I got hit with a lovely migraine yesterday and spent most of the afternoon into the early evening in bed. I got up around 8pm and my head was better, but I had just slept far too long and would have issues getting to sleep that night.

I ended up watching two movies. The first was “Idiocracy” which stars Luke Wilson and Maya Rudloph. It’s a Mike Judge movie. Basically Luke is an average guy who ends up frozen in an army experiment and instead of being woken up 1 year later, he wakes up 500 years in the future. Everyone in the world is stupid thanks to vegging in front of the television and everyone is basically a spoof of Beavis and Butthead. Most even talk like Beavis and Butthead. However this was not Beavis and Butthead. It was pretty much a terrible movie, I don’t recommend it.

The second film I watched was “The Night Listener.” This was an Armistead Maupin book, based on a real story that happened to him, that was turned into a movie. The premise is a radio show host is contacted by a 14 year old dying boy and his adoptive mother. The boy has written a book about the terrible sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his parents. He sends the book to the radio show hosts because he’s a fan. The hosts has a publisher who wants to publish the book. However things turn dark when it comes to light that the mother of the boy and the boy basically seem to have the same voice! The host then goes on a hunt to find out if this boy exists or if it’s been a con.

This was a very creepy movie, but with an unsatisfactory ending. The special feature about the real story and making of the film actually gives more resolution. I guess they wanted the audience to make their own mind up about what was going on.

As this film was winding down, at three am, I noticed there were a lot of cop cars going up and down the street. At one point sirens were flashing and weren’t moving. I thought someone got pulled over. I looked out the window to see a cop car basically barricading the street right in front of my BF’s mom’s house (she lives down and across the street). Woke him up, said something is going on. He calls her and says “Oh my God, what was that sound, what is going on!” I don’t wait to see what is happening, I assume someone has broken into her house. I get dressed and start walking down the street (Stupid!). Half way there I stop and look around. I can see a BIG cop standing in the street by his car. All I could see was the dark silhouette of those long police coats. I decided maybe it was best if I just turn around and go back inside. I turn around and see about 5 cop cars at the other end of the street blocking it! At this point I’m like “Oh shit, I’m going to get mistaken for someone and get shot!” I quickly make my way back to my house. My BF then informs me that while on the phone with his mom he swears he heard gunshots in the background. The cops stayed around till about 3:30am and finally dispersed. No idea what happened, we may never find out what was going on unless the paper reports it in the crime ledger.

Dustin