Anyone else watch the show Taboo on National Geographic? There's a new episode coming up about a Filipino man who is so obsessed with Superman that he actually gets plastic surgery to look like him. Here's a link to the trailer: Being Superman
Neil Gaiman is by no means a common children's book writer; nor is he a noobie when it comes to weaving together a tale with both innocence and darkness. In some respects, he could be considered a more PG-rated version of Tim Burton. Most of his books resonate with me the same way the later Harry Potter books did. It feels like a young reader's kind of book but possesses that adult quality that pulls older readers in. I read his other book called, "Coraline" a few years back. The movie and the book were surprisingly similar and I liked the added character of Wyborn (not sure about the spelling.) It helped immensely because the character of Coraline tended to have a lot of internal thoughts and I think it's hard to translate that onto the movie screen in a way that doesn't take too much away from the story. Somehow, Henry Sellick was able to pull such a thing off and I believe he chose a very creative way in which to do it without losing the integrity of...
No, this isn't about Thanksgiving. This is about something RIDICULOUSLY stupid. I would like to thank a few people who have tried and failed to pin blame on me. I think it's because people don't like being wrong. I'm definitely like that. I already get blamed for everything else in life, but THIS....this is not one of them. According to these individuals, I've conjured up reasons to excommunicate them/people they are with/etc. from my life out of thin air. "I was confused. I didn't understand. I'm sorry I got upset. You didn't have to do this or that. You should've talked about it more. Give her a chance. Let me explain. It's not my fault. YOU did this. YOU did that. I didn't do that. I didn't say that. You're wrong. I don't know what you're talking about. I don't remember that. It's you who didn't do this or that-blah blah blah." I'm human. I DO lie about things from time to time; I make tons o...