i watched a DVD movie this morning, a redbox rental, 'words on bathroom walls'. it is about a teenager who suffers from schizophrenia. he is good at cooking and wants to go to culinary school. while at catholic school, he meets maya and they begin a relationship. this movie struck a chord with me. i think it was due to how he understands the need to try to ignore his demons and stay focused. also with just wanting to feel normal. of course it helps that there is a reference to the 'it's not your fault' scene in 'good will hunting', my favorite movie. and i like how it looks like he is talking to the camera in many scenes, but actually it is to his psychiatrist. comparing the disorder to cancer was a good observation, as well as him saying 'being ambiguous doesn't make you profound'. i didn't recognize any of the actors in it at first, but i was thinking the priest that he confesses to is familiar. and i was right, as the closing credits said it was andy garcia, who i also recall being in 'jennifer 8'. there were times when i clapped as he said things i had often wanted to say, or had said before, such as his dislike for his stepfather. there was a notable name-checking of another teen movie in it, 'never been kissed', a movie i have seen. much of the music for the movie was by the chainsmokers, and i have heard of them. also liked how i knew 'canard rouge' is french for 'red duck'. i am also the type that pays attention to the special features, as there was previews for other movies before the feature began. except i was bummed that neither is currently at redbox. it was 'peanut butter falcon', bruce dern is in it and a pink song, 'walk me home', was in the trailer. the other was 'forever my girl', about a country singer, and it appears one of his concerts is at the superdome in new orleans. it would still be nice to see them someday, somehow.
i did my best to stay busy on this day off for christmas. when i returned the movie to the gas station i also got a paper and lunch for saturday. i made it home in time to watch a church service on fox-9, it had been advertised a lot lately. it was from the our lady of grace catholic church in edina. if the pandemic is still happening by easter sunday then i guess i can take in easter services on TV. in the afternoon i went on a walk and found 50 cents. i also saw a car stuck in the snow, but i saw people there helping out the driver. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when raj's dad visits, notable as normally he is just seen in skype calls. sheldon and amy get each other christmas presents they really like. i hadn't seen this one before but it was a good one. the other was about sheldon going to texas to help with the delivery of his sister's baby. then the friends back home talk about what their life would have been like without sheldon, of course this is like the movie 'it's a wonderful life'. from time to time i was watching 'yule log' on channel 45, a companion channel to ABC-5. but i didn't want to watch it all day as after a while i was hearing some of the same songs again. in the evening i listened to the iowa-minnesota basketball game on the radio, iowa lost 102-95 in overtime. and it was nice to hear from the yemen native from facebook, much like at thanksgiving, as few other comic friends have checked in with me. already have a list of things to do for saturday, seven things in all.
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