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May. 22nd, 2006 03:50 pmI want Yuki Eiri's apartment. Have I ever mentioned this before? I really want his apartment. Or at least the art on his walls. I mean, he has a non-copyright-infrigement Andy Warhol and a totally kick-ass abstract. And the lamp. I love the lamp. I mean, there isn't really much else in his apartment but for some reason I just freaking love it.
Yes, I'm aware that both Yuki Eiri and his apartment are fictitious, but...damn I want that apartment.
So anyway, I'm sort of bored but not really. At least I have stuff to do. The muse is still active and things are getting cute with the E and Kail backstory (squee!). I have anime, as Azumanga Daioh and Naruto are still downloading (it was a bad idea to watch the AD dream episode at midnight when everyone was asleep because I was cracking up) and Gravi of course, which I could honestly watch over and over and over if I wanted. I've started Secret of Mana again too--probably my favorite video game ever for Super Ninetendo, that tells you something don't it?--with a vow to actually beat the damn game this time. And I have a healthy Netflicks list. Enough to tide me over until some fuckers call me back and give me a goddamn job.
On the subject of movies, I just watched The Sea Inside which I've wanted to see for about a year and a half, dammit. It's a Spanish film (good thing I'm used to reading subtitles), based on the true story of Ramon Sampedro, a quadriplegic who spends almost thirty years battling the government for the right to die. Although just to sum him up like that is like calling filet mignon a piece of steak. Or something. I mean, he's an awesome character, and in most movies that deal with handicapped people they try to turn the person into some kind of hero, like a saint or something. But he actually has flaws--like, he can be a totally emo jerk at times! Anyway, the movie examines his legal battle and how he connects to the women around him--particularly the lawyer doing his case and a local girl who saw him once on TV. The movie is absolutely amazing. The acting is pretty excellent and oh my God the camera work is incredible. There's this one scene that they showed in the preview where Ramon says that sometimes he flies out his window to the ocean. And they actually show this, and the sequence is like every wonderful dream of flying everyone has ever had come true. Watching the sequence is like...it's like the feeling of flying in a dream, and also the feeling of waking up and realizing that you can't fly, and somehow it mixes so nicely into this feeling of joy and nostalgia, but kind of like being homesick for a place you've never been to.
If that makes any sense at all.
Anyway...wow. It's the kind of movie I think you have to watch twice to understand entirely--not that it's entirely philisophical or anything, but it certainly makes you think. And it's not one sided, like--oh, he wants to die, they should let him! Or, oh he wants to die and that's wrong! It gives you Ramon's viewpoint and the viewpoint of his lawyers and the viewpoints of his family members and how this issue isn't something that can be solved by an easy answer like "it's right or wrong," like most things in this world.
I might have to buy this movie.
Hm. Anyway. I've applied to eleven places but no one has called me back yet. As everyone points out, the catch-22 in job hunting really sucks--you need experience to get a job, you need a job to get experience.
*sigh*
Yes, I'm aware that both Yuki Eiri and his apartment are fictitious, but...damn I want that apartment.
So anyway, I'm sort of bored but not really. At least I have stuff to do. The muse is still active and things are getting cute with the E and Kail backstory (squee!). I have anime, as Azumanga Daioh and Naruto are still downloading (it was a bad idea to watch the AD dream episode at midnight when everyone was asleep because I was cracking up) and Gravi of course, which I could honestly watch over and over and over if I wanted. I've started Secret of Mana again too--probably my favorite video game ever for Super Ninetendo, that tells you something don't it?--with a vow to actually beat the damn game this time. And I have a healthy Netflicks list. Enough to tide me over until some fuckers call me back and give me a goddamn job.
On the subject of movies, I just watched The Sea Inside which I've wanted to see for about a year and a half, dammit. It's a Spanish film (good thing I'm used to reading subtitles), based on the true story of Ramon Sampedro, a quadriplegic who spends almost thirty years battling the government for the right to die. Although just to sum him up like that is like calling filet mignon a piece of steak. Or something. I mean, he's an awesome character, and in most movies that deal with handicapped people they try to turn the person into some kind of hero, like a saint or something. But he actually has flaws--like, he can be a totally emo jerk at times! Anyway, the movie examines his legal battle and how he connects to the women around him--particularly the lawyer doing his case and a local girl who saw him once on TV. The movie is absolutely amazing. The acting is pretty excellent and oh my God the camera work is incredible. There's this one scene that they showed in the preview where Ramon says that sometimes he flies out his window to the ocean. And they actually show this, and the sequence is like every wonderful dream of flying everyone has ever had come true. Watching the sequence is like...it's like the feeling of flying in a dream, and also the feeling of waking up and realizing that you can't fly, and somehow it mixes so nicely into this feeling of joy and nostalgia, but kind of like being homesick for a place you've never been to.
If that makes any sense at all.
Anyway...wow. It's the kind of movie I think you have to watch twice to understand entirely--not that it's entirely philisophical or anything, but it certainly makes you think. And it's not one sided, like--oh, he wants to die, they should let him! Or, oh he wants to die and that's wrong! It gives you Ramon's viewpoint and the viewpoint of his lawyers and the viewpoints of his family members and how this issue isn't something that can be solved by an easy answer like "it's right or wrong," like most things in this world.
I might have to buy this movie.
Hm. Anyway. I've applied to eleven places but no one has called me back yet. As everyone points out, the catch-22 in job hunting really sucks--you need experience to get a job, you need a job to get experience.
*sigh*
