Monday Movie Review

Good afternoon little bloggies, how have you been? Did you enjoy your weekend while it lasted? My days have been totally thrown off. I could have sworn it was Wednesday on Thursday. I'm so silly sometimes! Today I'm waiting to hear from a place that I've applied to for my start date. I'm hoping they'll contact me soon so I can get started, I feel so lazy just hanging around the apartment! I could also really use the money. However, I'm feeling a little under the weather, maybe because I haven't smoked in a few days. I've discovered that if you smoke pretty frequently and suddenly stop for a couple of days, you get a pretty bad cough until your lungs clear out. Then again, I'm also sneezing and kind of dizzy, so maybe this rainy weather has me down. I'm sure I'll feel better here after a while though.

Until then, I've been thinking about a lot of different stuff. I don't really have a theme for this blog, it's basically always going to be changing, just like a river, hence the name of my blog. So for today, I'm going to review a movie I watched! Yaaaay!

This is the movie cover. I got it from this site.

"The Virgin Suicides" is the name of the movie I watched today. It's based on a book of the same name, and it's the story of five sisters from a small suburb in Michigan during the late 70's. The movie begins with the youngest sister, Cecilia Lisbon, attempting to commit suicide by slitting her wrists. She fails at this attempt and sees a psychologist (played by Danny Devito in a quick cameo) who informs her parents that they are too strict. A few weeks later, the parents allow the girls to have their first and last party, where Cecilia excuses herself and succeeds in committing suicide by jumping from her second story window and impaling herself on the fence below. The movie continues as the life of the family slowly spirals downwards, their mysterious lives becoming the hot topic in the town's day to day gossip. The entire movie is told from the point of view of a group of boys who obsess over the girls, both in their lives and in their deaths. What's very interesting about this movie is that the narration is set up so that you never truly know who is narrating the story. From what I've looked up, the book was written the same way, and as you read the book you kind of become one of the neighbors of the town, on the outside of the situation looking in.

Cinematography: I give this and 8 out of 10. It was very beautiful and dreamy, I love the indie feel to the movie and how spot on the style of everything was, including the camera filter.

Script: The script was well written, and there are a few good quotes to be taken from the movie. I'll give the writing a 9 out of 10.

Acting: The acting was all done very well, especially considering how young some of these kids were. My favorite actor out of the whole movie was the mother. You didn't really see much of her, but you could tell that she had no idea what effect her isolation practices were having on her children. She played a confused woman who didn't know just how much at fault she was. I give the acting a 9 out of 10.

Book to movie comparison: Well, I haven't read the book, but since watching this movie I definitely want to give it a shot.

Similar books/movies: A similar book would be "TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY" by Jay Asher. It's a wonderful read for teenagers to adults. The book will seriously change your life. I would suggest this to every kid entering high school.

Well there you have it, my mini-movie review! I don't know if this is the template I'll follow for all of my movie reviews, but that's why this place is as creative as water. Everything is always changing!!

Well my little bloggies, I'm off to clean, but I have questions for you! Do you think you'll watch this movie? have you read either of these books? What did you think of them? How would you feel about "Monday Movie Reviews" for my blog? Leave a comment and let me know, or just talk at me. :D Bye bye bloggies!

A-Zs of me me me!!

So the mister and I are staying up late because he has the day off tomorrow. Since he's hogging Modern Warfare 2 I figured I'd hop on and see if any of my favorite bloggers had updated, and lo and behold The Nearsighted Owl and Otterly Brilliant had both updated with A-Z lists. Basically, you go A through Z with facts about yourself. Rachele said that her new followers should do this and send her a link, so I think I will!! It also helps since I still don't have an about section that I've put a lot of love into.

Here we go!!

A: Age: 19

B: Bed Size: King, but I take up the bed all to myself since the mister decides that he wants all of the blankets.

C: Chore that you hate: I don't really have a chore that I hate, but right now I strongly dislike putting clothes away. Since we've moved we still have to find space for old stuff as well as new stuff, and my clothes are causing a lot of problems.

D: Dogs: I've owned both dogs and cats all of my life!! I've had a few great dogs and a lot of good cats. I've also owned geckos and a raccoon at one point, and I hope to get an iguana in the near future.

E: Essential start to your day: Hitting the snooze button about five or six times. It gets annoying, but I can't seem to help myself. Then I like to make a pot of coffee, and I'll have a cup with sugar and milk to cool it down so I can drink it right away.

