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Not posted much recently, nothing much has happened recently, so hey you've not missed out on anything.
Just watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, it wasn't as good as i'd hoped it would be, maybe my hopes for it were too high. I really like Michel Gondry's music videos and i rather like Charlie Kaufman's other writing efforts, so i guess it makes sense i thought this film would be great. Don't get me wrong its not bad, its just not great, its missing something. Though i must admit the ending is good, i have a serious soft spot for films without happy endings. Futility is an ending i'm used to, so to see it in a film was good.
Of course it got me thinking about things i'd like to erase from my memory, a thought i suspect everyone who watched this film had. I thought; wouldn't it be great if i could erase certain bad things so i didn't agonise over them and certain good things so i didn't know i was missing out on them. After a bit of thought i decided it prolly wasn't a good idea, see the futility above, it would just mean i'd make the same mistakes i had before over and over again. Then it suddenly struck me that i erase bits of my memory all the time, or at least dull them enough so that i can make the same mistakes over and over again. I've tried to chronicle my many mistakes and acts of stupidity in journals such as this but somehow i still forget, i still make the same mistakes over and over again. I can see the error of my ways in hindsight and think; damn i'm stupid i've done that before, but i never see it coming before hand.
I may have some sort of rant about not being able to get any non-windows OS to work or a random fawn over my new g-mail account and the spiffyness of Firefox or any number of other boring geek things, but in all honesty i really can't be arsed.
Just watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, it wasn't as good as i'd hoped it would be, maybe my hopes for it were too high. I really like Michel Gondry's music videos and i rather like Charlie Kaufman's other writing efforts, so i guess it makes sense i thought this film would be great. Don't get me wrong its not bad, its just not great, its missing something. Though i must admit the ending is good, i have a serious soft spot for films without happy endings. Futility is an ending i'm used to, so to see it in a film was good.
Of course it got me thinking about things i'd like to erase from my memory, a thought i suspect everyone who watched this film had. I thought; wouldn't it be great if i could erase certain bad things so i didn't agonise over them and certain good things so i didn't know i was missing out on them. After a bit of thought i decided it prolly wasn't a good idea, see the futility above, it would just mean i'd make the same mistakes i had before over and over again. Then it suddenly struck me that i erase bits of my memory all the time, or at least dull them enough so that i can make the same mistakes over and over again. I've tried to chronicle my many mistakes and acts of stupidity in journals such as this but somehow i still forget, i still make the same mistakes over and over again. I can see the error of my ways in hindsight and think; damn i'm stupid i've done that before, but i never see it coming before hand.
I may have some sort of rant about not being able to get any non-windows OS to work or a random fawn over my new g-mail account and the spiffyness of Firefox or any number of other boring geek things, but in all honesty i really can't be arsed.