Conjunctive Cinematic Climax

Tonight friends and I went to see "500 Days of Summer" which turned out to be the biggest love-hate movie I've seen in quite sometime. I loved it but it tore me apart at the same time. Somehow made me not like Zoey Deschanel (not her but her character) which I would have thought to be impossible. Before the movie started, we saw some great trailers. One was called "Slap It" seems to be a movie where Ellen Page disagrees with her mother's cotillion upbringing and finds herself in roller derby. It looks like it's worth the $7. Another trailer was Nine starring Daniel Day Lewis, Sophia Loren, Marion Cottilard, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson and Nicole Kidman. Defididently an interesting trailer, I'm very intrigued and looking forward to see it it. It was written by famous Italian Federico Fellinni so I have high expectations. Although it has a stellar cast, that isn't always a great indication of the quality of the movie because I was let down by Bobby, regardless of the cast, but amazed by other movies with some lesser known people like Boondock Saints. A third trailer was Adam, starring Hugh Dancy. I really want to see this indie movie. It is about a man with Asperger's syndrome (autism-like disease, creates social discomfort) who falls for the tennent next door. Dancy has trouble communicating his feelings for her and others. It looks deep which I love. A fourth trailer was The Informant, starring Matt Damon, Joel McHale (The Soup!) and Tony Hale (Arrested Development). Matt Damon plays and informant for his company who is really terrible about spying but after spilling the secrets, intends on keeping a job at the company. I may see this because I like movies based on true stories. All in all I'm looking forward to many movies, these and Inglorious Basterds (TARANTINO!), Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze+powerful trailer+great music+great children's story=great potential) and Time Travelers Wife.

Music for the child's soul

Today was a pretty stressful day, which probably could have been the worst day for me to discover I like the coffee at work. My dad had a stint put in so I had to go to work, pick up Elizabeth, rush to work and rush to the hospital. I was shaking from all the caffeine and running around town. At least I had the honors of color Sarah's hair purple and pink which looks so hard core by the way. When she told me the purple faded to blue I pictured electric blue not aquamarine. I cracked up!

I will be starting a new job with The Daily Reveille. Last fall I wrote for the paper, now I'm on the radio starting next week. I hope to God I figure all the technology out early on so I don't mess it all up. I'm pretty excited. I just need to work on a "radio voice".

So the title of this blog has to do with a recent event. I was using my sister's Ipod. It was on shuffle and I was so proud to see that she listens to Muse and White Zomie's "More Human than Human". So proud! She gives me hope that maybe her age group won't disappear with the last top 40 that maybe they can expand their mind to appreciate small bands like The Whigs and jazz band music like Amy Winehouse while they indulge in Kayne West and Panic at the Disco.

I was horrified when another girl my sister's age (15) didn't know who the Beatles were. And another girl my age (19) responded with "you know the movie Across the Universe?" It was a stab in my heart.

I need to call my mom and thank her for letting me listen to Michael Jackson, Alanis Morisette, and George Michael as a child rather than the then popular Backstreet Boys and NSYNC.