The jury's still out. I admit I thoroughly enjoyed it, and was very entertained from beginning to end. I was afraid it was going to be a dumb, over-sexualized Star Trek 90210. It had a brief moment of that kind of silliness, but fortunately that is not what characterized the film.
It was a fun night at the movies if nothing else. As a diehard Trekkie (tongue kind of in cheek), I enjoyed many of the in-jokes and self-references. One critic's complaint, however, rang very true: This isn't a movie about anything, really. It's a movie about itself.
The plot is very thin. It's all about establishing these characters (again). So it is very much a Star Trek movie about...Star Trek. But I still enjoyed it. I'll give it some time to really thumbs up or down it.
I'm enjoying my first day this week of sleeping in past 6 AM. I'm tempted to waste these empty mornings - surfing the net, watching free Star Trek episodes on CBS.com, etc. I'm praying for discipline, that I will develop good habits in my free time and not just watch it slip by in multiple hour increments with nothing productive to brag of. Even contributing to this blog is, believe it or not, a productive use of my time.
I am sorely missing my Alison. This summer adventure is, and has already been, worthwhile if only to show me how much I care for her. It takes a few hard swings at the dam of masculine emotionlessness, and puts me face-to-face with my true feelings and needs. I'm grateful for that. Hopefully I will relocate to a place with cell phone service soon, and my cut-off distance from Alison will not be quite as cut off.
I made a demo CD for the TV production man I met at the Stanley. It's a "greatest hits" collection of all five of my film scores. When I boil it all down to the very "best," it's really kind of neat. I have plenty of gripes with my music, but I'm actually kind of proud of this demo CD. I hope to put it to some good use.
I go into work at 2pm today. I'm getting awfully hungry, but I'm trying not to spend undue amounts of money on food. So I think I'll go make myself a peanut butter and cinnamon honey sandwich, washing it down with some deliciously natural sugared Pepsi-Cola Throwback.
Enjoy your day. Be a good steward.
(Oh, the title for this blog was a veiled reference to Star Trek, the Aliens score I am currently listening to, and the allergy hives which I mysteriously contracted that have provided fulltime employment for my fingernails.)
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