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@Cashew - I'm so sorry about your doggie. That's awful.

@crazy - I saw 'ZeroDarkThirty' and I thought it was excellent. It did show torture but I felt the presentation was more an acknowledgement that torture occurred. To deny it would be dishonest as we all saw the pictures of detainees. I didn't get that the movie was like 'Torture those fuckers! Yay USA!'. If anything, it showed that $$ and the perseverance of the analysts was more effective for getting intelligence. It also showed that torture affected the guy torturing the detainees.

Anyway, I'd be interested to hear what others think of the movie.

As for 'Beasts of the Southern Wild', I thought it was a huge let-down. It had two things going for it: the little girl's performance and the portrayal of culture that is rarely seen in movies. Other than that, I felt it played like a parody of an art movie. YMMV, of course.
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oh, i'm so very tired.... and high for the first time in ages... when does Burger King start delivery?

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and hear a song that I could understand.
I keep wishing it could be that way.
Because my world would be a Wonderland."

Midnight Cowboy is a fucking great movie.

Bam, Cashew, thanks I think I'll add some of that ginger and lemon to my tea. Tomorrow I'm looking for some of those ingredients. Want it gone. I'm out. Everyone have a good night.

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Withy,

fresh ginger, fresh lemon, make it tea and drink a lot. good for immune system plus vitamin c. someone told me that dark honey is full of antioxidents/nutrients so add that if you like it sweet.

you can also steep a broth of ginger, scallions, garlic, jalapeno pepper to help drain the sinuses and soothe the belly. if nothing else it'll give you something to do. lols

g'nite hon, hope you feel better. nite everyone!

Oooo, midnight cowboy just came on! yay!

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Submitted by WithinReason... on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 3:14am.

Get well soon, Withy, and take everything times two! I mean Vit C, Echinacea, whatever else. Hope you're resting up and staying home too. I had it last week and a bit of this week. Blech.

finally watched "The Harder They Come." it's like "Kind of Blue" or "Highway 61" as far as music movies go, so I was on the down low about never having seen it.

Y'all let me know what you think about "Margaret."

Have a good night....

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Submitted by bambam on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 2:58am.
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You two are making me SO hungry! OMG, please stop, I hear hunger pangs already! hahaha

@Cashew, maybe that's for the best. I'm good aside from fighting this bug that is trying to invade my immune system. Will.not.let.it.take.over. Hope you are otherwise ok.

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Submitted by bambam on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 2:58am.

@ boredas,

speaking of pasta I saw Lidia's Italy in America today where she made pasta carbonara. I was drooling. Went out and bought some bacon and scallions, gonna make it for dinner later on today.
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Oooooooooh!You lucky dog you! Pasta Carbonara is delicious. Let'us all know how it turns out!

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"And it don't matter who you are, if I'm doin my job, its your resolve that breaks..Cause the hook brings you back, I ain't tellin you no lie. The hook brings you back, on that you can rely."

@ boredas,

speaking of pasta I saw Lidia's Italy in America today where she made pasta carbonara. I was drooling. Went out and bought some bacon and scallions, gonna make it for dinner later on today.

@ cij, I think the only movies I went out to see this year were superhero ones. I gotta get out and see SkyFall before it leaves the theaters, there are some movies you need to watch on a big screen IMO.

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Submitted by WithinReason... on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 2:41am.

Hey Withy,

I think I'll get her one in a few months. Right now I don't even want to think about another dog. My baby sis would get upset if she could see ;). How are you this evening? What's new?

Submitted by WithinReason... on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 2:43am.

Boredas, but everyone thinks they have zero accent. lol
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Yea, I'm not disputing it, I'm just going by people actually asking me where I'm from, and not people from different states, but people from my own state. Lmao! *shakes head*

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"And it don't matter who you are, if I'm doin my job, its your resolve that breaks..Cause the hook brings you back, I ain't tellin you no lie. The hook brings you back, on that you can rely."

I want to see Zero Dark Thirty, too. I want to know if it's really true that it is pro-torture. Anybody seen it yet?

And for those who keep asking, Margaret is about a bitchy high school girl who gets involved in a lawsuit.

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Submitted by boredasfuckyo on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 2:18am.

Uhhhh, no accent eh? You too good fo' us, ain'tcha now chere? Eatcha crawfish wit a knife an fork now, dontcha? You gone siddity now? lols
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Mais No, I'm a true red blooded cajun! I've just gotten asked "where are you from originally?" a lot, and apparently they are all shocked when I say born and raised cajun. Mais, it's not my fault sha!
Speaking of crawfish, theres this joke around here that Louisiana is the only state where you can say pinch the tail and suck the head and no one mistakes it for something dirty *BA-DUH TISSS*
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"And it don't matter who you are, if I'm doin my job, its your resolve that breaks..Cause the hook brings you back, I ain't tellin you no lie. The hook brings you back, on that you can rely."

Boredas, but everyone thinks they have zero accent. lol

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School boards around here will ban anything, and usually nobody says anything about it. It's like... read? Huh? That is suspicious activity! There might be some of them demons that could fly out of a Harry Potter book and get into one of our chirrens!

