2012: It's Been a Long and Uneventful Journey

Hi Friends (hopefully we still have some),

It's been a while since any of the publishers wrote anything for the Bold Font, but do not fear! Like all of you, we have new year resolutions, too. And at least for Bella and I, it is to write more for our blog. So here you go.

Update on myself:

Graduating university in June with a B.A. in English and emphasis in Creative Writing

Been working at an office/horse ranch/camp

Writing a spoof on Max Brook's "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Walking Dead"...mine is called "The Hipster Survival Guide: Complete Repulsion from the Walking Douche"...should be good

Applying to grad schools to complete my Master's Degree in Creative Writing

Currently listening to "One More Round" by The J Band-interesting use of the steel drums, but it doesn't work. Sometimes Pandora has really bad taste. That's it! My next article will be on Pandora. Stayed tuned.

Love,

Ambrella

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Salò

About a week ago I came across a link on facebook depicting 15 of the most disturbing movies ever made. I made it a point to put all of these movies in my netflix queue so that I have the opportunity to watch these films and see how much of it I could stomach. As of now I have only seen one of these films.

At first I thought, "Thistle be a piece of cake!" I misinterpreted the word disturbing. To me disturbing meant an over-the-top horror/thriller movie, but in all actuality it meant a sick twisted plot and characters. Before I saw this movie I would have put The Ring under my own personal disturbing movies list (if I had one).

I started with the movie Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom. Originally based off of a book titled, The 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade. The director Pier Paolo Pasolini was assassinated prior to its release of the film because of its gruesome nature. It has even been banned in several countries. For being a film released release in 1975, I would say that this film still remains on the top of the list of disturbing/controversial films.

"The film is noted for exploring the themes of political corruption, abuse of power, sadism, perversion, sexuality, and fascism."

The movie takes place in 1944 in Fascist Italy where four men abuse their wealth and power by kidnapping 18 teenagers and performing lewd-tortuous acts towards them throughout the film. After the 20 minute mark there wasn't a scene that didn't deal with torture, defecating, and other sadistic themes.

It was very hard to watch and I seriously felt like vomiting. My heart was pounding from the disgust and shock. I was caught me off guard because I started watching the film without any background knowledge. If I knew what I was getting to maybe I would have been a little more prepared to watch it.

A lot of people praise this film for its brilliance in exposing how corrupt and evil these fascists men were while others call it the sickest most disturbing film that they had ever seen. Personally I agree with both viewpoints. It's an interesting eye opener in its own sick twisted way. If you're like me and would like to test your stomach I recommend this film for you. If not, then I do not recommend this movie for you. Watching this film is a one time thing for me and it was not a pleasurable experience.

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A Different Kind of Murderer

The Dark Defender.
His name is Dexter. And he doesn't own a laboratory, nor is he too short that he can't even reach the couch in his house.
This Dexter, is a forensic scientist who specialises in blood splatter. He works for the Miami P.D. and juggles all this with a wife and children.
Oh, and he's a murderer.
Dexter killing dozens of people under the eye of his own police department. Within this department are his colleagues, people who trust him, along with people who suspect him, also, with his sister.
She shares with him daddy issues: Harry, their father, understood the darkness within Dexter and led him down a road of murdering safely, while ignoring Debra. Dexter has a set of rules that Harry set for him; two of the main ones being: 1) Don't Get Caught and 2) Make Sure They Deserve It.
So, is Dexter a murderer? Or is he the Dark Defender, saving Miami from the other murderers and bag guys?
My opinion, he's a superhero, with some slight daddy issues and confused mindset. But he kills people! But he saves them, too! I'll let you decide whether he's good or  bad because it definitely isn't a job for a non-viewer.
The show, Dexter, is seen on Showtime and has recently finished its fourth and CRAZY season. Keep a look-out for the fifth season and for DVD box sets at your local book stores!


Love,
Ambrella

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Zen and the Art of Watching Television

Can your TV bestow patience? Can it make you Zen? The answer is yes! Recently my Television has been acting insane. I shouldn't say insane, it just takes a really, really long time to start up. It will click on and off trying to summon enough strength to boot up. At first this was an annoyance, and it still is but slowly I have learned to appreciate it.It takes patience to turn it on. Now every time I pass by the TV I give it a second thought. “Do I really want to watch it?”, my mind says. Now when I turn on the tube it is because of a concerted effort to actually watch something that I actually want to watch. It has created a Zen patience that I never had before.

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Parry Gripp: Silly Song Maître

Parry Gripp

For any of us who watch G4, and have seen any of the shows during 'Junk Food TV', you've heard the catchy 'Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom' song. You may also have seen the music video featuring Olivia Munn and Kevin Pereira from ATOS in "The Girl At The Video Game Store." In case you may be wondering who is behind these songs, there is a pretty hilarious musician in the works. His name is Parry Gripp. He has a website, self entitled, (click here for website), where he posts a new song every week.

Most of them are shortish, from :50 to 1:30, and some are full length, like the above mentioned music video. All of his songs are available for free at the website. (You just right click on the blue links next to every song.) Most of them have animal references, and don't get me wrong

. They're silly. No way major top ten modern stuff. But the songs always catch me, make me laugh on a bad day. I check it daily to see if this week's song is out yet. You should too. :D

[Trey]

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Mi Diez

I blog on more than one blog, and a fellow blogger that goes by the name elgaberino, is hosting this "Best 10 Albums of the Decade" where people from the Xanga blogging community would share their top 10 favorite albums from the last decade. Which is basically anything between January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2009. Here is a list of mine. Let me tell you though, this list was really hard to come up with. I don't think it justifies the kind of music I listen to, I guess if I had to limit it this would have to be it.






1.   CocoRosie - The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
2.   Moulin Rouge - Soundtrack
3.   Libera - Angel Voices
4.   Usher - Here I Stand
5.   Linkin Park - Meteora
6.   Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
7.   Selmasongs - Soundtrack Dancer in the Dark (Björk)
8.   Frou Frou - Details
9.   Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
10. Interpol - Turn on The Bright Lights


I was going to go as far and explain why I liked each album, but it would have made this post longer than it needs to be. So here's my 10 top albums from the past decade. I still feel like there's a lot of artists missing on this list and they need to be on here! To just limit it to 10 is just impossible! Well I did it, but there's still more artists with great albums that deserve to be on here.


-Bella

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A Very Potter Musical: HAHAHAHA.

Okay. First of all....if you haven't seen this mockingly brilliant adaptation of the Harry Potter series, please go here!!
I seriously haven't been as happy and amused as I was while watching this musical. Well, I am a Harry Potter freak. Okay. I am in love with Harry Potter. SOOOO MUCH. I'm even the Gryffindor Prefect at my university. Okay. Enough about my dorkiness, it just had to be bragged.
This musical is a short version of the series, ad-libing and satirising each character....making it totally awesome!!" (it's the opening song lyrics!)
The same themes are represented, though...love and defeating evil. All that cool stuff. But new love is brought out and characters seem a lot different that you remember reading.
I have to say....Voldemort is so bloody hot. I want to chew off his pecks. He's wonderful. All of the actors are wonderful! Each character that they portray has a memorable personality and air. Yeah, the props and stage are definately matching to a college scene, but the actors/resses make the the musical.
My favourite thing about it is that Malfoy is played by a girl....and I love how she portrays him. It's classically hilarious.
BUT. Enough with that. I figure you'll spend the next two/three hours not studying and refusing to sleep to watch this wicked awesome waste of time.
Also! HERE are some icons with the funniest moments from the musical!    
Well, go watch!
Ambrella out, bitches! (another reference)

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