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Blue Jay
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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Another film I downloaded onto the phone for the trip, it got generally favorable reviews, the tale of an old high-school romance briefly revisited when the couple by accident run into one another. Good cinematography, OK story, but somehow or another it just didn't click with me. Not quality, perhaps, so much as a lack of personal relevance.
Links: Wiki on "Blue Jay", Trailer.
Homeless
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Ideas & Questions
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An interesting video series contrasting the differences between homelessness in Tokyo and Japan VS homelessness in North America.
I find this interesting because - if you're North American - and Canadian especially - homelessness is generally a "lifestyle choice" whereas in Japan it's generally a matter of unfortunate circumstance. In Calgary, the last 10 years, street people have raised their visibility by tenfold easily, in no small part due to the lack of policing and the new custom (paralleling India) of wandering into traffic to solicit change. When I lived in Calgary my route to work took me through 3 intersections that were "owned" by beggars - professionals - the same people year after year feeding their addictions and mental illness off the well-intended donations of Good Samaritans. In Nelson it's much the same - not the traffic wandering, but there's a high visibility of migrant homelessness that move here to prey upon the goodwill of tourists and hippies. Their "homeless" status is generally a choice reflecting their refusal to work and conform in any remedial respect to social norms. When I visited Japan I was impressed not only by the low visibility of the homeless, but by the lack of begging - in a city where the cost of living is easily double that of Calgary and the opportunities half.
Pair of Gooseneck Lamps
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Images
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At the thrift shop, a pair of old gooseneck desk lamps, excellent condition (although I love the form, I despise the color, may need to correct...).
Colossal Review
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 1944
Which I downloaded onto my phone to pass the time, interesting, unpredictable - in a good way, and generally delightful in that "Glad this got made it proves the system isn't entirely broken" kinda way. Not great, merely good.
Links: Wiki on Colossal, Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, Trailer
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