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[03 Jul 2006|06:27pm] |
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Actually, I was just reviewing the site I posted below and I noticed Talking Heads as being a lyric link. I would just like to say right here and now, that when I was 6 years old, my parents bought and presented to me, at Christmas, a double cassette of Talking Heads - I think it was Fear of Music and Remain in Light. If that's not child abuse, I don't know what is. And I absolutely loved it. I have been a misfit ever since. I don't think it takes a Budd Hopkins to draw wild conclusions from this.
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[03 Jul 2006|06:02pm] |
Okay, here goes.
1) I am 29 and I think I'm really stressing out about being 30 and not having a whole lot to my name but
2) I'm actually really happy in the Aquaculture course I'm doing right now and it feels right to me to be studying this but why is it so damn easy?
3) And why, if reading thru the above everything is kinda OK, do I now have IBS? This is insane! I've made it this far, done all the bad things and finally, I'm (almost) in a place where I'm comfortable and then, out of nowhere, my god damn bowels start screwing me around. Yet again, I know there is no God - what kind of a petulant son of a bitch would possibly inflict this on 10% of the population - what a complete fuckwit. In the words of Shaun Ryder
"You see that Jesus is a cunt
and never helped you with a thing that you do
or you've done." (Kuffdam)
*Note: According to this link, this is actually the real lyrics
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Kuff-Dam-lyrics-Happy-Mondays/1C53C8E624A087A448256D3A000E220D
After all this time, I've been labouring under the illusion of a Mondegreen but mine makes much more sense. Not after all too difficult to do when we're dealing with Mr Ryder. (No offense :))
4) I'm aware that this is probably totally boring but hey, if anyone's reading this, I'm sure they'll have a snide laugh or if they are under 25, just go "Wha?" And, although I realise that what I'm about to say is almost totally redundant - If you are under 25, for God's sake, watch out and take care of yourself. Save your money, don't spend it - buy yourself A HOUSE YOU CAN LIVE IN WITHOUT HAVING YOUR FUCKING PARENTS AROUND! I can't emphasise this enough. I know it won't matter though, it wouldn't have mattered to me 5 years ago. I couldn't possibly have imagined how trapped I would feel at this point in time. Anyway, there's always the trains...
Although, I have a habit of being trapped by relationships. I always seem to end up just wanting to get OUT!. Like in the original Amityville Horror - GET OUT!
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| The more things change, the more they stay the same... |
[03 Jul 2006|05:20pm] |
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And I wouldn't mind so much if things actually changed. Ha ha, ha erkkk...I've had a horrible day today and it's been ages since I posted on here!! Tell the truth, I'm not really much of a blogger, but it is good for getting the typing speed back up to scratch. Sad really. Actually, I'm trying to figure out if I can post as my email address - Queen of Schlock. Will try, must try.
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| Attack of the Blog things. |
[05 Dec 2005|01:18pm] |
| Your Birthdate: February 16 | 
You're incredibly introverted and introspective. You live inside your head.
You spend a lot of alone time meditating and thinking.
People see you as withdrawn, and at times they are right.
You are caring and deep, but it may be difficult for you to show this side of yourself.
Your strength: Your original approach to thinking
Your weakness: You tend to shy away from others
Your power color: Pale blue
Your power symbol: Wavy line
Your power month: July |
| The Movie Of Your Life Is An Indie Flick | 
You do things your own way - and it's made for colorful times.
Your life hasn't turned out how anyone expected, thank goodness!
Your best movie matches: Clerks, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite |
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[15 Nov 2005|05:48pm] |
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Ha. Ha ha ha. Ha. I was reading this again - "It's only one shift though, so I can get back to things a bit later in the week." from my last entry. I've had three 7 hour shifts and two 10+ hour shifts in the last week. What the! I'm so knackered that I can't even watch DVD's. This sure ain't a part time/casual job. I need to regulate it and work out optimal hours, that's my number one priority. Never mind the DVD viewing - I actually have a real life now - oh NOOOO! This wasn't supposed to happen.
On the positive side, I know now what it's like working in a factory / production line / bakery place. I quite like it, so long as I can get used to the long hours. Which may take some time. I'm getting accustomed to getting up early which is exactly what I wanted to happen. I'd still rather sleep in some mornings, but that's what days off are for, among other things. I guess it's time to find out whether I like general labour, cause I sure am too lazy to study.
