say what? after this weekend i feel like a better man. i feel more whole, more complete, as if a missing piece of myself has finally been found and re-attached. yes, i watched that seminal sappy flick, say anything. say what you say? you've never seen say anything? how could that be possible jon? aren't you the biggest fan of movies like this? movies which feature touching romantic plots yet maintain an edge of intelligence and wit? movies that make you go "damn that line/scene was good." yes i say. i am a big fan of such movies. and so i wonder why i've never seen this movie before.



and i say this, shame on everyone who never told me to watch this movie. shame on everyone who didn't demand that i watch this movie right this minute. shame on anyone who didn't bring over the DVD version and allow me to complete myself. nobody had me at hello.



until now. thank you christina.



so i saw the movie and i have to re-watch it immediately. i had no idea that a movie like this existed out there. i have apparently been watching derivatives of this movie for many years without even knowing that there was an original. it's like if you'd been used to worshipping house cats all your life and then a tiger suddenly walks into the room. yeah, it's like that. okay, maybe this movie isn't quite an original but it's certainly a classic.



i have an excuse for not being aware of this movie, i'm a fob, nobody let me watch this kind of movie as a young child. i couldn't appreciate great dialogue or subtlely perfect acting with a less than solid grasp of english now could i? but how come nobody, when i was in college, told me about this movie?! i mean, that just screws up my whole idea of good and evil. by the way, i personally blame greg for him not telling me about this movie. and i thought we were friends?



let it also go on the record that i watched the first season of felicity this weekend. not all the episodes yet -- i emphasize the yet -- but i'm sure i'll be watching them all soon. now you must wonder, "whoa, isn't felicity kind of a girly show?" and the answer is, "why yes, it is kind of a girly show." but it happens to be a pretty damn good girly show. and my goodness, the amount of actual physical pain i experienced watching the first three episodes is insane. i cringed at every moment that felicity was about to make a total fool of herself. well not a fool. but when she was about to expose/reveal her feelings for ben, or all the things she was doing just to be around ben. it made me grip my knuckles and go "no no! don't do it!" of course she does it all, everything i fear and am most against. but it makes for good television. this actually happened alot with say anything, scenes and moments that would make me go "oh man, don't do it don't do it....oooohhhhh.....can you believe he just did that?"



it hurts me to see people open themselves up and just let all their romantic vulnerabilities hang. people who can do that, i give you a mighty round of applause. but i worry for your mental and emotional well being. oh my gosh, people putting themselves on the line and just leaving the door wide open for pain rejection and embarassment. i can't watch! or can i?



also, for fans of pop culture, sex, drugs and cocoa puffs: a low culture manifesto.