Archive for July, 2007

The 40 dollar nap (We went to see the Transformers)

1st: it was my boyfriend’s idea. I have hated the Transformers for a very long time ever since they were a product and a cartoon.Even as a pre-teen I disliked the idea that my Saturday morning entertainment was co opted by the hard-sell advertising campaign techniques of Mattell Hasbro.
But A. grew up in Israel [...]

Primo Amore or The Dressing on the Side,Please

I just watched this Italian film called Primo Amore[2004] about a disturbed man who is obsessed with his new girlfriend’s weight.According to European weight measurements she is about 55 kilos.
The fundamental irony of the movie being that she is already slim.55 kilos is about 122 pounds.He gets her down to 40 kilos.90 pounds.She is(was) a [...]

Buying Stuff

I’m having a bit of fun because I made some $ and I hadn’t made any $ in a while.So for any red blooded girl that usually means hitting the shops.
I bought these 60.00 Gap jeans 2 sizes 2 big so they would be baggy on my butt.This means the waist is really really loose.Apparently [...]

Glasses Agro

About 2 months ago I bought glasses from Mott st Optical.
They were expensive.Over 200 bucks.They were also supposed to be available to be picked up the same day as purchased.But while I was hanging in the neighborhood killing time waiting to go get them, someone from the store called me to tell me I had [...]