PYRAMID HEAD

I kind of liked these micro short stories- they were liked personal pan pizzas or bite size candy bars. Just enough to temporarily satiate ones literary desires, but not enough to cause intellectual bloating.

My favorite short story was "The List of Famous Hats". It reminded me of something that was written in the margin of some student's history notes. It was very laid-back and conversational and ended abruptly with the kind of ending that makes it seem like he just got bored of writing and wanted to end it as soon as possible. I liked it though probably because it was only a paragraph long and I didn't have time to dislike it, but I liked it none the less. I imagined Napoleon rubbing vaseline all over his head (which I'm almost sure is an anachronism as I don't know is Vaseline was yet trademarked in Napeloenic France). The thought of the little man I've seen imitated and sensationalized in modern media doing such a silly thing seemed funny to me. I know that this doesn't seem to do much with Silent Hill, but if you've played the video game that the movie is based on you would know that there are ghastly creatures called "Pyramid Heads" that swing giant blades and try to kill you. Which is exactly what I thought of when the author ends his piece so eloquently.