Second Blog Post!

Well, hello there! This is my second blog post to "Sparks of Brilliance and Flashes of Insanity," as the title of this post implies. I'm going back to school tomorrow so today was filled with last minute packing and running to the store to stock up on Luna bars (my favorite!). While in Wal-Mart, I made what could have been a very bad decision. Which brings us to today's installment of: Spark of Brillance or Flash of Insanity!

1. My hair has been for some time now two toned. Super blond on the ends and a light/medium ash brown at the roots. I have been displeased with this situation for some time and have been growing my hair out diligently. Well....tonight I had a revelation. I did not want to start a new semester with two toned hair. Also, I want my dear friend Rosie to stop using it as an acceptable counterpoint to whenever I make a great argument. So, I did something tonight that I promised myself I wouldn't do again...I dyed my hair. Brown. It is now almost exactly it's natural color and I am quite pleased. I used Natural Instincts in #14 Tweed, which is a semi-permanent color that lasts up to 28 washes. Oh, no, no, no...I was staying very far away from permanent hair color! I've learned my lesson well from that stuff!
Verdict: Spark of Brilliance AND Flash of Insanity!
Brilliance for the way it turned out, Insanity for taking the risk.

So...my hermit crab. Does anyone want a hermit crab, by the way? Just kidding. This poor thing must be on the verge of a nervous breakdown. To keep him and his crabitat safe, I have him surrounded by my knitting projects. Tomorrow he will be in a car for 3 1/2 hours and then FINALLY in his permanent home, the dorm room. I just hope he doesn't become one of those angry hermit crabs, you know, the type they make horror movies about.

Speaking of horror movies, I have two recommendations for everyone!
1) REPO! The Genetic Opera- This gore-tastic futuristic dystopian view of society is filled with eye-catching visuals and and equally catchy soundtrack (it is a musical). While the characters for the most part are flat and static (Shiloh and Nathan being the only acceptions), they are interesting to watch. I must praise Terrance Zdunich, who wrote, composed, and starred in this film. The gore was not as bad as I was expecting, considering that this film came from the people who brought us Saw, and the dirty industrial/ neo-Victorian look of the film really meshed with the music and the story line. The film also presented an interesting theme, pointed out clearly in on of the film's early songs, "Infected," where Shiloh Wallace (Alexa Vega) sings: "How much of it's genetics/how much of it is fate/ How much of it depends on the choices that we make?" In a world where genetic perfection is only a signature away, what makes us who we are? Do genetics determine our lives or are we still able to make our own destiny? Overall, I highly recommend this film to horror fans and musical buffs alike. I am sure this will be a cult classic for years to come.

2) Night of 1000 Cats- I cannot stop raving about how awesomely terrible this film is! This 63-minute horror about a millionaire who woos women in his castle then feeds them to his collection of one thousand cats. Originally in Spanish, this film boasts some of the worst dubbing I have seen in years. Despite it's brevity, the director dedicates approximately ten minutes to arbitrary shots of the millionaire Hugo flying about in his helicopter. There are numerous moments of poor orchestration and even more of complete silence. Don't worry about talking through this one, there is very little dialogue, and when they do speak, it is of little importance. I give highest praise to the actor playing Hugo for maintaining a completely emotionless expression through the entire film. This is sheer B-Movie brilliance and I totally approve.

Well, that's it for now!