"If you come inside things will not be the same When you return to the night And if you think you've won You never saw me change The game that we all been playing. I've seen diamonds cut through harder men Than you yourself But if you must pretend You may meet your end. Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you The odds will betray you And I will replace you You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you It longs to kill you Are you willing to die? The coldest blood runs through my veins. Try to hide your hand Forget how to feel Forget how to feel." - Chris Cornell: You Know My Name Years ago in Philosophy class we watched a movie titled "Name of the Rose" or "Der Name Der Rose" originally written by Umberto Ecos. Early a few mornings ago when I couldn't sleep it was on at some unspeakable hour. Decided to watch it again because I get a cognitive kick out of watching Sean Con... Sir Sean Connery play a monk detective. William of Baskerville, on Women: "I find it difficult to convince myself that God would have introduced such a foul being into creation without endowing her with some virtues, hmmm?" William of Baskerville, on Love: "How peaceful life would be without love. How safe, how tranquil... and how dull." I liked it then, and I like it now. Maybe I should read the book but I think it's a good 600+ pages. Most of my university books aren't that long. Lately I've been craving questionably tasteful music: Hot Hot Heat, Dashboard (their old stuff), Spirit of the West, Gin Blossom, The Decemberists (just joking hun) but luckily am not so far gone that I'm getting into hip-hop (You know I'm joking, right?) But now I'm getting back into my groove: which I for one am glad is happening. I think that this bout of generally unorthodox music-listening happens every so often to me but to be honest, I can't remember that far back. Scary? I know. Went and saw Casino Royale twice in roughly 48 hours. I withhold any comments that will make you go or not go see it. What I do want to comment on is this. First, holy product placement Batman! Where did these commercials before the previews come from? Cherrios? Cell-phone and home-phone services? Sport Utility Vehicles? What.. heating and air-conditioning!? Good lord, when did all this happen? And who in their wisdom backed ANOTHER Rocky movie?? A tale of a washed-up, broken and desperate for one last shot of glory actor plays a washed-up, broken and desperate for one more shot of glory boxer. What a stretch. What a bore. The most appealing thing in this movie is probably the soundtrack. When did despiration becoming a good story line? Probably one of those cases where "I use to be with 'it' but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I'm with isn't 'it' and what's 'it' seems weird and scary me." -Grandpa Simpson I just looked over my last entries. For some reason I've been injecting quotes and lyrics to make up for a lack of ideas and creative writing. I must be turning into a university student. A little late I think. All the same, here are some lyrical quotes that I've been collecting over the past month. Make of it what you will. "Stuck in the middle of the road For better or worse, we compromise You may have won my hand, dear But it was the consolation prize." - BNL: Home "Every morning Since I was born It's been hard to look in the mirror And see my face for the horns. All the fun that the law allows All the fun but with half the meaning Come on over, I'll show you how If you lived here you'd be home by now" - BNL: Bull in a Chinashop "There were nights when the wind was so cold That my body froze in bed if I just listened to it right outside the window There were days when the sun was so cruel That all the tears turned to dust and I just knew my eyes were drying up forever" - Meatloaf & Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me _____________________________________________________ Willing [not wanting] to die, - Captain B. The Consolation Prize