Rob said an interesting thing when I saw him, which I thought I’d share with you, whoever you are (probably me sigh). He pointed out how he’d always assumed that he was an introvert, someone who looks inward, is highly reflective, and doesn’t really require social stimulation to function. His recent discovery was that he might be an extrovert, with strong social anxiety. Wow!! What a revelation this was, as soon as I processed it.

I’m been mulling this over in the back of my brain, and think that this quite possibly describes me as well. I always assumed that being shy and reserved made me an introvert, but not necessarily. So, this requires a complete overhaul of self-image and/or self-concept. By the way, I am trying to keep this as non journal-like as possible, it is hard.

Anyway, an interesting something to think on.

Rob came up from Santa Cruz Friday night after I told him over email that I was moving to NC. It is odd that we are both going through rather complicated breakups, that makes two friends! But It was great to see him, I learned some new stuff, as always. I’ve had some of the my intelligent conversations speaking with him. I’m going to miss him (and others of course :). We didn’t do much other than chat and eat dinner and breakfast. He crashed on the couch, which couldn’t have been that comfortable. Oh well, he’s a good sport.

DalRae came over Saturday afternoon and helped clean and packed some of her stuff. So, that was a help, but there is much more to be done. She left early, so she’ll be back today, as well as most of Monday.

I finally called Katie, my brother-in-law’s wife. They’ve always been so great to me (not that the other family hasn’t, by any means), so welcoming and friendly. Katie always makes me feel good, as she always says I’m a great guy, which is always nice to hear. I’m going to have dinner with them tonight, sort of a final goodbye of sorts. Katie warned that she’d probably start crying I think she is mostly in the dark as to why DalRae and I are over, so perhaps I can fill in some details. Nothing too revealing of course, for DalRae’s sake, as she’ll still be their sister.

I heard through the grapevine that they might want to buy my car, which would be fantastic!! I really hope they’ll want it, it would simplify things a lot. Of course, I’d probably have to discount it a bit. Oh well, that’s what family is about.

Also, completely an aside, I’ve made 26 entires in 31 days. I was hoping to be closer to 31, shooting for a post a day, but last week I did very few posts. A goal for next month then. I might get another journal entry in tonight, after I get back from dinner as well. And perhaps a writeup of the movie U-571 as well.

[[imdb:0064276 Easy Rider]] is an indie film from 1969 that explores the hippie counter-culture movement of drugs, sex, and motorcycles. The movie was directed by Dennis Hoppper and produced by Peter Fonda, both of whom act in the lead roles.

It is hard to watch a 30+ year old movie and try to appreciate it as it was percevied when it premiered. This movie was influential enough that it would have affected movies since, some of which I have probably seen. Bearing that in mind, this movie didn’t really do all that much for me. I wasn’t able to relate to the characters all that well, so their actions never had much of a meaning to me.

I did find it a fascinating record of hippie life, communes, acid trips, and such. It must have been an exciting time, experimenting with alternative styles of living, against the status quo. On the other hand, a lot of those experiments failed, and probably many lives were ruined.

This movie seems to have had major impacts on movie making, so I wouldn’t discourage watching it. But, its edge and shock have been quite dulled, so don’t expect all that much.

An irritation was the Mardi Gras street scenes, which were obviously shot on different film. The DVD extras informed me that this was their test footage—upon successful completion of these scenes, the production was allowed to procesed.