I spent the weekend contemplating on my life. Last week I though everything was falling apart; and a lot of people seemed to notice it. I won't even try to describe how I looked... ^_^
But I'm very happy that I'm finally seeing the light. It's as if I solved a math problem I've been trying to crack for days. The whole time it was already staring at me in the face. Had it been a human, it would've given me a broken nose for being so stupid to see it.
It started last Tuesday night. Mom and dad noticed I was feeling down when I got home. They decided to cheer me up by watching a movie with them. We've never really sat down as a family and watched DVDs at home. It was usually every man for himself. If you wanted to watch, just pop the DVD into the player by yourself. No one's obliged to watch with you.
We watched The Notebook. As corny as it sounds, I've never watched the movie, despite the high ratings it got. I guess I didn't have the time to watch it back then. It was one of my Mom's favorites. It was also a surprise that Dad watched it with us! He was never a movie-person. Or usually, he'd watch at his own pace. We fixed the sofa bed in the living room and my mom and I sat on it, with legs stretched out in front of us, with pillows and Pagong. It was the works.
Dad had a beer in his hand and sat in his recliner. The lights were off too, as if we were in a movie house. It was such a sweet movie. I cried buckets that night. It was one of those movies that you would avoid watching in a movie house coz you'd go out with a very red face with swollen eyes. Still, watching with my parents, I tried hard to supress the sobs... I don't really like crying in front of people (and will do everything in my power not to do that!). It was really gross. I was holding Pagong and the top of his head was damp with my tears.
As soon as the movie ended, I quickly said goodnight and went up to my room and let it all out. Supressing sobs makes my head hurt. At least I could cry in the comfort of my room... but nooooo....
Mom called my cellphone, she asked me if I could go down and turn off the blasted DVD player and TV. Of course, I had to go down and teach them how to eject the DVD and turn it off... seriously, it was either they're too lazy to do it or they really don't know... and I'm desperately hoping it's the former. They saw my very red nose and teary eyes and asked why I cried.
"It's because the movie was cute. They died but they were in each other's arms. I could never ask for a sweeter death when I'm with the man I love."
The next night, dad invited us to watch The Godfather Trilogy. I myself have been intrigued with such a classic and critically acclaimed film. This time, my brother was with us. Dad was now in the sofabed with mom and me while Pat took the recliner. The 1st part was 3 hours long but it was really good.
The night after, we watched the 2nd part and it was almost 4 hours! I nearly fell asleep right then and there! Some parts were boring but I wanted to look out for those intense scenes and dialogues. I was really zonked after watching the movie.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to watch the last movie. Though they watched that Friday night, I had preferred to watch Enchanted with my officemates. It was a feel-good movie, as Kathy said. ^_^
Yes, I'm starting to feel better now.
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