wicker park, etc

I admit to having a thing for Josh Hartnett but even if he weren’t starring in this one I'd have liked Wicker Park, because it shows that a story doesn't have to be told in a linear fashion to succeed. And that you have to pay attention and stay present sometimes, or what you are looking for passes right by you.

It's a whole new class of films I think, Garden State, Sideways, some others where the story actually matters. I don't guess it is any big surprise that story is much more important to me than special effects, superstars or box office take… or that I'd rather read the book than see the movie. I know how hard it is to do the weaving and blending of characters and themes to make it work though, and I like seeing how others have tackled the job. Sometimes. Some storytellers lose the forest for the trees.

I also have a thing for IMDB the internet movie data base.

I've lost so many days the past two weeks. It makes no sense… yesterday was my youngest child's birthday so I know what day it is. It just doesn't register sometimes. I need to go to Michigan in April… it will just be turning spring there and I will get to talk to my friends in town about the space I want. Unless I've gambled wrong, this will be the third summer of vacancy and if I know the broker like I think I do, he'll be desperate for someone to occupy it. We'll see, he calls the project Phoenix, after all. I need to remember to take more risks.

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to jumble up the things you want to remember, like dates and times, but how old pain is always so close and clear and easy to dredge back up? What kind of plan is that anyway?

I wanted to write more, but found the need to wallow in it all and now I've lost time once again. The moon is nearly full after all, so I have an excuse for my lunacy.

Just what I need, more excuses.