Me Scurvy
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Drunken Master Watched "Last Samurai" last night. Can't seem to get over the feeling that Tom Cruise transcends every role he plays- I can't ever see him as anything else but "Tom Cruise as __________(fill in the blank with whatever blockbuster role he is playing this year)." Still, I found it to be a good movie. Not a great movie, but a good one. The fact that I can't loose the Tom Cruise persona whenever I watch him as a character tends to make me distance myself from said character and thus from the movie itself. It almost becomes a game, trying to see what little acting ticks he uses in every film. I think he has said "What do you want from me!?!" in an angry tone in the last few movies he's been in, but I could be wrong :) Justin and I keep finding movies that make us question our purpose in life, a life in a society that has mulled the lines of honor. Again, as we did after watching LoTR, we talked about how great it would be to die for something truly believed in- even just having the opportunity to be part of something noble, something that transcends the transient. I find it sad that there are so few opportunities to truly fight for what I believe in- the grey areas tend to make me apathetic enough to not know they way. Off on another tangent- we are worried about our neighbor, Ray-Dog. He is (IMO) a raging alcoholic, and he drinks himself into binges and doesn't leave the house for days. Once, his parents came by and stood outside his apartment, knocking for hours, trying to get him to come out. Well, it is happening again, and Justin has a really bad feeling about it- he thinks the guy is on the brink of suicide. He won't answer the door, and I am about to call the apartment complex people and see what they can do about it. Justin feels particularly guilty because he was hanging out with him the week I was gone at DG, and Ray drank a lot and was very belligerent to Justin, and now J is worried that there might be some sort of guilt involved in Ray's hiatus from society. I hope this all pans out ok. said the Dread Pirate Ro at 8:14 AM on September 22, 2004 Aarrgh! 1 scurvy dogs said "Ahoy, matey!"
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