Final Destination, District 9, Fantastic Beasts, Day Off and long overdue blog post

Yes I know, I know, I am terrible at keeping a daily blog. Sigh. I had the same problem as a child trying to keep a journal and ended up with about 20-some journals half empty, I would go the positive route and say half full but really they were half-empty, I am not even kidding.

The truth of the matter is that I am not one who enjoys commitment that much. I mean don't get me wrong some commitments are good when it comes to love or employment but to HAVE to do something every day and force myself to do it is just not fun for me. I am a go with the flow or go with the wind kind of girl, I need to feel like blogging or feel like doing something.

So, on to my long overdue blog post. Last weekend I saw two movies. Final Destinations 3D and District 9.

Final Destinations was interesting. I must admit I am not the biggest fan of the series, at least not as much as Shawn (boyfriend), but I enjoyed it quite a bit. The fact that it was 3D was amazing, really well done as well. I am not a slasher or blood and gore film enthusiast but I like the concept behind this one. The killer is someone that you cannot see: the killer is "death". The introduction of someone having visions of future events taking place and using it to try and save people, though in the end "death" finds them and resets the order, I must admit is a brilliant idea. I did not particularly enjoy the 3D snake coming at me though, not a big fan of slithery creatures.

District 9 was a very different type of movies, about aliens and government experiments and cover ups and in the form of a documentary, I found that awesome. A very different way of telling the story but I think it works well in this case. They confined the extra-terrestrials to a district and you find out that the government performs experiments on them by killing innocent beings sometimes. I loved that they presented the extra-terrestrials as living like humans, families, addicted to a drug which in their case was cat food. :) Just basically living in a community as we do. They always portray, or most of the times at least, aliens attacking us rather than showing them simply as a different types of beings and also ready to help the person who used to not think much of them until he was beginning to transform into one of them.

Just before Final Destinations, I stopped by chapters and I found something that I had been lookign for... forever or at least it seemed as such. A copy of Fantastic beasts and where to find them by JK Rowling. When I finally held a copy in my hand, I was holding it with both hands going to the cash to pay for it, I was not planning on buying this but I just could not leave it there.

I absolutely devoured this book, figuratively speaking of course. The book as also sparked my creativity and gave me ideas for drawings as well.

And on September 1st, another book I have just been waiting for, for so long. The sequel of The Hunger Games called Catching Fire. I haven't begun reading it as of now since I am currently reading Michael Scott's The Sorceress, but I cannot wait to start Catching Fire. If you have not read The Hunger Games, I would highly recommend it.

I have a day off tomorrow, part of my vacation, I thought it is labour day weekend and a long weekend, why not make it a longer long weekend. I deserve it I think. Plus, it is also Gatineau Balloon Festival time with two amazing shows that I am planning to see. The first one being tomorrow in fact, the french canadian group called Mes Aieux will be performing of the opening day of the festival. I cannot miss this.

The music is folk music, they have taken of folkloric french canadian songs and gave it a more modern twist. They are entertaining and quite energetic.

The second show is Eric Lapointe. I have just been waiting a year, no kidding, to see a summer concert. Last summer he got sick and into rehab and had to cancel almost every single summer concerts resulting in a girl needing of eric lapointe music dose really badly. This will definitely be the highlight of this long weekend.

I am planning on going for a run tomorrow morning, possibly rollerblade as well, do some apartment tidying, get ready to get to the concert, will bring a book, drawing pad since I will be there when they open at 4pm insuring a spot in the front row. This is a must.

Saturday I might take a little road trip to merrickville, I love this small and quaint artistic town. I really miss it, I used to go at least once if not more in the summer and I have not lately. So this is also long overdue.

Times I have eaten corn on the cob: 4
Days left until the eric lapointe concert: 4
Book I am reading: The Sorceress by Michael Scott

I believe that is it for this long overdue blog post. I will not make any promises of a post tomorrow but I will try if I have something interesting to express.