Did anyone ever see that movie, "Joe Versus the Volcano?" It isn't one of the amazing cinematic jewels that Tom Hanks is usually known for. The weird thing about this movie for me is that I only saw it once and there are some really odd things that have stuck with me. First, I remember that Joe is diagnosed with something called a Brain Cloud (or was it Brain Fog) and he is convinced that he is going to die. Second, Joe buys this indestructible luggage trunks that survive all the adventures he ends up going on. The other thing that's strange for me is I remember that Joe meets this girl on his trip and I just realized it was Meg Ryan. So, before there was "Sleepless in Seattle" or "You've got Mail" we had Hanks-Ryan duo in "Joe Versus the Volcano." (weird huh?)
Anyway, the reason I'm even talking about this is the fact that there are days when, especially lately, that it feels my brain has a cloud blocking transmission. I think it has to do with overly anxious about school and realizing that time is going by regardless of me thinking its not. It was just a couple of days ago I was walking around Boise Idaho on new years eve 1999, dreading Y2K, with this drunk Russian named Ivan and my neighbor Bill. (Who couldn't stop talking about how he missed his fiance.) Now look it's almost 10 yrs later! (I wonder if Ivan ever felt at home in the Gem state?) I can laugh about how we were so paranoid the world was going to implode. I have to admit that I had my car all gases up, my 72 hr kit was packed and in the trunk, and I had $100 cash hid just in case. I also have to admit that January 1, 2000 was very anticlimactic...No computer I knew about even showed the slightest signs of freaking out!It's now September 2009 and I wonder if I've changed much? I think of me at that time and wonder what I would think of that person way back then and what she'd think of me now... and that's when the brain cloud hits. It's probably a time-space continuum thing that prevents me from making any conclusions from that type of free verse thought.
This is usually the time I wish I could call someone and just talk random about life and where it takes you and where it doesn't. And this is probably where you all who might be reading this should be glad I don't.
So, where am I now...Oh, yeah, I've got one year left of nursing school, an overwhelming desire to put together a first aid kit that an EMT would be proud of to keep in my car, four bottles of aspirin to give to each of my four uncles in case of heart attack, a gallon bottle of water in my car in case I'm stranded, a sleeping bag as well, and apparently, from looking at this list, I am still in the, 'oh, my we're all going to die but, me' frame of mind from Y2K. I guess I haven't changed all that much...outta here and I'm taking my water filter with me!
