So tonight I was baking a cake for the Christmas party tomorrow, and my dad starting watching my favourite movie Martian Child. I've got to say, I LOVE this movie. It makes me laugh and cry every time I watch it. There are so many good actors in it (John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Amanda Peat, Bobby Coleman) and the director is a freaking genius. I love the heartfelt, cute way the story is told. And as an added bonus, it was shot in Canada. :)
I'm not going to spoil the movie for you or tell you to like it or anything, I'm just going to leave you with this quote:
"Dennis, can I just say one last thing about Mars? - which may be strange coming from a Science-Fiction writer - But right now, you and me here, put together entirely of atoms, sitting on this round rock with a core of liquid iron, held down by this force that seems to trouble you, called gravity, all the while spinning around the sun at 67,000 miles an hour and whizzing through the milkyway at 600,000 miles an hour in a universe that very well may be chasing its own tail at the speed of light; And admist all this frantic activity, fully cognisant of our own eminent demise - which is our own pretty way of saying we all know we're gonna die - We reach out to one another. Sometimes for the sake of entity, sometimes for reasons you're not old enough to understand yet, but a lot of the time we just reach out and expect nothing in return. Isn't that strange? Isn't that weird? Isn't that weird enough? So why the heck do ya need to be from Mars for?"
-"David" played by John Cusack
my little brother is a douchebag and has no purpose in my life except to make it a living hell. god he's fucking annoying.
I'm really pissed right now. I'll try to go calm down (aka blast music and chant *only one and a half more years till I'm gone*) and write a nicer post about a happier topic some other time. hopefully. :)
please enjoy this happy musicas an apology for the first bit of this post.
oh and this cute picture of a puppy. :)
Top five people (alive or dead) to hang out with for a day (in no particular order):
1. Ellen Page She's my hero and role model. I love her, and I think she's a really genuine, funny person who would be be awesome to hang with. We'd talk about Canadian things, music, and Leo DiCaprio. :P
2. John Cusack Also my hero. I love his movies (Martian child makes me cry EVERY time I watch it), and every interview I've seen of him, he seems like a great guy. I'd love to talk to him about his movies and how he got his start in acting.
3. Felicia Day I love her. She's so great. If I could manage to become as famous as her in my acting career, I could die happy. I'd talk to her about her amazing singing voice, her penguin purse, and other random things.
4. Neil Patrick Harris If he weren't gay, I would marry him the second I turned 18. no joke. He's an amazing actor, he's hilarious and he also has an amazing singing voice. We'd talk about Dr. Horrible, HIMYM, and Nathan Fillion. :)
5. Harvey Milk My biggest hero. He did so much for the gay community, and always with a smile. I really wish he was alive today so I could meet him for real. We'd talk about politics, and anything really because he seems like a really cool guy to hang out with.
So there ya have it. Who are your top five people to hang out with?
So tonight I was watching T.V. and landed upon a show called What Would You Do? It's a show that gets actors to go out in public and act out a scene that could happen in everyday life, and videotape people's reactions. It's actually pretty interesting. Today they had a boy and his father in a cafe, where the father started to freak out after his son told him he was gay. Most bystanders did nothing, but one women stood up to the man and told him to love his son no matter what. She talked about her two autistic children and how she didn't dream for them to be autistic, but she still loved them. It brought tears to my eyes, and I knew it would. What I was unprepared for was when they did the same scene again, but this time with a mother instead of a father freaking out. I started to sob uncontrollably, and then began to think "Wait, why am I crying? I know it's fake." I guess it was because I know this can and has happened in real life, but usually in more private situations. Why? Why do we spew so much hate? Why can we not accept change? Why do we reject difference? (I realize that was a bit redundant, but bear with me here) Maybe because the norm up till now has been to go with the crowd, and the crowd says homosexuality is wrong. Well, I say, FUCK the crowd! Who gives a shit what others are trying to shove down our throats? Make up your own opinions people, and let's try to love more, hate less.
