Days 10 & 11: Can't think of a good title here

Okay, so I definitely skipped yesterday's entry. I just felt like I didn't really have too much to write about and I was bored, so I didn't.

Last night I watched Good Will Hunting with my sister. It was a good movie; Robin Williams and Matt Damon didn't disappoint and I always seem to like motivational sorts of movies like that. I didn't really like the excessive swearing that peppered the film (they used the “f” word like no tomorrow), but my sister said that that sort of language fit the environment that was portrayed. Which I guess it did to an extent. Good Will Hunting was one of those twist-and-turn movies, one that was pretty unpredictable and evoked strong emotions. Some of the elements were a little less than believable (Robin William's character would probably have never even gotten a shrink practice if he acted like he did in the movie in the real world), but the acting was so great, as well as the acting. I couldn't help but notice the similarities between William's character in this movie and his character in Dead Poet's Society. Both are professors (well, sort of), and both of them affect people drastically in the movies by their sheer breakage of expected social norms. So I have to wonder whether Williams did a little borrowing from his portrayal in Dead Poet's Society for this movie. Still awesome though. He totally deserved the Oscar he won for it.

My sister took the bus to go to her boyfriend's place today; I helped her lug one of her heavy suitcases to the bus stop. There was a lady there who I think was Spanish; her English was a little broken and she rolled her r's. It's funny to wonder about people sometimes. I've realized through my college days that fact is sometimes more interesting than fiction, and real people's lives are just as fascinating as the most intriguing character's. Some of my friend's lives seem like they came out of books, mine included sometimes, though honestly, I don't think my life is or has been that interesting.

I also went to the library and took out the first two books in the Lord of the Rings series because I'm hopefully going to read them before I go back to school, or at the very least the first one. Also got multiple story prompts from DeviantART to think about, which I'll get to tomorrow, hopefully. Really excited about that Western prompt.

Until next time.