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02/27/2004 Archived Entry: "Another Lunchtime rant. Less Angry Version."

I wanted to type up something on the Triplets of Belleville which I saw just this past week, but Bush and the rest of the country's idiocy spurred something else.

And soooo Here's my ToB rant:
Weird. Cute. Foreign. 3 things that make me instantly addicted to almost anything.
If you haven't heard of the Triplets of Belleville (I didn't before I had seen it, but supposedly it's on alot of top 10 lists this year anyways), it's a Canadian animation. French. Set presumably in France and then later on in Industrial America. New York City renamed as Belleville.
The animation is highly stylized and exagerated. Giant noses. Stick Legs. One of my favorites are the body guards/hit men/basic men in black guys. HUGE boxy shoulders. Just think Clamp shoulders cept much much much much worse. Seriously. I still get a kick out of them just thinking about it. Clamp shoulders on LSD.
But yeah. abounding cuteness. And everything is told via action so don't worry about language barriers.

Of anyone to recomend seeing this film I think Princess Benjy would like it the most. So Ben, I hope you're reading this! Go Watch Triplets of Belleville and be happy! HAPPY! Just trust me and try and find a copy. You might be scared of the banana lady in the beginning though...but get through that and you'll like the rest. I'm positive about that.

Liz has been exposing me to a J-pop singer by the name of Kokia. So far nearly everything I've heard has been very good, especially for the heavily "produced" world of J-pop. She relies on using her voice in a rhymic almost Kozi like fashion, which is certainly a thumbs up for me.

The weather has been warmer and brighter and I'm determined to keep my spirits up. I want this to be the first year to break my spring depression. I still have a few months till the pain comes, but I know that I'm starting to head towards the end of my season. But the difference with this year is I'm catching myself, and I have support from my loved ones, plus just the knowledge of others out there just like me thanks to the EPP mailing list. I have countless blessings in my life and I'm not going to let this get to me. Also I don't think I'll be as...freakified where I'm at. The environment at my old campus left no room for variants. Here it won't be as unusual to be seen wearing scarf, trenchcoat, gloves, and umbrella on a cloudy day. Hell...I'd probably just be considered a variation goth. Which is perfectly fine for me. Some people might even think it's cool.