Actually, I come from a really arrogant family, now that I think about it. Intellectual achievement is everything. I didn't realise this until I got into University, hated every minute and was still expected to stick it out. Well, have I got news for you. Fuck that. I may be intelligent but I'm the first to tell you I'm academically lazy. I've never enjoyed school or learning environments, and it's beyond me how anyone can. Contrast that with the way I avidly follow everything to do with things which actually interest me and which, by the way, I will never be tested on. Maybe I can't handle competitive environments. You know, I may be on to something there. This is why I don't need a therapist - self discovery can be achieved simply through writing. Of course, remedying a problem situation could be beyond me.
Psychologists - I used to want to be one. Because I was so screwed up as a teenager I figured I'd have a head start (get it!!) on the others, until I realised every single psychologist out there is just as screwed up to begin with.
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| Starting a web page is hard work!!!!!!!!!!!! |
[07 Nov 2005|06:26pm] |
I wish I knew that before I started. Actually, come to think of it, I probably did. That's why I haven't done it before.
The rationale goes - well, I spend a fair bit of time on the net, studies have finished until next year, I feel like doing something different and I have time on my hands - why not start a website? Great idea, wicked, okay.
Then I get a phone call - now I've got work tomorrow. Great. It's only one shift though, so I can get back to things a bit later in the week. And I get some money to pay for the website :). NOW I know why webmasters like you to donate to a site. It can be pretty expensive.
Anyway, for those who care, I'll be creating a site called bflickchick.id.au. Guess what's going to be on this site, folks? And no, the B does NOT stand for Blue. (thanks for that Mum. I can see where I get it from) I know absolutely nothing about HTML apart from the fact that I need to practise it - a lot. And now I'm going to have to start paying attention to the bad (or rather, good) movies I watch, rather than just enjoying them.
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| Larry Cohen - hit or miss? |
[30 Oct 2005|12:46pm] |
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169540/
Scary. Okay, as far as I'm concerned, I like this guy. But from looking at that resume, well maybe i've only seen the good stuff. "Q" was just way better than I expected it to be, and on the basis of that, I saw "The Stuff", which was not as good but still entertaining. I think Michael Moriarty has something to do with that - I thought he was really good in Q. I'm not the only one either -
http://www.cathuria.com/bcd/bcframe_new.htm.
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| And now, looking ahead |
[23 Oct 2005|04:43pm] |
Righto, this week we have
Romero's "The Crazies" which I hope will be better than Martin, but I'm not holding my breath (lest I die)
"Frankenhooker" of which I have read very good and very bad things
"From Beyond" which I have great hopes for
"Galaxina" (I am suffering in my jocks about this one - I think it's gonna hurt)
"Lost skeleton of Cadavra" which I think is going to try too hard to be clever
Argento / Soavi "The Sect" which I am completely unsure about.
And I've still not seen De Palma's "Repulsion" which I know I should have by now.
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| Falling behind... |
[23 Oct 2005|04:05pm] |
I need to make notes on
Cohen's "Q" and "The Stuff"
Flavia the Heretic
The Dead next Door
So, I guess i'd better start with the oldest - The Dead Next Door (TDND). Did it fail or did it succeed? Well, it didn't work that well for me. It was like a Clayton's zombie movie - the zombie movie you have when you don't have a zombie movie. And yes, I've seen Zombie Holocaust and Shock Waves. It was definitely better than those. I still retain a certain fondness for Burial Ground so with a track record like that, why didn't I like this more. Let me count the ways.
Too derivative
There's a very fine line between paying homage and unoriginality. See "Desecration" below (somewhere...). Giving the character names like Romero, Raimi, Carpenter - yes, that's fine, that's when I can go "in joke, cool". Heck, even the naming of the Zombie Squad put me in mind of Pleasance saying, "We're the B-Squad, sonny" in the Monster Club. Although it is most likely from "The Monster Squad", something else I haven't seen.
The whole feel to the movie was very like Jackson's "Brain Dead" (DeadAlive depending on where you live). In some way that's to be expected from a low budget, high gore movie and for the most part, looks pretty polished. And, actually, I think Brain Dead was made after TDND. So why then does BD feel more original than TDND? Probably because IT IS. And I think that's the core of the matter - there is so many aspects yet to be explored within the zombie genre. Like, for instance - the inclusion of the pro-dead protestors with their pleading placards - "don't kill zombies".
