today was typical. a tuesday. i fell asleep at around 10 am and awoke at around 7pm. ahhh so it goes. i was up all night looking up stuff on the net, facebooking, stumbling, pornwanking etc. i watched american movie a few times in a row. its one of my favorite movies now and is really relatable for me. along the way i made myself some snacks and such. no ones usually up at the late/very early hours i am so i mainly hang out alone with my thoughts. im aware of the rut im in. and i want to share it with you so youll know of the pitiful existence that this modern age has afforded me. im not blaming society or my enviroment for my lack of passion/productivity, but in what other time in history would a person living a life like mine be possible or even tolerated?
its currently 7am here in texas. ive been up all night, like i said since around 7pm. i spent the few decent hours of time i had left of the day running errands with my girlfriend side kick. shes waaay too hot for me (literally a model gymnast), and it makes me feel bad that shes become so accustomed to me that she hardly bats an eyelash at my fruitless existence on the couch in front of the tv. my dad pays my rent and throws a few bucks in my bank account to get me through the weeks. in addition to paying for my insurance, new car, groceries and phone bill. im beginning to think that the free flowing funds are hindering my personal progess through life, but am not at a point where i would renounce them.
sooo anyways, i picked up a few new movies to check out today. mostly i buy dollar vhs from the used book stores around town, occasionally i’ll splurge on a dvd, and i am a big believer in redbox. now please dont go judging my tastes by the following haul. i pride myself in being an eclectic collector with diverse tastes, and will give almost anything a shot. but on this particular day i picked up the following…
VHS from halfpicebooks- saved!, amelie, next friday, one flew over the coocoos nest,and heathers
redbox- julie and julia, paper heart, terminator salvation, harry potter and the half blood prince
i already owned most of the vhs i picked up today. its getting harder and harder to find stuff i want but dont already have. so all the tapes this time around were picked up as presents for my friends and such, save next friday and saved! which i did not have.
me and the girlfriend watched saved together 1st. growing up in a private christian school being no mystery to me, i couldn’t help but reminisce about my own life and times back in school. this movie was at one time even part of my curriculum. but thats another story. my gf had never seen the film so i put it on. plus we have no cable, forgot to mention that maybe, so we rely heavily on our own programming. which can be nice but at times repeditive. ive seen all my favorites literally dozens of times already. sometimes in a row! anyway saved! is good, good performances all around. dawn weiner is in it too. haha. culkin is a crippled and mandy moore plays an awesome bitch.
on to paper heart. never seen it before and i wish i never had. i thought it was aimless. this movie was boring, meandering, vague, and unreedeemingly pointless. the doc/mockumentary style only worstened the contrived plot. over all it was way to broad of a subject and its cute quirkiness just wasnt enough to drive the lack of story anywhere. me and the gf decided to turn it off a little after halfway through.this flick is prolly only suitable for wannabe indie hipsters, wanting to liken it to juno (which i also felt was a poor name dropping mess) or something along those lines.
and then we threw in julie and julia. this one was a coin toss decision at the redbox. wasnt too sure what the movie was about. kinda seemed like a chick flick (but hey i watched “hes just not that into you” and didnt mind). i was thoroughly surprised though, i laughed and greatly enjoyed watching streeps performance the whole way through. this movie was so inspirational for me in many ways too. for one it got me blogging, which i had considered doing before, but only took action after seeing the protagonist of the film do it. plus it’s about cooking, which is an interest of mine. and all the food looks so great in it, i didnt know if i should start blogging or culinary school to be honest. haha. meryl streep was nothing short of amazing, if it were up to me id give her the oscar hands down. she really played the hell out of that role. overall the movie was kinda chick flicky, but it was still very likable and didnt even have to have scarlett johansson in it to keep my attention.
im currently watching jim jarmusch’s stranger than paradise. ive owned this one on vhs for a while, but have only half watched it. so far its not bad, i enjoy his other films like ghost dog and coffee and cigarettes and even his commentary in the z channel documentary (which i highly recomend to anyone that likes documentaries). i guess we’ll see how the movie, as well as the rest of my day turns out in the next entry.
thinking about maybe staying up during the majority of the daylight hours today. we shall see though. til next time.
craving your comments,
Luke Havergal
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