Monika’s Pensieve

Interesting I think…

California has significantly cut spending on education. Below is an interview with a social justice educator, who talks about the repercussions.

This is an article about two young lovers, who committed suicide when their communities put pressure on them.

Here’s an article about “the grunting phenomenon” that started in the 1970s. The discussion always starts anew whenever a particularly loud or weird grunter enters the stage. Michelle Larcher de Brito surely must be the most controversial grunter ever. I mean just check this out. I’m not surprised her opponents are complaining.

Here’s an article about a law that has forced released sex offenders in Miami to live under a bridge.

{FILM DIARY}
Gohatto (Japan/France/UK, 1999)
Seen: Monday, 22nd June 2009 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 100′
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano
Production House: BS Asahi, Bac Films, Canal+, Eisei Gekijo, Imagica Corp., Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Oshima Productions, Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo
Plot: A mysterious teenager joins the militia. His comrades and superiors [...]

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Koi no Mon (Japan, 2004)
Seen: Sunday, 21st June 2009
Runtime: 114′
Director: Suzuki Matsuo
Cast: Ryuhei Matsuda, Wakana Sakai, Suzuki Matsuo, Hijiri Kojima
Production House: Koi no mon Seisaku Iinkai
Plot: (from imdb)
Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.
Trailer

Impressions In Short
I wonder about the sanity of the people who made [...]

{FILM DIARY}
Ashita no Kita Yoshio (Japan, 2008)
Finished Watching: Saturday, 20th June 2009
Runtime: 11 episodes (45min. each)
Director: Ten Shimoyama (ep1-2,5,7,10-11), Manabu Asou (ep3-4), Yoshishige Miyake (ep6,9), Akira Hibino (ep8)
Cast: Fumiyo Kohinata, Ryuhei Matsuda, Manami Konishi, Chiaki Kuriyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Jun Kaname
Network: Fuji TV, KTV
Plot: Kita Yoshio has decided to commit suicide in 11 days. He meets [...]

A slightly more extended version of the young Voldemort trailer is available here and for the first time I actually liked it. The boy works much better on the new clip than on the previous ones - I finally get why they cast him *grin*
I hope the film version is less choppy. I expect the [...]

I thought this was hilarious, I don’t normally like fan videos, but this one was edited really well. Poor Severus lol

P.S. Can you tell I’m avoiding studying for my exams? ;)