Monday, February 4, 2008

My Favorite Activity

My favorite activity would have to be watching movies.I know most of you are probably sitting there thinking "well how lazy can you get? don't you at least enjoy doing something active?" well lets get something straight: I don't mean sitting  down and eating cheez-its while you flip channels on the TV while trying to find the least annoying thing to watch. I don't mean what parents typically declare will turn your brain to mush. [well that, and i specifically remember my dad telling little 2nd grade me that Britney spears would do the same thing....]
I mean i like to sit down and really watch a movie. It has to be a good movie, not one that is so mind numbingly dull its painful, but a truly good movie. Its a great escape from just about anything. Sometimes life sucks. And I'm usually a pretty optimistic glass-is-half-full type person. But admit it. Sometimes you just have those days where it feels like everything went wrong. You can't help it. When i watch a movie i get to escape to a whole different place. There's just something about a really good movie. 
One of my dreams is to be an actor. Not the hollywood-lindsey-lohan-lets-see-what-will-get-me-the-most-press-coverage-or-money type actor. But a real actor. Something about temporarily becoming a different person has fascinated me. Take "Enchanted" for example: How much fun would it be to play a disney princess? Or to be that evil power-hungry stepmother you're always hearing about? You can be someone that you wouldn't necessarily want to be in real life. I mean, seriously,  plotting and planning to take over and rule the kingdom all the while dancing and prancing and wearing puffy sleeves? Thats gotta wear a person out!
On with the assignment: while i'm watching a movie i get a chance to watch some really great actor, well, act. I can see what they do and how they're mannerisms differ from character to character. All that stuff.
So basically, i like to watch movies. :)

ahhhh. and in case you're wondering, [and we all know youre just dying a little inside until i tell you..]
my favorite actor is: Johnny Depp. :) 
and not just cause he was jack sparrow either. :P