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You know, I find it a bit troubling that somewhere, some guy will look at this picture of Amy Winehouse and think, "Damn.  She's hot.  I would totally hit that."  I mean, it's difficult to fathom that anyone could feel that way.  I tend to think of her as anti-sexy--the kind of person who makes you want to take a vow of chastity and spend the evening eating ice cream and watching MASH re-runs.  (Other anti-sexy people include Andrew Dice Clay and Ruth Bader Ginsberg.)  But human taste being what it is, someone thinks Amy Winehouse is hot.  (I believe this picture was taken very recently, not long after the news broke that she was being charged with assault for hitting a female fan.  How very edgy of her.)  Oh, and by the way, when are we going to be done with the bouffant thing?  I let it go when she first got famous as a way of creating a persona, but I think the need to sport a hideous hairdo in order to stand out has passed.  Who needs hairspray when you have addiction?

On another note, the Watchmen movie comes out today, which is . . .well, not super-exciting, but still neat.  We'll go with moderately exciting.  I do have a quarrel with the advertising for it though.  I'm aware of the graphic novels and the basic story, but I'm not a fan by any means.  Still, I want to see the movie based on what I already know about it.  The commercials, however, haven't helped at all.  They pretend to give you character profiles, but if you're not already familiar with the character, all you really learn is what he/she looks like.  The central message of the ads is: Hey! It's a superhero movie with a dark world and a cool look! Please get excited about it!

Of course, I still want to see it.  I just wanted to be more eager about it.

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