An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road.

"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."
— Chris McCandless

I swear to you, Into the Wild is a life changing movie - at least for me. My meilleur amie felt the same way, but that might just be us. It's actually a true story. And that's what makes it so great. Of course, the beautiful scenery in the film is a plus. I don't even want to say anything about it because I feel like you should go see it for yourself. I mean, honestly, Chris McCandless aka Supertramp is one of my heroes. These kinds of things inspire me so much. I've been meaning to go buy the book, but I haven't had the chance yet. I love everything about this story. Of course, the ending is not ideal, but the act is inspiring. I think you can agree with that.

It's part of the reason why my best friends and I have decided to go camping (that's a lighter word than I'd like to use, but I don't know a better one, and I also feel like realistically, that's all we're going to end up doing) for a few weeks in the summer (again, realistically, there's very little chance that we'll be able to do more than 2 weeks considering we have to coordinate everyone's schedules which is a pain). I adore adore adore these types of things. They're very romantic.

Inside all of us is a wild thing...

Yesterday I went to see Where the Wild Things Are. It was such a good movie! I loved it - but it was sad! It actually brought me to tears at one point! I highly, highly recommend you go see it in theatres right away. It didn't let me down, and I had built up some pretty high hopes.
My favorite was Douglas, and then Carol. Who were your favorites?
I wore my Max hat. I think it is quite awesome. In fact, I'm wearing it right now as well. And there's my kitty with me in the photo. He's so cute, don't you think?

Mischief Managed

Yes, that's right, I already saw the new Harry Potter! I went to the midnight premiere with a couple of my friends. :) We got there at ten for the midnight show...that's what the ticket person told us to do, apparently. Well, anyways, it was worth it!! These movies are soooo good! I heard the next two will be 2010 and 2011, there's two because the last book was so long that they had to split it into two parts. According to an interview with Emma Watson I saw, they're already done filming the first half and working on the second half.
Let me tell you, these movies are spectacular. The effects! Brilliant. The whole setting of Hogwarts and pretty much everywhere else they go, breathtakingly gorgeous. But, oh my gosh, I swear, everyone came out of there with tears in their eyes. I won't give too many details, so I don't spoil it for anyone, but ooooh, the last scene, it's so pretty!

I haven't read the books in two or three years, but I did reread the Half Blood Prince in November, when the movie was still scheduled to come out in December. However, for me, all the books sort of blend together, so I can never pick out specific incidents that didn't make it into the movie. I always feel like "oh, maybe that was in a different book," or "maybe that already happened in another movie." This is probably due to the fact that I saw the first four or five movies before I read the books. ( :O ! I know! How could I?! - I thought I was being very rebellious or something; everyone else was reading them, so I wouldn't!) Although, that has made the movies equal to or at parts better than the books for me, because all the characters in my head when I read, have always been the actors in the movies. I like that.

Anyways, the point of talking about Harry Potter at all was to say, I saw this girl with a very cute shirt which I must make for myself. It was just a plain white v-neck, and on the front it said "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good" in this really neat, Harry Potter-esqe writing (it makes sense to me...) and on the back it said "Mischief managed" OOH it was sooo cute! My friends and I were so jealous. I want to make myself one now. I need to find a white vneck :P Or maybe an offwhite one. I have some sort of aversion to wearing white shirts. I don't really know why.

Books

Back from the library! I didn't find any good books really. I got the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage both by Mark Twain. And a book of magic tricks just for fun.
I didn't have a list of books I wanted with me, and the library didn't have any suggestions on books that I could find - no reading lists or book clubs or anything! It was quite annoying. Next time I'll need to bring a list.

Also, I drove a stick shift car to the library! For the first time! It was difficult to get started, but then it was no problemo.