I was going to do that, but then a good movie came on...

Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enzymes; directs the pineal gland; plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film.
Frank Capra

Movies have always had the ability to grab my attention.  Whether I'm passing through a room and happen to glance up at the television or sitting through a double feature.  I can't look away.  I am enthralled.  I am easily distracted by film, though some would say that I am simply just easily distracted.
I initially started this blog to just get thoughts out of my head. These crazy ideas about how films connect to each other and to my own life that I kept telling all my friends about, who in turn would say "Don't tell me, start a blog". As I've moved forward with this blog I realized maybe I had something to say that was worthwhile. And that those films which distracted me for my entire life have substance and value. They are more than just a distraction. 
I wouldn't classify myself as a cinephile or film buff.  Although my friends identify me as more of a film snob.  I just like film.   
When I am not writing about film I am working as an archaeologist/anthropologist. I teach, I dig, and I curate. Yet in everything that I do, there is film, always there to distract me when I need it.