It is extremely rare that I can't find at least some words to describe the way I feel about a film. Spring Breakers, however, has left me at a loss. I've been sitting here staring at this blank screen for quite a while now, wrestling with all sorts of different feelings about what I just saw, including hate, disgust, confusion and hefty helping of irritation.
Normally I don’t post news on Sundays—I love going as media-free as possible and instead do Artzooka projects with Wood Sprite. But today I have been working on several projects I’m behind on, and I was shocked to learn of two very sad stories today.
Over the holiday weekend, a Golden Corral employee posted a revolting video of raw meat sitting outside near the dumpsters behind a Golden Corral restaurant in Florida. The raw meat is buzzing with flies and glistening in the Florida sun.
In the video, the man claims that the meat has been set outside in order to hide it during a restaurant inspection. And that once the inspection is over, the meat will be brought back inside and served to the customers.
The lionfish invasion in the waters off North Carolina and Florida is getting serious. How serious? So serious that these pretty, frilly, venomous fish are eating 70% of the other fish in the areas where they are present. So serious that a recent Lionfish Spear Fishing Derby brought in over 1,000 dead lionfish, and it barely made a dent in the local population.
Yellowjackets, a small species of predatory wasp, typically live in nests containing between 1,000 and 5,000 individual wasps. Imagine the surprise, then, when entomologist Jonathan Simkins was called in to deal with an unusually large yellowjacket nest in central Florida, and found a colossal nest that might have contained over a million yellowjackets.
More storms in the heartland last night, hitting Oklahoma City (again), and cancelling the scheduled game in Jackson. Clinton managed to avoid postponement for once, though.
Gotta chime in here regarding one of our original favorites, Michael Saunders.
It wasn't that long ago that everyone in the room was shouting "Wells" and I was off in my little corner saying "Saunders." Well, look who's DFA'd now, and who's on their way to the All-Star Game. So I think I have some room to speak on this one.
The whole thing with Saunders starts with his bio.
First, imagine Nick Franklin's teen life. Sunny Orlando. Ballpark and cages all day, every day, year-round. Well-manicured infields. Select teams with real coaches.
The more I hear about Will Smith, the more I adore him as a parent. Sure, he’s a wonderful underrated actor (Seven Pounds really didn't get the recognition it deserved) and a very handsome man, but he’s also always defending the choices of his children. This quote from him about how he does not punish his children makes me admire him even more.
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