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Movie Review of the Day:
John Carpenter's Christine
The movie stars Keith Gordon as Arnie Cunningham, a typical high school nerd with only one friend, a childhood companion named Dennis Guilder (John Stockwell), a popular jock. Arnie's life begins to change when he discovers Christine, a red 1958 Plymouth Fury in serious need of repair. Arnie begins to restore Christine to her original beauty, but as he spends more and more of his time repairing her, those in his life notice that he is changing as well. Formerly shy, Arnie develops a cocky arrogance. Dennis, as well as Arnie's new girlfriend Leigh Cabot, played by Alexandra Paul, discover that the car has a deadly past. The previous owner, Roland LeBay, became consumed with Christine and he paid for it with his life. Leigh and Dennis try to save Arnie from a similar fate. They realize that the only way to save Arnie is by destroying Christine. Christine, however, isn't ready to give up Arnie without a fight.
First off, I love this film. When I first heard Tanya Tucker's cover of "Won't Fade Away", I was sucked into this movie. Keith Gordon does something incredible with his role and I cannot think of another time when an actor went through such a metamorphosis as effectively. He starts out being the biggest dork in the world and then slowly evolves into the ultimate badass. Very cool.
John Stockwell is good, but his character has a lot less to do than in the novel. Buddy Repperton and Moochie were fun characters and I liked watching their demise captured so effectively on film. Bullies deserve deaths like the ones suffered in this film!
John Carpenter sure did an excellent job of crafting this film and the soundtrack/score. I love John Carpenter's scores and he does not disappoint in this film. I even bought the score from iTunes just so I could hear that haunting theme in my headphones. Creepy!
In all, this is an effective translation of one of Stephen King's finer works. It's not a rape of Stephen King's source material like Lawnmower Man or The Running Man. No, this is a great film. I loved every moment of it. You will too.
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Let me tell you some more about Baoding Balls. They are great fun and a wonderful exercise for your hands. Many people ask me how they are used, so I have devised the following list of steps to become adept at using your Baoding Balls:
Learn the Technique of Using Meditation Balls
Step 1 Lay the palm of your hand flat. You can use meditation balls not only during meditation, but also anytime you're seated or while walking.
Step 2 Place both meditation balls in the palm of your hand.
Step 3 Use your thumb to push the ball closest to your wrist towards your pinky finger.
Step 4 Raise your pinky finger to guide the ball towards your ring finger. The other ball should now be the one closest to your wrist.
Step 5 Use each of your fingers, in sequence, to guide the top ball along your hand in a clockwise direction. Meanwhile, use your thumb and the base of the palm of your hand to guide the ball closest to your wrist back towards your pinky finger.
Step 6 Repeat until you get comfortable moving the meditation balls in a fluid motion.
Step 7 Keep both balls in contact with each other at all times. They shouldn't be banging into each other and distracting your concentration.
Step 8 Increase your speed as you get better at controlling the meditation balls.
Step 9 Reverse the direction of the meditation balls by using the thumb to guide the ball closest to your wrist up towards your index finger instead of towards your pinky finger. This counter-clockwise motion takes more practice, but is an effective way to vary the physical demands meditation balls make on your fingers.
Step 10 Learn more. Visit the American Chinese Medicine Association Web site to find out more about Chinese health balls
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