I’m in disbelief that it’s Monday already. I’m not ready. I don’t WANT it to be Monday and I can’t trick myself into thinking it’s merely Sunday and I happen to be working. Therein lies the issue: I do not want to be up this early. I do not want to be at work. My weekend was too short and I still have slothing to do.

Friday night was bittersweet. I took someone’s personal character attacks about me. Say what you will about your interpretation of how I behave- judging etc., but do not assume things about my character or intent. I strongly feel that not all people are created to get along. I know factually that there are MANY types of personalities that I don’t care to be around or involve in my life. If I stress how I feel about a certain interaction and I find it falling short of what I can allow in my life- I am not going to continue with it as I do not believe you are forced to have anyone in your life.

I do have a tendency to point out the flaws in a picture and say, “Fix this with me or throw it away.” There is choice and option. Obviously this does not go over well with a lot of people and it’s misunderstood. I wind up coming across as cold. That’s not my issue. I’m willing to compromise or work on something, but not at the compromise of what ultimately makes me tick. I will not die if something doesn’t work out and it will not consume me until my dying day.

Anyway, that was pretty much my early Friday evening. I listened to the character attacks. I said, “Okay, that’s enough- you’ve vented and it’s understandable. To go further and force me to listen to bashings about who you think I am- no one deserves that so stop. Write a letter to me and discard it if you’ve more negativity to get off your chest.” I left it at that and went on with my evening.

I played some Guitar Hero II, actually a lot of Guitar Hero II and at what I thought was going to be the end of my evening… a friend called who went from Arizona to LA for a party and apparently it ended rather early. I stayed up and talked until almost 3 in the morning. OUCH. Once it goes into the single digits after midnight, I’m accustomed to being in a very deep sleep.

Once morning mocked me awake around 8am (my bedroom window faces East and I had the blinds up). I slowly stirred and began my day… slowly… painfully. It was hell. While my coffee was brewing I decided to check e-mail. No internet connection. I was shut off.

Wonderful. This wouldn’t be a huge issue if I had a cell phone or if my landline wasn’t Vonage (requiring internet access)! Well in my home, although I rarely talk on my phone (with the exception of my sis once in a blue moon, a friend from work when she doesn’t go to sleep at an ungodly early hour! or a friend bored in L.A.) a phone is needed due to my sons medical condition.

ACK! It’s still pretty early in the morning- a Saturday morning that is. The weekend hours have completely different meaning than work weekdays. 6am on a weekday morning is an acceptable time to wake up albeit painful still… but I get up at 5:40am every morning. 8 am, although a little early is a reasonable time to call someone… and 9 am is unfathomable as to why anyone would NOT be awake.

By the time I drank my coffee and got my head cleared, it was 9 am. On a Saturday morning 9 am is a forbidden time to go knock on one’s door. I chose to wait until ten am and then proceed with mission: Find a Phone. It was a horribly bright, energetic day. The Harley Shop on the corner was already begining a concert, yard sales were thriving with customers, traffic was in full force and to think anyone was still asleep wasn’t a realistic thought. I live in freaking Salem Oregon- not the largest town on the map, but it was buzzing this day.

I first went over to a friends place who lived a block away South. The car was there… no “extra” cars if you know what I mean… I knocked… knocked… knocked… I looked down to the car where Jonathon was and heard him say, “Let’s go back and just try the neighbors!”After five minutes I give up and leave and then head a block North from where I live to Ash’s. A couple is the next drive way screaming as they’re working on the truck “My freaking legs are too freaking short to hit the brake that fast!” Anyway, the same fate as the first place was met at Ash’s… no answer.

I go ahead and drive to the stores/gas stations that lined the main road. No phone… no phone… phones!!!!- but they are smashed… no phone.  All of a sudden I pay attention to people driving by me in cars… they were ALL talking on cell phones. UGH!!!!!!!!!!! I go back home and try the neighbors… no answer… no answer… no answer. All the cars are there and no one is answering their door. It’s now after 11! What the hell?

Jonathon decides that everyone disappeared like in a horror movie. We make our rounds again as I thought, “Well maybe people will be up now because the knocking stirred them out of sleep and now they’re up for the day.” Nope, that wasn’t the case. Jonathon thinks pretty hard and as I am sure he’s going to come up with a solution or idea to help out, “They didn’t disappear… they just don’t like you!” I glared with one eye and discovered the apartment office was open. YAY!

