cabin_fever Rhin I am freezing! I have a feeling that my nipples, are going to remain in a perpetually perky state! It is 10f, with a WC of -23 degrees. The wind feels like miniature knives, being driven into your skin. The locks & the seals, on my Jeep are completely frozen. I feel trapped...cabin fever is setting in. Even if I could get into my Jeep, and the battery, by some miracle, isn't dead, I couldn't go anywhere, because the roads are so slick, and I live at the top of a hill. There is a deep ravine at the bottom, of this hill, and I don't particularly want to die of hypothermia, should I venture to the bottom of it. So, what the hell do I do now! I should be happy that I am not able to work out of town today - this being my first day off, in like 3 or 4 months, but I am not used to this. I am used to going full speed, and I don't fucking like, being trapped in my house! The day is still in it's early stages, but I don't see that it is ever going to end. It has to be stopped...and I have to be the one to stop it! *laughing manically* Speaking of maniacs...Jack Nicholson's character in, The Shining, was supposedly being overtaken by the power of the hotel...right? Sure! Call it what you want, but I call it Cabin Fever. Maybe I will just pop that film in today, and just do myself off, Stephen King style? Actually the film just makes me miss Colorado. I have been in that hotel, and I could not shake the creepy feeling it gave me the whole time. I kept expecting Jack to jump out yielding an axe. F.Y.I. The hotel does not sit atop a mountain in BFE. It sits in Estes Park, which is where my sister lives. It's strange watching the film, because I recognize all of the terrain, especially Thompson's Canyon. What point am I trying to make here? I have no idea. There is no point! It was just a damn creepy film, and I felt like blathing about it, because I feel like Jack Torrance today! F*ck! Where's the Tylenol! 001217 ... tourist It's Odd, but I was convinced that the Overlook Hotel was in actuality the hotel that is on the slopes of Mt. Hood Oregon, at least the exterior looked that way to me. Back in 71 I parked in their lot with a group of people at around 1 A M, to climb to the summit for sunrise. The shadow of the mountain streached out almost solid to the East forming a black pyramid. One of my fellow climbers remarked " Mount Doom!" a reference to Tolkiens Lord of the Rings. We had been wearing crampons and had ice axes,but it really was just a steep walk to the summit. Upon descending we passed people climbing in Ski Boots, made us feel a little silly. But the Hotel looked just the same. I don't remember the Maze though, perhaps it was designed an built by the same architectural firm, as the one you know as the Overlook? 001218 ... Rhin Tourist, After reading your entry, I became very curious, so I did something very Rhin-like...re-search it! My analysis: You are absolutely right! The exterior of 'The Overlook' is actually, 'The Timberline Lodge' in Mount Oregon. Also, The Interior of 'The Overlook' was all created from scratch, inside a film studio, and does not actually exist! Well...Hell! *pout* I also agree with you, about the one in Estes being architecturally similar. I pulled some photographs today, and compared them, to 'The Overlook', and allthough they are very similar, there are some noticable differences. Also, I had never toured the entire interior of my 'copy-cat' hotel, only sections of the ground floor, as 'my' hotel, is now privately owned. It was very, very similar, to 'The Overlook', but obviously not one in the same. Maybe just a case of an architect being a huge Kubrick/King fan??? Regardless, I still recognize terrain in the film, and I have never been to Oregon, so that is also strange? My sister and I had put all of these aspects together, and figured it was, one in the same. I guess I am happy to know the truth, but now I feel cheated! It doesn't bother me as much about the location of the hotel, but it bothers me that the interior, does not, and never did truly exist! That sucks! *Rhin pouts, stomps her foot, shrugs her shoulders, and says, "fuck it!" (for lack of a better suited word, considering...). 001218 ... tourist Now now, don't be upset, it's the job of the filmmaker to fool us all. You are most likely right about the Thompson's Canyon terrain shots, but I've never been there. It definitely was more rugged looking than the drive up to Mount Hood. Just another Artful Juxtoposition of Images used to decieve us all. 001218 ... monee fuck. 041217 ... thunderbuck ram I cofess I didn't read past the bit about perpetually perky nipples! 041217 ... nom cabin fever 061129 what's it to you? who go blather from