Oh, the things I've seen...

Oh, the things I've seen...

I watched quite a few movies in the past few days, and I'd just like to list them before I forget them.

Watching:

Zardoz (Do NOT rent this movie.)

Full Metal Yakuza (For fans of Miike's more comedic work.)

Art School Confidential (Entertaining, but forgetable. Not up to par with Zwigoff's other work and doesn't even touch Clowes' comic work.)

Accepted (I felt ripped off even though it was a free rental. About what I expected. But it was a free rental, so...)

The Philadelphia Story (I really wanted to like this one, but I'm not a Hepburn fan and Stewart is more miss than hit with me. Cary Grant's good.)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (I love it every time.)

"Battlestar Galactica (2003) - Season One" (Yep. It's awesome.)

I think that's all of them. Also, I'm developing a small script idea. Here's the pitch: A subtler, creepier version of The Shining, with robots! Except, you know, not exactly. You know how these things go. The pitch says nothing. Anyway, just a dude and his robots.

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The cold front should sweep in from the kitchen, move through the living room and settle in the hallway

The cold front should sweep in from the kitchen, move through the living room and settle in the hallway

Despite common misconceptions about the Greater Los Angeles area, it does indeed get chilly around here. No problem for those people in the surrounding apartments that have working central heating. Jessie and I only recently tried to turn ours on due to a trait I inherited from my father: thriftiness. When I walked in from a long day of work last week and saw that the temperature had dipped below sixty in my apartment, however, I managed to overcome my genetics and flipped on the heat.

And nothing.

We've twice had company over since then while we crossed our fingers that our guests wouldn't freeze. Due to some oven work and no small amount of imbibing, everyone turned out okay.

So now Jessie and I have to wear tundra gear until the guy comes to fix the heat. I'm already coming down with a cold. This displeases me.

Watching:

Full Metal Jacket

The Shining

The Mosquito Coast

The Fountain

Casino Royale

Reading:

The Comics Journal, vol. 275

2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, Daniel Pinchbeck (Finished.)

The Walking Dead Volume 5: The Best Defense, Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn

Runaways Volume 6: Parental Guidance, Brian K Vaughan, Adrian Alphona

Theosophy: An Introduction to the Supersensible Knowledge of the World and the Destination of Man, Rudolf Steiner