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I was unable to find a willing victim to go with me to the movies yesterday, so I didn't go to see Frontier(s) - that Horror Movie that I mentioned the other day.  Side note:  I am in fact, single.  So if you like horror movies and don't mind mezzosoprano shrieking in your ears, I'm available!  Please note, I cannot actually crack crystal with my voice.  But I come close.

I just can't get over the scene in the trailer where they look like they are hobbling or cutting off someone's feet at the ankles.  That freaked me out when I read it in Misery by Stephen King, and ever since I just really really don't like that image.  *shudder*

Lionsgate was basically made on taking risks with films, and this one is a big one.  Unrated, super gory, escape from evil, filled with horror.  Is it going to be over the top?  Will it become the next thing that people blame for everyday human atrocities?  Or will it open the floodgates of supergore in theatres?

I guess I will have to wait for the DVD to see it for myself.  As it turns out, the limited release is not coming to the Chicago area (I thought it was) which is too bad.  If I were still in New York, I would have gone to the IFC to see it and grabbed some Columbia professor as my willing victim to see it with me.  (You know who you are.)  If I were in Boston, it would be that nice boy with the vampire pale skin - and he'd be a mass of bruises at the end, because I grab hard and he's frail.  Not my fault.

Anyway, again, go check it out for yourself - Frontier(s) - http://www.Bloody-Disgusting.com

StayDry Panties!, originally uploaded by jennysparks.

This is a really really awful ad. Did these ever sell? EVER?

So... SocialSpark.com wants to know who I want to see sponsoring my blog.  Well, I'm weird.  I probably really do hate the bands you like.  And you've probably never heard of the bands I like.  Or the games I play.  If you're a knitter or crocheter, you probably do know about the yarns I like though.  So that's something.

I'll start with that.  Yarn.  Any major yarn manufacturer.  Textiles.  Fabrics.  Pattern companies and magazines.  Not crappy fashion mags, I mean magazines like Vogue Patterns or Burda Moden/World of Fashion.  Sewing Today.  Vogue Knitting!  Threads!

I'm also into cooking and would love to have an excuse to write about flour, or why real cane sugar is better than beet sugar.  Ok, I'm being weird again.  Domino Sugar, Fleishmann's Yeast, King Arthur Flour.  Spices!  Cape Herb and Spice Company!  Organic food in general.  Kikkoman!

I also like books.  Anything having to do with book shopping would be cool.

As far as general consumer goods, I'm a Pepsi and/or R.C. Cola drinker (again, bring back Vanilla Pepsi and I shall never stray again.  Except for Black Cherry Vanilla Coke).  I also like Jones.  I also have a thing for really good bottled water, like Ty Nant or 1 Litre or heavens willing, 10 Thousand B.C. which I have not had enough of and probably never will....

Speaking of, Dean & Deluca.  Oh, and while I'm name dropping, Coach.  I love Coach bags.  And Zuca bags.  And Tom Bihn bags.

I guess that's enough for now.... Let me know if you need more!

Take the How well can you speak English? Quiz for yourself!  And when you copy and paste it into your blog, be sure to leave off the creepy tracking img at the end!

Based on the Loretta Lynn pattern from Berroco and being crafted on request from the Dragon Elf God for the Book Elf Queen.

So far, I have one skein done, three mistakes (that I've caught) and half the cowl neck done:

The stitch markers are there because I keep losing count and stitches keep going MIA.  They weigh a ton compared to the KnitPicks Andean Silk that I am using.  Also, it appears that I have a sensitivity to merino wool (which I always suspected) but it's not as bad as I thought it would be.  I think I'll get over it.  It doesn't make my throat or nose swell up (like pure wool does), it just makes my skin itch a little.  It was worse when I first started working, but it's getting better now so I think I'll be okay.  And finally, I'm out of black teabags.  Which means I have to make loose tea.  Oh the horror.

I like horror films, usually.  I appreciate thematically appropriate violence and in a certain type of film, gore for it's own sake.  Blood doesn't scare me.  Usually.

That said, I'm not sure if I'm going to see Frontier(s) - a new level in Horror movie - alone.  Oh sure, the plot seems simple and mindless enough.  A group of thieves on the run with their loot accidentally put up at a motel run by neo-Nazi cannibals and fall into their clutches.  Whoah, that sounded a lot stranger when you say it all in one sentence!  I'm worried because I'm not sure if the 'good guys' (i.e., not the neo-Nazis) get away in the end.  Since the trailer features someone getting either hobbled or just having their feet lopped off at the ankles, I'm worried that the bad guys (i.e., the neo-Nazis) win and I won't enjoy that at all.

