One of my most favorite movies is called "Better Off Dead". Lane Meyer is a depressed teen who looses his girlfriend Beth. This is her reason for the split; "Lane, I think it'd be in my best interest if I dated somebody more popular. Better looking. Drived a nicer car." Anyway, poor Lane is left alone and thinks up treacherous ways of killing himself. He finally meets a French beauty called Monique and falls for her. Simultaneously, he must endure his mothers terrible cooking which literally slides off the table, his disgusting next door neighbour Ricky (and his mum) and he must prepare for the skiing race of his life - to get his old girlfriend back! So why wouldn't this be anyone's favorite movie? All I can say is don't knock it till you see it.
Anyways in college, I would introduce any of my roomates each semester with this movie. Well it was a total hit my first year of college in Perkins Hall, up at BYU Idaho. My room mates at the time: Michelle NeSmith, and Natalie Johnson, were great participants as well as some of my neighbors: Danielle Doutre and others.
There is a scene in the movie where depressed Lane is in the bathroom cleaning out his ears with Q-tips, and then gets carried away with sticking q-tips everywhere else including his nose and mouth. Then his Dad who is worried that things his son is going insane, walks in and sees Lane with all of these q-tips in various spots on his head. Great scene. I am not sure if Dani, or Michelle really got the point of it all, but it was still a fun activity, and I loved our random activities in that apartment.
This one is for you girls :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnMKunpM7o8
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