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May 31, 2002 on 11:39 pm | In Blogger |

Today I woke up around 11 or 12ish…that was fun. Just as I was getting up Mom wanted to know if I’d like to go to see that one Tom Clancy film that opened today. Why not, right? So, I went with her, my brother and his little friend to see it, and was totally wowed. The movie was just fantastic. Morgan Freeman totally outstaged Ben Affleck (which isn’t too hard to do; I hate Affleck), and James Cromwell made a totally convincing/riviting performance as the President of the United States of America. I also thought Ciaran Hinds made an awesome Russian president, and he and Cromwell worked really well together. The only two things I didn’t like were 1. Affleck (like I said earlier, I hate that man—he can’t act and he reminds me strongly of the dumbjocks at CDO), and 2. the girlfriend (she had little or no point in the movie).

Let’s see…after that I didn’t do much, aside from hanging around. I had a terrible headache—I think it might be from the Mt. Lemmon fire, there’s debris everywhere here. I got/read a letter from Cristal, which was funnay because of her description of that fat chic (though it’s sad, really…). And, umm, I played the Sims for a bit. My Sim can play the piano and likes making out in the bathroom or library with her husband~

How sentimental our world is! After supper, I took Grant for a walk—and outside it was hot, I’m the first to admit it. And, admittedly, the heat in Arizona was probably the reason I was the only one outside, walking through a ghost-town neighborhood, yet in my opinion, the sunset atmosphere is the best part of the day. Yet the foliage, the gorgeous sunset, the view of the mountains, as I took it all in and thought how grateful and lucky I am, my headache seemed to evaporate. As we walked around, no one was in site. I looked from house to house—how prim and perfect they were, in such an upkept manner! One house had chairs sitting under a made-up porch, chairs facing the sunset, in the open, obviously there for show only. Another house had a fountain, lion statues, and a paved driveway up front, and it only looked nice. Yet another house had a porchswing, bought at Fry’s Food and Drug Store for $129.99 recently, yet no one was outside sitting there, enjoying it. But to Grant and me, these ornaments seemed like cleared desert. Nothing more.

The wash was so pretty, so tangible, so real. But underneath this surface were cardboard houses, people watching tv or playing on the computer, blocking out this beautiful, endless nature which surrounded and carressed Grant and me. And, we were the only ones outside to enjoy it~