Uncensored Shortbus Trailer

Ok. So The Uncensored Shortbus trailer has released. Think Film has sent me a quicktime version and some other assorted assets, but to be honest, posting them may violate my hosting TOS agreement. The trailer is as funny as it is graphic, but if you’re over the age of 18 or have had internet access [...]

Still no Idiocracy screenings in SF

It’s the second week since Mike Judge’s latest film reached limited release, and still no screenings in the San Francisco bay area, nor in the cultural mecca that is New York. Sad. Kris and I have been waiting for it to release for quite a while. If you’ve not heard of Idiocracy, you’re not alone. [...]

When good families go bad on Craigslist

Gotta love the typos on Craigslist:

Peninsula family looking for 20 hours/week help for the next 4 to 6 weeks. Need assistance with home organization (panty/game room storage area/photo drawers, garage shelves…

Recent Reads . Kobo Abe

So I figured it was time to update you guys on my recent reads. For all the cult and obscure films I watch, I refuse to read pulp and mainstream novels. Strange, I know, but when it comes to books I’m one of those elitist “I read literature” types. I dig Japanese surrealists such as [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . A Taste of Tea

Summer’s over and stress is back, so, I offer up a review of a relaxing flick.

A Taste of Tea, not to be confused with Wayne Wang’s Eat a Bowl of Tea, concerns a family of dreamers living in the Japanese countryside, and their efforts to realize their respective dreams. Really, that’s about the simplest plot [...]

Wanna be on Top? Cycle 7 coming soon

Na na na na nana na.. it’s that time again.. time for the scrappy reality show and one of Chris’ and my favorite guilty pleasures, America’s Next Top Model!
This season, seven out of 13 contestants are from California, including a pair of identical twins, Amanda and Michelle from Anaheim, and a girl actually named Melrose. [...]

It’s a Pottery Barn Halloween, Charlie Brown

Okay maybe moving to the damn suburbs has done it to me, but I’ve been frequenting Stanford Pottery Barn; to browse mind you, and mostly because Illuminations closed and they used to have the coolest Halloween decorations.
I’ve noticed Pottery Barn’s Halloween decorations are not at all what you’d expect coquettish housewives and soccer moms to [...]

I ♥ Trader Joe’s!

Boutique gourmet grocery store gets recognized! Home of “two buck Chuck” (Charles Shaw wine for $1.99) and crazy wicked cool chalk drawings (pictured left), Trader Joe’s was listed as one of the best grocery stores in the US by Consumer Reports magazine.. #2 to be exact, following close behind Rochester based chain Wegman’s.
24,000 participants [...]