horrified by sugar

something really gross happened to me the other day. i grabbed a yogurt from the kitchen at work first thing in the morning. it was the "fruit at the bottom" kind, so i shook it up before i opened it. it tasted different, but good. after a few more mouthfuls, i noticed i was doing a lot more chewing than tiny bits of peaches warranted, so i spit some of it out. as it happens, i was actually chewing on rubbery chunks of mold. mmmmmmm. mmmmmmmmmmmm. yeah.

i have just discovered a relatively excellent video store in town. i had kind of resigned myself to the Roger's Video Shithole Experience, which actually makes Roger's look like a fun place to work: hunky teenage boys engaged in "horseplay" and eating pizza behind the counter to a punk music soundtrack. But I fucking hated renting from there. Those hunky boys have one functional brain cell between them, so getting any sort of information from them beyond "how much?" just wasn't going to happen without at least fifteen minutes of hand gestures and slow talking. plus, the selection is seriously lacking in the good department. my new video store is heaven in comparison.

it is the simple pleasures in life that really move me.



i have to say i think rob zombie is a good film maker. rent the devil's rejects dvd if only for the documentary of the making of the film, thirty days in hell. the production was under budget for one thing, but zombie's approach to film making is economical in several other ways: time, space, ideas. he also has some excellent criticisms of hollywood and violence. it's great to see the actors talking about the shit they had to do and how they felt about it, too.

speaking of uncomfortable movies, i watched palindromes last night. i loved it, but now i want todd solondz to make another movie about dawn weiner- i have to see what happened to her life (obesity?! rutgers?!) palindromes also has the best contemporary christian song and dance number i've seen in ages. it was so good it just about made me gay.