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Monday

16Jun2008

Monday, June 16, 2008 at 10:29PM

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Phenomenal. Sylvia Plath was an old soul and her writing makes that so blatantly clear. Its interesting how astounding innate truths about life can make one go somewhat mad. Or perhaps it is the fact that mass society cannot understand these truths, or you, and that is where the madness comes from. We are tribal, are we not, evolutionarily speaking? We came from the animals, that come in herds and families, community. And therefore, biologically speaking, that certain separation one can feel from its species can be fatal. In my opinion.
This book, I am so glad now runs through my veins.

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I have always been very interested in this decade. This documentary was very well put together, interesting, informative, and not too dry. Watched it in two parts. Sometimes the ol' brain can only do so much at once.
Interestingly enough the night we watch the first half I got a phone call from my friend Adm letting me know that there would be an impromptu gathering of people at one of the parks here in town. I was super psyched, especially since we had been watching this documentary. I showered, put on my John Lennon tee, and was ready-to-go! Sadly the gathering was not as revolutionary as I had in mind, but none-the-less was a fun time. I can't complain.

1966, this film was very rewarding to watch. The stiff, listless nature of it really appealed to me. While I'm sure others would call this film boring, I thought the nature of emptiness made it charming in its own respect.
The philosophy behind it is most definitely spot on. Take the freedom of literature and reading from society and you can control those folks like sheep.

Ahhhh! I love fluff. Especially when my mind has been working overtime trying to figure all this shit about life out. This movie was smart, clever, and easy to watch. I really enjoyed it.

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Wednesday

28May2008

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 2:05PM

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I first read this piece of literature when I was a sophomore in high school. At the time I do not believe my mind was prepared for it, I remember very little from the reading. I mostly remember the emotions I felt when I read it-- those akin to confusion, embarrassment, and disgust (much along the lines of those emotions felt by Holden Caulfield).
As I read this book for the second time, at a point in my life when daily I question my own sanity and the genuineness of the world around me I found myself held together by the madness. I found myself feeling a bit more normal having a companion like Holden to look at this crazy world with. Holden says in chapter 3,
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.
And it doesn't happen much, but this time it happened. I read this book and I feel better for having its words work their way through me. I think I should probably own it one day.

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Sadness-- This documentary started off fabulously. And I'm sure it would have ended in the same manner, but we didn't get that far because the DVD started skipping. Those are the risks you take checking things out from the library. I think I'll add it to our Netflix Queue. I was really excited to see that Hank III was interviewed about his grandfather. Josh introduced me to Hank III and I'm a fan. Josh has seen him in concert and he said that there were Amish and skinheads alike! What a diverse fan following.

Beautiful. The visual aspects of this film were absolutely stunning in my opinion. I appreciated the pop aspect that Coppola introduced to the film through its soundtrack. I felt that the use of modern music allowed the viewer to understand that though these moments took place in the 1700's so many of the behaviors of the people are similar to those actions that are executed (no pun intended) now-a-days. Ultimately I feel that the music allowed the viewer to transcend time and place and empathize with the characters, who could have been considered very foreign and hard to relate to.
Yeah, Marie Antionette didn't seem to be the most responsible queen. Yet, when you consider the fact that she was given a pretty shit deal-- being married off so young and having all those horrible responsibilities of uniting two countries I can understand her selfish actions. Basically she was just doing what she do. I really liked the fact that she was a little bit of a hippy-- with her muslin dresses and singing and acting in plays. And it was very gallant that she stuck by her man, even though he made her life miserable those first few years with the whole celibacy bit. Good on her.
Kirsten Dunst was pretty cool as Marie Antionette. I liked how she was all fuck-it when it came to pursuing an accent. And boy, I don't think that girl will ever be good at fake crying.

This documentary was just great. I tell you what... It was so uncomfortable you practically squirm the whole way through, and by uncomfortable I mean human. The kids they followed around to their proms didn't put on any airs. The just did what they do. There was quite a diverse slice of young adulthood featured: