Monday Recall...

The word Monday never really brings feelings of excitement or eagerness does it? When you think Monday, all you want to be thinking about is Friday. So why not make Monday a recall?

I'm not saying to recall Monday as a defect that needs to have some parts fixed and sent back to me - I'm saying, why not do a time recall? Rather than agonizing over what we traditionally think of Mondays, let's infuse the day with a brief peek back to a day when it may or may not have been Monday. It's time to take Mondays back... it's time for a Monday Recall!

Today, I heard a song that I had not heard since 1994 - in a time when one Eric Draven died and came back to life to kick ass on behalf of love, all while looking hot in black leather and white face make-up. Hint?

The Big Empty by The Stone Temple Pilots was playing on internet radio today and it brought me back to one of my favourite movies, The Crow. I remember being 14 or 15 watching that movie and realizing how deep and how complex it was. To this day, I can watch it again and still have the same experience that I did at that age. Regardless of my personal experience, this movie had a huge impact to the culture of 1994. The provocativeness of the characters and the layers in the soundtrack brought a strange convergence between darkness and purity. Even the reality in the mystery behind Brandon Lee's death, only further provoked curiosity and emotional attachment to the film.

I remember being in high school and one of my best friends decided to dress as Eric Draven for Hallowe'en. With him, it worked, it fit and even though the movie was so dark, let's get serious here, it was so cool!

So whether you liked the Cure, Nine Inch Nails, hot guys in leather or uber cool and dark fight scenes, you can't help but think back to 1994 and whatever feelings you had about The Crow.

So what did we get from this Monday Recall? It can't rain all the time.