a little pain must fall

[regular tom]

Flee from me, keepers of the gloom.

upon us all
a little pain must fall.


plus, we should really be acknowledging the weekend.  yesterday is gone.

[Moetown]

It's rainin pain. Hallelujah!

[matthew]

I must be sick, as I have dug up videos that people lent me that have movies on them that I never had any intention of watching (as well as the ones that I borrowed them for) and have now watched them.

"The Green Mile"? What an atrocious pile of shit. I am not sure that I am still sick or if its just these fucking movies.

Always curious as to how much these terrible films are appreciated, I go to my favourite place. the IMDb and find:
"8.1/10 (84,460 votes)  top 250: #130"

While there is no doubt it is a superior film to those that follow it (Battle of Algiers, The Deer Hunter, The Bicycle Thief, Les Diaboliques, Wild Strawberries, etc.), Kurt and I have spoken before about how flawed/fucked the IMDb top 250 is in general and its not really worth going over here again. What is worth mentioning is how delightful some of the commentary on the site is. A readings of the reviews can sometimes give you a feel for a film, but the message boards give you a feel for humanity (at least that which spends time on message boards):

Cutest prison guard?
  by missnat84     (Tue Nov 1 2005 13:02:17 )   
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UPDATED Tue Nov 1 2005 13:04:06
Which prison guard did you find the most attractive?

Paul
Dean
Brutal
Percy

I would have to say Percy,i know he was cruel etc but he was just so cute and sexy looking.


Re: Cutest prison guard?   
  by mkaye-1     (Tue Nov 1 2005 13:29:14 )   
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I thought Brutal was really sweet!

"Don't give me that wounded look, you haven't got the face for it."

Re: Cutest prison guard?   
  by Moonlit_Sorcery     (Tue Nov 1 2005 18:09:34 )   
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Well, I say Percy because to me, there are three things that are unavoidable.

1. Death
2. Taxes
3. Doug Hutchison being unreasonably, ridiculously hot

Re: Cutest prison guard?   
  by screenager19     (Wed Nov 2 2005 02:19:14 )   
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Well, if we're talking about looks here and not personality, then... Percy, I'm afraid. >_<
He was cruel and he was nasty, but I couldn't help becoming attracted to him anyway...
Dean was pretty cute too, I thought.

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Re: Cutest prison guard?   
  by PryingPandora     (Wed Nov 2 2005 16:50:39 )   
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I hate Percy! GGGGGRRRRR!!!! It was really funny when one of the inmates was calling him pishy pants! I was LMAO! Oh no, now i've started thinking about it & I won't be able to stop laughing.  

You spin me right round baby, right round, like a record baby, right round, round, round

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Re: Cutest prison guard?   
  by Belparr2     (Sun Nov 6 2005 11:10:21 )   
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*sigh* PERCY (yummy, so very yummy....)

...save the evil comments, I won't be changing my mind on that....EVER....

Re: Cutest prison guard?   
  by PryingPandora     (Mon Nov 7 2005 08:58:15 )   
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*sigh* PERCY (yummy, so very yummy....)
AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! *runs away screaming!*

Don't like him at all! lol

You spin me right round baby, right round, like a record baby, right round, round, round

Re: Cutest prison guard?   
  by animefreak20707     (Mon Nov 7 2005 19:42:29 )   
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I thought Dean was the hottest one out of them all. Mmm, Barry Pepper. ^^

When I read the book and found out what happened to the other guards, after John's execution, I cried and cried. Especially about Dean. Oh my gosh.

I won't spoil it for those who haven't read the book, but yeah. It was so horrendously sad.

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Can I make a suggestion that DOESN'T involve violence?!

Re: Cutest prison guard?   
  by PryingPandora     (Tue Nov 8 2005 09:16:12 )   
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I'm just watching the film for the first time in school. YES! We'll be watching it tomorrow!  I think we're at the part just before the guy goes on fire when he gets executed.  

