I just watched Tomorrow Never Dies on TV. I forgot how much I liked that movie. I've always had a soft spot for James Bond. I have the song stuck in my head now...

Luckily for you, I'm pressed for time, making this the shortest post ever.

I have so many ideas for fundraising. Aside from the obvious, like car washes and bake sales, which I will also suggest. My favorite at the moment is a talent show. It would be a lot of fun to plan and put on, but I'm not sure whether I should have the acts be anyone who auditions or just use Youth Legislature kids (which is what the ideas are focused on right now). It would be easier keeping it within the club, but we'd draw a larger crowd and probably make more money if we used everyone, so we'll probably do that. Either way, I'll probably audition, but I'm not sure what I'll sing yet. I'd like to do some crazier things, like flag pole sitting contests and rocking chair derbies. You know, the psychotic crap they did for fun in the twenties.

I think I'm going to try and write a book of sorts. I mentioned I had started to record ideas for posts at home, and that they were growing fast. Too fast, in fact. The file is nearly thirty pages long, single spaced, ten-point font. That's less than two months of random thoughts. With some minor alterations, I think I might be able to get it published. With some names changed to protect, well, me. I was thinking I could keep it up for a year, and I'd have a decent sized manuscript. They could promote it as a look into the crazy teenage mind. It could work. Maybe...

I wish I had cable. I've said this many times, I know, but I really only want a few channels. History, FX, Discovery, Cinemax, HBO, Bravo, BBC America, maybe CNN and/or C-Span, A&E, and Turner Classic Movies. The last one is the one I really want today. Apparently they're having another Cary Grant day. I absolutely love Cary Grant, and my friend Jessica knows this, which is why she called to inform me. I'm not sure she realized that she was just taunting me with the knowledge that a bunch of movies I've really wanted to see were being aired where I couldn't watch them. And she called me when they were playing North By Northwest, which is widely considered one of, if not the, best movies from both Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock (who is also really cool, by the way). She wasn't even watching it, because Roswell was on. For some inexplicable reason she loves that crappy teen soap. No taste, my friend, none at all.

Weird. I have a sudden craving for eggnog. I don't even LIKE eggnog.

I can't beleive I forgot about Pay It Forward. I read the book in seventh grade, and I loved it so much. It's one of maybe three books I wanted to cry at the end. The movie was on TV the other night, so I watched it. They changed a lot about the story, but that's to be expected. My eyes were still misty in the end; I'm not ashamed to say it. That story is everything that is beautiful in this world, and if it doesn't move you even a little, there's something wrong with you. I don't cry, but it brought me pretty close.

The movie had Kevin Spacey. The more I see of him, the more convinced I am that he is truly a great actor. It's amazing; he might just be the most ordinary looking man I've ever seen, yet there's something undeniably extraordinary about him. I can't put my finger on it, but there's something about him that makes you look. That's rare. And he has sad eyes. You can't deny the power of sad eyes. The man has sublety down to an art form.

Haley Joel Omond was also in the movie. I have to admit, the kid has a lot of potential. He's very good. He has the painfully imploring gaze down pat. Half his appeal is (was) being a cute kid, though. I still haven't seen Secondhand Lions, so I don't know how he's progressed. I do know he needs to be way more well rounded to be a truly great actor.

Helen Hunt I'm not crazed about. She has one character that's almost perfect, which I respect, but she sticks almost exclusively to that character. The only reason she stayed around for so long is because she's beautiful, which counts for a great deal in this business, unfortunately.

Jon Bon Jovi also had a small role. Based on everything I've seen him in, all I can say is this: Stick to mediocre music, Bon Jovi, and leave the mediocre acting to the proffessionals.

I didn't start out with the intention of critiquing the actors, but here we are. I have a theory about the best way to approach a redone movie. See the most recent version first, then any previous films in order of the most recent, then read the book, if there is one. Somehow everything's less annoying that way.

I think it's not that my posts are so long, it's that my margins are too narrow. I'll have to fix that when I have some free time.

I just noticed that there's a button in the upper right hand corner of my screen that says "Next Blog". Naturally I had to click it--you gotta meet the neighbors, right? Turns out he's really far right wing conservative. I don't really like anybody who's extreme in their political beleifs in either direction. They tend to be really closed minded. I was going to post in his blog to say hi, maybe goof around with whoever it was a little bit. But no! Extremists are no fun...

Quote of the day: "If what I am is what I have, and what I have is lost, what am I?" I can't remember who said it, but it was in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens.

I haven't posted in a really long time. Looking back, my posts really were hella long. Sorry about that. I'll try and keep this one short(er). I do have a little bit to catch up on, though.

