Wednesday, May 03, 2006

brain worm

i suppose it has s/t to do with the music that tomboy posted and the watching of 'apocalypse now' right before conking out last night, but i can't get this short 'film' out of my mind:

the scene is all 20s black-and-white-intense-sepia footage style.
with the little squiggles and lines that pulse in and out of the picture.


little children running in an endless field; playing to the flow of the pan pipes.
and as the piccalo(?) picks up, it cuts to WWII era fighter planes flying skyhigh in formation.
then, the two scenes converge as you see the children are frolicing in the same direction as the planes are flying.
then as tempo increases, the squadron drops their bombs on the tykes.
by that switch over part (you know what i'm talking about), the clueless (yet scampering) little ones disappear one by one in small dusty explosions as the missiles contact terra firma.
the planes swoop off and the field is bare;
and the music loops back to the beginninng...


unsettling, in a pleasant sort of way.

100 comments:

socialworker/frustrated mom said...

I like the pics. I always love that coloring in pics. Sort of positive for your style. :)

s.J. said...

thank you, i think..

Anonymous said...

That sounds like the a-bomb ads during the Kennedy years. The cold war era, scare the crap out of people ads.

hh

socialworker/frustrated mom said...

Yes it was a good thing don't worry.

s.J. said...

could be.
i don't remember.
(i suppose i was sick that day)

Anonymous said...

I found the commercial. Scary stuff. Its called "Daisy". Click on the first link. I used quicktime. Scary stuff, i cant believe that couldnt get everyone voting.

http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/timeline/years/1964b.html

-hh

Anonymous said...

http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/timeline/years
/1964b.html

woops

s.J. said...

no regrets about having slept in.

Rivky said...

pleasant

Scraps said...

Creepy. What have you got against cute little tykes?

s.J. said...

nothin'.
infact, they're the only walk of humanity i feel truly at ease with.

Rivky said...

hey, me too.

Anonymous said...

kids are my only friends.

Cellar Door said...

ok can we stop the i love kids theme. Im starting to get nervous.(;.

And FYI until you are a counsler at the ripe young age of 17 of 25 6 year olds, you cant really have an opinion.

Lets just say they loved me but i became a lifeguard after that summer.

s.J. said...

i suppose you're right.
babies and six year olds are 4-5 years apart.
as they morph from toddler to juvinile, they lose the innocence that makes them a friend to all.

and, i've done my share of shitty counselor work.
a little older, but probably just as bad.

Anonymous said...

neh. think of kids snuggling with you after a long, exhausting day at work. falling alseep to their rhythmic, breathing of innocence. no worries.
wait till you have of your own

s.J. said...

hmm... jacko? i'm truly honored.

(but seriously, there comes a point where they cross the line from 'everything's cute' to 'GOD!!!!! I'M GONNA KILL THEM!!!!!!!!!!')

Anonymous said...

no jacko. sigh. that came out wrong. wait till your 2yo cousin stops his mischief and lays down for a nap. ack. nm. you gotta be there to appreciate the the stillness

s.J. said...

yes, but not for too long.

3 hours of 35 lb.s on your lap, not very pleasurable (unless you like dead-legs)

Anonymous said...

damn. he dont weigh that much. 7 months?
i thought he fell asleep on your shoulder.

s.J. said...

lap and abdomen.
comforting yet un-.
go figure.

s.J. said...

god! did i just say that?!?
i sound like my mom.

eep.

s.J. said...

$20 max.

not a penny more.

Anonymous said...

eh, what??

s.J. said...

nothing.
nothing at all.

Anonymous said...

i owe you more btw.

s.J. said...

why?

Anonymous said...

because you unloaded a wad of cash i didn't want to take.
it's not mine.
and math & i have a mutual agreement to stay far away from each other.

please let me know

s.J. said...

tuff noogies.

consider it russian cab blood money.

s.J. said...

big talk for s/o who fell asleep on a 20 minute subway ride.

;iulu said...

DID NOT!
and you know it.
so hate me
hmph

s.J. said...

so tired she got off at the wrong station...

;iulu said...

hee.
fuck
i just laughed
and hiked back 8 blocks in a fog of disorientation. blah

did you join jdl yet?

s.J. said...

every jew a 22.

;iulu said...

Dear G-d, please keep him alive till then. I'll even clean my room every day. and go to sleep when my mommy tells me. Please..

s.J. said...

hee.

;iulu said...

(how'd you know where to get off?? that still mystifies me..)

s.J. said...

i'm not as helpless as you'd like to believe...

;iulu said...

foshizzle!
now way, not helpless. you're a big boy.
now-- how the heck did you know??

s.J. said...

i guessed...

s.J. said...

but not big enough to cross the gw alone, eh?

;iulu said...

ARGH!!
Y.O.U. A.R.E.
i needed to see the water, okay? (notice how i stopped a few times to hang over the rail..)

s.J. said...

whatever you say....

;iulu said...

okay
opposite scenario.

what if the main characters here had switched places, would you have allowed it??

s.J. said...

yes.

