Storytelling:

Last night, I stayed up nice and late and watched "High Fidelity". Now, I love this movie for several reasons: 1) John Cusack; 2) it contains one of my favourite scenes of all time, which is the fantasy sequence where the shy quiet guy beats the crap out of the neo-hippie with a telephone and an air conditioner unit; 3) the music kicks ass; 4) for the most part, the lead character is telling you his story directly, except once in a while you get to see the action first hand. You get to see his perspective, his view on life and love and all the crap that happens along the way.

Today, my bros and I got to see the full version of "Big Fish". Basically, the lead character in this movie also tells stories about his life, except the accuracy of the facts is not entirely reliable. But they're really interesting stories, even if they didn't really happen. I guess the reason why I like these movies so much is because I love to tell stories too. I suppose that's evident by this blog of mine. So...yeah. Storytelling. Good. That's all I have to say about that.

On an almost unrelated note, I miss my friend Leo. I got to see him yesterday at a get-together with other high school people that I haven't seen in ages. He makes me laugh just by standing there, but he makes me laugh even harder when he tells his stories. Whether it's about his cheerleading days or his first hand experiences with Viagra, I can always count on Leo for a good story.

Lesson of the Day: I shouldn't drink red wine at a party. Or in public for that matter.

"Shadows grow so long before my eyes, and they're moving across the page"