Zodiac Movie, The Secret, Octavia Butler Scholarship
P.T. BARNUM REDUX: Amazon's number one bestseller is The Secret by
Rhonda Bryne. The book description says: "In this book, you'll learn
how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life -- money, health,
relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the
world... By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light
compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth,
overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as
impossible."
So glad that Ms. Bryne has explained why bad things happen. Now we
don't have to feel awful about the victims of genocides, famines,
plagues, dictatorships, tidal waves, etc. They caused these terrible
things to be brought upon themselves by not thinking positively. Wow,
I feel better about myself as a middle-class person in a wealthy
nation already!
MOMMA SAID TO KNOCK YOU OUT: Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind is
blogging about the new movie, Zodiac, about the Zodiac Killer who
terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the '60s. I'm interested in
the movie, but I kind of hate director Robert Fincher's work (Se7en
and Fight Club). I get stuck on little things -- like in Se7en, why
did Brad Pitt's character keep five dogs in a small room of an
apartment and not even walk them? Wassup with the obsession with
Catholic symbolism by serial killers? Real serial killers, such as the
Zodiac, are eclectic in their choice of religious and mystical
symbolism. What serial killer is going to limit himself to seven
murders for the seven deadly sins? This seems to show a lack of
ambition. A more career-minded killer would have chosen the Hanukkah's
eight days and nights, the 12 days of Christmas, the month of Ramadan,
etc.
My favorite serial killer movie: Spike Lee's Summer of Sam.
Book Stuff: I'll be reading at Sunday at the Starry Plough in
Berkeley. Here's the scoop.
Date: Sunday, March 4, 2007, 5 to 7 PM
What: A fundraiser reading to benefit the Octavia E. Butler Memorial
Scholarship
Featuring: Nalo Hopkinson, Susie Bright, Jewelle Gomez, Jennifer de
Guzman, Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Marta Acosta
Where: The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA,
510-841-2082,
http://www.starryploughpub.com/
Admission: $5 to $20 sliding scale
Why: The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship will enable writers of
color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops, where Octavia
got her start. It is meant to cement Octavia's legacy by providing the
same experience/opportunity that Octavia had to future generations of
new writers of color. In addition to her stint as a student at the
original Clarion Writers Workshop in Pennsylvania in 1970, Octavia
taught several times for Clarion West in Seattle, Washington, and
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