Giuseppe Zangara

That "LOL" was just to bide time. I'm working on making misogyny scientifically justifiable.

If he goes to Fleming High, he lives way out in the sticks. The most happening place around is Whataburger. Also, if my geography's correct, the closest bookstore to him is a Books a Million. Which totally sucks.

I enjoyed TP&TG, but it was at times almost relentlessly grim.

No, they aren't. Then I assure you your social circle is the exception, not the rule. I'm not talking about about rhetorical evidence, I'm telling you that saying "men are inherently more reasonable and logical than women" is unfounded. There's no neurological evidence to support saying this, children don't exhibit differences in reasoning abilities between the sexes, and the differences between women and men in regards to "logical" thinking (as opposed to, I assume, emotional thinking) are almost entirely conditioned through development and explained through phenomena like stereotype threat. When you say "men are better than women at math," you're exhibiting a social attitude as well as a statement. Men are encouraged to be good in math because it's gender-appropriate for them to do so, and the exact opposite is true for women. Math encourages vertical, logical thinking (breaking down situations into parts, etc), so it's no wonder that a male-dominated discipline like math would lead to a statement that men are inherently more reasonable and logical. I'm not going to base my entire statement around math, but that's the deal with gender-appropriate tasks and stereotype threat. Women simply aren't encouraged to be logical thinkers because a) that's assumed to be the role of the men, and b) their role is to be emotional thinkers. It's too common to not notice. But if you're going to tell me that there's something genetically programmed from a little zygote and social conditioning has nothing to do with anything at all, I'm calling bullshit. LOL

6.75" in length; have never measured girth because I never think to do so. It is fat, my cock. Very fat. My girth is oft-cited by girls as to why they won't let me do anal. Large head, too, though I suppose that goes with the thickness of the shaft. About the head: once, I was receiving a bj. The girl who was going down on me, between sucks, looked at it and commented "you have the biggest peehole I've ever seen" in a casual, off-hand manner, such as one would say "I need to take out the garbage" or "I'm going to clip my nails today." While comments on the size of my penis were nothing new, no one had ever brought up the size of my peehole. "What?" I said loudly, in a mixture of shock and amusement. She thought she offended me and began to apologize, but I started laughing and couldn't stop. The balls are of average size. The right testicle hangs a little bit lower than left, but it's only noticable upon close examination. I shave them every couple of days, though life occasionally gets in the way so I sometimes go longer without doing it. Not sure how often I trim the bush—nowhere near as much as I shave the balls, that's for certain. Every few weeks, I guess. I never let it grow too thick.

Not my bag these days, but Faith No More were one of my favorite bands when I was in high school. In fact, I came this close to seeing them in 1995, but they canceled due to low ticket sales. At least I got to see Mr. Bungle a couple years later.

Salman Rushdie - Haroun and the Sea of Stories Graham Greene - Brighton Rock Reading the Rushdie now. It's his stab at young-adult fiction, so it's considerably less dense than his other books. Which is fine. It's a breezy, entertaining read (I got through the first 50 pages extremely quickly). A bit lightweight perhaps, but considering the target audience, that's to be expected. An aside: My particular copy is geared toward adults—indeed, I found it shelved alongside Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses in the literature section of Barnes & Noble—the inside and outside covers feature blurbs from highbrow literary types such as Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer, and, er, Stephen King. No hint at all that this novel is geared toward the younger set. The covers for the "adult" version and "child" version are also different. Below, on the left, is the adult copy (the one I have) and on the right is the child copy: / I prefer the latter.

My sister will be heartbroken. This has been her favorite band since "One Week" was a hit.

No, they aren't. Then I assure you your social circle is the exception, not the rule.

Rasputin was murdered on my birthday.

1800 - Charles Goodyear, American inventor 1808 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States 1922 - William Gaddis, American writer 1936 - Mary Tyler Moore, American actress 1938 - Jon Voight, American actor 1942 - Rick Danko, Canadian musician (The Band) 1946 - Marianne Faithfull, British singer 1947 - Ted Danson, American actor 1950 - Jon Polito, American actor 1959 - Patricia Clarkson, American actress 1959 - Paula Poundstone, American comedian 1961 - Jim Reid, Scottish singer (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Freeheat) 1965 - Dexter Holland, American musician 1967 - Chris Barnes, American singer 1967 - Andy Wachowski, American director 1967 - Evan Seinfeld, American musician (Biohazard) and actor 1969 - Jennifer Ehle, American actress 1970 - Glen Phillips, American musician (Toad The Wet Sprocket) 1972 - Jude Law, British actor 1973 - Pimp C, American rapper (UGK) 1974 - Mekhi Phifer, American actor 1976 - Danny R. McBride, American actor, writer, and producer 1979 - Diego Luna, Mexican actor

Men are inherently more reasonable and logical than women. Plus, they don't menustrate. Clearly, these are the advantages to dating men rather than women.

It ceased being about the French New Wave in the first post.

I first watched Sweet Movie 24 hours before seeing Salo for the first time. The latter seemed tame in comparison.

There's now a French New Wave thread in the movies/tv folder, guys. Go have fun!

The inclusion of MCR in the soundtrack could've made the use of Buckley possible. That said, Leonard Cohen's great, but the original version of "Hallelujah" stinks. I don't care much for any of the covers, either.

The original Cohen version? Not the more famous Jeff Buckley take?

I've not seen Fat Girl, but the few Catherine Breillat films I've seen either bored me senseless or filled me with rage.

Of what's not on your list, the following: The 400 Blows Band of Outsiders Chloe in the Afternoon I mentioned Jean-Pierre Melville in the other thread. Never officially a part of the movement, he's generally considered the godfather of it, anyway. Check out Bob Le Flambeur; Truffaut, Godard, et al, took a lot of cues from that one. Le Samouri is also along those lines, though it came along a few years after the initial New Wave explosion. EDIT: http://www.avclub.com/articles/gateways-to...new-wave,24185/ The AV Club is usually lame, but that's a good article.

Dude, I would post in this thread. Start it.

Not quite the French New Wave, but I've been big on Jean-Pierre Melville lately. I ordered Le Cercle Rouge just the other day!

"Yakety Sax"

Billy Crudup should be in more movies. Recently, I watched Jesus' Son for the first time since it was in theaters. The film was far from perfect, but he was terrific in it. I also liked him a lot in Almost Famous.

I happen to think she's an attractive woman, but that's a terrible picture. It's like they slapped clown makeup on a horse.

She looks grotesque in that picture.