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He should've gotten an inhaler...
RED EYE.
Looked promising, was promising.
In fact, while it kind of had a somewhat slow starting point the beginning did tie in quite well with the end, although more insight would have been good, for example - maybe why the situation had arisen in the first place? Although that would have made it even more boring to start off with. Secondary to the plot, the actors were fabulous! - Cillian Murphy and Rachel Mcadams were really fantastic, and I love them both, not to mention working together they were a genius waywardly couple - not that they were, but beforehand I could have seen them as one. I also liked the fact that he wasn't this dangerous looking shifty seeming guy, he was in fact quite the opposite - he was charming, had good ettiquete, was smart, polite, reallyreallyreally good-looking; handsome, polished, and looked somewhat professional - but in a casual and relaxed way. Personally, it was a kick ass action movie but the best part was that it was very realistic and had a very modern-times feel to it! =) Halleluja for good realism! Everything from the stress before getting on the plane, to the way everyone at the airport was acting, to the way rachel mcadams handled things, to the way that she stabbed him in the throat with a pen (okay but honestly, who keeps a pen strapped to their ankle? Who? oh well.) Then, everything from the passengers, to the Dr. Phil book, to the message she used on the mirror, about the "bomb", and to the phones and jolts that the flight experienced, her questions about cillian crashing the plane, etc. etc. etc.
All very genuinely real if not almost hilarious in that it's so modern-day, and everyones reactions and the characters are so geniune, and the reactions are just fucking hysterical! The old woman who loves dr. phil, rachel mcadams, her "stress"courses, female prowess, kiss-ass potential, her young almost teenage protege, and her funny as hell absolute teenage dunce-like reactions of absolute disbelief, her dad wasn't all that much of a character, but that's alright... the guy/doctor on the plane, the guests of the hotel who were a pain in the ass, etc. All very good stuff.
And, you couldn't help but leave the theatre feeling an odd sense of pride for bieng a woman, not to mention this almost risilent, fear-less quality about you, that you could walk through a snow storm in heels and a mini skirt and make it to the other side completely unphased and still looking good with heels intact.
And I can't help but wonder how on earth did she run so fast?! And in those heels?! my god, she has to be a spectacular woman afterall....
Plus, it's also a great movie in its realism that Rachel's character was raped in a parking lot in broad daylight, and ever since than she's had a general distrust of men, and ... well what d'ya know, here's another checkmark to add to that list. But I love that she was quite the loner, and yet still very highly respectable, dealt with stress admirably, and was fear headstrong and smart when it came to getting herself out of situations. I almost started to agree with Cillian about his damn speech on how men deal with things much more strongly and less emotionally, but then again let's think... Hitler was a man.. .Sure, he had strenth, he had confidence, the smarts, the unemotional involvement.... Oh, right. And he killed nearly a whole country's population of Jews. Not to mention women get their way into (and out of) shitty situations all the time, and they kick mens ass above all, at least they very well could if they had the confidence to. - So who's stronger now, you bitchass men? That's fucking right, WE ARE.
Or maybe I just have a general disposition in hating men. Oh and of course I could care less about women, too, but I have to root for my own gender afterall, so why not. Men, on the other hand, are pigs. They're filthy, lazy, disgusting, messy, power-hungry sexist bastards, oh and they don't look all that great either. My only exception in the species is really hot ones, and they have to be nearly emaciated, skinny as hell, lanky, have perfect haircuts, great clothes, and by all this I mean indie rock gods, alterna rock alter-ego's, with no ego's I might add.... , and be either gay or metrosexual or both. Or at least somewhere along the lines of it all.
Cillian Murphy was great, but he's too good looking to play a bad guy; I prefer evil killers to be ... well, nevermind. I prefer killers to be great-looking. - of course it makes me sad to kill them, but hey. They're ceartainly not scary, that's for sure. And I guess I wouldn't mind too much having them pin me to the wall, haha. Totally kidding.... kind of. But still, you get what I mean. Cute guys aren't all that horrifying.... Actually, they just aren't scary at all .... which is all the better cuz' that way you're not playing around with fear, just adrenaline. hm. so, yeah. Except his hoarse voice and heavy breathing was just outright CHEESY. I mean, hell. I understand that he kept running after bieng stabbed in the throat, but the silk scarf and the deeper hoarse voice and irregular breathing just made him become COMEDIC. I mean, he was scary shit before, what with his sudden violent actions, but jesus - with a silk scarf and a goofy voice, I just wanted to start giggling, - and true, he might kill me that way. Cause' a guy sure wouldn't be scary that way. That's like duking a femme gay guy after someone. The only person scared would maybe be a straight man, but other than that - it's just too damn funny. Although he might be too cute and funny to stab, so there's always that way.
So, I'm still in a rut. A social rut anyway, and a life Rut in general. I mean, I can write and laze around, sit at home, stay up all night, clean my room, but it's not really getting me ANYWHERE. I'm not taking any steps in furthering my life. I'm not getting a job, I'm not going to school, not taking any classes, not moving out, not learning how to drive, not publishing my own books, not learning anything, and even if I do learn something? So what? I'm not moving! So it's like everyday is genuinely the same and I'm not headed anywhere in particular but I just don't know how to fucking move. Renovating my room was a great start, but now what?
oh and I know it's childish and just a dreamy sort of fantasy, but wouldn't it be nice just every now and then for something exciting and life-changing and life-threatening to happen? Y'know, a boy trying to take advantage of me, getting my way out of sticky situations, experiencing stress, finding myself gratefull to live for another day, Something to prove my smarts and wit, and ability to deal with oncoming situations (or my lack there of) - at least in a small scale sort of way? I guess I kind of hope for something bizarre to happen every day, because my life is ceartainly boring, I can tell you that much. Not that I want to be raped by any means, or harassed, or punched in the gut, or walking ten miles with a stab wound, but something small just to test my stress and athletic ability. Damnit! I just want to stab men! And shoot them, and knife them! And steal cars! And save peoples lives- or maybe not that much at stake, but god lord, something!!! I want to experience my life hanging on a thread, and my wits or skills to be used to get out of it, I dunno'. I want to be that girl who always survives the impossible and gets through every outcome shining and alive and wide-eyed and exhausted but happy to have made it.
