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[Mar. 2nd, 2010|06:06 pm] |
I asked some close friends for help on what to write about for my next update. 3 of them said to write about
*Mud
*My Favorite Movie and why
*My Influences
I'm going to try to do my best to work those 3 in and make this post make sense.
MUD
What can one say about mud? I don't know about you guys, but I love the outdoors, absolutely LOVE it. Whether it be surfing or hiking, driving in my smartcar along the coast, I just love it. I don't know how many of you knew this but a few years back, I filmed a show for MTV called "Trippin". It followed me and a few of my friends around the world, bringing awareness to helping take better care of the planet. In doing the show, I got to see alot of places and do alot of things, like planting trees, riding and bathing with elephants, sand surfing and hot air ballooning. Where mud come in? There were a few nights we filmed where it rained and we just ran out to play in it just for the fun of it. I love getting dirty and being in the mud, being that connected to the earth in such a pure form, always made me so happy...I didn't even mind finding dry mud in my ears the day after :). I think everyone should go out and walk in the rain, dance in the rain. And while you're at it, play in the mud, its good for you, and your inner earth god/goddess.
Favorite Movie
I honestly can't say that I have just one favorite movie, but I can tell you a few and why i like them. I LOVED Batman..the Michael Keaton/Jack Nicholson version. I loved how in tune they both seemed into their character. To watch Bruce really struggle with wanting to do whats right for his city but also wanting to avenage his parents' death all while trying to begin and maintain a 'normal' relationship. And to watch the magic that is Jack..to watch him come onto the big screen with that signature smirk and say "wait til they get a load of me" You knew something big was about to happen. One of my favorite lines from that movie is "Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?" I watch it everytime its on TV. I need to break down, goto Walmart and just buy it for $5.00, hahaha.
My Girl is another of my favorites that I watch everytime its on tv. Watching Vada grow up in that film, it made me feel like i REALLY knew her. Watching her relationship with Thomas J was innocent and adorable, like a child's life should be. To watch her crush on her teacher, deal with her father moving on and dating again, and watching her lose her best friend...I felt like I could relate in some way. To this day, everytime they show Vada running over to Thomas J's casket and saying "his glasses, he can't see without his glasses!!" gets me to bawling....now I really wanna watch this.
I was going to mention Steel Magnolias but that movie is so incredibly sad and I don't wanna take this down an even sadder road. But I will mention one more movie: Terminator 2. That movie and Terminator: Salvation are the only 2 I really liked. T2 just had all the excitement, humor, action, insanity I could take. Something about watching dudes kickass to GNR and another dude melt like butter and come back together and rain hell on his victims totally does it for me. I love a good action movie and this one still kicks ass in my book.
*Honorable mention: The Dark Knight. Heath's performance was absolutely amazing. When I was watching, I had forgotten about Heath and was totally immersed (i think thats the word i'm looking for) in the Joker...not to mention I was totally attracted to this version of the Joker. Insane, charming, funny...a little weird (but who isnt?). Then that whole oral fixation thing he had going on throughout the film....I'm rambling. But the man was a genius, a mad fucking genius! That first 10 minutes of the movie, the bank job? fucking brilliant!!! I can't really think of any thing wrong with TDK..except for the fact that I wasn't in it, ha. I wouldve loved to have been in that.
And lastly,
influences
I don't know how long this section will be because I'm pretty sure I might tear up a little bit during this. My biggest influences has always been and will always be my family. My mom and dad influenced me to be the best at whatever I set my mind out on to do. Whether it was passing that math midterm, modeling or auditioning for The Mask, which I almost didn't do. They were both proud of me and whatever I attempted to do. They were truly my biggest fans (Mom and Chimene still are and I love them terribly for it lol). What I loved most about them, was they way they loved each other. Watching them be so in love for so long influenced me in ways words cannot properly describe, at least not right now. To see a love that strong, to know it truly exists...its like living in darkness for years and one day having someone take you outside into the sun, letting you bathe in its light, its heat, its beauty..a breath of fresh air.
I owe all that I am to them and they way the raised me, loved me unconditionally. I hope that if and when I do have children of my own, I can influence them the way my parents did me.
..wow, and I didn't even cry.
How's that for a post huh? Thanks for the suggestions. I may call on you guys alot more often. I end this now because I know in 6 hours I'll have to be up and ready for work :).
<3
Cameron
( for those interested, a snippet of trippin )S |
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