I have a relative who is a librarian, and she gave me a button that says, "I read banned books." I put it next to my Frida Kahlo unibrow button on my 80's denim jacket.

Vob, CIJ, sounds like Beast it is. And I think Kiki said Zero Dark Thirty was really good as well. Vob, are you liking Margaret?

@Cashew, did you lose your puppy? :( Aww, will you get another one soon for your Mom?

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I'm watching The Anderson Tapes right now with Sean Connery, an old 70's movie. Loving it, I still marvel at how many good movies were made back in that era.

The Owl and the Pussycat is on another channel too but I was never a big Streisand fan.

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I'm finding it interesting.. It was written in the 70s and deals with war as ugly.. No one wins... This during a time when middle school kids are being taught America always wins.. And the revolutionary war was fan friggin tastic ....so here is my real theory.. Language is just an excuse.. The teachers don't want to deal with the parents or re-write the lesson plans to include.. Patriots behaving badly. There ya go...

Batty, yeah, ol Sookie is kookoo for cocoa puffs in that movie. I think she's like, 30, but she plays a PMSy high school girl to a T.

VOB...I've never heard of that one. Looks interesting. I looked up why it was banned and got this link:

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2009/02/26/630012/muscogee-school-distric...

I guess it's a bad word thing?

What is "Margaret"? I googled it, and now I'm watching a 1994 Margaret Cho special :P.

Submitted by boredasfuckyo on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 2:18am.

Uhhhh, no accent eh? You too good fo' us, ain'tcha now chere? Eatcha crawfish wit a knife an fork now, dontcha? You gone siddity now? lols

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I love New Orleans...it was such a great city.. Felt like I'd always lived there.. But was just a tourist..

Thanks Wowlie :).

We are looking at banned books in the school systems..I'm reading My Bother Sam is Dead... And I don't understand the banning of this at all.

VOB, I have Margaret on the dvr and I will watch it this week. : )

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((Cashew)) sorry about your puppy. : (

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Submitted by crazyinjapan on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 2:00am.

Thanks, bored. I was wondering about that. I don't know Louisiana that well, even though I've been to New Orleans a few times and live in a neighboring state. South Louisiana is like a different country to me. It's just so unlike the rest of the South. Pretty cool. :)
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Louisiana is like it's own country. New Orleans, surprisingly, depending on where you go, has a lot of different accents and dialects, so pin-pointing it to one is kind of rough.
Places like Houma(where she's from, and also apart of Terrebone Parish), Montegut, Larose, Cut-off and a lot of South Eastern Louisiana towns usually have the flat cajun accent, it's not hard to understand but very noticable still.I've been around it so long, unless the accent is super thick, I don't notice it anymore. My grandpa has a thick cajun accent though, that I do notice. Apparently, I have Zero Louisiana accent so Idk what that says about me, and I grew up here. Lmao
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"And it don't matter who you are, if I'm doin my job, its your resolve that breaks..Cause the hook brings you back, I ain't tellin you no lie. The hook brings you back, on that you can rely."

Hi VOB!

Thanks...I'm all right; It was just so sudden. She woke up having difficulty breathing for about 10 hours, and we had to let her go. Mom's house is very empty, but I'm staying here for a few days. She is devastated to lose her baby. But she knew more than I did that it was coming soon since they lived together. We'll get through it. How are you? Got any homework this weekend?

You ok Cashew? Sorry about your puppy.
CIJ and Withy.. So next film is beasts? Watching Margaret now... Kinda of screwed up in an accurate way..

Withy, yes, I thought the little girl was very, very good. Extremely natural--I mean, you forget that she's acting while you're watching her. I think she outdid Tatum O'Neill in Paper Moon. They are very different movies, though. Paper Moon is a comedy, and O'Neill was quite funny in it. But Wallis did a pitch-perfect performance of not over- or under-doing it in Beasts. I would not be surprised if she got the trophy.

Submitted by bambam on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 1:52am.
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From both your descriptions I think this may be well worth seeing.

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Submitted by Dog on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 10:13pm.

She isn't from Hawaii, and it's HAWKING, FFS.

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I wrote Hawking.

You are a real shit stirrer making wild and false accusations about people on this site. We have witnessed you go thru just about everyone accusing them of being alts and Angelas. And everytime, you are wrong.

You want to see my driver's license bitch?

Submitted by crazyinjapan on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 1:41am.
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They probably decided it'd make it harder to sell the film if it had subtitles even at the expense of authenticity. Ita, it's shocking how some people live in utter poverty within a short distance of affluence. Completely different worlds. I don't know if they have any budget for promotion but at least I think I've seen that little girl pictured at an event or two. Did you say she did a good job?

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Thanks, bored. I was wondering about that. I don't know Louisiana that well, even though I've been to New Orleans a few times and live in a neighboring state. South Louisiana is like a different country to me. It's just so unlike the rest of the South. Pretty cool. :)

IF: "a youn ingenue with a voice like velvet"... Yes, I think I know who you mean. Wasn't she in an artistic tour de force about a Rolls Royce she saves from a demolition derby? "Herbert" something?

