Musings of an Idiot

The Hills Need Legs

Sunday turned out to be a cleaning day for me - cleaning my car, cleaning the kitchen, cleaning my room, cleaning the bathroom. My car has now gone from off white to white after the cleaning/washing session - which I am really happy about as my car registration says that it is a white mazda {not an off-white mazda}.

Yesterday evening I tried getting a new membership at Blockbuster in Birkenhead, as it is closer to our home and I don't need to drive for 15 minutes each way to get a DVD out; and it was a mildly irritating experience for sure. They just made it so hard to get the membership which made me wonder if they really want any customers. A round trip to home again to pick up proof of address {they don't count credit card as a proof of address for some strange reason}, did the trick.

So later in the evening we watched 'The Hills Have Eyes' and it was an average movie. The worst thing about it was the music score - I don't know how that person got the job in the first place as the music literally drives the movie into a downwards spiral. The first 30 minutes were really boring and the setup was really contrived and predictable but once the movie kicks off with the attack on the family - it becomes gripping in parts and definitely keeps you on the hooks. In the end it wasn't too bad of a movie I guess.

This morning, I decided to bike to Blockbuster to return the DVD we got out last night. It was a huge system shock - my legs gave way just 30 meters away from the store. The reason is that our house is kind of at the bottom of the hill while the Birkenhead shopping complex is about 2.5 KM uphill and it sure was a tough bike ride, especially biking against the wind. So I think I need to start doing it more often to start building up that kind of stamina.

The past 2 days I have been in a weirdly philosophical mood, which doesn't make any sense to me either as the thought process is not comprehensive enough to put down on paper. I feel lucky and privileged to be in the place where I am now but I just feel like I need to be doing more to make my existence meaningful.

Till later,
Amit

Labels: Movies

posted by Amit @ 9:07 PM