Вор в законе

Last night we saw Eastern Promises, which I can highly recommend. I intend to paper my work cube with all the posters I took home from the theater. Every time I see a Cronenberg movie, it feels so different from the one I saw before and I think that is part of his fascination. He tells strange, individual stories. The character of Nikolai is terrifying and enigmatic, and compelling. Everyone seems unable to let him go away.

If there isn't a fanfiction explosion over the tension between Nikolai and Kiril, I'll eat my hat. not to mention seeing Mortensen naked and covered in blood and Russian prison tattoos. The interviews with Mortensen about the role and the shooting are fascintating. He was reading my favorite piece of old school Russian literature - Demons by Dostoevsky - while working on this character.

Sunday morning happy

I've been terrible about checking my email lately, and as such my Yahoo box is growing weeds. But this morning I've been wading through the spam to find the real things, and came across several emails from my aunt Tricia. She's going to be getting a new puppy soon, and thinks it will be the pudgy one on top of all the others. So for your Sunday morning happiness, I give you pictures of adorable puppies.

(If puppies don't make you happy, then you must be a facist, mwuhahahah)