When I was young, the place I imagined myself living was Japan. More and more I realize how alien it is. See video link. is.gd/ag7t

I'm moving to Copenhagen on the 11th. And, following the Norway Plan, Tromsø in less than 4 years. I'll miss you, highly bangable hipsters.

And Pownce dies. is.gd/9LHN If you followed me there, you can switch to my streams on Brightkite, Plurk, and Twitter.

Ayn Rand is the Black Plague of philosophy, caustic to compliant minds, an ideology not dissimilar to Nazism. For the record, you fucks.

"all the...politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!' And I'll look down, and whisper 'no.' They had a choice..." Read comic, skip movie.

Norwegian film, Reprise: love so powerful it inspires madness, alt. futures portrayed then snatched away and the bond between two friends.

A film crew (?) in two of the rooms at Ace Hotel. Actor made spastic movements briefly. Surreal. Twin stray dogs at empty lot. Schizo?

Finished season 4 of The Wire. Show transcends its police drama trappings. NYT: "If Charles Dickens were alive...he would watch "The Wire."

Memorable metaphor from the film compares lovers to a chimera which, "whispers only to itself." To become one-from-two; drawn to the idea.

Synecdoche is a surreal, abstract film that will fire your imagination. Encroachment. Rebellion. Death.