Protracted exileSorry it's been so long since the last post. I lost my Internet for a week and a half. In that time I logged in a lot of
Double Dash on
The Cube and have since gotten ashamed by friends in front of my girlfriend several times.
Seeing as how I just wrapped up yet another
McBride--this one written by our regular script supervisor (and my friend)
Rachel Stuhler and former
McBride prop master,
Jamie Latta--I am, of course, sick. That being said, I'll write something more substantial after I sleep some more.
Watching:The Omen (1976)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Not as good as I remembered.)
Forbidden Planet (A genuinely brilliant sci-fi film.)
Night Watch
Fists in the Pocket
"The Gospel of Judas" (An utterly banal and facile documentary on arguably the most important discovery of ancient text in the last several decades. Disappointing.)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Just as good the second go-round.)
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (Manipulative, to be sure. On the other hand, it backs up its blatant sentimentality with damning facts about the store giant's awful policies [like informing its workers on how to apply for medicaid and welfare instead of providing decent wages and insurance coverage themselves].)
Reading:
The Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell
The Waste Land and Other Poems, T. S. Eliot
Sandman: Seasons of Mist, Neil Gaiman & various artists (Finished.)
Five Fists Of Science, Matt Fraction, Steven Sanders (Finished.)(Murky art and an unsatisfying climax mar this otherwise entertaining book.)
Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood, Marjane Satrapi (Finished.)(A nice little pick-up from the local library. I'm displeased that they have all their graphic novels shelved in the "teen fiction" section regardless of its content and with no regard to whether the book's content is even fictional. [Persepolis is a non-fictional autobiography of a the author growing up in Iran in the 1970's and 80's.])
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4 Comments:
if you liked perepolis, you might like maus i & ii. i read them for an english class.
katy
Did you read both Persepolis I and II? The second part - as she moves beyond childhood and into adulthood - is fascinating. For me, recalling the period she has written about but from an American perspective, these two books have revealed an insight into a world that news programs, documentaries, and films have never really given me. She has provided a very simple but incredibly strong glimpse of the politics of the region and placed it in the context of an (extra)ordinary life. If you haven't done so yet, please get your hands on the second part of her story. I would really like to see what you think of the complete set.
~amomynous
Katy--
I own Maus I & II, but I've yet to get around to reading part II.
Nubb--
I've got part II sitting on my coffee table. I'll let you know how that goes. With Persepolis, however, I learned something about the politics of Iran starting with the first page and with every page thereafter.
For both of you--
If you enjoyed Maus and Persepolis, you should check out the work of comic journalist Joe Sacco. I'm currently reading his piece called The Fixer: A Story from Sarajevo about one of the guys who would guide journalists to "the main events" during the conflict there in the 90's. Fascinating and eye-opening.
D
You know the best thing about being a Youth Pastor? I got paid to play a bit of Double Dash with my kids last week. There's nothing better than being schooled by a bunch of 15 year old hyperactive teenagers. And by better I mean sad.
-Nick-
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