Thursday, April 14, 2005

Another Quiet One

Hmm, movies are a nice easy topic, so let's start here - could talk movies, like, for ages - with SW, in between the time of first bumping into each other online and meeting in person (remember, this was a girl in my same real life town, didn't allow myself any monkey business LOL) I think about three quarters of our chat time was comparing one movie to another LOL.

Music is a lot harder as an ice breaker - I am sure with some people it is the reverse, but with movies I can go into the plot, the performances, the mood of the movie and if you have seen this one you would like this one and did you see that actor in this movie - that sort of endless renewal of the conversation, for me, music conversations would be either I like it, I don't like it, or I like it a lot - whereas with movies its easy to follow directors or actors from movie to movie, music I don't delve into who influenced who or who wrote lyrics for what and all that.

So yes, movies are my forte, and this weekend we have a couple of real contenders, aside from the fluff of Sahara or Assault On Precinct Thirteen (I like Brian Dennehy and Ethan Hawke, but that much LOL?). In the blue corner, fighting for the UN and Jude Law's acting ability, we have Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman in The Interpreter. In the red corner, fighting basically everyone in 1945 we have Downfall, the first German movie to have Hitler as a major character since the Fifties. Supposed to be really good. Of course, I will see both over the course of the next couple of months, but with Sin City coming up as well as a wanna see (haven't seen enough reviews to say whether it is a must see), but the fight for this weekend's viewing rights are ON LOL.

I went through a phase a few years back of watching two movies the occasional weekend, but it got too crowded in my head, unless it was the Matrix as the second movie - lol, I must have seen that about five times on a late Saturday night at the Embassy (in Wellington), well after it was originally released, and at that point unpolluted by the sequels.

I remember the zenith of that phase, or shall I say nadir, was going from the Regent watching Empire Strikes Back, when it was being rereleased, to watching Beavis and Butthead Do America at the MidCity. Yes, classy movies both LOL, but the thing with Beavis and Butthead that sticks in my mind is that I was sitting next to a girl who was actually talking to me before the movie, and then I started worrying about laughing too loud at the wrong moments (remember, it was a very highbrow movie LOL), and getting all self conscious. And then, at the end of the movie, I left at full speed ahead.

And EVER SINCE that time, from about two minutes after I left the cinema, I have thought to myself now what would have been so wrong with asking this girl after the movie was over to go out for a coffee, dissect the wonders of Beavis's ancestry LOL, it might not sound much but it is one of the major 'what if' moments of my life that I look back one. Not the only one, just one of the majors LOL...

Hmm, might not have an entry tomorrow, have a work function to go to, not sure how officialish work it will be, what with non company people allowed to attend, but is a cultural evening, fundraisng for tsunami relief and all that. You are SUPPOSED to get dressed up in national dress of other countries or something, but I'm not going to the costume shop, and will just wear something nice rather than a rugby or ice hockey top LOL. And have a late shift as well, and not sure who is turning up to the thing, apart from a few of my intake, so will try to behave and also see what eye candy there is available LOL.

Oh, just have to mention something from a conversation I had with V earlier today, we were talking about how I love sports and how she knows about sports, lol one of those kind of conversations but in a light hearted way, was quizzing her on my favourite teams, the only one she got right was my Super 12 rugby team, but that was only because she had seen me buy one of their tops LOL, but when it came to Formula One, first off she said McLaren instead of Ferrari, and then on the actual driver she said SCHWARZENEGGER.

Cue five minutes of laughter, along the lines of Titan (Saturn's moon) being explored and how runny her eggs would be in the meal - that type of disconnect between interests again, before reminding her it is Schumacher, and I don't think Conan could have even fitted into one of those race cars LOL, but also said, that's one for the diary :) And she said not to make her laugh, she has swollen glands or something that hurt when she laughs at the moment. But just a classic moment LOL.

Okies, that is enough for the moment, LOL where is the politics and the news I am asking myself, feel I am opening myself up far too personally on here, but eh, if that's the direction I'm going in, then all power to it :)

Pauly

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