I’m gonna dress you up in my links

I am tired today. I didn’t go to bed til early this morning because I watched this. It’s Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story by Todd Haynes. Before you dismiss it you should know that it’s made entirely with dolls as the characters. If that doesn’t make you want to see it you should know that it is absolutely amazing. The voice actors are perfect, after a few minutes you completely forget that you are watching dolls. Karen Carpenter is not my cup of tea but ultimately it is a well told story. Sure, there is some social commentary but it’s not heavy handed. There are a couple rough spots but that’s just because you are watching a digitally compressed file of a 19 year old film. It’s only 43 minutes and you will be a better person for it. Hurry though, because Richard Carpenter and Mattel have sent Haynes cease and desist orders and YouTube won’t play it. Who knows how long Google will keep it up. In case you don’t know, Todd Haynes started out as an experimental filmmaker and later directed Safe and Far From Heaven. He is one of the reasons I focused on experimental film in film school. Superstar is easily accessible though, so don’t get all pre-judgemental mmmmk?

In other goings on I am totally obsessed with 10,000Reasons. Look for me, I’m #’s 1377, 1382, 1647, 1876, 1879 and 1892. Those numbers may not be exact because some are deleted or moved. Add your own and tell me what number you are! If I offended anyone, you should get over it so we can still be friends, because that’s what people do. But saying women are the reason the world is doomed is just stupid (#1884), so let’s all send Justin an email at punk_rocks18@hotmail.com. Yep that’s right, Justin at punk_rocks18@hotmail.com.**

**Update: Justin got taken down. Maybe we’re not doomed after all.

I am excited to tell you that Plan B ( emergency contraception, the morning after pill ) has been approved by the FDA to be available over the counter to people who are 18 and up. That’s great news. And thanks to A. for letting me know and giving me the link.

Question: At what point does a pimple become a boil?

I know no one wants to hear about other people’s dreams so I won’t go into detail. All I’ll say is that Dave Navarro and I are friends and he’s picking me up on Sunday for yoga.

Remember this post where I said I’d get a definition for dudebrah up on UrbanDictionary.com? Well I did finally but they kept rejecting it (seeing what was approved, I was confused). So I kept submitting it. They kept rejecting it, I even became an editor so I could just approve it myself. Then it was suddenly accepted three times. And that’s the story of dudebrah on UrbanDictionary.com and why it has three entries by me.

Whoa, let’s all take a deep breath and relax after all that information.

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