#7: All That We See or Seem

 I've been having these weird thoughts lately. Like, is any of this for real, or not?

It had been the ongoing yet never fulfilled big plan of the summer. Go see Inception. Ever since I saw a synopsis I wanted to see it. Man with a mysterious past manipulates other people’s dreams and plants ideas. Good enough for me. Throw in Christopher Nolan as director and a great cast (mmm, Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and it’s a bonus. Add a plot that is so mind-blowing that invokes a continuous hour-long+ discussion on the ride home, and… wow. It’s been a very long time since I saw a movie on the big screen that left me speechless. Eventually I got a few one-syllable words out, but that took a while. It was very “Fire bad. Tree pretty.” It took me an arrow-abundant diagram and a good night’s sleep to sort it all out, and I’m still confused – the plot keeps spiralling off into fractals that get ever more intricate: dreams within dreams within dreams within dreams and maybe a few more on top of that.

So yes, here it is, sorted out, more or less. More less than more, I’d wager, but I gave it my best shot. Read and take heed: there be spoilers ahead. And I don’t know about you, but I hate spoilers, and I hate even more the people who insist on bringing them out into the open. Which is why I’m not.

So note: SPOILERS.

Dream on, if you dare…

RAM #2: Summerfling

Been a while, eh? Can’t say I’ve been overwhelmingly busy, but something always draws me away from the computer in the summer months. Case in point:

So far Season 2 is surpassing Season 1. I'm happy.

I’m catching up on the Being Erica episodes I missed last fall due to Season 6 of So You Think You Can Dance. I really like the whole philosophical attitude of this show and how applicable it is to real life. And though I don’t relate to the urban Eastern Canada vibe it has, I definitely get the regret and lack of fulfillment. Season 2 is even better than its predecessor: I like seeing the ever-expanding world of the time-travelling psychiatrist. Or is it psychologist? I always get those screwed up. Anyway, happy I’m seeing it finally… and mmm, Kai is cute. A prig, but cute. And I am still jealous of Erin Karpluk’s hair.