Friday, March 12, 2004

The Gloaming (Softly Open Our Mouths in the Cold)

The last two days I have been shortchanged for sleep since my dad insists on waking me up.

Buying to the fact that I was up until about 6:30 AM last night, I am pretty tired at the moment, but waking up.

I just find it annoying to be woken up. Because then you wish you could still be sleeping, and then you wake up and then you can't sleep again.

Anyway, the real point of this post is to tell everyone to go see Secret Window. It stars Johnny Depp and is bsed on a Stephen King Novella. I have read the novella and it is an interesting read. Well, I haven't read all of it, but I read most. I don't know, I kind of stopped reading it. I do that with a lot of books though. But lately I am forcing myself to read it all.

Yeah. It's Friday, and so that movie just came out.

It didn't even feel like Friday. I had my days mixed up. I felt that it was maybe. . .Saturday or something. But then again, I've been telling everyone that I want to see Secret Window because Secret Window looks like it's going to be a good movie. And plus Secret Window has Johnny Depp and it has a story which I find entertaining. I mean, come on, Johhny Depp plays a writer! A writer. . .is there anything I can agree with more than that? No, and so I want to see Secret Window.

Did you notice I keep saying Secret Window? I can't quite figure out why I keep saying Secret Window, I just can't seem to pin it down, but I think it's because Secret Window just does that to you, you know? I think Secret Window is the most secret window I've ever looked into, and it looks like one of the better movies out right now.

I saw Passion of the Christ and I thought it was okay, but definitely above average in some regards. I saw Cheaper by the Dozen and I thought it was an average movie. I saw Miracle and I thought it was a pretty good movie.

But Secret Window, that looks like a good movie. Yes, Secret Window does. Yes.

On a side note, I might be going to Dickinson today or not.

Yes. That's right. There's a city. . .more like a town. . .in North Dakota called Dickinson.

I wonder how they got this name.

Was there this father whose dick was in his son, and there, as he sat with his dick in his son, he proclaimed, "DICKINSON!" as if it were the most amazing thing. And then did this man get arrested and tell the authorities that he wanted to found a city here on this ground where the authorties seemed to rule? And did they build it, and then in this man's honor name it Dickinson?

I do not know.

I should do a web search and figure that one out. Now that would be interesting.

Well, that's enough.

I'm tired. Why can't I just go to sleep?

EDIT: I read a review of Secret Window in our paper. They said it was an average movie, but the reviewer, I thought, was pretty biased.

He made Stephen King seem like a plague to America; like a stake stabbed in its heart. He went to say some not-so-nice things about King.

Yes, some of King's stuff is lame. This, however, does not distinguish the fact that Stephen King is a commercial success, as well as he has written some great works of literature.

I would agree that most of the better things he wrote were wrote earlier in his career; but, there is good things still out there he's churning out.

Have any of you seen the movie Dreamcatcher? What a terrible movie. I hated the book as well now that I really think about it. It was too cliche, too average.

But, Stephen King has had a good amount of good to great movies. There's The Shining, which is what instantly comes to my mind. The movie, as well as the book, is a classic to me and continues to endlessly inspire me and endlessly show me a good story told in its way. What about Carrie? That is a classic book as well as movie, too.

Oh, what about Stand By Me? A great, great movie, considered so by some. I thought it was a decent movie myself.

The Stand was a decent movie, too. Even though it'd be more considered a mini-series. I still enjoyed it. The book was much better though.

What about the whole Dead Zone series spawned from his book, The Dead Zone?

What about endless other things?

I don't see why this reviewer had to bash King. I could understand a little bashing, but the reviewer ended up sounding like a smartass as well as a jackass and caused me to not really validify what he was saying about the movie.

I'll make my own facts about this movie when I see it.

It doesn't seem I will be seeing it, though. Since I guess I'm going to Dickinson, I called my grandma.

They're not playing it at the small theatre they have there. So I'm left with going to see Starsky and Hutch. The movie looks interesting.

Plus, as odd as this sounds, I have a man-crush on many men. It isn't some sexual crush, it's more along the lines of they just look beautiful. I can't remember the guy's name. . .something Phillips. Owen? I don't know. He has blonde hair, and he has a brother that's big in hollywood too.

I can't remember. That's beside the point.

Anyway, I'll see you guys.

You should check out my post one time back. It's a big whopper, weighing off at about 10,000 words. It has some word errors in it, but since I won't be posting in here for a few days on end, it'd be nice to get some feedback on the post and for people to read it. Just read it in sections, or chunks, if you'd like, or read it all in one sitting. Or you can print it off, save it on your computer, whatever you want. It's definitely a decent read, so don't worry about that. Don't I always end up having decent reads?

So check that out, comment, whatever. Keep coming back here just to come back! Pff.

Hasta levista. Bonjour. Salve. Whee.
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