Uppydate

endless
by a very good friend

endless, thick cable wires,

tiny shadow-birds discreet on telephone poles,

all murmuring the car's passing window sound.

I'm on an empty four-way street,

in a thoughtless heaven

across a sky so wide I could be anywhere,

but it's an unmarked grave

in marked territory-

i won't think about it that way now,

not when there are so many clouds

that can push forward

when they weigh nothing

Sasha Says:
and for the record,
I've been entirely too lazy with this junk. Completely. There's no excuse for not keeping up with a self-made commitment like this zine except for laziness. Someone please help me hold myself responsible, because I need someone to grab me by my virtual lapels and shake some sense into me. Danke and good night.


and one last thing,

Let me be your derivative so that I can lie tangent to your curves, baby.

Diary of an Angry Girl: Charles Darwin film deemed "too controversial" for U.S.

"Really, guys?"

Here's the original article for your reference.

Disclaimer: Now, granted this might just be good old fashioned sensationalism on the part of the site that initially published the article I link to above. And if that turns out to be the case, then we can move on. With that said, I only know as much information as I've found on the interweb. So here goes.
I'm angry, as per subject line. Just need to get that out there. Here's the deal: BBC Films and the UK Film Council developed a film called Creation, and it surrounds the life and times of Charles Darwin. Well, being that he's the father of evolution and all, U.S. film distributors have decided that this is much too controversial a subject for the likes of the religious right here across the pond, and ultimately, the film won't sit well with an American audience. So as far as we know (IMDB told me so!), it will not be released in the States.
There is no way to act passive in the face of a story like this, at least not for me, and let me tell you why.
We embrace violent movies about war. We watch torture porn religiously (ahem). We enjoy watching Nazis get scalped, and a group of friends having sex on camera for rent money (these aren't from the same film, mind you). Cannibals and zombies are a-ok with us, and games like Call of Duty are bestsellers.
Now I have nothing against war movies or sluts getting stabbed. But I resent the fact that we, as a nation, can embrace these things and yet shun a film about a scientist and his theory.
Say yes to Hitler, say no to Darwin. That's the way it works here.
Never mind my own religious affiliations or lack thereof, and never mind whether I am a creationist or an evolutionist. It is a matter of opening your mind.
You don't have to watch it, man, and if you want to be a total asshole about it, fine, you have the right to protest it, but the fact that U.S. distributors have decided that we as a nation can't handle a movie about evolution is a grave indicator that we are simply incapable of putting the Bible down for a night at the movies. And that is so sad.

We can handle science, even if it's just in the context of a film.
Speak up and show the world we're not entirely manic.

You can watch the trailer here:

The film stars Paul Bettany as Darwin and Jennifer Connelly.