Isn't that an odd thought? Everyday was a "tomorrow" is a "today" and will be a "yesterday." Makes life seem short, but I think it's crazy. Ha!
Well, with school starting tomorrow the first issue of the paper will be out. I'll admit it, I'll be frank, I'm a little more than just a "tad" nervous about how it looks. I mean, I know we have a killer center and solid content (for the most part) but a couple things just were rushed due to the fact that they blew themselves up at the last minute and had to be mended at around 11pm when everything was supposed to be done already anyway. (That was a long sentence, yikes!) Point is: I hope it looks solid and good for the first day of school.
Did I tell you about my classes? They're pretty standard: I'm starting German (SO excited!) taking a journalism class (oh the irony!) and also taking a history class, it's going to be veryveryvery awesome.
The best news ever (recently) is that I ordered my MacBook! Finally, right? Oh man, no more toiling away without coolness on PCs for me any longer. I've got a Mac! Ha! I'm so excited, I even got it with Aperture on it already - tons of photographic playing lies ahead in my future!
Today I drove Miss Jetty Blueberry to school, for the first time! It was so exciting, she's such a wonderful car. I'm very lucky to have such an uncle as Uncle Bill. =]
Another thing, if you haven't already seen the new film "Becoming Jane" (Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy) you need to. It's amazing. I am so inspired by Jane Austen and they did such a good job portraying her life. It was wonderful. Okay, so what that McAvoy is a very good looking man? It would have been fine without him. Sort of. Not really, that was a lie.
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Showing posts with label films. Show all posts
Showing posts with label films. Show all posts
18 September, 2007
27 December, 2006
Life, or something like it - version 2.0
It just seemed fitting to me, that this title be used again. Isn't it funny how many things in life we take for granted? Take that song, by Counting Crows, "They Paved Paradise." ("Don't it always seem to go/you don't know what ya got 'til it's gone/they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.") We really don't really think about all the things that we'd miss if they were suddenly gone very often, do we?
Wouldn't it be nice if life were like the movies and we didn't have to worry about what was going to happen? Because we, being the actors/actresses, would have read the script. (In order to act, once must read the script of the film one is acting in. At least I hear it helps. ;]) So having read the script, (our life's story,) to be able to portray our lives, (the film,) sufficiently... things would seemingly work out eh?
Ha, not so much. Because that my friend, would take all the fun out of living the life in the first place, no? We'd want to, or at least try to, edit a lot of the things we did/would do wouldn't we? Which could be good, but could be bad. I mean, would we be who we are today if ___ hadn't happened? That is a question we often answer with a resounding "no," and I think most all of us would opt for not changing things. (At least I wouldn't, not so far.) But who knows, there's (hopefully) a bit of life yet ahead of me, maybe that will change. Though I sincerely hope not.
The plus side to this whole acting analogy? Well, we do get a lot of freedom in who are co-stars are. I mean, we get to pick our friends, and who we spend time with. Our director, (a.k.a. God,) let's us have artistic freedom as well! This is improvisation! Jolly good, no? He will let us at any given time try things our way if we want to. Not always good for us, but I think it usually ends up as art in the end? Well, He helps us turn our (sometimes messy) improv sessions into art. (Thank goodness for good directors!)
Hmmm, funny how many analogies could be put onto this thing we call life. There are never ending plot-twists always coming at us, sometimes unsavory characters, and even bad musical accompaniment in the case of the soundtrack occasionally. (Not to mention sometimes we just mess up an entire scene! But of course, it's too late to re-shoot.) Even through all this drama, (please, pardon the pun,) there is still an rather high stack of plot-twists that better our lives, good characters that help us along if by sharing some wisdom or just being a supporting role for us, quality musical scores, and a plethora of "it's a wrap!" scenes on the very first take.
If I've learned nothing else in my entire life thus far, it is that to get through life you need a good attitude, and a sense of humor. That saying about laughing at yourself really is true, and there is almost nothing more hilarious if you ask me. Oh, and one more thing I suppose I've learned, life is fun, but drama isn't always. So, let's save that for the soaps shall we? It's more fun that way anyway, isn't it? =]
Wouldn't it be nice if life were like the movies and we didn't have to worry about what was going to happen? Because we, being the actors/actresses, would have read the script. (In order to act, once must read the script of the film one is acting in. At least I hear it helps. ;]) So having read the script, (our life's story,) to be able to portray our lives, (the film,) sufficiently... things would seemingly work out eh?
Ha, not so much. Because that my friend, would take all the fun out of living the life in the first place, no? We'd want to, or at least try to, edit a lot of the things we did/would do wouldn't we? Which could be good, but could be bad. I mean, would we be who we are today if ___ hadn't happened? That is a question we often answer with a resounding "no," and I think most all of us would opt for not changing things. (At least I wouldn't, not so far.) But who knows, there's (hopefully) a bit of life yet ahead of me, maybe that will change. Though I sincerely hope not.
The plus side to this whole acting analogy? Well, we do get a lot of freedom in who are co-stars are. I mean, we get to pick our friends, and who we spend time with. Our director, (a.k.a. God,) let's us have artistic freedom as well! This is improvisation! Jolly good, no? He will let us at any given time try things our way if we want to. Not always good for us, but I think it usually ends up as art in the end? Well, He helps us turn our (sometimes messy) improv sessions into art. (Thank goodness for good directors!)
Hmmm, funny how many analogies could be put onto this thing we call life. There are never ending plot-twists always coming at us, sometimes unsavory characters, and even bad musical accompaniment in the case of the soundtrack occasionally. (Not to mention sometimes we just mess up an entire scene! But of course, it's too late to re-shoot.) Even through all this drama, (please, pardon the pun,) there is still an rather high stack of plot-twists that better our lives, good characters that help us along if by sharing some wisdom or just being a supporting role for us, quality musical scores, and a plethora of "it's a wrap!" scenes on the very first take.
If I've learned nothing else in my entire life thus far, it is that to get through life you need a good attitude, and a sense of humor. That saying about laughing at yourself really is true, and there is almost nothing more hilarious if you ask me. Oh, and one more thing I suppose I've learned, life is fun, but drama isn't always. So, let's save that for the soaps shall we? It's more fun that way anyway, isn't it? =]
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