(think bayswater...)

s.J. said...

if she was SURE she could do it, and wouldn't have it anyother way?

probably.

;iulu said...
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;iulu said...

fine
she was scared
so there



:cheeks burn in embarrassment:

s.J. said...

for who, when?

;iulu said...

(think bayswater. think hot pink outfit. think..wait don't)

s.J. said...

and so, i would've.

yet if you recall, i specificly left my pink jumpsuit at home, when we hit the bridge.

;iulu said...

wot?
you wore it silly
how else did that guy know to stop us?

s.J. said...

huh?
i did?
what guy?
(have you been sneaking from the medicine cabinet again?)

;iulu said...

screwylewy.you weren't suppsed to tell. now im on probation and they wont leave me alone whn i shave.#@%%^^&

s.J. said...

i really didn't need to hear that last bit.
{retch}

;iulu said...

sincere apologies.
knew i was toeing a line here.


(you never saw Girls Interrupted?)

;iulu said...

*Girl

s.J. said...

no.

;iulu said...

(or read the book)

;iulu said...

Amazon says:
"This book should not be read by anyone believing she is slipping toward insanity, but it might be a comfort to those who have already emerged."

s.J. said...

ahh.
in that case....

;iulu said...
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;iulu said...

good.
and skip the shaving part as i see it queasifies you.

(hell. stick wih waxing)

s.J. said...

do what needs to be done, so long as i don't see it.

;iulu said...

(oooh i wanna say something so bad...nferjkbgejrbjbabrue. anyway, i decided yu dont need to. you're fine)








(ow! for heavens' sake-- aim for the ankle not the calcaneus)

s.J. said...

wtr

;iulu said...

(next time i wear steel ankle boots. and i need to pick up a paperweight or two if you don't mind guiding me..)

s.J. said...

so' ting boss.

;iulu said...

oh and lug a supply of cold diet sodas for a certain customer..(and i need to pick up a non-BY coat so i don't embarrass you..

s.J. said...

you didn't embaress me.
i just was wondering ehy you were wearing buttons obviously meant for the visualy impaired.

;iulu said...

honest answer?
bec. my new motto is 'i don't care anymore'
i used to take care of stuff like thatas soon as it happened so I'd stop procrastinating.

now-- well nothing matters anymore. you die whether you sew your stupid buttons back on or not. die whether you eat your veggies (or for that matter, you eat at all), whether your bed is made and shoes are tied and and teeth are brushed. yuck. blah. ye.

s.J. said...

i wasn't talking about the missing buttons.
i was talking about the size of the buttons.

;iulu said...

ask Anne Klein
she designed it.

s.J. said...

yes. but you bought it.

;iulu said...

sue me
i needed a coat that wouldnt net me the evil eye in BP (unlike my motorcycle one or my puffy down 'ghetto' coat). plus it had to be semi-normal..
but i guess it wasn't.
anyway, you'll be glad to learn i ripped a goshdarn hole in it..and it took some muscle too. i think i said some dirty words

s.J. said...

it's a nice coat! don't ruin it!
it's the buttons that are wierd, that all.

;iulu said...

too late, i was running (very, very late- shabb. in 10 mins) to the hosp. i was hell-bent on getting there in time, and turned a corner in our house, snagged the belt thingy on the doorknob and felt like i was skinend alive. heard a massive rip. cursed the powers-that-be. and changed.
too bad.
'twas a nice coat too..

s.J. said...

sorry.
guess it's high time for a new one.

;iulu said...

2 months old/new
hate spoiling myself

s.J. said...

then look like a bag lady with your torn coat.

s.J. said...

in a positive sense, of course.

;iulu said...

yuck no
im streaking.


or i'll give it to the seamstress

s.J. said...

whoa. what would the by say to that?

;iulu said...

ef 'em
they have good values
but terribly screwy as of late

s.J. said...

hmm. i'll tell them to say tehillim for you.

;iulu said...

please do
my soul needs it badly
is it rescueable? (sp?)

s.J. said...

i'll see what we can do...

;iulu said...
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s.J. said...

what are you mumbling about?

;iulu said...

nothing anymore.nothingnothingnothing

s.J. said...

stop it.
what's going on?

Anonymous said...

don't effin know

s.J. said...

don't shit wif me.
what's up?

Anonymous said...

now you know.

some.

s.J. said...

tbc otp.

Anonymous said...

ye. if it ever wakes up.
funeral's at midnight tomorrow if not.

you have the distinct honor of head pallbearer if you'd like.

s.J. said...

sweet.
i WILL NOT miss it.
(even if i show up a few hours late)

Anonymous said...

um
late,
why?

no, you cannot meet grim reaper before. he takes no advance meetings, thanks.

s.J. said...

*grumble*

Anonymous said...

schëissemeister!
hmm..what would life be like w/o you..i'm just puzzling it out. and w/o sounding all by'y it'd be crap. plain and simple.
now why did i just write taht?? def. not to embarrass you. dunno. i like writing out what im thinking. better than spewing.. fjgbfkblzgjpt