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04/28/2004 Entry: "The one with the waggily tail"

I'm sleepy and I hardly write in here anymore. I need this layout to be changed. It's been so long since I put this up. Maybe a Fruits Basket layout? I don't really like that particular story anymore. I think my interest in it has dimmed from two years ago. I used to be obsessed with it. Now it's just there. Although I still deeply enjoy reading the translations of it. I have all 14 volumes and the artbook, the character book, the pins, the address labels. It's horrible. It really seems that I am obsessed or something. But I guess it's just for collection purposes.

I saw this weird movie the other day called The Suicide Club or sometimes it's called The Suicide Circle. It's basically a satire on Japanese culture and how you should be yourself and not follow things right away without really thinking about the concequences. So from the title, it's a story that circles around suicide events. Is it really suicide or is it mass murder? In the very beginning of the movie there's a sceen where 50+ high school girls holding hands jump towards a subway train leaving the train windows and the passengers waiting bloody. It's very graphic and gory but I like the satire in it. You'll know what I mean. But although the culture references are different it gives us a very universal message. It's very funny too and scary. I really enjoyed it.