Overall, I was too busy looking out for the references that I didn't see the movie as an individual entity, and the plot was certainly nothing special. I think that was the major failing. All in all, it was a huge in-joke and that's about all.
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[19 Oct 2005|02:23pm] |
Narcissism time. I've just noticed this from the thingie below - How I life my life - go figure that one out.
| How You Life Your Life | 
You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside.
You tend to avoid confrontation and stay away from sticky situations.
Your friends tend to be a as quirky as you are - which is saying a lot!
You tend to dream big, but you worry that your dreams aren't attainable. |
| Your Brain's Pattern | 
You have a dreamy mind, full of fancy and fantasy.
You have the ability to stay forever entertained with your thoughts.
People may say you're hard to read, but that's because you're so internally focused.
But when you do share what you're thinking, people are impressed with your imagination. |
...because they think you're a nut.
| Your Blogging Type is Pensive and Philosophical | 
You blog like no one else is reading...
You tend to use your blog to explore ideas - often in long winded prose.
Easy going and flexible, you tend to befriend other bloggers easily.
But if they disagree with once too much, you'll pull them from your blogroll! |
...pffh, what blogroll?
| Your Personality Is |
Rational (NT)
You are both logical and creative. You are full of ideas.
You are so rational that you analyze everything. This drives people a little crazy!
Intelligence is important to you. You always like to be around smart people.
In fact, you're often a little short with people who don't impress you mentally.
You seem distant to some - but it's usually because you're deep in thought.
Those who understand you best are fellow Rationals.
In love, you tend to approach things with logic. You seek a compatible mate - who is also very intelligent.
At work, you tend to gravitate toward idea building careers - like programming, medicine, or academia.
With others, you are very honest and direct. People often can't take your criticism well.
As far as your looks go, you're coasting on what you were born with. You think fashion is silly.
On weekends, you spend most of your time thinking, experimenting with new ideas, or learning new things. |
.. or just maybe, watching crappy movies!
| Your Ideal Relationship is Polyamory | 
You want to have your cake... and everyone else's.
Which isn't a bad thing, if everyone else gets to eat too!
You're too much of a free spirit to be tied down by a traditional relationship.
You think relationships should be open and free, with few restrictions. |
What can I say? I'm a wannabe-swinger. ;)
And this one is just fucking amazingly accurate,
| You Are Likely A Forth Born | 
At your darkest moments, you feel angry.
At work and school, you do best when your analyzing.
When you love someone, you tend to be very giving.
In friendship, you don't take the initiative in reaching out.
Your ideal jobs are: factory jobs, comedy, and dentistry.
You will leave your mark on the world with your own personal philosophy. |
| You Are 70% Boyish and 30% Girlish |
You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.
Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.
You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.
You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be. |
Sweet.
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[19 Oct 2005|01:36pm] |
Your Slanguage Profile | | Aussie Slang: 100% | | British Slang: 75% | | Canadian Slang: 50% | | Prison Slang: 50% | | Victorian Slang: 50% | | Southern Slang: 25% | | New England Slang: 0% |
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| Desecration |
[18 Oct 2005|10:55am] |
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Still couldn't flipping sleep until about 2 am last night. Jesus. I was really tired but every time I got comfortable, my legs got really restless and kept me awake. I know, it sounds totally stupid and it was. Bloody Zoloft. So good during the day, so unendurable at night. I'm going to have to get something new.
So anyway, Desecration by Dante Tomaselli. I've seen enough low budget movies to know that this is better than the average. It would be difficult, as a horror director, not to pay homage to classic genre directors. The most obvious references in Desecration are to Dario Argento and Sam Raimi. The very start uses colours - red and blue, akin to Argento's Suspiria. There is also a dorm scene which I found similar in flavour to Suspiria. Again, most of the action centres around a school - for boys, this time. There is the influence of the mothers - although in this the three mothers are the Mother Superior, Bobby's actual biological mother and Bobby's grandmother. The timing, around Christmas and the inclusion of the family scene around the Christmas tree was reminiscent to me of Deep Red. At least there wasn't a shameless rip off of the mannequin moment, like there was in "Saw".
Conversely, you could argue that these points have nothing to do with Argento. I was trying to justify this, up until the end credits when I saw "Thanks To... Dario Argento" (among many others). Ahh, sweet vindication. Savour it, honey, it doesn't linger long.
The Raimi influences were primarily Evil Dead in origin. The flight into and through the woods, atmospheric "evil" smoke, animate plant roots, swinging light bulbs and especially Bobby's perspective when he's tripping out over the Nun's portrait.
