The Butterfly Effect

The local Tower Records and Books is going out of business. Actually, they may all being going out of business. I'm not sure. Anyway, I stopped in last night and purchased a few books. In the clearance bin I found this journal:



Marley loves butterflies and drawing so I bought it for her.

Today, she showed me this picture from the journal:



Isn't it a lovely family portrait? You see the shining, smiley sun looking down at us. Colin is easily identifited by the skateboard he is riding. Marley, of course, is the one with the blonde hair. That leaves me and Paul as the remaining members of the family. I'm sure you can tell who's who. Also, those two little figures to the left? The guinea pigs of course. They are part of the family, you know.

But what is that she has her Daddy doing? His hand lifted to his mouth. I asked her and she proudly told me, "He's smoking."

Cue whatever funny music you want to here 'cuz Daddy doesn't smoke.

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The Butterfly Effect
Release Date 2004
Directed by J. Mackye Gruber & Eric Bress
Starring Ashton Kutcher & Amy Smart

Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single working mom and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evans' friends and mom hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble, something bad always seems to happen during these blackouts. As Evan grows up he has less of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick!