Beyond Borders

Angie and I were going to walk to Subway tonight, but then- as usual- it decided to pour so Ang, Scott, Annie and I watched a movie instead. Its the one with Angelina Jolie where she is involved in aid in etheopia and other countries. It was good in the fact that starvation is a seldom seen topic in movies, especially romantic ones, and I'm sure that it raised at least some people's awarness of the suffering that goes on every day. However, it was reallllllly formulaic- we knew who was going to die, and what was going to happen in several places, and though it showed refugees and aid workers in three featured countries in different years, and though the workers were passionate about their work, you never really got to know any of the people they were helping. It simply showed them as the huddled masses, mindlessly following the directions of the workers. It would also have been more effective if they had gone into more of the reasons for the displacement of the people and the politics behind it, but that would probably have taken up way too much time and effort. Whatever. It was one of those movies that you walked away from feeling rather melancholy and somewhat depressed. Not as much as after watching AI, which shall ever live in my mind as the most depressing movie ever created.

Alias Finale

Speaking of predictable.... In the grand tradition fo each of its other seasons, it ended with a cliffhanger, but not as much as last year, which is good because otherwise I might have murdered jj abrams. It was entertaining, but rather predictable, from vaughn being attacked and ending up in the hospital (aren't people beginning to wonder if he's cursed or something?) to a kiss, after a certain someone was shot and on the ground thought to be dead and, surprise surprise, they pop up with a gun in their hand- duh! why does no one ever take the time to check and see if someone is really dead anymore- or at least kick the gun out of theier hand?!! Oh well, I'll still watch next year. I've told about ER and that I like watching it with Kortnie because she is so excited- or rather animated :) (one or two fo you will get that) about it. with Alias its Annie. she screams at the characters, she ooos over the romance, and moans when its over and we're left hanging. I lve her for that. Next year I'll miss havign our other two roomies watching ti with us, but we intend to get at least lisa watching ti with us- we must continue the roomate tradition. And if we can just get her to watch one or 2 episodes she'll be trapped, like so many of us. (I tried but that was pretty crappy ambigousness- sorry if anyone was going to record it and watch it later- i don't think thats anyone though)

Quote

The guy in the shoe store at the Mall: "Do I know you from somewhere?"
The other guy that worked there: "Yeah, I think we know you from somewhere- did you go to western?"
First guy: "Maybe the girl who works in Gloria Jeans?"
Second Guy: shakes his head.

Okay, I get this all of the time- who do I look like people? I really want to know. I'm insecure enough to hope its like some famous actress who's admired the world over, but in reality it probably is the girl who works in Gloria Jeans.