You spin me right round baby, right round, like a record baby, right round, round, round

Re: Cutest prison guard?   
  by missnat84     (Tue Nov 8 2005 11:00:09 )   
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Doug Hutchison sent me an autograph picture a couple of years back,i wrote to him not long after i saw the Green Mile,what a hottie!

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Re: Cutest prison guard?   
  by missnat84     (Wed Nov 9 2005 00:10:55 )   
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it took him a few months to reply but its not surprising with his hectic job and all,i sent my letter to his fanmail address.

Re: Cutest prison guard?   
  by screenager19     (Wed Nov 9 2005 01:37:16 )   
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Yes, same here, I wrote to him too and it was roughly 6 months before I received the reply. He actually apologised for how long it had taken for his reply to get back to me, bless him. It was well worth the wait!
I wrote to him through the address that was on his website, I think.

etc.

[Doctor Rock]

The Green Mile is pretty awful.  I thought the whole supernatural angle was pretty fucking cheesy.  And it's a schmaltzy movie.    

[Doctor Rock]

And what do you mean by "While there is no doubt it is a superior film to those that follow it (Battle of Algiers, The Deer Hunter, The Bicycle Thief, Les Diaboliques, Wild Strawberries, etc.)"?  

Are you being ironic?  

[matthew]

Not at all, the magical negro had them all beat.

[brainfiber]

If that's not soon enough for ya, you can get a little DBT on Thanksgiving, too.... Nov. 25 at the Alabama Theatre in Birmingham, AL.... Lucero will be with 'em at that show, so it'll be a great one.

now where did that lucero fellow go...

oh yeah there touring now, right?

[Moetown]

It's cold, I'm hunover, and I'm feeling like getting drunk. The last thing I want to do at all is exercise. Must...make...self...exercise.

  Goddammit, Evan, get your lazy old flabby ass downstairs and work out!

[Just Some Girl]

Finally, I can ride my Segway legally on the streets of Toronto!!

[Just Some Girl]

Finally, I no longer have to jump through licensing loopholes to get silicone breast implants!

[regular tom]

can you get breasts with loopholes?

[bebopbalogna]

Finally, I no longer have to jump through licensing loopholes to get silicone breast implants!

"This year, the safety of gel implants was again brought into question when a significant Canadian study reported a 73-per-cent higher rate of suicide among women with breast implants than the general population."


i'm sure this has absolutely NOTHING to do with the low self esteem that usually causes women to seek augmentatation in the first place.  naw.  must be the implants themselves.  but seriously,  large or small, firm or a little floppy, real breasts are best.  what good are boobs if you all you can do is look at em. boobs are meant to be played with.  give me natural, malleable mammaries anyday........just one man's opinion.

[matthew]

Finally, I can ride my Segway legally on the streets of Toronto!!

Drunk is not a synonym of "legal". If you are drunk (which you are) it only seems that way.

[Just Some Girl]

Finally, I can ride my Segway legally on the streets of Toronto!!

Drunk is not a synonym of "legal".

hahahaha.*




*1pm, not drinking yet. But may have some wine while watching the Brazilian F1 race with the roomie. Last race of the season.  I know, try to control yourselves.

[Just Some Girl]

Finally, I no longer have to jump through licensing loopholes to get silicone breast implants!

"This year, the safety of gel implants was again brought into question when a significant Canadian study reported a 73-per-cent higher rate of suicide among women with breast implants than the general population."


i'm sure this has absolutely NOTHING to do with the low self esteem that usually causes women to seek augmentatation in the first place.  naw.  must be the implants themselves.

I know, patently ridiculous. "Oh that's why they're depressed: silicone." Ugh. In the sex/porn industry it seems practically mandatory to "enhance" one's body. But in "real life"? I can't see being soooooo insecure that I'd undergo surgery just to have bigger boobs. And I say this as someone who has about a trillion self-esteem issues.

A really good friend of mine has wanted breast implants for years now. She's secure and self-confident in every other way but despite having a great life, she thinks she/it will somehow be better if she is "better proportioned." She wants her husband to buy them for her for their next anniversary.

I can't figure her out sometimes.