For the record, you should probably see Let the Right One In first, as it's a remarkable film. But there's some good buzz hovering around this remake, so you may want to keep an eye on it.
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July 2010 Archives
Lali Singh of Sanai Sampura, India, was born with two faces, and lived for two months, according to the Wikipedia entry. Somewhat different than the condition of being a conjoined twin, Lali's condition was caused by an overabundance of a type of protein involved in the development of facial features.
How might our lives be different if we could look in two directions at once? How might language be different, if we could express two things at once? How might our lives be different if we could sing with two voices, smile with two smiles, cry twice as hard?
After she passed, it is said that they planned to build a temple in her memory. Here in the western Empire, we do not build temples to honor those so marked by difference. Mainly we bury them, and construct powerful dreams from their ashes. It's a different tradition.
Like puzzles, games, logic, fantasy, and world-building? Or perhaps, like me, you just have a god complex? Either way, you should go and play Doodle God. Like, right now. Frighteningly simple, frighteningly creative, frighteningly addictive.
My humblest apologies for the dearth of content. There were a couple of weeks of serious crunch going on at work, and a couple of weeks of visiting a strange and pleasant world. More updates to come. In the meantime, spend a little moment with the Sad Cow.
