Quill, Parchment, & Ink

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I don't know if I can quote it exactly and I don't have a copy at this house with me...oh wait...I can probably google it.

"When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had just two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home."

From The Outsiders by SE Hinton

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I have a couple..and I'm sure at least one of them no one has ever heard of.

1) Rocky Horror Picture Show: Mostly because I first saw it with some friends (who probably shouldn't have taken me considering I was like 12 at the time) and they actually taught me all the words to the songs and got me up and participating. For people who know me IRL, you'd be surprised to know that I'm actually shy about getting up on stage and stuff so it was fun to do this and know that my friends (who were all adults) were acting just as insane and goofy as I was.

2) The Monster Squad: the first time I saw this I was scared to death (stupid considering it is one of THE least scary monster movies out there), but it later became one of the three movies I watched every time I was sick. And I can to this day do almost the entire movie word for word.

3) Blood Ties: Just love the take on vampires. They walk in sun, they can be killed if they get hit by a taxi cab. Yeah I'm weird. I just love the movie. I dunno...I like things that take a "normal" idea and change it up.

And seriously I could name like 20 more "little known, cult" movies...but I'll stop with those three.

So I was reading badfalcon 's journal this morning... (and I really should be packing up my crap so I can check out and head over to Bama's place since check-out time is 11, but I have an hour) and saw that the poll for the day was "Have you ever driven the wrong way on a one way street?"

Um, yes. I can't say it's exactly my fault...well it is in that I saw the signs once I got on the street, but it's not my fault in that someone else gave me directions.

See I used to live on Staten Island. And I had some friends when I lived there that had grown up on the island. So when I needed to go somewhere or find something, I generally called them for directions. My one friend, Danny, always swore he "knew the Island like the back of his hand". (Italian, male, BIIIIG ego!) Well another friend, Aimee, had a flat tire so I called Danny for directions and off we went in my car.

We were fine for the beginning, then we turned down a street (no signs at the beginning) but I noticed all the cars were facing us (on both sides). We got about halfway down and I saw signs saying the street was One Way. Aimee and I looked at each other and saw the garage we needed was about a block and a half ahead. I didn't see any cops so I said I was going. Half a block farther a car came at us. I swerved, I swore. No accident.

When I got back to the dorm (after dropping Aimee and the new tire at her car with some friends who were going to fix it), I called Danny and cursed him out. I've checked directions and signage since then.

[Error: unknown template qotd]Honey and Lemon. And it's almost exactly what it sounds like. You take a little bit of honey and a little bit of lemon juice, mix it together and then heat it until its slightly warm. Its mostly for sore throats or coughing and it soothes so nicely...almost better than cough meds sometimes.