There’s something so solid about watching great movies. I’m the kind of guy who just throws a movie in or clicks it on Netflix while I’m doing other things to have some background noise. Sometimes though, they can be a little bit TOO good and evoke a little bit much emotion. You can’t devalue these by just playing them and cleaning your kitchen or doing push ups.

Quite possibly the most intense movie for me to watch is American Beauty. Even seeing screen-caps of it floating around the online throw my mind into a frenzy and I get a funny feeling in my chest. The scene of the bag floating around particularly gets me. It’s so simple and kind of stupid in all reality, but that scene always gets me worked up.

” It was one of those days when it’s a minute away from snowing and there’s this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. Right? And this bag was just dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. That’s the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video’s a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember… I need to remember… Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can’t take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.”

Anyway, life pondering…..