Christmas is Hard
As I have grown in age and knowledge, holidays have begun to mean less and less to me. Christmas was my favorite holiday as a child. I have so many amazing and magical memories. The reason Lovely, Still takes place during Christmas was for that reason. But now, as an adult, Christmas has its supreme bummer qualities. The whole consumerism thing is ridiculous and I don’t really think people should be kind and jolly to each other only one time during a year. You should always be a good person right? Right.
Getting presents for people has become the most difficult. As I don’t want to give some standard consumer gift that means nothing (Like a candle or coffee maker or something). I have to spend a lot of time figuring out the best, personal gifts for my parents of significant other. But I suppose it’s a good way to keep you focused on the people you love and the things they care about.
I’m also starting to understand the “Time of year for peace and love and being jolly” thing. Maybe the reason this was created is because the winter time is so freaking miserable. Omaha has been in the middle of a horrible snow storm for a week now. But everyone still tries to be jolly. They help each other push cars and always smile when you walk by them with your face freezing. It’s pretty rad and, as a cherry on top, people make their houses really pretty and covered in light. A big beautiful distraction for this horrible winter weather.
Anway, this entire post was just me procrastinating and distracting myself from actually thinking of honest “real” gifts to give the people I love. I also don’t have money so I have to be really creative.
Hey, I went to school with you. But I graduated in ‘04.
I saw the trailer to Lovely, Still and I was captivated. Un/fortunately, I live in North Dakota now, with the occasional jaunt down to Omaha. Where might I be able to see it?
The film begins it’s release this spring. It opens in select cities and if it does well it should spread as far we possibly can spread it. Which would include North Dakota. If not, you may have to take a jaunt to your nearest big city to see it. Or Omaha.
How widely will it be released? Will it for example make it to Canada? Specifically Vancouver? I’ve been stoked on it for awhile.
And in relation to the xmas post, in my experience people are anything but jolly during christmas. My coworkers and I are getting bitched out at work everyday, an acquaintance tried to kill herself, my friends are broke as hell buying presents they can’t afford. I don’t know I like the idea of christmas, and I even like buying presents but there is way too much stress and expectation around it. Christmas feels so far removed from what it is supposed to be.
Hey Dayle, our Canadian distributor is Cinemavault. So they will be putting it on in Canada for sure – Just not exactly where in Canada yet. I will make a update about it as soon as I have an exact date.
Yeah man – I understand Christmas better now than I used to. I was most definitely a child of consumer culture and I believed in Santa til I was about 10. I was in love with the Magic. Looking back I was so happy as a child at this time that I don’t understand how I can feel it is so wrong now. When I wrote “Lovely, Still” I was listening to Christmas music the entire time. Listening reminded me of the magic that used to fill me. My first love that never truly left me. But as an adult it is impossible not to see some of the horror this time of year can cause.