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Ok today I'm slightly physically broken. Let's just say I got a bit too enthusiastic with a new workout routine (a combination of pilates and yoga) and my body is not terribly happy about it. Alleve is my new best friend. Of course if I'd been smart I'd have taken some before bed and maybe not been awakened at 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. respectively with a massive leg cramp. But I'm really not that smart.

Decided to skip class last night as Thursday evening opened up and I'd much rather go and dance with Aelf than dance without her. So instead I made good progress on my last big craft project, a few more days and I'll have it finished, woo!

Edit: tersa posted the group pic from the GoF premiere of all us crazy gals in our Hogwarts attire. It's awfully cute :)

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Anybody who gets Showtime, could you please consider recording a copy of this for me?

Terror and scandal grip the nation when the media discovers that the living dead have swayed the Presidential election. This adaptation of Dale Bailey's award-winning short story “Death & Suffrage” blends zombie horror and contemporary political satire with chilling results.

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Joe Dante (the director) and Sam Hamm (the screenwriter) have created a piece that is sure to cause a shitstorm of controversey in right wing circles. Why? The zombies are dead soldiers. And they express their views of war in a manner that the 101st Fighting Keyboarders brigade will certainly consider, well, unpatriotic.

Prior to my seeing the preview, Homecoming was described to me as “agitprop comedy”. Well, yeah. But for someone like me who is so tuned into the current political landscape (and the players who litter the landscape), Homecoming resonated because it spoke not only for the current travesty in Iraq, but for the general futility of all war. The political statement that Dante makes is powerful, to say the least — and especially in the current climate of intel investigation (think back to Harry Reid's recent calling the Senate into closed session). With the emerging questions about the selling of the war, even more so.

There were points during the show that I was laughing uncontrollably. (The caricature of of a certain female right wing pundit was PERFECT and priceless. A particular scene involving candle wax made me shudder.) But by the time the credits rolled at the end, I was somber in the extreme from the statement that Dante makes. And maybe that's the impact he really wanted.

Over the years, I've seen quite a few made-for-Showtime movies and series, and for the most part, they're not great. The production values of Homecoming were excellent, and the acting was, for the most part, spot on and not overplayed. The bottom line is that Homecoming is an emotionally moving work on many levels - definitely not your typical zombie flick.

via The All Spin Zone