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I might follow Jade ( ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) thiscanbegin)'s lead and try to hole up in the local CVS or Walgreen's. Which one I chose would depend entirely on which one had the least number of zombies already in it, because the two stores are practically identical and are across the street from each other. I figure, though, that as a sympathetic, basically intelligent, but not very tough chick, I'd be killed off in an incredibly pathetic manner about halfway through the movie. In relevant news, my birthday was lots of fun. I'll probably post about the actual events later, but in the meanwhile, here's the gift roundup. In terms of good wishes, I got: 22 Facebook greetings (this shattered last year's record) 4 LJ comments 2 emails (one from my uncle) 3 phone calls In terms of presents: From Talitha, I got the first season of the Catherine Tate show. I've watched it all already, and I gotta say, that woman is hilarious. From Grace, I got the first of Gaiman's Sandman books. I'd already read it, but Grace had heard me complain one time too many about having loaned it to a friend and never having gotten it back. Note: that was one of the major factors that caused me to rethink my book loaning policy. These days I have a stricter filtering process, both in terms of the people I'll give books to and the books I'll let out of my sight. From Mom and Dad, I got a Doctor Who game! Basically, it's a Tardis-shaped gameboy-type thing in which I fly the Tardis and navigate the Doctor through various locations from the show, fighting aliens and picking up allies. When I lose or do something wrong, a pixelated David Tennant pouts at me. This is basically the coolest thing I've ever owned. Also from Mom and Dad, I got an opal ring. It's beautiful, absolutely beautiful. We're getting it resized, because I have the world's pudgiest fingers and I want to be able to wear it on my right ring finger. Has to be the right hand, because this ring is nice enough that if I wore it on my left hand, people might actually think I was engaged. Everyone is so sweet. Thank you all. Tags: birthday, gimmick, holidays, possessions, random
residing: Mom's office thingy
hearing: Scissor Sisters, "Land of a Thousand Words" in my head
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. . . But what're you gonna do? "The Dark Knight" totally had Michael Caine making a reference to a scene from "The Man Who Would Be KIng." For the 99% or so of you who don't know what I'm talking about. . . it's an old movie starring him and Sean Connery, based on a story by Rudyard Kipling, and it's probably the most interesting exploration of British colonialism in Asia that I've seen. Note that I said "interesting," not "correct;" it's extremely pro-"civilization," and doesn't demonstrate particularly enlightened racial attitudes. However, it does have the plot point that ultimately the people most fooled by the idea of "white guy as God" are the white guys themselves. I don't know to what extent the writers were trying to make a parallel, but there's no way they didn't, or at least Caine didn't, know what they were referring to. Since a major theme of "Dark Knight" is the inspirational symbolism of Batman versus the real-life chaos in his wake, I feel like making a connection is a legit thing to do. One could see the similarity: one man, more enlightened than the rest of the world, breaks all the rules to save the people from themselves. You know what's better for people, and you make the decisions for them in the hopes that one day they'll learn from your example. Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden" talks about "Your new-caught, sullen peoples / half-devil and half-child." That sounds very much like Gotham to me: half the citizens are criminals, and the other half are basically good but scared and stupid. Batman is chaotic good pretending to be lawful good; because he's smarter and stronger than everyone else, his personal rules can be justified on a broader scale. Colonialism has always involved small groups of people who believe that because they have (probably) more advanced technology and a different view on the world, they know better than everyone else how things should be done. I should go to bed before I overthink anything else. Tags: movies, politics, thoughts
residing: My room
feeling:  thoughtful
hearing: None
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I really need to lay off the whole "spending money I can't replace" thing, and now that I've had this particular glut, I think I should be able to calm down for a while. Just today, Mom bought me a bunch of stuff from Lane Bryant - thanks, Mom! - and Talitha and I both bought Doctor Who t-shirts when we hung out on Saturday. Yesterday, I got a package from Amazon containing two dvds: "Secret Smile" and "The Adventures of Mark Twain." Today, I got a package from an Ebay seller containing one dvd: "Jude." "Secret Smile" is David Tennant as an evil stalker ex-boyfriend, and I really know nothing else about it. "The Adventures of Mark Twain" is a full-length Claymation movie by Will Vinton; I saw it in English class when I was in eighth grade, and when it randomly popped up in an Amazon dvd ad, I went "Whoa, dude, it's that creepy animated Mark Twain movie!" and ordered it. "Jude" is a movie adaptation of Hardy's Jude the Obscure starring Christopher Eccleston; it's bound to be depressing as all hell, but I have a crush. Anyway, I didn't get to watch any of them yesterday, but I think we're about to watch "Secret Smile." Ergo, I shall wave a cheery goodbye and trot off. Tags: celebrities, money, movies
residing: My room
feeling:  mischievous
hearing: None, but I love the list of tags on this entry.
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