— Underworld<\/i> by Don DeLillio isn’t just good. It’s scary-good. I can’t even describe my response to this guy’s prose. It’s beyond good. It’s not pretentious, or lofty – On the contrary. It is weighty with emotion, with heart. His writing is beyond<\/i> good.<\/p>\n
— This <\/a>is one of the most amusing photos I’ve seen in a long while. She just looks … completely insane. Like .. what? Uhm … you are a LUNATIC.<\/p>\n — An entire article devoted to why the murder trial of Robert Blake is NOT the trial of the century<\/a>. How boring – to have it be your job to analyze this. It seems self-evident. It also seems disgusting. A woman is dead<\/i>, for God’s sake.<\/p>\n — Slowly making my way through Eminem’s latest. Haven’t listened to the whole thing yet – but I just want to give him a huge kiss for sampling my favorite Heart song: “Crazy On You”. Brilliant.<\/p>\n — I am very excited to see the movie Kinsey<\/i>, for multiple reasons. One is that I have always been a big Liam Neeson fan. The guy’s a great actor – and advance word about his role in this is that it is some of his best work yet. I am also excited to see it because I hope the film is a hit, and I would like to contribute to its being a hit. Why do I feel invested in its success? Because – it is my hope that every ticket bought for this film will make some “moral-values” type lose sleep. They’re all up in arms about this movie, predictably, informing all of us how bad Kinsey was, lecturing all of us about how he contributed to the downfall of our society. Or whatever it is they’re saying. I love it when those “moral values” idiots get their panties in a wad. But I mostly love it when I get to contribute to their discomfort. The movie is probably GREAT if they’re whining so loudly about it. And even if it SUCKS, I’m going to rave about how awesome it is. Just to piss them off.<\/p>\n — The writing for this book review is laugh-out-loud funny<\/a>. I can’t excerpt it, because of my blushing-flower persona, but I’m tellin’ ya. I guffawed over here reading the line about Karl Marx. Heh heh heh<\/p>\n — Back to Eminem now. “Mockingbird” is a really touching song. “Just Lose It” is hilarious. One of those call-to-dance songs – like “Without Me” was. A bar could be DEAD, and someone would put on “Without Me”, and suddenly everyone’s bopping around in their seats. I’m remembering a certain dead evening at The Ocean Mist, in particular. A freezing wintry night on the beach. People drinking quietly, talking, etc. We put on “Without Me”, and all hell broke loose. As I recall, a disco ball even began to spin about randomly. In a dingy fisherman’s bar of all places. But it seemed appropriate. Old fuddy-duddies would dance to “Without Me” – they would not be able to help themselves – and “Just Lose It” is the “Without Me” of this new album.<\/p>\n Update<\/i>: I just realized that this entire post <\/i>would probably seem like one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse to the “moral values” crowd. A harbinger of doom and universal destruction. Didn’t realize it until I saw it all put together.<\/p>\n It was quite unconscious, I assure you. Seems rather amusing, actually. Eminem? Kinsey? A review of a book teaching orgasm-technique? That Sheila is such a HUSSY<\/i>! What is this world coming to????? I can hear the galloping hooves now … <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" — Underworld by Don DeLillio isn’t just good. It’s scary-good. I can’t even describe my response to this guy’s prose. It’s beyond good. It’s not pretentious, or lofty – On the contrary. It is weighty with emotion, with heart. His … Continue reading