Los Angeles- Flower Power

Summer:

During a momentous battle, a Japanese general decided to attack even though his army was greatly outnumbered. He was confident they would win, but his men were filled with doubt. On the way to the battle, they stopped at a religious shrine. After praying with the men, the general took out a coin and said, "I shall now toss this coin. If it is heads, we shall win. If tails, we shall lose. Destiny will now reveal itself." He threw the coin into the air and all watched intently as it landed. It was heads. The soldiers were so overjoyed and filled with confidence that they vigorously attacked the enemy and were victorious. After the battle, a lieutenant remarked to the general, "No one can change destiny." "Quite right," the general replied as he showed the lieutenant the coin, which had heads on both sides.

If this wind were colored red, by a process that probably will get invented sometime soon, a cartoon weather to further exaggerate what goes on around us, lest we missed the point, in case some tiny fraction of life had miraculously gone unexplained, then the wind from this book would look like blood introduced into water, curdled and red and slow, a thick and terribly detourable fluid that can easily be diluted....

-Ben Marcus

Mo

i knew you were going to say that.

Speaking of absolutely nothing, I read some statement by Martin Luther King Jr today, saying that he had always wanted peace and a non-segregated society. It had always been his dream. I know we all have the opportunity to alter our history and previous goals when we give interviews, but somehow I believed him. The same probably goes for Gandhi. He probably always wanted for his people to be free. To me, those are some big ass goals. That got me thinking, what have been my life-goals so far? By that, I mean more than just things I'd like to achieve in life, I mean things I've always worked for. My general direction, if you will. I thought about it for a really long time, thus making me a bit depressed, since I couldn't figure out or remember anything of that sort. I kept thinking, I'm a really uninspired person right now...for not having any grand motivation in life, for not wanting to achieve anything and generally not caring too much about things(lately). Did this mean I was trivial? Was I just one of the masses? Then it hit me, and all my energy came oozing back. It was really sudden, but I clearly remember as a kid drawing different kind of characters and wanting to bring them to life in real film...


ps Retarded as I am, I saw Darjeeling Limited today for the first time. Wes Anderson seems like kind of a prick, but I can't help but find his movies hilarious. I guess that says something about me.


(p.p.s- the whole movie seems to be on youtube)

When I make my first movie, this song will definitely be included, no matter which kind of movie it ends up being:

Thursday film, In class

chuck

tales of my majestic lover

to everyone else, you're made up. but i love u

"Good Friend"-Plants And Animals