The website I mentioned yesterday, which used to be http://a.lifeuncommon.org is forever gone, but the woman that made it created another site, chicago uncommon, where she sells her photography. The layout is still clean and simple, like the other one, but it’s pretty different, so I feel okay about having a tribute to the old one. (It’s not layout borrowing when it’s a tribute.)
Okay, I have seen a lot of weird things… and accepted them. Many things that the rest of the world thinks is weird is normal for me. But I have to say this. It really shocked me, but I thought Princess Mononoke… was WEIRD. Like a really strange weird. Like just a little bit over Spirited Away weird. I still liked it as a whole, and there were certain things about it that I loved (the little tree things!! kodama? kawaii! i want one) but it doesn’t make the top of the list. Why am I critiquing it so much? I think I just refuse to love it because it is mainstream.
What is my deal with that? Is it because I feel that my mind has to be superior to the masses and therefore understands things on a higher level? Well, yes. But I don’t think other people are less smart than I because they like something mainstream. I don’t immediately judge someone ELSE because they like something everyone else likes. So why am I so hard on myself? I don’t know… I guess I’m just weird. Really weird. Like… Princess Mononoke weird.
Oh, and by the way, I thought the celebs did okay on it, especially Billy Crudup and Claire Danes, but I thought Billy Bob Thornton did a terrible job. Hardly any emotion in his voice… very monotone.
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