Easter Ate my Balls

It's all a chocolate lover's dream. Except when your head is in the clouds and you do not actually realise what's going on. Like me, for instance. Every year, around springtime, in between a drink and a glance at a mini-skirted girl passing by, I ask myself "This easter thing, when is it again ?!".

This year, at the office, someone reminded be by throwing a Cadbury Egg behind my head. I ate the egg, and then got another one. But so far, this is the only chocolate I have received. Not that I have given any either.



Easter doesn't mean shit to me. Sad to say. I'm not a very religious person. I know that Christ was resurrected on that day and that we are not supposed to eat meat during forty days or something, to suffer along, but the main problem is that fiction shouldn't have to interfere in everyday life. Being dictated what to do by a crazy - and boring - novel like the bible is just, well, scary.

I once worked in a shop (as in sweatshop, without the sweat) and I was reading a lot during lunch breaks, just to avoid starting conversations I knew I'd regret. One guy came up to me and said : "You'll end up going crazy with all this reading ! A book a day ?! The only good book, anyway, is the bible !".

Huh... okay.

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Yeah, I have also seen Spike Lee's THE 25TH HOUR, an interesting drama about a drug dealer on the verge of going to prison. Edward Norton spends his last 24 hours of liberty trying to solve problems, settle relationships and accept the fact that he's going inside for the next seven years. It was one of the few Spike Lee joints I had not yet seen, and it sure made me want to hunt down the remaining others.



The movie opens with poignant shots of New York, and since it was the first feature film to take place in NYC after the 9/11 events, there is a certain gravity to it. The cast is rock solid; Barry Pepper and Philip Seymour Hoffman play Norton's best friends, and bootylicious Rosario Dawson plays his curvy girlfriend Naturelle.



It's funny how Norton's character echoes the one he played in AMERICAN HISTORY X. He's going to jail, and it will probably change his life. He is, however, far from the muscular neo-nazi skinhead here, with his soft voice and manners.

Lee made this flick just after BAMBOOZLED, another great title I highly recommend. I don't, in fact, remember seeing a bad Lee flick, ever. Let's hope it stays that way in the coming months !

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I partied way too much over the week-end. I saw Jordan Dare at Parking on Thursday, yes, with most of my friends... The guys from A Touch of Class were in town on Saturday, and we had a blast. They were late, but they stopped playing at 4 to make up for it. Sweet anything goes in the mix... It was a rather noisy, but fun & decadent evening. I even joked around with Thomas Von Party while passing flyer for the Balroom's "No Excuse" night.



And Sunday, Tommie Sunshine, who managed to kick our asses while playing with our nerves. He apparently got way better when I left the club, at 7, on Monday morning, but my feet were already bleeding and my heart longed for my bed. For full coverage and Bruce Benson's expert opinion - because believe me, he has become an expert in the afterhours field - about the Tommie Sunshine gig, go take a look at our twin blog "Mirror Balls & Mirror Shades".