fever pitch

Random post!

I love the 2005 movie 'Fever Pitch' with Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy Fallon is super adorable; I've always thought so, he's so funny. One of the hardest times I laughed at his show was a joke about this Guitar Hero player who played a lot of game hours (contest?) of Guitar Hero and won; the prize was a picture of the outside. It's a nice movie, an good old fashioned see-with-your-girlfriends kind of movie!

I thought about how on the satellite dish I'm always happy to see that the Red Sox movie is coming on, but at further investigation (aka reading the description) I'm fooled half the time because it's the movie 'Fever Pitch' with Colin Firth. Today I decided to figure out what it's about. It's a movie based on a book of the same name by Nick Hornby. I don't read a lot, but I'm always up for a good book. I've read two books by that author, Slam and About A Boy, both good!! 'About A Boy' the movie is one of my favorites (and the soundtrack = thumbs up). I'm in like with you, Hugh Grant. Anyway, here I am, looking up more as I'm writing, and guess what? Movies are both based on the same book (UK/US versions) and the book is autobiographical! There you go, now you're all informed!

I have a memory of being in St. John's listening to that soundtrack. I can't remember the time of year, but definitely 2002. I had been cleaning the bedroom, moping floors and all that good stuff. I had the window open and there were cool breezes coming in. It was an old wooden window with no screen. You had to bust a gut pushing it up/open and it needed a book or stick to keep it from falling shut. The paint was chipping. The sun was to the west and the sunbeams were really bright and yellow. I may have a picture from that very day somewhere. I remember lying down on a clean fresh blanket on the bed and the room was full of natural light. I had my ex's pimp speaker setup on the go. It's good music, you should check it out.

I had one more thought either about this or maybe even unrelated, I just can't remember. O well!

Goodnight!

-AMB

9/11 anniversary

Goodbye, summer.

Yesterday was the 10^th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the USA. These last two weeks or more I’ve been seeing news articles and posts on television, the internet (http://www.cbc.ca/) and even in the uplifting stories, there is a lot of sadness. Here is a story about Gander, NL where many many planes landed on 9/11/01 and hundreds of people were cared for. Go Gander! That news story has interesting links as well.

Last night JB and I were watching some documentary on HBO. It was probably one of the most moving things I’ve seen in the last 10 years. Maybe it was "Beyond 9/11"? There were so many shows on yesterday. Why that one, I have no idea. But this is also the girl who got choked up watching the Mr. Dressup art inspiration commercial for CBC’s 75^th anniversary.  I’m almost ashamed to admit that it has taken ten years for that sadness or understanding to hit really me.  I remember that day, living in St. John’s going to MUN.  I think the prior summer 2001 was one of my favorites.  I woke up early and had breakfast, and my roommate(s?) were watching it on the living room television.  I watched too, not really understanding wtf was going on. But I had some bullshit first year course elective and went to class for 11a. 845a in NYC was 1015a in NL so that makes sense. I’m sure I watched more coverage that day, but I can’t remember details.

The show last night didn’t appear to be anything that I hadn’t seen before. People running in the streets, buildings falling down, firemen, dust, crying. We’ve seen it so often, it’s so familiar.  This documentry had interviewed the mayor at the time Rudy Giuliani and his staff. One staff person’s husband was a fire chief. She said she knew he was dead, and that she felt anger sometimes that he chose death over her. It was the saddest thing; but she loved him, and knew he was just doing his job, and that makes him a good person. I can’t find any link or extra info.  I hope she’s ok.

Last night I think what got me the most, was the fear that people must have been experiencing. It’s bad enough when something terrible happens; you hear about people hitting moose on the highway and hope it isn’t anyone you know, but it’s still someone’s sadness. Two planes crashed into the buildings where thousands of people worked. The loss of life is overwhelming to think about. What I feel worse about is the feeling of being under attack. I cannot imagine walking anywhere, minding my business getting a tea and a bagel, and not one, but two planes crash out of the sky. It makes me feel terrible for the state of things in other parts of the world, and for those people that day. Living in war and under attack must be frightening; it must ruin your life.

So that’s my 9/11 two cents.

It feels sometimes that fairness and genuine goodness in the world are nonexistant.

-AMB