Okay, so last week I was at that Symposium. That was cool. I met some nice people, learned some new things. Oh yeah, if you're reading this Addison, I can't find your email address right now, or I would have said hi. And an old acquaintance was there, which made things both interesting and nerve wracking. I was sold on the Montana primary system, though. I still don't like it, and I think we could find a better system (I still like the Lousiana system) but I can see their rationale and I think it could work. Almost every speaker felt compelled to explain how it worked, which got old, but it was fun to hear their slant on it. You could tell instantly their opinions just from how they explained it. I also entertained myself by trying to guess their political party before they begin to speak. I got pretty good at it. Generally speaking, I found democrats like darker, richer colors, regardless of heat, and republicans sometimes go lighter, often speaking without their jackets, and have an inexplicable attraction to weird stripes. No offence to friends of either party, that's just what I saw. It was funny, the last day this guy shows up in a nice, collared t-shirt with these bizarre, wavy brown vertical stripes. I thought to myself, "Now that is a very republican shirt," which is good for a laugh right there. But sure enough, he was republican. Maybe I should be an analyst. ;)

I also found out recently that the FBI keeps files on certain celebrities that are “of interest”. And under the Freedom of Information Act, these are accessible to the public for a printing fee of a few cents a page. The had files on Lucille Ball, Danny Kaye, Clark Gable and a couple of other people I forget. Those were a couple hundred pages long. I like Danny Kaye, Lucille Ball kind of bugs me but I respect her achievements and innovations, but I truly despise Clark Gable. He was an arrogant, womanizing SOB. He had George Cukor fired as director of Gone With the Wind because he didn’t like that he gave the actresses so much attention in the film. THE MOVIE IS ABOUT THE ACTRESSES!! Grr, he just makes me mad. I’m glad Cary Grant helped knock him out of popularity. Isn’t it amazing how I can get riled up over 60 year old happenings that really aren’t important to anyone? But I digress yet again. That’s NEVER happened before. I’m kind of tempted to write to the FBI and see if they have a file on some of my favorite celebrities. That’s way too stalker-esque, and I don’t seriously intend to do it, but it would be interesting to know.

Thought of the day: Larry King looks like an iguana.

I found my watch! Still no word on my glasses, but that’s okay. I’m soooo happy! I really love my watch. Most people would probably think it’s too plain or something, which it definitely is. But that’s kind of why I like it. It’s a good counterpoint to me, both in personality and whatever psychotic thing it decide to do. For instance, I bought some very nice boxer shorts the other day. I plan on spiking my eyebrows, as well. Possibly at the same time I wear the shorts. Why don’t people spike their eyebrows? I’ve seen people shave them into patterns and stuff, but I’ve never seen them spiked. I’ve got oddly long eyebrows, so it should look very…umm…interesting on me. Hey I should dye them blue!! While I spike them! And wear really conservative schoolgirl clothes when I do it! Man, I’m odd…

I should write a book on the subsections to the Five Second Rule. Like how it’s void if the object is moist and/or sticky, or if it’s dropped in certain areas outside, or if more than a couple pet hairs stick to it. It could probably fill a whole book. That would be interesting. Nobody steal my idea! Patent pending, patent pending, patent pending. You’d have to be a Simpsons fan to get that last bit…

I hate Jay Leno. He’s so not funny. I watch him a lot, though not through inclination. It’s just that when I watch other networks, I tend to just leave them on and lose track of time, and I miss part of the show I want to see (in this case Conan). No, I’m not going to rant about Conan yet again. I did just learn that he can beatbox though—that’s really something to see. I only mention it because Leno’s on right now. I decided it would be easier to type the topics I’m interested in as I think of them at home, so I’m just typing in Word. I hate Word. It’s so pushy. It has to underline every spelling error in that obnoxious red squiggly line like it’s some old lady correcting my paper. I didn’t ask for your opinion, you stupid program!!! And it’s not always spelling errors that get the damn underline! Right now, Conan, Leno, and squiggly are underlined, just because this lameass program doesn’t recognize them. I like Works so much better. It just doesn’t care. You want to spell a word wrong, or have some incorrectly structured sentences? Whatever, just go for it. Works is like that teacher that just doesn’t care anymore—like Cranston, for those of you who go to MVHS and/or know him. I’m only using Word because for some unknown reason it’s more common and I have a better chance of finding a computer with Word when I want to post this online.

I just sat down to type topics, and in the first sitting, I had six pages without breaking a sweat. And it just keeps growing. Never again will I be without topics. Except for the couple pages that just sort of turned into a journal that I'll never publish. Anyway, I'm covered where it counts.

Thought of the day: You know there’s something wrong with you when you’re sitting on the couch in the middle of the night watching lame late night TV you don’t even like eating Lucky Charms by the handful right out of the box. Because you already finished the cookies.