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Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Men and Their Bitches

I've waited so long for school to be through
Paula, I can't wait no more for you
My love, my love 
--Hey, Hey Paula, Paul and Paula

Now your vict'ry is complete
And your battles are all won.
Your enemies and foes are all stacked up in rows,
Eliminated one by one 
--Mr. Big Man, The Kinks 

You hiss and groan and you constantly moan
But you don't ever go away
That's because
All you need is me 
--All You Need Is Me, Morrissey 
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It is said that people often choose their dogs based upon their likeness in appearance and personality.  Perhaps this egotism manifests in many life choices.

A trifle, but mentioning Tarantino's "Kill Bill" in the previous piece (Totenkopf) brought to mind the complete egoism of its director, Tarantino, in the selection of his muse, Uma Thurman.  Note the shared wide-set eyes, brow ridge, nose, lips ... Though Thurman is a better-looking woman than he is a man, it would take little digital manipulation to morph Tarantino into her.

Tarantino, successful B-movie aficionado, has done as much as any director to socialize us to bloody gore-fests and we pay handsomely for the onslaught, but all in good fun as it's only pulp fiction dontcha know?  And we are all well-balanced adults feeding on that dross, right?  Kind of like living on Pepsi and Doritos won't harm your body, a mental diet of dreck will not affect your brain, eh?

And then thoughts of the ill-fated lovers General David Petraeus and Paul Broadwell came to mind, because of the same general facial symmetry and probable self-love -- note the forehead, skin tone, eyes, pecs, deltoids ... Sans Paula's liberal dosing of the pancake and 20 years off Mr. Petraeus, you have forbidden brother-sister love. But you be the judge:

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