| glazomania extreme |
[May. 21st, 2013|11:14 pm]
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| | The Fenians - Young ned of the hill | ] |
i discovered that facebook has a rate/list the movies you've watched feature, so i played with it last night. i kept trying to put it in order, but after a while, it just got too awkward with the way they have it set up. so here's the list, in order. it hasn't changed much since the last time i did this, but i wanted to get it right somehow and this is the only way i could:
182 mystery men
181 tombstone
180 to hell and back
179 galaxy quest
178 the adventures of buckaroo banzai across the eighth dimension
177 the man who would be king
176 the princess bride
175 o lucky man!
174 them!
173 the long good friday
172 will success spoil rock hunter?
171 a zed & two noughts
170 3 godfathers
169 mystics in bali
168 flash gordon
167 starship troopers
166 the conversation
165 total recall
164 gun the man down
163 the adventures of priscilla, queen of the desert
162 edvard munch
161 the red shoes
160 terminator 2: judgment day
159 man with a movie camera
158 gymkata
157 the grapes of death
156 showgirls
155 band of outsiders
154 wake to fright
153 duck soup
152 a night at the opera
151 dog day afternoon
150 fallen angels
149 night of the living dead
148 the sword in the stone
147 the cement garden
146 the italian job
145 stagecoach
144 captain blood
143 steamboat bill, jr.
142 pickpocket
141 paprika
140 eight-diagram pole fighter
139 good burger
138 the duellists
137 adventures in babysitting
136 the night porter
135 assault on precinct 13
134 noises off!
133 the adventures of prince achmed
132 fargo
131 alien
130 the brood
129 the good, the bad, and the ugly
128 the third man
127 high noon
126 inland empire
125 the celebration
124 babe
123 underground
122 noriko's dinner table
121 the man who shot liberty valance
120 the long kiss goodnight
119 pulp
118 the lion in winter
117 singin' in the rain
116 summer school
115 querelle
114 heathers
113 henry: portrait of a serial killer
112 i shot jesse james
111 rififi
110 the magnificent seven
109 sword of doom
108 head
107 prince of darkness
106 the earrings of madame de...
105 high and low
104 jubilee
103 pulse
102 rebel without a cause
101 the magic christian
100 the thirty-sixth chamber of shaolin
99 black christmas
98 casablanca
97 spice world
96 willow
95 the passion of joan of arc
94 the long goodbye
93 the thing
92 a man escaped
91 dazed & confused
90 die hard
89 close-up
88 it's a wonderful life
87 pump up the volume
86 rock'n'roll high school
85 the bird with crystal plumage
84 rosencrantz & guildenstern are dead
83 the act of seeing with one's own eyes
82 the descent
81 barton fink
80 tokyo story
79 get carter
79 little fugitive
78 some kind of wonderful
77 the quiet earth
76 dream to believe
75 cabaret
74 white christmas
73 mclintock!
72 the devils
71 the music man
70 breaker morant
69 the meaning of life
68 all about lily chou-chou
67 the lady eve
66 suspiria
65 dragonslayer
64 the misfits
63 my neighbor totoro
62 jesus christ vampire hunter
61 cool hand luke
60 barbarella
59 solaris
58 heavenly creatures
57 dumbo
56 grave of the fireflies
55 the seventh victim
54 imitation of life
53 the night of the hunter
52 nothing but a man
51 pink flamingos
50 tombs of the blind dead
49 black cat, white cat
48 myra breckinridge
47 seconds
46 riki-oh: the story of ricky
45 meshes of the afternoon
44 the killer
43 the house is black
42 titicut follies
41 paris is burning
40 happiness
39 do the right thing
38 trouble the water
37 the thief and the cobbler
36 possession
35 picnic at hanging rock
34 uhf
33 purple rain
32 harlan county usa
31 wizards
30 the intruder
29 killer of sheep
28 m
27 the night of the iguana
26 beau travail
25 safe
24 ikiru
23 window water baby moving
22 the forest for the trees
21 happy-go-lucky
20 the great silence
19 the muppet movie
18 l'atalante
17 ugetsu
16 taste of cherry
15 woman in the dunes
14 fat girl
13 hausu
12 the wages of fear
11 daisies
10 the texas chain saw massacre
9 in a year of 13 moons
8 fucking amal
7 drifting clouds
6 la commune
5 the world
4 a moment of innocence
3 sunrise: a song of two humans
2 sweet movie
1 satantango |
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| meditation is a kind of deliberate ecstasy |
[May. 21st, 2013|08:10 pm]
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| | Nachtmystium "Assassins-Black Middle Part 1" | ] |
It is 7:54 PM Tuesday night. There is nothing to do tonight but relax. I have been reading "Heart Treasure" by Oliver Heywood (1629-1702) this evening. I did mow the front and back yard this evening. That was a killer! I am waiting for a phone call from my wife.