Actually, just typing this, I'm starting to see similarities to Neil Jordan's Company of Wolves. Very dreamlike / nightmarish sequences, giant toys, again, the woods, and I guess the perils of approaching adulthood.
However, for all these points, this movie is not a rip-off. It does hang together quite well on it's own. I must confess, the ending felt a little hurried to me which is odd, because in general the movie is actually a little slow. Overall, I felt the move lost it's way somewhat, maybe because it took it's time deciding what it wanted to be.
I can't even conceive how difficult it must be to create and distribute a movie and I have nothing but respect for anybody who attempts, let alone succeeds in doing such a thing.
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| Another day... |
[17 Oct 2005|05:59pm] |
I'm beginning to feel like Marvin the Paranoid Android. Except I'm not really paranoid, just stuck in a rut. Started the Zoloft again today, so I exhausted myself completely on the cross trainer so I'll be able to sleep. Zoloft is great, if you can get off to sleep. Apparently for some people, it actually helps them sleep - go figure. They probably have ADD or some such. Lucky them, that there's some good medicine!
Anyway, watched a completely wacko all over the place movie last night. Figure this - Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing. You wouldn't think a movie like that was going to suck, right? (Answer is subjective of course) I was glad I saw this movie for two reasons - A) I don't have to watch it again, and B) Christopher Lee and Vincent Price have a face-off. (No, I'm not saying who won, if you want to know, you'll have to suffer the same fate as I.) That's it. I should have seen it on fast forward and stopped it 5 mins before the end. Oh well, that's the fate of the B-Movie watcher. You win some, you lose some. Actually, you mostly lose...
BTW, it was called Scream and Scream Again.
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| Where do I find this backwards female pillswinger? |
[15 Oct 2005|12:27pm] |
Billy the Kid vs Dracula. Now this is a truly funny B-Movie but the laughs are unintentional for the most part.
Starting from the previews at the beginning of the tape I quickly got the feeling I was in for some serious pain. First, Paradise - a boy, a girl, a nasty A-rab who wants the girl, and a rip-off of the Blue Lagoon I guess (although I've not seen that). Then, Trinity Is Still My Name which I have to admit made me chuckle in a couple places but I think this is supposed to be a comedy. Finally, Vice Squad - eep. I'm not even going to bother detailing that one.
So the movie opens - day for night with a bat on a string and theremin music. Ouch. Then, the credits throw in a twist - seems to me that the music could have come from one of the Universal 40's horror movies so I checked the box to see what year it was. I had it figured for a 70's movie but it was a little earlier than that, made in 1966. I figure the music was a throwback to the old Universal Abbot and Costello meet... series. Actually I think that is what this movie tries to do. Hybridise the genres in a similar way. And it's true - I got a few laughs out of this. Mainly from:
^ ^ Dracula walking about in the daylight
^ ^ Checkered tablecloths in the saloon!
^ ^ Four puncture marks on the victim's neck (what, he couldn't get it right
first time?)
^ ^ The power of the red glow
^ ^ German people in the American wild west??
^ ^ Carradine channelling Lugosi
^ ^ Wolves can make neat incisions right across lambs throat, you know...
^ ^ Billy the Kid gets thoroughly beaten up by just ONE MAN!
Then he gets felt up by the old matronly doctor
"Gosh" says Billy
And, of course the immortal line uttered by Carradine
"Where do I find this backwards female pillswinger?" Man, that cracked me up.
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| All time faves |
[14 Oct 2005|06:00pm] |
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In no particular order, these are the movies I can (and do) watch again and again.
Evil Dead II
Ravenous
Theatre of Blood
Deep Red
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
The Thing
The Thing From Another World
The Last Man on Earth
The Tingler
Zombie 2
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Popcorn
Ginger Snaps
Curse of the Demon
Freaks
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| Uni Stress |
[14 Oct 2005|04:45pm] |
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Great. So now I'm feeling guilty about quitting Uni. Again. How is it that I can be 28, and still feel like I have to please my parents. It's fucking warped and I'm really sick of the expectation that if you don't have a degree you're fucked.
I really can't handle assessments at all. I do love learning and having knowledge but I feel like it needs to be on my terms. Yes, I'm a selfish bitch with just a hint of insanity, but, there must be other ways to be happy.
