Day 326
Tonight I watched Julie and Julia, again. The first time I saw this film was in the theatre. That day I saw it with my parents and we had gotten into a huge fight that caused more than one of us to leave the theatre more than once. But, after I came out of it I was inspired. To me the movie was about just doing something with your life and not looking back. Doing something that seemed totally out of character and far from easy. I guess you can say that movie inspired me to write this blog. I know, I'd like to think I am an original thinker and not one of the thousands who have started blogs since seeing that film but really, I'm just one of many. I guess my story of moving to Canada and living in a dorm setting for the first time at age 25 is unique. But, maybe not. I guess it really doesn't matter because I am doing something with my life and not looking back. Maybe not looking back is a good thing when you write a snarky blog of the variety that you would be embarrassed about when you grow old.
Anyway, so this time through the movie I noticed something else besides the doing something with your life part of it. I noticed the part where the women in the film have happy marriages and men who love them and are there for them. Then I realized three things: 1. I may never find this sort of love. And, 2. Luckily, this sort of love is probably a myth so I don't have to feel bad about not finding it. And regrettably, 3. Despite the fact that it doesn't exist in real life I am still going to look for it because I am a hopeless romantic. Or, as the Bouncing Souls used to say, "I'm a hopeless romantic and you're just hopeless." What they left out is that hope is a bitch so being hopeless may be a very good thing.
The other parts of my day are quite boring such as: I discovered a rash on my back, I painted my fingernails silver, I killed like 6 bugs with a shoe and a screaming war cry, I helped prepare a pot roast, I ate the pot roast, I had my brother Skype with my parents for the first time (they flicked him off and pretended to beat each other up), I thought about all the shit I am not doing with my life, I had two phone conversations that essentially meant nothing, I went to two different stores with clothes in my size and realized they were all hideous, and I avoided people on chat.
So, I will leave the blog entry at the above for today and hope that it isn't utterly boring. But, I don't know as if that really matters much as I have no idea if anyone reads this damn thing anyway. Goodnight possible reader that might just be me, I hope you have wonderful dreams about wonderful men like in the movies and wake up tomorrow not remembering the specifics just the warmth.
Tip of the Day: Don't think about the veins in your pork roast just give them to the dog and eat the non-veined part.
-Canadian Castaway
Perhaps the process of looking for the an unrealistic, romanticized version of love might be more fun than actually finding it. At worst, never finding it is still better than settling for second best.
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