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Romantic comedies often depend on telling audiences what they wish was true. Case in point: in Sleepless In Seattle, the seemingly happy engaged Meg Ryan hears Tom Hanks talking on the radio, falls in love with his voice, and spends the rest of the movie re-arranging her life to find him. In the real world, these would be the mentally unbalanced actions of a disturbed, desperate person, a quixotic quest for a relationship that couldn’t possibly live up to expectations. While Seattle pays some lip service to Ryan’s strange behavior, she’s ultimately rewarded for her “courage” with the most ideal meet-cute imaginable. Ryan’s delusions already indicate a person who could use some serious psychotherapy, but to make matters worse, she breaks the heart of her fiancée, a boring-but-nice Bill Pullman. There’s nothing wrong with ending an unhappy or unfulfilling relationship, but that Ryan was willing to let it go this far—and that she covers her escape under a quest for some illusory romantic ideal—means she’s destructive to others as well as naïve, short-sighted, and selfish. Hanks would be better off losing her number, although it’s doubtful that’d stop her for long.

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'Life On Blast' on love, sex, and closeness

*I really enjoyed reading this. Honest writing from the heart never gets old.

But then there’s the sex part. Let’s be honest… it’s different for women. A sought after man who takes pleasure in one conquest after another is still regarded with pats on the back from his peers. For women, though it isn’t the same as it used to be… if she’s too promiscuous she’s a slut. I’m just going to come out and say it straight: there’s nothing wrong with that. Be a slut, if that’s what you want to be. If that’s what makes you happy, if it satisfies you… who cares? I think the women are calling each other sluts more than the men are these days.

On the flip side, as much as men say they don’t care about a woman’s promiscuity: I don’t believe them. Confession: I care less about what they think when I care less period. It’s my body, it’s my life. Ultimately I let myself do what I want to do. Personally speaking, I don’t “want to” with someone new very often, and if I do want to… I usually want more than just that. What makes me “want to” are the same things that make me “want YOU”. If I want you I want you. And if I want you I want you all the time. Anywhere. Any way.

Does that mean if we have sex I want to marry you? No. Does it mean if I have sex with you I think we should immediately be in an “official relationship”? No. Not every woman sees it the same way I do, this is just how I feel. What I do want to know is that doors are not closed before they open. What I do want to know is that the possibility is there for it to evolve, for us to become… close.

Love and sex, two words thrown around so casually they have become watered down and redefined. What about being close to someone? That’s what I want more than anything else. An intimacy so intense it scares the crap out of me, yet is so intoxicating I can’t fathom not having it. Sex can be part of that… or not. Sex can instigate that… or not. Truth is, even when we feel that “it” factor, we don’t know for sure that the closeness will come: or that we want it to. The best I can say I know when I feel “it” is that I want to find out if it might be worth it to be that vulnerable… to allow the closeness to come. To allow myself to cum.

It’s complicated.

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Feb 5th, 2010 @ 2:00 pm

Orci & Kurtzman to Produce Joe Hill’s Locke & Key

*Y E S. Locke & Key is pretty sweet.

Author Joe Hill is following in the steps of his father Stephen King, and making the transistion to Hollywood. His book, Heart-Shaped Box is being developed into a big screen thriller by director Neil Jordan over at Warner Bros, Mandalay Pictures has optioned his upcoming novel Horns, and his graphic novel, Locke & Key was set-up at Dimension Films in 2008 with talk of a potential franchise.

Latino Review has learned that the project has moved over to DreamWorks, where Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are developing a big screen adaptation as part of their producing deal with the studio. No word on if they will lend a hand in the screenplay adaptation.

Here is the official synopsis from the publisher:

Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them…. and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all…! Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill (Heart-Shaped Box) creates an all-new story of dark fantasy and wonder, with astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez. Hill has received the Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection, the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection and Best Short Story, and the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award-2007, among his growing collection of critical accolades.

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The Heinz ketchup condiment packet gets a redesign

“…A true packaging breakthrough, the Heinz Dip & Squeeze dual-function package gives ketchup lovers two ways to enjoy Heinz Ketchup: either peel back the lid for easy dipping, or tear off the tip to squeeze onto favorite foods…The new Heinz Dip & Squeeze product marks the first ketchup packet makeover for the foodservice industry in 42 years. In the past, on-the-go eaters have struggled to open multiple ketchup packets while worrying about making a mess…” —from Heinz Ketchup press release

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*Imagine if this were a drinking game - every time one of these things happens you take a swig. The entire fan-base would die of alcohol poisoning. Just saying.
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*Imagine if this were a drinking game - every time one of these things happens you take a swig. The entire fan-base would die of alcohol poisoning. Just saying.

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