Ah. I sent my review of The Waitress into that website - http://lucidculture.wordpress.com. We'll see if they post it.

And yes I know the site is mainly CD reviews, and I have no clue why Wales wanted me to write a movie review for them or why they wanted one. But whatever. It does not post negative reviews, which is something I appreciate. There is so much negativity online already - why add to it, if you can avoid it?

Speaking of criticism or negativity - have you ever noticed that the people who are the *most* critical are the most *sensitive* to it? Why is that? It's almost as if we are so critical of others and ourselves, that whenever anyone criticizes us - it's as if they've taken a highlighter and underlined all the things we are thinking and trying to ignore.

Saw Shortbus by John Cameron Mitchell on DVD via Netflix. Not at all what I expected. I expected it to have more sex and less talk, also to be more erotic and more focused on NYC's S&M and sexual underground. It's not. Very arty - with some innovative camera work but it at times feels like art for the sake of art, or like the filmmaker is showing off as opposed to trying to just tell a story.

( Review of Shortbus, cut for potential spoilers and explanation of sexually graphic scenes. )