by India Bonham

Technicolor Video Clip

In “You’ve never seen the Ramayana like this,” Susie Bright shares this excellent film excerpt, one of the absolute best previews for a film I have seen in a long while (full disclosure: I am partial to animation). Incidentally, long since Ms. Bright’s posting of this video short, the New York Times has recently posted two articles which let us know more about the film’s release! The film’s creator, Nina Paley, calls it “Sita Sings the Blues… The Greatest Break-up Story Ever Told.”

What Ms. Paley has done — if you can believe this — is to tell the story of the Ramayana with a decidedly fresh and feminist bent, then, having experienced her own break-up, decided to further match both stories up and weave them together. I was pleased to find out that this film is being shown in a few select venues but more so that after Ms. Paley raises enough funds (five figures), her plans are to release it for everyone’s enjoyment on the web for free! Do check out the brief but powerful preview here from Susie Bright’s blog post at susiebright.blogs.com.

– And here are the New York Times articles with more on Ms. Paley and her highly original creation: nytimes.com 1
nytimes.com 2

Six Ways to Break Up; a Practical Guide

Besides the seemingly rough title and in keeping with our breaking up theme, Six Ways to Make it Easier for you to Dump Someone is an article that gives great tips on this difficult task that you really cannot avoid -– however, by taking author Rich Santos’ advice (for Marie Claire magazine), you will be making it a little less rough and hurtful to the person being dumped if you go about it correctly.

Even though we all agree we want to hurt others’ feelings as little as possible, it doesn’t always go that way! By being honest, direct and moving on it quickly, you can control some damage as opposed to avoiding telling the truth which can cause much misery in the long run (#1 and #2 on his list: Be Swift; Be Honest). Here’s a big one: Don’t Feel Sorry for Anyone. Santos advises you to maintain your focus even if (or especially if) someone is trying to guilt you into changing your mind. You need to stay with your plan or it will just draw the whole thing out longer. Santos says to never “take someone back” nor stop breaking up with them if you feel sorry for them because, “Do you really want to stay with someone you feel sorry for?” Hmm, well put.

So is, “You are not ruining someone’s life; they will get over you someday.” Check out Santos’ concrete, practical guidance and insight in full and all six tips here on Yahoo! Personals.