judecorp: (mini me)
judecorp ([personal profile] judecorp) wrote2006-04-29 12:02 pm

You dig okay.

I am having major motivational difficulties this morning. I can't seem to leave the couch, and I really think I only left the bed because I needed a quick breakfast to take my morning meds. And I've been on the couch ever since.

They've recently re-released The Outsiders on DVD with a new beginning and a new end that are supposed to be closer to the book. It's been so long since I've seen the original film (although I have it on VHS so I could put it in and compare) but I know that they added the "family court" scene and they didn't have Randy coming to the Curtis house after the whole Windrixville incident.

The Outsiders was one of my favorite books ever when I was little. I think I read the book for the first time in the summer Grade 4, when my brother had it for 7th Grade summer reading. I remember thinking how OLD all of the kids were - teenagers, young adults. I read the book for Grade 7 also and had the same feeling. I ended up revisiting the book after I;d graduated from high school and was struck how I was still feeling their age even though I'd surpassed some of the younger characters. When I was in Grade 4, 14 seemed SO OLD!

So yeah, I had a good Clomid weep over the whole "Nothing Gold Can Stay" scene and then again later during the Johnny death scene. So hopefully that's all out of my system.

I really need to get off my booty and move off this couch. There's a bunch of stuff around here that needs to be done and I'd like to make some sort of grocery list after. I can't lay here like a housecat ALL day, can I?

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2006-04-30 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
I was (and still am) a huge fan of Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson.

[identity profile] rainbow-slinky.livejournal.com 2006-04-30 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Now that's one I haven't read in a million years!

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2006-05-01 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You should pick it up again. I've heard rumours that they're going to make a movie of it.