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September 28
Psychological Thriller
Incredible. That's all I can say. I just watched the new movie FlightPlan (you've
seen the previews, Jodie Foster runs around a plane like a mad woman and a
drawing on the window glows for no apparent reason) at the theatre (obviously),
and I just don't think I can get across how unbelievably incredible it was. Not
because I'm speechless, but because if I start, I might not stop, and I'd hate
to spoil it for those of you who have yet to see it, and I DO recommend seeing
it as SOON as possible, if you haven't already. There was a while there where I
thought it would go all soft and just be a sob story, but they pulled it
together in the end. Of course, I'm no professional movie critic, (what do they
know anyway), but if you like movies that can get the adrenaline pumping, move
you to tears (ok, I avoided that, the big tough Geek has gotta look strong) and
really make you think all in the one sitting, this is the movie to see. I will
say this too: first impressions are more important than you might think. Oh wow,
that was close, almost gave something away. I better stop writing n
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Comments
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its seriously that good? dang im not much of a movie person but you have me
persuaded...
Published By Mormon(touchds, yo) - September 30 9:06 PM
September 25
OMG, I'm a geek!
Alright, so I knew that already. Accepted with pride. The reason I state this
now is that in a few moments I'm going to provide a link to an article about
geeks, but due to the nature, I thought I should give a little background info.
Ok, I was feeling a little disappointed with the dating prospects in my area,
thinking that either there are no compatible women in my area or my methods are
so terrible that compatibility doesn't even come into play. So I decided to try
new tactics. As I scoured the web for tips or forums where I could meet people
online, I came across a pair of articles, one called the A Girl's Guide to Geek
Guys, and one The Guy's Guide to Geek Girls. While I bookmarked he Guy's guide
for future perusal, I also chose to read the Girls guide, just for laughs. Laugh
I did, but not for the reason I expected. I was actually able to see many
parallels between the guys they were describing and myself. In fact, allowing
for slight deviance of interest (GameCube as opposed to PC games, Andromeda
instead of Babylon 5, and other things being not quite as extreme), they
described fairly accurately. You're asking yourself now, (or at least, I'm gonna
say you are, cause that's the only this statement makes sense) "What's the
freakiest part?" Well, here it is: The article mentions the woman being
interviewed being compared by her Geek husband as more like Ensign Ro Laren. I
have often sought my own Ensign Laren, savoring the friction caused by such a
personality, and the tension that serves only to draw them closer . . . Ok,
you'd have to be a bit of a geek yourself to know just what I'm talking about
here, but there's this one episode where everyone loses their memories and have
only their personalities and instincts on which to act, and the one person with
which Laren seemed to rebel against the most is the one person she ends up - uh
- spending some quality time with. Ok, maybe I'm too much of a geek for my own
good, but I'm not going any further with the description, instead leaving it up
to your imagination.
September 23
Hmm . . . is this a bad sign?
I'm home at my parent's house for the weekend, and already I've been out for a
cruise with a couple of friends. For those of you out there who aren't sure, or
just use a different slang, to us a "cruise" is similar to what most people just
call a "drive". We drive around our small group of communities listening to
music just a bit too loud, maybe stop for takeout, and finally end up in the
mall parking lot, talking and messing with the stereo. All this is just normal
stuff (I assume) and certainly not worth an entire entry in a blog, but it makes
a great intro if I've never mentioned it before. Anyway, the reason I mention it
now, is that on this particular cruise I made an interesting discovery. Er, I
don't know if that's quite the right word, but I started "connecting the dots"
with some little things in my life. You tell me if this is a bad sign. Oh yeah,
and I swear I'm not making this up just to sound strange. Ok, first of all, for
the past week or so, I have been having strange dreams, in all of which I was a
wolf. There were different scenarios, but basically I was a wolf and I would
often be running through the woods. The next "dot" has been an urge (this one's
been growing for months) to get closer to nature. Walks through the woods,
camping trips, stuff like that. Finally, as I said, we also get take out on
these cruises, and this time I bought twice as much food as I usually eat. This
has made me reflect and realize that my appetite has been steadily growing for a
couple of weeks. Now, I'm 20 years old, so its doubtful that its due to a growth
spurt, and my amount of exercise has not increased, I'm just hungrier and I
don't know why. Are these bad signs?
September 21
I've figured it out!
I've come to a conclusion about my purpose in life, unfortunately its far too
late to make a difference. Not because of my indecision or procrastination mind
you, I'm blaming this on a whatever divine force runs the universe. I was born
hundreds of years too late. I've come to believe that I should have existed in
what we now call the Middle Ages, at the very latest. I believe I would have
made a great traveling philosopher, and I may even have studied alchemy. It
makes perfect sense if you think about it:
I spend hours of every day (you know, in between stuff I should be doing, or
even while I'm doing them) theorizing on big ideas and grand topics, like why
democracy is failing, the future of space travel, how humans destroying the
earth, the nature of the Universe . . . The list goes on forever, but I spend so
much time on these theories, I end up with very little practical knowledge and
experience.
People have often told me that I would make a good councellor, which of course
would come in handy if I'm trying to spread my philosophy across the country,
especially in small towns, which have been historically resistant to change.
Alchemy is a combination of magic and science, the closest precursor to modern
science - That's just cool!
UPDATE!! I can't believe I forgot this one, but I love to just go for walks and
explore the "wilderness" (what little I can find). Even my friends call me the
"Great Explorer" (OK, only one person has ever called me that, and only one
time, but it was because we were walking through a wooded area, not 10 MINUTES
from where he grew up, but I seemed to take to it naturally while everyone else
was struggling with the simplest of obstacles.)
Of course, if Japanese pop culture has taught us anything, its that this type of
career in that time frame is filled with adventure, excitement, and more enemies
than you'd care to count. But who cares about enemies when you're having so much
fun right?
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Comments
1)
Got me laughing here..finally came to a conclusion huh? Im 37 and on conclusion
#78 they come fast and furious after the 20 mark! ; ) thnx for your
comment...Tranquil chaos...good term
Published By soleriderr (http://spaces.msn.com/members/StaRzGaTe/) - September
22 7:21 AM
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I happen to know a guy from the middle ages and he says that it wasn't that cool
Published By CitricXylophone (http://spaces.msn.com/members/Wormwood/) -
September 21 6:28 PM
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