There was a sale on the jumbo size Hershey's Bars with Almonds at the local Waldbaums. Could I resist? No. I grabbed two and headed for the checkout like I was committing a crime. Two jumbo bars for $3.00? What, were they crazy?
Last night I consumed half of one of them. I felt satisfied.
Tonight I sat down looking for a good movie to watch, and ended up with "Screamers" as the first of a double-bill. Peter Weller is always fun to look at. Any movie converted from a Philip K. Dick novel makes me happy, too. "Screamers" was okay. For about half of it I was suffering from what I call "exploding sinus". It happens to me when the air pressure falls off rapidly. Hence, I am a human weather forecaster. If there's a snow squall or thunderstorm coming, I feel it ASAP.
So I took a couple of Advil Liquid-Gels, and waited for my headache to go bye-bye.
I figured that I'd seen "Screamers" before, and I was right. I recognised it towards the second half because of the evil little boy.
"Screamers" ended and I was feeling better, so I looked for something else to watch.
Ah hah! "Accepted"...perfect. I went to a tiny college called Five Towns Music and Jazz. Silly, eh? They weren't in the Five Towns, they taught out of a tiny old church and the surrounding buildings that were once used for parochial school. It felt like someone slapped a college together overnight and got a few ailing and mentally retarded teachers to teach some half-assed courses.
I still loved it. My lab was "Jazz Guitar 101", and I was a happy camper, despite the fact that my fingers were screaming in pain the whole time. The only thing they didn't have that I wanted was an orchestra. Oh, well. The hijinx between classes made up for it completely.
So "Accepted" was about a college that was made up by a graduating senior who didn't get accepted into any college. Hilarity ensues as he recruits his friends and leases a decrepit mental institution, fixes it up, and accepts all the other college rejects from the community.
Justin Long plays the lead role. Do you remember him? I couldn't place him until I looked him up. He played the "Galaxy Quest" geek/fan in the film of the same name. I thought he was a cute kid with a good future playing geeks. Now he's got a lead role! Good for him.
The stars of the movie (for me) were Robin Lord Taylor, who did a fantastic character as Abernathy, the kid with ADD, and Lewis Black, as Uncle Ben, the Dean of the college.
Robin Lord Taylor is going to have a bright career, I can feel it. He did a better ADD kid than Jim Carey. Speaking of which, where's Jim these days? It feels like Robin Lord Taylor is going to fill his shoes if he doesn't make a return to film soon.
I remember Lewis Black as a comic, and he did a great job doing his usual routine. He flings his hands around and comments on society and how people should act in the most sarcastic way possible. I sat watching "Accepted", while consuming the other half of my Hershey's Bar. I'm now flying high on sugar and chocolate. I actually feel happy. It's tough right now - I'm getting ready to give away most of my cats for several months, move in with a relative, and work my butt off to get into a new apartment, or hopefully a house.
What would be really nice is if About.com would come back and tell me that I can start my training. I'd like to make a few decent bucks instead of killing myself in some factory.
Anyway, it just proves something: that chocolate and a good movie can improve anyone's outlook on life.
Now I have to get back to work - I have shipping to do before tomorrow.
Go ahead and see "Accepted". It's worth the two hours of your life to sit, gawp and goof off happily.
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