I think it's kinda funny, I think it's kinda sad

Just saw Finding Nemo, more or less. Not sure why I forgot that it's always a bad idea to attend the Sunday matinee of a children's film. (It's not the kids who bother me, at least not the ones who are supposed to be there; it's the pre-sentient wee ones who really have no place in a cinema, but whose parents still roll 'em in by the score for kids' films. Probably these parents are the same people who leave their cell phones turned on.) Tolerated it by shutting off my emotions, which also stunted my enjoyment of the film, of course. At least I know that it will be sure-thing fun to see later sometime, with a more grown-up crowd.

Now I'm feeling melancholy because I just heard the black-bileful song Mad World for the sixth time today, since it appears triply on the Donnie Darko soundtrack CD in cthulhia's car. So off to recover by going to a housewarming in Attleboro, for which I am late. Ta.

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I took I-93 south for the first time this evening. For some reason, I didn't know it went straight through Boston, past those strange bulls-eye signs on the bridges, and the famous Ho Chi Minh gas tank, both of which figure prominently in memories of frequent childhood excursions to South Station. I've seen these things since moving here, but unexpectedly encountering them while traveling under my own power was pretty nice.

When I took I-93 north to come home, I smiled to drive through pretty, night-lit metro Boston for the first time (and in light traffic), and rode over the new bridge... which honestly came as a surprise, because I didn't really know what road said bridge was a part of. This discovery made me laugh a lot.

Now that I'm home, Mad World is going through my head again, rrngn. I'd go get a decaf but I've spent enough money this weekend. I'll just make some tea, and play Herdy Gerdy until I'm sleepy. Mm.

(Hmm: the inevitable search in the iTunes Music Store returns a hit for Tears For Fears' (orginal?) version of the song, which has the same lyrics and basic melody as the theme from Donnie Darko but is otherwise completely different, so people who have not seen the movie but do know the song are probably wondering why I think it is so melancholy. Oh well.)