who put all these things in your head?

Dear Shutter Island,

Thank you, but no. Close battle, but I was more repulsed than compelled.

Dear Scorsese,

I understand that you feel enormously. You feel so much. But must you drag us along? Must you share? No other way to exorcise?

I need to go watch Singing in the Rain.

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Carrie Fisher is Debbie Reynold's daughter. Weeeird. Carrie Fisher is also a manic depressive who has worked closely with James Blunt (very weird.) And she was married to Paul Simon.

Dear Llams,

Dragging Mr. Marx to Shutter Island was unkind of you. A more appropriate Valentine's movie would have been...oh, I don't know, "Valentine's Day" maybe?

Dear Mr. Marx,

Stop calling me "dawg." Your head should bow in deference when you utter my name.

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You with your crooked smile and steady breaths
I with my flighty thoughts, chipped nailpolish
The silver's been shot, the toys removed
'Til all we can say: Well maybe it is that way
or SG instead – "can analysis be worthwhile,
is the theatre really dead?"



I feel bad for Obama. This probably means he isn't doing too well – should his subjects really pity him? (I realize we aren't 'subjects' per se, but my grandmother has always referred to him as "King Obama".) However, I still admire his optimism even though it fell flat. Guantanamo, Health Care, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan – all the radical changes, specific time lines – none of it has really worked as he promised. I honestly think he believed he could do it. And that's worth it to me. I know it's illogical and silly, but that's what I think. Or rather, how I feel.

Did he, as The Economist points out, underestimate the inefficient, agenda'd slog that is our government? Very possibly. Should he have been so dramatic with his promises? Probably not. Is it enough for him to "mean well"? No. Oh, but I haven't contradicted myself. And yes, I'm against abortion and his stances there. And yes, I've a proclivity for libertarian practicalities, socialist ideals, liberal passions, and conservative values. Sorry. Not.