Day 40: Se det är vackert utanför

Last night I didn't fancy watching any of my DVDs so I thought I'd better nip out to Asda to buy a brand new one. The first DVD I picked up was Dreamcatcher; they had one copy left, but I wasn't sure if that was the type of film I wanted to watch. Also I have often thought that Stephen Kings films are really good at the start but don't have such good endings. So I spent the next half hour going round and round the DVD section trying to find the perfect DVD for that night. Along the way I considered Green Mile (looked a bit depressing and set in the olden days), The Ring (too scary?), Vanilla Sky (they didn't have it), The Mothman Prophesies (already seen it, though it was some time ago), Unbreakable (as per Mothman Prophesies), and a few more that I forget just now. Anyway I ended up back at the single copy of Dreamcatcher so I bought it for £11.97.

When I got home I fixed myself a drink and set out a few snacks and started watching. During the first 10 minutes I realised that I had made a good choice as it was just the sort of thing that I really like watching. I realised that even if a film does have a bad ending it doesn't matter if you enjoyed the first 90 percent of it. After all watching a film is something you enjoy as you are doing it. Its like a life really - the end is never going to be good, but you certainly (hopefully) enjoy everything up to that point. I also realised that films with lots of snow in are really good too (but not stupid comedies). And if you are wondering whether the ending was good or not - I don't know because 20 minutes before the end I was so tired that I went to bed.

This morning I met one of my new neighbours and had a chat before driving into work.