Coffee Table Declarations
Wednesday, July 09, 2003
I'd like to recommend a book and a movie. The book is by the same author as the book I was recently obsessed with. The movie was much anticipated and based on an original idea but a little overdone. I think there's a deeper lesson in both book and movie which make them each worthwhile.
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A very shy man just recieved flowers at the office from his sister because he was recently promoted. He seemed pleased but unaccustomed to the attention. He took them back to his desk and called me ten minutes later saying he wanted to donate them to me to keep up front. What a kind gesture. Now everyone can enjoy them and I can pretend they were sent to me by a mysterious secret admirer.
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There are certain things that I have to do or it just isn't summer. These are things like go to the beach, sit outside at a restaurant on a warm evening, or eat a nice cheeseburger cooked out on the grill. So far I have done none of these things, so contrary to popular belief, it is not summer right now.
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I read about a man who just woke up from a 19 year coma. I can't even imagine that. In his mind it's still 1984. Think about it. He has no idea how to use the internet or that the cold war is over or even what a DVD is. I always thought that a good idea for a movie would be to go back in time and bring someone from say, the 1600's back to the present day and show them all of our modern technology. I don't really know what would happen in the rest of the movie.
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A very shy man just recieved flowers at the office from his sister because he was recently promoted. He seemed pleased but unaccustomed to the attention. He took them back to his desk and called me ten minutes later saying he wanted to donate them to me to keep up front. What a kind gesture. Now everyone can enjoy them and I can pretend they were sent to me by a mysterious secret admirer.
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There are certain things that I have to do or it just isn't summer. These are things like go to the beach, sit outside at a restaurant on a warm evening, or eat a nice cheeseburger cooked out on the grill. So far I have done none of these things, so contrary to popular belief, it is not summer right now.
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I read about a man who just woke up from a 19 year coma. I can't even imagine that. In his mind it's still 1984. Think about it. He has no idea how to use the internet or that the cold war is over or even what a DVD is. I always thought that a good idea for a movie would be to go back in time and bring someone from say, the 1600's back to the present day and show them all of our modern technology. I don't really know what would happen in the rest of the movie.
