Brains!

Sorry to anyone who read my previous post, all that emotional PMS bullcrap about World of Warcraft and my life being a 'failure' but alas I am a girl and I had no other place to scream about it. And I'm quite past feeling that way, at least until the next time my hormones take it upon themselves to consume me.

I like having especially good days, and its great when they are consecutive. Even now when Blizzard totally messed up the game by adding a buggy patch and my world server is going up in flames, I am completing things and enjoying myself, and thats the point.

Other then that I'm looking forward to sending my mom off to New York and having the house to myself for a week. Plus I've brought work home with me, so no commuting to Thousand Oaks. It should be rather relaxing, assuming I don't procrastinate.

Movies:
I finally watched Princess Mononoke. I was very pleased! The art wasn't as spectacular as Howl's Moving Castle but I think that is due to it being a bit older. Even though the story kind of dragged on at certain parts, I was enthralled. It was very Japanese, for lack of a better description. But I was quite fond of the themes and design, especially that of the Forest Spirit. A baboons face, bird feet, and multiple antlers sounds pretty ugly, but it rather looked cuddly, and friendly, and just peaceful.

I also sat down to watch Equilibrium, which I had not seen in a couple of years. It stars Christian Bale, so how can you go wrong? It's a mix between the book '1984', Logan's Run (which I have yet to see), the book 'The Giver' and reminiscent of The Matrix when it comes to fight scenes. It's sort of an underground cult classic, as many of Bale's movies are. Not many people know about it because it came out the same year as The Matrix and was rather overshadowed. I believe in europe it is called Cubism, or some such. Although there are a lot of contradictions and parts of the story dont follow, as in: 'wait how did he get that blood there all of a sudden?', and 'if they aren't supposed to feel then why is that guy smiling?'. I think maybe they were rushing to release it, and didn't want to, or have the time to really refine parts of the story, add and cut dialouge etc. But the good parts of the movie (of which there are many) really out way those issues.

Spoiler Alert! Do not read the next sentence if you plan on watching the movie. I really think the story was strengthened during the dog and puppy scene. When he rescues the puppy from extermination, risking his own life, twice, you not only fall in love with Bale and his character more, but the idea of what he is going through is increased 100 fold. Here is this guy who for most of his life has destroyed anything that could potentially create a human reaction, feeling, or emotion. And when he stops taking his 'intervals' he is discovering feeling for the first time. He looks out the window at a sunrise, and is so shaken by it, he listens to music for the first time and cries. Now this may sound like he is all emoitional and whimpy, but could you imagine listening to music for the first time with a more developed mind?! Anyways during the puppy scenes, and any animal scene in a movie, your gripping your seat hoping he saves it cuteness! Which of course he does. If for instance they decided to use a child, instead of a dog, it would be so predictable and would definitely not have the same effect. Here is this helpless animal, ready to show anyone affection, always forgiving, always ready, and it just carries that message so much better then a child.