Late Night Bullets 1

• I have to be a borderline insomniac. Since high school I've had problems falling asleep before midnight; I would usually have to be dog tired or on medication of some kind. It wasn't noticeable too much during high school. Working hard for GHS football, band, and doing homework for IB classes was enough to wear me out. But every summer, it'd be the same. I'd fall asleep extremely late. In college, that seemed to be the case consistently. I suppose that's why I was such a good fit in Chamber. The late night work was perfect for me. I didn't have too many problems hanging a banner at 3 in the morning... although I probably should've spent the time studying more. But now that my Chamber shenanigans have come and gone, my insomnia is no longer put to use. Thus, Blog Reason #79... insomnia. I also figure I'll get up and run when I can't sleep. It'll tire me out for sleep, keep me in shape for boot camp, and waste some time all at once.

• I am southern through and through. But I do identify a lot with the northern half of the US. I was born in Texas. Lived here until a few months before my 5th birthday. Moved to Illinois. Stayed there until I was around age 8 or so. Moved back to Texas. Been here since. So, while the Illinois time may seem small, it was spent during the "growing up" years. So while I enjoy and identify with Southern Culture (from football, to manners, to pretty girls, and everything in between), there are some Yankee aspects of my personality (fast talking, cold loving, and a general distaste for the majority of country music.

• I'm going to blog a lot about movies on here. I love movies to death. I'm writing a screenplay right now (I know, how cliche). Yeah, it's going to be terrible. No, it'll probably never make it in front of a camera. And you're right, the plot probably has been exhausted. But we'll see. At any rate, I've seen a lot of movies in my time, and I'm constantly putting on something I've never seen before. I'm not too big on the independent scene, and there's a reason for that. Independent movies, while rightfully claiming their place in movie culture and history, are oftentimes too pretentious. I say that a lot when I talk about movies, but it's true. If a movie tries too hard to be art, to convey a message, to be cool, etc., it turns me off. If I'm watching a movie and can tell that the writer/director/producer/actors want me to think a certain thing, then I just stop enjoying it alltogether. Take Juno, for instance. Everyone loved that movie. Ellen Page is adorably witty, it's an endearing story about a pregnant teenager deciding to keep the baby, etc. I get it. But when I watched the movie, I lost interest when every single one of her lines was something no 17 year old girl would and could rattle off with a blink of an eye. It reeked of writer jotting witty things he thought of down in a little notebook to be annotated to the script later on. I hated it. The lines were hilarious. I laughed at a lot of them. But I just hated that I couldn't believe that Juno was this special girl. Don't know who to blame on that one, but it soured my experience with the movie. Now, movies I love capture me in a way that I forget about the unbelievableness for a second. Take numero uno, Pulp Fiction. The time distortion was offsetting, but ultimately clever. The shock value was phenomenal (for those who have seen it, think about that scene with Uma Thurman near death or the basement at the pawn shop). The dialouge was purposefully campy, yet so amazingly perfect. The cast was an all-star lineup. It didn't matter that Tarrantino was off his rocker when he wrote it. It didn't matter that he stood on the genius of other writers and directors to form his masterpiece. It just clicked. The cast knew it, the audience knew it, and the Academy knew it. That's why I loved it. Nothing was such a blatant blemish that I couldn't watch the movie.

• I can not wait until October 13th when the stupid Never Ending Pasta Bowls leave the Olive Garden.
  

• Another movie bullet: American Psycho is a crazy movie. Christian Bale's monologues in that movie are astounding. It pretty much vaults him into my favorite actors lists. He's the best Batman so far (although, if Val Kilmer had dark hair he'd be tbe best). But American Psycho has all the little subtle nuances of 80s pop culture that are so pure it's hysterical. He's such a yuppie in the movie, and that's why his killings are just... well, psycho.

• Baylor plays Oklahoma on Saturday. Realistically, the #1 team in the nation should handle the Bears pretty well in Waco. But the B-A-Y-L-O-R-BAYLOR-BEARS-FIGHT in me still holds onto hope that maybe we can see a Miracle on the Brazos part deux.
  

Ok, it's time for me to run (literally).

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