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eatsoylentgreen's Journal  want another shot at redemption don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard whatever you do today  be excellent Saw again an old favorite, the Finnish movie "The Man Without a Past". It's lighthearted and funny, in the wry Scandinavian way. Yesterday I went to visit my parents, doing Mother's Day instead of May Day. We took her to a local bar, where they had a nice breakfast set up, with the best bacon I've ever had. Crunchy and substantial, we all loved it. But I'm not writing to rave about the bacon. Before arriving home I stopped for gas. The two women working the gas station were adorable. Beautiful without really thinking they were beautiful, which to me is the best kind. One of them was pregnant, a thin little thing with a melon shaped tummy. I think neither was married. I haven't thought of much since. What's wrong with me? I used to want to travel and learn languages and conquer the world, now I just want to live in a trailer and make sixteen babies with a teenage wife. Midlife crisis I guess. Women around twenty are less complicated, they don't want as much, don't twist you around and stretch you out so much. But inside of them they have the forty year old and the sixty year old, with all their complicated nature. My mom told me that the little black box wasn't blinking, next to her computer. I figured the modem, saw it was on, checked and saw she was getting internet. I mentioned this to her and said "Problem Solved!" I need a good project. Last month's... I don't even remember what was last month's? Here's some things I've enjoyed doing in the past. -Traveling -Languages: I could brush up Spanish with Rosetta Stone, and go hang out on Lake St. -Making the game "Orcs in the Park" pretty -Dancing at Tapestry -Mopeding -Recipes -College -Buying costumes -Buying music -Meetup, especially Meetup games! -Board games with kids -Activism Dancing at Tapestry is probably out. I'm free at 8am and 8pm, nothing in between. 2 early Carol Kane movies. Last Detail, where she plays a pretty young prostitute. Jack Nicholson and some black actor take a young swabbie, played by Randy Quaid, out for a good time before he has to go to prison. I found it very real and compelling. And Woody Allen's Annie Hall was unwatchable, like everything else he's made. I'm going to say it, Woody Allen is terrible. I do not understand how he's so well liked. He's like Billy Crystal only one quarter as funny. One thing I do like about it, though, is how it liberally steps away from reality and examines it... you'll have characters walking through a scene of themselves, decades ago. And this movie is a good showcase of other characters, including Christopher Walken's scene: http://youtu.be/BGPcSd7DDLk I hated gym class, except once, where they had us do circuit training. They laid out gym class, had us running in circles, calisthenics, working out with weights... I got in such good shape during that unit, when they just said "here's the space, go to it." I'm watching Anthony Edwards's early movie Gotcha, where he plays a paintball nerd on campus. It has surprising funnies: Edwards' character: Oh, yeah, hi! I was... Hi! I was just, uh, wondering if you were doing anything Saturday night. Average looking girl: Uh, no, I don't think so. Edwards' character:Well, would you like to go out with me? No. Edwards' character: But you just said you weren't doing anything. Mm-hmm. Edwards' character: You mean you'd rather do nothing than go out with me? Average looking girl: Yeah. 
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