Here I am getting arrested in 9th grade. Just kidding. This was taken when I was in 9th grade though. More maybe 10th. Oh well, I don't care. It was then and now is now. Thank God! I look so ridiculous. Check out all that gel. Actually, at the time, I used pomade. Yuck. Oh well, I don't know why I felt the need to put this here, oh yeah! I was in the orthodontist and his picture was in my file. I saw it and laughed, so I took a picture on my camera phone.

I watched a film called "The Bad and the Beautiful" a few weeks ago and literally fell in love with it. I started it really late at night and finished it in the wee hours of morning. I just couldn't bring my eyes away from the screen. I felt it was an accurate not only portrayal regarding the 1930's Hollywood, but the symbolism behind the title. This film put every single aspect under a microscope and examines the process by itself. I'm planning on writing about the film in my movie blog as soon as blogger enables my blog. For some idiotic reason, the people of blogger mistook my blog for a spam blog. I have no clue how, but I'll go ahead and get this off my chest: "Fuck you, blogger!" I bet they'll suspect this one of spam next. Well, two nights ago I watched Nick Ray's "In a Lonely Place," and while not held at the same caliber as "The Bad and the Beautiful," "In a Lonely Place" was really good as well. Another great portrayal of Hollywood, but this time it's solely through the perspective of a writer with a severe anger problem (played very well by Humphrey Bogart). I have not seen acting this great from Bogie. He typically portrays the same role in most films, but in this one, there's a lot of psychological characterization built up and projects swiftly to the suspenseful climax. Even my eyes were opened wide and jaw open. There are three lines from the movie that they make stand out:

"I was born when she kissed me.
I died when she left me.
I lived a few weeks while she loved me."

The film is comical at times, but most of it regards the turmoil some people go through and the pain and suffering one feels "in a lonely place." Again, another great symbolic title. The film, refers to Bogie's lonely place in his large Hollywood apartment, and the lonely place in his mind. The film plays well with sympathy also. Nicholas Ray is now on my top ten list of favorite filmmakers. The story is told great visually. Ray has a true craft that many fail to achieve.

Finals are this week. I finished taking my Brit Lit final today and really felt passionate about my essay. I even told him that it was one of my favorite writing challenge at Gordon and possibly ever. And I feel my allergies acting up again. Fucking cold weather. I hate it. My light show is tomorrow. I'll take pics so I can put them here. Well, I'm off to write about Islam.