stinky, stinky trash

okay...im curious to know what popped into your head as to the topic of this post. dirty roommates? subpar trash collecting system in provo? the boyfriend's apartment? no, actually, the answer is d. none of the above. i would like to quickly vent about the quality of the movie rental world.

brad and i have been ridiculously busy lately. it is a rare occasion that we both have an evening to be able to do something without working on homework, and tonight happened to be one of those rare nights. unfortunately, i managed to pop my shoulder right after work (it is randomly and for no reason extremely sensitive) and it was really hurting. on top of that, we were both pretty tired. so after an hour of us sitting on his couch, trying to think of something new to do, we opted for the classic order-in food and rent a movie date. we were both very okay with this, so we headed out to (insert movie rental store here) to rent a movie with the free coupon brad had.

of course, every potentially scary movie was taken, since we live in a college town and it's the weekend before halloween. brad's coupon was for a non-new release, so we set out for the middle aisles and began perusing our supposedly wide selection. beef #1: movie stores nowadays keep all movies that have been out for the past 5 years in the 'new release' section. boo! that narrowed down any newer movies (or any that have come out since we came to college, for that matter).

something you will now learn about brad and me: we HATE making decisions. im not even kidding...even if it was a very simple decision to be made, we would both try to make the other person do it, so we have many times spent over an hour just choosing a movie. by the time we actually pick one out, i fall asleep within the first 20 minutes. this isnt just with renting movies though, this is with everything. where to eat, what to do, what to watch, where to sit, etc etc.

so we spent the next hour at the movie store trying to find some kind of decent movie. and let me tell you....i am DISGUSTED by what is called 'entertainment' now. on every single shelf, there was at least one movie case with a semi-nude woman on the cover. what...did they think they were being original with that idea? and since when should i be forced to see semi-porn every time i want to find a movie to watch that i don't own? since when does slapping an airbrushed picture of a girl in a bikini with the word 'unrated' mean that it is fit for anyone? personally, i don't think they should be allowed to have a movie publicly released unless it has been reviewed and has a rating on it. on top of this, the movie store we went to (it is one of the biggest chains in america) is especially liberal, so there were tons of movies that were homosexual in nature. and no wonder people think poorly about homosexuality....the media views homosexuality as a choice people make and those people are just sex-driven crazies. i was really grossed out. and they were all over the place! again, not original in any way.

finally, we found countless idiotic looking horror films. sure. go ahead and spend tens of thousands of dollars to make a movie that is JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER ONE AROUND IT. sheesh. what happened to creativity in the entertainment industry?

by the end of the experience, brad and i were both frustrated and starving. at every shelf i was gasping, covering brad's eyes, or he was doing the same to me. and so i just started turning all of the movies around so i didnt have to look at them. take that, movie industry! i finally gave brad an ultimatum: he had to chose between employee of the month (a stupid, stupid movie) or encino man (equally as stupid, but a classic nonetheless). as he looked at me in despair, i noticed behind him the movie unbreakable by m. night shyamalan. i mentioned it, and brad said he had never seen it. thank goodness it wasn't rated r. we were out of there a fast as we could go. man...the world has really gone to pot.