September 2009 Archives

1. There are a group of women (men?) who use the word "coupon" as both a verb (ie, "I coupon.") and a descriptive noun ("Yeah, I'm a couponer.")
2. Some of these folks use items such as actual binders to hold their collections of mayo and tampon deals.
3. There is a black market for coupon inserts in the newspaper. As in, prior to delivery. I'm not making this shit up.
4. These folks have ACTUAL CLASSES on using coupons. CLASSES. On using coupons.
5. Some of these people are batshit crazy. About coupons. And, in general. If you use too many coupons or buy too many of the same thing, they will get you with their ninja-like skills and piercing words of disdain.

I'm sure using coupons is complex. I mean, they put such tiny writing on them and all, right? So..yay for coupons and saving money. I, however, enjoy having hobbies that don't involve my walking around in a grocery or shitty supermart chain. Although...I'm pretty sure that I spent $30 today at the store on cheese and Count Chocula cereal, so maybe if I had taken some coupon classes I would be more grocery-store L33T. Damn!

My excuse for the hiatus is a legitimate one: been too wrapped up in working on a movie with Monkey Ltd Productions.
All this week has been shooting the actual film. It's been hard work; in fact, it feels more like actual "work" than anything I've done in awhile. I come home physically exhausted and have absolutely no problem falling asleep. Who would have guessed hiking around all day would cure insomnia? Ha!

And speaking of movies, I've gotten in a few, but I seem to be on a kick of watching strange and/or disturbing films. Not on purpose either...it just seems to be happening that way. Visitor Q was one of 'em. No matter how weird that movie got, no matter what taboo it threw at you, it somehow managed to trump itself with something even more taboo.
Another one I just finished is Calvaire, which had both animal loving and unintentional homosexual rape. You'd have to see it to understand the "unintentional " part.
I've come across one of the stranger scenes on Youtube. There is nothing I could possibly say to set up this clip to have it make anymore sense than what you see. There is no context to understand. It happens, and the viewer observes it helplessly.
It really captures the 'wtf' feeling of the movie:

I need to find some "normal" films..