shiva8

I did end up dragging my arse out into the cold last night to see Monster and it was well worth the effort. All I'm going to say is SEE IT.

So far this day has been an odd one. My brother decided to cancel the wedding that he and his fiance have been planning for a year. Not because they are breaking up but because they got sick of all the bullshit. I think they made the right choice. They said that they just couldn't sit by anymore watching the potential financial debt skyrocketing. They couldn't take the pressure of everyone telling them what they had to do and being pulled in a million different directions. Weddings make otherwise normal people fucking insane. So they are hoping instead to get married on vacation somewhere warm. What a nice idea.

Then, on top of that, my mom calls to tell me my grandfather died this morning of a heart attack. He was nearly 80. He hadn't been himself for a while and he had lived a pretty hard life starting with WWII. The worst part about the whole thing is he was always my favorite grandparent and when i was little i used to cry just thinking about the fact that he was going to die one day. Now, here i am, an adult...and i can't. I know the funeral is going to be a different story...seeing other people in emotional anguish always gets me weepy...hell, i cry at commercials if they picture some poor sap. But i haven't cried yet about grandpa. Maybe it just isn't the right time yet.