I'm willing to accept a lot of premises to stories, like there's an invisible Force that binds the galaxy together, and people fly in space ships and fight with laser swords, or that there's a One Ring to Rule Them All, or that a bunch of middle aged men would start a frat. But, "the zillion dollar vault with state of the art security has a flaw a 10 year old could fix" is not a very good premise for a movie.
Oh, right, speaking of, the website is hosting a happy hour in NYC on June 17th. I'll be there, and odds are we'll also have Rob, one of the other writers (not Phila, sorry), and possibly Corman. If any of the lawyer types that hang around here are interested in going, PM me and I'll get you the details.
OK, I've made very little headway on this. It seems like the type of thing you could write a fucking book about. Does anyone have any insight on this?
I just wish someone would crack the whip and get Phila writing more. ...Yeah, that's right, you're all very fucking welcome... ...No one appreciates me.
The Cliffnotes (description, mind you, is not endorsement): Commodification of labor allowed the owners of capital to derive surplus value from the production process. Upside: broke down feudal social norms. Downside: created a increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of fewer and fewer members of the capital owning bourgeoisie. Created increasingly bad conditions for the proletariate. Alienated the worker from the product of his labor. By way of competition, they expected profits to be driven continually downward over time (Wrong). The discontent amongst the proletariate was supposed to spur a workers' rebellion, giving way to socialism and ultimately communism. As they saw capitalism as a necessary intermediary stage b/t feudalism and socialism, they expected the most advanced/established capitalist societies to be the ones that had proletariate-led revolutions (wrong, the opposite generally held true).
I want to open a head shop that sells fetish gear and other curious devices. I want to sit in my shop, high of course, and shoot the shit with the folks who like that sort of thing. Any investors?
I was wished a happy Mothers' Day twice by strangers today. Is Mothers' Day now a holiday that everyone wishes everyone a happy holiday, like New Year's, or something? Or it it that people thought I was a 22 year old mother who had a child with the gay guy I was hanging out with all day? I have had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week chock full of stress and Mothers' Day makes me sad, so I'm happy that I've basically been drunk since Thursday night. The highlight was spending Cinco de Mayo at a dancehall club and a circle formed around me while I was dancing and I felt very proud of myself. Can someone please explain something to me from a male point of view? Almost every single time I go out, I get a guy trying to hit on me by starting the conversation with some variation of: "So, you're shy." / "Why are you being so quiet?" This drives me up a fucking wall. First of all, since this happens when I'm out in a social situation, they have been watching me have conversations, being silly, drinking, dancing, etc. I'm never one of those girls who are like LIKEOHMYGOODDDDD I AM SOOOO DRUNKKKKKK, but I'm being sociable. (I had this line thrown at me at that same club when the guy had been a part of the circle around me. I think his question translated to "Why do you not like to be sandwiched between two strangers and dry-humped vigorously from both sides?) But, regardless, it's not like they think being shy or quiet is a compliment. And how the hell am I supposed to respond to that? (The next couple of exchanges tends to be: "No. I'm not." "Oh, yeah you are." "Um, no." "Yeah, so, like, why are you so shy?") Even if I was being quiet, do they not realize they're saying "Hey, so I see you don't feel like talking to anyone" or "Hey, I couldn't help but notice that I think you seem really uptight"...and then where is that conversation supposed to go from there? The only time I knew how to respond to that was when I already knew the guy was a dick and he wasn't hitting on me so I didn't feel bad being a bitch. Is the logic behind it from that guy who told other guys that they should insult girls in order to sleep with them? Are they hoping I'll be like "I'll prove to you how not shy I am by going to suck your dick in the bathroom"? Or, I am supposed to be like "Oh, you're right, I am so timid and shy. Let me go put on my glasses and braid my hair and maybe you can help me come out of my shell." NSFW I'm adding this so I don't bring down the mood of the thread with my crankiness. Because the only thing it's ever resulted in is me thinking the guy was a clueless asshole and being really pissed and/or uncomfortable. And the thing is that I am pretty friendly, or at least polite, so if they had started the conversation any other way, I would've carried on a conversation with them for a while, even if I wasn't interested. This has happened with all sorts of guys in all sorts of places in all sorts of social situations, so apparently it's A Thing that guys think is okay. Why? I'm going to start doing this, I think. "Hey, I see that you're desperate for attention because of all your insecurities. Let's talk about how good this band is." "So, you're really loud and obnoxious. These deviled eggs are delish!" Guh. There is no end in sight. (Slash: Rant Thread.)
I have never heard of anyone wishing random women without children a happy mother's day, do you look pregnant?