If I could have the self-assurance and genuine confidence and ease that I had tonight after having watched Red-Eye and walking around the towncenter (by myself as usual, who else?), then I would make it, and I could know for 100% sure that I could make it. With that ceartainty after seeing her kick cillian's ass, and fighting the odds, I could start up my own business! Do anything I wanted!! .... But I don't think I'm ready yet (mentally or physically) for much of anything at all .... I just don't have the energy or the confidence yet. I mean, I have confidence, but only so often... and even when I can feign that other-wordly supermodel in heels walk and stare straight ahead, kind of thing, that's not really confidence, it's just ignoring the outside world, and even then I feel not at all at ease around people, but instead, I feel as if I'm bieng watched and stared at and that I'm not walking properly or that I might trip up any second.
but after a movie or after a great time or something or watching a movie, going to a concert, I seem to shed those layers, and finally - then, Ioose my rigid glass-like qualities, and become more like plastic - bendable and confident in any situation, and truly happy and carefree. But I never become that way until it's leaving time or after I've experienced the boredom and crap of going to a concert and having to stand through seeing quite a few shitty bands, having no self esteem, standing in the same exact place, and then seeing a good band and it takes all that time just to loosen up ....
What I've realized is, in order to become comfortable with myself, I have to *overcome* something every single day, and only when I do, do I feel good at all ....
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August 21 2005, 22:39:42 UTC 6 years ago
women can be just as sick as men though. they just do things in different ways. men tend to achieve leadership like hitler did and all that stuff but women tend to be more manipulative.
on the discovery channel was this woman who had life insurance on her husband and daughter so once she spent all of her husbands money she killed him for the insurance and then tried to poison her daughter. then she dyed her hair and changed her name or something and moved to florida where she married this other guy and planned to do the same thing to him until she was caught.
this woman my grandma knows manipulated her husband into marrying her and once she got sick of him she sued him for rape and had him sent to jail.
basically some people are good and some people are but you cant generalize based on stuff like gender or race or social status. or anything like that.
August 22 2005, 06:03:43 UTC 6 years ago
August 22 2005, 20:56:34 UTC 6 years ago
and i dont understand why you think all guys in orlando suck? you dont really know most of the guys in orlando.. but with the ones you do know i would say many are really nice guys. but there are a lot of jerks like with anything else.
hitlers problem was that he took small particular populations of people and overgeneralized on them and decided that they were all bad. like the jewish people. not evey jew is good and not every jew is bad but because of whatever traits some of them had that he thought were wrong he mass exacuted them..
and in a less extreme way that is what you are saying about men.. that because some of them do horrible aweful things all of them are disgusting. (and i dont mean that in a mean way)
but what about hitlers mistress... she was by his side the whole time encouraging him. just because she wasnt the one giving the speeches doesnt mean she wasnt bad.
August 22 2005, 20:59:19 UTC 6 years ago
August 23 2005, 09:57:52 UTC 6 years ago
but animals are cool, I like animals. And they can't talk, which is even better. =) (and if they could talk, I would be like the happiest person alive).
and no, you didn't come off as mean. but wasn't this the girl that used to hate men and distrust people even MORE than I did? Mario must have changed your mind more than I thought. Though I do miss your rants about how all the guys suck, so I think we switched our take on the world/male population, haha. ah well. I like this take much better.
August 23 2005, 20:21:25 UTC 6 years ago
the truth is krissy you havent been raped or tortured by men.. and there are good men in your life. so it is just really a waste of time to hold hatred for something like that..
the same with women. your mom is a very good mother she really is so i think you should just appreciate the people that you do have rather than hate the ones that really are not even a part of your life..
and.. of course.. i tell you this with love!!!!!!!!!!!!
but i really think you need to start thinking about all the good things you have and all the good things about yourself instead of creating bad things that really dont exist... there is nothing wrong with you... and you do have a very lucky life.. and you havent had to experience a lot of bad things that many other people have had to experience. and thats a good thing....i think instead of trying to create bad things you need to just be happy and content and start building something with all of the oppurtunity you have been given.
you dont have anything to really complain about. you really have a lot of good things and a lot of opportunity so now you just have to choose whether you want to use it to create something good or not.
and im only saying all of this cuz i did live with you for months and we did stay up a lot of times talking about a lot of stuff and i think its just a waste of time to be dropping out of school and really doing nothing. you could be doing much much better for yourself.. and for your family.
and i do care about you so anything im telling you is just things ive seen and things i hope will help you...
August 24 2005, 23:12:46 UTC 6 years ago
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August 25 2005, 05:39:47 UTC 6 years ago
oh and shopping. that's about the only thing I actually like to do, haha. so I'll get a job and I'll shop and I'll try to find a boyfriend and from there on I'm good. and family guy episodes. and that, that is my hapiness. haha, how lame. ah well! Thankyou for the words duuucckkkiiiieee! I miss you! Come back to orlando soon! peace.