lend me yr ears?
*plonk* ...that was the vaccuum, which just now broke open and released a huge cloud of dust, birdseed and feathers. i had to grab the dust-buster and vaccuum up after the vaccuum. technology saves time and money.
i went to see a b-movie today, "the forgotten" with julianne moore, who is so absolutely beautiful. it was somewhat mediocre but it kept my attention and had some wild special effects, such as people getting literally sucked up into the sky in the middle of a sentence. (sorry if i spoiled it for anyone but it was incredible and extremely scarey...)
we went out for japanese afterwards (hoo yeah) and overheard a wildly amusing coversation about vincent van gogh. there was a somewhat obnoxious family behind us, and somehow the topic of van gogh came up, and for some reason the father chose to tell his two children (who were under the age of 8, i believe) about how poor old vincent cut his ear off, har har! the wife was stuck explaining this to the baffled children...she went about it in a famously graceful way:
"well, you know how your body gets sick? well, sometimes people's minds get sick. van gogh was not normal in his mind. so, he was in love with a lady and cut off his ear for her as a gift."
the kids went on to ask what it looked like when he did this, and "didn't it hurt??" i guess it could've been a LOT less tactful, but you know me...i pick up stigma like a metal detector on the beach. even if it's just a granule...there always seems to be an element of fault or blame with mental illness..."what went wrong?" "who did this to you?" "why aren't you normal?" as opposed to other ailments awarded much more dignity. (then again, i'm sure it's even worse for ppl with STD's..)
it's kind of a sad commentary also that families are more apt to talk about van gogh's ear- hacking than his art at the dinner table. well, maybe they did talk about his art beforehand...but it probably had something to do with sunflowers. (cynical, cycnical...)
i really dunno where else i was going here...i guess i am in one of those moods. i feel racing thoughts but brain-dead at the same time. i really need to find something to do.
i went to see a b-movie today, "the forgotten" with julianne moore, who is so absolutely beautiful. it was somewhat mediocre but it kept my attention and had some wild special effects, such as people getting literally sucked up into the sky in the middle of a sentence. (sorry if i spoiled it for anyone but it was incredible and extremely scarey...)
we went out for japanese afterwards (hoo yeah) and overheard a wildly amusing coversation about vincent van gogh. there was a somewhat obnoxious family behind us, and somehow the topic of van gogh came up, and for some reason the father chose to tell his two children (who were under the age of 8, i believe) about how poor old vincent cut his ear off, har har! the wife was stuck explaining this to the baffled children...she went about it in a famously graceful way:
"well, you know how your body gets sick? well, sometimes people's minds get sick. van gogh was not normal in his mind. so, he was in love with a lady and cut off his ear for her as a gift."
the kids went on to ask what it looked like when he did this, and "didn't it hurt??" i guess it could've been a LOT less tactful, but you know me...i pick up stigma like a metal detector on the beach. even if it's just a granule...there always seems to be an element of fault or blame with mental illness..."what went wrong?" "who did this to you?" "why aren't you normal?" as opposed to other ailments awarded much more dignity. (then again, i'm sure it's even worse for ppl with STD's..)
it's kind of a sad commentary also that families are more apt to talk about van gogh's ear- hacking than his art at the dinner table. well, maybe they did talk about his art beforehand...but it probably had something to do with sunflowers. (cynical, cycnical...)
i really dunno where else i was going here...i guess i am in one of those moods. i feel racing thoughts but brain-dead at the same time. i really need to find something to do.
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