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Mar. 25th, 2010 12:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nekosensei* This video, called "Epilepsy Dancing," is based on temporal lobe epilepsy in which suffers have a kind of daydream during the episode. I think it's visually stunning. Unfortunately, you have to have a YouTube account to see it; some idiots flagged it because it has OMG BOOBIES! (Link swiped from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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* Someone on my friend's list is in the middle of a study abroad program in Spain and for one of her Spanish classes, she had to watch a movie based on the novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte by Camilo José Cela. In the movie, the protagonist snaps, killing a dog and horse during his break with reality. And it's not a special effect either. The director had the actor shoot a dog and stab a horse to death on screen. Let me repeat that. They killed a dog and a horse to make this movie. Now, I'm okay with people going hunting to feed themselves and their family, as long as they're using that animal's life to sustain their own, but I don't at all approve of killing animals merely to make an artistic statement. If I had been in this person's place, I would have told the professor that there was no way I could watch the movie without getting upset and, therefore, I wouldn't be coming to class that day. This is one of the rare cases where I would have taken a hit on my grade. I'm just too much of an animal lover to watch something like that. Which brings me to a poll...
[Poll #1542764]
* Raked up some of the snow mold...thatch...whatever you want to call it. And now I've got a nasty blister on one of my hands from all that raking.
* And it looks like my crocuses that I thought were M.I.A this year have finally re-appeared. Going to have to get pictures of them before the flowers fade.
* I wanted to work on turning over my garden this week, but that might get put off so I can start studying for my German midterm.
* Wow...the right-wing in this country has gone completely and utterly bat-shit insane: Sarah Palin posts about not retreating but reloading on her Facebook page and Democratic congressmen who voted for the bill are receiving more threats. I know many of us liberals were ticked off when George W. Bush was president, but were we ever this bad? *shakes head* After this, there is no way in hell you can convince me to vote a Republican for office. If I don't like the Democratic candidate, I'd rather vote Green. (Links swiped fromginmar and gehayi)
* And look what we have here. One of the douchebags who is advocating stone throwing. (Link snagged fromambitious_wench)
* California voters to decide in November whether to legalize pot -- I wonder what the chances are of this actually passing... (Many thanks toladyfox7oaks for originally posting this)
* In Stephenville, college play featuring gay Jesus stirring emotions -- More douchebaggery. At least one of the actors in this play was disowned by his family after refusing to quit the production. So sad. (Link swiped fromtx_cronopio)
* Okay...now I'm honked off by all the crap that's going down in the news. Time to call it quits and go to bed.
willowing)* Someone on my friend's list is in the middle of a study abroad program in Spain and for one of her Spanish classes, she had to watch a movie based on the novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte by Camilo José Cela. In the movie, the protagonist snaps, killing a dog and horse during his break with reality. And it's not a special effect either. The director had the actor shoot a dog and stab a horse to death on screen. Let me repeat that. They killed a dog and a horse to make this movie. Now, I'm okay with people going hunting to feed themselves and their family, as long as they're using that animal's life to sustain their own, but I don't at all approve of killing animals merely to make an artistic statement. If I had been in this person's place, I would have told the professor that there was no way I could watch the movie without getting upset and, therefore, I wouldn't be coming to class that day. This is one of the rare cases where I would have taken a hit on my grade. I'm just too much of an animal lover to watch something like that. Which brings me to a poll...
[Poll #1542764]
* Raked up some of the snow mold...thatch...whatever you want to call it. And now I've got a nasty blister on one of my hands from all that raking.
* And it looks like my crocuses that I thought were M.I.A this year have finally re-appeared. Going to have to get pictures of them before the flowers fade.
* I wanted to work on turning over my garden this week, but that might get put off so I can start studying for my German midterm.
* Wow...the right-wing in this country has gone completely and utterly bat-shit insane: Sarah Palin posts about not retreating but reloading on her Facebook page and Democratic congressmen who voted for the bill are receiving more threats. I know many of us liberals were ticked off when George W. Bush was president, but were we ever this bad? *shakes head* After this, there is no way in hell you can convince me to vote a Republican for office. If I don't like the Democratic candidate, I'd rather vote Green. (Links swiped from
ginmar and gehayi)* And look what we have here. One of the douchebags who is advocating stone throwing. (Link snagged from
ambitious_wench) * California voters to decide in November whether to legalize pot -- I wonder what the chances are of this actually passing... (Many thanks to
ladyfox7oaks for originally posting this)* In Stephenville, college play featuring gay Jesus stirring emotions -- More douchebaggery. At least one of the actors in this play was disowned by his family after refusing to quit the production. So sad. (Link swiped from
tx_cronopio)* Okay...now I'm honked off by all the crap that's going down in the news. Time to call it quits and go to bed.
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Date: 2010-03-25 07:20 am (UTC)So much vile hatred. Right wingers need to calm the bleep down and get over it. The bill passed. Move on (dot org).
Chances of that legalizing in my state? Maybe less than half, but I'm leaning toward voting for it anyway.
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Date: 2010-03-25 12:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-25 01:55 pm (UTC)Today...special effects and safeguards make that sort of animal death minimal. Since I couldn't find a citation on when the movie was filmed...I couldn't tell you. In a modern film...it would be inexcusable.
Though...films that show the slaughter or death of commonly consumed animals...can usually get around SPCA rules if the animal is killed in a manner consistant with humane slaughter. I remember an episode of CSI getting a lot of razzing because they used actual carcasses for a slaughterhouse scene.