Last night the band scrapped practice so I had some time to watch a
weird movie on cable. The reason why I have the pay channels is that I
get a chance to watch movies I would never think about seeing in the
theater. I reason you get your money's worth if you watch enough of
them. Now, entertainment quality is something else. You usually get
what you pay for. Last night's feature presentation was a weird move
made in 1997 with Christopher Walkin called "Touch". During the 90's a
new style of movie making was born. This style, probably brought on by
"Clerks" and "Seinfeld", is basically a style that involves lots of
dialog with no real meaning, sometimes even confusion. Like there will
be one scene where a guy goes - "I heard he was beating on her, now
that she is no longer blind she can see him coming so he stopped
trying" in a quick sentence while people are driving in a car. The
viewer has no idea what the characters are talking about, but yet it
seems funny, so they say it. Quick plot synopsis - it was a movie
about a guy who heals people, gets a stigmata, and then gets the girl.
Now, Christopher Walkin has to be one of the coolest actors. In this
movie he plays a guy exploiting the character, yet he throws in some
anti-stereotypical humor relating to his main mojo. I think it was
during this time period that he made a music video with a band and
spontaneously danced on the ceiling. When people think you are serious
all the time and you do something off the wall, people will be drawn,
looking for the seriousness in humor. I eat Chef Boyardee Spaghetti
and Ravioli every day at lunch so much so that my coworkers are going
to start calling me Chef Boyardee.

Thought of the Day
"Why would I spend seven dollars to see a movie that I could watch at home?"
"Well, why go to a fine restaurant when you could just stick something
in the microwave... Why go to the park and fly a kite when you could
just pop a pill?"
- George and Kramer, in "The Gum"