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Rumoku and the quest for happiness...coming to a cinema near you!!!

Meh...honestly speaking, I still don't feel like I can just let it go. Y'know, the anger and all. What am I talking about? Read the previous post. But I got to thinking: what's the point to it all? Getting angry at someone who can't fathom the reason behind the anger...isn't that just being a bit stupid? Human, yes, but still ultimately stupid. So I'm trying to let go. "Trying" being the operative word.

With that in mind, I spent the weekend doing stuff to pick myself up. I watched two-laugh-out movies and played uno with a bunch of friends 'til 1am. Ack.... Not such a good idea in retrospect. We were supposed to be doing work....

Anyhoo, I can now seriously recommend both the movies that I watched. The first one, School of Rock is a bit old (heck, it stopped circulation in cinemas a while ago...I think. Thank goodness for DVDs. And pirates. I guess that makes me bad for supporting evil people. But hey, I just want my movies without having to go through the hassle of double think (like: hey, I can use the money that I'm using to buy this one movie to buy that game I really really wanted. Meh...I guess I can always buy this movie later (okay, I used double think in the wrong context, but there are no thought police around here. And if there were, I would direct them to Tariq's place (worst offender of having no thoughts))). It really was funnier than I thought it would be. I'm not a big fan of Jack Black (I think that he tries too hard to be funny sometimes) but in this movie, he was perfect. No, really. If my happiness meter were a negative 10 prior to the movie, it was kicked up to negative 4 after the movie. And that's a big deal for me. I'm not usually a Gloomy Gus, but when I get down in the dumps I tend to really mull things over for a while. And then the anger and resentment would just fester and I would turn really bitter and I would not be a very nice guy to be around for the next coupla' days. It doesn't happen often, but when I get surly...hoo boy, I even hate myself.

But I digress. School of Rock made me suspect that I, Rumoku, may be a pedophile. That's right, a pedophile, a lolicon, a short-eye...call it what you will. That honour is usually bestowed on my friend Aneep (ever since he openly admitted to thinking that Natalie Portman was hot in Leon: The Professional (another great movie that makes you want to smile...no, it's not a love comedy, but you should watch it anyway. Uber-good fun for all the fam...erm...Uber good fun (not suitable for people prone to heart attacks and little children)). She was 12 years old at the time. He still has pictures of her from that movie. What a sicko. Anyway, School of Rock was to me as The Professional was to Neep. There were two hot chicks in that movie that made me forget that I was looking at 10 year olds (oh God, what have I become?!!). One was the base guitarist and the other was the manager chick. I swear, when those two grow up they're gonna be such hotties.... Hey, they don't look 10 or 12, okay? It's not my fault! I'm not fantasizing about them...much (kidding).

Anyhoo, moving right along...The next movie, 50 first dates, really pushed the happiness meter past the negative numbers. I was at a positive 2 after the movie. It's not really mind blowingly great, but it had these moments of insane hillarity to it that just brightened me up. Of course, watching the movie in the cinema with alot of people who are also enjoying the movie really adds to the experience. Unless of course you get the wrong sort of crowd (you know the sort...the ones who talk to the screen in a loud voice: "Nooooo, don't go into that room! Awww, now look what you've done! Didn't I tell you not to go into that room, foo'?"). Thankfully, the crowd was great.

After the movie, reality set back in and I began to think overmuch. I thought about the past few days and my happiness level dropped back to a 0. Not too bad, it just means that I'm not happy right now. Oh well.

*Sigh* I now have a situation to deal with: in my haste and anger, I allowed this situation with Tariq to get out of hand. I should have shot him down with a dose of reality as soon as I had the chance. I now have a possible cleanup detail to deal with. He may plan to screw up everybody's grades to further his own. The reality of it is that he may screw up everybody's grades, but his won't get any better. The worst part is that he may be okay with that. I may have to snip his hopes before they gain fruit. Pray that I succeed.

The quest for happiness continues! Unfortunately, more angst is probably in store. Just wait for it ^_^.