The sequel to this movie–which I watched first–was full of zany humor, and I assumed this would be the same. However, it was much less zany funny and more desperate funny, which I found enjoyable in a chuckling sort of way. I haven’t seen Adam Goldberg in years* and spent a lot of time contemplating why, as an actor, he would get all those tattoos.
Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home
*I heard he has a new TV show this fall?
First I checked the shirt pattern against the dress pattern and found that the dress pattern is exactly the shirt pattern, but longer. Score.
This spring, I took a writing class offered through Write Around Portland. It was called “Prompt” because each week we would meet and write for a limited amount of time–usually somewhere between 2-8 minutes–to a number of different prompts. As the school year grinds to a start and I have less time to write, I will be featuring excerpts from my writing class in lieu of the weekly essay.
She sits on the lip of the pool, her legs dangling in the tepid water. Her hair is pulled back and summarily shoved under a swim cap and the vinyl pulls her forehead back, nearly lifting her eyebrows. She stretches her arms above her head, arching her back, then drops them and rolls her neck a few times. She trails her hands in the water, waiting to shift a bit.
Swimming is always hardest at the water’s edge. Once she has submerged her body, it’s a matter of moving her limbs, breathing rhythmically–things she’s done a thousand times before. But while on land, swimming seems incredibly hard. Years ago, she solved this problem by diving in, but times have changed and the pool rules don’t allow it. Too much liability. So now she sits on the precipice, still a land mammal and not yet an aquatic one.
I had to wait through the entire summer before time was found for the boyfriend and I to see this movie. It was worth it, though, because what I saw was the perfect mix of adventure and humor and heartache and best of all: freedom, which was portrayed in that way that only adolescents can experience freedom. Several times I looked at Matt and he was slack-jawed with delight, because this is that kind of film.*
Cost: $3.00
Where watched: at the Laurelhurst with the boyfriend.
*seriously, this was a perfect movie. You must see it.
