April 18th, 2005

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  • Apr. 18th, 2005 at 6:21 AM
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-> Weekend was great. Missed Rio, even though I had been there three weeks ago. Two whole days filled with ghosts, memories, and some reality mixed up now and then. Met some people I hadn't spoke in four years or so. Bizarre.

-> Girl with a Pearl Earring (UK/Luxembourg, 2003) **** - Rê said it was quite faithful to the book. Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth were just... Wow. The cinematography is definitely the best thing in the film.

-> Remember that amazing fic I was reading? So... Got reported. Will kill fanfiction.net and stupid-people-that-have-nothing-better-to-do. Seriously. More info here.

You like bowling, don't you, Montag?

If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none. If the government is inefficient, topheavy, and tax-mad, better it be all those than that people worry over it. Peace, Montag. Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel like they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change. Don't give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.

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