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Last night I watched Not Fade Away, the debut film by David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos – a television show I’ve never watched and therefore I have no nostalgia for it. The movie didn’t make me want to correct that at all. It was fine, though. A quiet, character drama that I suspect might be autobiographical in nature. It’s a coming of age story in which a group of suburban teens in the 60s form a band in the wake of The British Invasion. It’s good, solid, a little heavyhanded at times and doesn’t really connect the viewer to the characters the way I think it’s really trying to. Almost everyone in it winds up fairly unlikeable. Our “familiar” is the little sister/narrator who could be removed from the movie without changing a single thing. But, othewise, it’s a fine movie.

Tonight, I watched Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown, a documentary about sewage treatment.

Ok, actually, it was about H.P. Lovecraft. It also is fine. I don’t feel I really learned anything new or gained any new insight into Lovecraft. I’m not sure if an audience unfamiliar with his work would even be interested in watching a documentary about him. But hey, Neil Gaiman’s in it and that’s all you need anymore, right?

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New Robin.

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So this is not exact, but it is inspired by a movie I traveled to ye olde theatre to see – You’re Next. It’s a slashery/home invasion horror movie and I enjoyed the hell out of it. Most of it, anyway. It’s got a pretty decent set of well-rounded characters, some humor and a healthy dose of nastiness, but mostly it’s got A.J. Bowen in it, of whom I am a fan. He’s not a super well-known actor, but I’ve really liked him in the movies I’ve seen him in. But yeah, it’s just a solid, dark piece of horror that I would certainly recommend and sit through a few more times.

Hopefully, though, your experience won’t involve a group of 10 middle-aged, loud and obnoxious women who I had to yell at to get them to shut up.

Before that though, I saw The World’s End – Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s new movie to round out the “Cornetto Trilogy”. A few months ago, I spent the weekend watching Wright’s filmography. I still think Shaun of the Dead is the world’s most perfectly written movie. There’s not a flaw in it. Hot Fuzz is close, but falls short. It’s still a great movie. And The World’s End is definitely the weakest of the three but is also still a fantastically great movie. I wish I hadn’t known anything about this movie going in, though. I think I would have enjoyed it more. As it was though, I think I was the only person in my theater that enjoyed it at all. It seemed like I was the only person laughing. Can’t recommend it enough, though. It also has some of the best fight scenes I’ve seen in quite awhile.

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He smiles to hide his pain, just like me. It has not been a good day, yet also so uneventful that it hurts.

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The past couple days I’ve almost forgotten to upload new drawings. I don’t know what’s happening to me. It’s gonna get worse when I have to get a second job.

202. Helena


“If I cut off your arms and I cut off your legs, would you still love me anyway?” Just because I listened to the Misfits song Helena – based on the Jennifer Lynch movie “Boxing Helena” – on repeat during my entire drive home from work tonight doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with me. At all. Why would you think that?

201. Mr. Sinister


Just cuz