rainy days and thursdays

i woke up to a cool morning (weatherwise). in the afternoon it was still raining cats and dogs. the weather was chilly and i was still in my pajamas so i plopped a dvd in the player and curled on the couch with Amidala cuddling against my leg. i watched Big Fish today. FINALLY! i caught it on cable the other day but since i didn't watch the start of the movie, i borrowed from Paolo because he had a dvd of it. contrary to what people told me, it was a great movie. i loved, loved, loved it! now i'm going to get my own dvd of BIG FISH. Tim Burton has a brilliant mind, doesn't he? i'm surprised he didn't pick Johnny Depp for the lead role instead of Ewan McGregor because he puts Depp in all his movies! some lines i remembered (with a little help from The Internet Movie Database) from the movie were:

"The more difficult that something became, the more rewarding it was in the end."

"It's rude to talk about religion. You'll never know who you are going to offend."

"There's a time when a man needs to fight and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny's lost, the ship has sailed and that only a fool will continue. The truth is I've always been a fool. "

"The man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him. And in that way, he becomes immortal. "

"They say, when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up. "

"There comes a point when any reasonable man will swallow his pride and admit he made a mistake. The truth is... I was never a reasonable man. "

"You were a big fish in a small pond, but this here is the ocean and your drownin'. Take my advice, go back to puddleville, you'll be happy there. "

"I was thinking about death and all. About seeing how you're gonna die. I mean, on one hand, if dying was all you thought about, it could kind of screw you up. But it could kind of help you, couldn't it? Because you'd know that everything else you can survive. "

another movie that i want to watch is Seabiscuit and Forrest Gump (for the nth time). i know they showed Seabiscuit on Star Movies (or was it on HBO?) but i wasn't able to catch that. i miss watching several movies simultaneously. here at home. in pajamas. and just by myself.

i need to get work done. create a work plan of some sort just to schedule dates for interview/research. i won't get anywhere without a workplan. must stick a post-it on my forehead just in case i forget. now i'm really sleepy. i've been trying to fight the drowsiness since this afternoon. damn, this weather! i hope it stops raining tomorrow because i hate going to school while it rains. it's usually annoying because of the horrible traffic jam, getting my jeans wet, and mud between my toes (unless i wear trainers to school).

off to sound trip some more. Van burnt me a cd of Ultraelectromagnetic Jam, songs of Eraserheads by various musical artists. i love the album but i still prefer Eraserheads themselves. the old band, that is. too bad they're gone but their legacy still lives on. at least in my world :) muchos gracias, vanessa fermil!