Another 2 cents...

So.. I usually check out the wiki main page to see whats happening in the world.. and because their articles of the day are usually quite interesting. Today however, I was actually about to vomit. The article was all about "The Human Centipede". For those who haven't heard about it, basically it's a movie about some sick fuck ex-doctor who decides to sew three humans together mouth to anus. That's my 2 second synopsis (I will say here & now, I have not & never will watch this movie).
  
My first point refers to the writer/director... what the fuck? How sick are you  that you would make a movie based on, by all accounts "a joke" and the work of Josef Mengel. The fact that someone would further glorify someone like Mengel who did attrocious things to Jews (among others) well, it defies belief. I am all for artistic expression, but seriously, where is the art in this kind of movie? Really? There is no art in something like this.. not for the majority of us who count ourselves as "normal".

My second point goes to the two sequels. Ok, the first movie was financed by people who didn't know what they were financing (I am giving a HUGE benefit of the doubt here). But the second & third? Backers had to know the kind of twisted shit this movie spat out the first time. But they give the guy MORE money to make it even more depraved & explicit? UNBELIEVABLE. I understand there is a market out there for this kind of crap, but seriously, why give the sociopaths & psychopaths of this world ideas? The second movie is based on this very idea.. giving some sick fuck a great (NOT) idea...

I add this to the SAW movies.. my point being, how can a normal person even THINK that creating this kind of horror for the purpose of making money ok? There is so much horror in the world, why add to it by taking it to an even more extreme level? It scares me to think that there are people out there, who will think these movies are cool & try to emulate or even copy them.. It's a scary scary thing. I think that Britian had the right idea when they originally banned the sequel from release. Such a pity they didn' keep it on the banned list. Why help these sick twisted individuals (because I am sorry, thats what they are) make money?

Interesting Read.. and my two cents

Back on 1200 cals doing the Shannan Ponton Challenge... oh the joys.. can't say I am being super strict with it, nor am I doing the exercise as prescribed, simply due to a lack of time! I am hoping being back at work will make it easier to manage to the intake, but only time will tell. Have lost 1.1kg this week, meaning I need to lose another 700g to get back to where I was pre holidays! I didn't gain wait on holidays.... that happened when I got home!

I am currently reading a book I borrowed off my good friend about the Panther/Big cat myth/truth in australia. It poses some interesting reading and I think is well balanced. Where scientific evidence has shown that some of theses animals are in fact freakishly large feral cats of the domestic variety, they clearly state it. It does however, have me questioning the truth of the matter. I suspect that evolutionary pressure has probably caused feral cats to increase in size, but to the extent of being as large as a lion or puma? I am not so sure! Given the minimal amount of regulation regarding animal importation early in Australia's history(and a campaogn to enlgish up the country by introducing familar plants & anmals), I would guess that big cats have been introduced (either accidentally or deliberately) to the country. Whether they have flourished however, well, I don't think there will be a conclusive answer any time soon. The fact of the matter is, is that there is ALOT of undisturbed open country out there for determinedly reclusive animals to hide in. I dare say the question won't be answered until human expansion forces their paw & they are forced into more urban environments, where hiding is harder.

But thats just my two cents worth.. do I think there are exotic bog cats out there? well....

Holidays!!

Been on holidays for a couple of weeks! and now I am back at work :( 
I am also an aunty again & I lost an uncle.. the circle of life continues!
Holidays were great, gave the diet a break & pretty much just ate what I wanted (&drank!) and miraculously didn't put on weight. I suspect however that I have lost weight as I am REALLY bloated from the onset of TTOM.. the joys!
Exam next week.. then no uni for 3 whole months!! WOOHOO!