Helen Mirren gets the "royal" treatment at the Golden Globes
(god I pray i'm the first person to publish that statement)

So this semester came out of left field and turned out to be pretty hard. I wanted to encapsulate my feelings but have yet to find my bearings so hopefully after next week I can explain it.

In the meantime, there are a series of random musings I need to get off my chest.

Today, while doing some research I haven't used a encyclopedia, cd-rom or otherwise, seriously since about early Jr.High

Then it hit me: encyclopedias are total scams JUST LIKE CURMUDGEONS SAY ON 1970s SITCOMS!

Wow. They exist soely for people who are unlearned to feel fancy by having a research library but, in fact, with any real scrutinous research provide little beyond a light skimming over the facts that pales in comparison to even wikipedia.

which I dont count as an encyclopedia because as much as it teaches me academic things it also teaches who has the biggest breasts in the world and keeps me up to date on comics.

Alright, first of two necessary redefinitions.

I personally believe that a lot of actors think they aren't typecast because they get fancy seeming roles that aren't too stock and are deep but honestly, it's time we redefine typecasting.

After watching The Last Kiss and a BBC modernization of The Canterbury Tales (thats right i'm manning up and watching movies before I read the books for class) I realized that a lot of people who think they are fancy and stretching themselves with every part are still just typecast.

Zach Braff is just goofburger guy who also looks sad a lot and deals with emotional things and sometimes swears if the dramatic time is right.

And though Chiwetel Ejiofor (the guy above) has shed the typecasting of "surprisingly well spoken black man" he now seems to be pretty typecast as pro-to-an-tagonist but with deep and challenging motivations.

Every character may be in different situations (space!) and dealing with different things (triflin'!) and sure they have complex motivations and such but if we pull enough away they are all the same dude, no?

maybe I'm just an asshole

I was reading today about the North American release of Lily Allen's Alright Still and was like...damn...

Everyone I know who would have wanted to hear that record downloaded it ages ago and it's just being released now!?!?

We live in a world where internet hype has created international music nerdiness and as someone in North America i think we especially look to the UK to show us some crazy new music to enjoy so the fact that the UK and NA release dates are so far apart is troubling simply for the fact that I know few to no people are going to march out and buy the record even for TWO NEW MIXES!1!!11!11111 (ones are sarcasm marks)

With acts like Amy Winehouse and The Fratellis also garnering at least my personal attention, enough to get frustrated and download, I wonder if we're living in a world where record companies can take a chance and just jump straight into international distribution?

And by take a chance I mean have to...have to or you'll never get my money.

I have to make a large presentation and an assignment for my Art class tomorrow and trying to stick to the spirit of my artist I decided to make part of it a recreation of this photo of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination...because it's timely and all.

I just realized that's probably pretty offensive.

but thats what they get for years of not giving me a day off to ponder this man's greatness.

cam

EDIT has anyone else noticed i've started to only use punctuation at the end of paragraphs? what's up with that?