CellarDoor
Not much to blog about today. I'm somewhat perturbed that I've gone to bed early two days in a row and have had just a horrendous time getting out of bed. Thinking back on it, I seemed to get out of bed and get right to it when I was staying up till 12:00 and 1:00 in the morning. The reasoning behind my attempts at early bed time is to get to the gym before work, as I think early morning workouts would be more beneficial to achieving my fitness goals. So far that's an elusive goal.
I was down to 210 lbs. as of the last weigh in (Saturday?), but my body fat still seems to be lingering between 22-23% and it just doesn't seem to want to fall. Of course, I'm somewhat suspicious of the scale. I don't think it's a very accurate as far as that goes and most of what I've read supports this. I've been procrastinating on getting that fat pinching doohickey, so the scale is all I have. Physically I feel like the percentage is going down more than the scale indicates, simply because I pull more skin off of myself than I used to be able to (I know, that sounds kind of icky).
The more I think about it, the more in awe I am of Donnie Darko. What a phenomenal film that was/is. I didn't feel like I caught everything on the first viewing, but it has me intrigued to the point of wanting to watch it a few more times. I had started the audio commentary on Sunday and that was helpful in getting some basic stuff I'd missed, but as I'd just watched it I wasn't in the mood to watch again right away. Since I sent it back to Netflix this morning I spent some time looking it up on the ‘net, and while that helped answer some more questions, it also whetted the appetite to see it again. I'm feeling tempted to run out and purchase it…and I could get the Director's Cut.
After reading a bit about the film I found out that my initial hypothesis was right in that there are a lot of different ways to interpret the movie. I love that concept and, indeed, when I write stories or poems that's one of my primary goals. I did feel pretty bad though, that I missed some of the stuff that I missed, but then that's pretty par for the course for me. On the other hand there are some things about that movie that I just don't see how anyone was supposed to pick up in the first viewing.
One of my favorite moments in the film is when the English teacher leaves "Cellar Door" on the chalk board and Donnie asks why. She says that a famous linguist once said that it was the most beautiful phrase in the English language. According to this FAQ that famous linguist was our Professor Tolkien. Very nifty indeed!
Comments
Do NOT fuck with me on Donnie. Look. The director's cut is shite. Have you gone to the Cellar Door web site? It has a tutorial on how to get through donniedarko.com. I want the Donnie Darko book. I want the import soundtrack with all the 80s songs. Did you see my photoblog where me and Nongirlfriend wrote on our arms like Donnie when Jim Cunningham finds him asleep on the golf course.
wake up
Posted by: bunny | April 5, 2005 05:14 PM
See, you can say fuck here.
So I should avoid the director's cut then? I haven't gone to the Cellar Door website as I prefer to attempt the puzzles without a walk through…what kind of real gamer uses cheats? I didn't know there was a book…is it a comic or a novel? I guess I could look into that. I downloaded the soundtrack yesterday…well most of it…or, some of it. I didn't see your photoblog, but I'll be sure to look it up when I get home. I apologize if I fucked with you inappropriately, I didn't mean to…but accidental fuckings can happen.
You scare me. Do it again.
Posted by: Jeff | April 6, 2005 08:35 AM
I cheat so I guess I'm not a real gamer, which doesn't surprise me since I can't even get Age of Mythology to run on my computer. Honestly I couldn't even figure out how to get through like the first screen.
The book is about the film. I don't have it yet. And I guess the director's cut is worth a look-see if you're a real fan, which I might be. There are some song changes that just absolutely disturbed me.
Posted by: bunny | April 6, 2005 10:46 AM
I'm not a real gamer either, but I won't cheat until I either get lazy or tired of trying...or is that the same thing? If you really want, I have the AoM board game, which is really nothing like the computer game, but involves far more card board and nifty little plastic pieces.
What about the director cut disturbed you? Disturb as in ruin or lessen or disturb as in "freak yo shit out"? Or some other manifestation of disturb that I'm not touching upon?
Posted by: Jeff | April 7, 2005 08:23 AM
How is the board game? I like board games. I don't really like lots of fighting in a computer game but do dig mythology. Okay I loved Quake and Doom so I'm lying. I think the AoM thing is just some freaking video card driver or something.
On the director's cut: there's a cognitive disconnect when you've seen a movie like 10 times, then you see the director's cut and the best song in the movie has been cut from what is one of the best scenes in the movie. At the beginning when he woke up at Carpathian Ridge and starts riding his bike home - the song changes from Echo & the Bunnymen Killing Moon to INXS Never Tear Us Apart. The story is that Richard Kelly cut the film to Never Tear Us Apart, but that there was no budget to use that song, so he had to change to Killing Moon. I think KM works much better though. Believe it or not, that disconnect really jolts you. It's like biting into an apple and tasting pizza. Hey, I'm going to use that on my blog.
Posted by: bunny | April 7, 2005 10:38 AM
The board game is fun, though it was quickly shunned by my board game snob friends. It's optimal at three players and involves lots of die rolling, meaning a large luck element...but I find that never bothers me. With certain tweaks to the original rules it can be quite entertaining. Besides the combat element, there's also the resource gathering element and building element; three "races" allows for some customized strategies. Each "race" has it's own weaknesses and strengths, such as the Vikings are strong militarily, the Egyptians can produce lots of magic and the Greeks have lots of fantasy/myth units. I think the game would be be even more fun if you had players who were experienced with it, but as of yet I've not played it enough with anyone to obtain that scenario.
I see what you mean about Donnie...too bad, I really like Killing Moon...but as my taste hasn't set on apple yet, I might still be able to taste the directors cut without retching.
Posted by: Jeff | April 7, 2005 01:33 PM