Dreaming About Inception.

Dreams. We all have them. Some of us dream in color. Some of us dream full story lines. Some of us dream the same dream over and over again. I often dream I am held hostage in a bank robbery. My other frequent dream I am standing nude in the ticket line at the movie theater and can't find my wallet. Just where does a nude person put a wallet? What if we had the ability to go into each other's dreams? What if I could go into Dona's dream, DR's dream, or Pat's dream? Then once in your dreams I had the ability to change your dream? What if I could have go deeper inside of dreams to the depths of the subconscious? What if I had the ability to go into the subconscious of the bankers and stockbrokers that screwed America and while there plant in their subconscious thoughts of doing the right thing? Would you want the responsibility?

The movie Inception is directed by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) and starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Ellen Page (Juno), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer), Michael Caine, and Marion Cotillard (Public Enemies) among others. Here is the summary of the movie from IMDb: "Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming."

Loved the movie. Great special effects. Superb acting. Interesting storyline. My two favorite performances were by Ellen Page and Ken Watanabe. Page has come a long way since Juno. Watanabe commanded the screen every time he was on it. DiCaprio gives an Oscar winning performance. I was really struck by how much alike Page & Cotillard looked. The two drawbacks to the movie are that sometimes it was hard to separate reality from dreams and at two hours and thirty-nine minutes the movie is a little long. They could have shortened it by cutting out one or two of the repetitive battle scenes. I am, however, going to give the movie my highest rating, five footballs. One for directing, One for writing, One for Cinematography, one for special effects, and one for the acting ensemble as a group.

Questions for the day. Do you dream? Do you dream the same dream over and over again? Care to share your common dream here? If you could go into someone's subconscious and change the course of history would you want the responsibility? If you had that power whose head would you go inside of? While I wouldn't want that responsibility if I ended up with there would be so many historical figures thoughts that I would want to change that it would be take twenty-five hours a day. I'd start with Hitler.

WHO AM I?

Yesterday's answer was Elizabeth Eckford

Born in 1873 and died in 1947 I was an author who wrote about the original great frontier. I was born on a farm to a father who had lived on the land for six generations and my mother was a pioneer woman. I was the eldest of seven children. I became a contributing writer to a state newspaper while I was in college but after moving to the home of the Steelers and the Pirates I began writing for a monthly magazine about home things. While in the Steel city I taught English in high school. I would later become head of the English department at another high school. I moved to the Empire city where a magazine serialized my first novel with writing that was influenced by my love of Henry James. I infuriated a Christian Group by writing a critical biography of them. The Scientists were outraged and tried to buy up all the copies of my book. A university would later reprint the book. When I started writing novels I moved back to the prairie. I was celebrated by critics like H.L. Mencken for writing in plainspoken language about ordinary people. When novelist Sinclair won the Nobel Prize in Literature, he paid homage to me by saying that I should have won. I later won another prize for one of my works, The winning book was inspired by my cousins wartime letters home to his Mom. My cousin was the first officer killed from my home state. When I was in college I used the name William and wore masculine clothes. My life's most significant friendships were with women. In later life I moved to Canada. While there being an extremely private person and I destroyed many old drafts, personal papers, and letters. My will restricted the ability of scholars to quote from the personal papers that remained. I have both a gold coin and a stamp named after me. I am in both the Nebraska Hall Of Fame and The National Cowgirl Hall Of Fame. I was also the first woman president of a language association. I was "One of Ours" that became a "Lost Lady" in my writings. Who Am I?