Random Thoughts From Wednesday
>> 28 January 2009
--You ever have something produce an unintended result? Let me explain a bit. A few years back, TME and some other roommates and I went to watch Miracle, the story of the 1980 US Olympic hockey team that overcame "Amy Winehouse will never use drugs again" odds to beat a powerhouse Russian team. When the film was over and we were walking out of the theater, everyone was feeling positive, inspired, proud to be American, etc. TME? "Where're some Russians?? I want to hit one!" Probably not the intent of the movie.
Now that I think about it, this episode may have been the reason I subconsciously avoided watching Pearl Harbor with TME. That, and it's just not that good of a movie.
--Horribly bad timing of the week: For the birthday, my buddy Banker got me tickets to a Monster Truck show. And not just any tickets. Backstage passes to get up-close and personal with the trucks AND the drivers. Problem: I had to WORK that Saturday. I haven't been this mad at myself since I watched Battlefield Earth. Banker did keep me updated with periodic texts ("ps: This is ridiculous") and pictures/videos:
Oh, the "what ifs"...
2 ideas preached:
I remember Pearl Harbor...we thought it was gonna be historically accurate (i.e. not a Ben Affleck love story)...I still remember you cowering after the movie, looking at all the white people and saying, "they all hate me"...ahh good times.
perhaps my fears were validated by my cheering during the attack. it was my japanese half. i couldn't help it.
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