Before I continue, I am not naming names here. I'm keeping this a private affair. Because I don't want certain aspects of my personal life on here. Okay? Let's continue...
January 3rd, I was supposed to leave at 11:45 in the morning. I was leaving to Maryland and I get up, bathe, and call my mother at 10:45; an hour before I was supposed to leave. I am told that a loved one is sick in the hospital. I am in a state of shock over this and I am told that we will be delayed a few hours. I am a wreck over this and I don't feel at all like I am going on vacation.
We all got together and left at around 5 pm and we did not arrive in Maryland until 11 pm. I sat in the passenger seat and just felt like shit. I had my iPod on and was playing music pretty much the whole time. Then towards the last few hours, I needed to laugh. I couldn't take listening to Rammstein and all the other artists; so, I popped on some Opie and Anthony. I listed to a broadcast that was done in April 2012 and I cracking up
January 4th, we woke up early and things are not getting better. The mood is just fucked. We went to this ceremony, again, not naming names. And the plan was just to chill for the weekend and celebrate and I could get some writing done. We hit the ceremony and went to have a lunch at Olive Garden. The mood was just depressing. I asked to go to Wal-Mart that was near the place we were at; this was a few days before we left town.
At Wal-Mart, I was looking for these $5 double feature Blu-rays. The Wal-Mart here in Mansfield is just fucking despicable and never gets anything in terms of Blu-rays. You can have a million DVDs for $5 each and twenty Blu-rays total. They did get a $7.88 bin with lackluster titles that I all ready own. The Wal-Mart in Frederick, Maryland; c'est beaucoup! Had the cardboard display and had them stacked up and good to go.
I picked up five of those double features for $5 and a triple feature Blu-ray of movies with The Rock. I got Deep Rising and The Puppet Masters; Grand Duel and Keoma; Hollow Man 1 & 2; Hostel 1 & 2; When a Stranger Calls and Happy Birthday to Me; and the triple feature which contains Doom, The Scorpion King, and The Rundown. The triple feature was $13 plus tax. Tax wasn't as bad in Maryland as it is in Ohio. I am not home currently and I am at my folks' place and they still haven't upgraded to Blu-ray. That will change here soon if I have anything to say about it.
It's a little after 2 am and I am just sitting here typing this hoping that this family member gets better. I am in a state of despair. This person was the key person who inspired me to make movies. Watching Godzilla movies with me, pretty much nonstop. The last time I spoke to this person was on Christmas as I was heading out to go see Django Unchained and this person said that when they get back from Vegas, we'd all celebrate Christmas. And now...
I don't think I'll be sleeping tonight. I am going to probably sit back and listen to comedy. Because God knows I need to laugh right now. 2012 was fucking God-awful; and now 2013 is off to a miserable start. The Traumatic Possession premiere next weekend isn't so exciting now, given that I have a beloved family member in the hospital. We need a miracle, God. Please...
-Orlando Eastwood.
January 5th, 2013.
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