Patrick Swayze and Cheap Champagne

“Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die Life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams for if dreams go Life is a barren field frozen in snow.” ~Langston Hughes
 
So Thursday after cleaning my flat, I put in a movie Santa brought me. It’s the newly released version of The Outsiders with the 22 minutes of footage that was cut from the film. Fabulous does not even begin to describe it. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. They really did stay true to the book, but a lot of things had to be cut out. The things cut out really make it a different movie, a movie that focuses both on the friendship of the boys and the brothers. If you’ve never read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, do it. Then rent the movie, either version. It has a lot of famous stars when they were young Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Ralph Macchio, Diane Lane, C. Thomas Howell, and Rob Lowe. Needless to say, that since I am in love with Patrick Swayze, it is a good reason for me to watch.
 
Well, that made me feel the need to watch more movies. However, I held off until last night. Harvey and I were planning on driving up to the city to the north to go out with some of his friends for dinner and then clubbing afterwards. I haven’t been sleeping really well lately, so when I got home from class, I tried to rest up for an evening out on the town. However, I knew I wasn’t going to be up for clubbing. I called Harvey and asked him if he was going clubbing with everyone later. He intended to, so I told him that I wasn’t really up for it. He understood. I feel bad for punking out on him, but I just wasn’t in the mood to put on a smiling face and go dancing with people I really don’t know.
 
So I stayed in last night. I ordered wheat pizza, had a bottle of cheap champagne and watched Roadhouse and Back To The Beach. The ultimate in cheesy movies. It will continue as the day wears on. My plans for this afternoon include Dirty Dancing and The Boondock Saints. Do we see a theme, Patrick Swayze?
 
Angel returns today. Her friend is picking her up from the airport. I was planning on doing it, but her friend wants to do it, so I’m not bothered. Angel told me all about it and I’m cool. As long as someone is there to pick her up at the airport and bring her to the flat, I don’t mind.
 
So I was sitting in class the other day and something caught my attention. Something that just drives me absolutely nuts. I don’t mind that people wear low-rise jeans, hell, I wear them. However, there are two things that drive me nuts that people need to take into consideration when wearing these jeans. First, if they are too low, I can see your crack and that really isn’t appealing to me. You aren’t a plumber, you are a student, please dress accordingly. The next one is horrible. It looks trashy and is completely tacky. When girls let their thongs show because their pants are cut too low. Some girls think this is cute and it is no big deal. I’m sorry, but I don’t want to see any part of your thong, let alone, the whole T shape of it because you can’t seem to pull up your pants. Have enough self-respect that you don’t have to show off your underwear to get attention.
 
We are talking in my popular literature class about the top 100 films of all time. I went and looked at a list on line last night to see which films I have and haven’t seen. Well, here is a list of the American Film Institutes top 100 films of the last 100 years. The ones with the lines through them are films I have seen. I have a lot of work ahead of me.
The Complete List:
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)

2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)

4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)

13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)

14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)

21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)

22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)

25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)

26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)

34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)

35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)

48. JAWS (1975)
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)

50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)

53. AMADEUS (1984)

54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)

55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)

58. FANTASIA (1940)

59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)

65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)

71. FORREST GUMP (1994)

72. BEN-HUR (1959)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78.ROCKY (1976)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
89. PATTON (1970)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)