Yay for today!

[sarea]

Today was a happy day. You know those days when you just feel like all is right w/ the world? Today's one of those. First of all, it was 60 degrees and absolutely GORGEOUS outside. If I hadn't made plans w/ J., I might never have ventured out, so I'm so glad I did, even if it meant I had to set my alarm on a weekend. The lake was so fucking blue, the skies looked like it was summer, and there were snow-capped mountains in the distance. Of course, if every day were like this, I would probably cease to appreciate it.

In any case, after lunch we met up w/ J.'s roommate, and we all went to see 50 First Dates. If you know me at all (or have read a journal entry in which I've said this), I typically don't like (okay, despise) romantic comedies. They're usually completely asinine to me. But OMG I loved this movie. Loved, loved. I don't even know why. I make no excuses. I'm sure there were many things wrong w/ it that I could get into, but I don't think I will. It was ridiculous, half the theater was in tears. And now I just feel lalala happy!!!

Yesterday, saw Master and Commander. I didn't despise it the way Jade did; in fact, you could probably even say I liked it. I think I liked LiT more, but it's pretty close. I don't know why either movie was nominated for an Oscar before something like Whale Rider, but I'm not a movie critic. All I know is what I like. Unfortunately, I also saw Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. Okay -- I like Lindsay Lohan. (And if she were British, I think she'd make a perfect Ginny.) But this movie was UTTERLY AWFUL. I have the book, but haven't read it yet, and now I'm not even sure I want to. The only reason why I haven't already dumped it in my "sell" pile is because I knew, the second the opening credits came on screen and I saw "Walt Disney Pictures," I knew it was probably going to be bad. Any real personality would be sucked away by Disney (JUST LIKE what they did to The Princess Diaires) ... and damn if that wasn't exactly the case. At least, that's what I'm hoping for the book's sake.

Now I'm going to take a little nap and wake up refreshed to try out some new recipes and do some writing. Why can't every day be like today?

Comments

[akscully.livejournal.com]

Because then you would have no money and no food and no place to live and you would be out on the street with a little sign that said "Will write for money" and that would be very sad. And it's doubtful that you would have had the money to get into the HP movies and where would you be then? WHERE?

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[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Well, if every day were exactly like today (or rather, yesterday, because today is nowhere near as good as yesterday), then of course I would have food and money and blah blah! Don't you see the holes in your own logic?!

However, let's say you're right...

"Will write for money"

And what if someone made me write D/Hr? That would break me.

where would you be then? WHERE?

Probably in the library, reading the books. Or peering through some family's living room window and watching it from outside, hoping they're deaf so they'll turn the volume up real loud so I can understand what's going on.

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[akscully.livejournal.com]

Or peering through some family's living room window and watching it from outside, hoping they're deaf so they'll turn the volume up real loud so I can understand what's going on.

I'm glad I don't live by you. That would freak me out.

[jade-okelani.livejournal.com]

OMG Dude I am SO HAPPY!! Why, you ask? Because I also saw 50 First Dates and LOVED IT without apology, as well. It's everything I always want RomComs to be, and never are. And do you know why it works so successfully (I'd imagine for both of us)? Oh, never mind, I'll tell you tomorrow after I've soaked off all this Disney grime and am thinking more coherently and we can actually speak of it.

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[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

I must point out that you typically like RomComs anyway, so I am not really surprised you loved it. <g>

And do you know why it works so successfully

Hmm. Let's see if I can guess before we talk. Is it that they don't try and tie everything up in a neat little bow? Well, they do, because it's a RomCom, but there were several things that I thought could have been done to make it a more typical RomCom, and had things work out just that much more perfectly, and they didn't. Or maybe because they actually worked at showing us all the little moments? Or--fine, I'll just wait for you. :))

[areasontorun.livejournal.com]

On the subject of Disney...
The problem is that they ran out of fairy tales to use. I did like Finding Nemo but that was with Pixar and Pixar is good. Pirates of the Caribbean was also nifty but Johnny Depp definatly was the one that made it that way. You could tell it was a Disney movie when at the end Will said that he must face the consequences of his actions. I love the old Disney classics. And their songs. I read the Princess Diaries after I saw the movie and it was really so much better then the movie.
Have a good day!

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[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Well, I was speaking more about what Disney does to non-cartoon adaptations, but since you bring it up, the cartoons haven't been doing anything for me, either. The last one I really enjoyed was "Mulan," and before that, "The Lion King." I didn't much like "Finding Nemo" until a subsequent viewing (but I don't love it the way so many people do). "Pirates" I barely count as Disney, because they went so far out of Disney norm w/ it (being the first PG-13 rated movie and all), on top of having great writers and a great cast. It represents the kind of freshness and vitality that's been missing from Disney for quite some time.