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SciFridays: The Future Is Now

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A police spinner flying beside huge advertisin...

Be excited! This is Los Angeles in a mere seven years! (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Last night, the hubs decided that he wanted to watch some classic movies, so since we are who we are, our version of a classic movie translated into watching Blade Runner,* a first time viewing for both of us.

Our verdict of the movie itself was kind of a toss up. Even though I enjoyed the atmospheric, neo-noir-ness of the movie, and of course, I loved that Los Angeles kind of reminded me of Fifth Element meets Serenity, we weren’t really fans of the ending.

That’s OK. Whatever fault we found in the ending, the movie more than made up for it with a warbly, Kenny G-like soundtrack that we were way too immature not to mock, and a random cameo of a galloping unicorn.

(That feeling of “what?” that you’re experiencing now…yeah, us too.)

Anyway…

I think the best part of the movie watching experience was seeing all the far out future-y things that 2019 will supposedly have for us and yelling at the TV every now and again:

Hey, where is my spaceship?

I want a synthetic owl!

How come I don’t have a robot servant that will ultimately malfunction and try to kill me yet??

Blade Runner is just the last movie in a line of science fiction movies** that we’ve either watched or re-watched recently that’s made us ask that question. I mean, come on, Back to The Future II?! I’ve wanted a hoverboard since rumors spread in my fifth grade class that Mattel was secretly developing the toy. So, tick-tock. 2015 is just around the corner. It’s about time you deliver.

(I would prefer my hoverboard in silver, but won’t complain if I get it in pink.)

So, how about you? Have you watched a movie recently that’s made you feel gypped about the future world that we’re supposedly living in? What techno gizmo do you want people to start inventing already??

*You were probably surprised it wasn’t Die Hard, but no need to call the Fringe division on us–we gorged on action movies last week for the hubs’s birthday. ^_^

**At least Dune has the decency to be set 30,000 years into the future, and Star Wars is set “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.”

What Inspires: Calm

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“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” Thoreau

During our Maui vacations, Mark and I often travel to Big Beach.  Aside from the fact that it’s our favorite beach to play in the waves, it hosts some of the most spectacular sunsets I’ve ever had the privilege to witness.

I don’t know what it is about sunsets on Maui versus the mainland.  It’s the same sun; but when it sets over Maui, a hush settles over all the watchers.   They become reverent.  Introspective.  Poetical, even.

For me, from the very first time I stepped outside of Kahului airport, I always felt like I was arriving home.  And, leaving Maui for the mainland wasn’t going “back to reality” but going back to another life.  One that didn’t quite fit me.

Why am I telling you this?

Today, I planned on getting some words in for NaNoWriMo (and don’t worry, I still intend to do so).  But, I have an-almost-life-changing phone interview at 1pm EST, and my brain can’t seem to get out of paythebills job mode to get in my writing.

So what did I do?  I sifted through my photographs, and relived the calmest, more serene days of my life.  The ones where I’ve felt the most peace because I was home.  Now, I can push out all the nagging whatifs tied to the interview process and just focus.  (Plus, all I hear now are waves washing up onto the shore…great soundtrack for the mind.)

I hope the visual has helped you as much as it helped me.

And, I hope that in a few hours, I’ll be able to share some funifnottrivial news.

Until then, my curiosity is taking over my need to prepare for this interview (which is a good thing!)…

Have you ever had a place that felt more like home to you than the place you grew up in or the place you live now?  Please share!  I like stories! ;)