This is a diary, which potentially means that I'm supposed to be writing down my thoughts instead of posting pictures of heart-shaped blueberry pies. I'm abusing the medium. Perhaps in ten years blogs will have a similar elaborate set of strange codes and conventions that movies now consistently reproduce in their narration and visual language. Today's paper had some examples of these film absurdities:

• Phones are hung up without any words signalling the desire to stop talking (addition to this: in a cut from the person at one end of the line to the other, the two are always facing opposite ways. If they aren't, they are not speaking to each other)
• Change scooped directly from the pocket is always exact
• People waking up from a nightmare always jump to a sitting position in sweat (how many times have you done this?)
• The villain always explains everything to the imprisoned hero (and, I'd like to add, then leaves him/her alone, providing ample time for self-help or rescue)
• People chased by cars run in the middle of the road like rabbits instead of jumping to the side
• (this is my own) Guns are disposable and thrown away when empty
• (another of mine) Doors, even strong ones, immediately open or collapse when someone kicks or jumps against them
• Nobody needs a manual or guidance to use complicated devices effectively after half a minute of haphazard observation

I'm sure there are plenty of more absurd ones. Suggestions?
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