On a whim, I got a haircut today. It never would have happened if I hadn't been in En Avant waiting for Deb to be transformed. It might not seem like a landmark event to most people, but the last time I got a real haricut was before I got married in 1985.
I redid my brochure today too. I think I was moved by Deena's creativity in the salon to try my hand with a bit of cut and paste. Chasing Amy was on in the background for a while. I had to turn the television off though. They got to the part where Banky finds out about Amy's past as "Chinese Handcuffs" in high school and I just wasn't up for it. Especially not when I was trying to adjust to my new Girl Hair.
Jennifer @ 8:58 PM link
Thursday, June 27, 2002
I've had this theory for a while the SKG Dreamworks is really the foundation for some kind of mind control conspiracy. I'm sure this sounds like lunacy to some, but have you seen the animation that leaves this place? All those messages about love and humanity sent purely as a vehicle to begin programming our young minds to be receptive to marketing? Every animated movie is one long ad for a happy meal. I know Disney started it, but with the theme parks and ubiquitous Mouse, Heir Disney is just too obvious to be taken as a serious threat to free thinking.
I just saw Minority Report, directed by Stephen Speilberg Himself. I had to stop counting the gratutious ad spots littering the film. Revo, Gap, Lexus, Pepsi, Guiness, Bulgari...the list is endless. Jess said that maybe he was trying to make the point that name-brand materialism is an integral part of life in the year 2054. Maybe. It didn't make sense to me. I can't imagine that Gap will still be in business in 2054 with the crap they've been selling for the last few years. Also, why weren't there any products other than those already invented in 2002? Just asking.
Another point of contention with this film is that will all the money the studio made before it was even released (selling all that ad time) you'd think they would have gotten a little more creative with their future vision. Other than some nifty clear-glass computer screens and funky new cars, it looks suspiciously like 2002. The scene where Tom Cruise's character is trying to escape from his "car" and jumps from vehicle to vehicle was ridiculous. Flash Gordon of the '50s had better special effects. C'mon Stephen, give me something to make me wanna suspend my disbelief. And if you're counting on the chemistry between Tom and his leading lady...ahh, now I see. S was intentionally trying to piss me off with gratuitous marketing. I'm not saying the movie sucked, because the story had some interesting points, but I thought it lacked the creative vision necessary to take it to the next level. The script pandered to "thick" Americans who are presumed to be incapable of grasping sublty unless it bites them in the ass. It takes a basic "but I thought he was the bad guy" story, added a sick pseudo-surgery scene and a trio of psychics to the Tom Cruise Dressed In Black Movie, and voila! If you're bored, it's on cable and there's too much snow to get to Blockbuster...
Jennifer @ 8:51 PM link
Tuesday, June 25, 2002
RUFUS: You know what the dead do with most of their time? They watch the living. Especially in the shower.
Dogma holds all universal truths. In making it, Kevin Smith clearly heard the voice of god. However, we know from having seen the movie what happens to humans who hear the voice of god directly.... Maybe the explosion took place only on the inside of his head, enabling him to continue to walk, to breathe, to father children, and to write a comic strip for the New York Times Sunday Magazine, while at the same time reducing his cerebral cortex to tapioca. This is also the best possible explanation for his post-Dogma moviemaking.
Jennifer @ 9:23 AM link
Take Your Daughter to Whatever Day. Jessye came with me to the office. So far we've chatted with the girls, eaten bagels and been sucked into computer mania. Jess is using paintshop pro and has become obsessed with picture tubes. I've checked my usual web sites and resorted to blogging. My goal is to train her to do what I do, or at least train to do what I'm supposed to do. The danger in this is that it proves that I am overpaid. Then again, she makes about the same amount per hour babysitting. Better go check monster.com again...
Jennifer @ 9:15 AM link
Thursday, June 20, 2002
IMDb Movie/TV Quote of the Day: LOKI: Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer.
Jennifer @ 2:27 PM link
I have decided to eat only foods the color of riboflavin today. All foods the colors of calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, potassium iodide, and sodium selenite will be eliminated. It think I will call this diet the Nextofkin diet. In my search to discover exactly what color riboflavin is, I could become excrutiatingly thin and die providing me with a huge opportunity to get to know my dear departed ancestors better. My only concern is that anyone left behind to write the book might foolishly divulge the color of riboflavin too early in the book, thereby making the name seem silly.
Jennifer @ 9:21 AM link
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
Only for the girls who know how to spell, your gifts are too wonderful to waste. love,j
Jennifer @ 11:42 AM link
