randomly chaotic and frequently mundane

I thought it was really good.? A great way to spend a few hours the day before Halloween, too.? Actually the movie’s only about an hour and a half, but you get the idea.? Even better, on Tuesday I saw Saw IV for the first time (I know, I was SO behind… it was terrible of me).? Which I also thought was a great movie.? It’s a really good series, I have to admit.? Not many horror series’ have impressed me with every single movie (thus far).? Actually, I don’t think ANY previous series has.? Let’s face it, the orignal Halloween was great, the second was also really good.? And I liked H2O.? The rest of the series was rather so-so to me — and we won’t even speak of that horrid Season of the Witch thing that happened.? Nightmare on Elm Street… some great movies.? And some not-so-great ones.? Same with Friday the 13th.? The Exorcist would have been a great series if the 2nd one hadn’t happened (seriously, what happened there?).? I wasn’t too keen on Scream 3… I mean, that was REALLY stretching things, don’t you think?

? Of course, with all the horror sequels, prequels and remakes… who can keep up?

So I’m watching Titanic on TNT.? No real reason, it’s just on and I wanted some background noise while I did some cross stitch.? It got me thinking… when the movie came out in theaters, my sister and my friend Mare went to see it several times.? They came to visit me in Virginia and took me to see it.? I didn’t cry at the end.? The boat sank, people died.? I expected that.? It’s how history happened.? Jack died.? I expected that, too.? He was in the water.? I didn’t cry.? They said that I was a heartless bitch.? They were only half serious, of course.? Watching it now, I’m again not crying.? There are some movies that make me bawl no matter how many times I see them.? Mr. Holland’s Opus… waterworks as soon as he walks into that rally honoring him… it never fails.? Titanic.? Nope.? No tears.? No, that’s wrong.? There was one time that I got teary eyed.? The only time Woody and I watched the movie together.? We cuddled up on the couch and I was pregnant.? Maybe it was the hormones.

Is it wrong that I’m very excited about this?

TNT is showing Lord of the Rings this weekend, and I’ve been watching. I can’t resist. And of course, every time I watch it, I feel the need to hit you tube and play this. What can I say, it cracks me up. I know, I’m crazy. But it’s funny. And every time I watch LoTR and Legolas says “They’re taking the hobbits to Isengard,” I have this tremendous urge to log on and play it.

I think that the Lord of the Rings is my 3rd favorite trilogy behind Star Wars (#1) and The Godfather (#2).

Speaking of Star Wars… I put in Star Wars (A New Hope) yesterday and Gage watched intently. And then an hour or so later he indicated he wanted to watch it again, but bringing me the tape and making light saber and blaster noises. It was SO cute. Maybe I should dress him up as someone from Star Wars for Halloween. A Jedi or something. That would be cute. I don’t know, I haven’t decided yet.

i watched rose red the other night. it’s not a bad movie, rather entertaining. i put it on after gage went to bed, since he’s had problems in the past with scary movies. about half an hour before it ended, gage woke up and came out of his bedroom. it was kinda cute. he sat on the couch and watched the end of the movie. he seemed focused and intently watching. fortunately he didn’t have any kind of reaction that night or the next night to it. it was a pretty “light” scary movie, which is good. i would have turned it off, but i figured i might as well take the opportunity to see if he handles it better than he did a few years ago. not that i plan on sitting down and watching the exorcist with him or anything.

so… we’re watching mulan again… it’s gage’s current favorite movie.? and something occurs to me.? every family in mulan’s family was instructed to send a man to serve in the army, yes?? they were told to report to a specific camp.? the same camp that mulan goes to for her training while she’s pretending to be “ping.”

how come no one from her village points out that her father’s only child is a girl?