James' Ramblings

Before I forget this is in my head, I would like to say Contact was one of THE WORST movies that I have seen in my life. I had high hopes for this movie as it had to do with extraterrestrial life, but as the movie continued, it just sucked. I pushed through to see the scenes where the she goes to vega, but even that sucked. I would rank it #2 worst movie in my list, next to Deep Blue Sea. Hell, at least Deep Blue Sea had good special effects. A total disappointment. I should burn the movie. On a better note, Chris and I had a looooong night of driving last night/this morning. He came over at around 11pm and said he was bored, and so was I, as I was watching the movie Contact (see above review). We proceded to drive around town and cruise and after a bit, Chris suggested we go wherever half a tank of gas would take us up North. So we proceded to drive 2 hours North on 287 and we got to a little town called Medicine Bow, a population of about 390, I believe. We were about 1/4 up Wyoming. We talked about a myriad of things on the way up and back. A good time so to speak. We bought chips, drinks, and cookies to supply our hunger for the trip. Tell you what, it killed 4 hours, so I think it was a good way to kill time. The scary church (a small church about 40-60 miles from here on the side of the road) was damn scary at 2 in the morning. I dared Chris and some money for him to go to the church and come back. He wouldn't budge. We discovered that 136.1 miles North of here in Wyoming, in the absence of city lights and house lights at that, the stars shine quite bright, as Chris insists we saw "the milky way". All things aside, looking at the stars from where we were was amazing. It kind of reminds us what we're missing sometimes living in the city. I probably saw more stars last night than I saw ever, combined (with me living in LA and Longmont, where stars are seldom seen) in my life. I advise anyone who has the time, gas money, and company, to venture out into nothing (I suggest Wyoming, Montana, and pretty much any plains states), and look up for just a minute and let the serenity of silence and peace absorb into you. Laura will be here in a couple of hours, which I'm excited about. I may take a trip into town. Maybe coffee or something. I may just be "out of the house" when she gets here to tease her. Hehe. Funny me.