In the long term, all I want is a job. Not a career, not a dedication, just a job - 9-5 or thereabouts, doing something I enjoy. Say I finished my degree. I have absolutely no idea where I'd go with it? My motivation is nil. The depression has slowly made it's way back and guess what? It's happened again in a schooling environment. I can't handle the pressure, the expectations, and just the sheer inanity of "trying to be a good student". Fuck it. I'm taking these few months before next year off. Time to temp again, get some cash. I've applied to TAFE in the Aquaculture course - all I've ever wanted, expecially after breeding and rearing 120 axolotls, is to work on a fish farm. Or to work on a cray boat. Or be a deckie. Something like that. Surely chicks can do that now. I don't want to be a whizbang you-beaut scientist. Not a greenie enviro scientist. Sure the environments important but I'm not the girl to fix it.
I'm really trying hard to clean my life up.
Get healthy, get happy and all that. Sometimes I wish I could go back 10 years - but I try not to think like that. It's just that I'm so damn confused and I feel really guilty about it. See, circles. Round and fucking round.
Anyway, I have to watch 4 fricking vids tonight before they're due back tonight. Oh for the good ol dexy days, would have been a piece of piss. Actually it wouldn't because I wouldn't be able to sit still for that long.
So I have to watch
1. The original Assault on Precinct 13
2. The Dead Next Door
3. Billy the Kid Vs Dracula
4. Flavia the Heretic
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| Dead Kids (aka Strange Behaviour) |
[13 Oct 2005|06:18pm] |
Watched this last night and was overall impressed, even though the movie has it's flaws. This is obviously one of the influences behind Donnie Darko, right down to the thumping eighties music (although the music in DD was way better). Of course I may be biased - I was a kid in the 80's and right into Duran Duran - how embarassing! I made up for it by also being a mad keen Talking Heads fan at that time. (I guess I still am if the mood takes me).
So right off, the movie is different. There is a murder and then they show up who the killer is! Woah...that's new.
Shot in New Zealand apparently which adds a nice off-kilter aspect to the movie - it's supposed to be an average American small town I guess (everyone speaks with an American accent) and yet, the town is out of place. I liked that.
Actually, this is not at all a gory movie. As an avid giallo freak, I can testify that gore does not feature at all prominently in this movie. Sure we see a knife raised and lowered, we see (hehe, no pun intended) a syringe into an eyeball, but this particular scene is done is such a way that it gets it over with fast. For a scene of eyeball mutilation which lingers, try Fulci's Zombie 2 - now that's icky.
The storyline is played out very slowly, perhaps too slowly. The viewer doesn't know why the murders are taking place until the last 15 or so minutes. I liked that, and I guess I liked the twist at the end, although I probably should have seen it coming but didn't.
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| Godzilla vs 3 Headed Monster AGAIN! |
[13 Oct 2005|01:28pm] |
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Nooooo! This is the third time I've seen this darn thing believing it to be Cosmic Monster! It's not! I hate the Mothra Fairies and the alien Princess in the silly hat. Once was enough. There are a few chuckles to be had, however;
* UFO's don't show up if unbelievers are present
* If you lose your hat in a volcano, please don't go after it (or send anyone else after it)
* If you see a Mothra fairy, step on her.
Okay, alright, lets talk about the suit. Godzilla, as a character is entwined with his suit. If you have a lame suit, you have a lame Godsy. Son of Godzilla, case in point. That was so awful, it is right at the bottom of Toho No-go. In "Godzilla Raids Again" aka "Gigantis the Fire Monster", the suit is pretty silly but at least it has big teeth. In GVs3HM this suit is just plain silly, and hence the movie really erm.. is bad. I never want to see this again.
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| Quatermass and the Stone Tape |
[13 Oct 2005|01:25pm] |
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Ha Ha! Fooled myself. I forgot I had this telemovie out. Written by Nigel Kneale and directed by Peter Sasdy - good English early 70's ghostie shenanigans. Or so I was lead to believe. This is only my third exposure to Kneale and I'm undecided. To me, this was simply a remake of Quatermass and the Pit, which was bloody brilliant. The other Kneale was I think, First Men in the Moon which was based on a Jules Verne story - which one I'm not sure. Ooh, and I just remembered, he had uncredited work on Halloween III. Anyway, I was expecting more. Writing within a genre doesn't mean that you're limited to repeating the same thing - does it? I don't know, I'm sure screen writers have a heap more talent then me. Maybe more on this when I'm in a more generous mood...
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