my attitude right now isn’t so great. as i knew i would, i got up at nine this morning, even though i stayed out very, very, very late. i saw the movie “the family stone” with sarah jessica parker, and it wasn’t anything like i thought it would be. i’d gotten the impression that it would be kind of wacky and fun. there’s a little bit of fun in it, but it’s also kind of serious, and a little too over-the-top sentimental, and at the end it’s very bittersweet yet everything is wrapped up much too neatly.
one thing that particularly annoyed me was when one of the guys meets this woman, and he falls in love at first sight. i hate this whole love at first sight thing, and i don’t think it’s just because i’m cynical about relationships (although i certainly am that). but i hate it that somebody wants us to actually believe that a couple meets, there are little stars twinkling in their eyes, they take a walk, the woman says a bunch of adorable/moving/passionate crap about some guy carving a totem pole and taking five years to do it because he had a huge void in his heart, which makes the guy instantly fall in love with her.
i mean, i understand how a couple of people could be instantly attracted, smitten, even, but what about the next morning? what about in a couple of weeks, when one of you wants to watch tv all the time, and the other one does not want to be subjected to that drivel? what about in two months,
after he’s declared his love, but then things start to slide, and you realize things aren’t really going well, and you find out things that you wish you didn’t find out, and the relationship starts to fall apart but you cling to it, hoping somehow things will magically get all better…but of course they don’t, because that’s real life, not the movies where people live happily ever after, or at least till the end credits roll.
i WARNED you that my attitude isn’t so great this morning. perhaps i was slightly understating it.
so i’m up now, it’a almost ten, and i have to go work out, and then i have to go do more editing and shooting, and i dread heading over to kurt’s house because i can’t think of a way to get there without driving down veteran’s parkway, which will be thickly clotted with holiday shopping maniacs..
and then i have a bunch more stuff to accomplish, and then a holiday party for about an hour, and then the holiday pops concert. at least i get to go to the concert, because i really wanted to see it, but i thought the party was last night, so now that will have to be rushed and i’m going to spend way too much time today driving all over the place, really fast if possible. too many things.
tomorrow seems equally busy.
clearly, CLEARLY what i need here is an attitude adjustment.
THE ENDORPHIN RUSH! i’m counting on that endorphin rush, and luckily i know it’s something that won’t let me down.
i just got a text message from christine. all it said was “snowing.” so at least it’s not snowing here right now.
off to busy-ness..
surly december grace.