Gerard Damiano, director of 'Deep Throat', is dead.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/28/director.obit.ap/index.html
I seriously recommend the 2005 documentary "Inside Deep Throat" to everyone. Fascinating look at the times, the film, everyone involved in it and the changes the film made to all of society.
OR IT GETS THE FRENCH TICKLER AGAIN!
pay no attention to me, i'm in a happy weird place today.
okay, a juicy blast from the past: Siobhan Lynch's cover of "Stayin' Alive" from the "Supercop" soundtrack... also on that album, Devo's cover of "Head Like A Hole"... Tom Jones covering "Kung Fu Fighting"... some lovely goodness.
work progresses on several projects, which of course means none of them are moving too quickly, and "Oil" ch. 44 is sucking hind tit. trying to whip a story together for an online zine, working on 'saving molly' as well as another 'open arms apartments' chapter... and then there's "oil" which i'm finding myself very unhappy with for some reason.
the rewrite of 'first star' is on hold as i debate a major reimagining of it, reversing the sexes of the two characters in order to better fit it into the romantica market. this would necessitate a lot of other changes as well.
i'm also signing a contract for some work on spec with a game company in its infancy. they liked my ideas, but now i'm faced with the horror of making something of them. maybe it becomes something, maybe it doesn't. but it could be interesting.
in the "OH COME THE FUCK ON!" section:
http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=2989614
go ahead, read it. i'll wait.
now then, it just doesn't get more blatantly ridiculous than that.
in the "Thank God Somebody's Doing It" section:
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/10/17
c'mon people, it's just our right to privacy that's being raped.
Dorris starts a new job, good pay & killer benefits, not too far from the house (about 10 miles), on Monday. She really wanted this one, likes the people and all, and we were cautiously optimistic about her chances, given the feedback she got from her interviewer.
She shoots from mid-court, nothing but net, three points... GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAL!
Thank you to everyone for the good thoughts/vibes/prayers.
It's a beautiful damn day!
For in a republic, who is "the Country"? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant- merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Who, then, is "the Country"? Is it the newspaper? is it the pulpit? Is it the school superintendent? Why, these are mere parts of the country, not the whole of it; they have not command, they have only their little share in the command. They are but one in a thousand; it is in the thousand that command is lodged; they must determine what is right and what is wrong; they must decide who is a patriot and who isn't.
Who are the thousand--that is to say, who are "the Country"? In a monarchy, the king and his family are the country; in a republic it is the common voice of the people. Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly to be flung aside at the bullying of pulpit, press, government, or the empty catch-phrases of politicians. Each must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide it against your convictions is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may. If you alone of all the nation shall decide on way, and that way be the right way accordng to your convictions of the right, you have done your duty by yourself and by your country--hold up your head. You have nothing to be ashamed of.
- "Papers of the Adam Family", Mark Twain