"I. The heart employs it in devout soliloquies and heavenly meditations, in cheering sentiment and elevating emotions. These keep the Christian such good company, that he is never less alone than when alone. Scripture truths are sweet and satisfying companions in all conditions, places, and stations. "When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee." And what can we desire more than a guide in our way, a guard around our beds, and a sweet companion in our solitudes and serious retirements? Such are divine truths. A Christian may live upon this treasure in a wilderness, in a prison, aye, as Luther says, even in hell itself. God's statutes were David's songs in the house of his pilgrimage. Issac went out into the fields for recreation, and took his treasure along with him, getting a solitary and savory repast of meditation. When a man is shut out from ordinances, "his soul may be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, when it meditates on God in the night watches;" yes, when dull and discouraging thoughts discompose the spirit, this treasure helps as a holy charm to raise the spirit of the believer, and drive away the evil spirit of deadness and distraction.
Meditation is a kind of deliberate ecstasy; the harmonious melody of the soul's faculties within itself by a mutual and musical concert. It is the soul's self-conference heard only be itself. It is a restoring of meat formerly taken down, and diffusing it into the several views and arteries of the soul. Meditation, in a word, is a holy concoction and digestion of divine truths, which prepares and ripens the soul for heaven. O the ravishing nature of a close and fixed meditation! It is a God-enjoying and self-profiting exercise. The devout soul, that is thus furnished with a treasure, can expatiate upon all things, and, like the laborious bee, fetch honey of some comfort out of every object and subject. . ." Heywood pg. 24,25
old diary entry November 4, 2010
Crookedfingers
http://crookedfingers.livejournal.com/2010/11/04/
Glorycloud
http://glorycloud.diaryland.com/101104_31.html |
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| the ineffable experience of mystical union with Christ |
[May. 21st, 2013|05:10 pm]
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| | Johnny Marr "The Messenger" | ] |
It is 5:04 PM Tuesday in the flow of existence. It has been a normal day. I left for the library book nook around 10:40 AM and got home around 2:15 PM. The book nook was super quiet so I read my books and wandered the store. Carol called me from Boston while I was at the book nook. She is having a good time at the Nurse Convention there in Boston. At the Nurse Convention are over 7000 people attending. Carol said she walked seven miles yesterday.
I laid down around 3:30 PM and got up around 5 o'clock PM. I should go outside and mow the lawn this evening.
Well I do not know what else to report. I do not know what I will do this evening. Tomorrow is a Wednesday. I take Rudy to get groomed tomorrow morning. I will visit thrift stores tomorrow and search for food. I finished eating the pack of hotdogs this evening. I have been living on hot dogs and quiche. I did get a bowl of soup today at the food place located inside our local public library. It was a blessing to a have a bowl of hot soup in this cold lonely dead American world.
I suppose I will close to mow the lawn. There is no way of escape.
At the book nook I wrote this on a piece of paper for me to remember to explore "when born I knew that I was not wanted-I was not suppose to be-no one wanted me when I was a baby." |
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| BARROWMAN! |
[May. 21st, 2013|03:45 pm]
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Oh damn, he fine. He so fine. Fine fine fine. Oh yes.
