i watch cool nights through this cracked window to look at old men dressed out of style with smooth insanities like blown glass on your face, faded and pale, as dulled faint stars, lightyears away, cartwheel slowly through the soft firmament of mute straining trees.
alone, with a distant light, i carve this ruined face as i dwell in the most perfect silence the world never knew.
and so, per 5 friends' request and after almost a year of refusal, i finally gave in to seeing floria sigismondi's the runaways, starring dakota fanning, kristen stewart, and michael shannon. it had decent photography. that's about it. the film felt like a lazy and poorly constructed biopic that resulted in nothing but an extended 106 minute music video. stewart's depiction of joan jett's masculinity was bored and awkward instead of dynamic and passionate, wishing selma blair was young enough for the part because she would've played it perfectly. fanning and shannon were the film's only redeeming factors. kudos to fanning for shedding her childhood roles and surprising us with her grown up, sexier side.
the runaways deserves nothing less than 1 1/2 stars, but can't say it should be given more either, even if you watch it for free at home. unless you're bored (like kristen stewart's face and acting in all her films) or sick, you're better off wasting your time doing something else.
2. finally, a slice of peace and justice to the 9.11 victims and those they left behind.
3. obama just may have sealed the deal for 2012.
4. the norm of morons who exist solely on instinct, much less even have the slightest understanding of politics, along with ethnocentrics who fancy themselves as patriots, are all out and about in the world to decadently spread their ignorant, biased, baseless, vapid opinions on the matter just to indulge in their former silent bigotry.
5. "osama's death will have the same effect on al-qaeda as (ray) kroc dying had on mcdonald's. the franchise has already been built." - bill maher
6. the media will exhaust this current event, and it's going to be the momentary opiate of the masses, mainly for those mentioned in #4.
7. wishing there was a photo for every republican politician's facial expression when this news first broke out.
8. since this truly proves that nothing is impossible, i hope that the next breaking news story we hear won't be about another oil spill, genocides and natural disasters (or worse... charlie sheen), but for the war to actually end, sending our troops home.
9. i don't say this often , if not at all, due to my own personal views of what we(our country)have done, but it's pretty acceptable to actually say it this time: god bless america =)
10. what would john lennon say?
two, one two three four Ev'rybody's talking about Bagism, Madism, Dragism, Shagism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism ism ism ism All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance its goin' great Everybody's talkin' bout'ministers, sinisters, banisters and canisters, bishops and fishops and rabbis and pop eyes, and byebye, byebyes all we are saying is give peace a chance, all we are saying is give peace a chance, let me tell you now Ev'rybody's talking about Revolution, evolution, masturbation, flagellation, regulation, integrations, meditations, United Nations, Congratulations. All we are saying [keep talking] is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance Oh Let’s stick to it Ev'rybody's talking about John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper, Derek Tayor, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Hare Krishna, Hare Hare Krishna All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance