August 16, 2015

 I slept in until about nine o'clock today. I think. Then I read some more Peter Pan and more Winnie the Pooh. I think I'll end this entry with the passage that had me cracking up last night. It reminded me of a Laurel & Hardy bit, where Stan is so sincere and certain of what he is saying and Ollie is nodding along until he realizes what is being said and then does a double-take.

I watched The Skeleton Twins today and it was heartwarming and tragic all at the same time. The real tragedy isn't what happens in the movie it is imagining what is going to become of the two main characters. I liked the movie though because I'm a fan of Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader.

I also watched Motivation 2: The Chris Cole Story, who is a professional skateboarder, and Demetri Martin Live* (*at the time). I'm a fan of Demetri Martin and his latest stand-up special did not disappoint. I would watch it again. I started watching Chris D'Elia: Incorrigible because I think he's funny in the shows he has been in, but I couldn't take his stand-up. All of his characters had the same weird stance and he kept laughing at everything he said. It got old real quick.

We had a family dinner tonight at the Chinese buffet. I got all the usual: fried rice, rice noodles, macaroni and cheese, potatoes, and green beans. I also made the wise choice of stopping after two plates. Three is tempting but that makes me feel like crap for the rest of the night. Sticking to two plates has left me feeling full but not disgusting, which I am okay with.

After dinner I finished playing Spec Ops: The Line. The ending is a real mind-bender. I think I need to read a plot synopsis just to get the whole thing at once and maybe it will make more sense. I liked the game, though. Especially the soundtrack. It had a really good soundtrack.

Now I am watching The Substitute. Maybe because I am going back to work on Tuesday. Not that I am a teacher or a substitute, especially at a high school in a rough neighborhood. But I do work in a school, so there's that.

And here is a passage from Winnie the Pooh:

The Piglet lived in a very grand house in the middle of a beech-tree, and the beech-tree was in the middle of the forest, and the Piglet lived in the middle of the house. Next to his house was a piece of broken board which had: “TRESPASSERS W” on it. When Christopher Robin asked the Piglet what it meant, he said it was his grandfather’s name, and had been in the family for a long time. Christopher Robin said you couldn’t be called Trespassers W, and Piglet said yes, you could, because his grandfather was, and it was short for Trespassers Will, which was short for Trespassers William. And his grandfather had had two names in case he lost one – Trespassers after an uncle, and William after Trespassers.

“I’ve got two names,” said Christopher Robin carelessly.

“Well, there you are, that proves it,” said Piglet.