Stores of the Mind
Jan. 11th, 2009 01:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatIn this post, I'll briefly discuss two movies and two dreams. The first movie is Needful Things, which ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bethje and I watched last night. I've never read the book (or ANY Stephen King book, for that matter), but I enjoyed the movie, and thought it had an interesting concept. Nice variation on the theme of mysteriously appearing shops, too. The other movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, was better received by the general public, but not by us. {g} I liked the idea pretty well, though, and I have to give Jim Carrey props for playing the main character convincingly. I never once expected him to start yodeling out of his butt or flailing his arms and yelling. I think the main thing I learned from the film, though, is that guys who own memory-erasure businesses shouldn't hire kids who get drunk and high while on the job.
As for the dreams, the first one I remember involved my really wanting to buy a Dungeons & Dragons manual, despite not having an opportunity to play the actual game. (The sad thing is that I might actually do something like that. I remember when I stayed in a beach house with my dad, and THEY had a D&D manual, which I read quite a bit while there.) I rode the bus to a store that I think was both Target and Toys "R" Us at different times. I overheard someone talking about a woman bringing a horse on the bus, and the horse pooping while on board, but I never actually SAW said horse. I think the woman was in the seat in front of me, though. Later, my family was on board, taking my sister to the airport so she could fly to Ohio. And in the store were two cats, one tortoise shell and one black Maine Coon (looking a lot like the late Anderson, but with a different mouth).
The second dream started out with me in some house where a British guy was hitting on his maid, who was quite similar to Mary Poppins. His wife eventually came back home, and let their several dogs outside. There was also a cat, who walked outside but then came right back in again. Later, I was swimming in a pool that was partially in the same house, on both sides of the front wall and windows. Beth was on the other side of a window from me, and I did some trick where I created a massive wave that both of us rode into the air and then back down.
bethje and I watched last night. I've never read the book (or ANY Stephen King book, for that matter), but I enjoyed the movie, and thought it had an interesting concept. Nice variation on the theme of mysteriously appearing shops, too. The other movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, was better received by the general public, but not by us. {g} I liked the idea pretty well, though, and I have to give Jim Carrey props for playing the main character convincingly. I never once expected him to start yodeling out of his butt or flailing his arms and yelling. I think the main thing I learned from the film, though, is that guys who own memory-erasure businesses shouldn't hire kids who get drunk and high while on the job.As for the dreams, the first one I remember involved my really wanting to buy a Dungeons & Dragons manual, despite not having an opportunity to play the actual game. (The sad thing is that I might actually do something like that. I remember when I stayed in a beach house with my dad, and THEY had a D&D manual, which I read quite a bit while there.) I rode the bus to a store that I think was both Target and Toys "R" Us at different times. I overheard someone talking about a woman bringing a horse on the bus, and the horse pooping while on board, but I never actually SAW said horse. I think the woman was in the seat in front of me, though. Later, my family was on board, taking my sister to the airport so she could fly to Ohio. And in the store were two cats, one tortoise shell and one black Maine Coon (looking a lot like the late Anderson, but with a different mouth).
The second dream started out with me in some house where a British guy was hitting on his maid, who was quite similar to Mary Poppins. His wife eventually came back home, and let their several dogs outside. There was also a cat, who walked outside but then came right back in again. Later, I was swimming in a pool that was partially in the same house, on both sides of the front wall and windows. Beth was on the other side of a window from me, and I did some trick where I created a massive wave that both of us rode into the air and then back down.
