Man, I've been gone for quite some time, haven't I? Frankly, it's been because I've been too scared to show up. The Orphanage really got to me guys. It really is one freaky movie.

I saw it on Saturday night with Jo at ArcLight Hollywood. I wasn't expecting a lot of people in the theatre – it's completely Spanish, not very well-known, and has been out for a month – but damn was I wrong. The theatre wasn't exactly packed, but it was still a lot of people. The more the merrier for scary movies, I always say! If you don't know, the movie was banking on Guillermo del Toro's name as the producer; he did movies like The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth, and the Hellboy movies. I guess you can kind of think of him as the Tim Burton of horror movies – but I'll stop there, because I don't entirely agree with that statement... but then why would I bring it up...? Who knows, haha.

The movie, again, is extremely eerie. It takes place almost entirely in a really old house that used to be an orphanage, an orphanage in which the main character Laura, played by Belén Rueda, used to live. After finding a permanent home as a child, and a husband as an adult, she decides to move back into the house with her family and start the orphanage up again. But that's about when things start to go nuts. Her son Simón, played by Roger Príncep, who suffers from a horrible disease, starts to make friends... imaginary friends. His parents, or his father rather, think that it's nothing to worry about and that Simón will grow out of it on his own. It turns out that the friends Simón makes aren't the imaginary people his parents thought they were. They are in fact not real people, but they were at one point. That's right, he's talking to ghosts! Fantasmas! AHHH! They are the spirits of the children that Laura used to live with as a child in the orphanage... eerie, eh? But wait, then it really starts to get heavy. Simón later goes missing after Laura yells at him, and his parents are convinced that the spirits kidnapped their son. And that's what the movie is all about, the parents searching for Simón in the orphanage, and never giving up until he shows up. Great stuff. Really great stuff.

Now, I came back home Saturday night, and I couldn't go to sleep until a little after three in the morning because I had to go to the bathroom at around midnight. I could've easily went to the bathroom at midnight... but I was too scared to. haha. So what did I do? I went to Netflix.com and watched Season 2 and part of Season 3 of The Office until I forgot about the movie (by the way, I've finished every episode of The Office now, and am extremely obsessed, and I owe it all to Netflix's "watch now" feature that I wrote about last night. Over 20 hours worth of episodes). I finally ended up going to the bathroom at around three, but slid the tub/shower door shut as soon as I entered – you'll understand why when you watch the film, haha. I'm somewhat over the movie, but I still see the kid in the mask creeping around my house every so often... I don't think he likes me much. But anyway, watch the movie if you get a chance, even you scaredy cats out there. Even though it doesn't have a lick of English in the film at all, you hardly notice because you're so into the movie. Sure I forgot to read some of the subtitles when I was covering my face or jumping behind the seats in fear, but you sure don't notice the language difference. And to be quite honest, I was jumping like a freaking jack rabbit, ask Jo. I was having the freaking time of my life – such a freaking fun movie! Oh, and I'm using the English versions of the movie titles because I'm writing in English, not because I hate the Spanish people – you guys make great movies!

That's all that I really had planned for today (actually, meant for Sunday though), but since it's been so long, a few things have come up. Like the Super Bowl matchup, Giants and Patriots, both are "New", but not at all new, hahaha. I just came up with that, honest. How freaking fun is this game going to be? The Giants were so close to beating the Patriots in the final game of the regular season, now they'll have the chance again in the final game of the post season in one of the coolest football stadiums. But, nothing is better than the Superdome and its circular lights atop the field that reflect on the players' helmets, oh how I love those lights. Speaking of which, some black guy noticed my Saints sweatshirt Saturday night at ArcLight's Guest Services, haha. Also on Sunday, because of my new found obsession, I'll mention that our favorite Dwight from The Office Rainn Wilson turned 42 Sunday. "Question.", hahaha. Then on Monday, the Lakers took on the Nuggets in LA and we whooped them. We whooped them so bad, Melo got hurt. No Bynum, no problem (only joking. We miss you, man!). Also, Ariza was gone because he fractured his foot during practice, landing on Fisher's foot. To make up for it, Fisher scored 28, just 1 away from his career record, scoring 16 of his 28 in the first quarter. Fisher should break people's legs more often... just no more Lakers', okay Derek? We added a new guy to the team as well, center DJ Mbenga – watch out Kwame booers, he's got a black belt in Judo. Also on Monday night, Lakers star Coby Karl became the third person in NBA history to play in a game against his father, Nuggets coach George Karl. Great stuff. Then on Tuesday, it started to rain and now it's snowing 50mi north of here near the Grapevine. I want to go! I've never really been anywhere while it was snowing! I hate this. But, this rain is awesome, so whatever. Also, Heath Ledger died yesterday in Mary-Kate Olson's (the prettier one) apartment in New York. News flies fast now, doesn't it? His family had to find out via the television – that's real sad, for anyone. And finally, today the Lakers take on the Spurs in San Antonio. It's going to be a doozy. haha. Coverage starts at 5:30 on KCAL9, game's at 6 on both KCAL9 and ESPN. I'm picking KCAL, you? Good. Today is also Alex's 18th birthday, so Happy Birthday! Alright, that's all I got for you guys, take care and stay dry. Go Lakers! see u.