David’s Ramblings

Laura, one of the few people that visit my website on a regular basis, was hassling me to post more. So, this post goes out to you, Laura. The rest of you Ð all two of you Ð you can consider this an example of what to do if you think I’m slacking off in posting. Tell me. (Unless you’re Shaine. Shaine doesn’t count.)

I’ve watched three movies in the last week or so that I haven’t taken the time to review, so here they are, in brief:

The Exorcist – 4.6¹



This movie is good, as far as horror movies go. I think my recent turn from religion has affected my ability to feel scared. Though I wasn’t very frightened at all by this movie, I’m pretty sure I would have been a year ago. The difference? Probably that a year ago I lived with a man who was convinced that Harry Potter was a way for Satan to corrupt the minds of children and get them to let him take control of their lives.

This is certainly considered a classic in the horror film genre, and I can see why. It was well done. It didn’t rely much at all on cutting edge graphics or anything, so it has aged very well. It’s rated R for a reason. There’s some nasty stuff in the movie. I mean, not Saw nasty by any means, but a 12-year-old girl stabbing herself between the legs with a cross while shouting “Fuck Jesus” in a deep demonic voice nasty. (She’s possessed, in case the word “exorcist” didn’t get that across. That’s possibly the worst part beyond the projectile vomit, but still, viewer discretion is advised.)

Pulp Fiction – 4.9¹

Pulp Fiction’s a great movie. It’s just all around awesome. An interesting order of presenting the different pieces of the plot (not in chronological order), good actors, good cinematography, the music… it’s just all awesome. You’ve got to love the part where he’s trying to figure out how to kill the hillbillies and can’t decide what to use: gun, baseball bat, chain-saw… or, what he finally decides, samurai sword.

I must say, the movie was a bit familiar at parts because I’d read the script, and that ruined some of the fun of it all. This was necessary because back in the day I didn’t know what bit torrent (downloading software) was and there was no way I was going to bring this kind of movie into the same house as my stepfather.

Office Space – 4.4¹

This is also a good movie. I don’t really have much to say about it, except I hope my life never becomes as meaningless as the main character’s does. This is a funny movie, and worth your time if you’re looking for one.

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a couple of months now…

Get it? Ha ha. Oh, I’m so funny… It’s too bad I’m serious. I really have been meaning to make this post for a while… The cruel irony that is my life.

I procrastinate everything. If I knew I could make a million dollars by, say, working on a software program for only a day, I’d put off that day for years. This is why nobody needs to fear me taking over the world. I’d get started but decide to put it off for years and years. It’s already kept the world safe for, oh, 6, maybe 7, years now.

I keep telling myself that I need to fix this bad habit of mine, but I always decide it can wait a while longer. There’s plenty of projects I would have to work on if I wasn’t so bad at putting them off. This is especially a problem when the projects are cool, or something I’d actually like to do. By validating them and saying “I’d like to do this” I suddenly and uncontrollably lose all ability to keep from putting it off.

Grades are obviously affected as well. I often put off studying and homework assignments until the last possible moment. Like my English journals, 10 were listed on the syllabus from the very beginning of the class. I was quite aware of them, yet I waited until days before they were due to start working on them. I’d like to say that this helps the quality of the papers or something… but it doesn’t. Procrastination just makes life more stressful, especially when you find you’ve procrastinated too long and cannot physically finish the project without breaking some rules, or even the laws of physics.

So there you have it Ð procrastination Ð your friend and mine. Let’s hope he doesn’t delay my studying for the upcoming Calculus final, because I’d really like to pass Calculus II.