October 16, 2007
Random musings…
Written by RobynDeHart in Jaunty PostThe Professor and I went to a movie a couple of weekends ago and we did something I’ve only done one other times, we walked out. Not because the movie wasn’t good, we were about 45 minutes into it and so far it was entertaining. But rather because it made me sick. No, it wasn’t overly graphic or bloody, it actually made me “car” sick. If that makes sense. There seems to be a new trend in some movies to shoot them with the cameraman IN the action rather than on a stable platform that rolls through the shot. And there have been a few other movies that have made me ill this way. The first was The Blair Witch Project and I only watched about 15 minutes of it before I had to lay back and close my eyes. It wasn’t a very scary movie with only the dialogue to keep me entertained. Then there were the second two Bourne movies, I could watch most of the 2nd one, but the 3rd, I missed almost the whole thing. And frankly there isn’t a whole lot of dialogue in action movies so I have no idea what happened in that one. But this most recent move, The Kingdom, I had been looking forward to for months so I was very disappointed to have to leave. We’ll just have to rent it so I can watch it on the small screen. So am I the only one? Anyone else get motion sickness from movies?
I got a new toy recently and I am totally in love. We have faux hard wood floors through most of our house and while I never would have picked out this particular color of wood (it’s very light and thus shows all the dirt and dust) they are rather attractive. But they have been the bane of my existence since we moved in. When you have two lovely kitties who are quite thorough at covering their business in their litter boxes, they tend to get little bits of litter caught in between their toes so that when they walk through the house they track it everywhere. And did I mention the cat hair? It’s everywhere. So I’ve swept, dry mopped, dry swiffered, wet swiffered and they just never look clean. Until I bought a Hoover FloorMate. 
This sucker (HA!) does it all. It’s specifically for hard floors (of any type, tile, wood, linoleum, etc.) and it dry vacuums, wet cleans and then wet vacuums so you don’t leave streaks. My floors have never been so clean and they look beautiful. So I’m telling you if you have hard floors in your house, do yourself a favor and get yourself one of these. They are well worth the expense and so easy to use.
I’ve been reading Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird lately and while I’ve had this book a while I’ve just never read it before. I’m not sure why, maybe it was because I needed to wait to read it now when everything feels so pertinant to my writing. I find myself nodding and laughing as I read her anecdotes because she just really nails the writer’s mind. So if you are interested in writing or struggling with the joy of writing (which tends to happen at some point) then I highly recommend this book.
Ever notice how much Brad Pitt and Benicio del Toro look alike only Brad Pitt is cute and well, Benicio isn’t? Check it out…
How weird is that?
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Mary Says:
GAH! I just bought a new vacuum for the attachments - I didnt see a Floor Mate!
My SIL had a seizure watching Stigmata in the theater. Now THAT was scary.
Shana Says:
I could hardly watch the 3rd Bourne movie (didn’t see the 1st or 2nd) because it moved around so much. I thought I was the only one it bothered!
I can’t believe you’ve never read Bird by Bird, Robyn! I didn’t think they let you be a writer until you’d read that one
Taryn Raye Says:
I had trouble watching “Doom” several years ago. I’m sure there have been others, but they slip my mind at the moment. I don’t like jumpy camera shots either…they attack all your senses at once and through you off kilter.
I haven’t heard of Bird by Bird, but will definitely note it on my list of books to look for. Thanks!
I hadn’t thought about Brad/Benicio’s resemblances! LOL I have to ditto though..Brad looks a LOT better….Benicio creeps me out- especially after having seen him in Sin City.
Taryn Raye Says:
Oops- throw you off not through you off! (too early in the morning)
brownone Says:
LOL!! I got motion sickness SO bad during “The Blair Witch Project”. I don’t even know why I went to go see it because it did not even interest me in the slightest. Funny thing, I got sick during Titanic and actually had to get up to throw up…two weeks later I found out I was pregnant (and “motion sick” all nine months).
Oh yeah…Benicio is a “rugged” Brad! He has that “Brad Pitt on Crack” look about him…
brownone Says:
Oh…and I have been BEGGING my husband for a Floormate. We also have the laminate and the kids running in and out all day make it dusty and sometimes there is a film left when I mop. I have turned to the microfiber duster mop things…I don’t even know what to call it. I guess this birthday I’ll be asking for a floormate…
Margo Maguire Says:
Movies don’t give me motion sickness … at least, I don’t think they do. We don’t go to action movies too often, so I’m not sure. But I definitely got it when we drove into Yosemite this summer. So many switchbacks in the road, and I was in the back seat!
catslady Says:
I’m going to have to keep that sweeper in mind. I have 7 cats so you can imagine the hair. At the moment I have 4 different sweepers and a swiffer and a wet vac lol. I mostly use my two portable hoovers because they are industrial strength.
Kerry Allen Says:
I watched the first two Bourne movies on TV, and I spent most of my time looking at the top left corner of the television and checking in once in a while to see if I was missing anything because all the cutting and spinning made me dizzy and gave me a headache. Glad to hear it’s not some weird neurologic glitch unique to me.