Seriously though, I want to see "Diz and Lick" badly!!

@ cij, that's what I loved about the movie too, that it showed a way of life some couldn't even imagine exists here in america. I loved the fortitude of the little girl, the head scratching pride of the community, the mysticism of the aurocks(?) I thought it was another good example of americana IMO.

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Submitted by crazyinjapan on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 1:41am.

One of my neighbors in my apartment complex was displaced by Katrina. I love her to death, but I can't understand a word she says, lol. I thought the characters in Beasts might speak patois, and the movie might have subtitles, but I could understand almost everything the characters said.
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Thats because it was set and took place in Montegut and not in New Orleans.
New Orleans dialects and accents are totally different that those of residents in Terrebonne/Lafourche parish.

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"And it don't matter who you are, if I'm doin my job, its your resolve that breaks..Cause the hook brings you back, I ain't tellin you no lie. The hook brings you back, on that you can rely."

Withy, I would say that Pan's Labyrinth was a better movie, but as you said, PL had a much bigger budget than Beasts. PL had good special effects. However, I really liked that Beasts showed the type of life that some people do live in America, one that most folks don't ever get to see.

One of my neighbors in my apartment complex was displaced by Katrina. I love her to death, but I can't understand a word she says, lol. I thought the characters in Beasts might speak patois, and the movie might have subtitles, but I could understand almost everything the characters said.

Submitted by veryoldbat on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 1:15am.

Boredas...

Strange weather here too. Glad to hear your backyard has been returned .
The slores are sloring..... The night crew has been off and on all day.
How was your day?

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Lmao Dr. Seuss all up in this bitch with the "the slores are sloring".

And I'm a little drained. I swear I went out today and it literally felt like, I honestly don't know how to describe it. It was the most uncomfortable feeling. We have some of the most fucked up weather imaginable down here. It wasn't cold, it wasn't hot, it had no air flow at all, it was like this muggy, humid try clamy weather. Mind you, this was after about 3 days of rain and mild flooding in January, so you'd think it'd atleast turn cold like it sometimes does after a hard rain/storm, but nope, 71 degrees. I couldn't wait to get home and kick on the A/C.
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"And it don't matter who you are, if I'm doin my job, its your resolve that breaks..Cause the hook brings you back, I ain't tellin you no lie. The hook brings you back, on that you can rely."

CIJ, doesn't look like Beasts of the Southern Wild had much of a budget imdb says under $2 million. So, the production wasn't very good? From the looks of it, this reminds me of Pan's Labyrinth.

@Boredas, just try not to get sick. Everyone it's hit has been pretty bad.

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CIJ... Had a similar experience in a county I won't name... Was shocked by the level of crime and poverty. It's a dirty little secret.. And not far away from people who have access to everything. I couldn't believe how scared I was.. And I've been a lot of places.. This felt like a really bad movie set.. But people were / are living it. One wrong turn on 500 acres.. Who's gonna find you?

Boredas...

Strange weather here too. Glad to hear your backyard has been returned .
The slores are sloring..... The night crew has been off and on all day.
How was your day?

Submitted by veryoldbat on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 1:04am.
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I was reading the nymag one. Fug says she started it with another poster from twop. And they've written 2-3 books (!) http://www.amazon.com/Messy-Heather-Cocks/dp/0316098299

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Submitted by veryoldbat on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 1:06am.

CIJ... Did you just watch Margaret? What did you think? It starts in 20 minutes..
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I was talking about The Queen of Versailles, but I've seen Margaret, too. It's worth watching, I think, if you like character studies of unhinged people.

I recently watched Beasts of the Southern Wild, and I kind of liked it. I mean, the editing is choppy and the story line has holes in it at times, but I was kept entertained and I watched it to the end because I wanted to know what happened to the little girl.

It reminded me of when I took my first teaching job in the Delta, one of the poorest areas in the USA. I was so naive. I had been to third world countries and seen poverty like that, but I didn't know it existed still in this country until I was smack dab in the middle of it. And, I had lived only about an hour away from it for most of my life. These kids lived in shacks with no electricity or running water. Shocking.

CIJ... Did you just watch Margaret? What did you think? It starts in 20 minutes..

Fuuuuuck, are all the Expendables bankable again? Seems like every one has a new movie coming out.

Statham is doing Parker, Stallone is in Bullet to the Head, Ahnuld is in Last Stand and Bruce Willis is Dying Hard One Mo' Time. Geez o weez.

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Withy.. I have been on and off all night.. No worries..:)-

Heather writes for the NYTimes- Fug Girls.. I sent two links. TR...Margaret the Extended version is on HBO at 12am ET. Thank you.. I would have missed it.

@bambam -- "The way I look at it, you got a coach & son in yr 3 of a 5 yr contract under pressure to produce results, a meddlesome, cheap assed, moneygrubbing owner who's been trying (and still is) to win right now for the last ten yrs, a young talent who with the right players surrounding him could keep the team at/near the top for at least the next 6, 7 yrs, and a fan base that're irrational lunatics desperate for those Joe Gibbs years."

i wish just one of those talking heads on any sports show would speak the truthiness like that. i could not agree more.

"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12