One Night in Bangkok

[shanmonster]

I'm feeling a bit better. My lungs still burn like the trashpits of Gehenna, but at least I can talk a little, now. I went to both dance classes today, although snowy_kathryn and random_echoes did covered the beginner class for me. I danced very carefully for a few seconds at a time, and when I came home, I was exhausted. I fell into bed and slept for a couple of hours.

Last night, I finished reading the American volume of Steven Marcus's World of Modern Fiction. 90% of the stories are dreary and depressing, focusing on such themes as Jewish guilt and soldiers returning to a world with which they cannot cope. The stories are heavy and brooding. I was hoping the European anthology might be a bit lighter, but the opening Sartre piece (The Childhood of a Leader) is nihilistic and the hateful main character appears to be a sociopath. Are the only stories with uplifting themes relegated to those godawful Chicken Soup for the Soul books? Surely there are excellent pieces of literary modern fiction which won't make one want to give up the ghost.

I borrowed a couple of DVDs from Kathryn to watch: The Ten Commandments and Stargate. It's been a long time since I've seen either. I'm sure I'll enjoy the former more than the latter. Charlton Heston makes an awesome Moses, and I relish the opportunity of drooling over Yul Brynner playing the Pharoah. What a beautiful man he was....

And now, just to completely mess you over, would you like to know where furries come from (NSFW in any capacity)?

Comments

[fourcorners.livejournal.com]

I found Stargate disappointing the only time I ever saw it.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I recall it having preposterous plot holes, but I enjoyed it anyhow. It's definitely a check-your-brain-at-the-door sort of movie. We'll see if I enjoy it at all this time around.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Ook. I just watched it, and it's much worse than I remember. Yikes.

[snowy-kathryn.livejournal.com]

Stargrate is Orientalist-crap-for-crap! (1) Heehee!

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(1) Assaff, Kathryn. 'What The Mummy Said: Orientalism and the Portrayal of Ancient Egypt in Popular Culture.' Unpublished undergraduate thesis. 2004.

[snowy-kathryn.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I meant Stargate. :(

[miraba.livejournal.com]

I need to read that. I was just appalled when I saw the movie.

[snowy-kathryn.livejournal.com]

I'll see what I can do.

[zombienought.livejournal.com]

Everybody loves a bald man. Except me.

Have you heard the Juno Reactor song,
God Is God, with the Charlton Heston
lyrics? It's very good, in its many
remixed forms. I could probably send it
to you via IM, along with some Muslim-
gauze, once I get unpacked, if you'd
like.

I cannot view the NSFW video. I think
I am missing some porn codecs, judging
by the amount of my porn that is not
viewable at this time. Perhaps you could
point me in the right direction?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I'm familiar with God is God, but hadn't noted Charlton Heston. I only have the album version. I have only limited experience with Muslimgauze. Everything I heard was very boring, but I'm told he did some fantastic stuff. I couldn't have heard it, yet.

The video, alas, was taken down.

[entropy156.livejournal.com]

I once got punched in the arm by Charlton Heston. He's a pretty cool guy...

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Did you tell him to get his damned dirty hands off you?

[entropy156.livejournal.com]

It actually crossed my mind, but I was too busy smiling and laughing to myself thinking "I just got punched in the arm by Moses! How cool is that?!"