Monday, August 31, 2009

Life Clips

Sporadic blogging for me these days with rehearsals, etc. But in the paper this morning, I read a list of, most of the movies coming out this Fall along with a one sentence description. I guess they really like Twittering in the New York Times.

I love the fall movie schedule (because many are Oscar contenders) but after reading so many short descriptions, they all seem to blend into one another, and I end reading some weird descriptions (especially before coffee):

  • A waitress traces the world's dependence on oil in this animated family classic

  • A teen pursues his dream girl, the only US Marshall in Antarctica, who is racing to catch a killer who lives vicariously through robots.
Not sure I want to see either of those flicks. But it got me thinking, how much more fun would today be (or any day) if I just planned it out like a one-line movie promo. You know, I'll just pitch my day to myself and see what happens:

Kate wakes up early to go for a run and spends the rest of the day trying to recover her lost sleep.

or

On her one day off, a Stage Manager has 24 hours to make her house livable for her family for another week.

Sounds so much more exciting than what I'm actually going to do.

4 comments:

  1. I think you've nailed how to make the mundane exciting. Next Saturday, Helen will exhume dust particles with a Dyson and give the duvet a murderous shake up by hanging.

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  2. ha love it...and you have captured the essence of twittering it seems as well.

    Surrounded on all sides, Brian perilously fights for his life in a landslide of paperwork due tomorrow by 10 am.

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  3. YAY! Suddenly our lives are so much more exciting. Never knew it could be that easy.

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