i insist you stay a little longer

I spent yesterday watching Rose Red, reading J-horror reviews on evildread.com (a cute little site), and researching Junji Ito, the guy behind Uzumaki and Tomie.  I've always been intrigued by Uzumaki but not wholely impressed by Tomie - not that I've read either manga, but I've seen Tomie the movie and I found it rather ho-hum.  Uzumaki, on the other hand, I would love to read, and Gyo looks even better. 

Okay, I should restate that.  Uzumaki looks disgusting and disturbing (people turning themselves into spirals by putting themselves in washing machines?  dead bodies lodged on springs? - I still can't believe they made a movie out of this, but they did) and Gyo even more so (thank the good lord no one's made a movie out of this one).  I've been able to gather that it's about a town that's invaded by an infection that produces a gas from necrotic tissue that powers machines, and basically the townspeople become zombie-corpses lodged on mechanical "legs".  I don't really get it either, but the first thing that invades is this.  And who could resist that?! 

Probably a lot of people could resist that, come to think of it, but I guess I'm not one of them.  I'm thinking about going down to Kinokuniya and buying myself a copy.  I'll probably have to put it in the freezer a few times - I had a nasty childhood experience with a horror manga at a friend's house... to this day I can remember two of the stories contained therein (they weren't very original, but hey, I was ten at the time) - but I'm just so curious.

Clearly, I've been thinking a lot about horror lately.

you see? they TRIED legal options.

The CETACEAN COMMUNITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George W. BUSH, President of the United States of America; Donald H. Rumsfeld, United States of America Secretary of Defense, Defendants-Appellees. No. 03-15866. Argued and Submitted Feb. 12, 2004. Filed Oct. 20, 2004.

Background: Suit was brought against government in name of cetacean community of whales, dolphins, and porpoises, alleging that proposed deployment by Navy of low frequency active sonar (LFAS) in time of heightened threat violated various environmental statutes. Government moved to dismiss. The United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, David A. Ezra, Chief District Judge, 249 F.Supp.2d 1206, granted government's motion to dismiss. Plaintiff appealed.

Holdings: The Court of Appeals, Fletcher, Circuit Judge, held that:
(1) animals lacked standing to sue under Endangered Species Act (ESA), and
(2) animals lacked standing to sue under Administrative Procedure Act (APA), for alleged violations of Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).