It's time for a new Stephen King movie! I'm so excited because I love this type of movie. I'm not a "horror movie" kind of girl, but I do love a good psychological thriller. After reading about Stephen King's The Mist, in theaters on November 21st, it seems like it's going to deliver just that kind of movie experience.

The premise of the movie is one that I like to think about a lot. You know, it's one of those age-old questions about how well we really know the people around us, if in the face of danger they'd change, etc. I've had my share of experiences where people's true colors shown through, so this is a topic of great interest for me.

I'm reminded of one event in particular. It happened on September 11th, in fact. I was at work and we had just heard about the first plane hitting the Towers. We were all in shock and stood huddled around the radio in Joe's office. I remember the panic I felt, the feeling as if my heart were in my feet.. and then when the second plane hit it was as if our bubble of perfection had burst forever. People were hanging on to one another, crying and uttering their disbelief... And then the strangest thing happened! One by one they started turning the tragedy into their own personal tragedy, making it seem as if the experience had affected them alone. It was the strangest thing to watch because the people I thought I knew so well were morphing into creatures I couldn't believe existed. They were trying to 'one up' each other in how bad the event was going to affect them, and I heard statements ranging from "I have family in the military. This is going to be the end of my family," to, "I have all my money is stocks. I'm going to lose everything!"

You never know how people are going to react in an emergency situation, but I was truly surprised by some of the reactions. I know some of it was shock, and some of it was uttered as a means of creating some normalcy out of a situation beyond any ones control, but it really made me think about human nature and how, no matter how much we think we know about a person, we can never be 100% certain about them.