I watched You, Me, and Dupree the other day.
I honestly did not like this movie at all. It was remotely funny in parts, but the main guy gets on my nerves as a person somehow which wrecked it for me.
I did however like Duprees character, or rather, liked his little rant in the classroom on career day. That, and the realization of his purpose in life.
Its come to my attention that this Friday will be the two year
"anniversary" of my Blog. Hard to believe I have been writing gibberish in here for that long. If you look back at the starting point versus what you read now there are some striking differences.
Grammar and content are two things that come to mind.
Hahahaah....Basically this whole thing has changed over time with me. Its kinda neat to see the
"ups" and
"downs" of it all though; and I guess that is the purpose of this thing.
What is noticeable to me is the lack of that one good moment. There is no real high point here. There is boat loads of lows, and tons of funny stupid shit, but I cant for the life of me find a string of posts where Im in a state of complete bliss.
With that comes the thought of little old Dupree preaching to the youths of today about life. In his rant on the possibilities of what this world holds in store for them he makes reference to alien pods...Not to sure what in Gods name he was talking about there....But, it does make sense if you think about it. Each one of us starts off as this little ball of fluff with limitless possibilities. Some of us will find our calling right off the bat. We know from that point on what our purpose in this life will be and spend the rest of our time here pursuing and perfecting our goal. Some of my friends are going to become lawyers, some are doctors, some are getting their PHDS in engineering, while a few others have Masters etc, etc. That is only one side of spectrum. There are also others that knew their calling was to help others, or to provide for others. I have friends who work with sick children, troubled teens, and so on and so forth. These are the people who have either found their calling or stumbled into it for one reason or another.
Then there is the rest of us.....
The people who just kinda get by doing what they do. We have not found our purpose and seem to be labeled as slackers for not having that end goal as of yet.
I am definitely one of those people....I have no idea what the hell I am doing here. ha. I think this frustrates me a great deal and causes me to try and create things that are not real for the sake of having something to do.
I wonder what its going to be...Will I find some crazy passion later on in life? Will it be a person that makes me feel alive? Perhaps my children will become my inspiration? Who knows...What I do know is that even though my current situation may seem like wasted time, it is not. Every mistake, every victory, every tie is just another step towards figuring out yourself and your life. There is no fault for not knowing what you are suppose to be doing. You will know when you know.
That being said, I would like to make reference to another movie I watched last night: "Things to do"
This was a Canadian made movie that was recommended to me by a friend at work. I guess her friend from back home wrote and produced it.
The movie was essentially about nothing. This guy reaches his wits end working some shitty office job in the big city. With nowhere else to go he moves back home to his old stomping grounds. While at home he comes up with the idea to create a list of things hes always wanted to do. With the help of his socially inept side-kick he goes about completing his tasks. On his journey through his list he discovers things about himself and life in general he had no direct intention of stumbling across.
At the end he comes to the realization that life is hard for everyone no matter what you may think. That, and you will not truly understand what you are searching for until it is right there in your face. When it is right in your face you will know it because there will be no half measures, no doubt, it will consume all of you.
This flick inspired me to create my own list of things to do.
Some of the things on here are pretty standard like going bungy jumping for example. Some other things are a little more specific to my character. Id like to play guitar outside the beer store one day just to see what it feels like. Should be fun going through these one by one.
To to top this off I will leave you with another movie you should all watch:
"Its all Gone Pete Tong". This is the story of a man who found his calling in life, but had it taken away from him. He was a famous DJ at the top of the industry living a life most people can only dream of. He had the money, the cars, the friends, the houses, the hot wife, the drugs, the parties, the this, the that. He had everything that is held up high in this life by most. This all came crashing down when he went deaf. His universe was turned upside down as he withdrew from the world not knowing what to do with himself. His wife jumped ship for some other guy, the record deal was shot, and he was left all alone with his demons to sort out.
It is actually a really inspiring
"story". He learns to DJ again with the help of his lip-reading teacher. They find something real between each other and fall in love. It is something that is much more profound then anything he ever had in the past, yet incredibly simple. He does one last gig to show the world he has overcome his past, and can never be stopped. After that? He just disappears and spends the rest of his days loving his wife, his life, and his new found happiness.
So I guess what I am saying is don't be upset if you haven't figured out what the hell you want to do. And if you have had it taken away, you will find something more powerful and important down that long winding road called life so there is no need to worry.
Happy two years to me.
Hahaha.