Escalator Hallucinations

I'm not trying to scare the straights, but I think I'm seeing things. I guess that's better than hearing voices in my head (they've been fairly quiet lately), but still not particularly comforting... Here's the story... I was at Target last night and there was this creepy little girl riding the escalator. She looked to be about 6 and honestly looked liked she had just stepped out of the "Village of the Damned" movie; right down to the white-blonde hair and the eerie, bright blue eyes. She had no parental supervision that I could see and she just kept riding the escalator, up-and-down, up-and-down, over and over again. It was very odd. At one point I passed her on the escalator and in my head I thought, "That is one seriously creepy kid." Just as I thought that, she looked right at me and smiled this disturbing smile like she knew damn well what I was thinking. It really freaked me out a little. Anyway, the more I thought about it, the more I'm questioning wether or not she was actually there. Maybe they built that Target over an old Indian graveyard or this kid died in a freak escalator accident or something and is now haunting the place. Maybe I've just seen too many movies... I'm sure I'll need to go by Target at some point this weekend. Hopefully, she'll be gone, but if she's not... Well, I guess I'll jump off that bridge if I come to it.

How Much Blood...

Got an invite from Nick to a screening of the new indie horror flick, "Saw" last night. I've really been looking forward to this film for a couple of months now. The international release posters showed up online and they were fairly gruesome, so being a fan of serial killer films, I saw potential here. The film totally delivered. The 2 guys who wrote it (and directed and starred) were at the screening and hung out and talked (and drank) with everyone afterwards. It was great hearing them discuss the journey they went through to get this film made. I just have to say, they are a couple of really lucky bastards. (Ok, and talented too... Dammit I have got to start writing again.) Anyway, the script is great and the film keeps you guessing the whole time. It is definitely not a typical Hollywood film and I see it becoming a cult fave to horror fans. The film had some talent in it (Danny Glover, Cary Elwes, Monica Potter), but they were all outshone by co-writer and star Leigh Whannell. I like Cary Elwes a lot, but Leigh stole every scene from him. I see this guy getting some big parts down the road. Release date for "Saw" is 10/24 and I think it will surprise a lot of people with how well it's going to do at the box office. We haven't seen a serial killer movie like this since "Se7en."

Yippee Skippy!

Sorry, that's all the enthusiasm I can muster on a Monday morning ;)

Hey, Jude

I saw "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" this past weekend. (Twice actually). It rocked. I'm thinking Jude Law might have to make it onto my Top 10 list, especially now that he's single again... not sure who I'll bump to get him there though. I also saw "Wimbledon." (It was very cute/funny.) Paul Bettany totally made the movie. On Sunday I went and saw "Ju-on" with my brother and sister-in-law. It was from the director of the original version of "The Ring" and it was seriously creepy, but not nearly as scary as I was hoping it would be. I'm curious to see how "The Grudge" (the "Americanized" version with Sarah Michelle Gellar) will compare when it comes out next month. Not much else to report. I'm just killing time till "Shaun of the Dead" now. It opens on Friday, as does, "The Forgotten" which looks promising as well.

No Surprise Here...

Ok, so Mikey sent me a link to a Jungian typology test. Not surprisingly, only 0.8% of women fall into the same category as me.

Your Type is

INTJ

Introverted	Intuitive	Thinking	Judging
Strength of the preferences %
89%	22%	33%	11%

INTJ type description by D.Keirsey
INTJ type description by J. Butt and M.M. Heiss


Qualitative analysis of your type formula
You are:

• very expressed introvert
  
• slightly expressed intuitive personality
  
• moderately expressed thinking personality
  
• slightly expressed judging personality
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• Here's the link if you want to go check for yourself:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Percentages can be found at:

http://www.infj.org/typestats.html

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Tension breaker. Had to be done ;)

Raging

Haven't posted any in awhile, so it's time for some more poetry. This one's an old fav from Dylan Thomas:

Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,

Because their words had forked no lightning they

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright

Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,

And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight

Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

A Whole Lotta Rainin' Going On

Well, late last night (former hurricane) Frances came to town. It seems that she likes the ATL so much that she's going to hang out for a couple of days. I'm thinking this would be a damn good time to be at home asleep, but alas, I had to brave the disfuntional traffic lights and swim on in to work. There was about 6 inches of water in the bed of my truck this morning and looking at the wunderground radar, it looks like there is a lot more on the way. Fun for us. Still, I guess it could be worse. We could be in Florida recovering from Charley and Frances and with Ivan the Terrbile barrelling down on us...

I had sort of a schizophrenic holiday weekend. All-in-all it was pretty good. The weather was awesome on Sat and Sun and Rain and I got some good riding time in... Then there was Sunday afternoon which went from bad to worse as it progressed. The highlight was definitely the moron from South Carolina who thought that 75/85 South would be a great place to play bumper cars with me at about 65 miles an hour. My poor truck has a big ass dent in the side of it now :(

So, that's it for now. I guess just batten down the hatches and have some coffee and it'll all be ok...