Brrrrains! Brrrrains!

March 23rd, 2004

I almost got run over this morning! Seriously! Walking across the street to work, with the light, and some great big-ass truck started turning right in front of me. I had to quickly walk backwards (and almost trip) in order to avoid certain death. The driver must have been looking the other way or something - crazy! The guy behind me commented sourly, “That’s our city!”. Are Torontonians particularly rude drivers? Maybe so.?

It seems like all anyone is talking about lately is Dawn Of The Dead. When you walk down the street you hear: “…and then the little girl reached up and took a bite out of…” or “…after the old lady dies, she suddenly rises up and…”. I can’t remember when zombies were this popular (maybe way back when Return of the Living Dead came out - “brrrrains! brrrrains!”). Saw the new Dawn this weekend - I’m not sure I liked it quite as much as Jason did, but it had its share of creepy, gooey moments. And the first 15 minutes are fantastic - The best of the whole film, in my opinion! Gotta love the original though. Slow, shambling zombies beat out the sprinting undead anyday.

Speaking of excruciating zombie death, these guys seem to be in quite a pickle. I hope they get out before, well, you know….

Rented The Outsiders this weekend - Remember when C. Thomas Howell and Rob Lowe were the hottest things ever? (Yes I’m dating myself, but didn’t everybody have to watch that film in elementary school?). Ponyboy and Sodapop and Two-Bit… Tom Cruise had a tiny role that essentially consisted of back-flips and muscle flexing. Did a fine job of it too. Crazy the amount of actors that started out in that great little film (not to mention director Francis Ford Coppola). Sofia Coppola makes a cameo as a whiny kid with buck teeth who’s only line is “Hey Mister, you got a dime?” She was definitely a weird-looking child.

Speaking of Sofia, inquiring minds want to know - Now that the uber-cool couple Sofia and Spike Jonze have split up, who are they gonna hook up with? I’m voting Tara Subkoff for Spike (actress and designer for Imitation of Christ). And as for Sofia, perhaps now if Johnny Lee Miller is REALLY through with Angelina Jolie (probably, anyway), he would make a great mate for Ms. Coppola. Suggestions?

Lastly, I hate to give in to paranoid, conspiracy-theory, alarmist, celeb-worship, but then this totally caught my eye. I was a huge Elliott Smith fan and was sad to hear of his death. Now it might be murder? Freaky.

Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004 at 3:25 pm by Shelley and is filed under Blog.

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