linusvanpelt

I need to become less lame. I keep waiting for that magical moment when things make sense and I get on with things, but it keeps eluding me. Even when I try and am proactive, I seem to not make much progress. Not trying to be a whiner, so my apologies if I am. I still have time in 2011, the year is early yet....
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Movies To See:

TRUST
Directed by David "Friends" Schwimmer, this involves a fourteen year old girl getting into a cyber-relationship with what turns out to be a (much) older man. This could have been exploitative or TV movie preachy, but thanks to subtle intelligent direction and great performances it avoids both pitfalls. I don't want to give too much away, but I was happy I...
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I saw Sucker Punch and LOVED it. It was truly visionary. I don't want to spoil it by going into too much detail, but I would strongly suggest seeing it on the big screen. It was a visual treat, and I am not always the biggest fan of all digital effects all the time filmmaking. Also, the usage of music and how it is incorporated...
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Just got to see Taxi Driver on the big screen! I've seen it many times on TV, but it was a real treat to get to see it in the theatre. If you live in an area that has a revival theatre you should take advantage. Old movies always seem better on the big screen in a theatre. Here in boring Ocean County NJ we...
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The dorkiest thing I have done today is also the coolest. I bought a ticket to see The Monkees (3/4 of them, anyway) in concert this summer. I am enough of a Monkees geek to even know if they play any obscure album tracks, so I'll be enthralled whilst everyone else waits for "Daydream Believer". I wish Michael Nesmith wasn't stupid-wealthy so he would have...
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New Radiohead album! Nice. A week ago I didn't even know one was on the way and here I now have it in my hot little hands (metaphorically). Nine dollars American seems to be a good deal. Only a few more weeks until the new REM album, which I have the highest hopes for (tho' everytime they put a new album out they denigrate the...
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First time in a long (too long) time that I was out on what could be considered a date happened last night. I think I did OK, I certainly didn't embarrass myself. I pledged not to go through 2011 without managing this simple (yet not for me) task, so I guess it's good I got it done in January. I am not selling myself short,...
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Merry Christmas.

I didn't spend Thanksgiving with any family members today, this is the second year in a row. Last year it was due to some long simmering acrimony with my sister. This year, well, nothing seemed to come to fruition. I am thankful I am healthy, and that my family and friends are too. After two years of serious illness (all of 2002 and 2003), I...
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"Religion is the opiate of the people" implies that it has a calming or narcotic effect. K.Marx couldn't have possibly been more wrong. Given most of the strife in this world seems to have religion at its core, I would say quite the opposite of Marx. I would say, again, given the sheer amounts of zealous anger differing opinions of God bring out in people...
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