watching Skins

I went shopping today, got some books, CDs and a DVD (first one I’ve purchased since comming back from Sydney). Then I ended up watching the whole of the first serries of “Skins” (the DVD I purchased) and must say I really like it. I am going to see if my sisters want to watch it when I go over East, they watch the OC and shows like that, what Skins references.

I think I like Skins because of the story arcs and how it seems a little grubby. Not the pris clean sort of teen drama (well it is actually R rated here in Aus, so that sort of defeats it being a teen drama if not many teens can watch it).

Just as I logged onto the internet for today to write this entry, I was thinking maybe I should write back up stories for this blog. Sort of like how in “Race around the world” they contestants had a backup story that was used if their story for the episode couldn’t be made or just sucked. Maybe I should make the aim of this holiday to write a good blog, as well as kick start a strong fitness regime in the new year, drive across australia, visit Noumea with Wade, chillax, make friends and visit family.

Just a thought…

Romantic Comedies

It isn’t really that weird when you think about it, that I a single mid twenty something guy, who is seeking (very unsuccessfully in the seeking) a relationship. Is drawn in by Romantic Comedies like “Numb” and “Elizabethtown”.

I must admit I like both of them, and maybe it is because I emphasize with the protagonist. Maybe its because I dream to one day (soon) find a woman who is almost magically in love with me, Like the Sara or Clare in “Numb” or “Elizabethtown”?

Thinking about it, the two stories lean heavily on that “magic”, it seems the girl falls in love with guy is the key to both movies. It is a sort of magic like explained in fairy tails about stealing clothes of Nymphs to make them good wives. Maybe the magic of the movie is what draws me in, wondering how it works? Maybe I am subconsciously trying to take notes, so I can cast a similar magic : )

But what every it is, I like these two romantic comedies and how they encapsulate a comical slice of life. How the characters have fun, and go through trials on the screen in minutes that can take heart wrenching days and weeks in real life. Another movie (though it has been a while since I’ve seen it so maybe my memory is playing tricks) is “Wedding Daze”.

The magic in  ”Wedding Daze” comes from a waitress asking (or was it the customer) off handedly to marry. And the answer being “Yes”, both characters only just having seen each other for the first time minutes ago. That click, like the long phone call in “Elizabethtown” (after all the ground work Clare put in to get Drew her number). It makes me wonder if that magic, of first impressions, of love, really is that binding. Honestly I haven’t been in a relationship to find that out.

I wonder if the producers knew there was a dynamic of single men who actually wouldn’t mind watching a movie like these?