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Archive for June 19th, 2004
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Now that the finals are over I have time to watch some of my host of movies, and Iíve done soÖWITH A VENGEANCE! I watched ěHouse of a 1000 Corpses,î and to be fairÖthere were only about 987, so I felt a little ripped off. It was okay, although I guess I canít judge too much because I kept passing out during the last reel or so. My favorite part, however, was when the kid hears the legend of brutal serial killer Dr. Satan and leaves the museum of horrors throwing up a double rawkfist and going ěDocta Satan! Ai yi yi yi yi!î I love that guy. And of course, in my head at work the next day I was doing that every five seconds.
Last night I watched ěBad Lieutenant,î which was pretty good. Lots of horrible dirty-cop badness, and, unfortunately, Harvey Keitelís penis. Thanks, but hold the bacon. My boss at Dark Star loaned me ěBowling for Columbineî and Iíll probably watch that some time tonight. Iím not really a Michael Moore fan, but I had heard a lot of good things about it, and Iím excited for ěFahrenheit 9/11.î To clarify, I agree with the majority of Mooreís politics and views, but I think heís a total ass-clown. I always end up feeling sorry for the regular people that see (in the little snippets of things I have seen of his) getting caught in the middle of his ěstunts.î Like the receptionist at Wal-Mart headquarters whoís told by two Columbine survivors that they want to return the bullets that are still inside their bodies. Yeah, there are larger things going on here, but seeing those kinds of things have really put me off him. Perhaps seeing this will change my mind.
I know, perish forbid, me change my mind about something.
I just finished re-reading ěThe Catcher in the Rye,î which I donít think Iíve read for the past several years, maybe not even since my early college days. Goddamn I forgot how great it was. I knew it was great, as I would always call it my second favorite book of all time, but for some reason I thought that because I read it so much when I was a kid Iíd get let down reading it again, the way you usually do when you read something as an adult you loved as a kid. It happens to me most with comics, but itís always disappointing.
ěThe mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.î
Reading that made me remember the post I made about the Butch & Sundance ending to ěAngel,î and me saying that going out in a blaze of glory for something would be the best way to go out. Itís nice to know Iím more immature than I thought, because that quote just makes sense. So what if I donít become super-successful or donít make a billion dollars? I have a daughter, I have family and friends that love me. Thatís the important thing, not how much of a carving I can make on the world. Iím not going to stop trying, I want to be in a place where Iím making a living solely from writing, but Iím not going to stress about it. All I can do is try.
ěThatís the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if theyíre not much to look at, or even if theyíre sort of stupid, you fall in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can.î
Damn straight, I remainÖ
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