You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon

For a lot of my Top 20 favourite movies, i didn't know they were to become my favourites, even right after the show. It's like, after the end credits roll, if for days, weeks or months i keep thinking about it, i'll know just how much i like it.

Is that normal? I mean, think about it. Most of our best moments were spent not realising that those were to be the best. Just like Counting Crows said, "I can't remember all the times i tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass".

C.R.A.Z.Y. was different, though. Five minutes into the film i knew it was to be something i'd really like.

Besides the fact that i have a soft spot for most things set in the sixties/seventies, the story was absolutely enchanting. It was easy to identify with the main character, and even some of the others - the mother, the brother's (hot) hippie girlfriend, and sometimes even the brother (Raymond).

Zac, the lead is so goodlooking any guy or girl would want him. And why is it that a lot of foreign kids can act so damn well? They are so convincing in their roles!

Another contributing factor is the soundtrack. I love it! *melts* It features the best sounds as the story progresses through the decades, from Patsy Cline to Jefferson Airplane, to Pink Floyd and David Bowie. Wow wow wow.

Wonderful, wonderful coming-of-age story. Makes you feel a wide array of emotions. Go watch it, if you haven't. =)

Now the demon in me knows, what i knew so long ago

Today i listened to "Reflections of My Life" (very very good song), and it brought to my mind the series Growing Up. I used to watch it every Sunday. It must have been the best local production from Channel 5. VR Man? Spin? And anybody remembers Masters of The Sea? What the hell were they thinking, man.

I think every father would like "Reflections of My Life". It's a song i think many fathers can relate to - nostalgia, small waistline, hair, hippie chicks they got or couldn't get. I know mine surely can. He used to play that a lot on the guitar.

I especially like the part where he sings "The world is a bad place, a bad place, a terrible place to live. Oh but i don't wanna die". Like i can so feel the pain.

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Does anybody know i hate working? It's making me feel so... stupid and useless, and lazy and like i'm losing touch with a lot of things? I can't keep up with reading anymore. I can't find the time to write. And for watching films. Everyone else is just discovering more things and learning new things while i'm busying myself with a mundane routine that consists of nothing more than fretting over my wardrobe, rushing to get to work, and working till god knows what time every day.

I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leaving, oh the days go by so fast

Who wants to go for ice cream at Island Creamery? Let me know. I want a scoop of Apple Pie. It's so good. And of course the Teh Tarik (but i much prefer Apple Pie). Maybe a scoop of Horlics too? Guess it wouldn't be that bad. Yes, i think we should.