I had sure missed the Chasing Amy girl.

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This summer I went to the woods. I learned that trees get their food from the roots through the bark. Cut off the bark, and the tree could die.

(Wow. I don't know how I still remember that commercial. Or why.)

Well, lookee at the date on this entry, kids. 2 September. What does that mean? It means that THE SUMMER OF SUCK IS OFFICIALLY OVER. I wish I could throw a party. Maybe I'll incorporate it into my cookout at Hoo's.

I just came back from the drive-in. YAY! I love the drive-in. And it was PACKED. I think this is the last weekend it's open. The Others was good, but not as scary as I was hoping. And Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was, of course, hysterical. I really /was/ like one continuous gay joke, though. But I have to say that 'Good Will Hunting II: Hunting Season' would be a hysterical movie. APPLESAUCE!

I should be asleep. I have to get up obnoxiously early to go to 8:00 Mass with the grandparents. I drank too much soda at the drive-in, though. Wired Jude. At least I know I'll get a lot of good thinking in!

Question of the day: What is your favorite movie food? Mine, hands down, is swedish fish. I am totally addicted to them.

I want to be cool like Julie, so I am going to leave you with a pseudo Top 10 List.

Books that I like:
(in no particular order)
1. On the Road, Jack Kerouac
2. Angels and Visitations, Neil Gaiman
3. Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Patterson
4. The Basketball Diaries and Forced Entries, Jim Carroll
5. The Boys From Brazil, Ira Levin
6. Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
7. The entire Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling
8. Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
9. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
10. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson
11. Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book, Shel Silverstein
12. Gerald's Game, Stephen King
13. Go Ask Alice, Anonymous
14. The Princess Bride, William Goldman
15. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
16. Equus, Peter Schaffer
17. Flowers for Algernon, (I forget the author)
18. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, Judy Blume
19. The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton

I should stop now. Besides, that's enough of the books I've read too many times to count.

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I first readt The Outsiders in Grade 3. I remember thinking about how fantastically /old/ Johnny and Ponyboy were. I wanted to be Ponyboy in the worst way. Zara wanted to be Harriet. Not me. I was Ponyboy, all the way. (And Daniel-san from The Karate Kid!) When I was in high school, I re-read The Outsiders and was amazed to find that they /still/ seemed so much older than me, even though I was Sodapop's age at the time. And later, when I was older than Dally, I /still/ felt younger than those boys. Nothing gold can stay.

When Aaron's father was first losing himself to Lewy Body Dementia, it was amazing (and very very sad) to see how his mind would try to rationalize what it was losing. I remember that he would be terribly confused and would forget things like where the doorway was, or how to get out of the room. His mind was not willing to comprehend that it was failing. He said things like, 'The room is set on a carousel and it spins the doorways around. I have to check to see where the way out is.' Fascinating. But very sad.

I am so lucky to have the mind that I have. So very VERY lucky.

When I'm not Ponyboy, I'm Leslie Burke. :)