Eternal Sunhine of the Spotless Mind

Ok, so I haven't watched this movie in about two and a half months, but I feel the need to review it now anyway.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a trippy, intellectual journey through the mind and memories (literally) of Joel Barish as he fights to keep his memories about his ex-girlfriend Clementine.
After discovering that his girlfriend had erased him from her memory, Joel decides to do the same, but while asleep in his own head, he realizes that sometimes its better to remember the bad times, because with out the bad times there never would have been good ones.
And then there's a whole 'nother story line with Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Ruffalo, and Kirsten Dunst (the technicians who are erasing memories)
Now I know that sounds really sappy, but like any good story this movie does have a decent, but not over baring amount of romance (believe me, I can't do sappy romances, they get all gooshy and my brain starts to run a little I swear).
Joel, the soft spoken and obliging business man who never does anything spontaneous is played by, get this, Jim Carrey. For those of you who are determined the man cannot play a serious role, this is a must see. His acting was phenomenal. Playing his counterpoint, the brightly haired, spontaneously, and mildly alcoholic Clementine is Kate Winslette. Kate plays this part to a T. Clem is gritty and straight forward, she takes no sh*t from anyone. My personal favorite quote from this movie is hers when she says, "Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a fucked-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours."
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. Its a little "futuristic" in the sense that memory erasure is a publicly available service like walking into a doctor's office, but it's not like the Jetsons or anything. This story is very..I want to say real, but I don't know if that really works...anyway, its amazing; romantic at times, but very real life, funny but not a comedy. I highly suggest it.

Sitting on a Saturday

So...this morning I've started doing my 13th year plan...it's stupidly easy. I don't understand why we have to do them. I mean, the only reasons I started are that I can't really do anything else, I've been sick with Strep and I think most of my friends are afraid to hang with me even though I'm not contagious anymore, and they are due this month and if I don't do it I wont graduate. Which reminds me, I have to talk to my P.E. teacher, the doc waived my P.E. for 2 weeks but I need to know how that will effect my grade...I kind of need this credit to graduate. Oooo...I need to do my Science homework...peace.

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High School Field Trips

I'm not sure why they are still called field trips you know...since science classes don't do them that often anymore, excepting marine biology classes. How does Choir go out "into the field"? We go into fancy hotels and venues to sing with other well groomed and fragranced groups to be judged by well know, sometimes world famous choral directors and composers and artists.
This weekend rocked if you ignore the Choir B**ches who talk a lot of sh*t and the awkward couple making out in the corner while everyone is trying to sleep. Chamber did really well, I mean, we know our songs and we had fun up there. People seemed to like us too. I mean, we didn't place in the final concert, but there were directors and singers who told us they thought we should have. But what was most fulfilling for me was Jazz Choir's performance. I mean, we went up there and we really just rocked it. The crowd was with us the whole way, we were smiling and grooving and just honestly having fun and letting the people out there have fun with us. I mean, I walked off that stage out into the sun on our way to ejudication, and I felt high. I mean it was amazing. Euphoric one might say. Again, we didn't place, but that's fine, we reached a whole new level. I mean our choir usually gets on stage, doesn't smile, doesn't move, doesn't have fun, and noone has fun with use. We pulled the hugest 360 in history. It just really felt good. But now my voice is shot and I don't think I'm going to music rehearsal so I can have a voice tomorrow for night rehearsal for Starmites.

Last Ditch Effort

So now I know why my mom always tried to get me to pack the night before a trip...I'm sitting here about an hour before I have to be out the door and all my clothes are still in the dryer. I've already got all my bathroom stuff like my toothbrush and stuff packed, all my hair stuff and make-up, my bathing suit, which reminds me that I need to pack a towel...Both of my choir dresses are just waiting to be put in my case, but they have to go on top so they don't wrinkle too much...and I still have to get 20$ out of my bank account for food...and eat breckers...

On less of a rant, I recently discovered Richard Cheese. He's a Novelty Lounge singer. He takes songs like Enter Sandman, What's My Age Again, Down with the Sickness, Rape Me, and a whole slue of others and turns them into lounge music. Its amazing. I love it. I htink my favorite is either the Starwars Cantina, Baby Got Back, orChop Suey. Maybe Somebody Told me. Anyway, he's got a few CD's out; Aperitif For Destruction, Tuxicity, Sunny Side of the Moon, and Lounge Against the Machine are the only ones I can think of right now. If you like Lounge Music, or even just spoof music, I would highly recomend Richard Cheese, he makes me laugh.

A Fresh Start of Sorts

So...My friend made me this BlogSpot account during our science class...she demanded that I start posting daily...So I guess I'll try.
Saw Coraline today at the 2$ theater. I loved it; it managed to be charming and creepy at the same time. Neil Gaiman is a master, I still haven't read this book but I have intended to for a long time and now I have just that much more incentive. I definitely would suggest seeing this movie, the cinematics and the vocal acting are stunning. I was sucked in and stayed there.


In other news I don't think I'll be able to update everyday...at least not for now, I'm leaving town for a few days starting tomorrow for a choir trip to the Tri-Cities area. It's going to be amazing fun. I can't wait.