Mindless Entertainment?

Hey guys. So I finally got out to the movie theatre today! That's just something that hasn't really happened since I've been at Wake. I'm not sure why really. I do enjoy seeing a good movie, but since school started I literally had only seen Garden State. (Twice, b/c I like it that much and would like to add it to my current DVD collection of one--Big Fish--when it comes out on December 28th which happens to be the day I see Jump, Little Children--one of my favorite bands and perhaps the best live band I've ever seen--at Dock Street Theatre from the front row and also the day of Tommy's 19th Birthday. Oh man, that's exciting.) OK, my was that a tangent. So I'm sure you're dying to know what movie I saw at this point. Well... it was The Incredibles. Now for those of you that don't know, my brother went through this phase where he'd watch the same movie oh a good three times a day for about a year, and one of those movies was Toy Story, so since then I have had this tremendous respect for Pixar animation. It truly is wonderful. Pixar movies are much funnier and are just clever. (Plus, I do like the animation a lot). I was slightly disappointed to see that the next Pixar movie coming out is about race cars, since that is just not my forte, but hey it's cool. Anyway, so I saw the movie with my dad and my brother, and of course we ate at Fazoli's as is customary with us. I really do believe I've eaten there more times than any other restaurant even though there isn't one in Moncks Corner. So yes, if you haven't already, do see this movie. Oh and this probably isn't exciting to many other people, but I saw this movie poster at the theatre for a movie coming out next year called The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and let me just say that I am excited about this for the following reasons: a) I read that book as a pre-teen or something, b) Amber Tamblyn from Joan of Arcadia is in it (I love this girl, and the TV show is great, too), and c) my girl Alexis Bledel (yes, from my favorite TV show and guilty pleasure--Gilmore Girls) is in it.

Yes, this brings me onto the topic of TV. Now generally I am not a big TV watcher...really it's true. I think many of the things on today are disgusting and degrading. You may think I'm a hypocrite for watching a WB show, and I probably am. For this I am sorry. Besides Gilmore Girls I do watch Everwood also and regretfully, The OC because my lovely roommate, Carol, is entirely obsessed. But because I am basically home all day now with nothing to do, I have been watching some television, I'm ashamed to admit. What I've been watching is The Real Life Gilligan's Island. Now before you laugh at me please remember that I have nothing to do all day, and come one it's better than MTV and soap operas. Yes, I fell in love with Mary-Anne-Kate and Gilligan-Chris yesterday and today through back to back repeats of the show. How can't you? There's just so darn good-looking, and they're a lot closer to my age than the millionaires, etc. Which brings me to this: why the heck should Mr. Stern, a real-life millionaire who has more than 500 mill win the cash prize? That just sucks if you ask me. Yes, tonight I got emotional over a knock-off reality TV show on TBS--yeah, it didn't even make it to a major network. The funny thing is I got Stefan (my 11 year-old brother) hooked on it, too. He was just as glued to the TV screen as I was. He freaked out whenever I turned to the Disney Channel durring commercial breaks to watch bits of Sister Act. (We also made some exciting connections tonight with Sister Act: First I saw that the chubby nun was also the chubby witch, Mary, in Hocus Pocus--one of my favorite movies as a kid, then I pointed out that one of the girls is Lauryn Hill, then Stefan pointed out that the old nun is Professor McGonagal from Harry Potter, of course. I was quite proud of him for making that connection of course.)

Oh my, so that is my stance on film and TV for today not that you care. I've come to the realization that no one will probably other read this besides me, but that's OK. I'm OK with that.