The Life and Times of a Midwestern Movie Addict

Boy, what a long week this was.  We had a big fight on Tuesday, that started in my room no less, but that passed and was taken care of pretty quickly.  Wednesday and Thursday were block periods, so they were long, and today was my first Friday at school in weeks (thanks to being out for medical testing and what not) so it just dragged on and on.  But instruction-wise, it was an easy to handle week.  I guess I can't really complain...but boy am I ever glad that this weekend is a three day weekend.  I won't have to be back to school till Tuesday, very nice.  And this weekend has already started off well.  I got a haircut and a new iPhone from AT&T, they offered me a really good deal on an upgrade...so I've got all kinds of new things to play with this weekend.  The only downside is that this weekend is the first weekend that Patrick and I aren't gonna see each other.  Its too bad, but its necessary I guess.  I mean, absence makes the h...

So this weekend I had my first Valentine's date ever...and I kinda liked it.  Of course, had the date taken place for any other reason or on any other date it would have been just as good.  Afterall, Valentine's Day is just a day.  However, Patrick and I enjoyed ourselves immensely.  We had a very classy dinner at Mitchell's Ocean Club at Easton...and it was a tasty and lovely as I always dreamed it would be (I've been wanting to go for years).  And then we both gave each other a cliche Valentine's gift.  I gave Patrick a heart shaped box of chocolates and a necklace...and he gave me a card and a Build-a-bear teddy bear.  It was almost sickeningly cute.  We also did some heavy baking here at the house and watched a lot of movies.  It was a really great weekend that really wasn't long enough at all, but its good to have experienced it rather than not.   This coming week should be a pretty easy one, and then I get a three day weekend ...

I'm not sure why, but during these snowy early months I like to watch a lot of scary movies.  Maybe its that its dark all the time, maybe its because they are small morsels that can be watched and digested in an hour and a half, or maybe its just because I like horror movies.  At any rate, I've been watching a lot of them lately (and purchasing a lot on blu-ray) and I figured I'd better check back in and write about one of the classics.  It is a skewering of 1980s suburban life and an old-fashioned ghost story all rolled into one great morsel of a movie.  If you don't know what it is already, maybe its famous line will remind you...."They're Heeeeeere."  That's right, today I plan to examine Poltergeist , Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg's classic spook show. The film begins as the local cable station is signing off for the night.  The National Anthem blares over the opening credits and then fades to snow as the camera takes us through the hous...