Wednesday, July 8, 2009

People

What is it about people that makes us so insane? And not only people, but our relationships with them. It is relationships, I firmly believe, that completely drive our lives. If it is an existing relationship, we are constantly re-adjusting who and what we are to compensate for the other person. If it isn’t an existing relationship, we are constantly questioning who and what we are to figure out WHY it isn’t yet a relationship. It is incredibly maddening.

Why is it that we place so much store in these things? Why do we constantly insist that who we are is completely based on someone else?

I have tried my hardest to move away from this. I have fought and fought for my independence, as superficial as it may seem at times. I have worked hard, so hard, to gain what little I have, all while standing on my own two feet.

And yet, get me around someone who interests me, someone who seems to have interest in me, and it all turns to crap. I find myself second guessing who I am, what I do. Asking myself what I did wrong. How I screwed up something so simple. Why I let myself get so invested in something so simple.

Always asking… guessing… doubting… questioning… rehashing… not sleeping…

Unhealthy? Yes.

And yet, what would we be without this constant give and take? What reason would we have for pondering who and what we are? What motive would we have for thinking about how we can become better or different? To be static is never a good thing. Living in the same unending, chair-spinning loop of life only serves to make you dizzy. To move forward, to break the cycle, it is necessary to take those chances, make the changes, and to question yourself.

Will it turn around and kick you in the ass? More than likely, and probably more than once. However, what else would you do? Live with your same old life, that never changes, never progresses? I guess it is up to us to decide – is it worth the potential pain to search for the possibility of more?
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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Quote of the Day....

"And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress adventure." -Dumbledore
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~ Mel's Movie of The Week ~

The movie this week is The Holiday, staring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law and Jack Black.
This is one of those amazing romantic comedies that isn't so heavy that you can't get some fun out of it, but it also isn't so light that you have felt you wasted two hours of your life (or in my case, many many more!!).
First off - I know everyone hates Jude Law, because he's all annoying and stuff, but man, those eyes. And then, when he puts on the glasses, well, I could honestly care less about his real-life personality! One of the most touching scenes in this movie is when he is trying to explain how hard it is for him to find a life outside being a single parent, and not be totally unfair to those he meets or, most importantly, his children.
My other favorite in this movie is Jack Black. Before I saw the film I had some serious doubts. I mean, seriously, could the master of The Pick of Destiny really pull off a role like this, without it becoming a total farce?? The answer is a resounding YES. Thankfully, though, we still get some great "classic Jack" in the Blockbuster scene, with him enthusiasticaly singing theme songs from movie classics to a quite embarrassed Kate Winslet.
All in all, I could watch this movie over and over and over again, each time wishing that I had the movie guy in my head narrating my life too, so I could have some clue as to what I should do next!
Rent it now, because you won't be sorry, and enjoy!!