Thursday, January 27, 2011

then you took me by surprise

yesterday was a snow day. well, i had no classes either way, but if i did they would have been 4:30 or later, and if they were, they would have been cancelled. but my sister with her afternoon undergrad classes went, and i stayed home with my brothers. i could go into an elaborate story about how my parents left the house at 3:30 to pick up my sister and didn't get back until eleven with her when the school is twenty minutes from our house, but since i didn't play much part in that story i won't.

instead let's talk about the secret garden. we (my brothers and i) recently read it together, and when we read a book that has a movie, we watch the movie next time we get a chance. with the way our house has been playing lobby to the world over the past few weeks (read:months), we really haven't had much time. but yesterday we made a big bowl of popcorn, popped the tape into the vcr, and sat down to watch.

you know what's weird? when i watched the movie as a kid (i haven't watched it in over ten years) i hated mrs. medlock. she was evil and mean and kept trying to get into the way of the children's happiness and collin's recovery. watching it yesterday, i didn't feel that way at all. she really had no idea that mary was doing a world of good for collin. she really did think he was sick, and she was trying to keep him well and alive, and not only because it was her job. at some point of the movie, abdullah says, "god i hate mrs. medlock. she just wants collin to die," and i remembered feeling that way myself. and when did i begin to think logically and see the point of view of the adults? when did i grow up and why wasn't i informed of this earlier? i didn't correct him, though, because hating medlock is now linked to childhood in my mind and there's no reason to rob him of that.

speaking of mrs. medlock, she is played by maggie smith, and when she first came on screen my brothers broke out into a chorus of she-looks-familar's and where's-she-from's. when i said she was in harry potter, ali goes, "oh yeah! voldemort!" it made me laugh.

speaking of ali, he just came into my room to show me the flier he's working on. apparently he's starting up a drawing class during school to make some money. he's charging a dollar per lesson.

*Everything Will Be Alright - The Killers

3 comments:

  1. anonymous hippopotamusJune 7, 2011 at 6:51 AM

    i remember wanting to comment on this one too. I watched Secret Garden recently and I still hated Mrs. Medlock. I mean is she really that blind to not see the world of good Mary is doing for Collin? i hate her and i always will.

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  2. anonymous hippopotamusJune 7, 2011 at 6:53 AM

    oh and ali is hilarius.. "oh yeah voldemort" loool and the drawing class...did he ever go thru with it?

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  3. i think you commented on this one verbally cause i remember you telling me that you still hated her. and no ali hasn't gone through with the class yet, but he hasn't forgotten about it. he lowered the price to twenty five cents, but you have to take at least five classes a week. he's made some cards to pass out for it but i dunno if he ever does.

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