Last week, I opened my mailbox and retrieved a red envelope for the last time ever.
I’m not going to beat a dead horse. Y’all know how much I loved my Netflix DVDs. My final DVD, #789, was Crazy Heart, a 2009 drama about a washed-up country singer (Jeff Bridges) struggling with alcohol addiction and trying to turn his life around after falling for a much-younger journalist. I’ve seen it before, and even tried to buy it on Amazon once, but the movie is almost impossible to find. Knowing Netflix was letting us keep any movies we still had after they shuttered their DVD business on 9/29, I gave deep consideration to my final selection. Much like Indiana Jones deciding on which Holy Grail to pick, I chose wisely.
I’m not even sure why I like Crazy Heart so much. The 7.2 IMDB rating is respectable, but it was hardly a box office smash. Actually, strike that. I know exactly why I can’t resist it.
If there’s any woman worth giving up the booze for, Maggie Gyllenhaal is the one. (OMG, I actually spelled her name right on the first try!)
Also, Crazy Heart introduced me to Ryan Bingham. I’m a rock ‘n roll guy at heart, and Ryan is a singer/songwriter whose music skews more closely to country. Plus, he’s a 42 y/o man who sounds like he’s pushing 80. But that don’t matter none, ’cause I love his music and own Mescalito on vinyl. He won an Oscar for “The Weary Kind,” the theme from Crazy Heart, so the movie isn’t completely obscure.
Did I mention Maggie Gyllenhaal is in it?
Just making sure.
It’s been unseasonably warm for nearly a week now. Highs topped 80º for something like four days in a row. It may be looking like fall out there…
…but it feels like August. The only saving grace? No unbearable humidity like we had back when the corn was sweating. Luckily, that’s all about to change.
I, for one, could not be happier. Fall should feel like fall! And besides, this should take care of our bug problem. I’d rather deal with a foot of snow than the barrage of boxelder bugs and all their friends. I didn’t even mention the gnats; they might be the worst. They are clinging to all the screens in our house in such quantities, we can’t even open the windows.
Not that this has been a problem given our warm weather. We’re still running the A/C.
In any case, cooler temps are on the way, and I plan to head out tomorrow at noon to take advantage by going for a hike in the woods. Or maybe a stroll in the city; I haven’t quite decided yet. But either way, my feet will be propelling me forward, mark my words.
Mark My Words 
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