F: Favorite color: It's definitely a tie between red and blue, but I go with blue in most of my wardrobes. It looks better since my eyes are hazel and my hair is dark brown.

G: Gold or Silver: I like silver a lot, because it goes with anything and it never comes across as too gaudy.

H: Height: 5'4"

I: Instruments you play: I've played bass a little tiny bit, and I know the bare bones of Fur Elise on piano. Other than that, I stick to singing.

J: Job Title: Temporary employee, transitioning student, less than part time artist, and even less than that time as a writer. I have many interests, none of which have become reliable careers. D:

K: Kids: None right now, I'm definitely going to hold off for a while until I'm ready, both financially and mentally.

L: Live: I live in Springfield, Ohio, near Dayton. I like to go visit a little hippie town called Yellow Springs that is very artsy and has the best little shops for everything! The comic book store there has a pet cat.

M: Mother's name: My mom's name is Leeann. She has really pretty blue eyes and she's really strong.

N: Nicknames: Curly Top, Shirley Temple, Lor-chan, Lore, Killer Mermaid Witch Thing. XD My favorite however, is Lor.

O: Overnight hospital stays: Only once or twice. One time was an ice skating incident, and the other I believe was a car accident. It's hard to keep track though, I've had so many accidents in my short 19 years!!!

P: Pet Peeves: Ignorant people, especially when it comes to race, religion, sexual orientation, or anything of that nature. I also can't stand it when someone is wrong and they know that they are but they continue pushing that they're right until you beat them within an inch of their life with knowledge.

Q: Quote from a movie: "If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything." - Sucker Punch. That movie had a bunch of really good quotes though.

R: Right or left handed: I'm right handed, but my poppy is left handed. My mister is right handed! :D

S: Siblings: Two older half-sisters, one is a psycho and the other one isn't too far behind.

T: Time you wake up: Usually around 9:30 a.m., however my alarm starts ringing at 8:30. XD

U: Underwear: Um, from time to time? XD I like the hhw sporties. They're comfy boy shorts that fit well! :D

V: Vegetable you hate: I don't have any vegetables I hate.... Oh, I hate canned spinach. I love fresh spinach though!! :D

W: What makes you run late: Having to be awake earlier than humanly possible.

X: X-rays you've had: One for my right leg after an accident and one for my tummy when we thought I had appendicitis. D:

Y: Yummy food that you make: Swedish Tea Rings!! Though, I'm thinking of trying to tweak is so that I can make it kind of like an apple tea ring, with apples baked inside with the cinnamon and brown sugar and using apple butter for a glaze!

Z: Zoo Animal: Flying Foxes!! I can't remember the actual name, but they're a very large breed of bat, and they're super cute!!

So there we go, now you guys know a fair bit about me. Isn't that grand? :D If anyone else reads this, you should give it a go, it's definitely fun!

Peace my little bloggies. <3

What's going on?

So today and yesterday I've been fairly productive. I put together an antique drafting table with nothing but a dime. Seriously, I didn't even have the directions to put the damn thing together. Seeing as it hasn't fallen apart yet, I think I'm in the clear. And, I only had one piece that I left off because I didn't know what to do with it! Of course, it's probably the single most important part of the whole damn thing, but I'll find out the hard way. :D

I found myself a new mister, who is very wonderful and loving and perfect because sometimes he's a total douche, but I counter it with my ultra-douche behavior. Sometimes though, I deserve to get called out when I do stupid stuff. XD

Anywho, we just got an apartment together!! *squee* So I've been playing housewife by cooking and cleaning and putting shit together while I wait for the start date for my new job. I can't wait to start working, I want money for groceries and to decorate the apartment with video game/band/movie paraphernalia!! As I'm writing this I'm putting off doing the dishes and vacuuming, but don't worry, I'll definitely do it today. I'm just glad I finally got the living room organized. Of course, while I've been procrastinating I've been following my favorite blogs and considering redesigning my own. Maybe I will, it's kind of flat looking. >.>

So for a blog you guys need to check out, here is the one! The Nearsighted Owl is amazing, I absolutely adore this lady! She's nice, she is pretty, her hair is awesometastic, she's artistic and talented, she loves thrifting, and she loves kitties!! :D Basically, she has all around great tastes, and I guarantee that if you click on all of her links to other bloggers you will be satisfied/fall in love with 99.5% of them. So just give her a click and be entertained for a while.

Peace out my little bloggies!

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