movin' out / i need high ceilings
Tuesday, 22. April 2008, 02:39:58
so tomorrow i'm moving into my new house. it is going to be awesome and i am so excited. i figure it'll take all of half an hour to pack, since most of my stuff is still in boxes. i've been living here for eight months now and it has never felt like home so i'm glad to be leaving. i need space to be.
i watched a movie last month called "running with scissors." well, actually i bought it. i saw it at the store and it was only like $5 and i remembered that i had wanted to see it and this would probably be cheaper than renting it. but anyways, i have it and i watched it. it wasn't the most spectacular film that i have ever seen, and really i didn't like it a whole lot. but there were two parts i really liked.
the first was when the main character (augusten) is talking to one of the girls and he mentions his need for high ceilings. this was a pretty symbolic reference because he was feeling stifled in life, but then there is this beautiful montage of everyone in the story screaming out of desperation while augusten and natalie (?) start stabbing at their kitchen ceiling so that there is a giant hole in it. (basically everyone in the movie is a total failure in some way or another, so everyone has good reasons for screaming) anyways. it was a beautiful picture / metaphor thing.
the other part was with augusten's mother (who is basically crazy). she sends him away to live with her psychiatrist and his family but he can come visit her sometimes. one time when he does, she has taken all of the kitchen utensils and arranged them on the lawn. i couldn't find a really good picture of this, but imagine if the entire backyard was like that (it is in the movie). it was so amazing.
like i said, the movie wasn't anything awesome, but for those two parts, it was worth seeing.
i think i need high ceilings too. i think that is what i'm trying to say.
i leave for ohio in three days. i'm starting to feel a ridiculous sense of anxiety about the whole ordeal and i'm hoping everything goes okay (new drivers license, new car, internship interview, the boy...) or at least doesn't totally suck. i'll have a few days of a house to myself and that will be a nice vacation before coming back to school. so yeah.
i watched a movie last month called "running with scissors." well, actually i bought it. i saw it at the store and it was only like $5 and i remembered that i had wanted to see it and this would probably be cheaper than renting it. but anyways, i have it and i watched it. it wasn't the most spectacular film that i have ever seen, and really i didn't like it a whole lot. but there were two parts i really liked.
the first was when the main character (augusten) is talking to one of the girls and he mentions his need for high ceilings. this was a pretty symbolic reference because he was feeling stifled in life, but then there is this beautiful montage of everyone in the story screaming out of desperation while augusten and natalie (?) start stabbing at their kitchen ceiling so that there is a giant hole in it. (basically everyone in the movie is a total failure in some way or another, so everyone has good reasons for screaming) anyways. it was a beautiful picture / metaphor thing.
the other part was with augusten's mother (who is basically crazy). she sends him away to live with her psychiatrist and his family but he can come visit her sometimes. one time when he does, she has taken all of the kitchen utensils and arranged them on the lawn. i couldn't find a really good picture of this, but imagine if the entire backyard was like that (it is in the movie). it was so amazing.
like i said, the movie wasn't anything awesome, but for those two parts, it was worth seeing.
i think i need high ceilings too. i think that is what i'm trying to say.
i leave for ohio in three days. i'm starting to feel a ridiculous sense of anxiety about the whole ordeal and i'm hoping everything goes okay (new drivers license, new car, internship interview, the boy...) or at least doesn't totally suck. i'll have a few days of a house to myself and that will be a nice vacation before coming back to school. so yeah.
