I am pleased to announce that I have completed all of my posts regarding my trip to Costa Rica. I am not sure how many of you enjoyed them or, alternately, suffered through them, but I am glad that at least some of you made it. The problem I now face is, of course, what should I talk about now. As difficult as it seemed to be to sort through all of my Costa Rican adventures, at least I had something to write about that was clearly defined. Now I feel stuck.
Last week, was a bit of a crazy week for me and I feel like I had so many things come up that could have been discussed here, but I was still in Costa Rica mode. For example, Hillary was drugged by some crazy idiot in a Canadian bar, on the night of her bachelorette party. Suddenly everything Michael Moore ever said about Canadians being less violent seems meaningless, as this poor woman got totally screwed over with non-violence. On the bright side, she is alive and still blogging, which provides me with something funny to read almost every day.
I saw Batman, which was really just an incredible movie. I think heath Ledger was so fucking amazing in that movie. I never once looked at him and thought Knight's Tale, and I tried really hard too, as this is what I often do when I go to movies - I try to see if I can separate the actor's new character from the character they played in the last thing I saw them in. Not once did my brain automatically make the connection, and his portrayal of the Joker was just fantastic. In some respects, I wish it wasn't so good because now I feel cheated with questions of what do we do now? Who could possibly step into that role in a sequel? It was good, however, to see such an amazing performance.
Unfortunately, we went during summer vacation and their were more high school kids in there than you could shake a stick at, and none of them seemed capable of containing their energy long enough to keep themselves from talking during the movie. What happened to the good old days where you went to movies to make out? Compounding the issue was the fact that the two youths next to my girlfriend were breaking up during the movie. As if there was not already enough drama on the screen.
I was reminded that all of this was why we have limited our movie-going recently. People simply seem incapable of keeping a lid on things. Cell phones, talking, breaking up, etc. And it's people of all ages. The disease of rudeness does not appear to discriminate, affecting all ages, races, sexes, and socioeconomic classes. For years, I thought this illness was limited to the region of Miami, but it is clear to me that it is now an epidemic and if it does not take you too, it will certainly drive you insane.
Last week, was a bit of a crazy week for me and I feel like I had so many things come up that could have been discussed here, but I was still in Costa Rica mode. For example, Hillary was drugged by some crazy idiot in a Canadian bar, on the night of her bachelorette party. Suddenly everything Michael Moore ever said about Canadians being less violent seems meaningless, as this poor woman got totally screwed over with non-violence. On the bright side, she is alive and still blogging, which provides me with something funny to read almost every day.
I saw Batman, which was really just an incredible movie. I think heath Ledger was so fucking amazing in that movie. I never once looked at him and thought Knight's Tale, and I tried really hard too, as this is what I often do when I go to movies - I try to see if I can separate the actor's new character from the character they played in the last thing I saw them in. Not once did my brain automatically make the connection, and his portrayal of the Joker was just fantastic. In some respects, I wish it wasn't so good because now I feel cheated with questions of what do we do now? Who could possibly step into that role in a sequel? It was good, however, to see such an amazing performance.
Unfortunately, we went during summer vacation and their were more high school kids in there than you could shake a stick at, and none of them seemed capable of containing their energy long enough to keep themselves from talking during the movie. What happened to the good old days where you went to movies to make out? Compounding the issue was the fact that the two youths next to my girlfriend were breaking up during the movie. As if there was not already enough drama on the screen.
I was reminded that all of this was why we have limited our movie-going recently. People simply seem incapable of keeping a lid on things. Cell phones, talking, breaking up, etc. And it's people of all ages. The disease of rudeness does not appear to discriminate, affecting all ages, races, sexes, and socioeconomic classes. For years, I thought this illness was limited to the region of Miami, but it is clear to me that it is now an epidemic and if it does not take you too, it will certainly drive you insane.
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