdom.
I won a FREE SONG! off of iTunes from drinking a Diet pepsi. Their selection makes me ill. It;s like this -- Music wasn't invented in 1999 you MOTHERFUCKING MORONS! -- I was actually seeing if they had the Harry Smith anthology from Rhino & no dice -- Damnit, seriously, if I'm gonna buy a song I want to buy something I can't find readily on Kazaa or at Go-boy or offbeat. or Tower. I ended up throwing in the towel & downloading Dynamite by Ima Robot [the clean version?? -what the fuck?]. I'll probably buy this CD before too long. I don't like that it seems that iTunes stuff only plays on iTunes, although iTunes radio is great -- love the selection. iTunes interface is still the retard friendly shit eaten up by morons at my work who can't understand concepts like "right click" or that an X closes out a window.
Anyway, done venting thar'
You know what's funny about 2 journals -- it's the little differences. Someone should buy me a SuicideGirl for Christmas though -- it'd be dope. Program her with the right taste in music & you'd have an only half vapid example of why image is more important than substance in this pathetic culture we live in.
Honestly, though, there's like a ton of veiled movie references in this post that would make it so much more witty if you'd seen them. Maybe when I find someone who can name them all, I'll know who to try and not serenade with "Shock The Monkey" by accident.
Which reminds me, Suncoast had a great poster for that movie -- the tagline was beyond cute "It's a Lloyd meets Girl story" :)
See you all later. Love ya .. Kisses
- Vic
Posted by Vic at April 18, 2004 07:17 AM