I take the scissors with me outside
The sun hits my face a foreign warmth
For November
I cut some of my hair off
Caught by the wind
No harshness to impede it floats on the wind
To settle between the rocks
A part of me
Becomes part of the earth

Movie Title: Off the Map (2003)

Main Actor(s) and Actresses(s): Joan Allen, Sam Elliot, JK Rollings, Jim True-Frost, Valentina de Angelis

Abstract: A couple with one daughter lives entirely off the grid with their own set of problems, and on top of this an IRS agent comes out to audit their tax return.

Actual Review: This is the movie I think of when I think of Joan Allen, not the Bourne series. She plays an earthy, sexy with a hint of purposeful seduction so well; that I still have a hard time seeing her all dolled up with make up. I enjoyed seeing her playing a game with this IRS agent that makes the movie a bit subtle and mischievous yet becoming grounded around her depressed husband. So good.

I also really enjoyed Sam Elliot's character as well. I like how lethargic he is and how everyone knows it, it makes everyone feel tightly knit. Although at some points it feels like this movie is overselling this quality (of being tightly knit) to overstate the purpose of living off the grid with no money may just be paradise.

I like how this movie has a tendency at the end for the viewer to possibly reconsider what they hold of value in their life, by taking away all the conveniences one has. This is communicated throughout the movie with a kind of swagger, as not to shock, but to impose it has always been.

If you don't find living off the grid interesting or subtle performances from seasoned actors and actresses interesting then you probably won't like this movie. It is a slow burn and at times vague. I loved it. Now if I can only find it again.

Video URL:	http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1704591641/

Set the scene:
Okay writing another painful 1000 words for NanuNanu, the kitchen light is on, so is my little IKEA lamp so my eyes don't hurt from staring at the screen all the time. I have just eaten, so the stomach is full with a glass of water to keep me company.

What happened:
My computer tells me that it cannot save my file at its current path, which is weird because it had saved it there 100 times before and nothing had changed. Finally it saves. Whew. Okay go back to talking about how this character is going through college...won't save again? Finally it saves. Okay. Where was I?

The big window pops up, it says I have thirty seconds to save everything I've got before the computer shuts down, I run over to get my USB storage device. Serious, slow motion running. Copied the word file from the desktop to the port and wait. Try to restart computer, acts like it is going to boot and then never does. Pretty sure hard drive is fried.

Have a hard time going to sleep, don't really want to go through writing one or two thousand words again. Wonder if that is it, maybe there is more? Maybe I didn't save it to the storage device as often as I thought.

Conclusion:
Tried restarting this morning, no good, same deal. Hard drive has to be fried, Operating System not Found...what do you mean Operating System not Found, where did it go?

Get to work computer, there it is, every word I have written so far, in its ugly glory. Like a bomb technician, I extracted the file.