I'll have me a Captain Jack with a side of Ianto, TYVM. |
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| Decanting Dirty Beaches’ Embalmed Spirit (MP3) |
[May. 21st, 2013|06:23 am]
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http://disquiet.com/2013/05/20/decanting-dirty-beachess-embalmed-spirit-mp3/ http://disquiet.com/?p=25131 Heathered Pearls was exactly the right remixer for the Dirty Beaches song “Casino Lisboa.” The original, off the new album Drifters/Love Is the Devil, is like some latter-day, slow-motion amalgam of the Cramps and Consolidated, a world-weary dirge vocal amid the clank of self-consciously routinized industrial rock. In the Heathered Pearls edit (referred to somewhat casually as “Heathered Pearls’ dead time rework”), it is as if the track is being revisited in the memory of its remixer. Slivers of the vocal repeat like a song can when caught in the gears of the lizard brain. It ekes out a sense of forward momentum, but really just gets caught in its own circuitous loop. The result loses none of the embalmed spirit of the original, if anything emphasizing it. It does lose some choice moments from the source material, including a brief excursion into a guitar solo that sounds more like the wind brushing a metal fence, but the trade off is worth it.
Here is the original “Casino Lisboa,” in the form of its mesmerizing video:
Remix originally posted for free download at soundcloud.com/heathered-pearls. Heathered Pearls is Jakub Alexander. Dirty Beaches is Alex Zhang Hungtai. More from Hungtai/Beaches at dirtybeaches.blogspot.com. |
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| Car Troubles and Porn Flail |
[May. 21st, 2013|10:08 am]
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As I was driving Shawn to work today, we were idling at Lexington and Summit at the stoplight there when all of a sudden a plume of white smoke came up from under my hood. I've had so many problems with that particular sight I no longer go into super-panic mode, ie, "Ai! Car on Fire!!"
Instead, I calmly finished taking Shawn to work, bought a few groceries on the way home, and then told Mason, "Looks like a library day!" My new auto repair guy is Dave's Auto's in Roseville, which is directly across the street from the library, so when the car is stuck in the shop, I (or Mason and I during intersession) sit in the coffeeshop/library awaiting news/a rescue. (The Roseville Library has an Dunn Brothers attached that opens at 6:30 am, so that's super convenient). I've spent an entire day at the library and the only hardship is knowing I can't really go anywhere else. But, with the coffee shop attached it has EVERYTHING I NEED, in order: wifi, books, coffee, food and water and shelter. And, of course, a bathroom.
Anyway, when I pulled into Dave's and explained the situation to the guy behind the counter, he said, "Well, let's take a look." We walked outside together. He popped my hood and inspected everything in that way only a car mechanic can. I mean, I look at all those hoses and bits and think, "Huh. Car," and wouldn't be able to tell you if the engine was missing, but this guy sees all the signs. He opens up my steering fluid container and says, "I think this is over filled. Look here how it's spilled over onto the top. See how your engine has a wet spot? I think we found your culprit."
Then, he goes back into the shop and gets an HONEST TO GOD TURKEY BASTER and pulls out some excess fluid and pats me on the back and says, "There you go. Fixed."
AND IT WAS FREE.
I am utterly and completely in love with Dave's Auto and every single person who works there forever and for all time and I might have accidentally told them that as we left.
But, since Mason and I had psyched ourselves up for an all day adventure and it looks like rain, Mason and I decided, "Screw it, let's have a library day anyway," so I drove over to the library parking lot and we're now sitting in the coffeeshop waiting for he library to open.
Meanwhile, in unrelated news, my friend  empty_mirrors point me to this: http://nrrrdy-grrrl.livejournal.com/580483.html a nice link salad of slash resources for those of us who ocassionally feel porn challenged, like myself. I've been told I write okay sex (slash commenters lead me to believe I ocassionally hit the mark into "hot,") but the writing of sex scenes is always a struggle. It was/is a struggle in my day job as a romance writer, too.
Anyway, the library is now open. |
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