The movie opens this weekend, May 9.  It may be my Friday movie excursion since it might be bearable if I walk out to sunlight.  Definitely would not go if I had to leave in the dark.  Alone.  *shudder*  Frontier(s) is also being released on DVD shortly after the theatrical release, on May 13 so if you're brave enough to take such a thing into your home you can just buy it.  Maybe watch it in smaller, less violent chunks.

I'm sure you've already read this somewhere, but this version of Frontier(s) is unrated.  It was originally an NC-17 movie, but they chose to go with the unrated version for a limited theater release and DVD.  It's sort of a reaction to the Hostel/SAW phenomenon.  Apparently, we aren't sated yet with blood and gore in our films.  The plot of Frontier(s) touches on the race riots in France, and as we mentioned, the neo-Nazis.  The graphic gore and violence are rare in a theatrical release.  Most unrated movies don't make it to the theatres at all, but this one did.

If you want to see the unrated Frontier(s) trailer yourself, go to http://www.Bloody-Disgusting.com and navigate into the site to find the unrated trailer.  Let me warn you by saying that the site is appropriately named.  I covered my eyes a lot the first time.

Ok, so the last time I picked this up I started working in the wrong direction.  THANKS PHONE!

So this time I looked at it, tried to see if I could fix it, decided I hated it.  Ripped it out and started all over.  Well, I will.  You know, when I get a round tuit.

Inspired by the Dockers contest

My favorite pants start their day by getting off the pile on the floor.  They are the favorite for a reason, you know.  Since today isn't a work day, we start by pairing up with favorite sneakers and comfy t-shirt for a trip to the Outside.  In one pocket goes the cell phone and the Zune, in the other the keys.  It's far too nice to take the train, so we're going to walk just over a mile instead and hit the movie theatre.  Good thing favorite sneakers came along!

Send up some Linkin Park from the Zune, and we are off!  Dodging some cars at badly labeled crosswalks, getting hit by untrimmed bushes and scary long tree branches.  Good thing favorite pants aren't super-expensive pants but are instead sturdy and easily repairable.  (I've already sewn the hem back on after it got caught on a gate from some construction site.  I walk around a lot!)  We got leaves in our cuffs, so have to stop and get that out.  EWWWW!  A BUG!

Running running!

Check self for bugs!  None.  Check cuffs for stray leaves again.  None.  Check current location.

Wups.

I'm now three blocks out of my way, but there is a tea shop nearby.  Change course for serenity!

Now we sit down, relax, have some tea and a cucumber sandwich.  Some more tea.  Some more relaxing.  Now it's time to continue on our quest.  First stop, the bank.  Correction!  First stop, the hobby store which is in the way.  Buy some stuff.  Put stuff in bag, accidentally get paint on pants while walking past a display.  Get free stuff to make up for it!  :D

Now to the bank!  Withdraw cash.  Run across street to movie theatre.  See some bimbo in a skirt struggling with packages and getting her heels stuck in a grating.  Laugh smugly to self along with comfy shoes and well fitting pants.  Go up the escalator, buy tickets!  IT'S MOVIE TIME!

Hooray for Fridays and favorite pants!

Hee hee.  Try this yourself!  You could make a movie for the Dockers TV Commercial Contest (www.nbc.com/Dockers) or make your own post.  Not having a love slave to follow me around with a camera, I opted for writing.  If you want to find your own favorite pants, look here: http://www.dockersstore.com/home/index.jsp (may I suggest Agatha?)

I wrote a sponsored post on that new French horror flick with all the gore, and I was honest and it got rejected!  HAHAHAHAHAHA!

They didn't say why though... I followed all their requirements, and made my own honest commentary on my misgivings about the film.  They rejected it without telling me why.  It didn't say in the opportunity listing that I had to be positive.  Let alone that I wasn't supposed to make snide comments about the French getting their asses kicked by Germans again.  I don't know for sure why they rejected my post, but I'm taking it down until they do.  No free publicity for you, monsieur.

but I really like Just Tell Me Why.  "Dichotomies resolved by the majority."  Basically, you go and weigh in on which of a number of options, like Starbucks vs. Dunkin Donuts or Corel vs. Adobe, and say which one you like better and why.  And yes, I picked Starbucks and Corel.  So there.

Run on by and say which one you prefer!  Oh, I have to stop posting on there now heh!  I'm having too much fun!

As it happens, I think the style of English that is used lends the site a certain charm and that it shouldn't be changed to painfully proper English.