People shouldn't fear their governments...

...governments should fear their people.

V for Vendetta simply rocked. Yes, many differences from the comic (not all ones I agreed with) but the writing was tight, the film was beautiful, and Natalie Portman may have just grabbed a Best Actress nomination. And Hugo Weaving.. ye Ghods! He spends the entire movie hidden behind masks, yet turns in a performance that is nuanced and powerful. V is cunning, murderous, and driven, yet capable of tenderness and honor. V is mad, but he lives in a world gone mad. But it's not just V, everything in this film is just good, down to the Benny Hill tribute at one point.

See this film.

After the film, I mention to Kirsten that it might be amusing to start a meme. Print out the red "V in a circle" with the quote I used to open this post, and mail it to the White House. Imagine a few hundred thousand of those little messages landing at 1600 Pennsylvania...

More musical memeage!

Ganked from isomeme

Put your iTunes/Winamp/WMP on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.

1. How does the world see you? Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

2. Will I have a happy life? Moxy Fruvous - King of Spain

3. What do my friends think of me? Voltaire - ExLover's Love

4. Do people secretly lust after me? Great Big Sea - Can't Stop Falling

5. How can I make myself happy? David Bowie - Space Oddity

6. What should I do with my life? KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See

7. Will I ever have children? Bob Weir - Cassidy (OK, this is weird. The song was written to mark the death of Neal Cassidy and the birth of Cassidy Law)

8. What is some good advice for me? Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever?

9. How will I be remembered? Tom Smith - Hee-Haw Field Earth

10. What's my signature dancing song? Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets

11. What's my current theme song? The Offspring - Have You Ever

12. What do others think is my current theme song? Billy Joel - Piano Man

13. What shall they play at my funeral? Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55

14. What type of wo/men do I like? Moxy Fruvous - Get in the Car

15. How's my love life? Warren Zevon - Don't Let Us Get Sick