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I had a little TV movie marathon last month. I figured, why bother watching current social issue dramas when I can revisit ones from my childhood instead! Here are the three I watched and highly recommend… Continue reading »

October 30, 2012
Posted by nevafeva at 11:30 pm
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I haven’t been watching too much TV this summer, mainly because the few shows I do watch are on hiatus. However, Season 5 of Breaking Bad started up a few weeks ago. Best show on television right now, in my humble opinion. It’s definitely in my top five all-time favorite TV shows. Are you watching? If not, you’re definitely missing out.

Last month I decided to participate in a global community reading project called Infinite Summer. The challenge is to start reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest on June 21st and to finish it by September 21st. But it’s not as easy as it sounds. Infinite Jest is roughly 1,000 pages long with 388 footnotes. Some of the footnotes have endnotes to them. One does not simply read Infinite Jest. I recommend having a dictionary handy. A scene-by-scene guide is also useful. So is a map of Boston as depicted in Infinite Jest. And for all things IJ, there’s a wiki for that.

[EDIT: And how could I forget to mention the music video of The Decemberists' 'Calamity Song' that depicts the Interdependence Day game of Eschaton!]

What is the book about? Wikipedia’s description: “The lengthy and complex work takes place in a semi-parodic future version of North America, and touches on tennis, substance addiction and recovery programs, depression, child abuse, family relationships, advertising and popular entertainment, film theory, and Quebec separatism, among other topics.” So, yeah, there’s a lot going on here.

At the moment, I’ve read 40% of it so far on Kindle. And I’ll deserve a merit badge to sew on my Girl Scout sash when I cross the finish line, that’s for sure.

I’ve been in a rather dark mood lately. So, when Netflix suggested the category ‘Horror Movies from the 1970′s’ in my queue, I thought, Oh Netflix! You just looked right into my eyes and saw the depths of my soul!

In honor of my birthday, I decided to watch something from the year I was born. The first one I watched was Tales That Witness Madness. While the scene with Joan Collins getting mauled to death by a tree did put smile on my face, what really warmed the cockles of my heart was the discovery of The Baby.

I vaguely remember trying to watch The Baby sometime in the early 80′s when I was a kid. It was re-run on a local TV station and the cattle prod scene freaked me out enough to get me to change the channel. As an adult, I can now appreciate the humor of this twisted shit. Thank you, Netflix, for bringing this masterpiece back into my life!

March 10, 2012
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September 28, 2011
Posted by nevafeva at 1:42 am
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I’ve had an Apple TV for awhile now, but I wasn’t using it because I was having problems with the connection. I was thinking about selling it on eBay, but I thought I’d give it one more try. I really like it when it’s working properly and I’m able to sync with iTunes or download directly from the Internet. Last weekend, I finally got everything to work! Once I created an open network to use, everything fell into place.

As nice as it is, I use my Roku box to access Netflix Instant and Hulu Plus much more often than my Apple TV, mainly because I pay a flat-rate for their services. With the Apple TV, I have to pay for programs individually and they have the restricted encoding that’s typical of Apple products. But there are many programs available on iTunes that aren’t on Netfilx Instant or Hulu Plus, so there you go. I don’t watch that much TV, so it’s not that big of deal. I’m just happy I can avoid getting cable or satellite TV. Now, if only I could access Apple products through Linux…(sigh).

Links:
Hulu Plus (First two weeks are free)
Netflix (First month is free)
Apple TV MC572LL/A (2010)
Roku HD Streaming Player

December 5, 2010
Posted by nevafeva at 8:04 pm
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This put a smile on my face. Thanks, casadetodd.

June 22, 2010
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Last night I went to a viewing of the cult film The Room at Cinema 21 with the lovely Tastee. The Q & A with the movie’s producer/director/writer/star, Tommy Wiseau, was just as silly and nonsensical as his film…which made it the best Q & A I’ve ever been to.

The movie is as strange as it sounds. The main characters are the protagonist, played by Wiseau, with his strange and indistinguishable accent and the film’s antagonist, Wiseau’s on-screen wife, Lisa. All the men in film are in love with Lisa and refer to her as ‘beautiful’ constantly. (The movie starts out with Lisa looking like a bloated Britney Spears and ends with her looking like Nancy Spungen.) Toss in some random characters that are never introduced to the audience, four totally uncomfortable-to-watch sex scenes, a cunty mother-in-law, and there you go. You get the idea.

On the bus ride home, I thought about the plot and asked myself, what the fuck was that movie supposed to be about? I couldn’t come up with an answer. But I think that’s what makes this movie so special. You better believe I’m going to watch this masterpiece again.