So, I've been up since 5 am. Strangest thing - I woke up, completely convinced that a) there was something in my closet, and b) if I opened the door from my bedroom to the kitchen, someone was going to stab me. Issues much? Didn't even watch a horror movie last night... Might've been that I went to see Inception... which was a mind blowing mindsplosion... haha Christopher Nolan is amazing. Didn't find it particularly scary but, well, the mind goes to weird places when dreaming, I guess. Don't really get the point of nightmares though. Why would the mind create such a thing? Where do nightmares come from and wouldn't your mind want to protect you from such things?
Back to Inception... what I don't get, and this may be just a silly little thing, is WTF was up with Ellen Page's wardrobe? I mean, the guys in the film got gorgeous suits to walk around in and poor Ellen Page is in these frumpy awful clothes! Is it because she's younger than them? For some reason that bugged me. Kinda like watching Scarlett Johansson in a lot of her movies. She looks so pretty sometimes but then other times she's so frumpy. Weird. I will give the film props for Joseph Gordon Levitt's wardrobe choice though... he's blank in the movie but somehow 3-D blank... like what the characters from the Matrix were striving for. Make sense? Maybe not. I don't really know how to explain it but he's almost inhumanly cool and meticulous but not serial killer cold and neurotic to the point of creating weakness in his character. He doesn't seem to worry himself with humans but then you have that one part in the film where he cons Ellen Page into kissing him and you see that he's also a bit of a trickster. His mask cracks minutely and his humanity shows for just a moment. He's perfect because you know that he gets things done and there's no worry that he won't. As you can probably tell, I'm impressed. :p Joseph Gordon-Levitt is choosing really good parts and playing them beautifully.
So, going hiking up Brunswick Mountain today. Don't know if I'm ready for the kind of hiking these guys are doing but no time like the present. It's weird to be this "out of shape." Not having ski training for the past two years has been interesting. I mean, I suddenly have all this extra time but I don't do anything with it... Feels like I have even less time to fit in the things I want to fit in. Or maybe I just have to be selective in what I want to do and who I want to see, yada yada yada. I think I might be getting better at being selfish but I still find myself trying to say yes to everyone, which usually gets me into a jam as I become double- or even triple-booked and I start to get that claustrophobic feeling and end up having to hide myself away from everyone or risk having my head explode, Scrubs dream style.
Went over to MEC and on a whim bought climbing shoes. This is the thing I don't get. When I go into a store, I either have a good sense or self and am able to choose things right away that I know I'll like, or try not to get caught up in the semantics of things so that I have so many choices that I am frozen and cannot make a choice. When I shop for running shoes, I usually get the right ones on the first or second try. Trying on others are unnecessary and just make life harder. I'm pretty sure it's been proven that the more options a human being has, the harder it is to make a choice. So, I picked out these shoes and told the guy my size. He comes back out with them, I try them on and smile at him, saying, "These are perfect, thanks."
He comes back with, "Really? Whoa. That almost never happens."
I almost stay and try on every pair to compare and contrast just to make him happy.
Now, I work in retail. A bike shop, specifically. Now I'm aware that you're separating with about 800 bucks but when buying a commuter bike, standing around talking about the derailleurs instead of taking them out to get the feel, is a complete waste of time for everyone involved. I appreciate the people who appreciate my time and am totally glad to answer all your questions. I just want you to ride a bike first.
Alright, breakfast time even though I'm hiking with Climber Andy and therefore we probably won't leave til 10. :p
Good song to wake up to (if you're not already up... :p): The Submarines - 1940
Alternatively: Datarock - I Used to Dance With My Daddy
Quote du Jour: "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less." - Marie Curie
Book I'm reading right now: William Gibson's Neuromancer. Forgot about it til Mom sent it west. Pretty decent read.
