Only thing I can think of saying

Went down to Dublin to watch Superman Returns today. It was only the second cinema movie I got to watch this summer, and the last one was well over 7 weeks ago when I was in Paris with Kevin, where we watched Xmen III at Les Champ-Elysees. Kevin had a solid quote then "... this is wierd... come out of the theatre, just finished watching X Men III, and oh! look over there... Its the fuckin Arc de Triomphe..."

So thats the last time I watched a movie this Summer, which is poor, considering that I usually make a decent effort to watch loads of movies during the summer. Not that all summer blockbuster movies are noteworthy or even worth it, but but but, like playing beer league softball, it just seems like the thing to do. Watch movies. I was exchanging emails with Marty, he got onto the topic of which movies hed seen this summer, when I realized I hadnt really watched any lately. Huh. (thats what I thought to myself. Huh. A poors mans substitute for ambivalent bewilderment. I wonder how often Stephen Hawkins does that in the span of a normal Stephen Hawkins day. Huh.) Naturally, the reflex reaction then was to watch something, anything just so that I could maintain some sense of normalcy for myself; to make myself feel better about... myself. So today I went down to Dublin and watched Superman.

I should do these type of things more often as well cuz its one of the few things I can do over here that geographically warps me back home. Much like how Kev kinda alluded to above, movies are brilliant for transporting you back to home, no matter where you are. Its a dope way to trick your mind, and everyone thats done it would agree as well i think. Like when you are in a foriegn country and decide to watch a Hollywood movie in a theatre, for that brief instance, while you are in that viewing environment, you really honestly forget where you are. Ive watched a lot of movies in different countries, and literally I forgot where I was every single time. The lights go low so you can hardly see anything but the screen, American accents populate and carry through the room, and dark theatres look the same everywhere whether you are in Edinburgh or Singapore. And the only time I snap back is when the movie ends; you get up and leave the theatre, and everyone starts speaking French... or the lights come on and everyone looks Korean. Its like "where the feck did that come from?". Its trippy and pretty freakin cool. The most memorable one, apart from all the movies watched in asiany countries, was watching a midnight screening of The Two Towers with Linda in London. I was totally convinced I was in a Vancouver theatre when I watched it, because I was only on vacation in London at the time, and plus I had been so unbelievably excited about watching that movie, waiting for almost a year. But then the movie ends, and it hits me that everyone is raving about the movie in English accents and then later we get outside and its bloody Leicester Square, and we need to walk back to Picadilly Circus. I looked around like a dumbass during that whole walk back with Linda. (At least she had her sweet aussie accent)

So yeah.. Superman. It was okay enough... would only half recommend it, though. Need to watch the wind that shakes the barley next week. Although that movie probably wont work cuz its actually Irish.... oh well. Maybe Cars then. It just came out (stupid Europe).

(Post Editors note) I forgot, I did watch Omen 666 in the Theatres with Jo for shits a giggles on 06/06/06, but that didnt count, cuz that movie wass a non-runner. But it was fun in a way that Ive never heard a girl scream so loud in a movie and cry begging to leave only 30 minutes in, hiding her eyes for the last hour... Jill styles.

Thoughts on songs that were playing at Random on iTunes while I typed this post:
Ani Difranco - Untouchable Face... one of the coolest songs ever... with the word "fuck you" in the main chorus. Also a cathartic song to listen to when someone breaks your heart...
Eva Cassidy - Song Bird... absolutely best sounding song I have when playing on the Bose speakers
Sarah McLaughlan - Ice Cream... Sarahs ice cream is better than Kellie's milkshake
Beth Orton - Central Reservation... man i have a lot of chicks songs on my iTunes..
Supertramp - the Logical Song... thank Goodness for a change of pace... otherwise Id have to shave my head and become a man hating lesbian.
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb... good follow up to Supertramp actually... its as if I was making a mix tape.
Ignition - R Kellis... this was our 2003 Las Vegas trip theme song. It shared the title with 50 Cent In da Club... good times.
Hysteria - Muse... my new favorite work out song. You know how there are those few songs where when they come on, you get animated and automatically turn the volume louder? Yup... on the list.
Robbie Williams - Angels... I dont like this guy as you all know, but its good song though...