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A lot of people say to me 'You sound like my mother,' and I haven't quite decided whether this is good or not yet. Either way I think it has something to do with the way I like to touch people on the forearm when I'm worried about them or the disdain I have for Coco Pops or the way I throw cups of tea at guests in my house while shrieking phrases like 'when I was your age' and 'you're not leaving this house dressed like that.' I'm not sure. 


Anyway last night a friend of mine was added to the long list of people who have said that to me at least once, as we lay as slouched as possible totally engrossed in the film 'Into The Wild'. For someone who acts mostly like a mum I have amazingly annoying childlike tendencies when it comes to watching films, simply because I just don't watch films. Like at all. I get up and walk around, go to sleep towards the end, make loud and hilarious observations throughout, you get it. And the worst part is I'm always amazed by a good film, not only because it's, like, pictures that MOVE and make NOISE and EVERYTHING but because film is actually an incredibly powerful artform and it's really lazy and bad and terribly remiss of me to be so behind in film-watching! It's kind of hilarious because I'm always like 'oh my God! This amazing thing called FILM is happening and I MUST BLOG about this RIGHT NOW the world must KNOW!' when in reality I am decades behind the rest of society. I am so ashamed and I always vow to watch ALL the movies I've missed but as you can imagine, for someone who could probably count all the movies they've seen on their hands, I get overwhelmed and frightened and just end up watching The Brady Bunch again. Oh God. 


Well yeah so 'Into The Wild' was a film that really caught my attention for a few reasons, primarily because my friend had recommended it so highly that he came over to my house so that he could supervise me watching it (knowing that I'd never ever think to actually put it on of my own accord). There's something so wonderful about things like that, when someone recommends something to you especially because they think you'll like it. But that's another story for another time! This movie was really something, and it made me think about living and 'things' and 'the wild' and about how it really is true that happiness is only real when shared. It was a frightening story in a lot of ways and of course the fact that it was based on truth is also terrible and scary and everything but I enjoyed it, not in a happy way I guess, but in some other learning-curve way which is just as good.