Books and Flicks - any recommendations

I have forgotten how to write. It is a lost art in the coming of the age of technology. Where once we thought technology was supposedly created to improve communication with all - but what is the real outcome is bad grammar [in my case], lost of vocabulary [in my case], and the ever shortening sentences broken down in acronyms. LOL! WTF.

I had a brief conversation with a friend on the folks with the pure ability to write words, to paint a thought. Is it a skill or is it a god given ability? I'm not sure - maybe a hybrid of both. I know this for sure - I used to blog when I lived in SF, and when I moved to LA... then I stopped. This is the longest blog entry that I have written in years.

Even with so much technology - we must never lose that ability to write a letter with meaning. I will write more, but please do not judge me on my vocabulary, my grammar, my loss of words.

#! /bin/sh
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echo "Hello World"

Re-reading and reading Dracula

I threw on my DVD of Bram Stoker's Dracula a couple of weeks ago, and realized that I had forgotten how sexed-up that movie is. I remember feeling somewhat uncomfortable watching it in the theatre with my parents as a kid, but I had forgotten specifics, aside from certain scenes [Lucy and the wolf, Keanu's three-way with Monica Bellucci (!!!) and Co., Mina and the Count groping each other in a silent moviehouse]. Watching it again, I see that the film is crammed wall-to-wall with sexual imagery. No wonder I felt funny.

Though I missed a few levels of it, I thought the movie was awesome. In-camera effects, insane production design and costuming, Annie Lennox, and Anthony Fucking Hopkins.
(I do remember thinking, "Keanu Reeves? Cary Elwes? Really?" I would have liked to see a version in which their roles had been switched.) It wasn't a perfect movie, but it was messy and disturbing, which I like.

I'm ashamed to say I've never read Dracula. I've picked up my copy several times, intending to read it, but never followed through. Luckily, the good people over at the group reading project Infinite Summer are reading Dracula for the month of October. On their schedule, they will finish by Halloween. They've got forums, guest writers, and Stoker's great-grand-nephew. The time seems right. Who's with me?