When Cinéma Meets Vérité in Book One: The Not So Daily Briefs 2014

weekend of many films, much gaming, and perhaps some personal questions.

(1a) Over the weekend, my wife and I rented “Date Night”… largely because my wife adores Steve Carell. Now, I’m fairly certain the complications in that movie are more indicative of a general concept of marital strife in the new decade… but so many times that movie felt like me and my wife. The arguments Steve Carell’s character had with Tina Fey? Oh Holy Hera that is my world!! The whole concept of their arguments was how Steve Carell’s character was afraid his wife would find him boring and how sexual contact seemed like a chore and how conversation seemed like an obligation. Tina Fey’s response was how she certainly doesn’t have the energy to be a “wife” after taking care of children and working a full time job. Again- not entirely NEW arguments… certainly the arguments couples have been having since time immemorial. It was an alright movie; but it really just surprised me how dead on the relationship issues between Carell’s Character and Fey’s character were.

(1b) Another movie we watched this weekend was “Marwencol.” For those who may have never heard of it… it is a documentary. It is hard to describe the amazing nature of the subject of that movie… essentially, it is a man that was beaten so badly that he suffered extreme brain damage. One of the ways he has some self-therapy is by creating an entirely separate world for himself made on a 1/6 scale. It was fascinating… more than once, I told Nancy that when that man dies I want to own his brain. It isn’t as creepy as it sounds. I still waffle on whether it was a good idea to do law school and not psychology. I mean… I was strongly pulled in both directions by my heart and really went with the law because there was more opportunity to use my Acting training and my acting desires. But… yeah, I always wonder and try to keep that psychology-interest going.

(1c) I’ve given it a lot of thought; and I want to do something on here that I have not done before. I’ve seen various photos of many of you and it has enhanced my reading. I want to do the same. Here is a picture of my first Halloween with my wife… 9 years ago this Halloween. I am, of course, the one in the hat… my wife is the one with the red bandanna on.

One of the reasons I select a Halloween photo is because yes- it is coming up; but more… this year (2014) is the first Halloween we’ve had where we have no plans and no costumes. It seems… wrong… somehow.

(1d) For continued viewing pleasure… I really wish I had the time (and talent and physical build) to memorize and perform this dance… the GUY part, silly! Though… yes… if I am to be fully honest and open… the female in the video is NOT bad.

(2) Oh wishy washy foolish me. I’m not sure how much longer I am going to do the Time Travel project… I mean… my Senior Year of High School… I would change EVERYTHING. I wouldn’t have been with Caitlin at all, I would have had the strength to say no, I probably would have pursued Elizabeth more confidently, I would not have let my grades slip so much… I mean, Senior Year is a “change everything” year. And then… that morphs the rest of the world! I mean… Senior Year was an abhorrent, dreadful, awful, terrible, horrific, horrendous year that forever altered me and my path in life. Changing just about anything that year would make the entire world different. While I do want elements of my present life to be different… there are some things I like. I mean, I love my family and (nightmare though it was, and even though there are still some things that happened that I can’t tell my parents) the whole experience brought us closer eventually. I adore the friends I met in Law School… and if my High School Senior Year had been different… hell, I probably never would have gone to UNI which meant I would never have taken the 4 years off after I received my Bachelor’s Degree which means I likely wouldn’t have met them. It is simply… another area where I desperately wish I knew how things could have been…if I could have been happier, safer, smarter, more successful… if only I’d had the strength to avoid such a tragic relationship.

To conclude… just a random thing I heard and liked:

DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY, ANYTHING, AS LONG AS IT DOESN’T HURT SOMEONE ELSE!

Last updated October 20, 2014