Interesting date. Although I am sure I can conduct the research necessary, a lot of people were getting married that day. Good luck? Tradition? I dunno. Maybe I'll have to get a bride soon so I can get married on 10/10/2010, which I think is a cooler date. Regardless, it does make it easier to remember in the future!
The animated movie "9" came out that same day. (Spoiler alert!! Skip this paragraph if you're planning on see the movie later.) It focuses around this post-apocalyptic world where the humans created great machines that eventually fight back, destroying all the humans. Usual post-apocalyptic stuff, don'cha know. I am a HUGE fan of post-apocalyptic worlds and story lines, so I had to see it, which I did that afternoon. Anyhow, in this war-torn world there are these small puppet-like critters, each having its own number. To shorten things up (and ruin the plot completely) a scientist found a way to split his life into segments and put them into these puppets, giving them life. They end up accidentally activating this giant war machine, and then destroy it. They eventually figure out how to put the soul-bits of the dead puppets into a device which rains life back on the earth. Weird stuff. Really reminds me of "The Secret of NIMH." Now THAT was a good flick! Very classic, and you must watch it if you didn't absolutely hate "9." Even if you didn't see "9" rent "Secret of NIMH." Do it.
Fall. Gosh-darnit, fall is coming! The briefest hint of a slight coolness was in the air. Fall is freakin' awesome. If it could be fall all year around, I would totally take that. Well, 8 months out of the year, with 2 months for full summer and 2 for full winter. The other night I got a whiff of something that reminded me of burning wood in cold weather, like a bonfire in winter. Both of those things reminds me of North Carolina, where I used to visit my grandparents during Christmas, and Tennessee, where my family has a cabin by a great state park (more on that later).
The feeling of cool fall weather puts in a dual-nature (much like everything does, it seems). I feel very energized. I love opening the windows and getting stuff done around the house, while also getting outside, enjoying the parks, or even just going shopping (weird...I know). Unfortunately, if I'm feeling energized in such a way, if I can't find the right activity then I get depressed somewhat. If you can relate, it is similar to a weekend day when you want to accomplish something, or a weekend evening when you just want to go out and have loads of fun, but you can't make it happen. It is like wanting to run but finding yourself on a treadmill. Bummer, indeed.
The other half is that that fall, much like winter (and Christmas for some) inserts a melancholy mood into life. The "death" of the world as summer transitions into winter is felt, and I'll feel just like curling up in some blankets, getting a big bag of candy corn (oh, yes!), and watching movies or playing games for the entire day. Not a bad thing, really. The serenity (woo!! gotta watch that movie again...). Sorry.... The serenity of the cool, breezy days as they pass to darkness seems to last forever. During fall, twilight seems to last forever. Much like the movie Twilight, which seems to never, ever end, except that's a bad thing in this instance.
The cabin in Tennessee reminds me of all of these, in some ways. It's in the middle of the woods, atop a small mountain. Perhaps you could call it a very large hill. Either way, there are excellent views all around. I can't recall the last time I was there in winter, with no leaves on the trees, opening up new vistas across the hillsides, and the wood burning stove burning away. Is it just me, or are you surprised that there are so little accidents involving those? My brother has one; it's 3 feet from a big-screen TV, and my nephew used to crawl around nearby. No injuries, though... Anyhoo, usually the visits to the cabin in Tennessee are during the summer days, when we can enjoy the state park nearby. Free entry, which is quite nice, to a good deal of hiking trails, cascades, waterfalls, and rivers filled with large rocks and boulders. Lots of claims to fame, but the only one I can recall is this: Did you ever see the live action "Jungle Book" movie? It came out like 10 years ago, or more, maybe. In one scene Mowgli jumps off of a waterfall into a lake below. That scene was filled at the park, as were a lot of other less exciting scenes in the movie. People actually still jump off of that waterfall, but with the relatively low water table in the SE US, they don't do it was much anymore. I'm looking forward to going back. Want to join me? (If you said, "yes," you're probably a stalker considering I don't think anyone really reads this.) (That may not be a bad thing).
Enjoy your weekend, reader. Unless it's Monday, in which just zone out until Wednesday or Thursday.
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