Or should I say where have I been? I
was looking at my last post and I should have said to myself I hope you are
sitting down for this, because my last post was November 18th!
November 18th! Aca-Scuse me? Aca-believe it.
The last thing I blogged about was my
love for Begin Again, don’t worry that love is still there. But then
Thanksgiving came, then it was back to work again and then I was like huh? Then
I just got lazy. There I said it. What don’t look at me like that. No you. I
just realize I am mostly talking to myself here. Anyway…
To be honest, I have not felt very
motivated to write a blog. When I write, I have to write for myself and I have
to feel it. I can’t write just to write. Which is another reason my writing is
not very structured. Not that structure is a bad thing. For me, I like to write
as if I am having a discussion. Well, more like a conversation. Well, more like
my brain is just rambling.
Well … well. Thank you to the 10th
Doctor for that one. Saying well a lot. Speaking of the Doctor, I have been
watching the series again starting from number 9. Who was/is the Doctor’s
brother? There’s a scene where Martha Jones ask the Doctor is he has a brother.
He says No, not any more. What? And where is the Doctor’s daughter? Going way
back, what happened to his granddaughter? My husband brought up a good point,
she is a Time Lord, so wouldn’t she have regenerated a couple of times since
leaving the TARDIS. I will stop now because, too many unanswered questions.
Where was … oh feeling motivated to
write. I can honestly say now I know where that conversation comes from. You
know the one where someone ask, what are you writing? And you say nothing. That’s
me. Well, sort of. Well, not today!
It’s kind of like when I was about to
write about the Hunger Games. Hunger Games! I just got stuck on the third
paragraph. That movie was dark. Don’t get me wrong I love the Hunger Games book
series. When I first read Catching Fire I was like it this is getting dark.
When I got to Mockingjay, all I could
say was it just got real people.
So confession, I cried for like the
first 30 minutes of the movie. I know fictional characters, but there is
something about oppression and war, that is too real. One of the other things
that pulled at my heart strings is the first scene where Philip Seymour Hoffman
appears.
There were other moments that did not
make me feel sad. Like when Katniss kisses Gale and he says the only way he can
get her attention is by being in pain. I was like there’s no time for false
drama we got bigger issues up in here.
I truly think the movie does need to
be in two parts. What we just saw just scratched the surface. There is so much
that happens in the book, one movie would not cover it all and would feel
rushed. But at the end of the movie, I said to myself, I guess they are waiting
to show how crazy Coin is in the second part.
To sum up my feelings for Mockingjay Part I, I’d like to quote Rob
Gordon from High Fidelity.
“Nobody worries about kids listening
to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain,
misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I
miserable because I listened to pop music?”
In this case replace music with
books.
Speaking of films, I finally saw Edge of Tomorrow. And it was pretty
good. Yes, Tom Cruise is in it. Yes, I know how some people feel about it. But
the movie was not too Tom Cruisey and Emily Blunt is excellent in this movie.
Her character, Rita, does not have to rely on Cage (Cruise) to come and rescue
her.
In regards to writing, I think
sometime it’s good to take a break, or in my case be a little lazy and enjoy
good movies and spend time with loved ones because it can help clear the mind.
For me it’s my zen thing. Because hey, look, I actually write something today. To
sum it up, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a
while, you could miss it.”
