Friday, October 16, 2009

MOVIE MADNESS

Hello. My name is Olivia Walker and I'm an addict. Movies are my weakness...buying, watching, quoting, re-watching, sorting, alphabetising (don't judge me). Recently I went on a rampage and bought something like 20 movies in less than 10 days. Of course I can't use the excuse that I have the money so its ok because quite obviously as an unemployed college graduate I have NO money. No no, that would be too simple. Really I am going to blame this all on Devin and here is why.

One fine day my beloved brother called me to ask a favor. This favor would take me to the movie section of walmart to retrieve Monsters vs. Aliens. Everything was going according to plan (and by plan I mean put on your blinders and block out everything until the new releases because I can't afford new releases nor do I believe in paying full price for anything) until I actually got to the media center and then the "plan" went to pieces. The $5 movies were right in front of me...unavoidably so. In my weakness I grabbed 4 of them before I managed to steer back on course.

When I arrived home in all my shame I fell again and started searching for musicals on Amazon of which I found 5. $$$$$ :( I thought I had finished and headed to Salt Lake for a weekend with my sister and some friends when one of those friends asked me to go to the store with her. This seemed safe enough to me since we were GROCERY shopping. I felt that I had made a big step forward until she turned in to blockbuster, "just to look, Liv." I may have also grabbed 4 movies there at the $5 stands.

What can I say? I am deeply troubled. However, in my defense each movie was a superb choice ranging from classic musical to crazy comedy. I guess the good note is that I recognize my addiction. The problem is that I, like so many other addicts, have no desire to change my behavior. So, yes, my name is Olivia Walker and I am an addict...I'll deal :)