2/15/2004 10:33:00 AM|||Andrew|||The perfect end for my Valetine's Day yesterday...watching Moulin Rouge! Besides the fact that that movie itself is perhaps one of the most powerfully emotional I've seen in quite some time, even seeing it now, for what is probably the 10th time or so, the mixture of hope in the goodness and worth of love and despair in the conquering power of death and seperation fit my mood perfectly. It fits the bitter taste that remains in my throat, the same that has been boiling ever hotter as Valentine's Day approached. And yet it also fits my relentless hope, optimism, and anticipation.

After writing that, I immediately wonder how much a mood determines how I watch a movie, and how much a movie determines my mood. In any case, it felt like a emminently suitable ending to a both hopeful and depressing, and ultimately silly, day.|||107687000870683280|||