The office is very little and I had to speak to my Comcast rep with all ears on every word I was saying- watching the snickering from the corner of my eye as my frustrations with giving my information over the phone again and again… after making it through all the stupid prompts was amusing.

Operation Phone was successful. Although my service was only down a few hours, it was still sinking to discover that I did not miss any e-mails or phone calls (“What if EVERYONE decided to write or call?!”) <-that was not the case.

I was still slightly on a mission high, so I decided to create a new one. Operation: Find Movies. Jonathon wanted to see TMNT again and I wanted to see Disturbia. I logged onto Redbox and went through all locations trying to find one box that had those titles available. It was like playing again due to the quick drop off/pick ups by people and having the site update the transactions. Once I found it at a location, I’d go to reserve it… damn… too late. I’d click on another… not there… not there… YES! I found TMNT at spot 10 miles away… AND they seem to have Disturbia, however each time I go to reserve it, an error comes up. It doesn’t matter though, I’ll get it when I get there. 

The boy and I head downtown and find the Redbox. TMNT is dispensed, but no Disturbia I wound up with The Hills have Eyes 2. Yeah, the latter wasn’t something I really cared to see, but it was a movie and I had a promotional code for a free rental. Might as well get it as I had accidentally seen the remake two weeks prior.

Mission: Find Film was still in effect. I didn’t want to go to Hollywood video as the chances of them having anything in stock is just not going to happen. It’s a pain to go there, the prices for rentals are too high and they’re not trying to get with the rest of rental stores.  Hollywood Video: Not an option any more.

We did watch TMNT Saturday and I didn’t get around the THHE2. I figured it was a free, if I watch it on Sunday night then having to pay an extra buck won’t be any big deal.

The mission was placed on hold as the remainder of Saturday was lightheated and relaxing followed by me deciding to go out for breakfast for the first time in two years. Although I had already fed Jonathon prior to my craving of bacon, hashbrowns, and eggs, he really didn’t mind having an extra meal.

The excitement of finally noticing Disturbia was returned to a Redbox insanely close by… there isn’t much to tell. I clicked online after returning from breakfast and going back and forth as to whether or not I wanted a wading pool (I didn’t get one) anyway- it was there and I reserved it.

Disturbia was pretty good. Synopsis: Kale (Shia LaBeouf) was driving back home with his father after a fishing trip, and then all of sudden he is involved in an accident when he crashes into a parked car which results in losing his father. After his father’s death, Kale becomes withdrawn and suffers from depression. His rage in the classroom causes him to be sentenced to 3-months of home arrest. An ankle bracelet is put on Kale’s leg to keep track of him. He must stay within 100-feet of the house, or a signal is sent to the police that he has left and they arrive in minutes to arrest him. He would then be sent to a real prison to serve his time. Kale is bored with playing video games and watching cable, so he turns his attention to his neighbors. With some surveillance equipment from a friend, Kale begins to spy on all of his neighbor’s movements and discovers what everyone is really doing in suburbia. Lucky for him, a beautiful girl named Ashley (Sarah Roemer) has just moved in next door. Since he is not allowed to leave the house and talk to Ashley, he must desire her from afar. With his cabin fever, Kale’s imagination might get him into trouble when he begins to believe that his creepy neighbor Turner (David Morse) is a serial killer from Texas. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)

So think a modern age Rear Window- and then get that out of your head. Shia LeBeouf gave a watchable performance as a teen dealing with death, his relationship with his frustrated mother, torments from the neighbor kids, and convincing his friend and his new obsession he’s not insane. 

I was startled a few times and screamed outloud dispite viewing this at four in the afternoon… the fright carried with me as I sat outside for a minutes w/my feet in a large metal bucket (I really want a wading pool) and I looked down to find a bee staring up at me that landed on my tummy. I SCREAMED- and then had to shout out, “Just a bee folks… it’s alright.”

Once evening was in full swing, I decided to once more tackle my “Where do I put my computer” issue that I will write an article for AG about… once I figure it out, and then I popped in The Hills Have Eyes 2.

I’m just going to say, “It’s never going to end.” This was your typical run of the mill horror flick with the bad acting and the bad dialogue and the bad… everything. The Hills may have eyes, but it lacks intelligence, delivery, a decent cast and a watchable story.

Operation Find Film is completed as well as Operation Phone. My next mission: Operation Wading Pool.

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