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Children of Men

nobody@vox.com(ydnar) — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:41:36 -0800

Films about a fascist Britain are nothing new. However, where V for Vendetta was a bludgeon, Children of Men is a scalpel. It is an extremely violent film, the acts coming with neither warning nor celebration; a bleak comment on race relations, globalization, media, surveillance and xenophobia. In contrast with the film’s gray palette, every scene is saturated with detail: photographs, signs, advertisements, sideband messages reminiscent of the Bolex Brothers’ Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb or Graeme Base’s earlier children’s books. Like the latter, filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón makes clear his contempt for the current war in Iraq, the hypocrisy of western drug policy and immigration law. Children of Men is not only the best film made in 2006, it is probably the best near future science fiction film made in the past 30 years.

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C-note

nobody@vox.com(ydnar) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:10:28 -0800

Just finished my first century of the year. Rode up to the Marshall Wall and back. Handy measurement: The top of the Wall is exactly halfway. Need to practice though, this 8 hours and change thing has to stop.

Distance: 103.9 mi (167.21 km)
Time on bike: 7:55
Total time: 8:35

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Top of Marshall Wall

nobody@vox.com(ydnar) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:27:52 -0800

Marshall Wall

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Waiting for the bridge to open

nobody@vox.com(ydnar) — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:39:16 -0800

Waiting Riders

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5.10d + 200 Miles

nobody@vox.com(ydnar) — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:01:44 -0800

Last night I went climbing for the first time in a couple weeks, finally (somewhat) recovered from the Cold. Struggled up my first 5.10d (woo!) and knocked down this 5.10c that had been a thorn in my side. The secret was a faraway single foothold on the other side of the overhang. Janet says I’m just using my feet and/or brain more instead of trying to brute force my way up the wall. She’s mostly right, except for the brain part.

In other news, I just registered for a double century. This is a bicycle ride where you go 200 miles in one day. Only insane people who wear spandex and spend way too much cabbage on bikes do this sort of thing. Now that that’s out in the open, I’ll be stealing some of Nick’s cookies.

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Diddie Kiddies

nobody@vox.com(ydnar) — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:03:36 -0800

Continuing my trend of non-blogging regurgitation of YouTube vids:

TV Funhouse - Diddy Kiddies

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Bukem

nobody@vox.com(ydnar) — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:19:53 -0800

Logical Progression, Level 1

LTJ Bukem Presents

Sometimes, the ill-termed “intelligent drum & bass” just fits. Bukem, Roni Size, stuff that’s reaching 10 years old and still makes my head nod. The assaulting west-coast dnb I listened to when I first moved to California has nothing on this. O Liquid Sky, where art thou?

New Forms

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Best. Video. Evar.

nobody@vox.com(ydnar) — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:25:31 -0800

It just gets better and better...

The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World Talks About O'Reilly

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ROWE

nobody@vox.com(ydnar) — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:50:25 -0800

This is the most interesting biz article I’ve read in a while. I don’t read a lot of business articles, so take this worth a grain of salt.

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Pista at the Vet

nobody@vox.com(ydnar) — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:19:36 -0800

She loves her new pink boot!

The Quick and the Pink

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