I just saw the movie Sideways. It seems appropriate that I was watching such a mellow dark comedy at the last showing in literally an empty theater with no one but myself.
I related to the main character on a bunch of levels. But it definitely was that sense of personal capability combined with complete failure. It reminded me of fight club in how it talked about young adult failure. The sheer loneliness of life. It was good. Wasn't it a book first?
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Man, this spring break vacation thing really is bringing back old feelings. First there's the initial relief of not having such a hectic schedual, but then it's directly followed by a sense of emptiness and depression. I mean, I'd like to do something, but what's there to do? Homework? Clean the house? Other things I don't like?
I suppose these are the times where a girlfriend would come in handy. Today at work a girl told me that she was going to buy me a girlfriend so that I'd have someone to hang out with so that I didn't linger at work all the time. I asked her if it would cost extra if she spoke english.
But honestly, I realistically can't imagine what it would be like to have a girlfriend, simply because I've never had one before. Honestly. I've lived my whole life keeping at least an arms length distance from my friends and family; either because I didn't want to share or they weren't the type to care. So then you get me talking on these stupid online journals; pouring my guts out anonymously to the world. Gah. Enough.
I related to the main character on a bunch of levels. But it definitely was that sense of personal capability combined with complete failure. It reminded me of fight club in how it talked about young adult failure. The sheer loneliness of life. It was good. Wasn't it a book first?
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Man, this spring break vacation thing really is bringing back old feelings. First there's the initial relief of not having such a hectic schedual, but then it's directly followed by a sense of emptiness and depression. I mean, I'd like to do something, but what's there to do? Homework? Clean the house? Other things I don't like?
I suppose these are the times where a girlfriend would come in handy. Today at work a girl told me that she was going to buy me a girlfriend so that I'd have someone to hang out with so that I didn't linger at work all the time. I asked her if it would cost extra if she spoke english.
But honestly, I realistically can't imagine what it would be like to have a girlfriend, simply because I've never had one before. Honestly. I've lived my whole life keeping at least an arms length distance from my friends and family; either because I didn't want to share or they weren't the type to care. So then you get me talking on these stupid online journals; pouring my guts out anonymously to the world. Gah. Enough.
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I don't see how Bridgett Jones compares to it. Perhaps she was a bit pathetic, but she was hopefull. I think if anything, the reason why "Bridgett" was so pathetic was because she was kind of overlooked and insecure. She wasn't totally negative and unmotivated like the kind of male characters we were talking about. At least I don't see her that way. I dunno, I guess those kinds of movies in general train men to feel like no matter how unattractive and lazy they are they are still entitled to some amazing fantasy creature who will fix them and make them forget about all of the insignificant crap they've been torturing themselves with. They train women to want to be that ideal and want to be the one to fix things. In general I think media has ruined reality. People don't date the same way they used to partially because we are so phoabic of everything and partially because we are trained to seek an impossible perfection from ourselves and others. Anything else is unaccetable and unarousing. It's pretty sad.
As for St. Paddy's day, it was the opening of my senior show which is open through Tuesday at Woods Gerry Gallery on the corner of Prospect and Angel. I don't really think the show is all that impressive. This time of year a new show opens every Thursday at 6.
How was your St. Paddy's?