Today was really warm and I was sick of the waiting for something to happen and I couldn't sit around any more. I took a bus into town because Alice in Videoland said their shop would be open. I love that place. I'm SO glad the building was declared safe... So I travelled into the city with a bus driver who told me all about his quake experience. He was awesome! The Bus Exchange had been opened an hour before I got there which pleased me.
I was surprised that most of the city is still standing. There are a lot of structurally unsafe buildings, but I only saw two which had crumbled completely. On my way home I took a detour through the Sydenham Cemetery though, and it suffered. A much of monuments are lying down flat or broken into pieces. They entire place is cordoned off except for the main road through it. So heartbreaking.
On a random note, the shops have plantains and I am excited because I can make some of my Mexican recipes, yay!
Still paranoid, but at least I slept through the night last night. Awesome. It won't help that I just rented a bunch of horror movies... But OH OH Alice's had The House of Frankenstein on DVD!! I AM SO IMPRESSED! Random, old horror movies that suck FTW!!! And they were selling a used copy of Danny Bhoy for 8 bucks so I got that as well. The one in Sydney, not the one in Melbourne. This pleases me.
I was surprised that most of the city is still standing. There are a lot of structurally unsafe buildings, but I only saw two which had crumbled completely. On my way home I took a detour through the Sydenham Cemetery though, and it suffered. A much of monuments are lying down flat or broken into pieces. They entire place is cordoned off except for the main road through it. So heartbreaking.
On a random note, the shops have plantains and I am excited because I can make some of my Mexican recipes, yay!
Still paranoid, but at least I slept through the night last night. Awesome. It won't help that I just rented a bunch of horror movies... But OH OH Alice's had The House of Frankenstein on DVD!! I AM SO IMPRESSED! Random, old horror movies that suck FTW!!! And they were selling a used copy of Danny Bhoy for 8 bucks so I got that as well. The one in Sydney, not the one in Melbourne. This pleases me.
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I have never seen that movie, but I am curious now because Frankenstein is like my FAVORITE BOOK EVER! So I kind of tend to like all things related to. Hrmm...a lot like Greek myth and such.
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They seem to have a bunch of classic monster movies but nothing from the Giant Bug Oeuvre. I want to see T.H.E.M. again, dammit!
...I love old B-movies. They=my favourites.
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:D
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Vincent Price, however, is my lover. ;) Well he's not because he's dead, but I can dream!
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So is Shakespeare. Lol. But yes, dude his voice alone is awesome. I'm sure if he was alive and making films today he'd still send chills up your spine.
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Yes...Shakespeare is also dead. He is not my lover, but I do love him in a platonic 'You're far racier than anyone seems to give you credit for and I like the way you write' way. Vincen't Price's voice...oh man, I would lick it.
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Ahhahahaa. I probably didn't need to know that. Snort.
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I can always be relied on to dish out a healthy does of TMI :D
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Oh that's lovely, at least it makes me giggle-snort.
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:D
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alsdkaskljda never seen house of frankenstein but sounds good
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IT IS SO INCREDIBLY BAD IT'S GOOD or so I remember. I think the quicksand looks like oatmeal.
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